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A government shutdown, don't they -- or shouldn't they have the decency to show up for that meeting, instead of the stuff tt nancy pelosi and chuck schumer showed today? >> in a word, yes, they should. theypr are not there representig the opposition party, they are there is the minority leaders of the two chambers in congress. it's a major disappointment, especially when you see the president's reaction, north korea firing as highest missile to date, sean. he saying, let's not play politics, funding the military, let's not leave that on the altar of the liberal agenda. i find it really regrett...

Bridge gate and reasons of what happened in 2012, the fact that he embraced president obama. they still said that they really thought that he connected with people and that that was something that they need to look at, specially when they have a republican candidate who might be running against a hillary clinton. that's something they think they messed up on in the past of not having a republican candidate that connects. jake? >> some other possible 2016 candidates have spoken there. senator marco rubio of florida. congressman, paul ryan, of wisconsin, who was the v.p. nominee last time around...

Rhodes -- campaign manager for mitt romney -- said rubio graciously offered his spot to ann romney to speak in prime time on thursday. but they wanted to keep rubio where he was. because he is such an important figure in the future of the republican party. >> bret: two assets for romney, obviously. ann romney, big asset. humanizes him, right? >> yeah. they are trying to emphasize the biography, the family, the personal side such that it is for romney to rebrand them a little bit when the voters are starting to focus. it does show what an asset they believe ann romney to be to shuffle things ar...

And help pay for what medicare doesn't. call this toll-free number now... next week, the senate will vote on the american jobs act. so any senator out there who's thinking about voting against this jobs bill needs to explain why they would oppose something that we know would improve our economic situation. >> the president asked for it and he got it. the american jobs act will face its first procedural vote in the senate tomorrow night. and republicans are not happy about it. >> what's concerning about it is he put ideas in this jobs bill that have already proven to fail, instead of trying t...

Campaigning on a bill that won't pass. can't get it out of the senate right now. rather than working with us on ideas. >> i'm joined by nbc white house correspondent mike viqueira, good sunday morning to you. the president always calling himself the uniter. now ryan saying he's not going to compromise. >> reporter: no question that after labor day we've entered a new phase in washington. if you thought politics was bad, divisive, you thought there was gridlock before, it's likely to only increase. there are some possibilities down the road. we'll talk about those a little bit later. the presid...