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>> reporter: suzanne, for both men, there are political advantages. for chris christie, potential political liability. for the president, a way to demonstrate government when it works. for the last few weeks, we've seen examples of government dysfunction and in-fighting especially over the last controversies regarding the irs, in particular. now the president can highlight fema, emergency management response organization which by most accounts here in new jersey has done a very good job responding. for the president, a special opportunity to focus on that. for governor christie, he's up for re...

View where fema can come in and make a difference. that's important to this president and white house especially after these last few weeks when the stories have focused on government dysfunction. here's a positive story when the president has managed the ship of state to help the people. >> let's talk about chris christie now. we know he had surgery to lose weight. we suspect he did that because he wants to run for president at some time in the future. how will the president's visit help chris christie since it hurt him last time? >> first of all, chris christie says, no, no, no. not running,...

In the arsenal, whoever it may be, to exert more influence or china and russia to prevent them from supporting this murderous regime? >> they have everything at stake in prevending. russia and china, in preventing this spread of democracy. >> why? what do they stand to lose? >> they have to answer to their own people why they are not allowing civil liberties and freedoms. >> slippery-slope theory of their own government dysfunction. >> perfectly put. the question for china is when is he going to return to china? thing these are the things. it's a question of their own survival and continued ex...

Government dysfunction or corruption? and does it erode confidence in our government totally when they see people screaming in a legislature as if it is some, underdeveloped country, screaming at each other. >>governor huckabee: it does look more like a third world country where you see the fistfights of the floor of the legislative body. the accepts from wisconsin have disunder their oath -- dishonored their oath of office. i think it is very important to recognize that if they took a cue from president obama, when he was sitting around talking to the republicans, he said we won and elections...

Spending bill runs out. unless congress acts our government will shut done.s of m conference want nomy compromise. without one, disarray. a level of government dysfunction he highest in history. today the mid-session move, the first to orderly transition from one run leader to the next to choose the person second in line for the presidency of the united states and right now, stalemate. washington has officially ground to a halt. just as the freedom caucus demands. mike emanuel is on capitol hill. what happened? >> jason che gets got into -- che gets got into the race to be speaker, and he stal...