with go to bob cusack "until -- bob cusack with "the hill."t are the discussions going on with democrats right now about how to proceed next? guest: monday was a different day for democrats. over the last couple of weeks, they have been very aggressive accusing republicans of trying to shut down the government. they were fairly quiet on monday. a split emerged between the house and senate chambers. senate majority leader harry reid indicated some support for what republicans introduced last week. they introduced a $4 billion they introduced a $4 billion short-

>> that is a very difficult question because we don't know cusack and we didn't get a straight answerabout the information of the party from the brotherhood at the very beginning. no we are not interested, yes we are interested in as we are filing and again doublespeak could be partially because of doublespeak just because different answer to a different audience. it could be because there is no one voice of the brotherhood. we don't know cusack we who calls the shots and they themselves don't know exactly who calls the shots. it is often said the people we see in the brotherhood are not necessarily the people who actually have power so somebody is not the most important person in the brotherhood. i think also there is a large cross-section of the brotherhood that has not been interested in politics. but more and dawa grassroots activity. you see that dynamic in egypt and many other countries including in the west where you see parts of the brotherhood that is deeply political and wants to be engaged in the political process whether to hijack it or not can be debated that others would

host: bob cusack, managing editor of "the hill." thank you very much. our question this morning, would you blame for a government shutdown? "the hill" said most voters think a budget shutdown would negatively affect them and if one does happen, most of them would blame both parties. let's go to charles on the line for democrats in atlanta. good morning. caller: good morning. i blame the republicans. any time they do not get their way, the first thing they do -- they want to shut down the government, the same way newt gingrich did. host: do you think things have changed since the 1990's? caller: no. host: william, a republican in illinois. good morning. caller: i only know what i see on television. the only thing that i know -- i'm a military retiree. i'm not worried about anything, but nancy pelosi and harry reid are two spiteful, hateful people. they do things to spite one another. it's the same thing with patrick leahy and barney frank. those guys, all they do is things force by and they laugh. they laugh because they can get it done. those are the pe

>> that is a very difficult question because we don't know cusack and we didn't get a straight answer about the information of the party from the brotherhood at the very beginning. no we are not interested, yes we are interested in as we are filing and again doublespeak could be partially because of doublespeak just because different answer to a different audience. it could be because there is no one voice of the brotherhood. we don't know cusack we who calls the shots and they themselves don't know exactly who calls the shots. it is often said the people we see in the brotherhood are not necessarily the people who actually have power so somebody is not the most important person in the brotherhood. i think also there is a large cross-section of the brotherhood that has not been interested in politics. but more and dawa grassroots activity. you see that dynamic in egypt and many other countries including in the west where you see parts of the brotherhood that is deeply political and wants to be engaged in the political process whether to hijack it or not can be debated that others woul

>> that is a very difficult question because we don't know cusack and we didn't get a straight answer about the information of the party from the brotherhood at the very beginning. no we are not interested, yes we are interested in as we are filing and again doublespeak could be partially because of doublespeak just because different answer to a different audience. it could be because there is no one voice of the brotherhood. we don't know cusack we who calls the shots and they themselves don't know exactly who calls the shots. it is often said the people we see in the brotherhood are not necessarily the people who actually have power so somebody is not the most important person in the brotherhood. i think also there is a large cross-section of the brotherhood that has not been interested in politics. but more and dawa grassroots activity. you see that dynamic in egypt and many other countries including in the west where you see parts of the brotherhood that is deeply political and wants to be engaged in the political process whether to hijack it or not can be debated that others woul

since friday, which is the last conversation i'm aware of that we had with foreign minister moussa cusack and over the intervening time, we have not been as successful as we have previously been. that may also reflect some developments inside the libyan government. >> back to the specific document. but a fax to diplomatic note to you confirm the authenticity or would you then have of the original node or would you then have to verify that diplomatic note fax was in fact authentic? >> matt, we continue to assist the document and we continue to try to verify it. >> has anyone called the number at the top of the thing to find out if it's a working fax machine? >> i can't make myself clear. >> on a related note can you say whether you have been able to identify protecting power in aaa? >> we have not been enough i get a protecting power. there are conversations and an agreement yet has not been completed. >> are you concerned that you don't have one yet? is this a problem? >> i wouldn't say this is a problem. we are in touch with diplomats were still in libya. we are in touch with american ci