they re on the horizon. they can see the finish line. what they need now is time and they need a gullible west to give them time. if, for example, as you say we got nothing in return for this endless negotiation being continued, if, for example, they were to halt uranium enrichment so the clock isn t running, i would be all in favor. let s see if they re serious. but what they re doing very clearly is engaging the president of the united states, the west, in these negotiations to give them just the extra time they need to build the bomb, and we have a precedent for this. this new, quote, moderate, unquote, rowhani, the new president. he was the chief negotiator for iran exactly a decade ago, and he said, he boasted in a speech in iran that while he was negotiating at the time it was with the eu 3, britain, france,
0 about the congressional exemption to obama care that a lot of folks say let s take that out as well. what s the next step here? the next step, we will meet tomorrow about noonan i am sure different ones that favor different proposals will bring those forward and the conference will make a decision. you were talking about the congressional exemption. that s one of those items that they re looking at other provisions that are dealing with entitlement reform, there are some that favor that. i think that people are really looking at the delay of the bill because, monica, this is the way we not only stop the programs but we stop all the taxes from taking place, the insurance excise tax, the medical device tax, those things that give that plume of revenue that they have to have in order to stand this law up. so i think the decisions tomorrow will be made. i think the discussion is going to be robust. but you are so right, when you talk about how he has given waivers and favors to his fri
0 exemption to obama care that a lot of folks say let s take that out as well. what s the next step here? the next step, we will meet tomorrow about noonan i am sure different ones that favor different proposals will bring those forward and the conference will make a decision. you were talking about the congressional exemption. that s one of those items that they re looking at other provisions that are dealing with entitlement reform, there are some that favor that. i think that people are really looking at the delay of the bill because, monica, this is the way we not only stop the programs but we stop all the taxes from taking place, the insurance excise tax, the medical device tax, those things that give that plume of revenue that they have to have in order to stand this law up. so i think the decisions tomorrow will be made. i think the discussion is going to be robust. but you are so right, when you talk about how he has given waivers and favors to his friends and his cronies, wh
0 han ee what i said in new york, while there will surely be important obstacles to moving forward and success is by no means guaranteed, i believe we can reach a comprehensive solution. while the commander in chief is open to negotiating with the rogued and terrorist regime in tehran, he is not open to doing so with republican lawmakers. here is what he said today about the looming government shutdown. if republicans have specific ideas on how to genuinely improve the law, rather than gut it, rather than delay it, rather than repeal it, i m happy to work with them on that through the normal democratic processes, but that will not happen under the threat of a shutdown. so over the next three days, house republicans will have to decide whether to join the senate and keep the government open or shut it down because they can t get their way on an issue that has nothing to do with the deficit. i will not negotiate over congress responsibility to pay the bills that have already been ra
paying for. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. a fiery president obama isn t holding back with two potential showdowns looming in washington, one of them now only four days away. he s sounding a lot like candidate obama in his latest obama care event, the president accusing republicans of blackmail and worse, vowing he won t negotiate when it comes to last minute gop attempts to stop his controversial health care legislation from taking effect in exchange for a deal to keep the federal government from shutting down. our senior white house correspondent brianna keilar is joining us now from the white house. she s got the very latest. what a day it s been. reporter: sure has been, wolf. president obama trying to escape the beltway politics, just barely going outside the beltway to a community college if prince georges county, maryland, pushing his signature health care reform law as the online marketplace for obama care is set to open on tuesday. now, this co