pass the house and senate and this enabled him to slow it down and at the sme time wayman on us on republansgets this to fear of slowing down the keystone pipeline and adding to the narrative but you all just all offthis pain that isl about unnecessary and exaggerated and manuuacture that he is trying to create wh thelowdown. charles: there is no doubt th christmas ame early this week for the white house. let's talk about what could force the hand. the president talking more and more about our great energy renaisnce,which is very interesting. i haven't heard george bush get any credit for it and we know the president is notlike fossil fuels and has not done anything to help us out. at some point we are going to t a real jobs report number out soon are going to see that this country is still struging for jobs, high-paying jobs that keystone provides an ultimaly it will trigger a genuine effort by the white house to get this thing going. charles: i would love to tell you yes. >> when we did a poor jobs report job support from the president will say that it's because of the stddwn and because o

. >> reporte: the president blames the standoff on house republans.to not pay our bills except for 2011. the last time that speaker boehner and some of the same people in the house of representatives thought it might give them more leverage in negotiions. >>or: treasury secretary jack liu backed the president's message calling on congress to do their job. stop playing with fire. >> it is reckless. reality is there are no good choices if we un out of ow cit and run out of cash. >> reporter: last week, they warned it could drastically decrease the value of a dollar and skyrocket u.s. interest rate >> extremely bd fhe president to shut down the government. we are willing to negotiate, we are willing to compromise. >> reporter: ephraim graham, cbn news. >> pat: the issue, ladies and gentlemen, it is not the debt ceiling. it is how many debts we are addi on to other debts by le spending. unless we do something with entitlements, also we do something with the democrat care, 'obamacare,' forexample, we are going to give over 500 llion dollarsola parenthood,

right now, keep it on the fox news channel, the most powerful news channel in the nation >>> after all the glitches, republanenator pat roberts telling health and human seices secretary it's time to ditch. he wants her resignation. but is the bigger target the controversy the woman who wil be in charge of enforcing the heal care law? sarah halli ingram is under fir for reportedly sharing confidential information with the white house during that taetinscandal. and you say it'sime to take the irs out of the healt care picte. >> that's right. get rid of all of them. does this surprise anybody that the irs is being used as a political weapon by the obama administration? the obama administration is only the latest administration because they are the ones currently in power. the irs hasn used as a political weapon since jay ear hoover. they have been -- look at what they he done th year. targeting the certain conservative groups. and now sharing confintial infoation. this ionly what we're finding out. so ty have been -- you ask anybody. does the irs target people because of polical affiliations? and they will te y

that is a different part of the republan party than the conservative which explains the split. gerri: 9% of the irs workers oney are still making you pay your taxes. they don't have anyone to count your money, don't know if your check is coming in on time, late, but you have to have it postmarked by the right date. is that fair? >> the irs telephone lines are not there. it is certainly not fair. if they cannot do their job to answer your questions it should extend the deadline. if you apply for an extension, your taxes are due on october october 15th. the idea of fairness has never been a strong point. gerri: let me ask you this. this is something we have been covering all week. obamacare and these changes. we have all this noise around the shutdown in the back the most important consumer story is the obamacare exchanges opening. opening with a myriad of problems. hell is that playing? if we're going to spend a trillion dollars on this thing should work. >> at first the answer was the number of visitors visiting the website was so high that it was knocking down. over the course of the week we realize that was

republans are going to blink. >> i do. >> if they do not, what happens on october 17th?erable to have the default than the negotiations? >> the negotiation you have is one with a gun held to your head. it will lead to a future negotiation like that and a future one. if you go for this hostage-taking once, and the president did in 2011, it doesn't go away. it comes back worse and worse and worse. credit in the united states currency and the united states dollar, goes down the drain. it's the damage that's far greater than the damage that speaker boehner seeks so undo by somewhat reducing the budget deficit. and we're willing to talk to him about budget deficit. leader reid already gave him his budget number when we talked about the resolution funding the government. we gave him his number. and then, he said obama care. he keeps throwing different things at the wall. and we know the reason why. ted cruz and the hard right republicans are holding him hostage, in effect. and right up until now, he hasn't had the courage or strength to resist them. sooner or later, he'll be f

problems for republicans here, and republans concerned about them wanting to increase spending levels without those offse we're told that republicans are standing firm on that par part of increases will spending, perhaps kicking the rest of negotiations to a process to come later. also a question of timin this. a lot of procedure in u.s. sense to the, if not every senator signs off on a fast track process it could take days to make it through. past the debt ceiling. anduestions to whether it would get through hou of representatives, if and when it is agreed to. a number ofouse republicans have been hearing the dails of th framework, and don't like all this much, they feel they are being forced to to this democrats say, you went out there on obamacare, now we are comingut, saying we want increased spending. negotiations continue, republicans with a full conference meeting in senate tomorrow morning. they aretill talking. back to you. charles: thank you, rich. we're going to one of those republicans now, florida ngressman ted,ou made a ruckus here, becau. yo are in washinon d.c. saying this is a lot of hype we won't crumble as a nation if we don't raise

seven kerry reed insisted on a clean stopgap funding bill >> we will not be forced to choose disease control or highway safety or the fbi. >> nancy pelosi suggested republans may be enjoying the situation. >> the shutdown weld maybe a joy to you is a luxury our country cannot afford. >> id with the upcoming debt ceiling battle could produce results. >> most budget agreements in the past have always involve the debt limit increase so that mechanism what like what obama sign before we want the debt under control. >> meanwhile the largest naval base in the world now says it is time to pass a clean continuing resolution because the shutdown does not advance the g.o.p. >> individual government, a responsibility, energy exploration and that conservative agenda. my conclusion is no it does not. i am calling for a clean continuing resolution. >> of the threat has been called hypocritical last night he signed the bill for the troops but now threatening to veto a bill for benefits for veterans. lou: said the funding of obamacare plays a central role in the government shut down. yes the health care plan began its rollout today. as people try to sign up had error mess

. >> some of t changes the republans actually want to make our importa straismus. this to a 3 percent tax o medical equipment makers is onheenue fks are not on the profits that are left over. that is t revenue. talked to the ceo of a medical equipment company as it basicall ty will live, entire profit growth, now, thistarted out as aight about obamare. it feels like it is not about obamacare anymore. what you thi? >> it depends upon who y ask because there still are all obamacare components the republicans are pushing or. republicans still want or are ating according to on congressman a 1-year delay in the individual mandate tt makes or requires almost everyone to have health surae next year. when youook at the senate proposal, we just discussed that there is that eleme ofedical device tax which is something in a budget vote thatoes not really have the force of law. as an tate in a vote. itid n becom law, but it did send a signal that 79 or 80g that tax. that should be an easy way that can be easily thrown on tohis. dennis: the democratic controlled senate. refusing to negotiate or make y changes at all, yet the democrat

one february, 2013. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell... ken cuccinelli joins tea party republanso block the plan. but terry mcauliffe believes it's time to break through the gridlock in richmond. mcauliffe presses democrats to support the bill. anthe bill passes. terry mcauliffe. putting virginia first. "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." >> live from the abc7 broadcast center this is good morning washington on your side. >> straight ahead at 6:30, we arrive in calverton where an investigation is under way following a deadly officer-involved shooting. >> plus, there are growing concerns this morning about children's medical research as the government shutdown stretches into a second day. >> on the lighter side a new burger feature as calorie-filled bun. we will tell you more that. good morning to you, washington. it is wednesday, october 2. i'm scott thuman. >> and i'm jummy olabanji. we've made it over the hump. it is wednesday. let's get our wednesday weather. let's get to meteorologist jacqui jeras with a forecast most people will like. >> i

republan leadership or phaps republican party. your assessment? >> well, i think, we said all along we want to get the government back open. we want to do that we don't want to default on the debt. i think we're still working the process, moving forward, we stillot to get 217 votes to agree on something to send forward, i think you will see the speaker, i heard him, agree with what he said, they will work through on the the night find some solution tohis. lou: dennis, you have been there, your thoughts about the way that this president, and the republican leadership are conductinghemselves here? >> wel one thing we don't need to do is further polarize the tuation, i will avoid, tt i wod suggest is, something that members of congress may not be thinng about, but they ought to, if country goes into default, it would be horrible. a betrayal of trust of the american people. but i will thing if you are a member of congress, and you are worried about what is going to happen, a default would give president more power than he ever had. some is something that needs to be considered, instead o making a move to strip power from white house. a default would give the president exto

republans, i'll tell you sixhat are currently hurting, they live in louisiana, texas, indiana, it is christie, walker, pence, and casey. all of them contemplate running for president i suspect, and theyll r argument on their side -- i wasn't part of that. >> rich schnider is thinking about it -- >>let's talk about 2014, i thought tat was crazy. th h b en t he wants to position republicans so that democrats can take back the house in 2014 so that he ends his presidency with two years of democratic controlhe way hebeg it spp that i chance of happening. the president's job approval is blow 50%. the second term midterms alwaysad for the white house party. he has two chances, sl d none. it ain't going to happen. i would say there is less than 65 seats that most of these prognosticators think are up f s. e pp some numbers on the screen. 215 come from areas they carried. th ne to pick upf 35 saeeats next year. which party has a better chance of gaining control of congress. republicans taking the senate or democrats taking the house. >> if t repuicans are right about obama care everything sut is true, the democrats will never win another election. they have the senate and in 2006 they will get the presidenc