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And all that, and all they talk about is tone. jeb bush said, well, mr. trump's tone is not -- well, we don't have enough time for tone. this political correctness is just absolutely killing us as a country. you can't say anything. >> meanwhile, as you know, john, the headlines in both the "washington post" and "new york times" reflect the angst over trump. is there a sense from the republican establishment that he's holding this process hostage with the independent threat looming, and how long do you think they're going to tolerate that? >> i don't know what they're going to do a lot about it...

>> well, mara, we can't forget that we had the redistricting that took place in 2010. so in 2010 we had this whole new crop of republicans come in, especially the tea party republicans, and then they went to drawing the maps in the state legislatures so they insulated a lot of these people that we think of as the extreme right, the very conservative folks who are, quote unquote, holding the process hostage. but come 2014, they're going to be safe. i think the real people at risk here are those republicans in slightly more moderate districts. they're the ones who are going to have their feet he...

May try to seek an agreement? >> reporter: john, there was talk about a moderate republican revolt. which sounds funny, a moderate republican revolt. but a brewing sense on the floor last night that the house republican moderates would be able to ban together and prevent one of the bills getting to the floor that included a limitation on the president's health care law. it didn't happen. it didn't pass. didn't come to fruition but you were seeing members of congress saying this has to stop. we have to get over this and get on to the next fight. senator john mccain told our colleague jeff zelen...

Republicans that would join with house democrats to pass a clean continuing resolution. >> who? name names. >> but unfortunately there's a fraction of tea party extremists who are holding the process hostage. and if speaker boehner concedes his gavel to the tea party then we will have a government shut down come tuesday. >> who are the moderate republicans who are willing to join the dems? >> they are individuals who understand the consequences of a government shutdown. the fact that 800,000 employees will be furloughed. social security for new beneficiaries will be delayed. and as i said in m...

York. good to see you, congressman. good morning. >> good morning. >> so the clock is ticking. we're ten days from a possible government shutdown. what are the chances, as you see it right now, that that happens? >> look, the speaker has to step up. clearly the speaker is allowing 30 to 60 individuals to hold this whole process hostage. he needs to step to the plate and put a reasonable bill on the floor that we worked on. that's something that he knows, he absolutely knows will not pass. so that's the kind of political gamesmanship that we're playing right now, where the republican party and ...