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And kate. >> oh! >> that could have been memorable. >> thanks, guys. >> better put that down before he hurts himself. it's time to get you the top news. you can't make extortion routine as part of our democracy. democracy doesn't function this way. >> paying the price. the shutdown isn't just hurting politicians. families of killed service members aren't getting benefits. tens of thousands are applying for unemployment. and why the markets are hinting of what may be to come. on strike. boston school bus drivers surprise parents and administrators by not showing up for work. 30,000 kids s...

To the extreme. watch this. >> members of congress and the house republicans in particular don't get to demand ransom in exchange for doing their jobs. we are not going to pay a ransom for doing their jobs, we can't make extortion the routine, if reasonable republicans want to try, i'll even spring for dinner again. but i'm not going to do it until the more extreme parts of the republican party stop forcing john boehner to issue threats about our economy. we can't make extortion routine as part of our democracy. >> all right, it is time to cut through the crap in washington, those quote, extre...

Will human i'llateded we have a about our economy. handful of right wing extremists we can't make extortion routine holding us hostage and now as part of our democracy. >> meanwhile, republican leaders threatening not to pay our bills. >> and in a sense, senator, is in the house today unveiled a proposal for a bipartisan, the householding the senate hostage in the sense that if a 20-member committee to make bill to fund payments for these recommendations on a debt limit increase in ways to reign in the fallen veterans' families were to come to the senate it would country's deficit. call it the...

I mean, all of these workers are really feeling the pain in addition to the businesses that aren't getting business. the real impact on our local economy, and the impact on people's lives. this is actually about people. >> you know, president obama left no doubt today, none, where he stands. saying republicans are guilty of extortion. listen to this. >> if reasonable republicans want to talk about these things again, i'm ready to head to the hill and try. i'll even spring for dinner again. but i'm not going to do it until the more extreme parts of the republican party stop forcing john boehner...

>> it's his way or the highway. he tells the congress i'm not going to negotiate. i'm not going to change anything. that's not leadership. >> reporter: the president offered a contradictory mess average in an hour-long news conference insisting he is ready to talk with the gop even as he continued to slam republicans as hostage takers. language likely to get them to rush to the negotiating table. >>. if they want to talk about them, i'm ready to head to the hill and try. i'll even spring for dinner again. but i'm not going to do it until the r more extreme parts of the republican party stop fo...