. >> joining me live, karen bass of california, congresswoman, thank you for your time. as i understand it following the president's remarks, you had a telephone town hall with constituents. i'm being told with your staff, about 65,000 constituents were participating here. what did you hear from them regarding the president's address? >> first of all, we called 65,000 people and we had about 15,000 that were on the line at any period of time. we heard a mix, my constituents are certainly very concerned about having a war with syria and us intervening, however, on the other hand, we did a poll and about 2,000 people participated on the poll. and 39% said they would support a resolution allowing the president to intervene if necessary in a limited strike. about 33% said no and about 29% were unsure. i certainly hope that that does not have to happen at all and i'm very encouraged by the fact there is a little bit of an opening. three days ago we couldn't even envision where we're at right now. i know that this is going to be a long process, but secretary kerry hasn't even

joining me now is congresswoman karen bass, democrat from california. and krystal ball. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having us on. >> thanks. >> congresswoman, will republicans actually force a shutdown at midnight tonight? >> i actually think they will. i hadn't thought this before the last few times we've been through this, but right now they don't have anything else left in their playbook. so the idea that they would have us vote on another bill tonight that they know very well is not going to be even taken up in the senate is doing nothing other than driving the train right over the cliff and leading us into a shutdown. i don't see any other way out of this at this point in time. now, at any time, if they chose to put the senate bill up, if they put it up in the next five minutes, i guarantee you that it would pass. and there's no need for this government shutdown. >> no need. if they put up the bill they've had an up and down vote, they could avert this. >> that's absolutely right. that's what we should demand is put up the senate bill right now. >> now, kry

karen bass and charlie rangel and michele bachmann. [laughter] so it's bipartisan, which, you know -- what? [inaudible] >> issue bipolar? know, bipartisan. by spreading rumors. i [inaudible] >> date and a congressional listening to her, which is god's attention. they do york. they've done a leg, miami, somewhere. they've been going around. i don't think it has big bucks, but it has a lot of people and that's the first time this is ever happy. there is some political movement here. >> i would be the way anything would change the politician who had power for some other reason decided for some personal reason -- i remember spending a day at capitol hill with a lobbyist for the haitian government. they have note hole in the world and they just needed to find the senators and congresspeople who just happen to have visited haiti. or had a staff member who is from haiti. but when they found those people and got them together, they can sometimes get those people to use a tiny shard of their power in a good direction. >> and i'm not tip, that's

joining me live now, democratic congresswoman karen bass of california. what are y'all doing?'re doing. we're waiting for the republicans to put forward their effort again to try to delay health care reform. why they don't want the american people to have health coverage, i have no idea. sometimes i think that the republican caucus must be like a football locker room where they get themselves all ginned up. there's no physical release of a game and they don't know how to wind back down. and the bottom line is that winding back down means doing the adult thing to do, which is passing a clean c.r. i think we're destined for a shutdown at this point. >> a shutdown is imminent? >> unfortunately, i just don't see a way out of it if we are going to pass a bill that harry reid has already said is dead on arrival, what is the purpose of what we're doing, except for to give the right wing an exercise? the bottom line is that speaker boehner has not taken control of his caucus and he's allowed the 40 to r50 extremists to rule the day. and i think it's just a shame. >> congresswoman, tal

joining me now is congresswoman karen bass from california and a member of foreign affairs committee.nk you for joining me, congresswoman. >> thanks for having me on, rev. >> have you decided whether you are voting yes or no on the proposal to, in fact, go for a limited military strike before all of the things that happened today? >> no, rev. i'm still undecided about that. and i'll tell you, for a lot of reasons. but i am excited about the events. and things have been changing by the moment. it's almost as though a door has been opened and frankly i think all of us the international community needs to drive a truck through that door. and we need to hold russia and syria accountable. this is an incredible opportunity. and i'm hoping that they will see the light and they will be willing to go forward and destroy the chemical weapons and let the world see to verify this. >> what do you need to hear tonight from the president, congresswoman? >> we met with the president yesterday for about an hour members of the congressional black caucus. i know the case he made with us is the case he's

. >> karen bass of california. thankyou and thank you chairman ranking member for holding this hearing today and our witnesses for coming. i have three questions and i would like to get out all three questions. then ask whoever chooses to respond. as i recall in libya, the arab league asked us to intervene. if i am wrong, correct me. i want to know what was different this time. i know they condemned the attacks, but why haven't they asked us to intervene? and then second, what type of retaliation, if any, do you expect from syria, from iran, hezbollah, or other unaffiliated parties and what are we doing to prepare for any retaliation? finally, as i understand, -- made some comments today that he -- vladimir putinmade some comments today that he might be open to the idea of responding if it could be proven where the chemical weapons came from. i was wondering if you thought this provided an opportunity? how you might interpret his comments, but is there an opportunity for the international community to come together

congresswoman karen bass, thank you so much for your time today. we greatly appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> now let's talk more about this with sirius x m's michael smerconish and nia malika henderson. nia malika, i'll start off with you. "the washington post," i think, has a great article today where they address some of the concerns regarding every day people. the headline basically is individuals will define obama care's fate. the paper goes on to point out, having passed the test of its constitutionality before the supreme court, the law now faces an even more critical judgment. one that will be written in millions upon millions of individual stories. among the winners will be the uninsured, assuming the coverage they get proves to be affordable and adequate, businesses could be losers. some people who buy their own insurance may pay more while others pay less. if goes on to talk about it really is about the individuals who go online on tuesday and come out with their interpretations, not what people are saying in washington, d.c., b

joining me now, california congresswoman karen bass. you were at the cbc dinner last night with the president. >> yes. >> she joins us now. i would love to start with the president's remarks last night. because he covered a lot of ground. just get your thoughts. >> i thought his speech was very pertinent. especially to that audience where he referenced what happened in washington, d.c. but he also referenced what happened in chicago. and just pointed out the absurdity at the fact that we can't even pass legislation to extend background checks. and he also spoke, you know, a great deal about the affordable care act zblipted to ask you about that. the affordable care act was sort of the biggest, i'd say, applause line it seemed that he got. obviously in the african-american community so many parts of the affordable care act are going to make a tremendous difference. >> right. exactly. let me just point out, too, pre-existing conditions and the cap on insurance. both of those things literally save lives. i spent many years working in the e

. >> karen bass of california. >>nk tnk you chairman ranking member for ld our witnesses for coming. i have three questions and i would like to get out all three questions. then ask whoever chooses to respond. as i recall in libya, the arab league asked us to intervene. if i am wrong, correct me. i want to know what was different this time. i know they condemned the attacks, but why haven't they asked us to intervene? and then second, what type of retaliation, if any, do you expect from syria, from iran, hezbollah, or other unaffiliated parties and what are we doing to prepare for any retaliation? finally, as i understand, -- made some comments today that he might be open to the idea of responding if it could be proven where the chemical weapons came from. i was wondering if you thought this provided an opportunity? how you might interpret his comments, but is there an opportunity for the international community to come together? those are my questions to which ever one of you chooses to answer. >> i will answer th

. >> karen bass of california. >> inc. you and thank you chairman ranking member for holding this hearing today and our witnesses for coming. i have three questions and i would like to get out all three questions. then ask whoever chooses to respond. libya, the arab league asked us to intervene. if i am wrong, correct me. i want to know what was different this time. i know they condemned the attacks, but why haven't they asked us to intervene? and then second, what type of retaliation, if any, do you iran, from syria, from hezbollah, or other unaffiliated parties and what are we doing to prepare for any retaliation? understand, -- made some comments today that he might be open to the idea of responding if it could be proven where the chemical weapons came from. wondering if you thought this provided an opportunity? how you might interpret his comments, but is there an opportunity for the international community to come together? questions to which ever one of you chooses to answer. >> i will answer the one that lies to mys