Make progress right now. Passing a budget, Immigration Reform, farm bill. Those are three specific things that would make a huge difference in our economy right now. The american peoples hopes and dreams are what matter, not ours. Our obligations are to them. Our regard for them compels us all, democrats and republicans, to cooperate and compromise and act in the best interests of our nation. Meanwhile Vice President joe biden welcomed furloughed federal employees back today at the Environmental Protection agency. He even brought muffins along. And greeting visitors this morning, ted cruz, who many think was the architect of the shutdown. He and other conservatives vow to continue the fight. We havent given up the fight. We are going to prevail on this issue. Joining me right now, nbc news capitol hill hill correspondent luke russert and correspondent kristen dahlgren. Anything on the renewed invig racing in the spirit of compromise . Its interesting. Harry reid said it was his goal to
that character. so i was running for it. but i first found out when i went to l.a. and met the director. the film itself, it s amazingly suspenseful. even though we covered the story in the news and we know how it all ends, they did such great job. you mentioned the director tom greengrass. he did not want you to meet tom hanks ahead of the first scene when you came onto the bridge. yeah. explain what that was like? it was disappointing. we wanted to meet tom. my friends, we wanted to meet tom. but looking back now it was really important for the film for us not to meet tom at this time because it would change the whole dynamics of the film. you know, it wouldn t be the same. for your me it was really stressful. i had to just do the best i can. and now your background, you were born in somalia. you lived in yemen for a while
0 conversations about a weakened leadership position for him. well, interestingly enough this entire shutdown episode has made him a stronger leader within his conference. people like michele bachmann, real conservative representat e representatives like steve king, they love what john boehner did because they how he took the fight all the way into the foxhole for them for the last three weeks. that s sort of the perverse logic here on capitol hill. you can shut down the government and yet be pursued as a stronger leader within your party. it s an odd thing. i still believe the conservative groups on the outside have undue influence with the gop congress. these guys hijacked the plane. they had no idea how to pilot it. if they can figure out how to pilot it, you can see boehner crumble because he s of the mind set of creating some sort of large-scale deal before it s over. he wants something to hang his hat on besides going up to the bring every time and more than sequester cuts, tho