potential government shutdown and cruz has been talking on the floor kins 2:40 yesterday afternoon, all of this as the president turns to his explainer in chief bill clinton to give a renewed push for his signature health care reforms. a lot going on as you can tell. jim acosta is live from the white house this morning. reporter: he s still going, texas senator ted cruz has been talking for more than 15 hours now in his filibuster-like speech aimed at defunding boo obamacare. he s not the only one getting a helping hand with the president s signature legislation on the line here. he has called in some big guns, namely president bill clinton and former secretary of state hillary clinton to help him sell obamacare to make sure this law is up and running. from washington, it was the late show with ted cruz as the republican senator seized control of the senate floor. the senator from texas. reporter: to deliver a marathon speech. hour i intend to speak in support of de
0 we have high drama or high theater depending on who you ask in washington, d.c. we have something closer to home and higher interest to some of you. a feature for tablets you ve never seen before, called, wait for it, may day. our dan simon sat down with jeff bezos. he talks about why he got into the newspaper business and bought the washington post. he doesn t speak very often. the major political story playing out right now. that s live, republican senator ted cruz of texas staging a marathon protest, trying to rally support to defund the president s health care law. he s joined, he has been off and on by senator mike lee and others. there s five days to go before a potential government shutdown and cruz has been talking on the floor kins 2:40 yesterday afternoon, all of this as the president turns to his explainer in chief bill clinton to give a renewed push for his signature health care reforms. a lot going on as you can tell. jim acosta is live from the white house this