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0 liberty. i'm sorry, she's closed. the museums, closed. liberty bell, closed. the shutdown in 1995 was the longest in our nation's history and we are beginning to get a sense of what a shutdown would like this time. crucial government functions, if not stopping all together, then at least powering down to a significant extent. the essential stuff like air traffic control and sending out social security checks and so on, that stuff will get done, but defining what's essential isn't that easy. in colorado right now, they are of course cleaning up from devastating flooding that killed eight peop...

0 turned away tr the statue of liberty. the museums, closed. liberty bell, closed. the shutdown in 1995 was the longest in our nation's history and we are beginning to get a sense of what a shutdown would like this time. crucial government functions, if not stopping all together, then at least powering down to a significant extent. the essential stuff like air traffic control and sending out social security checks and so on, that stuff will get done, but defining what's essential isn't that easy. in colorado right now, they are of course cleaning up from devastating flooding that killed eight ...

Conclusion, reach deep in our soul to decide what we should do because the reality is, if we say no to the president, they'll be unintended consequences. are there more kids like elijah cummings described? if we say yes to the president, will we can be dragged into civil war where there will be much more loss of life and much more instability? whatever we do, it's not going to be good. >> i can ask you a final question and if you could answer briefly, if congress does not support authorization for the use of force, do you think the president should do as the british prime minister has had to d...

Make sure that that doesn't happen again or do you make sure that you're not stirring up a hornet's nest by taking action? >> a pained congressman elijah cummings expressing the complexity of the decision they face with regard to syria. next week is likely to mark the making or the breaking of the president's request for authorization from members of congress for military strikes on that country. had the president himself will speak to the nation on tuesday. and while public opinion seems firmly opposed to military intervention, all eyes will be on congress with members returning from recess t...

0 situation but iraq, the past, hangs like a cloud. >> absolutely. >> there is what is secretary of state john kerry said in response to our colleague chris hayes. listen to this. >> it is not iraq. it is not afghanistan. it is not even libya. there will be no american boots on the ground. we are not sliding through a backdoor into a war. we're not going to war we're taking a limited military action to enforce a very important principle. >> do you believe him? >> i believe him, but that's not the only issue. iraq looms over this because of a couple of important things we need to note here. the...