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World that they can't do anything to them. right now, i think finally the white house is getting serious about a broader strategy in which they find leverage points against putin. >> i have some sound from john mccain, who really passes up no opportunity to take a shot at the president when it comes to foreign policy. let's go ahead and play that. >> the only thing that vladimir putin understands is strength and there has been the weakest response imaginable, sanctioning a few people. the fact that the united states will not give defensive weapons to ukraine including body armor, night goggles...

Their district, given the fact now nine days until october 17th when we hit the debt ceiling. let's bring in our washington contingent julianna goldman. where is the white house sitting on this right now? obviously john boehner has said you're not getting a clean cr. that's not coming your way. on the other side, obama said we're not negotiating. we're not using all of these moments whether it's the debt ceiling or anything else as leverage points for you to get something you want. so what breaks this impasse? >> you know, willie, it's really hard to see how any side right now has an end game,...

Larger role in the interim government, it's better than if the military plays a role. how fast will they get back to an election that produces a government that has clear legitimacy. i think there will be competing narratives here. obviously from the muslim brotherhood standpoint they're saying, hey, we won an election. it's fair and square. on the other hand, they've been governing in a way that is democratic but not liberal. going forward, the process towards democracy add inclusiveness, bring back into influence the opposition, other elements of egyptian society, women, for example? does go...

Bill anyone really liked. and at the end of the day, chuck, you can always run from these votes. on a big vote like this, i consider them to be defining moments. always have to look at myself as the deciding vote. in other words, would we be better off as a country with this policy in place, or the policy that it's replacing. and i think if you look at it that way, there's no question that it was the right vote. but it was a terrible bill. and candidly, we would have come out with a much better product if we had just done it on the senate floor, in public. but now we have to move down the road...

The story that doesn't come down for republican's back against the walls this mess that krauthammer pointed out. what the republicans are doing mess in the house putting up this plan b and may get less than plan b they couldn't get a vote on plan b. senator corker thinks this whole thing he mentioned last night on greta is really too much spending keeping the spending and getting the tax increases, listen. >> it's a shame in this nation where every developed country in the world knows that our greatest threat is our fiscal solvency that you would have to have leverage points. you would think p...