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Negotiations. that is the way to get out of this debt ceiling. i think it's the president's job to knock heads. republicans won't get much, but they'll get something. they'll give up a lot. but the democrats can't be in a we won't negotiate harry reid kind of way. >> but they passed the health and credit act to ensure that if we go over the debt limits, the debts would be paid, and the democrats uniformly oppose that because they want to make everything as frightening and painful as possible. they complain about the nih not having furnding. republicans want to fund the nih but the democrats op...

It matters. ♪ time now to clear the air. and for a man who doesn't know if he's leading his caucus or being led by ted cruz, it's easy to see why the house speaker is now all over the place when it comes to his public pronouncements. one minute, he says he won't allow the nation to default because he knows that it would be catastrophic for the economy. the next minute, he says this. >> every president in modern history has negotiated over a debt limit. debt limits have been used to force big policy changes in washington. >> his ability to speak out of both sides of his mouth would be a cle...

In the debt limits, instead of racing it for one year as most democrats prefer. >> i'm simply saying we have never stated and are not saying today that a debt ceiling ought to be or can be any particular length of time. i'm not ruling out the specific duration, and i want to make that clear. >> reporter: republicans complain it's the president who's risking default, pointing to this comment made by white house economic adviser gene sperling. >> the president strongly believes that if he were to sanction negotiations with those threatening default, that would actually increase -- not decrease t...

Night duty. call it what you want in washington. >> up next, what happens to the military and those on active duty? what about veterans as well that depend on the government? we'll have more about it ahead. and we'll talk to americans who live overseas about how the government shutdown is playing out around the world. >> if i ran my house the way the government is running the country, i would be bankrupt. >> you've made your point. let's get on with the business of running the country and pass the budget, pass the debt limits and let us keep implooroving th economy. don't play games anymore,...

Government is running the country, i would be in bankrupt. >> you made your point. let's get on with the business of running the country and pass the budget, pass the debt limits and let us keep improving the economy, but don't play games any more, please. >> our economy, our country, our business, the government is not running right now. also at midnight tonight, just as the government may be shutting down, a new by to buy health insurance will be starting up. a key part of obamacare, the insurance exchanges, they launch october 1st. this is one of the major steps towards implementing the h...