from talking to aides, they say, you have to remember, the house gop conference, 94 of these guys come from mitt romney's 60% plus district. they don't care. they are more than happy to see the government shutdown if it includes the president's health care law, they are more than happy to default. they don't want to raise the debt limit under any circumstances. so this blocking minority has taken over the house gop conference and really boxed in the speaker, boxed in eric cantor, mccarthy. the gop leadership is up against a wall and no one sees their way to escape from where we stand here on friday. something could happen over the weekend. they have a meeting tomorrow to try to figure out a way forward but there seems to be no viable options from where we stand. >> you say there's 94 from the districts who don't care. is it 94 or really sort of the dirty dozen, dozen or so guys dug in. if it's only a dozen, couldn't boehner get something through without violating the hastert rule where it has to be majority of the majority. >> here is the thing, 94 is the depth of how difference this c

house gop leaders have no plan t.house was already done with business for the day.he parking lot to whistk members away since they're not required to return until saturday. senior sources privately admit that house gop leaders are in a bind because they want them to make changes to the senate bill. >> are is it worth it to you to shut the government down? >> the house has every right to determine what they spend. >> reporter: he had colorful words. >> some want to shut the government down. >> reporter: harry reid warned that would be unacceptable. >> reporter: why wouldn't it be your fault? >> [ inaudible ] (are. >>> we're learning new information about this burglary. we have a report from el cerrito where police have made a break in the case. >> reporter: one of the two suspects have been arrested breaking into a home. the suspect in custody seen here wear agriculture black sweat shirt turns his theta way before smashing the camera. (we found him in town walking around and suspected that he was casing for another burglary. the other suspect is outstanding. hopefull

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no word yet on whether the house gop will ask for the resignation of attorney general eric holder or a decrease in the federal minimum wage. as with all things republican, things are fluid here. "the washington post" sums up the bill quite niecely. house gop debt limit bill isn't a serious governing document, not even a possible opening bid, it is a cry for help. it may not be serious, plausible, it may not be grounded in reality. as the speaker announced this morning, it's what they got. >> the president says i'm not going to negotiate. well, i'm sorry but it just doesn't work that way. >> joining me contributing editor for new york magazine and editor of the "huffington post" media and joining us from the white house is cnbc chief washington correspondent john harwood. when you think things can't get worse, they inevitably do. lets talk about how the financial services sector is seeing this latest bid by the republicans. it would seem by all logic this is a worse idea than shutting down the government yet republicans seem to be unified around it. >> well, interestingly the financia

sources privately admit house gopy rank and file republicans want to take them to make changes to the senate bill, keep fighting appeared >> is it worth it to you to shut down the government? you know you keep saying shutdown the government, the press the senate passed the president's line the fact is the house was has every right to determine what they will spend. >> the senate democrat leader had some colorful words are house and services. >> some of these people part of the weird caucus over there who want to shut down the government appeared >> harry reed warned any house changes would be on us acceptable. why?. because it's obvious that would shut down the government. we can't move very quickly. >> and what would it be your fault then? using a weird costco knapp a>> a government sn would have far reaching consequences. >> the military's $1.4 million active duty personnel will remain on duty but their pay checks will be delayed. >> the centers for disease control and prevention will be severely limited in spot bit

this is going to come down to the house gop at the end of the day. i spoke to a house gop leadership aide that said they were sort of speaking to members today, not whipping by any means, but getting a lay of the land of the conference. there seems to be right now real opposition to american involvement in syria coming from house republicans. that's going to be the block to keep an eye on as we move forward here. and i was speaking to some today, tamron. one reason that was mentioned to me, that president obama has not kept the military well prepared because of the sequester. i think there's a lot of people that would say that's not accurate. however, that's something that's going through some of the rank and file now in the house gop conference. so we can talk about the hearings all we want. that's the group to keep an eye on. >> absolutely. and what the first read team points out, and i think you've talked about it as well, these members of congress know that this vote as was the case with iraq and the authorization in 2002, these votes live on and

house members. is he really influencing the gop? over speaker boehner? >> he may be offering them a little cheerleading, but the packet is most of those members will end up going back to their districts as rock stars for it. at the cost of the rest of the republican party who very well in 2014 can lose any hope of gaining back the senate if we are looking at a government shutdown which is very likely for a few days. >> morris, what's interesting is all this is going down. the president is out golfing today. is that what you'd be advising him to do right now? what is the in esage he's sending there? >> well, the message is that i've done my job and the republican house needs to do theirs. he has done what he needed to do. they need to send him a clean bill. i would have to just echo what my colleague is saying that this is really about 214 politics for the republicans, a question of whether had he keep or lose the house. i never thought i would be saying this under obama we may have an opportunity to take the house back. if they do t

the federal government is oathing closer to a shut down the house gop attempting to undo health care reform. we talked to people on the national mall tonight many of them tourists. >> no, i don't because there is no telling what will happen when the government shuts down. that is an unknown territory and the stuff that we have seen from the sequesters there is that could devastate the government. >> yeah, if there is nothing open, then they are not going to come. while it appears that a deal won't happen, many still have hope that it will. we cannot shut down >> it happened 18 years ago. >> it was a risk. but, what are the questions? >> dc mayor vince gray has taken step to protect the district in the case of a shut down. he has declared all operations to be essential so he says if the government shuts down, he says dc will stay open for business. >> get updates from the shut down all weekend long from nbc washington.comand social media. >> new at 11:00 tonight a maryland family is happy to be together after a fire broke out in their heavy chase home. neighbors say they could see dar

so the bill now goes back to the gop-led house. at the same time, tea party senators ted cruz and mike lee will try to influence debate in the house. the two have had numerous conversations with house members. >> the house of representatives stood up, acted, united to defund obama care. thief listened to the american people. that was the right thing to do. i am hopeful that the house of representatives will continue to do the right thing. >> joining me now congressional reporter for a little bit coed o'keefe. >> the "washington post". >> oh, yeah. you know what, that's right. wait. let me have another sip of my coffee. okay. moving on. all right, ed. we have all been watching this play out. tell us what happens this weekend. is the government going to shut down? >> it is looking increasingly likely. the house will meet at noon today on capitol hill to discuss their steps. there's a leading conservative proposal that would amend the bill, just delaying obama care by one year and continuing government operations. now it's got the sup

. >> that's just a sample of the intense emotions from the house before the gop-led body passed a bill government, but also postpone obama care for one years. senate democrats have already signalled they'll reject that. president obama says he'll veto it, meaning we're one day away from a government shutdown. let me bring in rachel bade and benjie starlin. benjie, i'll start with you. is a government shutdown now inevitable, and how did we get here? what went on behind the scenes that got us here? >> well, right now a government shutdown is certainly looking likely. as kelly o'donnell mentioned earlier, technically, there's time but it's not looking good. how we got here is an interesting story. as recently as a few days ago, house leadership and many influential house and senate republicans was they didn't want to shut down over obama care, they were actively cautioning against it, but there was such a revolt from the tea party wing, from the conservative grassroots led by people like senator ted cruz, that they really felt no option but to go along with the most conservative wing of

gop leadership is afraid of this caucus. having a fearful leadership is not actually leadership. the truth is when the white house is using the language of hostage takers. they have to understand gop leaders themselves are a hostage. hostage takers are hostages themselves and that's a lack of leadership all the way around. >> josh, the other issue is you're not seeing republicans fighting on the ground of we want more austerity or something to do with the budget. look at the list of demands when you move to the debt limit. talking about delay health care law, undo greenhouse gas, keystone pipeline, eliminate social service grants, eliminate dodd/frank financial reform. now this is basically things they couldn't win in an election. they want to stuff them into a fight that's supposed to be about the economy and budget. >> i think they are doing this for two reasons. one, republicans have gotten fiscal austerity over the last few years including big cuts from sequestration we thought nobody wanted a few years ago. if you want more budget cuts you start having to cut programs republicans don't want to go on the reco

not long after the house gop passed a bill in the early morning hours on sunday. >> motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> reporter: it funds the government, but delays obama care for one year. now just hours to go before a deadline for a deal, the first government shutdown in 17 years seems all but certain. the blame game in full swing with republicans on preemptive damage control. >> so far, majority leader harry reid is telling the republicans to jump in the lake. >> he is say the highway or the biway. the president saying i will shut down the government if you don't give me everything i want on obamacare. >> reporter: they argued. they budged. demanding the president's health care program be delayed after initially voting to defund it altogether. but senate democratic leader harry reid won't put this latest house passed bill up for a vote and president obama met sunday afternoon with his economic team at the white house has threatened to veto of any measure that delays or defunds obama care. >> let me repeat it. that's not going to happen. >> reporter: the senate is expected t

any house gop plan faces almost certain death in the senate. senate democratic leader harry reid has said any bill that would change obama care is absolutely unacceptable. we have got this story covered from every angle. we have complete coverage for you on this shutdown struggle. chief congressional correspondent dana bash is in washington. our senior white house correspondent jim acosta is in washington. our chief political analyst gloria borger is in washington as well. we've got you covered here. dana, we'll talk to you first. so, we expect this to pass the house tonight, but the big question is, what will the senate do and when? what are your sources telling you about this? >> the senate majority leader harry reid released a statement just a couple hours ago saying that he is confident the senate will reject what the house does and i'm told by a senior democratic leadership source they'll not come back to take it up to reject it until monday. they're not scheduled to come back until monday. they won't, you know, change that schedule to com

ladies and gentlemen, gop warning of the dangers of old white men with no discernible medical training telling women what to do with their bodies. joining us laughing is brad wit houseted for change. i want to get to the gop civil war in a moment. the only thing these ads seem to be missing is a demon sheep. do you think ads like that will sway any of the 55% of women or 60% of voters under 30 who voted for the president in the last election? >> i don't know but let me tell you this, the first thing i thought i would like to get david and charles in a stir rup and show them but i don't think it will sway anyone. i don't think anyone will look at that ad and believe it is credible. if you run that ad, you know, a few years ago, and it was accountant at an insurance company instead of that crazy uncle they have, that would have been true. this is what they put on the air is absolutely not true. >> i thought it was republicans who spent the whole of last year recommending transvaginal probes forced into the birthing canal and they have the audacity to run an ad like that. >> this was a party, it is a party. they haven't stopped this effort to, you know, intercede in a

the one component if you will that is not controversial of the house gop plan is the idea of repealing the tax on items such as wheelchairs and other medical equipment. a top senate democrat was asked about that part of the gop plan. >> i support taking a look at the medical device tax. keep in mind though that we anticipate millions of more patients using medical devices with some profit associated with it to the medical device companies. that's why the tax is there. but i'm willing to look at that, but not with a gun to my head. >> baring some last-minute change, the united states senate is not due to come back until tomorrow afternoon. some 10 hours before a possible government shutdown. greg? >> gun to the head is quite the metaphor being used. frequently on capitol hill and many more. mike emmanuel thanks etch have. thanks etch have. >>> growing concern about benjamin netanyahu meeting with president obama at the white house where he ispected ts fears of a nuclear iran. james rosen has more from washington. >> greetings where conservatives are expressing profound skepticism about

however, as we know in the house gop, nothing is certain until it's like stevie wonder said, toure's boy, signed, sealed, and delivered. until it's signed, sealed, and delivered, uncertainty reigns on capitol hill. >> that's one thing we know. luke russert, kristen welker, thank you both. for more, we go to our politics insider. josh, when you look at the economy, health care, deaf fit, federal budget, more americans disapprove ever -- i guess it's been two years. two-thirds of americans saying we're on the wrong track, which is the highest number since 2012. are people -- has the president lost the american people? have they stopped listening? >> i think it's been a difficult summer for him. i think the syria trajectory made him look a little lost on foreign policy. i think on domestic policy with these issues with the budget and obama care implementation it looks like things are not working as well as they're supposed to. i think the public is blaming both the president and congress for that. congress, of course, also has terrible numbers. it's not like the president is alone in th

he's been boxed in by the more conservative element of the house gop conference. ey say they will not fund the government unless the president's health care law is completely defunded. the government passed a clean bill now in the hands of the house. we're unclear as to what path he'll take. he can attach a conservative amendment to make it more friendly for conservatives or pass the clean one or one week to two week delay. but no one necessarily knows how it's going to play out. he's most likely going to need the help from democrats. as for what would happen in the government shutdown. essential services like national security will continue to function and paychecks from medicare and social security will continue to go out. however, it will cause a headache for a bunch of americans who want to get passport visas coming to d.c., can't see the panda at the national zoo because that's closed and national parks will shut down and pay in the military will stop and nonpersonnel workers will be furloughed. and in the past the furloughed workers, congress has restored the

the house gop is obama's secret weapon. so, you know, they can't control themselves. if they go ahead and shut down the government, that would be politically, wouldn't be good for the country. it would be bad for the country, but politically, the best thing that could happen for obama. >> if you take the politics out of it and you want to get something done here, matt, is the problem john boehner? would anyone be able to do any better with the republican caucus than he has? >> right now, no, i don't think so because there's a legitimate split philosophically and mentally among republican factions. you have sort of the ted cruz bomb throwers here who want to always defund obama care and lead to a series of kind of showdowns and you have john boehner, cantor, they want to work with the president on syria, all these kinds of things. this plit has been going on for a long time. you have back bencher libertarian republicans who want to cut government, which the john boehner republicans never has been enthusiastic about. that's an important split, so he can't really control

so yes, there's this symbolic power of the two top leaders, boehner and cantor in the house gop conferencesupporting the measure. but if they're not going to aggressively try to secure the votes, then that doesn't mean that much. especially given as chris said the fact that even when they do try to go after votes and deliver votes, they aren't always successful. the polling is out today among democrats, independents and across the country he show it's not popular. if this is a so-called free vote that's what they call it in capitol hill when the votes are not going whipped or being chased. if this is a so-called free vote, you're going to see a lot of members take a pass charlie. >> rose: so on the republicans side you get mccain making the kinds of statements he's making. who has influence on the republican side now to make a difference? can mccain do it? >> you know, i think charlie, mccain will be able to appeal to some of the hawks in the republican party. but i think more than mccain, it will prompt some folks on the republican sign is the donor community and the political community.

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ted cruz is infuriating his house gop colleagues after he said they're basically on their own when it comes to defunding obamacare. >> when we win or lose will be decided in the house of representatives. today john boehner showed leadership, house conservatives showed leadership. mike and i will fight with every breath we have, but the house is going to win or lose the fight. >>> oklahoma governor fallon is telling the national guard to stop processing benefits for same-sex couples. that goes against a pentagon directive. a spokesman for the governor said she's just following the wishes of voters. they adopted a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in 2004. >>> and staying on the marriage equality front, in michigan, the estate's republican attorney general is trying to keep the state same-sex marriage ban in place. its purpose he says is to, quote, regulate sexual relationships for unique capacity. >>> leaders in the house have canceled next week's recess because of the upcoming budget deadline. congress just returned from a five week recess earlier this month. >>> and

the national review online reports the house gop's wide ranging plan to deal with it would suspend the debt limit until the end of december 2014, delay the implementation of obama care by a year and lay out tax reform instructions based on paul ryan's plan and push republican energy initiatives including the keystone pipeline, coal regulations and justify shore drilling regulations and scale back health spending programs. let's turn to state politics where the virginia gubernatorial candidates squaring off for the first time in a prime time debate. ku cucinelli and mcauliffe had a debate. >> he's pushed personhood legislation which would outlaw most forms of contraception, make the pill illegal in virginia. women are 50% of the workforce in the united states of america. you cannot grow an economy by putting walls up around virginia. >> the comparison here is someone who has told "the new york times" you help me, i help you, that's politics. talking about a case where he was an indicted coconspirator in a teamsters election money laundering case. if terry is elected governor we'll have

. >> john, tactically speaking as you mentioned, the house gop are tying actions to the de-funding of and some cases calling for repeal of the affordable care act. that's a nonstarter. when does that melt away as a tactical device? >> reporter: not clear, may melt away once the house caucus sees that it can't pass the senate, maybe it melts away once the senate advocates like senator ted cruz of texas try to get votes and run against a brick wall when they see it can't pass. some people think, i talked to democratic leadership aide today that said it may take a government shutdown with a lot of heat generated on the republican party. that's what both sides expect would happen if we have a shutdown before they will buckle, give up that demand. >> the president in his news conference yesterday, the rhetoric was strong. he is obviously very aggravated with inability to bring the two sides together. does either side have to soften the rhetoric, john, or try to reach across the aisle a little bit to make some head way or is that really off the table completely? >> reporter: they have to ge

any house gop plan faces almost certain death in the senate.id that any bill that would change obama care absolutely unacceptable at this point. we have complete team coverage for you, of course, every angle of this shutdown struggle. chief congressional correspondent dana bash is locked down on capitol hill. she's going to be there for the duration. our senior white house correspondent jim acosta at the white house for us and our chief political analyst none other than gloria borger also in washington. we have got you covered here on cnn. dana, we'll get right to you first. do you have any clues, any idea, on exactly when this vote might happen? >> reporter: in the house, we expect it to happen early e evening. we don't have an exact time yet. it's just a matter of waiting for the time and waiting for the legislation to actually be written and filed. house republican leaders insist that they're going to comfortably have the votes to pass what they're doing, but we just learned, i just learned from a democratic source i spoke to in the senate,

inside, a ghost town, not long after the house gop passed a bill in the early morning hours sunday. >> motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> reporter: it funds the government but delays obama care for one year, now just hours to go before a deadline for a deal, the first government shutdown in 17 years seems all but certain. the blame game in full swing with republicans on preemptive damage control. >> so far majority leader harry reid has essentially told the house of representatives and american people go jump in a lake. >> he's saying 100% of obama care or the highway. the president's the one saying i will shut down government if you don't give me everything i want on obama care. >> reporter: they argue they've budged, demanding the president's health care program be delayed after initially voting to defund it all together. but senate democratic leader harry reid won't put this latest house passed bill up for a vote and president obama, who met sunday afternoon with his economic team at the white house, has threatened a veto of any measure that delays or defunds obama care.

the house gop will meet tomorrow at noon to decide its next move. and today, the senate passed a bill that keeps the government running until november, but it does not cut funding for so-called obama care, something many house republicans want. if the two sides cannot agree by midnight on monday, the federal government will shut down. >> president obama used the bully pulpit this afternoon to demand congress act and stop a shutdown. he called on republicans in the house to stop playing politics with the nation's fnlss. >> you throw a wrench into the gears of our economy at a time when those gears have gained some traction. that's why many republican senators and many republican governors have urged republicans to knock it off, pass a budget, and move on. >> house speaker john boehner said the president's grand standing for the media won't bring congress any sloeser to a resolution. aides say the speaker and president have not speaken on the phone at all this week. >> the white house released this photo tonight showing president obama on the phone wi

but despite that, members of the house gop say they will tie up a routine bill to fund the federal government by attaching a clause that would end funding for the affordable care act. the president's signature health care law. republican leaders also said they will move very quickly to raise the nation's borrowing limit, but only by attaching a wish list of gop priorities, like overhauling the corporate tax code and forcing construction of the key stone pipeline. >>> while the white house battles to raise that debt limit and reach a budget deal, it is also proposing for the october 1st opening of state and federal health care exchanges, part of the affordable care act. to reassure americans concerned about privacy issues and the security of information they give when they sign up, the administration is setting up a toll free number for clients to report fraud or attempted identity theft under the new law. >>> and with those state and federally run health care exchanges set to open in less than two weeks, officials are gearing up for a flood of applicants. so many are now turning to private-se

republicans along with two democrats voted for the bill which represents a second attempt by the house gop to use an emergency funding measure to weaken the president's health care law. >> the first portion of the divided question is adopted. >> their first attempt which would have defunded the health care law all together died in the senate this week and senate democrats have vowed to kill this measure too. maryland congressman steny hauer. >> when do you say enough is enough, let us move on responsibleably to make government work. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner had hoped to dial back this fight but was urged to press on by conservative tea party members. >> we are doing our job on behalf of the american people. >> reporter: today on face face kentucky senator rand paul said the white house must make concessions. >> the president is saying no compromise. i will not touch obamacare. but the interesting thing is he's amended obamacare probably 15 times already. but he does it without any legislative approval. >> reporter: the white house called republicans reckless and irresponsibl