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>> yeah. i understand the point, and i've answered the question. >> okay. >> okay. the problem here is not that senator mike lee wanted to keep his paycheck. whatever floats your boat, sir. the problem here is that he had to pretend he did not say what he actually said. and that kind of thing keeps happening because republicans in congress do not seem to be sure of why they are doing what they are doing anymore or how to explain it. take also north carolina congressman mark meadows. he's the guy from the most republican district in north carolina who wrote the letter to john boehner a month ag...

Plus, a new twist in the fight over the government shutdown. speaker john boehner says he won't let the country default on the debt, even if he has to rely on democrats for support. a hot mic moment between mitch mcconnell and rand paul. we pulled back the curtain on their shutdown strategy and new video from the world war ii memorial in washington. a park ranger is confronted by a congressman who blames her for the park closing. john, eugene, harold, david ahead with us on "morning joe." brian, back to you. >> still ahead on way too early, your best and worst discoveries on twitter. #waytoome...

My quote to young politicians always was they never stop you when you're going 90 miles an hour. i think boehner showed strength here, some interesting things could happen. >> well, the reason he's kept the moderates from splintering so far is that he's promised them this on the debt ceiling he isn't going to push the envelope, that he isn't going to let the smaller tea party conference dictate the strategy on debt ceilinging and that's how he's gotten them to sort of stick the moderates to stick with them on the shutdown strategy. we'll see. it feels like he's juggling chain saws here, to be ...

>> no, i'm saying you ask, just because it's the law does that mean it has to stay the law forever and the answer to that question historically is no. >> your republican colleague from california has been critical of the shutdown strategy and i want to play what he had to say just last night. >> now that we have made the jump, set ourselves on fire and made the jump zee to -- we are now in the valley of death. we decided to go into the valley. we have to run together. we have to stay together in order to -- in order to fight the onslaught. >> he's also called republicans who let the government...

>> we will not go to conference with a gun to our head. >> this is ridiculous. >> i think it's a disgrace. >> this is nuts. >> now, president obama phoned top congressional leaders last night urging them to pass a budget. >> i talked to the president earlier tonight. i'm not going to negotiate. i'm not going to negotiate. i'm not going to do this. well, i would say to the president, this is not about me. and it's not about republicans here in congress. it's about fairness for the american people. >> you don't get to extract a ransom for doing your job. for doing what you're supposed to be doin...