less than $10.10? do they give something to small businesses? how do they put the sugar into this pie? that figure, 64%. that s a big number. you think just push this. i think they can be pushed on this. joy, i don t want an issue here. i want results. your thoughts. how do they get john boehner and eric cantor and kevin mccarthy to clear this for a vote in the house after the senate? you know, i honestly think you re not going to get it through the house. strangely enough even though it seems to be obvious or easy politics, i think republicans are going to demand something in exchange. what would that be? probably something for small business, something on the tax rates. but this isn t a party that operates in a normal political way. that s normal politics and they give on minimum wage. but the tea party politicians, they are completely immune to the realities we ve just been discussing.
africans on a street outside the house where he passed away. they are singing and dancing, but don t be mistaken, this isn t a party, this is the way south africans say good-bye and welcome people. south africans basically show their feelings in song and dance. so you hear a lot of that song, nelson mandela, nelson mandela, there s no one else like you. it keeps getting chanted over and over again. it is a lament, a prayer, but a thank you as well. incredible. tell me, robyn, what kind of preparations are being made now, a week out of this funeral where world leaders are expected to attend? reporter: what you re seeing around me now and what we ve seen the past few days is essentially south africa coming together to say good-bye. but by tuesday we re going to
obviously it moved to the extremes. i wouldn t characterize everybody within the tea party movement, but certainly there are broad elements within the party now that are driving it, their own agenda, for their own advantage, irrespective of, you know what implications it has for the republican party. certainly this is isn t a party i recognize and the party that i joined when i, you know, first enrolled. and that s regrettable. and this is not helping the republican party currently. that s for sure. and i think that clearly that there is going to have to be a rebuilding within the party and to recognize that this imperils the future of the party as it stands today. but i would urge people to get involved right now and citizen activism and engagement and weigh in with your lawmakers, use social media, use e-mails, get on use your online technology and communicate how disgusted and fed up you are with this process and this shutdown. and to tell them to go back to
bill is passed by both houses of congress, the president signs it into law, and it is even confirmed as constitutional by the supreme court. and then you have a president who is re-elected and in which that particular piece of legislation was very much at issue in that election. after all of that, we would assume that the issue is laid to rest, that the affordable care act or whatever act you re talking about is the law of the land. we do not in this country repeal or delay laws because one party wants to essentially hold hostage the entire united states government. it is not illegal what they re doing. they re not going outside of the legislative process. this is part of the legislative process. it is a drag. is the toothpaste out of the tube now when it comes to what a party doesn t like and when they don t like the fact that there is a law of the land, is this the new norm? is the toothpaste out of the tube and will the democrats do the same darn thing when there is a republican l
negotiate here. fund the government or they don t. and a notion that this is the problem with journalists covering this, they fall into this garbage of equal blame and false equivalency, that s often the case. sometimes it is not the case. this is the time where the tea party republican has hijacked a perfectly honorable political party and taken it off a cliff. that s the story here. just because we asked tough questions and challenge you does not mean we have agendas. i nailed you as hard as i nailed the republicans and i m so sick of being the messenger getting attacked when the rest of the people are so sick of congress, i m out of time. thank you, anna navarro, paul begala, for joining me on the program today. let s hope we don t have to have this discussion for days and days. i m not so sure we re not going to. president obama is going to make remarks next hour. we ll take you live to the rose garden. stay tuned. cnn will have full live coverage of that. still ahead, gran