wielcome back to this emergency edition of your money. for example, the congressional gym is open, but the staff has been furloughed, which means members need to provide their own towels. the electricity, the hot water, the towels, they re not provided by gym fairies. they re provided by taxpayers. of course, if all you can do is latch at the government shutdown, look no further than miley cyrus.
open for business. it was deemed essential for the members who voted to shut down the rest of the government. the electricity, the hot water, the towels, they are not provided by gym fairies! they are provided by taxpayers. reporter: though, some want to hold on to their exercise routine find it ironic to shut down the gym because it s where we come and talk about building relationships. there is no towel service. reporter: meanwhile, federal workers are getting whip lashed who is in and who is out on the essential list. tens of thousands have applied for temporary unemployment insurance. the intelligence community which furloughed 70% of its staff last week decided some cia staff are necessary after all. those who carry out, quote, core missions like foreign intelligence and covert actions. but over at the nuclear regulatory commission, the money
the electricity, the hot water, the towels, they are not provided by gym fairies. they are provided by taxpayers. gym fairies now in the mix there. paychecks for thousands of furloughed workers or a private gym for congress. guess which one has been deemed essential during the government shutdown? panic within the office. members of my staff either crawling on the floor or running off to his office telling people to get away from the windows. a deadly attack shoot-out at a courthouse. this time in west virginia. why police had to turn guns on one of their own. it was so tiny. it was just that my leg swelled up so big. silent killer lurking in the coastal waters of florida. one woman sharing her miraculous
provided by gym fairies, they re provided by taxpayers. mr. speaker, if you and the house republicans are serious and not cynical about the shutdown, then shut down the house gym until this madness ends. democratic congressman outraged that house members are hitting the gym while government workers hit the unemployment line. it is madness. what will it take to end it? joining me two men that couldn t disagree more about it. from the secretary of labor and also larry kudlow, the host of cnbc s larry kudlow. welcome, both of you. larry, you tweeted short term clean cr and debt hike followed by negotiated long term and budget debt deal might be the answer. did you see that as the way through this? it s coming. i think we re close to a deal. that s one of the reasons obama is meeting with all the members in both parties, at both houses. i think republicans are going to
if they come to it after six and a half months, of course we want to sit down and do it. there is no reason to keep these people laid off. private contractors. i met with a bunch of employees and private contractors in my office today. they re all laid off, furloughed. they re all worried about their paychecks. why would we keep them laid off. they can negotiate. thank you very much. appreciate your time. our eighth story, pumping iron. the government shutdown may have shut down some things but rest assured that lawmakers still get to go to their taxpayer-paid gyms on capitol hill. some are outraged that this is happening. that is true, it doesn t cost very much. but it costs. electricity, the hot water, the towels, they re not provided by gym fairies, they re provided by tax payers. it turns out it is not just