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>> will this resonate with democrats who are worried and say we have to have somebody out there kicking her tires to get her ready for the race. >> one of those people has been is martin o'malley the former governor of maryland. he decided he's not going to run for the open senate seat. he's going to keep his feed fete in the presidential race. was interested when you saw another, many of you might not know chris van holland. a democratic congressman from maryland. chris van hollen would be in line to be the speaker, if the older generation steps aside at one point. it's been a debating point....

Day, america had a referendum on amnesty. the president rightly said his policies were on the ballot all across the country. and republicans, republican candidates in the house, republican candidates in the senate campaigned across this country, and they said two things to the american people. if you elect us, number one, we will do everything possible to stop the train wreck that is obamacare. >> yes! >> and number two, if you elect us, we will do everything possible to stop president obama's illegal amnesty. >> yes! >> he's calling it illegal amnesty. obviously, this is the debating point. m...

Including a very diminished national security state. and i think hillary clinton is vastly overrated as secretary of state. i think john kerry is actually showing how overrated she was. >> i'm saying, come on. >> those viewing the program have -- i understand your party. here to you the question is clinton is a positive. >> yeah. >> and the bushes? >> and the bushes i think -- >> positive for what? >> compared to the clintons in terms of running on record, putting the families' records up against each other, i think the clintons come out better because the people who are going to be going to t...

>> i can understand as the debating point or negotiating point, i understand that. the fact is the government has been shut down for almost two weeks and people are hurting. there sweet spots. the republicans and democrats agree on. we need to get past this. let me reiterate a clean cr. a spending cr that reopens the government and that means keeping current law. that's the sequestration budget caps. we want to move that around. i'm all for going to the budget conference, but we will not agree to anything that has been those hard-earned savings we got in 2011. >> it's the minimum to you.

Reopen the hassle rule. if we get to tuesday and wednesday and he does not have a majority of republicans, all the democrats could bring maybe -- >> talks broke down last night between mcconnell and reid. the senate republicans thought they had a deal friday night. everybody thought yesterday it was all going to happen, and then reid backed off. part of that is the white house. they didn't like the sequester issues and these numbers that were rallying around collins. i think on wednesday boehner just takes the senate bill that's sitting there -- don't forget, at any point in time, he can just ...