0 $100,000 payment. pentagon press secretary george little sent a release and it reads with congress no longer preventing dod from making payments to the families directly he's pleased that the dod will be able to fulfill its responsibilities. the administration said this could have been avoided if congress didn't shut down the government. >> the suffering and inconvenience could have been avoided and can be avoid in the future if the congress, the house would simply reopen the government. >> during the gop weekly address, however, the chairman of the house arms services committee said the house has been passing legislationing to restore funding to military families but programs nationwide putting an to end the steal mate that's captivated the country. >> it's about ensuring our troops in harm's way and their families are taken care of the same way they take care of us here at home. preserving the american dream. that's what this is really about. >> secretary chuck hagel saying he remains deeply concerned about the impact of the ongoing shutdown and what it's doing to department operations. back to you. >> it's been a bumpy road since the roll out of the obama care website. consumers hoping to sign up for the health care exchanges, they have been met with technical glitches and delays from heavy traffic. the obama administration says it's working to make improvements but now it seems the problems just may go beyond the initial registration process there. so mollie has the details. >> reporter: the insurance companies are having problems getting accurate reports from healthercare.gov. these companies are not sure who is signing up for what and when. that's according to "the washington post" which cites blue cross and blue shield and cigna as having these type of problems. cigna can't trust the information from the health care exchanges that's supposed to indicate if a consumer qualifies for tax subsidies to purchase insurance. this leads to more confusion for americans who are facing penalties next year if they don't have health insurance. >> now they are trying to do this with threat of the fact that you're going to get fined and pay a fine for not being able to successfully to do something you can't do. why don't we delay the fines. delay the individual man date as you did for big business. the employer mandate. you can work to get this together. it's unfair to put the american people in a position that they simply can't succeed or win. that's what's happening. >> reporter: the obama administration says the sheer volume of people trying to logon and shop for insurance plans indicates how important the law is to the country. and the white house acknowledges that glitches were to be expected. >> i'm not saying that this is a situation that doesn't need fixing. it does. which is why we're making improvements every day. people working overnight to make those improvements to the website. what is absolutely the case and you've seen it reported across the country is that americans are finding out that they have for the first time affordable health insurance available to them. >> one problem that may have been rectified it's now possible to shop around on the website and get general price quotes for health insurance plans without going through what's become a time consuming task of trying create an account. >> thank you so much for that report. by the way the fate of obama karaoke rest with hispanics as one-third of the nation's uninsured are latino. we'll have more on this key demographic coming up in a live report. >> the issue of jurisdiction over american force remains a major source of contention between the united states and afghanistan. two sides currently working on a security pact ahead of next year's withdrawal but have not been able to see eye to eye on just who should be allowed to prosecute u.s. troops when they are accused of committing crimes in afghanistan. secretary of state john kerry saying afghanistan has now sent that very issue before the country's parliament and a national council of elders. take a listen. >> but the question of jurisdiction, is it an appropriate one for the president to submit and we have high confidence that the people of afghanistan will see the benefits that exist in this agreement. but we need to say that if the issue of jurisdiction can not be resolved, then unfortunately there cannot be a bilateral security agreement. >> meanwhile u.s. force in afghanistan have captured senior pakistani taliban commander. a member of an extremist group that claims responsibility for the failed times square bombing back in 2010 and vows to attack america again. a deputy spokesperson for the state department says the group has also attacked u.s. diplomats and quote countless civilians in pakistan. >> the top secret fisa court green lighting yet another round of nsa surveillance. this court of course requires the spy agency to reapply for authorization to carry out sweeping data collection every few months. the policy was certainly one of the biggest bomb shells revealed by nsa leaker edward snowden this summer. in the meantime snowden make a public appearance for the first time in months. wikileaks posting video of him speaking while in russia warning the dangers of government surveillance programs. take a listen. >> they hurt our economy. they hurt our country. they limit our ability to speak and think and live and be creative, to have relationships. and they are going -- this doesn't make us more safe it makes us less safe. >> snowden has been granted asylum in russia but faces espionage charges here in the united states. >> south dakota police say the 2-year-old son of a pro football star was beaten to death by his mother's boyfriend. the toddler is the son of minnesota vikings and last year lead mvp adrian peterson. the child assaulted on wednesday and died from his injuries yesterday in a sioux falls hospital. the man audiotape accused of committing this heinous attack is in jail. police charging joseph patterson with aggravated assault and battery of an infant. >> nine teenagers missing from a new mexico youth ranch is safe at home. a spokesperson saying that crews searched the property yesterday. they are looking for evidence of alleged abuse at that unlie sensed camp. neither the teenagers or program operator were at the 30,000 acre compound. chandler is considered a person of interest in this case. he's previously denied claims that the teens were ever harmed. consumer sentiment sinks to its lowest level in years. how the government shutdown is affecting the economy and why experts say the timing could not be worse. >> and a powerful typhoon leaving at least 13 people dead in the philippines. the latest on the damages. and you know that sinking feeling you get when you're away from your home and your cell phone goes capooth. we got tans. a look at the best wireless charging pads on the market. it's coming up in "consumer reports". 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