define what victory is for both the sides. the democrats, you know, they have a little bit it is a little bit broader for them. if they get anything out of the committee and get anything out of conference, they can put together and put a budget together. obama can say look, i governed across the aisle, we can do this for the party, the republicans have a much harder sell with this. their problem is what used to be a big defeat for them, the big upcoming defense cuts in the sequester, if they don t get a deal, are no longer a defeat. there are some republicans who are upset by the defense cuts still. if you go back at the beginning of the sequester, you can talk about buck mckeon, the head of the defense committee in the house, really upset about the cuts and wanting to stop them, scott ridgell from virginia, republican against the cuts. but by and large, these guys are looking at a ticking time bomb that if it goes off they like the result. it is much harder sell. and the nationa
reid wants to do it himself. the only problem reid has is he and mitch mcconnell, the leader of the republicans in the senate don t get along at all. so now you the have 2000 guys trying to come up with a deal that can barely stand to be in the same room with each other because harry reid is working to defeat mitch mcconnell up for re-election in the state of kentucky. mitch mcconnell did the same when reid was up for re-election. they re not really best of friends. mitch mcconnell has a tea party challenger challenging him, as well for the republican nomination. gloria, see you later in the situation room, as well. the senate may be moving closer and closer to a deal to end the shutdown, extend the debt sealing. will it get through the house? we re going to talk with a republican congress mann from virginia, scott ridgell and find out if he s ready to give his stamp of approval. 20? new purina one true instinct has 30. active dogs crave nutrient-dense food.
wearing a nice green apron. martha s table provides food for a lot of people in the d.c. area, people who are hungry. the president volunteering today and using this moment to underscore once again close but not there yet, not by any means. they still have a lot of work to do and presumably doing more of that work when the president meets with the republican and democratic house and senate leadership at the white house 3:00 p.m. eastern. that will be a critically important meeting even though the president says some progress has been achieved on the senate side between harry reid and mitch mcconnell, there s still work to be done on the house side. we ll see how the house speaker john boehner deals with all of this. we ll get a quick check on markets. we ve got a democratic senator amy klobuchar, i ll speak with her. scott ridgell, republican everyone virginia, he s here, as well. much more of the breaking news coverage right after this. [ horn honks ]
always the president, the president of the united states, we respect the office and that type of language is harmful to our country. and it s what s pulling us apart. civility is not weakness. i refer to the president as the president in my home and my office and in my district. and i think this needs to be done all across america. it s not about an individual. it s about the office, and this is the fabric that holds us together as americans. well said. you can can certainly disagree with policies, but you have to respect the president of the united states. he is the president, not only twice elected but the last time by more than 5 million votes of the american people. scott rigell of virginia, thanks very much for joining us. thank you. so are they really making progress on a possible deal? he with less than 59 hours to go till america maxes out on its credit line, we re going to speak with senator amy klobuchar of minnesota, part of an elite group after u.s. senators, they r
october 1th deadline. things can change very quickly. what three days before a potential default can be a nonstarter, you know, staring down the barrel of a default sometimes that can change. but at this point, the white house insists they don t want to negotiate on that when it s really being sort of held hostage to the idea of a debt ceiling. that s how they see it. in a way it s sort of like extracting ran some and they don t want to negotiate that way. we ll stand by to get the videotape of the president s comments on this government shutdown momentarily. beanna, thanks very much. later this hour, i ll also speak with two members of congress, representative scott ridgell of virginia, republican who sayset would vote for a clean budget bill to get the government going again and senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. she s a democrat, heavily involved in these behind the scenes negotiations with democrats and republicans. while all this talking is going on in washington, the voices of