staff furloughed, they can only do but oech. we do know on capitol hill house republicans do plan on introducing a bill that would fund nih. but of course, once it passes the house, it has to move on to the senate. by definition, if a child has cancer, that s a medical emergency and they ve got to deal with that right away. rene, thanks very much. it s only october 2nd. even if the shutdown is resolved today, we re still we still need to look forward to mid-october when the government hits what s called the debt ceiling. on that note, a new poll indicates most americans believe it would be a bad thing for the country if the ceiling is not raised. 56% think it would be a bad thing. 38% think it would be a good thing. we asked if the debt ceilinging is not raised, who would be responsible. 53. ers wos blame republicans, 31% point the finger at president