for more, let's turn to california congressman, john garamendi.an, good to have you with us tonight. >> always a pleasure, ed. >> a war of words here. i think we're going default. i haven't seen anything in the last 24 hours that would change that at all. how does this end? >> well, presently, it doesn't end in a very pretty picture for america. all of the problems that you have talked about and a whole lot more are out there. but as you said, all it takes is a vote. we could get a clean, continuing resolution, fund the government for the next month to two months, and then sit down and negotiate what we really need to do, which is a balanced approach to the deficit and make sure that we fund those critical programs that are essential for the truckers, like how about a transportation plan? one where we actually improve and build the roads and make sure those bridges don't collapse below the truckers. >> that's a heck of a point. because the president has been talking about infrastructure for a long time. has gotten no help from the republicans at a

well, john garamendi, congressman from california, if you can get those guys from the shotguns to turnemocrats, that is a huge win. >> well, i didn't say they were going to go that far, ed. that's a leap. >> all right, john, good to have you with us tonight. thank you. >>> coming up, michele bachmann calls republicans the adults in the room? we'll have some more from the queen of distortion. >>> plus, talk about dysfunction. a disgraced former congressman gives his opinion about the republican party. >>> but next, i'm taking your questions on "ask ed live" coming up next on msnbc. ♪ [ male announcer ] maybe you've already heard what they're saying about the nissan altima. ♪ and we have to admit, that it's all true. but don't just take their word for it, check it out for yourself. the award-winning nissan altima. nissan. innovation that excites. now get a $179 per month lease on a 2013 nissan altima. ♪ of providing a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere. if you look at a khan academy video, they cover everything from basic arithmetic to calculus, trigonometry, finance. you ca

tracy: thank you for sharing, thank you for being with us, representative john garamendi, you stay safesman john mica, now, of florida. congress match mica, where were you when you got this news? did you hear the gunfire, and just kind of explain what you saw and heard. >> well, actually, i just returned from my house which is only about a block and a half from the hart office building and had passed that intersection minutes before coming back to the capitol. sat down at my desk and was looking out the window and started seeing people fleeing the capitol grounds, police with their arms drawn and struck by a family grabbing their kids and running towards the building here. so as that happened, of course, all the alarms have off -- have gone off. all of our staff are safe, i think all the staff and members in the capitol and the surrounding buildings are safe, so i know there are a lot of family that are anxious watching. but that's the most important thing. so people, we've been through some of this before, but again, a lot of new members and new staff. tracy: scary -- >> hopefully, a r