Good morning, everyone. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. The clock is ticking. We are just nine days away to a potential Government Shutdown. This morning president obama is issuing a renewed call for congress to act. Were running out of time to fix this. But we could fix it tomorrow. Both houses of congress can take a simple rope to pay our bills on time, then Work Together to pass a budget on time. Then we can declare an end to governing by crisis into governing responsibly. To tell him he wouldnt negotiate with him on the debt limit. The speaker was disappointed. Officials described the call like this. The president reiterated that it is the constitutional responsibility of the u. S. Congress to pass the nations budget and pay the nations bills. That phone call came hours after the house approved legislation that funds the government through mid disease but strips out funding for the Health Care Reform law. House republicans celebrated the bills passage. Our message to the United States senate is real simple. The American People dont want the government shut down and they dont want obama care. So heres what happens next. The bill moves to the senate, where debate will begin on monday. It will likely only take 51 votes to remove the provisions that defund obama care. Final votes could happen a week from tomorrow. After that, it goes back to the house, which will then have one day to reconcile the senate bill with its own before a Government Shutdown. Here we go again, guys. Theyre in d. C. Is the Government Shutdown going to happen . Yes. Thats the conventional wisdom. I tend to be a little bit weary of that. I think in these circumstances we always it gets towards the end and people are predicting doom and gloom. Thats a lot of posturing. Each side has incentive to hold out so they can get as much as they possibly can get. They eventually get some kind of a deal. I dont know that this is necessarily going to happen again, but thats at least been the track record. Republicans keep on saying they want to defund obama care because they say thats what the American People want. Do we have any real sense on the publics thinking on that . You know, the public actually opposes the republican approach of defunding the law altogether. What they want is for congress to Work Together to fix any flaws that certain Interest Groups have wanted out. So i think the republicans they dont necessarily have the public on their side here but they have a very, very strong and vocal grassroots base that rallied on obama care for several years and theyre out for blood. They want something to happen. Theyre not willing to take no for an answer. First, we have the government that shut down october 1st if they dont pass the budget to find it. Secondly, if congress doesnt vote to increase the debt ceiling, they will be forced to default on some of its financial obligations. That could be as early as october 18th. Who has the most to lose here . Which parties will take the blame if these things happen . Polls suggest it is generally the Republican Party that would pay a bigger price. The public generally sees republicans as being less willing to compromise on these kinds of things. The Democratic Party is still healed in higher regard. At least the polls suggest that. There is also the possibility that a Government Shutdown or a defougault leads to economic problems. They are generally the problem of a president. There could be two sets of losers. Generally polls suggest that republicans would pay a bigger price. Thats what president obama and the democrats are banking on as they take this no negotiation strategy towards this debt ceiling fight. If theres no negotiating on the debt ceiling, is that the toughest fight ahead . I think it could be. Republicans outlined a list of concerns to raise the debt ceiling. They would want to rehe peel or delay obama care for one year. Pwaoeb the keystone pipeline. I think Republican Leadership has been urging members to hold fire until the debt ceiling file its hard to believe it could get any bigger, this battle. But i think well see it get better. The president described the situation to workers at a ford plant on friday. Theyre focused on politics. Theyre focused on trying to mess with me. Theyre not focused on you. Is this all just politics, or do republicans believe they are fighting a legitimate battle here on behalf of the American People . You know, if republicans were just doing what they thought was the most political advantageous thing, they wouldnt be potentially risking a shutdown. The polls show thats not broadly popular with the American People. It may be popular with the republican base. We just had a poll that showed only 27 of people say there should be a Government Shutdown if the budget includes funding for obama care. I thought the president s comments were interesting. Hes hit republicans for playing politics a lot but has generally not personalize i. D. It in that way. He said theyre going after me. I thought it was interesting to see the president put it in those kind of words. Isnt this all being spearheaded by the very conservative right, the tea party . Absolutely. Senator ted cruz in texas, only been in office of a year, is the leader of this defund movement. Some republicans have said on background or to us privately they believe hes only doing this to boost fundraising roles, to stoke his support and prepare for a possible president ial bid in 2016. Fighting is very interesting. We saw senator john mccain come out and say this defund push that could lead to a Government Shutdown is irrational. A lot of strong words from republicans to the tea party. And i think those divisions are something that democrats are ready to pounce on. They want to see the gop as divided and week and ultimately responsible for a shutdown if one happens. Thanks, guys. Thank you. Many americans are wondering what would happen if the government shuts down. Half the Government Workforce would be furloughed. They would not get paid. They would instead is be issued ious. Student loans would stall. National parks and monuments would close to tourists. Heres what continues. Social security checks, medicare payments, federal prisons, mail delivery would still happen. Members of congress would still get their paychecks. A New Washington post report top clearance workers in the wake of the navy yard shooting. Isis is the very same company that checked out Edward Snowdens background. Now u. S. Workers say they are rushed into sloppy interviews and ultra fast background checks. Two big stories out of the middle east. First up, syria appears to have met one requirement in its agreement to eliminate chemical weapons. The list is, quote, a good start. Meanwhile, israel is warning the u. S. About new overtures. Top sanctions may be forcing iran to negotiate a limit on its nuclear program. Good day to you. First up, lets get to israel. What is the concern on a potential thaw in u. S. iran relations . Good morning, alex. Well, it is very worrisome to the israelis that there could be a thaw in the relationship. After ann currys exclusive interview with irans president , the Prime Ministers Office released a statement in which they said the iranians are paying press pins. And the International Community should intensify the pressure on iran because they say they cant trust iran until four measures are met. The combination of these four. Thats the stopping of the uranium enrichment. The israelis do believe they would be able to have a nuclear bomb in their hand within the next six months. The americans, on the other hand, say theres still time. Theres time for negotiation and theyre liking the fact that theres a softer side compared to his predecessor,. What came out of syria. This list of their chemical weapons. Was that expected to soon and is it valid . Granted they did have that oneweek deadline. It was expected, alex. In fact, theres a lot to be expected by november. Within the month of october it was expected that the assad regime would submit a list of the chemical weapons that they say they hold within the country. Also within october we expect that International Inspectors will be on the ground in syria to comb through the chemical weaponry and cataloging it, comparing it to president assads list. We should know if the regime is cooperating with the International Community or if they have submitted a false list. Okay. Thank you very much. Now to Severe Weather around the globe. Aid is arriving in mexico after it was battered by twin storms. Military helicopters arrived outside acapulco. And a super typhoon, the most powerful of the year. Maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. In colorado, crews are work to go contain and clean up close to 20,000 gallons of oil. It happened during last weeks flood. The damage destroyed 50 bridges and hundreds of miles of roads. Dylan dreyer is here with the forecast, though. Good morning to you, dilan. Good morning, alex. A big cold front is moving through the eastern half of the country. Out ahead of it, its nice and mild. Temperatures in minneapolis only 48 degrees. It is going to stay below average as we go through the weekend. This is bringing a lot of rain across parts of ohio, stretching into the gulf coast states, especially today through louisiana. Yesterday a lot of rain in houston, through texas. You can see heavy downpours with some of the thunderstorms. We have mixed in here the remnants of what was a tropical system. We are seeing a lot of heavier tropical like downpours. There is a chance especially right along the immediate coast in new orleans up to four to five inches of rainfall. We have watches and warnings across louisiana, mississippi and alabama as well. So todays forecast up and down the east coast, late day showers and storms. Heavier downpours with temperatures into the upper 70s. Dallas, 84 degrees. Things will be drying out as well. 64, though, in minneapolis. Tomorrow, that cooler air does start to spread eastward out behind that cold front. 72 degrees for a high in new york city with increasing sunshine. It starts to heat back up in the plains states with highs in the 80s. For the pacific northwest, though, it looks cool, cloudy, showery with highs in the lower 60s. Alex. Dylan, thanks so much. Where do americans spend most of their money . Plus, could this be for real. A check in scribbled handwriting for 40 million plus. Who write it and why, ahead. 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One republican senator called shutting down the government over the Affordable Care act the dumbest idea ive ever heard. I agree with you. With just nine days to go before a wide scale Government Shutdown, president obama is slamming lawmakers accusing them of playing a risky game of politics. Kristin welker is at the white house. Hello to you, kristin. Is there any negotiating going on behind the scenes . I anticipate there will be. John boehner and nancy pelosi last night. It appears those calls did little to break the impasse. It is chicken over the nations economy. Right now the ball is in the senates court. As washington careens towards a possible Government Shutdown, president obama is blaming the the republicans in his weekly address. I will not allow anyone to harm this countrys reputation or inflict economic pain on millions of our own people just to make an ideological point. This a day after the house voted to temporarily keep the government running while taking funding away from the president S Health Care hraufplt but its a bill that has no chance of passing the democratly controlled senate. The American People dont want the government shut down and they dont want obama care. But other republicans cited with democrats and slammed the more conservative members of their party. The issues are too important, too serious to require real conservative solutions. The big question, what would a Government Shutdown mean for you . Officials say if it occurs, paychecks for military personnel could be delayed. National parks and monuments would close to tourists. Thousands of workers would likely be furloughed. And a top Business Group warned all the fighting will probably force companies to slow down hiring. Americans across the country, including kansas city, missouri where president obama spoke friday, are expressing frustration. It seems people are busy wanting to show off rather than figure out the right thing to do. Get down and get your job done like youre supposed to be doing. Now, if the government does shut down, all essential personnel, including those responsible for national security, would stay on the job. Its worth noting, the president , members of congress continue to get paid. Of course if there is a shut down, there will be plenty of blame to go down. Youre very right. Thank you very much, kristin welker. Time, energy and resources to plan for a shutdown. For every day the government is going to shut down it will cost the tax payers 100 million. The question we all ask is, where did my money go . A 40 million paycheck. Copd makes it hard to breathe. But with advair, im breathing better. So now i can help make this a great block party. [ male announcer ] advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. 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Theyre not new apple customers. They are loyal customers. They had the black phone, the the white phone. Now they want the gold. The Labor Department is breaking it down, right . Theres real disparate depending which you fall into. The 20 poorest percent, two of three dollars goes to clothing, food, housing, necessities. If you are in the top 20 , youre able to invest in the future. The future being everything from inches to saving for college. 529 savings plans a great example. Kids who have them seven times more likely to go to college. If 2 out of 3 are going to necessities, you dont have like that, it affects generations to come. And the anti poverty check. Is this real . This is an absolute riot. It is in fact, real. Its quite the payday. The notations at the bottom are interesting. 25,000 for antidoping. He made his opponent take a drug test. He had to foot the bill for that. And 605,000 for tickets for friends and family. 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[ bottle ] ensure®. Nutrition in charge™. Okay, who helps you focus on your recovery . Yo, yo, yo. Aflac. Wow. [ under his breath ] that was horrible. Pays you cash when youre sick or hurt . [ japanese accent ] aflac. Love it. [ under his breath ] hate it. Helps you focus on getting back to normal . [ as a Southern Belle ] aflac. [ as a cowboy ] aflac. [ sassily ] aflac. Uh huh. [ under his breath ] i am so fired. Youre on in 5, duck. [ male announcer ] when youre sick or hurt, aflac pays you cash. Find out more at aflac. Com. Welcome back to weweekends with alex witt. Isaiah thomas took part in a peace rally in the wake of thursday nights shootings. A 3yearold boy was shot in the face. His mother is pleading for the suspect to surrender jennifer mee was accused of setting a man up to be murdered. The coast guard in florida has come ashore with 2,000 pounds of cocaine. It has a street value of 28 million. More than a week after devastating flooding in colorado, 82 people remain unaccounted for. Search and rescue teams are still going through ruins. Hurricane ingrid and Tropical Storm manuel caused widespread flooding and mudslides. A legislative ping pong game over the budget is in play. They are actually willing to plunge america into default if we cant defund the Affordable Care act. Our message is real simple. They dont want a Government Shutdown and they dont want obama care. Member of the budget committee. Its a big time for you, sir. Thank you for taking time for us. Nine days, thats it, until the deadline for the spending bill. Will there be a deposit shutdown . I think there will be. Ive been saying for weeks there will be. Basically because the republicans in the house refuse to be part of a governing coalition. They understand. They should understand, republicans, that they have to get something through the senate as well. And signed by the president. They refuse to believe that. Theyre on an ideological mission. It was interesting to hear speaker bay near say they didnt want to shut down the government. Thats what they came to washington for. Its really a very, very sad situation. A Government Shutdown will hurt. The government is federal government is 20 to 25 of the economy. The bigger fear is the debt ceiling battle we will have in just a few weeks. The American People have clearly lost confidence. We cant govern. And i think Speaker Boehner has to realize hes got to put his speakership on the line and work with not just democrats in the house but democrats in the senate as well to forge a governing body. You said republicans are on an ideological mission. And you heard the president say theyre coming after me. Is this ideology or politics or are the two intertwined . I think they are always in explicably intertwined. I have a lot of good republican friends that are part of the faction that basically wants to shut government down. They are idealogs. Are they tea partiers or moderate republicans . Some of them are not moderate. Mick mull vany. I consider him a good friend. He is passionate in his philosophy. What is interesting is people empowering them, the people in the district, thats the political motivation. They are kind of tainted with this obama hatred that is giving them the enthusiasm to support people like mick, philosophical, conservative members. So it is a combination of the two. There are 140 or 150 others. Speaker boehner i have a difficult time. Speaker pelosi never would have let this happen. She would have put the hammer down. She was and is a very tough leader. Speaker boehner doesnt function that way. Hes going to have to or else hes going to bring the government to a screeching halt. What about the art of compromise . Are democrats, even the white house, willing to make some sort of compromise on any of their spending bill demands . You know, the the Senate Passed a budget. The house passed a budget. It has named confirmees. Speaker boehner wont name confirmees. Thats the only space compromise can happen. Yes, we want to go to conference and work this out and create a budget that meets the objectives of republicans to help get a handle on federal spending, which by the way, we have done the last few years. And also the requirements of the democrats to continue to invest in our people, in our schools, in our research efforts, in our infrastructure things vital to the future of this country. Speaker boehner says americans dont want obama care. You heard all the cheers after that. The Health Care Law isnt popular. Are the republicans right to some degree about where americans stand on obama care, or is it a problem of not being properly informed. You went through things saying, false, false, false. Has the message not been translated . No, the message has never been translated. Its a very, very complicated law. Theres no question about that. Whats most important is that people want to know how the law affects them. And everybody is different. Everybodys Health Situation and family situation is unique. So its hard to kind of communicate 300 million different messages which is, again, what people are concerned about their own situation. So thats always been a problem. What we know and anecdotally we know, people may not like obama care, they love the provisions and the protections that are in there, that people cant be denied coverage because of their health history, women cant be discriminated against in premiums, young people under 26 can stay on their parentss policies until they are 26. They love everything about owe pam ma care except the name. Okay. What about if theres a Government Shutdown, does congress continue to get paid . Congress does continue to get paid. Okay. You work for the the government. Wouldnt that make for a quicker resolution. I would support a resolution to withhold our pay until other federal workers were back on the payroll and the government was back in operation. I think it is in comprehensible we could shut the deposit down and then continue to get paid. Well have you back soon. Thank you so much. My pleasure, alex. Good to be with you. You too. The today shows hoda kotbe, she has paid her dues as a serious journalists, stopping in several different markets along the way, including louisiana. I spoke with her about the big easy and covering the aftermath of katrina. My heart still pounds when the plane is landing over new orleans every single time. And so when i was here covering katrina, my heart broke. It was like they say youre not supposed to get personal in stories, and you have to cover it. I covered the tsunami in southeast asia. When i came to new orleans, ill never forget i was standing on the i10 causeway. This woman said hoda, she said im the principal at bonabel school. My mother needs insulin. Hoda, we need help up here. And i remember wishing i was the red cross and not a journalist. I was like oh, my god. All you want to do is rescue and help. And there was this woman lady in that sea of people who looked worse off than anybody. I said, are you okay . She could hardly speak. I said what happened . She said one bus came because buses were supposed to try to take other people to other places. One bus came for women and children. She said i grabbed my 2yearold and handed her up, i turned to get my other children and my bag. I said where was the bus going . Theres one Police Officer that i saw and i brought him over. And i said tell him what you told me. She told the story. The phi took his radio, threw it to his buddy, the Police Officer and put her in this car and said im going to go find that baby. Oh, my god. I am about to cry just thinking about it. What inspired you into going on at broadcast journalism . My dad used to quiz us. We thought, oh, we better know what hes talking about. We would be better informed. And in college it seemed like something i was interested in. I liked news. I liked the idea that it was now. Broadcast, it was live on the spot sort of thing. You know, probably like the first job is i got hooked. You know how it is. Once you get hooked you dont care if youre getting paid government cheese money. You just love it. You dont care if youre getting out of your bed in sweats and its a dumpster on fire. Youre like i dont care. I just want to shoot it. I thought if i can be happy when im making nothing and lugging gear around ill be happy forever. That was in greenville, mississippi. Nothing against greenville. It was one of those teeny you know the spots. What was your first . My first on air was not too bad. Monterey, salinas, santa cruz. But i did a lot of behind the scenes stuff. How about when you worked your way up to 30 rock. I never imagined or thought it. I think my philosophy when i was in small markets moving around, i just loved where i was. I found people i loved. I found restaurants i loved. I likekind of and i loved every single one of those small markets. Were going to have more of our conversation today at 12 00 noon who hoda attempts to describe the tv team of hoda and kathie lee. Good luck with that answers in the navy yard shooting. [ male announcer ] pepcid® presents the burns family bbq. Guys, you took tums® a couple hours ago. Why keep taking it if you know your heartburn keeps coming back . Thats how it works. You take some tums®. If heartburn comes back, you take some more. That doesnt make any sense. It makes plenty of sense if you dont think about it really, honey, why cant you just deal with it like everybody else . Because i took a pepcid®. Fine. Debbie, youre my new favorite. 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It is unclear at this time whether this is an attack of some kind or an Armed Robbery as there were reports there was one store being targeted. This mall is frequented by a lot of expats. Well bring you more information as it becomes available. This live look at nairobi, kenya at a mall under siege a Washington Post report suggests employees at a Background Check Company that screened aaron alexis said they faced impossible deadlines and forced to do sloppy work. The shooting left 12 dead. All week we have heard from friends and family who knew alexis and they said they never saw this coming. I dont know why he did what he did and ill never be able to ask him why. Aaron is is now in a place where he can no longer do harm to anyone and for that i am glad. This was something that nobody expected to happen. So i just want to let everybody know whoever got hurt, the victims, the alexis family, our hearts go out to you. Hes a good guy from what i know. When he was with me, nothing nothing to tell me that hes going to be aggressive. No sign that he was going to shoot someone. Joining me now is jim calf gnaw, a retired atf special agent and matia gold. Welcome to you both as i mentioned your papers are reporting today that employees say they were forced to do rush work in trying to get back ground checks done. Is the government vetting high clearance workers well enough . I think its important to note that the contractor who did the single government background check on alexis, theres no evidence anything wrong with that background check. They found one arrest he had at the time. There is no question this episode has exposed what one official told us is that terribly broken clearance system. And essentially you have almost 5 Million People with top or secret clearance in this country. And a system that relies heavily on self report. A system where if you see something, say something. Experts say there are too many with clearance to keep track of. There was one woman in the article who said she was rushed to do as many as 10 clearances a day. Can you put that in perspective. How many would be a nonrush day . Having never done the job myself, im not sure what it would take. But theres no question that people felt incredibly pressured and felt they were not allowed to do a thorough job. They said the questions asked are cursory and just hearing folks repeat back the answers the applicant has filled out rather than probing to find out something thats going on. Jim, we have alexiss record. Not perfect. A couple brushes with the law. One arrest was uncovered. How did he get this clearance . Were talking high level security clearance. He shouldnt have had the clearance. The guy had an interaction with the police in seattle. He shot tires out of the car with a gun and claimed he had a blackout from anger. That incident alone should bar anybody from a position physicians he had been hearing voices before the attack. He says he seemed to be firing his gun wildly. He wasnt necessarily targeting any individuals inside the navy yard there. Why are authorities putting out a work place dispute as having been at the center of these killings . Well that, is one theory they are looking into. I think at this point there is no clear answer about what motivated alexis to go in there and begin his rampage. One thing that is important to note. The security clearance process is not designed to monitor people two are struggling with mental illness. There are some questions you have to answer about treatment for Mental Health when you first aploy. If you make it through that first gate, its very hard for the system to become aware of what is happening. That could have been what happened in this case. Jim, do you think there is anything that will come from these two cryptic messages carved into the today with of his shotgun . I mean thats the picture in his mind as deviant as it was t. First one is a suicide ideaiation. Its better that way t. Second is showing you his delusions because it probably meant a extreme low frequency, which he claimed to be suffering from. Really, thats his mani manifes. Everybody appeared he killed. Its a sad, sad case. Indeed, it is. Thank you so much. A if you effort to stop a silent killer did in its tracks next. Thanks to her double miles from the capital one venture card. Now what was mrs. Davis teaching . Spelling. Thats not a subject, right . I mean, spell check. Thats a program. Algebra. Okay. Persons a and b are flying to the bahamas. How fast will they get there . Dont you need distance, rate and. No, all it takes is double miles. [ all ] whoa. Yeah. [ male announcer ] get away fast with unlimited double miles from the capital one venture card. 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Like many women with the disease, my sister showed no signs in the early stages, by the time if disease was diagnosed she was in the advanced stages and a fraction of women are cured at that advanced stage. I was shocked to learn that. Thats why Ovarian Cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death. Women are not aware of the signs and symptoms to begin their protocol, upon learning this and sharing it with lauren mercier, she told me her best friend was also battling the disease. We decided together we were going to make a difference and try to prevent more women from dying from this disease. Last year, we created the Laura Mercier fund. Its for the raise funds for research and Educational Programs for women. Which you do via the sale of specifically targeted makeups that go exclusively to the monies. I know like a quarter million to sloan kettering. You work with them. Talk about these products. They are beautiful and would enhance anybody, of course. Well, thank you. In september we turned teal with three products we created 100 of the profits from these products go to our fun. This bone pallette which means healthy negotiation women like to look healthy going through their treatments and feeling pretty. Our kiss of hope and our highlighter. What were excited about is both our Retail Partners and our manufacturers have given up a portion of their profits so we can raise more money for the fund and really drive the cure. Also at our counters, we have pamphlets with facts and teal ribbons. The best thing about this is this is a responsible corporate work and helping philanthropically. I will tell everyone to head onto the counter and pick up these products. Thank you so much. Thank you, alex. You are welcome. Thats the wrap at this hour. Weekends with alex witt. Separate ahead, more talk with Steven Kornacki on msnbc. 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