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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, harry reid and the president are putting our country on a pretty dangerous path. whether it s on the government s funding or the debt limit, people expect to have negotiations when there are two differing sides. the president is expected to make a statement at 2:00 p.m. in response to the latest overtures from the gop. joining me today washington bureau chief of mother jones david corrin, columnist for bloomberg view margaret carlson. also joining us from washington nbc news political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd. chuck, as always, thank you for joining us. i want to go to you first in terms of this news that the president will be making a statement at 2:00 p.m. what that is about? is the white house concerned some talking points from the
that s the problem. alex, you identified it. eric ericson is not going to accept a compromise. i don t think special interest groups, heritage action for growth, are going to accept any sort of compromise that comes out of this, anything that isn t total surrender by the president on health care or total surrender by the president on other issues. we know where the president is on this and we know where harry reid is on this. i agree with you, david, i think the only way out for boehner is it s not going to happen, we ve got to keep the government going. that s why i assumed this idea of temporary short-term basically putting off, kicking the can down the road two months which the white house is screaming at the top of our lungs to john boehner, do it. we ll lock ourselves in a room. margaret, we often wonder about boehner psychology, i ll play armchair psychology, the
i wonder how much he really encouraged her to do this. i know cheney a bit. i m not entirely sure. we ll see. okay. if father knows best. we know he doesn t know best. thank you to david howard and margaret. that is all for now. i ll see you back at noon eastern when i m joined by michael steele, ezra klein, aclu and vogue s editor-at-large. andrea mitchell reports is next. a reminder to stay with msnbc for full coverage of the president s statement at 2:00 p.m. today. unfortunately the southeast, we re still lingering with rain and wind and clouds. there could be minor travel inconvenience there. middle of the country looks great. pacific northwest just some showers. overall a much better travel day on this tuesday.