it also defunds obama care. that means it's a bill to shut down the federal government. >> and so, our message to the united states senate is real simple. the american people don't want the government shutdown and they don't want obama care. the house has listened to the american people. now, it's time for the senate to listen as well. >> senate democrats to do the same thing. and i want to know where senator prior stands on protecting the middle class. the consequences of this horrific bill. how about kay hagen in north carolina? does she understand the consequences that obama care is having in her state? what about mary lan dree of louisiana? >> republican congress want to stop the country to deny the people the chance to see a doctor. how many times are we going to do this? >> it is a wolf in wolf's clothing. the underlying bill to shut down government is reason enough to object to it. and you know what that's about? that's simply about putting their friends, the insurance companies, back in charge of medical

since that, the part-time obama care has actually trended downward, the notion that obama care is causing part-time work is simply not the data. joining me now on the eve of its full implementation is washington post columnist, ezra klein. can we start with this labor, job killing program? you get the fact it is killing jobs, responsible for slow job growth in the recovery, and also pushing people into part-time work. is there any reason to look at the data and think it was a true hypothesis. >> it would be remarkable if the market anticipated obama care and shed those jobs. it did not kill jobs, it is not even working at the moment. it doesn't not begin to deliver insurance until january first. the one part that was legitimate is this idea that there is a rule on employers who have more than 50 employees who work more than 30 hours a week, they have to offer health insurance. and if they don't, they have to pay a penalty. that is fine for most of them. most offer health insurance already. but for those who it is not, they may push employees into part-time work so they don't count as havi

take home the big trophy, in this case, obama care. but that said, all of this villainizing is what ted cruz wants, because for ted cruz, being the most hated man in washington is a badge of honor. what is not a badge of honor is being viewed as a snobby, overcredentialed jerk, and that is the picture of ted cruz painted vividly in a new "gq" profile out today, which notes as a law student at harvard, cruz "refused to study with anyone who hadn't been an undergrad at harvard, princeton or yale. says damon watson, one of cruz's law school roommates, he said he didn't want anybody from minor ivies like penn or brown." while working for george w. bush's campaign, he was also known for dispatching regular updates on his accomplishments that one recipient likened to "the cards people send about their families at christmas, except ted's were only about him and were more frequent." "gq" also retells the story of the oil painting ted cruz has hanging in his senate office. it's a story ted cruz had previously told abc news and one that stephen

right now we're having this debate about defund obama care. your boss, grover norquist says it's crazy, it's batty, don't do it. he's saying, you're crazy. what's going to happen is, when the whole thing is over, then the center is going to keep the sequester funding. the sequester was the most controversial policy in all of domestic fiscal politics that we have seen in this country in several years. and it's going to be the base lane. sam, am i wrong about this? does it drive you crazy as it drives me crazy? >> yeah, it does, but it also speaks to some larger problem in our culture, where this notion that we're going to be punishing poor people for being poor, essentially. and what's also stunning is that we hear constant, and i think some of this is legitimate, that the economy, you know, from the right, that obama has tanked the economy, that the growth is sort of not really happening. there's some truth to that, but you can't turn around and say, and now we are going to punish the people who are suffering under that. >> explain to me why t

. >> and oregon is putting out ads for the obama care exchanges, well put them up. senator murphy, who is instrumental on the draw. if you were happy about that, senator jeff murkley played a big role in that. >> thank you so much. all right, congressman a, you and i do not agree on the substance here. so we'll stipulate that and say we will not solve that in the news segment. so i just want to talk strategy here, okay? you guys are going to pass a continuing resolution that strips out funding for obama care. what happens if it is dead on arrival in the senate? what happens here? >> it depends, one of the best things that chris says and i happen to agree with him, is what it does is move to the senate which is where the battle needs to take place. we're house supporters of what rand paul and lee are trying to do on the house floor. if it was just up to the house we would have solved the obama care issue a long time ago, so the battle needs to be over. >> you're already doing the thing the house republicans are doing already. which is shift the blame to the senate, w

we all know they're not going to end up getting rid of obama care. so then they're going to double down on this fight on the debt ceiling. because what happened, as you said, look, ted cruz went around the country. he got everybody worked up. all the far right folks. now it is going over in the senate. he is not going to be able to prevail, ted cruz. so then they're going to try to take this whole fight -- >> it is only going to make that fight worse, they will lose this and double down in the next fight. >> in fact, if you look at the plan that came out of the house republican caucus today, it was plan b, plan a was let's do this on the continuing resolution. but backup plan b, okay, if we don't succeed we'll take it to the debt ceiling. as you know, it is bad enough to be playing with government shutdown, but you're playing with the economic equivalent of nuclear weapons when you're playing with the debt ceiling. >> thank you so much, joining me now, the democrat from oregon. all right, ball is in your court. the house is going to pass a continuing

, dismantle an defund obama care. >> they are insisting on defunding obama care about the pride of continuing the resolution. >> now, americans face the prospect of another republican manufactured crisis to shut down the government. what's interesting to note proposals republicans are putting forward are not proposals. they are proposals to shut down government. they know what they're proposing is not going to pass the senate or be signed by the president. >> that's where we are as we head into the fall. as we gear up for this fight we're going to be paying attention to, there's going to be a countdown clock to kris i, that's where we are and when people watch this, they feel washington is broken and they are correct. washington is broken because the tea party broke it on purpose. they broke the normal budgetary process, replaced it with government recuring crisis, also, they can use control of one-half of one branch of government. question now, will it work again? joining me now is msnbc analyst, ez ezra klein. i'm going to confess manager to you. >> i'm here to hear your confession. >> you

are you terrified of running against obama care in 2014, when it's successful? >> you know, the problem here is that it's falling apart on its own weight. i know you just played those clips of the president, but the facts of the matter is, it's an unworkable system. >> why is it unworkable? >> what we really need to do is put real reforms in place. >> why is it unworkable? >> insurance rates are going up across this country. in north carolina alone, for young males, quadrupling in cost -- >> congresswoman, you're aware that the rate of increase in health care year over year is at an all-time low over the last ten years or so. the rate is diminishing, we can agree on that fact? >> the increases have gone up -- >> no, they've gone down. >> -- but this is dramatic. and it is as a result of obama care going into effect. >> congresswoman, how many people in your district are uninsured? >> the issue is not how many people are uninsured. the issue is, is this a program that will work? it is not a plan that will work. it just simply is falling apart. delay after delay -

just eight days away from the effective launch of obama care. and while ted cruz and his threats are soaking up a lot of attention, it's easy to lose sight of the fact we are very close to a pretty incredible day in the history of american health care. and so, it is no surprise, the right wing has gone into overdrive in trying to shape the narrative of that day before it happens. not least by once again sewing the seeds of misinformation oew the seeds of misinformation about the impact of law. i was on hbo's "realtime with bill maher" on friday night when i got to encounter a real-life example of this from the mouth of republican speech writer and journalist david frum, who said the following -- >> it is about to have a very likely devastating impact on american employment. we can already see the rise of part-time labor and the fallaway of -- >> well, we don't know that. >> we do see that, because if your workers work less than 30 hours, you're exempted, and we have seen that's where the growth in the labor market is. >> now, i should be clear,

obama care does not blow up the entire system. in fact, the main thing the law does is deliver millions of new customers to the private insurance industry which is kind of the opposite of blowing up the system. it's adding to the system. if you're home watching this right now, the odds are extremely high that essentially nothing aside from some added benefits and protections is going to change about your health insurance on october 1th when the health changes go live online or january 1st when they start ensuring people. nothing at all. but there's something else steve and his friends seem completely obtuse about. >> there's a new poll out this thorng that morning this says, take a guess. how many people in this country, what percentage have insurance now for this very first time because of affordable care act? how many? what p percent? >> i mean, i'd go 20. 20%. >> wait. >> wait. 20%. that is a terrible guess. considering that he just said 15% of the country didn't have health insurance. >> what percent? >> i mean, i'd go 20. let

is that the reason the labor market is broken because of obama care? >> no, chris. the labor market is broken because almost all the gains since the recession have gone to the top 1%. so most people don't have the money to turn around and spend to create jobs. you know, the job creators in this country are not the ceos and wall street and the very rich. the job creators are the great middle class and everybody wants to join the middle class because they create jobs because they spend money. if they're not able to spend money, if they don't have enough money in their pockets, they're not going to be any jobs created. that is what the republicans don't want to talk about. they still cling to this sort of trickle down economics view, which is just plain wrong. it's a cruel hoax. it's always been a cruel hoax. >> what about this uncertainty idea, that everyone -- that employers are kind of waiting around, worried about what obama care will look like before they decide to hire their next marginal worker. >> employers don't like up certainty, the markets don't like uncert

is that the reason the labor market is broken because of obama care? >> no, chris. the labor market is broken because almost all the gains since the recession have gone to the top 1%. so most people don't have the money to turn around and spend to create jobs. you know, the job creators in this country are not the ceos and wall street and the very rich. the job creators are the great middle class and everybody wants to join the middle class because they create jobs because they spend money. if they're not able to spend money, if they don't have enough money in their pockets, they're not going to be any jobs created. that is what the republicans don't want to talk about. they still cling to this sort of trickle down economics view, which is just plain wrong. it's a cruel hoax. it's always been a cruel hoax. >> what about this uncertainty idea, that everyone -- that employers are kind of waiting around, worried about what obama care will look like before they decide to hire their next marginal worker. >> employers don't like uncertainty, the markets don't like uncerta

the budget coming up, the debt ceiling crisis, obama care is about to go into effect. they will focus on defunding that. your head could snap at how fast congress can move past this issue. >> no one wants to vote on this. no one wants to deal with it. everybody will take an opportunity, but this speech and the diplomatic process working itself out. okay, enough with syria. >> there is already a process working its way through the senate. they are crafting something that would actually pass because it's very -- it rains in any action and ties it to the u.n. diplomatic process. i think that is where the hell wants to be because now they don't want to be on the record. >> i would not underestimate this. you could see it pushed back where people will begin to accuse the president of not having credibility or strength if he doesn't move. i think the president could very nimbly move and say, my legacy is going to be rebuilding this country, and i have put this process on the diplomatic track. we will test, and we will push, but we have to rebuild. the congress is not working

care. i mean, what possible argument does the president have to war-weary members of congress? i mean, what is that -- what is the case? the case can be made in a sort of abstract level, it could be made at the level of this important international norm, but in a brass tacks political sense, what is the possible upside for a yes vote on this if your district really doesn't want this to happen? >> look, i think the big problem the president is facing, and it's almost an unfortunate thing, is there isn't -- this isn't the political calculus vote, you know. you can't really argue to members, by the way, this is going to be a huge win for you, because it's supposed to be a limited act. it's supposed to be a limited action, so we're not going to have some giant invasion or anything that american troops will feel, you know, americans will feel will rally around it. it's supposed to be very limited. so, i don't think that the arguments here are political. they really are substantive. the substanti

care. i mean, what possible argument does the president have to war-weary members of congress? i mean, what is that -- what is the case? the case can be made in a sort of abstract level, it could be made at the level of this important international norm, but in a brass tacks political sense, what is the possible upside for a yes vote on this if your district really doesn't want this to happen? >> look, i think the big problem the president is facing, and it's almost an unfortunate thing, is this isn't the political calculus vote, you know. you can't really argue to members, by the way, this is going to be a huge win for you, because it's supposed to be a limited act. it's supposed to be a limited action, so we're not going to have some giant invasion or anything that american troops will feel, americans will feel will rally around it. it's supposed to be very limited. so, i don't think that the arguments here are political. they really are substantive. the substantive arguments are that, yo

yet, mcconnell, of course, is in favor of repealing obama care and he's given his blessing to the sequester. which has caused the state of kentucky to cut off cancer screenings to hundreds of low-income women. while mitch the man and mitch the policymaker stand in stark contrast, mitch the candidate's best strategy is to basically hope no one notices or cares about what he truly stands for. maybe he'll figure out the best way to win the support of women is to stand for policies that actually help him. though i don't think anyone should hold their breath. >>> congress much like the country is divided on what to do about syria. we'll break down the issues with a panel including a former obama aide who was brought back to the white house to help the president make his case. next. sthma's under control. i don't miss out... you sat out most of our game yesterday! asthma doesn't affect my job... you were out sick last week. my asthma doesn't bother my family... you coughed all through our date night! i hardly use my rescue inhaler at all. what did you say? how about - every day? coping with asthm

yet, mcconnell, of course, is in favor of repealing obama care and he's given his blessing to the sequester. which has caused the state of kentucky to cut off cancer screenings to hundreds of low-income women. while mitch the man and mitch the policymaker stand in stark contrast, mitch the candidate's best strategy is to basically hope no one notices or cares about what he truly stands for. maybe he'll figure out the best way to win the support of women is to stand for policies that actually help him. though i don't think anyone should hold their breath. >>> congress much like the country is divided on what to do about syria. we'll break down the issues with a panel including a former obama aide who was brought back to the white house to help the president make his case. next. >>> i will seek authorization for the use of force from the american people's representatives in congress. over the last several days, we've heard from members of congress who want their voices to be heard. i absolutely agree. >> the president said on saturday he would go to congress to decide whether to execute a pun

yet, mcconnell, of course, is in favor of repealing obama care and he's given his blessing to the sequester. which has caused the state of kentucky to cut off cancer screenings to hundreds of low-income women. while mitch the man and mitch the policymaker stand in stark contrast, mitch the candidate's best strategy is to basically hope no one notices or cares about what he truly stands for. maybe he'll figure out the best way to win the support of women is to stand for policies that actually help him. though i don't think anyone should hold their breath. >>> congress much like the country is divided on what to do about syria. we'll break down the issues with a panel including a former obama aide who was brought back to the white house to help the president make his case. next. ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ woman: everyone in the nicu -- all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment. i wouldn't trade him for the world. who matters most to you says the

by pushing to kill the affordable health care act, they are pushing to kill the obama presidency. and that attempt could cost them their one chance to change history. thanks for being with us, all in with chris hayes starts right now. >>>. >>> good evening, from new york. i'm chris hastes, tonight we know the names of the victims of our latest national mass shooting nightmare. this time it was 12 adults eating breakfast beginning their workdays and this time the national response has been reduced to the one thing the country's political leaders seem capable of pulling off, a moment of silence, just as they have done every single time we have faced this horror. >> members and those in the gallery will please rise and observe a moment of silence for the victims of the shooting at ft. hood. >> a traumatized nation, observes a moment of silence. the president and first lady led. after aurora, congressman ed pea pearlmutter. >> and after newtown. >> mr. speaker, i would ask that the house now rise. >> the chairman asks all present to rise and to observe a moment of silence. >> but in t

by pushing to kill the affordable health care act, they are pushing to kill the obama presidency. and that attempt could cost them their one chance to change history. thanks for being with us, all in with chris hayes starts right now. >>> good evening, from new york. i'm chris hayes, tonight we know the names of the victims of our latest national mass shooting nightmare. this time it was 12 adults eating breakfast beginning their workdays and this time the national response has been reduced to the one thing the country's political leaders seem capable of pulling off, a moment of silence, just as they have done every single time we have faced this horror. >> members and those in the gallery will please rise and observe a moment of silence for the victims of the shooting at ft. hood. >> a traumatized nation, observes a moment of silence. the president and first lady led. after aurora, congressman ed pearlmutter. >> and after newtown. >> mr. speaker, i would ask that the house now rise. >> the chairman asks all present to rise and to observe a moment of silence. >> but in the wake of