don t want to just fund a specific part of the government because you can t take one and not do the other. remember the exchange that harry reid and i had last week about nih? they re not taking up that bill. so they understand the politics of this. they understand the slippery slope, but they also understand if the pentagon can t find a way to do it without the senate legislator, they re going to have to do it, but i think it s pretty clear that democrats and republicans realize that this is something that is unsustainable, that they have to help these families. dana bash, thank you so much in washington. and we promise we would show you the moment one of these soldiers returned home today. his name, private first class cody patterson. just 24 years old. from oregon. killed on his second tour of duty in afghanistan. norfolk southern what s your function?
battlefields, it s time for our lawmakers to say enough is enough. cover our shame. with the robe of your righteousness. forgive us, reform us. and make us whole. right now, the house is voting on a bill which would start the reversal of this unthinkable decision to not provide immediate death benefits to these military families. meanwhile, probably worth mentioning here, back in washington, congressman and women are still able to collect their paychecks so lucky for them, the gym on the hill, the pool, the sauna. they re still up and running. the gym paid for by you, the taxpayer.
families. that s what kind of their whole mission is, helping wounded warriors, the families. so i was happy to hear that they stepped up. you know, before there was talk of a possible shutdown, we passed a bill that said if we can t get our work down and there is a shutdown, at least the military will be paid. we think in that bill, that original bill, we shouldn t have had the furlough, all of the employees who were furloughed, 400,000. at the pentagon? at the pentagon. they have brought them bac to work. the pentagon isn t totally autonomous. they have to deal with the justice department. i think the justice department attorneys were interpreting it differently. i think that s probably the ones that muddied this up. would you be comfortable if that is in fact the solution here for the pentagon to contract out to the fisher house to make sure that these death benefits are paid without this
we passed the bill, as you said. it s unanimous. every single republican and democrat on the floor voted for it. the senate should do the same thing. and then they should get it to the president. if we can t do things as simple as this, as meaningful as this, how could we expect to do anything else? i think harry reid should be right here right now saying, great, you did it. we ll pick it up, we ll do it and then we ll move forward. let me ask you one final question. obviously, this country, understandably, holds people who pay the ultimate sacrifice in battle at the highest level, but and so should harry reid. the question is, if there s a mother out there who can t get their kid into headstart, who can t get food stamps to pay for their food for kids. if there s a kid or adult who can t get clinical trials for health care i m glad you mentioned those because we passed head start yesterday, the funding for it.
mexico could not score. nonpenalty kicks were scored. in the end, it would be 0-0 tie and the ref needed a security team to get off the field without being hit. so meanwhile, costa rica is appealing this. 1-0 the u.s. won. costa rica says are you kidding me? you should have canceled the game. they said no, we shouldn t have. it s just snow. steve: it could be dangerous. maria molina is outside surveying the weather coast to coast. here no new york, it s dry burks we need some warmth. yes, we do. it looks like we could finally got some coming up in the next few days across parts of the northeast. for now, we re going to see on the chilly side where parts of the south woke up to temperatures that are below freezing. right now so very cold out parts