Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Welcome to day nine of the Government Shutdown. No end in sight. Embarrassing for lawmakers in washington. We want to report some furloughed workers are back on the job. They are with the centers for Disease Control and prevention. Theyre back on the job. Theyre still not being paid but theyre brought back in because of a salmonella outbreak linked to chicken. First, todays top story that Andrea Mitchell broke. It is a story of military families caught in the middle of the political infighting. This is the live look at Dover Air Force base where behind those gates, family members are gathering for a somber ceremony as they collect their loved ones remains. It is happening about 100 miles way from washington where
Here to dover as well as funeral expenses. This heartbreaking impact of the Government Shutdown has now sparked a national outrage, one that washington can no longer ignore. Shouldnt we, as a body, republican, democrat, no matter who we are, shouldnt we be embarrassed about this . Shouldnt we be ashamed . Now Congress Plans to act. The house will vote today at 3 00 to reinstate the death benefits. The senate as well. The chaplain appealed to a higher power. Lord, when our federal shutdown delays payments of death benefits to the families of children dying on faraway battlefields, its time for our lawmakers to say enough is enough. No deal, no surrender. Are president obama and Speaker Boehner farther apart than ever . We cant make extortion routine as part of our democracy. Democracy doesnt function this way. What the president said today was if theres Unconditional Surrender by republicans, hell sit down and talk to us. Thats not the way our government works. And a fed first, when pre
Good day, im Andrea Mitchell in new york. We are now in day eight of the Government Shutdown that we have been told was unthinkable and wouldnt happen. Now we learn that the families of our soldiers killed in afghanistan are being denied benefits because of this colossal failure of leadership. How do you tell that to the families whose loved ones gave their lives for all of us. Joining me now author and journalist and senior fellow with council on foreign relations. Gayle, thank you very much. You have lived in afghanistan, worked with the soldiers. You know this terrain an you know how the military is coping. We talked to a mother, Lance Corporal jeremiah collins. He was 19 years old. Watch her story. Everything we talk about as moms of marines the one thing you never want is to see a uniformed officer at the door. When they came its been a whirlwind. While that benefit may not be urgent for me its urgent for somebody. Theres somebody that needs to fly their family home or have their
This woman in rhode island. We think they travel through connecticut and new york into howard county. She was able to walk into a gas station while she was in our jurisdiction. The kidnappers were arrested during a traffic stop in outrage. Police confirm Christopher Goode is a person of interest in a shooting in south baltimore last weekend. He is wanted in a stabbing last month and another incident in the state of ohio. Police believe he is somewhere in the Baltimore Area. A grand jury indicts two post office managers. Managed the post Office Branches in waverley and pikesville. Police say the took money from other vendors and split the proceeds totaling tens of thousands of dollars. Lawmakers will consider a plan to help some of the unintentional victims of the budget standoff. Payments to the families have stopped. Funding for the government has not been restored. Hallie jackson is live as the shut down enters its ninth day. Is there any progress . The fight over funding has escalat
Line. None of the customers are going to be affected. An update on breaking news from noon. Investigators have identified a body pulled from the water in southeast baltimore. It was douglas page found in the inner harbor on caroline and lancaster streets. Sailors are being charged a navy accident. Supervisors will appear. It is reported that they uncovered safety violations. We are joined live with the latebreaking details. They were forced into tostitution and were forced turn that into the suspects. They say they threatened to hurt forif they did not have sex people for money. The victim said that the anderson they beat her. They found anderson and arrested. Im young women were able to provide us with significant details. They say they found an Assault Rifle and andersons car. One escaped to a fire station. Some are calling it one of the biggest triumphs as far as retail development. We are talking about the Canton Crossing shopping center. And ao more than 30 shops lot more plans fo