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He doesn't have to take the blame with his base i don't think, this president its alone. i don't think he cares what happens to lisa murkowski or anyone else. he's thinking about 2020, he's thinking about his -- he see thinking about him. i know this, on a friday and i did a back of the envelope calculation, on friday we're looking at a minimum of $5 billion that would have been normally put into the economy on a payday for these federal workers. we're looking at low end, billions of dollars. more money than is even in discussion for the negotiations. that will not be going into the economy on...

The motd eadern incarnation of stamps is called snap. it unclear how long there are fund for those americans who face food insecurity. those are two pressure points. the white house, they are clearly gaming this out for the long run. the back of the envelope calculation they have every two weeks of the shutdown, is a percentage off of gdp. >> if you get any heads up, let us know and we'll get right back to you. >> joining me right now, nancy pelosi's former chief of staff, jen concerns and a.b. stoddard. with a big welcome to you all, so far neither side seems willing to budge. what is it goin...

>> well, it's harris county versus the rest of the state. steve gets the numbers from harris county back up, i'm anxious to see them. before i came out on set, they didn't have anything reporting. and that's the biggest county in the state. by the same token, cruz is doing obviously very, very well in the roll count. this is the most exciting race we've got right now. win or lose, beto o'rourke on american politics is profound. it doesn't happen often, i tell you. >> we're flashing the county for those who can't locate it. >> 16% out of harris county so far. >> that's good, that's good for bet...

The united states postal service. keep in mind, this is -- postal service is separate, right? right?shep no tax dollars go to the postal service. >> right on. >> shepard: amazon lost a lot of value because of the president's recent tweets. >> some 60 billion over the last five days. >> shepard: $60 billion. >> here is what bezos lost this is my back to the envelope calculation. bezos owns some 82 million shares. if that's true he lost about $17 million. >> shepard: 17 million? >> um-huh. >> shepard: he has a lot of millions. >> he does, indeed. >> shepard: okay, ger, thank you. i want to turn ...

Senator mccain. one thing that is a concern is defense spending. just on the back of the envelope calculation, if we don't fix this problem, more states will expand, another $40 billion for year of federal health care expenditures which would not be available for strengthening the military. i think long-term he will be very supportive of what his friend is doing here. >> jon: you've heard the criticism even from the president, republicans have been elected because they been promising to repeal and replace obamacare, how do you answer voters if it doesn't get done? >> it's a complicated process...