aaron schock of illinois and tulsi gabbard of florida. talking about the formation of the congressional future caucus. looking at interest and efforts of those under 35, the millennial generation. here's how you join the conversation, democrats and republicans, 202-585-3880 and 202-585-3881. here's fred, he's in new hampshire, democrats line. caller: good morning. i was wondering about obamacare. i have three sons i'm older. i'm disabled veteran. i have three sons and they all have good jobs and they have good insurance. how will obamacare going to hurt them? i don't understand how -- they have good insurance and they can keep it. they are keeping their insurance. they have very good insurance and very good jobs. i'm not understanding how obamacare is suppose to hurt people? guest: so, may be i can give you a perspective. first of all thank you for your service as a disabled veteran. appreciate your sacrifice for our country. congratulations on three good sons who are all gainfully employed. here's the challenge with obamacare is that, it

tulsi gabbard and aaron schock of illinois.ant to draw more young people but the truth is a lot of voters tend to be older. we have had a lot more younger voters in the last couple of cycles. that congress is as relevant, that washington is as relevant in people's lives, particularly when you see the political process stuck like this? >> i think people have woken up whether it be through the affordable care act or through their cost of college if you are student loan even, interest rates are governed by the federal government. so whether you're a single mom, whether you're a small business owner, a college student, i think people are starting to make the connection between what happens in washington d.c., they may not be happy with it or please the with the direction but they're making a connection between what happened in d.c. and their personal lives. to tulsi's point i see the younger people in congress as people who are unafraid to venture into areas perhaps where their political parties don't typically go. my democrat coll

representative aaron schock, republican of illinois, and bbard,entative tulsi ga democrat of hawaii. ♪ with they are dealing necessity of raising the debt ceiling by mid-october. good morning and welcome to "washington journal." we will look at bipartisanship in congress and distinct efforts on that. we will tell you about that in just a bit but we want to

>> the best goes to aaron schock for his bipartisan effort in future caucus.'t challenge me with a primary and -- you can if you want but you're not going to win it and i will vote and do what's right for this country. >> there's the shock. >> there's the shock. and the worst goes to ted cruz, senator ted cruz from texas who proved that really he was just out for himself. and he fought for the defunding of obama care and when the house delivered, he said, oh, well, i guess we're not going to be able to deliver it after all. and it was just self-serving. >> erin, how about yours? >> best week, diplomacy as a concept, syria's on track for compliance in terms of accounting for and handing over its chemical weapons. and worst week, larry summers got bounced as the leading contender for the federal reverse chair. looks like it's yellen's time. >> good to see you guys as always. thanks so much. that's a wrap of "weekends with alex witt." see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern. up next, too big. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] in