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Is what it's about. that is a priority for house republicans. >> the question is what have they actually accomplished? according to the tracking website, govtracu.s. they've gotten 30 pieces of legislation passed this year. that's on track to be the lowest since the 1800s. they had managed to rack up 20% job approval. here to talk about the last shut down. former speaker gingrich and david gergen. >> with the dead line loonl imi are we wasting precious time? >> no. we're in the middle of a legislative process in which one member of the congress is expressing deep feelings obamacare is a disast...

President, this attitude of do it our way or nothing. you have no sense at all of the seriousness about negotiating even though today the president did indicate no side should expect to get 100%, which i thought might be the beginning of an opening towards a serious discussion. >> david, what's your take? >> i don't think they are wasting time, anderson. they are playing with fire. newt is right, this could be the beginning of a serious negotiations. i do believe republicans are calling attention to issues that are serious. the way they're going about it and what they're promising is they will...

Republicans have been taken hostage by the tea party and a group of extremists and that will help republicans reclaim the white house in 2016. i don't agree with newt's interpretation of shutting down the government in the 1990s. most people who look at that objectively not players said the republicans got hurt in both those shutdowns, you can look at the polls, very similar numbers and that got the president back in the game. then he and newt were able to work out this collaboration. >> we have the opposite problem now. just look at barack obama's speeches this week. you have a president refu...

Listen. >> republican colleagues just don't believe, or believe you should be free from political targeting, but that you should be free from any scrutiny at all. the purpose of a 501(c)(4) or 501(c)(3) is to enable easier promotion of public good, not political work. it is the responsibility of the i.r.s. to determine which groups are choosing the correct exempt status, and which are trying to manipulate the system to avoid taxes, and hide political organizations and campaign donors. without oversight a status meant for charities becomes a machine for political money laundering. do you think ...

Rebels. >> that is the problem. we have no national strategy. we haven't begun the debate how will you live in the world where you have people, talk about the peace process which is an insanity. the morning he arrives there are rockets fire inside israel and we talk about a peace process as though one faction of the palestinians could deliver if they wanted to. of the most militant factions want to destroy israel and hezbollah wants to destroy iowaial and the muslim brotherhood wants to destroy and western go around if only we had a peace process? with whom? >> chris: karl levin joined john mc...