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Unfortunately, i don't mean to minimize it, ping-pong over a consequential issue right up to the deadline. >> it seems like child's play and how it's actually playing out. one thing i find interesting, you have folks like john mccain saying it's not rational that the senate -- people think the senate will defund obama care. karl rove in "the wall street journal" calling it an ill-conceived tactic that will strengthen the president and alienate independence. this "s" this a different not only amongst republicans but really republicans that aren't concerned about where independents are going. th...

A shooting like this, a situation like this, it's important to put it in perspective. we know there were 1,600 shoot innings chicago this year alone. 315 people who were killed by gun violence. just last year, the fbi says there were more than 500 people murdered in chicago, however, chicago police insist the murder rate here is going down. in this particular case, this mass shooting we know that investigators, they are looking for a suspect or suspects involved but at this point, chris, no one in custody. >> all right, george, thank you very much for the report this morning. it will be a bi...

We will not repeal or defund obama care. we will not. >> reporter: and later today, president obama will be in kansas city for a campaign-style event on the white house economy. a white house official says the president will go after the gop on the prospect of a government shutdown. it's no surprise, kate, the administration says the president will veto that legislation pending before the house today. >> that is almost a certainty. that's for sure. >> yes. >> jim, thank you so much. joining us now to talk more is cnn political analyst and executive of the daily beast, john avalon. john king ...

Say, a government shutdown, debt ceiling, whatever else they're getting pressured to do, all boehner has to do is say, look, if your buddy, ted cruz, can come up with a strategy where this can get all the way through and the pressure isn't all on the house, then i'm willing to do it. and ted cruz can't do that, and they know, the tea party knows that ted cruz will just put all the pressure on house republicans, so they'll say, forget about it. you know what, you know, we'll pass our bill, you know, so the house will pass their cr, that will defund obama care. then the senate will push it back ...

Republicans as you said will be essentially casting a protest vote to continue to fund the government while defunding obama care. meanwhile, the white house says the president will start doing more than just watch the country edge closer to a shutdown. with house republicans setting a vote for today on a temporary spending bill that would defund obama care, washington is edging closer to a government shutdown, now just ten days until the government runs out of money an a possible debt default not far behind, white house officials say president obama is ready to engage with congress. >> the pre...