republicans refuse to concede. they want a one year delay in the obamacare quote unquote individual mandate to by health insurance. democrats refuse to concede. they want obamacare to be untraditionally funded. the result? 800,000 federal workers are idle, and public services are suspended. both sides are bracing for a backlash and the blame game is on. so? why no compromise? because of what's at stake, mainly a shift in the balance of political power in 2014 after next year's midterm election. we now have a democratic pretty, a democratic senate, and democratic house. president obama is refusing to negotiate with house speaker boehner, a republican, because mr. obama thinks the backlash will boost the current democratic majority in the senate next year, and possibly result in the democrats taking over of the house of representatives. republicans think a one year delay in the individual mandate

will mean healthy individuals will defer buying insurance. and those with preexisting conditions will rush to sign up. this in turn means higher insurance premiums in 2014, for everybody. winning this battle with this shut down gives the winners an advantage in the 2014 midterm election. it has put us in the middle of a power game. question, who will end up taking the wrap for the government shut down? the republican, democrats? or will it be an it -- >> tell me how practice can blame the republican did president obama can blame the republican party for shutting down the government, when the house is repeatedly voted, tried to open up the museum, tried to vote for nih, the democrats are the ones shutting down the government, but they are succeeding to a degree in the pr battle, because by 4-3, people

blame the republican party here. however, i think obama is being damaged, moderate republicans are being damaged, henry reed is coming off as a crusty, and not so nice old man, but i do think in the whole battle when it ends, john, i don't think it's about to 14. >> obama want to be seen as strong, because he was weak on syria, and i think he sees a political victory here, breaking the republican party, and he has a chance to do it. >> gallop says the disapproval rating has risen 2%, and approval rate has dropped 1%, job rating 50 percent disapprove. what's your comment to the question? >> nice try, pat, trying to dress up what the republican party is doing. i want to correct something in the set up. the president obama is not refusing to negotiate, because he's trying to ramp up democratic support for 2014, the

republicans are tieing the, dismantling or the dee lane of his signature program, a law that has been upheld by the supreme court. you don't do this in democracy as we've known it, try to rewrite the last election, undermine a law that's already been passed by tieing it to a government shutdown. the politics are working very well for the democrats. because the republicans have made this all about their extreme and reckless tactics, not about obamacare. boehner as we sit here today, frantically looking for a way out. if the republicans could do anything to lose their advantage, in holding the house next year, they've done it, and if ted cruz becomes the face of the republican party, the republicans will not have majority in the u.s. senate for the foreseeable future.

>> we'll separate it out from an election that is about a year away, and divorce it from that. politicians don't think in terms of who is going to take over the government, or who is going to win the election, they are thinking about high minded things like president obama. they don't want a gun to their head, the president has said. >> the republican party was able to excitement its base in a way not seen in years in 2009, the risk is they could do this again. the voters will forget the nasty politician, and remember the gop took a principal stand against obama's program. the other thing that's going on right now though is that things are developing very quickly with the government shutdown. opening a can of worms we don't know where it's going to be to the republican leadership is probably in a bait and switch where they are they are going to

try to turn it into a conversation of turning the debt ceiling. >> i think both parties are fighting on the edge of a cliff, and when you're on the edge of the cliff, you don't ask who is right, that's not what they're doing, but you have to ask what are we doing at the edge of the clip, having this kind of fight. we are in a terribly vulnerable position as an economy and country, but particularly at an economy. if this goes on for too long, we could plunge the economy into a worst place, so i think it's a -- what you have is a situation where there is no presidential leadership. if you had reagan on johnson, you would have never had this. reagan used to have democrats in for lunch every time, he had relations across the table. not only does obama not have relation, with the republican, but also not the democrats. i can say that from direct contact with the leadership of the democratic party in the

house. they are dismay. he never helps with them, he don't know how to deal with them. >> excuse me, the democrats were not trying to under mine reagan's signature tax plan after he won reelection and after it had passed both houses of congress. it's a very different tactic. [ talking over one another ] >> again and again and again. simply because -- the -- >> let me advance this -- >> please relinquish. service providers -- what the shutdown means for federal agencies and for you and for me. the agency who goes home, the government says nonessential workers will be furloughed. half of the pentagon's 800,000 civilian workers will go on

furlough. at the epa, only 1069 of the 16,200 workers stay on the job. at the census bureau, all data collections staff, small businesses in urgent need of federal loans will have to wait. so do homeowners that wasn't -- want a federal mortgage, museum are closed, national monuments including the famed and popular lincoln memorial, off limits, closed. who stays on the job? active duty military serving at home and abroad, the justice development, most of it is considered essential of its 114,000 staff, 97,000 stay on the job. workers in federal prison, in the security, bore kerr protection, -- border protection, air travel control, tsa, transportation security administration, and law enforcement are seen as essential. these workers stay on the job.

so do postal workers, the mail gets delivered, whether rain, or. snow. social security checks will be doctor effort, weather forecasters will still forecast, amtrak stays on the rails. who else stay on the job? the u.s. president and u.s. congressmen, and u.s. senators. the good news? the irs cancels its auditing appointments. the bad news, the irs continues to collect taxes. >> average americans feel the shut down effect. >> absolutely. people who are trying to get into clinical trials carpet get into clinical trials, that's been suspended. you have in blood drives being canceled because people are furloughed, they are not there. people are not getting their paychecks. this has less of a ripple effect and not always from people we hear from, and republicans have a cynical approach. passing bills, or trying to pass bills that will reopen areas of government where they're feeling

the heat, and the democrats are -- you don't get to pick and choose. [ talking over one another ] >> let me talk a second. >> look, the national institute of health has a cancer treatment program for children and the republicans tried to open up it up, and harry reid said not. >> why would i want to do that? >> he want to maximize the pain in order to maximize his political gain, that's what obama is doing. it is a sinister and sadistic thing. >> raw and crude politics. >> it really is. >> and it's on the part -- >> and the veterans memorial, he shut it all up! >> you hear the republican congressmen laying at the interior employees -- yelling at the interior employees. all he has to do is fund the entire government. >> this is addressed to mort. the u.s. is shut down partially,

how is that playing overseas. >> shut down, paralysis in washington. italy, usa, closed for lack of funding. germany, u.s. administration stands still. and take a look at this photo of mount rushmore, two tourists walking away from the national park. on the front page of the paper in belgium, washington, -- >> it is having an effect on the prestige and credibility of the united states. there's no doubt about it, because this is a government that is not functioning, and i have a feeling this is something that is going to gain -- i have a greater concern for the fact it's going to reduce the confidence of a lot of people over the effectiveness of our government, this is a serious

issue if it goes on for much longer. >> it totally needs -- >> what's that? >> way in plays over seas, it address to the narrative of america in decline, philosophically, but two, right now, president obama has canceled his trip to two regional summits in asia where the chinese president will take center stage in the next two weeks. it's not obama, the money is not there for him to do it, but he has such politics in washington he can't go. it suggests he's weak, and there's a real fine impact of what will happen with the chinese influence over our region. >> is he exaggerating the impact? >> no, but he made an excellent point earlier. these things have a short shelf life. remember the battle over gun control? this is goes to last a while, and it will be over a year before the next election, and what happens with how obama

being seen as a train correct or a good program -- >> you have millions of people signing off, and the website crashes. they're going to fix that. this is a program -- [ talking over one another ] >> because even apple can't fix something like that in one day. >> exit question -- >> excuse me! here's the question. >> emphasizing they won't budge, not an inch, not on a bills in the house. not on negotiates. these along with the debt ceiling. will that prove to be more -- >> i don't think obama can negotiate now. i think he has to stand firm, because he has a reputation for can pitch lating. >> the president has negotiated, he's not going to negotiate as long as they keep the government

shutdown and threat of not raising the debt ceiling. he's not giverring in. and i think boehner is for a way -- looking for a way out. >> i think we would all like to say there's going to be a negotiation, but the bottom line is we don't know for sure. and that's why government -- >> reasonable project cure, based on -- based on your career in journalism. >> i would say no later than next week, this country is suffering, and suffering at home, and the economy is really very, very fragile, and this kind of blow to the confidence in the government is going to have a big effect on the economy, and that's a bad thing to happen. >> you're estimating that this is going to go into talk when? >> in the next ten days. >> i agree with. whether we come back, why doesn't pb trust --

>> tell you what you think. >> when it comes to iran's nuclear weapons program, the only difference between them is this. he was a wolf in wolf's clothing, the wolf -- a wolf who thinks he can pull the wool over

the eyes of the international community. >> israeli prime minister netanyahu cannot stomach iran's new president. the president insists that iran's nuclear program was peaceful. >> any use of nuclear weapons is a violation of the u.n. charter, and a crime against humanity. doctrine justifying such use are unacceptable. >> reporter: the news that president obama has spoken to rohani on the telephone a week ago. it came as a surprise, and ended 34 years of silence and acrimony between the u.s. and iran. afterward, president obama described the phone call. >> the president has indicated that iran will never develop nuclear weapons.

i've made clear that we respect the right of the iranian people to access peaceful nuclear energy in the context of iran meeting its obligations. the test will be meaningful actions. >> closing the tweet with, have a good day, mr. president, well, this week at the u.n., it was prime minister net hugh's turn to have a good day. netanyahu's style. >> he can have his yellow cake and eat it, too. and he has another reason to believe that he can get away with it. and that reason is called north korea. like iran, north korea also said its nuclear program was for peaceful purposes. like iran, north korea also

order meaning lust confessions and empty promise -- meanings meaning -- meaning-less confessions and empty promises. >> mr. netanyahu said he was on a mission to tell the truth in the face of the sweet talk and onslaught of smiles. >> given the prospect that he might and wolf in sheep's clothing, and prime minister netanyahu says, should president obama still negotiate with him? >> john, i think that president obama should go forward with trying to negotiate. i think that we have to look closely at, correct me if i'm wrong, the u.n. general assembly was two weeks ago, and here netanyahu shows up a week later, when the world is not -- and giving this forceful speech. he has been back burnerred and sidelined in this. what is interesting, if you read between the lines of what

netanyahu said when he was at the white house right after meeting with obama, he suddenly, he said israel could live within an iran that has a nuclear program. >> who said that? >> benjamin netanyahu. >> what down think of that? >> -- what do you think? >> i think it was a confession. >> that was a big break through. >> it is not. it's suggesting that israel is in the game. and behind the possibility of negotiations, and just to finish, netanyahu did not want to be seen as the lone wolf gunning for war with iran. >> you agree with that? i think it was a major concession, but the fear that the israelis have is once they have nuclear capabilities, they won't be able to control it being transferred into a military purpose so the whole issue is how do you keep that under the right kind of constraint, and from israel's point of view, it's an exponential question, they can

be blown away with one, look, the iranians are developing rocket, lock term rockets that have just one purpose, to carry nuclear warheads. at some point -- [ talking over one another ] >> having said that, this is an absolutely -- if these people get a nuclear weapon, all they need is one, one rocket that gets launched, and it's the end of israel. >> is there any reason for this change of attitude on the part. iranian? they want to sell the oil. they want for sell it. >> excuse me, they can sell their oil without nuclear weapons and without nuclear developments. they have more oil than anybody, than any other country. they have plenty of oil to sell, so the only reason they're doing this is not to sell oil. >> they have all kind of binders against them.

>> yeah, now. i agree. >> and they want to sell it. >> i agree. the captions are the only thing putting -- sanctions are the only thing putting pressure on them. [ talking over one another ] >> there's no doubt thatment iranians have the technical ability, and the scientific knowledge. they to do the -- do not have the capacity to build the bomb. national intelligents said with high confidence they have not made a decision to build the bomb. we can get into all those plans to make sure they have no 90% uranium, 20% -- >> you remember -- >> iaea is in here. .001 to 1000 mill -- with .001, meaning more than natural background, what is the likely heed we will wake up to

headlines that iran has tested a nuclear bomb. >> no chance in the next 18 months. >> you're going to give me a digit. >> 0. >> the fact that netanyahu is curbing his rhetoric shows that obama is in the driver's seat, which is very different from before the president was reelected when netanyahu thought romney was going to be in the white house. >> despite the concession i was pointing out, i think netanyahu gave a great gift to the administration this week by saying let's sober up. i'm not against negotiating, but let's go into it with eyes open. >> we come in here at 500? >> if you go beyond 18 months, the odds are at least 900. sooner or later, they are going to develop a bomb. that's what they've been about for years. >> we'll be right back with

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