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Back to washington and what's happening right now. house republicans say they're working on a proposal to reopen the government and avoid a default, but the white house has already rejected its key points. but this new house effort means senate talks on a potential compromise was simply in a holding pattern. let's look at the big picture. this shutdown here is now the third longest in american history. first one lasted 21 days from december '95 into january of '96. the second longest government shutdown lasted 18 days. that was way back in september and october of 1978. and that brings us to t...

>> i can't imagine it will last very long. i think it could last a few hours or a few days. the last time it happened, back in early 1996, december '95, january '96, it lasted for about 20 days in the previous november, lasted for five days. it could last a few days. but eventually cooler heads will prevail. they'll come up with some sort of way to get the government funded because the consequences are enormous. as bad as the consequences, piers, are right now and they're going to be pretty bad especially if this stays shut for the next several days or weeks, october 17th, the u.s. government ...