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Reporter for "the washington post." robert, did this come as out of left field to gop politicos as it seemed to come out of left field to all of us today, when this crossed the wires? >> i've spoken to several top republicans and close friends of former speaker hastert and they're stunned. they never expected this. and he's someone who's always kept close counsel. someone who was a candid figure a colorful figure even when he was inside of the house. but most interesting about this chris, these references in the indictment, perhaps his time as a teacher at yorkville high school. >> so let's be...

>> this is exactly what the founding fathers feared. >> who is this man? and why is he running for president? "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. dennis hastert, speaker of the house for eight years, from the end of bill clinton's president through most of george bush's presidency has today been indicted, quoting the "chicago tribune" on federal charges alleging he agreed to pay $3.5 million in apparent hush money, to a longtime acquaintance blackmailing him then lied to the fbi when asked about suspicious cash withdrawals from several banks. the...

0 democrats. but they can lose their seats to fellow republicans in primaries. so it could be that even if americans do blame a shutdown on the gop, house republicans will still decide that it is in their own personal political self-interest to resist giving in. and, again this is just the shutdown we're talking about here. even if this gets resolved soon, we're still weeks away from facing the exact same impasse over something even more ominous, the debt ceiling. i have to admit, i struggle to see how this can all be resolved. maybe our panel can help me. let's bring them in. for that, we hav...

To ne dpoegotiate with harry re. and then it also gets house democrat support. all the while, he's got an eye when he's up for reelection. house speaker boehner has shown that he's looargely, not entire, but larngly. remember, his deputies were both there with him when plan b was introduced. the logical successes aren't actually there. >> paul ryan is not the guy to watch, right? so paul ryan is the guy who has the real support of the house con sefbtives. a lot of people don't like boehner, they love paul ryan. now ryan, at the final minute, remember, he was with you for plan b. paul ryan, pro...

What happened here. so while this is an important part, there are many chapters that are going to be happening over the next 24 hours. and we'll see if they can get it done. the goal to have something ready to look at by sunday. >> and my eyes didn't glaze over, honestly. this has been a rough couple of weeks for house speaker john boehner. and it's not hard to conclude that he's the first casualty of this word. boehner put forward his plan b when he couldn't rustle up enough republican votes. joining me now to discuss boehner's debate is robert costner. john boehner, as we heard from kelly o'...