just above 24%, an all time low. 53% of americans are blaming republicans for government shutdown, 22% more than those who blame president obama. it marks an even wider margin of blame than during the gingrich-led shutdown in 1995. it gets worse. 70% of americans believe republicans in congress are putting their own political agenda ahead of what's good for the country. so what's next? maybe, maybe crying uncle. in a meeting yesterday with president obama, house republican leaders proposed raising the country's debt ceiling for six weeks in exchange for a bipartisan conference to negotiate a longer-term budget deal. left out of yesterday's house proposal an end to the government shutdown, now in its 11th day. keeping the government closed for business did not seem like such a great idea to the white house or apparently to senate republicans. right now nat minority leader

mitch mcconnell is negotiateing a plan to extend the debt ceiling and end the shutdown in exchange for a list of concessions yet to be determined. as for the thing that got the gop into this approval cratering mess to begin with, so far no repeal of obama care, no defunding of it either. president obama is meeting right now with senate republicans including, as we said, mitch mcconnell. the biggest slice of obama care that appears to be on the table is a repeal of 2.3% tax on medical devices. whether the gop will be able to extract more as payment for all their woes remains to be seen. as "politico" reports discussions have been described as free flowing. joining me today senior national correspondent with bloomberg business week josh green, editor and publisher of the nation and contributor of the "washington post" and political editor and white house correspondent at the "huffington post" sam stein. joining us from capitol hill democratic senator from pennsylvania bob casey who serves on the senate finance committee.

senator, thanks for joining us in these uncertain times. >> thanks, alex. >> so let us talk of the deal making. it sounds like senate republicans are the wiser half of the party and negotiating with president obama as we speak. what, i ask you, are democrats in the senate prepared to accept in terms of concessions on a deal to keep the government open and raise the debt limit. >> alex, that's not clear yet. we'll have to see what happens after the president's meeting with republican senators. one thing is clear now. obviously this is a good development. an increasing number of republicans in the house and senate seem to agree with us, which is to open the government, pay our bills and then obviously spend some time in the next couple of weeks having negotiations and discussions. but it's taken us a long time to get republicans in congress to

agree we should open the government and pay our bills but it's moving in that direction. >> let me ask you about a few pieces of a deal that have been floated out there, one by polit co-. repeal of the medical device act, change to independent advisory board and means testing for obama care subsidies. would you as a democrat agree to those? >> i think you'll see all kinds of proposals floating. i don't know of anything that's in the senate in a bill that would be something that anyone would consider. i think one element of that discussion that i've been very public about is i've been support of repealing medical device tax in the event it's paid for. that's one where i think you could probably have some agreement but look all of this is conditional. any proposal is conditional on making sure those first two

priorities are met. that we open the government for sure. we should make every effort to open it monday morning. number two, we play our bills and not fool around with the full faith and credit of the united states. that's the starting point. if republicans get there obviously we're in a better position. >> let me ask you about that opening of the government question. harry reid was asked about the house proposal john boehner presented to the president, which was raising the country's debt limit for six weeks and said nothing of a continuing resolution to open the government back up again. harry reid said that is not going to happen. we have word now again, it's a fluid situation, the house may be moving forward with a six-week debt limit extension until november 22nd and another separate vote to fund the government through december 15th. would that be palatable, do you think, to democrats? >> well, i think it makes much more sense for the country, even if you have a six-week deadline

on the debt limit question that you make an effort to keep the government open and not just get it open but have a longer term so-called continuing resolution. in other words, there's no reason why we shouldn't have a resolution that not only opens -- a measure that not only opens up the government but keeps funding in place until at least the end of the fiscal year, which would be september 30th of '14. that would make much more sense, to not have the government open or not open question hanging over us even as you're having a debate over the debt ceiling. anyone proposing that, i don't think it's going to get very far. >> senator, i want to open this up to our panel in new york. sam, that question of how and when the government opens up seems to be the sticking point here. you may have two plans, one from the senate, one from the house differing specifically. >> i talked to a high-ranking democratic source yesterday about this meeting that happened

between house republicans and the white house. and the basic line that the president said is i don't understand why we have to have these conversations with the government closed. i don't think there's been a good answer to republicans now that we've moved away from the question of obama care and whether or not that will be part of this deal. seems like we're well passed it. the question comes why do you have to do this with the government closed. my question to the senator, you talked about a continuing resolution that is long-term, that gives certainty. the big question for a lot of democrats is at what funding levels will that continuing resolution be? if it seems almost lost in the discussion that democrats are going to likely settle on something that keeps sequestration in effect. my question to you, someone critical of sequestration, what are you going to do in the next three weeks, four weeks, whatever it is, to revert some of that funding back from sequestration. seems like we're moving crisis to crisis but democratic priority is pushed to the side. >> what we should do, and i think this is very important is

to get -- not just to get an agreement which will allow the government to be open and have funding in place for the long-term, at least the next year, but also as part of either what happens this weekend or what happens over the next couple of weeks, we get another agreement or another element to the agreement which shuts off sequestration, at least for two years. that would be very important. >> how do you propose to do that? you can't agree to fund the gornment or avert the debt limit, how do you turn sequestration off. >> i'm talking about the goals here. that should be the goal. there's no argument, even though there's some republicans that have embraced sequestration as a great idea. there's no argument that makes sense that sequestration has been a positive development for the country. it has hurt our economy. it hurt our national security. i think it's ir refutable

sequestration is bad. therefore, you should get an agreement to turn it off. >> senator, i'm going to open this back up to our panel. katrina, i think it's an important question sam skrks the question of sequestration, which has been sidelined and in the process the goalposts have decidedly been moved to the right. this is a strategic question for democrats. >> absolutely. >> how much will they push and how much ground to republicans they don't know despite all that polling whether they want to open the government back up. >> i think you're right the goalposts have been moved. almost paul ryan's numbers have become a centrist number. he's injected this back into this at a time when we thought he was -- we move beyond sequestration into a new grand bargain moment. you're hearing talk of means testing medicare. >> means testing, receiving subsidies from obama care.

>> means testing medicare. >> and a grand bargain. >> any time i heard the word "grand bargain" i first of all run for the hills. i also think how it's nickel and dimed working people in the country who have borne the brunt of the cuts. if there's a grand bargained and we have paul ryan as centrist position, i talked to eleison. they are driving hard to push it to newer levels of higher funding and bring in immigration, some of the priorities lost in a contrived crisis that has truly moved this country away from investment in the infrastructure of this country, immigration reform, which we need. never forget the deficit is falling. interest rates are still as low as we've seen in recent memory. so the possibility to invest and not gut and extract revenue as the republicans i think are now going to move to once they

understand how horrific their position is. >> that's part of the failure of leadership here, i think, josh. we talked about this time and time again. the republicans have won victories. john boehner has not sold any of those victim rice to his caucus. the fact paul ryan comes in on wednesday with an op-ed and it is endorsed by "washington post," the spending level we're talking about are lower than the original paul ryan budget. yet the tea party, sense of disenfranchisement which runs deeper than any actual policy but sort of an ideological frame of mind has animated the republican caucus to the degree that john boehner i really don't think is a leader of his caucus anymore. >> i think it's pretty clear. i'm not sure that's going to change. as i look at the deals that seem to be emerging, i would anticipate problems come from the democratic side from the left. you hear about this six-week delay of the debt ceiling. talk about grand bargains. the one thing nobody has said, and the reason i think market rise is premature, we still

haven't heard what are the republican concession toss democrats, if opening the government and raising the debt limit isn't a concession, which most reasonable people would agree, what exactly are they giving. all we've heard from paul ryan is a shorter, less nutso wish list of things, not defunding obama care but we'll cut medicare. >> there was a recent tell in the op-ed. he talked about entitlement reform in exchange for sequestration relief, changed cpi. since we have a distinguished senator on this program. >> yes, senator. >> i'm wondering what kind of appetite there is for some sort of tradeoff like that? >> cpi. >> entitlement form of some variety in exchange for that two-year sequestration you talked about. >> alex, one thing i would say, this opportunity in the next couple of weeks allows us to start widening the discussion to

i think critical for the country. early learning has been a priority of mine. we should have a really substantive discussion about that. we should also be focused still as i think both parties have gotten distracted away from the core fundamental issue here for most americans, jobs and the economy, ways to jump-start job creation. i think that should be part of the discussion as well. i think the point that was made earlier about somehow opening the government as some big concession by republicans is really faulty, this is their job. they are supposed to be supportive of policies and keep the government open. that's not a huge achievement for a government to keep running. so i think this -- the next couple of weeks, assuming things go well this weekend over the next few days does create an opportunity to have a broader discussion about the economy and jobs, about early learning, infrastructure, a whole range of priorities which have been sidelined because of a tea party

takeover and tea party shutdown. >> senator, do you feel like democrats have been very united thus far throughout this entire debacle. do you feel like there's a sense of unity what you just said, just opening the government is not a concession. if there is any deal making we'd return to progressive and democratic priorities regarding investment in this country and regarding education in this country and maybe immigration or other priorities that shouldn't be partisan. do you think there will be unity on that? are you worried at all about members saying lets get through this and deal with big ticket items after the government has been reopened? >> i think the unity on those issues is essential, but i don't think it's guaranteed. it's sometimes easier to have, and i think our party has done a great job staying unified in opposition to a tea party takeover or shut down. but we've got to continue to work and speak with one voice on these basic priorities. it will get difficult but i think we can do it.

>> it will be an interesting next couple of days. democratic senator from pennsylvania bob casey, thanks as always for your time and best of luck. >> thanks, alex. >> after the break in the fog of brinksmanship, it can be hard to see who was actually pulling the strings. while big business is in the gop's dna, the tea party has mutated genetic code. we'll discuss whose money actually talks next on "now." [ paper rustles, outdoor sounds ] ♪ [ male announcer ] laura's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today her doctor has her on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] campbell's homestyle soup with farm grown veggies. just like yours. huh. [ male announcer ] and roasted white meat chicken. just like yours. [ male announcer ] you'll think it's homemade. i love this show. [ male announcer ] try campbell's homestyle soup.

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the poll numbers may be pull varizing and party leadership may be ready to wave the white flag. the tea party renegades who led the gop into the wilderness

still out for blood. case in point, ted cruz whose own unskewed polls say he's winning the fight. ted cruz rallied party members over the cliff at this morning's value voters summit. >> none of us know what's going to happen on this obama care fight now. in my view the house of representatives needs to keep doing what it's been doing, which is standing strong. >> standing strong. in recent weeks the gop's willingness to embrace tea party dilutions has alienated the party's more traditional ally, the business community. that threatened some rainmakers to talk about funding. they have warned republicans the cash spigot may be shut off. while washington remains at a standstill, financial lines flocked to the capital full of ideas. as josh green reports in this week's bloomberg business week,

increased federal involvement in the economy has led executives to personally press their case with members and regulators. but what kind of poll does wall street really have these days? as the head of the national federation of independent business a bastion of conservative report told the times we don't care what they think. they don't care what the chamber thinks, probably don't care what the business roundtable thinks. as another lamented, republicans are not the party of business anymore, they are the party of anti-government. josh, i go to you first on this on your reporting. i'm not surprised great financial minds of washington say hey, guys, this is how under the circumstances out of this. the question is, is the republican party listening anymore? >> they don't appear to be. the conventional business used to be don't send ceo to washington. you don't want them besmirched by politics. michael jordan used to say both republicans and democrats buy sneakers so he wouldn't get

involved. things get broken, institutional investors have pressured companies to send ceos to washington partly to talk sense into the crazies and partly to stand up for the country's interest in this kind of maelstrom of dysfunction that has a negative effect on this country's bottom line. >> would you send michael jordan up to the summit to talk to voters and say obama care? >> they have reaped what they have sewn. in 2010, chamber of commerce, national federation of independent business poured millions into the process which led to this gerrymandering, redistricting so tea party could claim their space. now they have buyers remorse. you have on one side business community, all about self-interest and the others ideological purity. greed versus extremism. whatever side wins, in my view, it's not a win for the country.

>> what do you make of that, josh, katrina's contention it's hard to be part of the solution when you were part of the problem to begin with. what do business minds think of koch brothers, who, by the way, they are businessmen. >> to men and men, made the same point, this has taken us by surprise. if you go back a couple of years ago and address what katrina was talking about, they thought they had a lot in common. it was the tea party that didn't want dodd/frank, republican party antagonistic towards deregulation, taxes. in the vin diagram they imagined more overlap than there turns out to be. the problem is tea party like views on science, views on economic in a lot of cases are, hey, we can default on the national debt and it will be a good thing not a bad things, which every businessman no matter what will tell you that's a bad thing. >> they are anti-government yet

they want to be elected to government. they want to focus on repealing laws instead of crafting them, undoing the very thing they are part of. at some point, even for the koch brothers who this week send a memo out, koch industries had no part in the push to defund the government oshut the government to defund obama care. >> the koch brothers saying you've gone too far for us? >> the bridge too far. >> it resembles the shift in politics we've seen for the past four or five years. used to be you could work in the confines of the regular legislative order and you pursue policies business friendly, deregulation one of them change in obama care law through the process and you wouldn't risk the sort of chaos that seeped from the political world into the financial world. now feels like every three months we're at some sort of brinksmanship that has potential

to affect the markets. what's curious to me, there's a divide between how business interest dealt with the government shutdown and default. big business was freaked out about default. it was small business freaked out about the government shutdown. i've been curious to study that. i don't know if you've picked up any in your report. it's fascinating to see how these things are separating. >> the koch brothers, some of the big business people i read the other day are deploying local small business people to reason with tea partiers in community. here is the thing. koch brothers and their allies, they have never hated government in the way the anti-establishment tea party disenfranchisement they have government on their side. they have captured government. now the insurgent anti-establishment drive to tear down a government that has rigged the rules because government has been captured in favor of large corporations is now rising up saying, hey, we do like some government but not the kind of government that would help millions of people. instead of renouncing government, it's our role to

restore and capture and listen to what elizabeth ward says eloquently, the rules are rigged of it's not about deregulation, it's about regulation that works for the very richest funding the anti-establishment force. >> can you bring it back from the brink in i thought erick erickson's attitude toward the medical device, he's painted as a victory for lobbyist and noot the republican party because it doesn't delay the mandate putting once again the republican party at odds with itself is evidence of just how sort of untenable the unity of these two factions under the same tent is. >> i think there's such admiration and love for small businessmen among politicians. at least they profess to love them. i think the real danger signs, it's not just big business and koch brothers that split. i spent last week talking to small businessmen and ceos of medium-sized businesses who don't come to washington and get involved. they were upset about the shutdown because basically it

was killing consumer confidence, which kills demand for products across the board. i don't think people like that care what erick erickson thinks about the medical device tax or have any idea who he is. >> there's an important thing going on within the tea party movement, they don't care about corporate subsidies. they are antagonistic pout corporate subsidies. you'll see a lot speak up during the debate in the farm bill saying we need to look at corporate subsidies in addition to s.n.a.p. >> you see them threatening to shut down the government in order to remove corporate subsidies. >> correct. that's where the problem is, they are not willing to die on that cross as opposed to the other cross. once you start -- there is basis, foundation for some sort of libertarian liberal alliance on that, i think. >> i think when the tea party emerged, there was ability to talk about corporate power, corporate subsidies. the anti-government, hatred of government and hatred of obama so overwhelmed the grassroots tea party. don't forget it was funding from

freedom army and koch brothers that fueled a lot of that. you might have had a more pure tea party which would have focused on why are ceos over paid and undertaxed. >> howard fineman actually writes about this in a place called the "huffington post." i've never been there myself but i've heard about this website. he writes, heritage action one of the major groups funded by small donors, corporate allies and wealthy individuals has become a powerhouse in a new generation of conservative groups. it operates on a model by evangelical activist producing inflammatory score cards that rate lawmakers ideological purity based on votes. the problem here are the bed fellows. grassroots network, corporate allies and wealthy individuals. it is rare all interests will converge into one specific policy. >> i spent august embedded with

heritage action guys. >> you survived. >> i did. they are nice guys. >> he says quietly underneath his breath. continue on. >> you can see them whipping up this furor against obama care. it's clear as day what they were doing is pushing against interest of institutional republican party and corporate interest on wall street and it was going to lead to something like this. that's a split that hasn't been addressed and wall street paper over in the past. they were never empowered to the degree they are now by guys like demint and cruz and mike lee -- >> i don't know how much longer. this may have been come to jesus mom. for decades they have paper over the fact you have the wall street wing that does well. you have people in red states all over this country getting shafted on a day-to-day basis. the question is and i say this with humility because i don't know why and i don't want to sound arrogant but why do people vote against their own self. >> that's the question.

>> the million dollar question. >> i want to bring this last point up. we haven't talked about it yet. the irony of ironies. the numbers on obama care have gone up. if you didn't think it was a complete catastrophe disaster this strategy, like now obama care good idea in september 31% of the country said it is a good idea. now 38. 38% of the country think it's a good idea. the numbers have flipped. this is in the face of the exchanges having glitches and problems. the rollout seamless to say the least. the republicans have had a terrible strategy. >> lets being very frank rollout of the exchanges has been a disaster. states have done a pretty decent job but federally it's a train wreck. it could change. the media's attention had this not happen, shutdown happen, has been squarely on that. instead what transpired i think is by making this the epicenter

of the fight ted cruz has managed to get people like liberals, for instance, concerned about the health care law didn't go far enough, they are now protective of obama care. people worried about not getting benefits see it and want to hold onto it. people are refrenching as opposed to examining the health care law and seeing the flaws apparent in the rollout. >> by the way in their sort of mini funding bills, they have called attention to piece by piece all important thing government actually does. >> it will be weird to turn around after championing head start to turn around and have to cut those. >> exactly. >> literally have given us a laundry list of priorities. >> the crowning glory, as i was eating dinner, heard a conversation liberals blaming shut down for obama care. generally believed shutdown was causing problems. cruz managed to vince. >> would be doing better if not for the shutdown.

>> amazingly it is sort of -- if that spreads republicans will be the ones taking ownership of the fact. >> that is what we call not a good strategy. coming up, eyes on the white house where senate republicans are still meeting with president obama. we can only imagine what is going on in that room. we will bring you new developments as we get them. that's just ahead. first while the tea party hits a rough patch on capitol hill the right flank cruises on in colorado. we'll look at the latest recall election and the gop's push to push gun control laws. that's next. and i'm not gonna d get in the way of what i want to wear! [ female announcer ] tampax radiant protects 30% better and comes with a resealable wrapper for discreet disposal. mix and match your protection with the whole radiant collection.

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would try and be completed by november 22nd with a task of a massive paydown of debt and deficit. that would be the first thing they would do. early next week they would work on a way to fund the government through the 15th. in exchange for that they would like something from the white house. what chuck todd reported from the white house said, the house is more than happy to offer a fig leaf they would give up in budget negotiations anyway to give boehner a shiny golden ticket to take back to the house and say aha, we got something for the shutdown now let them go to work on a large scale deal and see what we can get. it does two things, reopens the government and most importantly avoids catastrophe. that's what gop wants. there's house in the senate where harry reid says he doesn't want to see a six-week debt limit extension. that's too short, thinks it should go on longer.

figure out a way government funding debt limit agencies affected by sequestration would have more control over what is paid, what is not, something both sides agree on and maybe you get the medical device for the shiny gold ticket for the house republicans and senate republicans. it's a fluid situation. i'm sure a lot was talked about in the meaning at the white house. ted cruz, marco rubio were all at. >> to be a fly on the wall as ted cruz sits with mitch mcconnell and rand paul and president obama. luke, i guess my question is the house plan -- senate plan is grown-up plan. it's a bigger plan, a longer plan. the house plan doesn't seem to fundamentally address brinksmanship, guns held to hostages head, a reconciliation between moderates in the party and tea partiers looking for this bag of goodies that yet to appear. i guess my question to you standing on capitol hill is, is there any sense of resignation

among the far right caucus of house republicans that they are not going to win this thing and that ultimately in order for the government to open back up and get democratic support for any of this, they are going to have to concede some things. >> yes. what you're seeing now is tweets from conservative congressman, one from kansas tweeting there's rumors of a big deal to avoid the shutdown, house must stand strong, don't cave in. there's going to be this fear of conservative block of any deal. the difference is alex where we stand now from ten days is latest "wall street journal," countless aides told me this spread like wildfire throughout the place. not only did the standing of the health care law improve within our poll house republicans have the lowest standing in the history of the poll. and for the first time since the obama honeymoon period in 2009 america wants democrats to control congress, gop has their lowest rating in that.

there's a lot of indicators and warning signs so historically bad and negative ted cruz caucus pushed aside and they are trying for a large scale deal. they are upset about the health care law and more likely than not, they will scream to the end. if it's a deal approved by white house that gives steny hoyer to move ahead and provide boehner any cover he wants. i think we need to see how this plays about between the senate and house. it could come down to this, hey, this the only thing that will pass through me. sorry, mitch, sorry, harry reid, we can't do anything else. this could be the deal. >> i appreciate the nbc "wall street journal" poll but not balancing it with ted cruz's poll which makes it different. >> both sides do it, sam. both sides do it. >> simple poll, ted cruz's

family. >> sample poll of five people. just from my perspective. tell me if you think i'm wrong, the white house wouldn't trade any significant deal. lets say they had to trade medicare benefits cuts, they wouldn't take that deal if it meant they would have to go back to the negotiating table in six weeks time. the whole point if you're going to do a big deal, you do it so it lasts. i'm wondering if the house republicans recognize that reality. i sure as hell do and i'm not part of it. anyone can recognize they don't want to go back to the negotiating table in six weeks time. >> they don't. that's why you're hearing reid move that. if this becomes the only way forward and the president opened the door to that temporary extension of the debt limit and temporary extension of government funding while the government is carried out, he said that with his own words, that's what they peg it with. as chuck todd said, throw the fig leaf, i said shriney gold

ticket, it's okay. lets say this moves forward and have you these large scale bipartisan negotiations between the white house, paul ryan, whoever is in that room. there is not a lot of time in terms of hill speak and legislative language between now and thanksgiving. so if that were to happen, that would just bipartisan talks on hyper overdrive. we've seen those discussions oftentimes don't get going until the last two weeks, so you could easily have a scenario we could be facing default right before thanksgiving. another one, we could be facing a government shutdown right before christmas. correct, they do want to avoid that. if this is all they get at this late hour, they might be forced to take it. >> we'll see who plays hardball on this. >> hardball as chris matthews says. >> what i'm looking for is the luke russert poll that shows how the republicans are doing. >> i'm going to commission it myself. >> nbc capitol hill correspondent luke russert, thanks as always. >> take care.

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this year's nobel peace prize recipients, chemical weapons instead. the organization for prohibition of chemical weapons was given the award. a lot of talk about malala

yousafzai. but this makes a lot of sense. >> this is a brilliant move on the part of the committee. what in this past year has done more to avert a war that could have ravaged the middle east and ravaged rorld? the resurgence of diplomacy and the use of this agency. so you know, of course, the pakistani, young woman courageous, extraordinary, exposed extremism. this was an award as you pointed out designed to avert peace -- build peace, avert war, also disarmament, an issue off the radar and has to come back on. reminds me the nobel awarded its prize to international atomic energy agency. if that had been used for

effectively we would not have had the debacle of iraq. >> it's true hate been controversial in the past, josh. they awarded it to the e.u. which i thought was a #fail personally. there was the debatable decision to award the 2009 prize to president obama. >> they don't always go with the popular choice. they did more of the foreign affairs choice and "people" magazine choice as wonderful and deserving as both recipients are. is a nod to the fact with the chemical weapons attacks in syria disarmament is important and deserves to be raised up. >> and shine the spotlight. >> with an assist from former nobel winner president obama. >> and you don't forget the assist of russian president -- >> vladimir putin. >> in a very clever way. not putin but they could have given it to lavrov and secretary of state kerry. that would have been highly politicized controversial choice.

this the use of the -- >> people going in there, risking their lives. >> gives them the will they will need. speaking of the people at the top versus the people at the bottom during the 2012 campaign a target of ridicule for $55,000 car elevator and oppose lent la jolla home. i saved in for you. mitt romney's plan to demolish the structure and replace it with mcmansion three times larger running into opposition from some local residents complaining it would block beach access. you, sam, ran into the same thing when you tried to with chesapeake bay. >> i empathize with mitt romney. what do you want me to say. >> mitt romney can't escape controversy. this is an excuse to talk about that. >> i feel like at this point in time. poor mitt romney. let him build this home. i understand this is a local matter and people mad about

obstructing views. keep it as a local matter. i feel bad for the guy. >> that is bipartisan at work. >> i deserve a nobel prize. >> you may get it for twompl. thank you to josh, katrina and sam. i will be back monday noon eastern live from washington, d.c. the bull's eye where all this is taking place. joined by e.j. deion, deedee myers, robert gibbs, robert costa. "andrea mitchell reports" is coming up next. ♪ [ male announcer ] may your lights always be green. [ tires screech ]

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