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No idea what's going on or what to expect because that made me feel like maybe it just wasn't me. do you you said what your colleagues are asking for? >> chris, they started initially saying that they wanted to repeal the affordable care act. they wanted to deny millions of americans health care. that's wrong. that was holding the affordable care act, the law, hostage. so, we don't know what is going t on in terms of the negotiations they want, but the discussions are taking place, that's a good thing. but what we have said and continue to say is that we have to get people back to work, we mus...

Involving terror suspects? you can tweet me @sharonbrean. why can't we have one here? >> most of america is asking that same question, six day into the partial government shutdown a break through does not appear in the making today. yesterday the house passed a bill that would eventually reimburse federal workers for lost pay. they passed on that opportunity yesterday. all of this is playing out against the backdrop over the fight of increasing the debt ceiling. hi, steve. >> both sides are digging in, there are no signs of a compromise and the clock is ticking toward a possible government d...

Secretary jack lew again made their positions clear. national correspondent steve centanni live with that in washington. >> hi, eric. after the first week of a government shutdown and with that fight over a debt ceiling looming, there are still no negotiations between the president and congress. of course, each side is blaming the other. house speaker john boehner said today all the president has to do is pick up the phone and start negotiating. boehner says he knows what my number is. but until that happens, boehner says he's uncertain how this fiscal showdown will end. >> i do not want the u...

Negotiating. if boehner were the person to deliver votes, harry reid could negotiate. the fact is he's not. there was a joke around the white house that said, okay, we'll call up and start negotiating. i guess we'll call up ted cruz. he controls more house votes than john boehner. >> is john boehner's biggest problem that he has a group of republicans who he cannot control in his own caucus who don't know the difference between the word defeat a piece of legislation or destroy a presidency? what's the objective? >> this is where those sympathetic to boehner will say he tried education strategy...

Mock him. they can play politics and refuse even to make a counteroffer. or they can grow up and start negotiating. that's if they really do care enough about the country's slow recovery to kick it into a higher greer. the president's put something on the table. he put out proposals, a big chop in corporate tax rates and mightier one for manufacturing. a total gimme to prison. he proposed a big road and bridge program, the stuff republicans liked. he also proposed a minimum wage hike. how about the republicans say we'll take the corporate hike, take the road and bridge, and we'll give you a mi...