let me go to mr. dent. let me ask you generally where do you stand and where would you like to see this close. >> look, i agree with what peter said. there's no reason for a government shutdown. i certainly would under any circumstances oppose this country defaulting on its obligations. the deal that you just mentioned, chris, is one that i can warm up to. i've been one of the key proponents of repealing the medical device tax. i've been working with democratic friends and colleagues in the house who also want to repeal that device tax. they just want to pay for it. i think we could find agreement on that issue. >> would it get you half your caucus? would it work? >> i don't know, but it would certainly get a number of folks. in states like pennsylvania, new jersey, minnesota, this device tax is a big deal. massachusetts. but i believe a large number of our members would vote for it. you're not going to get the two or three dozen who have a hard time voting yes for anything. but we have member who is do hav

mr. dent: thank you, madam speaker. i rise tonight in support of the senate compromise legislation being considered to end this unnecessary government shutdown and few tile exercise in brinks -- futile exercise in brinksmanship. this would prevent a catastrophic default and downgrade that would spur another recession. i'm generally pleased that the cooler heads have finally prevailed. however, it is very disappointing that we're in this situation. that after more than two weeks of a government shutdown and on the eve of the default of our nation's obligations, we have finally reached an agreement. this legislation must be supported. but it should not be celebrated. no high-fives or spiking of the football. it is a temporary government funding bill and a short-term debt limit increase. it's not a win for anyone, particularly the institution of congress or the presidency for that matter. the bill represents the conclusion of a difficult period from which i hope that many can draw important lessons. i hope that this sad ep

dent, is recognized for two minutes. mr. dent: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm deeply concerned about this issue, as many of my colleagues and i strongly support this resolution by mr. pitts, goodlatte and a host of others. for a host of reasons. this country consumes more sugar than it produces. we must import sugar whether we like it or not. we must deal with other basic facts. i listened with intensity of the gentleman from minnesota, a good friend, who talked about american crystal losing money. well, the answer is not to bail them out with our tax dollars. we've seen enough of that around here. it's time to stop those unnecessary bailouts. you know, we also heard my good friend from texas who was relieved he didn't complain about sugar companies making money, confectioners making money. we want these companies to make money. but the complaint we had four years of high sugar prices and that simply incentivizes more mexican imports. it provides more incentives for those imports. let's look at the numbers. the current program is a remnant of the depression

mr. king of new york has difficulties with it, as does mr. dent of pennsylvania, but overall, the support is very strong, so that's not jifg with what you're saying. >> there's been an assertion throughout the day, backed in a lot of reporting, that if the speaker were to bring a clean cr to the floor right now in the house of representatives that matched what the senate has passed, that would pass with the majority of members of the united states house of representatives. are you saying that's not true? >> i'm just saying i've not seen any evidence of it. i have no information, where mr. york is getting that. i have not seen that. that's not been the tenor of our conversations in those meetings, that's not been the message in our meetings. our message has been fairly consistent, which is we will try to chip away at obama care as part of the continuing resolution debates and that's the plan for this evening. >> congressman jefferies, what's your response to the seemingly united front the republicans are now presenting when it looked like a co

dent from pennsylvania. mr. dent: thank you. i, too, want to take a moment oto reflect on the life and service and dead keags of bill young. much has been said about him already this evening. i, too, like many, i look back to that corner and i want to see bill young there but obviously he's not with us. before calling florida his home, chairman young was actually born in harborville, pennsylvania new york allegheny county, western pennsylvania, that area best known for steel and coal. a lot of tough people came out of that area, and certainly bill young, i think, really had a lot of character, character traits i associate with people there. he could be very tough when he needed to be, very firm. just like steel. but also, we should not forget about his compassion. he's a kind man. a gentle man. a patient man. he often -- i would often ask him questions or make a request of him from time to time and he always listened to me very patiently. he had served here for 22 terms. he didn't have to spend a whole lot of time with me but he

mr. patterson was arrested without innings dent an incidend the investigation yesterday and was arrested yesterday evening. >> he has vowed to play sunday by thibut this is before he heae tragic news of his son's passi passing. >> one thing always bounce back is that the good lord never gives you more than you can bear or handle. i'm tough. i plan on playing sunday. i will be playing sunday. ready to roll, focused and worried about getting a "w" on sunday. football is something that i always fall back on. it gets me thank yo through tou. and it's been around the guys in here. that is what i need. and you know being able to go out and na play the game i love. and the things i go through. >> i will say it a thousand times. it helps me, you know, play this game to a different level and i'm able to release, you know a lot of my stress through the sport. the minnesota vikings have assessed the situation and say they will give it 24 hours before they make any decision on his statue status. than

mr. obama, in his inauguration, he never brought up the dent. in the state of the union, he never brought up the debt. when he came to meet with house republicans, he never brought up the debt. he said the deficits weren't that big of a concern to him. where do you start? we have to start with a clear understanding that we have to get our fiscal house in order. >> same question to both of you, i'll start with pitinger, congressman pitinger, do you have confidence in the speaker, john boehner? >> absolutely. he's a man of great integ receivy. i appreciate his honesty, his demeanor. he's been called all kinds of names in the process by the other side, and he was a gentleman. he kept his cool and he did the right thing. >> congressman harper? >> i don't think we could have a better speaker under more difficult circumstances than we have here. he's not in an enviable position, but he's certainly believes in regular order. he stood strong and so i'm honored that he would be our speaker. >> all right, guys. i appreciate both of you joining us. do you

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. mr. franken: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. franken: further, i ask to be able to speak for up to 20 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. franken: and i would request that my staffer, ed shelby, be allowed to come to the floor. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. franken: thank you. thank you, mr. president. i rise today to speak about reopening the government. we're now five days into a government shutdown that should never have happened. minnesotans do not want a government shutdown. they want us to do our jobs. not refight the same old political battles over and over again. with each day of shutdown i hear more and more reports about how it is affecting minnesotans, as i'm sure the presiding officer hears about it affecting the people of maine. minnesotans seeking basic government services are being turned away, hundreds of

. >> mr. president, constructive, good-faith negotiations continue between the republican leader and me. i am very optimistic we will reach an agreement that's reasonable in nature this week to reopen the government, pay the nation's bills and begin long-term negotiations to put our country on sound footing. >> i share his optimism we will get a result that will be acceptable to both sides. >> senate republicans are seeing a backlash from fellow party members in the house for working with democrats. they have been called the surrender caucus. we are not stick -- for not sticking with g.o.p. demands. some say president obama's healthcare law should have never been the focus of budget negotiations. >> i will tell you, i am embarrassed. we missed the opportunity, two months of time went by while the wrong subject was being focused on. >> that's an embarrassment. >> president obama underscored the need for a resolution to the partisan deadlock on capitol hill. there is broad agreement a u.s. defau

there's not a lot of press dented. how will creditors be treated? future investment in brazil is dependent on how this bankruptcy proceeding moves forward. back to you. >> this has so many ramifications. it's an extraordinary story. let's not forget the ram fix for the workers in brazil. because he's had all these companies, largely commodities companies, he's always employed so many brazilians, locals, who are out of work. we're really seeing impact. >> breathtaking, 18 months from $34 billion to less than -- >> and add to that the debt he faces. >> 50 minutes left in the trading session here. we have come off the lows. any positive close for the dow and s&p 500 would be new all-time high. it's not looking good now. the dow is down 58 points. meanwhile, the president is making a speech in less than an hour, defending his much maligned health care plan on the heels of a morning apology from health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. >> let me say directly to these americans, you deserve better. i apologize. i'm accountable to you for fix

>> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks to all of our panelists. i know all of you agree that the dent it should be extended because disruption would occur otherwise. i understand that. i do think it is important to be precise about what we are talking about and what were not talking about. for instance, senator reid started his comments saying, if we default next week. i want to pick it up there. by default, we mean nonpayment or late payments on u.s. government securities is that right? does anybody disagree with that? that is what default means. in light of all of your testimony about the impact of that, would you all agree that if the debt limit were not extended immediately -- i understand that you think it should be -- if it were not, those payments should be top priority? does anyone disagree with that? senator, i would respond this way. i don't disagree with what you are saying, but the premise is that there are other payments that will not be made. i refer to what i said. the effect on confidence in the treasury markets will be significant

>> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks to all of our panelists. i know all of you agree that the dent it should be extended because disruption would occur otherwise. i understand that. i do think it is important to be precise about what we are talking about and what were not talking about. for instance, senator reid started his comments saying, if we default next week. i want to pick it up there. by default, we mean nonpayment or late payments on u.s. government securities is that right? does anybody disagree with that? that is what default means. in light of all of your testimony about the impact of that, would you all agree that if the debt limit were not extended immediately -- i understand that you think it should be -- if it were not, those payments should be top priority? does anyone disagree with that? >> senator, i would respond this way. i don't disagree with what you are saying, but the premise is that there are other payments that will not be made. i refer to what i said. the effect on confidence in the treasury markets will be signific

also mr. boehner. i think it was an insult to us. republicans are saying why are we raising the debt ceiling where we already owe $17 trillion. but they switched from obamacare and funding to debt and deficit. that is a big switch. for jack lew to come out there, who is appointed but a political i thought was an insult to us. >>elisabeth: he kept saying that is the wrong question. we're thinking thank you for telling the american people what questions should be answered. >>steve: what do you think about this as we head into week two? e-mail or tweet us at "fox & friends." in the meantime let's head to heather nauert. >> got headlines at 11 minutes after hour. some chaos at an indy car race over the weekend. a horrific crash sending three-time champion dario franchitti flying through the air and into assent -- into a fence. look at that right there. that crash happening as he was battling fellow drivers on the last lap of the houston grand prix. you can see that debris as it flies into the stand. 13 fans and one official hurt. >> it w

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mr. levin: madam president, here's what congressman dent said. quote -- "i do believe it is impair that i have we do have a clean funding bill to fund the government." and then he continued, "that was the intent of the republican leadership all along. but, obviously, there were a few dozen folks in the house republican conference who weren't prepared to vote for a clean bill." and here's his conclusion. this is now a republican congressman speaking last night saying, "a few dozen folks in the house republican conference weren't prepared to vote for a clean bill, and that's why we're in the situation we're in right now." close quote. madam president, that is an astonishing report of abdication of leadership in the house of representatives. what an incredible statement about the stranglehold that a few dozen ideological zealots now have on the republican party in the house of representatives. it is an extraordinary moment in history when a speaker of the house allows a few dozen members of congress to bring the government of this nation to a stands

you wrote this book "becoming mr. october" about 1977 and 1978. i'm also, sorry to say, a bos tonian. not trying to gang up on you. >> that's okay. >> the bucky dent home run was sort of my first memory. but the memory of immersing myself in the yankees was the bronx burning. did you write this book as a way to clarify your legacy after something like that miniseries which didn't necessarily portray you in the best of light? >>, you know, brian, i guess i don't worry about legacy or i didn't write this book for legacy. i guess my legacy will continue. i can't do too much to alter it, if you will, to, you know, do good things for humanity, except that. at the same time, i did want to write my view of the '77-78. espn had done theoren diggs in the bronx's burning, which i was disappointed with and saddened by. and so i thought one day if i had a chance to write my view of what went on that i would do that. and it wasn't easy because you had to take on a lot of things and do your best to try to be truthful and not really try to blame anybody for what

mr. speaker, that's two republicans willing to pass a clean continuing resolution. then there is representative charlie dent from pennsylvania who serves on the appropriations committee. back on september 29 in the "huffington post," he said i'm prepared to vote for a clean continuing resolution and he added, the hourglass is nearly added and now time to come back and funding the american government. that is three republicans who disagree with being held hostage by the tea-party wing of your party. then from california, representative nunes, who serves on the ways and means committee. and he told "huffington post," d this is a twitter from the web site, he said he will vote for the latest gob plan but will vote for a clean continuing resolution when it comes down to it. four republican members who disagree with the g.o.p. hostage taking. then from the state of minnesota, representative paulsen who serves on the ways and means committee, who had told a local tv reporter in minnesota, channel 11, and they tweeted out, saying, representative paulsen said he is willing