you ll get the guidance you need with the control you want. talk to us today. marine lance corporal jeremiah collins went off to boot camp after graduating from hamilton high school last year. he was on his first tour of duty when he was killed on saturday while on patrol from camp leatherneck in held land province. his mother was told that due to the government shutdown she will not receive the benefits that military families are given to bury their loved ones. for the sacrifice that our kids are making, at the age that they re making them, i don t
to get the name of the fifth fallen hero. his name is jeremiah collins. he will be joining the others as all five of their remains make it back home to american soil to be repatriated. who knows if they will have to pay for the burial themselves. we re back after this. [ paper rustles, outdoor sounds ] [ male announcer ] laura s heart attack didn t come with a warning. today her doctor has her on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you ve had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen.
first class cody paterson who as was killed in afghanistan during the shutdown are going to arrive at dover air force base in delaware. bill: all too often. peter doocy leads the coverage from washington. developments on that throughout the morning. martha has more. martha: we re hearing more from loved ones of fallen soldiers. sergeant joseph peters was killed in afghanistan on sunday by a roadside bomb. he was just 24 years old. the friends are trying to do everything they can to help his family and his wife ashley through this very tough time. this is heart breaking and now your friend lost the love of her life in such a tragic way and not to be able to do or say anything for her? it makes more important to get ashley, to help her son, to help his family anyway that we possibly can. these people lose their lives, people losing their sons
congress has come under fire for the lapse in death benefits to the families of those fallen service members thanks to the shutdown, of course. this would continue except for the fact a private charity, the fisher house foundation, has offered to pay the death benefits, demonstrating what is so great about this country. joining me now is the chairman and ceo of the fisher house foundation, ken fisher. mr. fisher, thank you very much. thank you for so many reasons. i was talking to one of the family members, shannon collins, last night, the mother of jeremiah collins. to the fact you have stepped up for these families, for those who don t have the resources is so extraordinary. tell me how you reacted to this and why you came forward. well, it was really seeing somebody had sent me a link to the story you did. that s what made me aware of this situation. and this was one of those
0 of the captain if his crew is screaming at him and struggling with him that they don t want to be saved? because john boehner s crew, his republican caucus in congress increasingly does not want to be saved. they see no risk, why cut the rope when everything is going to be fine? this talk about default by the u.s. treasury is nonsense. we are not going to default on the public debt. republican congressman joe barton explaining that it is nonsense to worry about hitting the debt ceiling. republican congressman john flemming also does not think there is anything to worry about with the debt ceiling. he told the new york times, quote, economists, what have they been doing? they make all sorts of predictions, many times they are wrong, so i don t think we should run government based on economist predictions. congressman john flemming says technically it is not possible to default. what happens in his mind if we do hit the debt celling? in his mind, quote, nothing happens, so says l