In 2004 i worked very, very hard to replace a president. This is not what i had in mind. Good day, im Andrea Mitchell in new york city, in manhattan overlooking the beautiful Public Library where nyc hosting its education nation summit. Were open for business even if the federal government is not. Week two looks like week one. Speaker boehner and president obama are not talking to one another leaving millions in limbo. I do think it is nonsense. They need to get their act together. I do not think that congress is even thinking about the Little People like us. Joining me now for our daily fix Chris Cillizza, msnbc contributor and chuck todd, msnbc white house correspondent, political director and host of the daily rundown. Were waiting for video of the president at fema, National Emergency response center. Before wets to that, well bring it to you as soon as we have it from the traveling tv pool. What is the posture of the white house . What about that nonmust official quoted say we don
Republicans that would say they would join democrats. Speaker boehner said it is not true and its open to interpretation if it went on floor. A lot on capitol hill think it would be true and the president offering that challenge. Where you see the both sides now, toure, they are staking out positions, president obama says he will not negotiate on a grand bargain or large scale compromise until the government is funded and debt limit is raised and Speaker Boehner saying thats not a position to have. Take a listen to what he said on the house floor. The president s refusal to negotiate is hurting our economy and putting our country at risk. American people expect when their leaders have differences, were in a time of crisis, that well sit down and at least have a conversation. Really, mr. President , its time to have that conversation before our economy is put further at risk. So here we are on monday, toure and back to where we started last week. Both sides holding firm in their positio
With 200 democrats in support of the measure Speaker Boehner would have just enough votes to reopen the u. S. Government. With counts aside as White House Press secretary jay carney tweeted on sunday, the speaker says theres not enough votes to pass a clean cr. Why not prove it. , vote. In an article published in the New York Times, the hard rights year long plan to shut down the government over obama care was a year long. According to the times a defunding tulle created in Early September included talking points for the question, what happens when you shut down the government and you are blamed for it. The suggested answer was the one House Republicans give today, we are simply calling to fund the entire government except forth Affordable Care act obama care that shut down, the gop seems to have its sights set on a bigger target, the nations credit. Is the government going to stay shut down until we reach the debt limit deadline . The debt limit is right around the corner. We are not
Congressman Nick Mulvaney cut his own slice. The wild theory is that even if the u. S. Breaches the debt ceiling the treasury could continue to prioritize certain payments including social security. Its a line of logic refuted by cannot mists and most people with a general understanding of the way things work. Last week the Treasury Department learned default would lead to the events of the magnitude of late 2008 or worse. Credit markets could freeze, the value of the dollar could plummet, u. S. Interest rates could skyrocket, negative could spill around the world. Cost in 20111 million jobs and 19 billion in borrowing costs. What do actual economists know about this stuff . Apparently a lot. Said former staff director of the budget committee, i donten any serious person who doesnt think this will be cataclysmic. Dont blame numbers crunchers saying default is a good thing for the economy, according to the leadership, it is the democrats who are being reckless. By refusing to negotiate,
Families. The house expected to pass legislation to restore these benefits despite the shutdown. Coming up several democrats are expected to hold a News Conference on the senate steps about it. Joining me now, jim miklaszewski. Mik, explain to all of us, the presence of the defense secretary, chuck hagel, at the sight of the dignified transfer at dover, what does this achieve . Reporter this is a gesture to show that the pentagon, the dod and second hagel support the troops. The problem, according to officials here, that the pay the military now act, which allowed Service Members to be paid during the shutdown, specifically mentioned that they could receive their pay and allowances, such as housing allowance, but it didnt talk about this death benefit or payments to the families of those Service Members who had died. And even though the lawyers, they put their Heads Together with the Justice Department trying to figure out how to make that work, they just couldnt make it work and they