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Been a on a break, everybody wait fog congressman paul ripe to announce whether he will run for speaker although he has said he does not want to run, and in the face of objections from the right wing of his party. there's other work to get. to congress has days to decide whether to raise the nation's debt limit. otherwise the government will not have enough money to pay bills temp the freedom caucus is trying to force a move to defunded planned parenthood in connection with a debt decision. let's start with the speaker position. there's still pressure on paul ryan, right? >> that's right. cong...

Director of the center for politics at the university of virginia is my guest today. i think it's pretty crystal clear that what's happening out in the presidential race where people want an outsider, at least today, that's kind of what they're saying about the speaker position too, right? >> yes. i think there really is a connection here. gretchen, this has been building for years. the republican party was once very higherarchical. speerk of t things have begun to change. i think since the mid part of the last decade, toward tend of the bush administration and it's built through all these ele...

We just heard live on our air representative john flemming talking about this upcoming vote going to happen in the house tonight as they elect a nominee to put forward for the next speaker position after john boehner vacates on october 30th. after today moving forward there will be o vote on october 29th. that is with the full house. so who is going to be the guy -- or gal. s guys right now. and i want to bring in our panel. he just heard from representative flemming that

People. not of the donors, by the donors and for the donors. >> you know, governor, dan webster of florida, one of two candidating vying for the speaker position, had said it's all press to him. he wants the freedom to avoid this legislative road block, where legislation that has bipartisan support, or at least more than 200 members for a piece of legislation, that doesn't just stymy like planes on a runway, and it's about the process and clearing the hurdle so the house can do what it wants to do, and he says members would happily accept, as one just did with me, the consequences of that but ...

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