joining me now is e.j. dionne. d to be with you, reverend. >> e.j., another governor comes out caving on obama care. >> you know, i'm really glad you're doing this segment because i think there is something very interesting going on among republicans and you can see it in what they say. i went back and looked and last summer, senator ted cruz said if we're going to repeal it, we've got to do so now or it will remain with us forever. why did he believe that? he said people would get hook opd obama care. now, if republicans actually believe that obama care was going to be a total failure, then they wouldn't believe that people would come to see it as an effective program that couldn't be repealed. and so i think that's why you've got all this pressure to get rid of it before it takes effect. and a lot of republican governors have looked at this and said on the medicare expansion, for example, this is really helpful to hospitals all over their state. >> you have ten republican governors so far that have caved on exactl

. >> i want to bring in washington post columnist e.j. dionne and the atlantic's phillip bump. when he's calling john kerry a liar outright, how damaging can this be as the president goes to russia to try to build this international coalition? >> i think the president's primary problem at this point is not russia. he's not going to sell putin oh this. there's no chance of that happening. >> what about other leaders from the g-20? >> quite possibly but they are not voting on capitol hill. >> i think you saw this close vote yesterday, 10-7 in the senate foreign relations committee. the yeses including republicans from arizona, and the nos included marco rubio, chris murphy, tom udall. ted markey annoys literally everyone by voting present. >> he's got a lot of trouble with democrats because democrats are always split on war. they were split on iraq. they were split to some degree on kosovo and bosnia. including the anti-warish republicans who are opposing obama now fell in line behind president bush after iraq. there was also a lot of pressure after 9/11. now, i still think this

joining me now are james peterson and e.j. dionne. thank you both for coming on the show. >> good to be with you, reverend. >> e.j., what do americans need to hear from the president on tuesday? >> to be honest, i'm not sure he will ever get a majority for now saying this a great idea. he almost conceded as much today and said even if the majority is against it, congress has to decide whether it's the right thing to do. but i think there are a number of things he has to explain. one is he has been reluctant to intervene. why does this chemical attack change his own calculus here? and i think there he needs to make a strong and i believe a legitimate moral case that if the world just lets this go by, it's much more dangerous for us in the long-term. i think the second thing he has to do is to make sure that this will not lead to american troops in syria, but that there is a long-term strategy that could lead to negotiations over a solution there. i think it's a makable case, and i think the key is to reassure a whole lot of democrats wh

. >> woodruff: and david brooks and e.j. dionne on the week's news. good evening. i'm judy woodruff.

. >> woodruff: and david brooks and e.j. dionne on the week's news. good evening.ff. gwen ifill has friday nights off to prepare for "washington week." and those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the outcome of today's debate in congress was certain. what happens next, is anything but. at stake: keeping the government operating past month's end, and keeping president obama's signature domestic initiative on track. >> on this vote the yays are 230, the nays are 189, the joint resolution is passed. >> woodruff: wit

. >> woodruff: and david brooks and e.j. dionne on the week's news. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. gwen ifill has friday nights off to prepare for "washington week." and those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the outcome of today's debate in congress was certain. what happens next, is anything but. at stake: keeping the government operating past month's end, and keeping president obama's signature domestic initiative on track. >> on this vote the yays are 230, the nays are 189, the joint resolution is passed.

. >> james peterson and e.j. dionne, thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> thank you, rev. >>> coming up, whatever you think about a role in syria, it can't be about politics. but some republicans are going there. >>> plus, the president's plan to create jobs is working, but so is the right wing obstruction machine on the right. >>> the one and only arsenio hall is here, and he is heading back to late-night tv. stay with us. you're watching "politicsnation" on msnbc. ♪ ♪ we go, go, we don't have to go solo ♪ ♪ fire, fire, you can take me higher ♪ ♪ take me to the mountains, start a revolution ♪ ♪ hold my hand, we can make, we can make a contribution ♪ ♪ brand-new season, keep it in motion ♪ ♪ 'cause the rhyme is the reason ♪ ♪ break through, man, it doesn't matter who you're talking to ♪ [ male announcer ] completely redesigned for whatever you love to do. the all-new nissan versa note. your door to more. ♪ your door to more. i'm on expert on softball. >>> playing politics with a decision about war. that's next. ave mo

we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with david brooks and e.j. dionne. all of us at the "pbs newshour," thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> live from berlin, you're watching me "journal -- you are watching the "journal." >> the syrian president says he needs a year to destroy his country's chemical weapons. >> after the murder of an anti- fascists singer, thousands of greeks take to the streets to protest far right extremism. >> iran is praised for releasing political prisoners, including a human rights lawyer. human rights lawyer.

i want to bring in lynn sweet and msnbc contributor e.j. dionne. good morning. >> good to be with you. >> lynn, i guess the question this morning is will speaker boehner blink? >> we're going to have a shutdown, chris. i don't see how anyone came to work today in washington with any plan to get us out of where we're at now. and you know the other point that we should be making on this? even if some deal is made, and we don't think so, i don't think so, it's only until december 15th. we could be right back here in just a few weeks doing this again. >> we know that the republicans have three key demands in the bill they sent to the senate. the one-year delay of obama care, the repeal of a tax on medical devices and guaranteed pay for u.s. troops if there is a shutdown. and then we started to hear word, e.j., compromise. do you see anything that avoids a shutdown? >> well, first of all, i want to say i reject the whole idea that compromise is relevant here, because what you got is one side of the argument saying we won't do the normal thing that we ow

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