but as we look at the other women who should be considered like senator amy klobuchar and senator kirsten gillibrand, the network that they bring to politics, the energy, the passion, is critically important. >> while emily's list eyes the white house, progress is still needed at the local levels. >> of the 100 largest cities in the country, until recently, only nine had women mayors. we are actually in a better position in congress, with women being 19%, than we are by far in mayorships of the largest cities in the country. >> and with women's issues dominating headlines in state houses across the country, schriock says emily's list can't afford to ignore the state legislatures. >> we are losing ground on so many issues, particularly reproductive rights, but if you look at economic, education, so many different areas, these state legislators are really pushing through some incredibly backwards looking legislations that are now laws. and it is something that we are very focused on and we are actually doubling down on our program to train, recruit and get women into these legislators. >> i

joining us now is senator amy klobuchar of minnesota, today, she convened a hearing to consider what the direct costs would be of going through with this shutdown and the default on the national debt. senator klobuchar, thank you for joining us. >> well, thank you, rachel, as a prosecutor i went off scams. and so this is why i'm here to explain these scams and why they affect the lives of the american people. as you know, we're in a fragile state, we have had good news, unemployment is down 7%, real estate market is turning around, stock market is good. and to just gamble that all away for attaching what is really a partisan, poison pill to de-fund the bill, which as you pointed out is starting to help people. the exchanges are going out. and we actually had two republican economists that testified today who talked about how you can't let that debt ceiling lapse. you can't just shut down the government. the consequences are enormous. 57 million american's social security could be at risk. and veteran's benefits could be at risk. look at what happened in 2011, when they went to the en

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from minnesota democratic senator amy klobuchar and in studio, congresswoman democrat barbara lee and marcia blackburn. welcome to all of you. there is a filibuster in the senate. thankfully not on "meet the press." we're going to keep the debate moving. i want to start with a question for all of you. it's a yes or no question. senator lee, is the government going to shut down? >> no. we all know that the government is going to be funded. the question is if it's with or without obama care. >> senator klobuchar, do you think there will be a shutdown? >> no. i believe the people of goodwill will come together and do the right thing and stop this political brinksmanship. >> barbara lee, what you do you any? >> no. we won't allow the defunding of the affordable care act. >> as much as the president wants a shutdown, he's not going to get it. >> who wants it, who is going to get it. we all want it avoided. senator lee, if i may, the one of the fire brands in the senate, conservatives who are fighting to defund obama care, you have gotten what you wanted, you wanted this fight. they've had

amy klobuchar, al franken, they don't like it. 79 senate members have voted in a nonbinding resolutionpposition to it. but not in the context of this debate. it's pretty clear the president has decided, one of his people told me yesterday, he believes that this bill was passed legally. it was upheld by the courts. and if you're going to change it, you change it through the legislative process and not at the point of this threat like this. >> sure. but why not throw a bone to republicans here, john, to try and get this thing done if it's that unpopular. >> first of all, it's not that unpopular. >> no, no, no, i'm talking about the device tax specifically. if the democrats can live with that being stripped out, why not just put that on the table at this point and get this thing done, if that could push it past the goal line? >> well, first of all, it couldn't get it done. and -- look, there has never been a bill come out of the house with only the medical device tax in it. they have had the delay of the individual mandate, which would gut the entire law, they had the defunding, they have

senator amy klobuchar that we have. she is doing a fantastic job. the catholic sisters in rochester took on the whole issue of human trafficking with young girls -- mainly young girls. they had a whole seminar on it that i participated in, and i did say to the sisters -- you have to remember, this is a lutheran kid talking to the sisters, too, so that was interesting for me, but i said, "let me talk to our senator." klobuchar,obal when she first came to office, she told her staff person shenever rochester wan something or the mayo clinic wants something, you better be there and let me know, so we have that good relationship with one senator, anyway, but i told her staff person and he immediately talked to her, and she has been back with me, and she is introducing some legislation to really facilitate and help with that whole problem, so there are sometimes those rays of hope that come from good relationships that you do have, but in the bigger picture at times, it becomes very frustrating as to what you can do with both state and federal budgets, bu

where it's really worked well for us, and this is just one with this particular senator, senator amy klobucharthat we have, who, regardless of what your political views, she is doing an outstanding job. but the catholic sisters in rochester we took on the whole issue of human trafficking with young girls, mainly young girls, at a hole seminar on it that i participated in. and i did say to the sisters, i said, remember, this is a lutheran kid talking to the sisters, too. so that was always interesting for me. i said, let me talk to our senator, and senator klobuchar when she first came into office, she told her staff person that's in rochester, whenever rochester wants something or the mayo clinic want something, you better be there and let me know. so we have a good relationship with one senator anyway. but i told her staff person and she needed a talk to her, and she's been back with me, and she's introducing some legislation to really facilitate and help with that whole problem. and so there are sometimes those rays of hope that come from relationships that you do have. in the bigger picture