eight weeks to repair all the damage inside building 197 at washington s navy yard. five days after aaron alexis gunned down 12 people, the building is under fbi control. it s still a crime scene. meanwhile, the navy sea systems command has set up shop in other areas so it can keep working on ship building and weapons contracts and all that they do. this week, the navy ordered reviews into security clearances in bases worldwide. you may remember the picture taken right after the first shots were fired at the navy yard on monday. the woman here in pink in the center of the screen, she s giving cpr to a victim. we didn t know if it was related to the navy yard shooting at the time that photo was taken. cnn s brian todd, he s tracked her down. reporter: bertiia laverne vividly remembers her friend s
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wreck her romance? well, miley s engagement may be over. but it may have just made room for a new career achievement. good mornings everyone, i m jessica yellin. i m victor blackwell. 6:00 at cnn headquarters. this is new day saturday. we are fortunate to have our chief domestic affairs correspondent jessica yellin with us. and good timing, because there s a lot to work out in d.c. there is a lot. i don t think i can explain all of it, you can help us through some of it with the audience this morning first on new day, washington as you top drama. for the fifth time in two years, the federal government now faces the threat of a shutdown. yeah. and that s after house republicans pushed through a bill that stripped through obama care. reporter: a rare moment for house speaker john bane are.
and just yesterday, the house announced that they will be in session next weekend, too. so it will be doing this sort of same vote all over again. victor and jessica. all right, erin, thanks for staying on top of it for us. that s cnn s erin mcpike. now, remember if congress and the president can agree on a bill, a second shutdown threat that s coming in mid-october because congress must raise the debt ceiling by then so the treasury can pay the bills. the president called house speaker john boehner last night that he will not negotiate. the united states of america is not a deadbeat nation. we are a compassionate nation. we are the world s bedrock investment. and doing anything that threatened that is the height of irresponsibility. that s why i will not negotiate over the full faith and credit of the united states. i will not allow anyone to harm this country s reputation or threaten to inflict economic pain on millions of our own people, just to make an ideological point.
benefit, medicare, medicaid, social security, those are considered mandatory. they re not affected. however, government workers who process them could be affected, although that s unlikely. the president, its appointees, members of congress, everyone else will get paid. although their paychecks will be delayed, furloughed workers may get back pay, may get back pay, after it s settled. but not guaranteed. all of this means less economic growth. that s the big concern here about a government shutdown. christine romans, cnn, new york. and from christine romans to christina romer, i spoke to dr. romer, about the spending battle. i asked her trying to eliminate obama care is groundbreaking or harmless or dangerous. she said they think it s a big deal and then warn of a more disastrous fight on capitol