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Military. but what is worse for the military is a government shutdown. what is even worse for the military is a government shutdown followed by a sequester, which would happen if we don't pass a cr. we also passed what we call anomalies. we passed things in the crs that give the military the flexibility they need during the time of the cr to do what they need to do, but clearly less than ideal. i gave a speech this morning at csis about this. what we know for a fact, you can ask secretary mattis the same question, is that not passing a cr is much worse and much more damaging for the military, ...

For the military, but what's worse for the military is a government shutdown. what's even worse for the military is a government shutdown followed by a sequester, which is what would happen if we don't pass a cr. we also have passed what we call anomalies. we pass things in the crs that give the military the flexibility they need during the time of the cr to do what they need to do. it is clearly less than ideal. i gave a speech this morning about this. what we know for a fact, you can ask secretary mattis the same question, is that not passing a cr is much worse and much more damaging for the...

An uphill climb, but speaker boehner warned his caucus. and it game clear what was going to happen. he did say we could lose the house over this. it doesn't come as a surprise to republicans, but it certainly is, when you put numbers to it, it's a huge slapdown. >> you saw the poll numbers falling. ken rogoth, registers the sharpest drop. can this recovery right now withstand a government shutdown, a sequester, and then assuming you get over this debt ceiling drama and you go into a budgetary process, maybe sharp budget cuts and entitlement reform, is this the time for austerity in america? >>...

I will say, it was a pleasant conversation. although i have to say, i was disappointed that the president refuses to negotiate. >> that was speaker john boehner responding to the president just moments ago. and joining us now is michael eric dyson of georgetown university and with me-onset is co-host "the cycle," ari melber. ari, luke russert was talking about this idea that now the republicans' way to back out of this mess they have gotten themselves into is to try to throw they have gotten themselves into is to try to throw everything in, blend it all together with the continuing resolution....

>> yeah. it was really like -- it was amazing to me the first time. because i used to have that short short form where they just call you up and see if you were breathing. >> right. >> and you were scraping things together. so the idea that i could finally -- you know, that they were taking money out and i was being left money and that i could actually share money, i mean, you know, i didn't help pay for the streets. i didn't help pay for the water bill. i didn't help pay for anything. so the idea that i could pay for a lot of the stuff that needs to be paid for is -- was like joyous. i mean, ...