been underas pressure from conservatives in his own party to take a stronger stance in support of their issues, like blocking funding for planned parenthood. gop presidential candidate ted cruz credited the conservative movement for forcing boehner's hand. yesterday, john boehner with speaker of the house. y'all come to town and that changes. reached ahner decision after presiding over a rare joint session of congress during pope francis' address. he said the decision was simple. i woke up, went out to starbucks to get my coffee. i got home and thought, i think today is to the day. president obama praise speaker boehner and sent a message. president obama: we can have significant differences on issues, but that does not mean you shut down the government. steve: talks on who will replace speaker boehner are underway. kellye: many believe that his departure reduces the chances of a government shutdown. some republicans are threatening to shut down government if planned parenthood is not defunded by october 1. shut down,ce would in many ways, and hundreds of patients, both kids and adults