>> he has had meetings with leaders of congress, he has had phone calls with leaders of congress. he invited all members of both houses to the white house. it is also the case that we don't inform you of every phone call that he makes, either to members of congress or others. he has been engaged in this process, his team has been involved in this process. his position has been clear, therefore not that complicated to communicate to you, the public, or to congress. we've simply urged all sides to put down sort of--put aside the efforts to achieve partisan advantage and leverage, and instead to move forward with an agreement that opens the government and raises the debt ceiling so the threat of default does not hang over us at the time, you know, at this time. >> the president said yesterday basically once this whole mess was resolved, once that's done the day after i'm going to be pushing to call a vote on immigration reform. does he really think to deal with one divisive issue is to deal with another divisive issue? >> the decision comes to the floor that now needs approval of bot

drone strikes were in congress and there were maybe only four members of congress who came to this briefing apart from the congressman who initiated this meeting congressman alan grayson it's no secret the u.s. congress generally approves of drone strikes so it's very difficult to expect the sudden change of heart even though hard was what these drone victims were appealing to on a twenty fourth of last year u.s. drone strike left this pakistani family devastated the nine year old girl and her thirteen year old brother and nearly scaped death that day their sixty seven year old grandmother was killed while picking vegetables in the garden last month on the . drones don't want to win this prize or. this kind of bright return. you know this family has never been abroad before out of their home in north waziristan in pakistan and the father said he looked at the life around here in d.c. and i met them at a lively d.c. restaurant after a screening of a documentary on drones where they were invited and the father said he wished his children too would be able to walk the streets not afraid of bei

congress has an important choice to make. congress alone has the power to act to make sure that the full faith and credit of the u.s. is never called into credit. no congress in 224 years has allowed our country to default. it is my hope that this congress will not be the first. among the risks that we control, the biggest threat to sustained growth in our economy is recurrence of manufactured crises in washington and self- inflicted wounds. today we face a manufactured local crisis that is beginning to deliver an unnecessary blow to our economy. right at the time when our american people have fought back from the worst recession since the great depression. in addition to the economic cost of the shutdown, the uncertainty around raising the debt limit is beginning to stress financial markets. at our auction of four week treasury bills, the interest tripled, reaching the highest level since 2008. expected volatility in the stock market have risen to the highest levels of the year. the only way to avoid inflicting further damag

raising the debt limit is congress' responsibility because congress and congress alone is empowered to set the maximum amount the government can borrow to meet its financial obligations. some in congress have suggested that raising the debt limit should be paired with accompanying spending cuts and reforms. i have repeatedly noted that the debt limit has nothing to do with new spending. it has to do with spending that congress has already approved and bills that have already been incurred. failing to raise the debt limit would not make these bills disappear. the president remains willing to negotiate over the future direction of fiscal policy. but he will not negotiate over whether the united states should pay its bills. certain members of the house and senate also believe that it's possible to protect our economy by simply paying only the interest on our debts while stopping or delaying payments on a number of our other legal commitments. how can the united states choose whether to send social security checks to seniors or pay benefits to veterans? how account united states choose whe

congress or hemorrhoids. congress, 31%. hemorrhoids, 53%. congress or dog poop. >> that poll found congress is less well liked than the irs, wall street. on the plus side, it did hedge out miley cyrus and twerking. congress seems to be the most hated institution of american life and there seems to be something almost -- house gop's suicide caucus has hijacked the political process along the way. but there's also something disturbing about this. this is the branch of government with the power of the purse. the one that's supposed to declare war and oversee the executive branch and it's now seen almost universally as a bad joke. at this point, they just hope congress stops making them worse. with each day, the shutdown drags on. the each threat, the full faith and credit hopes grow different. joining me now is dan kildee. i imagine most of the people in your district know who you are, but you must occasionally find yourself in a circumstance, at a baby shower, out at a restaurant, and someone doesn't know what you do. i'm a member of the unite

how congress addresses this is up to congress. the president's perspective is they do in a way that never threatens the full faith and credit of the united states. >> thank you. >> james? >> i want to talk about a different subject. the house armed services subcommittee on oversight and investigation last week held its ninth hearing on the subject of benghazi. week the witness was the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general dempsey. i know you have covered the particular subject matter before in this briefing room, but it has resurfaced in a fresh context, receiving fresh surety from the investigators, and i thought it was fair to give you another chance to address it. accept the white house conclusion that no military rescue or response could possibly have been achieved in benghazi that night because the posturing of u.s. military assets around the world was so poor on that night. this has led -- >> the statement of the house committee chairman, correct? >> this is their conclusion. this has led them to refocus their atten

in congress we have these gerrymandered districts. congress doesn't look like america. and so we are at loggerhead. really no surprise on the type of districts that, you know that we have created in all of the state legislatures. >> joining me now, e.j. deion, columnist for "the washington post" senior fellow at brookings. and joy reid, an msnbc contributor. you heard it right there. a member of congress we know that they don't usually say. this congress doesn't look like america. it's become a place where the members are picking the voters. and the voters don't have much of a say in picking the members. >> yeah, like a revelation. sure on fox news. did you see where the other guy, before, that congressman was from virginia. if you are in virginia, one of the dwindling number of sort of blue and purple state republicans. you are panicking right now. your district looks more like america than let's say districts in alabama, georgia, or texas or ted cruz's state. the problem in virginia is you have a governor's race coming up. that sequester was hurting you. a lot of peop

raising the debt limit as congress' responsibility because congress has the power to set the maximum amount of government can borrow to meet its financial obligations. some in congress have suggested that raising the debt limit should be paired with spending cuts and reforms. i have noted that the debt limit has nothing to do with new spending. it has to do with spending that congress has already approved and bills that have been incurred. failing to raise the debt limit would not make these bills disappear. the president remains willing to negotiate over the future directions of fiscal policy, but he will not negotiate over whether the u.s. should pay bills. certain members of the house and senate also believe it is possible to protect our economy by paying only the interest on our debts. while stopping or delaying payments on other commitments. how can the u.s. choose whether to send social security checks or pay benefits to veterans? choosing whether to provide food assistance or meeting obligations to medicare providers. the u.s. should not be put in this position. there is no wa

there should be no treatment, special treatment for members of congress. we all live under the same laws. mr. speaker, hardworking americans across this country wants a government that puts people first. and since obamacare was passed in a highly partisan manner, the president himself and other members of his party have offered unilateral exemptions and delays for special interest groups and for members of this congress. so you have to ask why are members of congress exempt from the pains of obamacare? why are these special interests exempt from the pains of obamacare? shouldn't we also exempt the hardworking families of this country from the pains of obamacare? there should be no special treatment for anyone under the law. that is a founding principle of this country. no special treatment for anyone. equal application, equal treatment under the law. delaying the individual mandate for american families and withdrawing the exemption for members of congress is what this bill is about and it is the right thing to do. now is the time for our president to lead

congress never voted on the delay. it was a unilateral choice made through rule making at the treasury department. so the notion that questions surrounding spending and the debt limit are congress alone to answer is to put it mildly a case of false advertising on the part of the obama administration. there have been several other instances of false advertising from the administration concerning the debt limit. one is the president's claim that non-budget items have never before been attached to the debt limit increase. a claim to which a fact checker at the washington post assigned pinocchios as we have on the chart over here. under both republican and democratic presidents, only 26 were quote clean unquote. another is that in 2011, we entered some sort of a brave new world in which for the first time in recent history people were commenting on the inability of treasury to make timely payment on incoming obligation. if you go back to clinton's administration and read some press conferences you will see this claim is al

raising the debt limit is congress' responsibility because congress and congress alone is empowered to set the maximum amount the government can borrow to meet its financial obligations. some in congress have suggested that raising the debt limit should be paired with accompanying spending cuts and reforms. i have repeatedly noted that the debt limit has nothing to do with new spending, it has to do with spending that congress has already approved and bills that have already been incurred. failing to raise the debt limit would not make these bills disappear. the president remains willing to negotiate over the future direction of fiscal policy, but he will not negotiate over whether the united states should pay its bills. certain members of the house and senate also believe that it's possible to protect our economy by simply paying only the interest on our debts while stopping or delaying payments on a number of our other legal commitments. how can the united states choose whether to send social security checks to seniors or pay benefits to veterans? how can the united states choose whe

he's had phone calls with leaders of congress. he invited all members of both houses to the white house. and it is also the case ta we don't inform you of every phone call that he makes. either to members of congress or to others. so he's been enxwajed in this process. his team has been engaged in this process. ultimately, our position has been consistent and clear, and therefore, not that the complicated to communicate either to you or the public or to congress. we have simply urged all sides to, you know, put down sort of or put aside, you know, the efforts to achieve partisan advantage and leverage and instead, to move forward with an agreement that opens the government and raises the debt ceiling so that the threat of default putt does not hang over us at the time, you know, at this time. >> reporter: the president said yesterday, basically, once this whole mess was resolved, he said once that's dop, you know, the day after i'm going to be pushing to say call a vote on immigration reform. does he really think that a recipe for

blaming each other and unable to agree, both parties in congress gave up and went home last night, and with the president's order as the time zones played out to the western u.s., the official word went out to begin shutting down the federal government. the financial cost of the shutdown is already being felt, along with its impact out in america, which is where we will begin tonight, nbc's john yang is in chicago, good evening, john. >> reporter: good evening, brian, on these three blocks in downtown chicago, three big federal office buildings. today, people came to their offices left out of them, to the voice e-mails and voice mails, wondering when their next check would come out. in chicago, elizabeth lile went to apply for unemployment benefits. >> right now, i'm terrified, i'm terrified. to the point, what is going to happen. >> reporter: we first met her yesterday, when congress threatened to shut down. >> congress needs to be turned over somebody's knee and spanked real hard because they're acting like children. >> reporter: it is the feeling shared by thousands of federal worke

republican members of congress are not convinced. the harpoon is set, the rope is tied on and it turns out next week the whale is diving and it's really deep water. republicans increasingly have decided not just that they don't want to cut that rope, but that they don't need to. if you are captain john boehner, holding the whale boat hatchet looking at that rope right now, what do you do? joining us us now is allan krueger, he's an economics profess professor, the former chief of economic advisors, thank you very much for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> i'm sorry i had to introduce you with a long story involving forecastermen, outfits and a whale. but the point we're trying to dramatize here is sort of denialism about the consequences of breaching the debt ceiling, do you think the denialists have a point? or do you think a breach of the debt ceiling would be catastrophic? >> this is reckless, mistakes happen, accidents happen. the closer we get, the more likely we are to have this kind of an accident. alexander hamilton must be r

it's solely congress' job to pass a budget. they have to pass a budget. >> are you refusing -- are you saying the president is refusing to negotiate, sir? >> i'm saying the president wants to negotiate, he wants to negotiate -- >> negotiate on the debt limit? >> chris, we need congress to do its job and we then need to negotiate. the president has taken many steps over the last several years to show his willingness to negotiate. he's done it with democrats saying he's too eager to negotiate. republicans have not come forward and made comparable movement. if we were in a place a year ago or two years ago where everything was on the table, where entitlement reform and tax reform were equally on the table as part of a solution, we wouldn't be where we are now. we came forward and were willing to do entitlement reform. the republicans need to move forward as well. >> the words of your report catastrophic. will the president accept a short-term extension to fund the government and raise the debt limit so you can have talks about the

this is not our congress. we have the good guys and good women of congress on this stage. this is john boehner and a few extremists who are saying they want to crash the economy. do you know what's bizarre? even the koch brothers right now are telling them to stop. so this is -- i'm a social studies teacher. i am a social studies teacher. as a social studies teacher we teach the kids that democracy works when the parties get together and do what's right for america. that democracy is about lifting all votes. that democracy is about making sure that kids could good education and that our seniors are good. that people are not one step away from a health crisis or bankruptcy because of cancer, that immigrants have a safe passage and have a reasonable shot at life just like my grandparents. if you work hard and play hard you can do well. we don't teach them that government workers who every single day are working but are not getting paid right now. we don't teach them that a few people, a few crybabies are stopping the government from working. if the votes are there on the flo

congress has the authority. whether it's to devise a scheme or plan along the lines you talk about, or simply just take the vote and raise the debt ceiling, that's not an authority that the president has, but an authority congress has. >> any conversations about that? >> i just refer you to the enate. >> basically you're saying thursday. you're not going to be able to pay all your bills. what should the american public be bracing for? >> let me be clear on thursday the united states runs out of its borrowing authority. that means that the treasury only has cash on hand to meet the obligations that the united states government has. >> did you or can you not say the united states would not pay all its bills. >> what we can do and how it works, what i'm saying as nation the reason why we need to raise the debt ceiling is to make sure the treasury can borrow money to make sure we meet our obligations. inevitably if your obligations exceed what you take in, you're in a situation where default is a possibility. but th

the president took his message outside of the beltway today, and in congress there are no plans for further negotiation between the house and senate. today we'll discuss the real economic and personal impacts of the partial government shutdown with the real possibility of a showdown on the debt ceiling, but we begin with lawmakers when the talks broke down on wednesday. >> in times like this americans expect their leaders to come together and try to resolve their differences. >> we're through playing these little games. >> it was a worthwhile meeting. i'm glad it was held. we had -- shall we say some candid discussion. >> at some point we have got to allow the process that our founders gave us to work out. >> that's not what our constitution had in mind that -- if you don't like something you threaten to shut down government. it's not that kind of a system. >> the president reiterated one more time tonight that he will not negotiate. we have got a divided government. >> what the speaker has to accept is, yes, for an answer. >> every bill that ever passes in the congress is subject to anothe

>> congress needs to do it's job. we just spent the last several months with congress creating a ridiculous choice where you either appeal the affordable care about or we will default. these are old bills, these are not new bills. we're open to negotiation. the president is and will be open to reasonable discussion. >> i want to ask you about obama care. that's what a lot of this is about. the public exchanges in obama care opened up this week. in fact, the middle age to sign up to enroll for obama care has been taken down for repairs during off peak hours this weekend. you had three years to prepare, if we had doubts about the ability of the government to oversee this, shouldn't this add to my doubts? >> we saw seven million people to rush to go on to the web page to find out what are their options. >> how many signed up? >> they have six months. >> the government refused to tell us. >> i may look and have no interest. the question is how many people have signed up. >> we know that people take time to make important

the law is that congress has to raise the debt ceiling to meet its obligations that congress has obligated the country towards. so it is law that you have to do your job. and if you want to have a debate about spending, the president is happy to have that debate. spending is cut by 2%. you're not getting what you wanted. it's cost the country $20 billion. >> this isn't done of course. and i'm not about to take the position that we should simply get up and pack up our bats and go home. we are in the middle of this debate. we have constitutional responsibility and authority. and when a previous congress should pass and by the way, legislative shenanigan is how obama care got passed. they put automatic spending in there. >> congress pass baobama care. obama care was passed by congress, upheld by the supreme court. we've had two elections on it already. if you're worried, the $20 billion that we've lost because you shut down the government, what could that be paid on? two years of the school lunch program? the women and infant program. >> how much will obama care cost. >> keep in mind congress

. >> congress does not just have to and this shutdown, congress has to stop governing by crisis. they have to break this habit. it is a drag on the economy, it is not worthy of this country. >> for washington, this is almost personal. the nation's capital is very much a government town and the shutdown of federal buildings like this hurts. many federal workers turned up this morning and a few hours later were sent home. >> the trickle-down effect is scaring me. everybody is hurting already and this adds to it. >> i had to come in and shut myself down and i go home again and i don't know how long i will not be working. i feel like congress and in doing their job. >> the mall is lined with some of the most impressive museums in the world, all shot. as are other attractions. these veterans came to see the the worldroman to -- war ii memorial. >> it is stupid that they're closing it down. >> this is very disappointing. >> even the white house has sent 2/3 of its staff. the president made sure the military was paid. his wife's twitter account fell victim to the shutdown. aftergress, t

not congress time. we all know those folks don't exactly follow the same schedule as regular working people like you and me do. let's break it down. take out weekends right off the bat. you're left with about 64 days. now, congress has scheduled seven days in november. they've scheduled another 14 days in december. now, january, you'd have about 11 working days. we don't know whether they'll actually be in congress. we don't have the official 2014 congressional calendar yet. that one's still a mystery. that leaves us all total with about 58 days when congress will actually be in session between here and there. but, now, big but here. between now and the end of the year, the house and the senate are only scheduled for 31 combined days. they'll only actually be in session at the same time for seven days. now, those days are all in october. so we don't have any joint session days november, december, and again we don't know about january. so they're really putting it all together. that makes for a big chall

why should congress not act? we should act, and i hope very soon we can do our job and honor these fallen and their families in an appropriate way by coming together as republicans and democrats and making sure that these survivor benefits to those who have lost -- to the families who have lost loved ones on the field of battle are paid on a timely basis without being caught up in the political games occurring inside the halls of congress. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i ask consent to speak for up to 15 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, a colleague recently described on this floor his experience flying in a private aircraft when a fire broke out in the cockpit of the plane. he observed that putting out the fire distracted the pilots from flying the aircraft and that they precipitously lost altitude just so this tea party shutdown and the tea party's threa

some in congress have said they have taught with a continuing resolution or cr. you have heard that before. the budget is $3.6 trillion per year. 96 to medicare, another 19% to social security. both programs are mandatory. the congress can't mess with these, with those appropriations. 176 billion. only 5%. of the 3.6 trillion, only about half can be fiddled with, including military spending and non-defense spending of the that's about 21%, by the way, for military. the budget was enacted. this one, in april, 2009. the last time, a full budget resolution democrats and republicans haven't been able to pass a new one. this is mostly about republicans objecting to obamacare and has little to do with the budget. >> that's a problem because the government takes in a lot less revenue from taxes and other sources than it spends. deficit. >> that's the rallying cry of some republicans in congress. they want to rein in spending. things came to a head as you recall in the summer of 2011 when it came time to raise the u.s. debt limit. in exchange for agree to go raise the de

the last congress under john boehner was the least effective congress in the modern history of congress. the one we have now is on track to be even worse. republicans and democrats disagree on a lot of things. republicans and republicans disagree on a lot of things. but after they lost in the white house and they lost in the senate and they lost in the house last year during the last election, the one idea that the republican party itself formally recommended to its own members is that they find a way, they find a republican way to say yes to doing something about our broken immigration policy. find a way, find a republican way to say yes on immigration. and that door is now propped open in front of them, beckoning them to walk through it. a bipartisan bill already passed the senate. if that bipartisan bill was put on the floor of the house today, it would pass the house. democrats in the house even tried to make it more attractive to republicans by folding in an additional republican border security thing that got unanimous bipartisan support in the homeland security committee last spr

the question surrounding spending and the debt limit or congress and congresses alone to answer. fall. case of there have been several other sinces from the administration concerning the debt limit. one is the president's claim that nonbudget items have never before been attached to the debt limit increase. fact m to which a connection are sober yated with the pinocchios over here. the democrats only 26 were. for the first time in recent history people were commenting on the inability to make a timey claim if you would go back to president clinton's administration and read the comments by them you will see that in claim is also false. treasury secretary ruben and then white house chief of staff leon panetta that supports this >> ok. >> secretary, i hope that during today's hearings we do not regress sbee comparatives recollections of history. the issue with face is that you another debt limit increase. there have been seven debt limit increases since the president came into office. llectively raising them 16.7 trillion, a cumulative increase of $5.4 trillion. when talk about the

drone strikes were in congress and there were maybe only for members of congress who came to this briefing and apart from the congressmen who initiated this meeting, alan grayson. it is no secret that congress generally approves of the use of drones. on october 24 of last year, a drone strike left this pakistani family devastated. a nine-year-old girl and a 13- year-old boy barely escaped death that day. their grandmother was killed while picking vegetables in the garden. >> i prefer gray skies. drones don't fly when there are gray skies. >> this family has never been abroad before. the father said he looked at the life around here in d.c. and i met them at a lively d.c. restaurant where they were invited and the father said he wished his children, too, would be able to walk the streets not afraid of being bombed at any moment. the family came to washington hoping to get answers to why, if they have to -- i had a chance to talk with the little girl the day before. here's what she told me. why do you think your grandmother was killed? >> i don't know if it is one of the reasons why we came

it's no surprise americans are fed up with congress -- a new cnn/orc poll shows congress has at an all-time low approval rating -- at just 10 percent. and this new failure by congress will only add more fuel to the fire. as people make their way to as people make their way to as people make their way to work today, or go out in their communities -- will we feel the impact immediately? it's a debate many car-owners have a strong stance on... buy american or foreign? after the break, consumer reports compares some of the popular models made here and abroad. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((breakcarmakers take all fiveop spots in consumer reports' list of "who makes the best cars." those winning companies are lexus, subaru, mazda, toyota, and acura. but not all japanese cars earn accolades at the consumer reports test track. consumer reports puts cars through more than 50 tests - over rough roads, on highways, in braking tests, and emergency handling. (natsot: handling test) while many japanese cars score very high, a surprising number haven't made the grade rec

this is what congress is supposed to do as a routine matter. and they shouldn't wait until the last minute to do it. the last time republicans even threatened this course of action many of you remember back i in 2011 our economy staggered, our credit rating was downgraded for the first time. if they go through with it this time and force the united states to default on its obligations for the first time in history it will be far more dangerous than a government shutdown, as bad as a government shutdown is. it would be a bad economic shutdown. i'll speak on this in the coming days. but let me repeat, i will not negotiate over congress' responsibility to pay bills that has already racked up. i'm not going to allow anyone to drag the good name of united states of america through the mud for ideological demands. nobody gets to hurt our economy and millions of hard working families over a law you don't like. there are a whole bunch of things that i would like to see passed through congress that the house republicans haven't passed yet, and i'm not o

. >> congress does not just have to and this shutdown, congress has to stop governing by crisis. they have to break this habit. it is a drag on the economy, it is not worthy of this country. >> for washington, this is almost personal. the nation's capital is very much a government town and the shutdown of federal buildings like this hurts. many federal workers turned up this morning and a few hours later were sent home. >> the trickle-down effect is scaring me. everybody is hurting already and this adds to it. >> i had to come in and shut myself down and i go home again and i don't know how long i will not be working. i feel like congress and in doing their job. >> the mall is lined with some of the most impressive museums in the world, all shot. as are other attractions. these veterans came to see the the worldroman to -- war ii memorial. >> it is stupid that they're closing it down. >> this is very disappointing. >> even the white house has sent 2/3 of its staff. the president made sure the military was paid. his wife's twitter account fell victim to the shutdown. aftergress, t

what would you tell the congress about this shutdown? share your dear congress comment with our wusu9 facebook page and check out the chatter. >> investors could be in for a wild ride during the shutdown. we saw triple digit losses for the dow at the beginning of the week and today the index lost another 60 points. jessica doyle takes a closer look. >> worries about a government shutdown didn't create a rush of worried investors at this office in midtown manhattan. but the top market analyst expects the mood to change. >> given this latest shutdown and the debt ceiling, i would expect another hit to occur to consumer confidence, business confidence, and investor confidence. >> investors paid a price during the last shutdown. the s & p 500, the stock index of the nation's biggest companies, fell nearly 4%. stocks rebounded after the end of that shutdown, up 10.5% the next month. but the market may not be as resilient. the washington standoff, businesses have in a recovery. that appears fragile. >> they are less willing to take risk. by th

congress, 2016, potus, 2024. later that day he tweeted, i want to thank everyone for the overwhelming support and encouragement about my decision to pursue elected office to. day dakota meier officially confirmed to a local kentucky newspaper that he is considering a congressional run in 2016. saying -- it is something i have always been interested in. it was my dream to serve this country in the military. and now it is my dream to serve this country in politics. joining me now, the first iraq war veteran to serve in congress, former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy. thank you, as always, congressman for joining us. i want to talk to you first about the news of date here. veterans seem to have become pawns in all of this, shutdown talk and debate. rnc chair offered to pay for security guards to keep the world war ii memorial open. members from both sides of the aisle have greeted the world war ii vets decrying the shutdown, but while all this is happening, va facilities are going to reman o -- remain open

because only congress can act to raise the debt limit. no president has ever been put in a position of having to figure out what bad options-- >> ok, i understand. i'm almost out of time. >> -- [inaudible] if congress doesn't act. >> on tuesday, the president said, and i quote, "we plan for every contingency. so, obviously, you know, worst- case scenario, there are things we will try to do," end quote. could you tell us about these contingencies? >> well, you know, senator, the the options are all bad. >> i agree. >> secretary, you've been very generous with your time. we deeply appreciate it. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> hearing's adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> this is two hours. >> i call this hearing to order. the committee has many important issues to consider and plenty of challenges to solve together on a bipartisan basis. we find ourselves in day 10 of the government shutdown. it drags down our economic recovery wi

he's had phone calls with leaders of congress. he invited all members of both houses to the white house, and it is also the case that we don't inform you of every phone call that he makes. either to members of congress or others. he's been engaged in the process. his team has been engaged in this process. ultimately, our position has been consistent and clear and therefore not that complicated to communicate either to you or to the public or to congress. we have simply urged all sides sort of -- put aside the efforts to achieve partisan advantage and leverage and instead to move forward with an agreement that opens the government and raises the debt ceiling so that the threat of default does not hang over us at the time -- you know, at this time. >> the president said yesterday basically wants this whole mess is resolved, once in is done, the day after i'm going to be pushing to call a vote on immigration reform. does he really think a recipe for success on immigration reform, one divisive issue is to deal with this after another

. >> do you approve of the job congress is doing? >> i do not. >> do you approve of the job congress is doing? >> no. >> do you approve of the job congress is doing? >> disapproval. not coming to a conclusion. >> do you approve of the job congress is doing? >> not really. >> do you agreen wipprove of th congress is doing? >> absolutely not. >> do you approve of the job congress is doing? >> no. >> no. >> do you approve of the job congress is doing? >> not particularly. >> do you approve of the job kong re congress is doing? >> no. >> do you approve of the job that congress is doing? >> no. >> do you approve of the job that congress is doing? >> hold on. i'm on tv. >> what did you say? >> do you approve of the job that congress is doing? >> do i approve of the jobs that they're doing, the shutdown? >> in general, yes, no. ask your friend. >> do you approve of the job that congress is doing? >> no. >> hi. >> do you approve of the job that congress is doing? >> no. [ speaking foreign language ] >> jimmy: one out of 17 people approve of

so congress knew about it, yep. >> if congress knew about it, the white house knew about it. the president as the commander in chief, is the chief executive. is there literally nothing he could do to assure that these families were taken care of? >> he's doing it today, john, because it was not addressed by congress in our pay our military act. john, the republicans shut the government down. two, the department of defense, as every agency did, warned congress of the myriad of consequences of a shutdown and it was not addressed in our pay our military act. it was not addressed, unfortunately. he directed the omb and his lawyers to work on a solution and we expect one today. so i don't think there's any disagreement that this is a matter that needs to be resolved, that it's unthinkable that these benefits would not be available and, therefore, he's doing the right thing as commander in chief in making sure that it's resolved. >> but what i don't understand is there is discretion clearly in deciding who is essential and who is not essential and who is furloughed and who is not f

. >> congress or miley cyrus? >> oh, congress. >> miley cyrus. >> congress by 15%. very good. congress or twerking? >> twerking. >> twerking? congress won again by 4%. how about another one here? congress or dog doo-doo? >> i'm going to go with congress. >> dog doo-doo by 7%. >> i thought there was a trend here, bill. >> if congress wants to feel good about themselves, congress did beat vladimir putin and anthony weiner, so they have that. >> scientific right there. >> you're going to put the silent treatment on a lot of people now. >> it's friday, we might as all go out to enjoy the weekend. there's a restaurant that says, if you're coming to my restaurant in brooklyn, shut up and eat. shut up and eat. >> and we mean it by shut up. >> don't talk, pay me $40 for this fixed four-course meal. you have to be quiet, there's some noise of folks making the meal as well as folks using forks and knives. this is different than the restaurants in the past where we heard about you in the dark. >> enough, quiet now, we have another buzz to tell you about. how about "iron man" suits for th

outside of the bureaucratic laws of congress, and that's another dc. living in a city that is stuck in a very unique predicament. they are taking a disproportion at it hit since the shutdown. they make up 12.6% of the work force here. because d.c. is a federal district and not state, all of its budget is subject to congressional approval. so unlike states which are relying on local funds to stay afloat, d.c. cannot use any of its budget. even the 75% that is locally raised. to survise d.c. has tapped into emergency funds to cover critical services. and with a divided house, the nation's capitol pretty much remain in limbo. joining us to paint a picture of the shutdown's effect on d.c. is nathan fleming. he is what is called a shadow representative in the house but doesn't have any voting power. and the head of d.c.'s nonprofit latin america foundation. and a doctoral student in political theory at catholic university. welcome everyone to "the stream." 78,000 people in d.c. work for the government. so because of such a high concentration of jobs in a sm

congress needs to do its job. pass a budget, pass the debt ceiling and then lets talk about priorities moving forward. >> how many more people, how many millions of people do you expect will be enrolled in health insurance? what would you consider a successful marker? >> the congressional budget office, andrea, projected 7 million newly insured americans by the end of the first open enrollment period. we're kind of shooting for that target. that includes not only the federal marketplace with the plans that are offered but also various state marketplaces. i think the notion that we had just on the federal marketplace, over a million people before 7:00 a.m. this morning, it's an indication of how eager people are for real information, to get the facts, to do some shopping themselves. so healthcare.gov is the website. there's also a call center. 1-800-318-2596. 1-800-318-2596. people can call on the phone. we have translators available in up to 150 languages to answer questions, help people understand some of the ter

of the congress or a supplement to the congress. it would be hard to disagree with that. >> our community tuning? passionate about this. >> the real media shield is the constitution of the united states. >> i'm not going to disagree with him, he's an expert and an attorney, and the fact is that i believe that the more protection we can get, we're not talking about trading favors here, we're talking about doing what's right. i would love to be able to rely on the first amend: it's a very powerful tool for journalists and others for free speech. but we talk about protect being the afflicted, but the most powerful is the u.s. government. and their job is to create a mythology, or spin about themselves and sell it. that's why there are press conferences and press secretaries and releases, and we need every tool we can get in order to counteract them. so we have a campaign that's about redaction. the government redacts document. >> don't get me started on that. the black indelible line. and we'll come whack and talk about what happens to

and that congress needs to act. this is just one example of all that is happening during this had government shutdown. >> let's go to nancy pelosi just after the meeting with the president. >> to open government, and to honor the full faith and credit of the united states of america. >> i want to say that the president emphasized over and over again what we also share, and that is he is willing to talk about all of the issues that our republican colleagues want to talk about and try to come to an agreement, but he's simply saying we can talk while the government is open. the government doesn't need to be shut, and we can talk while we make sure that the government pays it's bills. i think the american public agrees with that, and we agree with the president on that issue. >> well, i think that i can't add any more to that. it was a great meeting. very positive and our members were very, very pleased with the discussion. the president was very firm. we believe very strongly that the president is open for discussion w

but really from the activist base, shepherded by a couple members of congress. back to the heritage action. tom graves in the house. ted cruz in the senate. they made the argument that this was the last ditch chance to repeal obamacare and if they didn't do it they were shunning the entire base. two years ago the base was not demanding this. jim demeant voted for crs and voted for bill that is did not defund obamacare. the ability for a small number of people to put this demand onto the agenda is striking. it's not something that some of the groups that have funded them have asked for. they're a bit surprised about where it came from and how stark it is. >> agreed. you're worried about the driving skills of whoever's behind the wheel. and all of a sudden you realize that the car had two drivers or three, or somebody who couldn't reach the pedals. it seems that we have a shift in the radicalism that got us here tonight. thank you. >> reporter: thank you, rachel. >>> hey, you know what else happened at midnight tonight? the affordable care act started. beginning a

unfortunately, congress has not fulfilled its responsibility. it has failed to pass a budget and as a result much of our government must now shut down until congress funds it again. secretary hagel and general dempsey and your commanders will have more information about how this affects you and your families. and i want to speak to you directly what happens to you next, and those of you in uniform will remain on your duty status and the threats of national security have not changed and we need you to be ready for any contingency, and efforts in afghanistan will continue, and if you are serving in harm's way we will make sure what you need in your missions and congress has passed and i signed into law legislation to make sure you get your paychecks on time, and we will continue to address any impact this shutdown has on you and your families. i know the days ahead could mean more certain more uncertainty, including possible furloughs. you deserve better than the f dysfunction we are seeing in congress. i will keep working to get congress to re-op