these people were promising something that they knew at the very beginning they could never deliver. so i think right now, the speaker and his leadership are trying to decide what can we do, should we have a vote where we don t get a majority of republicans with us or how can we convince a majority to come with us and allow those people to go their own way if that s what if that s what they need to do and they are intent on doing. it s a leadership moment, again, for the speaker of the house. david, i know we keep hearing the october 17th date from the treasury department when we would default on the debt by congress, you say that s miss leading. the real date is essentially halloween, trick or treat. the october 17th date was an estimate and moved a little bit. what i m saying is is that if you don t do something about the debt ceiling, that s important. if you don t do something about that, you could be in a situation where social security benefits and other social insurance be
estimate and moved a little bit. what i m saying is is that if you don t do something about the debt ceiling, that s important. if you don t do something about that, you could be in a situation where social security benefits and other social insurance benefits don t go out on time on november 1. that s unacceptable politically. the only reason we got social security reform in 1983 is because the benefits wouldn t go out on time. we re in a different situation today than we were there but the political unacceptability of that is still the same. on day ten, the end of day ten for folks that want a deal, this is the closest we ve been in ten days, right? it s progress, we can agree on that. good news, i ll have a drink on that tonight. in case you re still looking for a lonely voice of reason, i give you a lonely voice of reason. have mercy upon us, oh, god and save us from the madness.
in a government shutdown, social security checks still go out on time. reporter: as he explained why defaulting is worse than a government shutdown. in an economic shutdown, if we don t raise the debt ceiling, they don t go out on time. reporter: he, again, pressured house speaker john boehner to fund the government and drop obama care concessions. call a vote. put it on the floor. and let every individual member of congress make up their own minds. they can show the american people, are you for a shutdown or not? reporter: even a car chase and shooting on capitol hill brought into the chaos in washington. the two fellow officers injured are working without pay because of the shutdown. brianna keilar, cnn, washington. it s back to work for some government employees. fema put a temporary halt to the temporary layoff as it gears up for tropical storm karen, expected to strike the gulf coast this weekend. the agency furloughed 86% of its
immediate end in sight. you see the classwork the clock in the corner. that is how long this has been going on. boehner says he won t allow a default when the debt ceiling votes hits in less than two weeks. we are going to get more from cnn s brianna keilar. reporter: with the government partially shut down and the united states careening towards defaulting on its debts in mid october, house speaker john boehner made a key admission about the debt ceiling. a republican who spoke to cnn after a private meeting with house gop members said boehner informed them he will not allow a default to happen even if it means relying on votes from democrats. i m all wired up here. reporter: in a city that lives for an open mike moment to pull back the curtain. we are willing to compromise and willing to negotiate. reporter: mitch mcconnoll and rand paul delivered. i don t think they we won t negotiate. i think it s awful for them to say that over and over again.
say that over and over again. i do, too. i just came back from a two-hour meeting with him and that was, that was basically the same view privately as it was publicly. i think if we keep saying we wanted to defund it, we fought for that, now we re willing to compromise. i know we don t want to be here but we re going to win this, i think. reporter: at a campaign style event in maryland hello, everybody. reporter: president obama pulled a bit of an ace out of his sleeve, sounding the alarm for a key voting bloc, seniors. in a government shutdown, social security checks go out on time. reporter: as he explained why defaulting is worse than a government shutdown. in an economic shutdown, if we don t raise the debt ceiling they don t go out on time. reporter: he pressured them to fund the government and drop the obama care concession. call a vote. put it on the floor. let every individual member of