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Council on foreign relations, richard haass, and u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us this morning as well. what a week ahead for the former president. i know there are other things going on as well. >> it's an incredible week. speaking of incredible. katty kay got her wish yesterday. >> yes, she did. >> the french, she called them the surrender monkeys, i'm deeply offended by that. the french lost yesterday. i don't know if you can even say lost, though, katty. that was without a doubt, and i think everybody agrees, the most extraordinary world cup final anybody's eve...

What do you make of that? what's your take? >> i think we have to be careful on the houuse of language. there is no question, this was a betrayal. it was a betrayal of american values. it was a betrayal of american government. it was a betrayal of what you would expect the president of the united states to do. i agree it's unlikely congressional republicans are really going to hold him accountable. but there is an element to this that is significant. katie, you have pointed out that the one thing that donald trump fears and hates the most is to look weak. and yesterday, he looked weak. remembe...

>> the late politicians. >> the interesting thing that happened here is we had a situation where if you go back a week or two ago, republicans are united over hatred of obamacare. the media is focused on bruk barak's failure as a leader with syria. the conversation is all about how obama looks weak, putin is making him look weak. >> obamacare approval rath is dropping. >> somehow we found a way, not we. >> okay. >> ted cruz. >> somehow some people found a way to make the conversation divisive on the right where republicans and conservatives are fighting each other. where if you disagree strate...

Outcome we want. there's lots of things they can pick from where they do have support of the american people. >> on obama care american people right now are on the side of the republicans. >> on the policy. >> on the policy. you can't find a poll that doesn't show americans agree with republicans when it comes to being against obama care. so guess what? frame it. strategically for a while. frame it in a way that you get something very significant out of it. >> you're talking to the republicans at this point? because the white house -- >> house republicans are passing this. i'm talking to the s...

>> jeremy, briefly what happens in the end, about eight days from now the house bill goes to the senate. harry reid will strip out the defunding language and it goes back to the house. what is the house left with. with a couple of days or hours left attempt to shut down the government? >> that's the big question you just don't know what john boehner will decide to do. does he put a bill on the floor that the majority of his conference does not like and will not vote for or do they try to add in more provisions of their own and continue to drag this fight out to the point where we edge closer t...