reporter: for 3.3 million disabled veterans, the budget mess in washington is about to affect them in a big way. veterans who have sacrificed for their country will find their support centers unstaffed. reporter: if the government shuts down and stretched into late october, the department of veterans affair also run out of money and that means disability and pension checks could stop for elderly and ill veterans. advocates are outraged. that s what they need to pay rent, to buy food. it s not their total income, but it is a significant part of it. and taking that out of the mix because the government can t get their act together is really dangerous for those who need it the most. reporter: disability payments can reach $3,000 a month. for the war wounded, it can be a financial lifeline. tom is an iraq war veteran. any politician need to the understand that if you are holding veterans hostage for the
guests. martha: there s that. we had a band at our wedding to provide fun for the guests. there s that. the couple says they got the idea after looking into the hotels amenities. when they found out about it martha: there is a zip line there. why not take advantage of it. bill: a beautiful sunset. martha: you said try something dangerous. getting married dangerous enough, right? bill: true story. martha: turns out well in most cases. growing controversy over a pair of decisions that were made by the president at the white house with his fourth phone call with the president of iran while refusing on the other hand to talk or negotiate with the gop. so that raised a lot of people saying, hmmm, is that a interesting comparison? one top republican says iran is the not only one that has gotten the president s ear lately. he adds people supposed to be fixing the budget mess are not even on that list. you just listen to the president, talk to the president of iran, talk to putin, but
not ready, we can t fund it. reporter: congress is set to talk the august recess gypping next week. so this debt limit fight is likely going to have to wait, bill, until after labor day. bill: it will be a big one based on everything we re seeing the way they stack up. thank you, peter. peter doocy at the white house this morning. the city of detroit thinks it has a plan to deal with the budget mess. the new york times report that leaders in the largest u.s. city ever to declare bankruptcy are looking to the president s health care overhaul to help cut costs the plan to take the city s retirees who are too young to qualify for medicare and put them on the president s plans. the times reports that other cities like chicago are already considering doing something similar. bill: extreme weather now out of hawaii. a tropical storm flossie is now taking direct aim at the aloha state that storm packing wind of up to 60 miles per hour. heavy rains are in the forecast. waves as high as
paying more taxes into the coffers. and we had more growth. so that s, you know, the republicans have these things exactly backwards. and rand paul has them even more backwards than paul ryan does. but, you know, there s no, you know, it s like talking to a brick wall. there s nothing that can be done and there s no negotiation that can be made with such people. i wonder, heather, how much of a liability this is going to be in 2014. you now have mitch mcconnell and john cornyn and ted cruz on record supporting turning the social basically tearing the social safety net asunder. and the question is, are they going to be held accountable for those positions? here s the question, you have the base of the republican party completely still supporting a balanced approach to the budget mess. actually raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires. adamantly opposed to raising the social security age. so, actually, the sort of rank and file republican members, even in these districts and
republicans have these things exactly backwards. and rand paul has them even more backwards than paul ryan does. but, you know, there s no you know, it s like talking to a brick wall. there s nothing that can be done and there s no negotiation that can be made with such people. i wonder, heather, how much of a liability this is going to be in 2014. i mean, you now have mitch mcconnell and john cornyn and ted cruz on record supporting turning the social basically tearing the social safety net asunder. and the question is, are they going to be held accountable for those positions? i mean, here s the question, you ve got the base of the republican party completely still supporting a balanced approach to the budget mess. actually raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires. adamantly opposed to raising the social security age. so, actually, the sort of rank and file republican members, even in these districts and