neil: dennis hastert thank you very much.has to convince a nation, and a very reluctance congress this is an action world taking, he has to prove to the nation he means it, he wants to take it. that is what is it doubt. >> a fox business special report. presidential address on syria. here with neil cavuto. neil: every time he has pitched that we get in syria, and get those chemical weapons out of syria, his personal popularity has plummeted and support for the thing he wants to do has also plummeted. to peter barnes at the white house to what if anything different commander in chief can say today. >> president will try to important public opinion, and congress on this question of what to do about syria and its chemical weapons, an aide to president said he will talk try

how to hammer his way into authority he was second in charge of the house at the time speaker denny hastertwas technically in charge everyone knew the real power lay in tom delay in this power was that he could go all republicans to do whatever he wanted them to do it was supporting president bush on something all the republicans that claim to hate spending now all them voted for massive spending in those days and the way you do it was he used his power over money to make sure that candidates that supported his agenda would get lots and lots of money because they didn't would not and i remember very clearly robin hayes a piece in congress anymore but he's a congressman from the eastern part of north carolina there was a textile bill that tom de lay wanted and that his constituents hayes constituents were very much against because a lot of textile workers in north carolina and i remember tom delay didn't have all the votes so he started twisting with his arm not physically but politically it will hayes was crying on the house floor and file in the middle of the night changed his vote against

former house speaker dennis hastert said it's a lot for fractious. none of these people in major leadership positions in his party saying even anything remotely kind about this effort. >> you know, reverend, it's ironic. because it's these very same people. it was the gop establishment that created the pea party. they created what they believed was an astral turf, grassroots organization that grew up and became a movement on its own. people like dick armey created ted cruz. they gave him this platform. kruss has not painted himself into the corner. this is more like the tiger is out of the bag. for them to condemn what happened to ted cruz, they ought to take responsibility for that. >> well, talking about sarah palin, she is on cruz's side. have no fear, he's not totally left abandoned. she's one of the few people supporting him. listen to what she had to say today. >> what senator cruz is doing is he's waving this flag and saying, hey, what is the alternative here in fighting for our economic liberty in the united states of america. what his collea

ron bonjean, who worked as communications director for former house speaker dennis hastert and chiefstaff for the senate republican conference. and jim manley, who was a top advisor to senate majority leader harry reid and press secretary for the late senator ted kennedy. you guys have been in the battles before, you're happily on the sidelines now but as you watch the two debateds, ron bonjean, approaching, the government, the debt limit next month, funding the government, which is potentially more damaging for which party? >> right now i think shutting down the government would be much more damaging for the republican party. but let me say this: republicans want to negotiate with the president over avoiding all of this. they want to talk about reducing spending, they want to talk about delaying obamacare and the president is saying he won't negotiate and to republicans that is very surprising consider that the president is the saying he will negotiate with syria, will negotiate wpl vladimir putin and his secretary of state will be talking to iran. and why isn't he picking up the ph

they are back joined by the speaker of the house, dennis hastert and the new york delegation and they. >> they got the replacement flag. the flag that went all over was not that flag. >> i will never forget the smoky odor as the flag was unwrapped in my office. this flag flew high over the ship and pointed the way to afghanistan. tomorrow, uss theodore roosevelt returns home. for now, our mission is complete. but the fight against terrorism continues. this flag, which has thrown over seven ships, is ready to be returned to the city of new york. its mission is complete, too. ♪ >> when the carrier came back we had a big ceremony. we raised the flag on the flag pole of city hall and it there are people who swear that is not the flag. >> somewhere between 9/11 and yankees stadium ceremony the flag went missing. >> how can a flag disappear off the face of the earth. we have heard all sorts of strange stories like somebody cut it up and selling pieces of it. i don't think that is true. >> they had a kickoff event last year in front of "the star spangled banner" at the smithsonian and oddly

dennis hastert is hardly a great towering figure in history. want anything that didn't pass with a majority of their caucus. but go back to the greats in history, sam rayburn, legislation routinely passed with members of both parties and one party didn't always have to be in the majority. so this is really about will speaker boehner man up here and do what he has to do? >> let's talk about what is law already, perry because even if o'the government shuts down obama care is still in effect. it goes into effect a week from tuesday, october 1st. so what is the republican strategy here? >> the republican strategy is to use these two processes, the debt ceiling process later on, the government shutdown process right now. their view is this is the last chance to somehow delay or defund or stop the law. so they're not going to succeed in defunding it. president obama's never going to agree to this. the long-term look is republicans think they can get some kind of delay in some parts of the law. one of their plans is to try to get a one-year delay of t

one of the former speakers i spoke to, denny hastert, he predicted that as things move on toward the14 elections, this dynamic will change. the tea party republicans in the house will realize they have not accomplished anything, and they are in danger of losing the majority. representative ron bishop says it is a legitimate question, i have no idea where he is. the chair of the house agriculture committee saying i don't know that i can really answer that question. he has not sided with senator ted cruz and has not been seen standing with the republican house leadership on this issue. the 2012 came out of election thinking that paul ryan was perhaps the voice of the republican party. i think people thought he had a future for 2015 as a possible presidential candidate, yet he has allowed himself to be eclipsed at least in terms of public attention by ted cruz, rand paul, and some others. is he lying low and planning to come out at some point and take on a leadership role? we don't know. from the new york times, who goes to work, who stays home? the breakdown from nasa to the epa, inter

the former speaker denny hastert said don't ever bring a bill to the floor if you're speaker unless youave a majority of your own members. boehner is in this following position. we would pass a clean debt limit bill, no conditions, with primarily democratic votes and a few republican votes. but that might cause boehner to lose his speakership. you're walking away in effect from your own caucus. so i see him in an impossible decision and validating it's one of the worst jobs on earth under the current circumstances. and i don't think that the speaker and the majority leader don't know what type of debt limit bill would get the majority of their members. and so the thing is going to go, in my view, right to the edge of the default. that's probable around november the 1st. >> i thought october 17th was -- >> well, if you look at when big spending amounts or big disbursements have to go, it probably could go to around november 1st. and i think we're going to go to the point where the first two wheels of the wagon, so to speak, are over the edge of the cliff which gets into the question of w

one of the former speakers i spoke to, denny hastert, he predicted that as things move on toward the2014 elections, this dynamic will change. the tea party republicans in the house will realize they have not accomplished anything, and they are in danger of losing the majority. host: representative ron bishop says it is a legitimate question, i have no idea where he is. the chair of the house agriculture committee saying i don't know that i can really answer that question. he has not sided with senator ted cruz and has not been seen standing with the republican house leadership on this issue. guest: we came out of the 2012 election thinking that paul ryan was perhaps the voice of the republican party. i think people thought he had a future for 2015 as a possible presidential candidate, yet he has allowed himself to be eclipsed at least in terms of public attention by ted cruz, rand paul, and some others. is he lying low and planning to come out at some point and take on a leadership role? we don't know. host: from the new york times, who goes to work, who stays home? the breakdown fro