0 >> the debate continues online. join us tomorrow for another edition of "crossfire." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. senator ted cruz's talk lasted 21 hours. plus, the president of iran takes people by storm. and the latest from the mall shooting in kenya. investigators believe there was a mit i can lu-- a meticulous plot. the fbi is on the scene tonight. let's go "outfront." >> good evening. "outfront," heroic marathon man or epic time waster. one or the other. there he is pretty dapper, i have to say, after 21 hours. senator ted cruz finally stopped talking. now granted he hadn't had a chance to sleep or shower or change. he looked pretty good. but it was at times confusing, at times amusing and always controversial. dana bash is "outfront." >> reporter: after 21:19, standing on his feet, ted cruz finally sat down. much of his talkathon was against obamacare. >> it is a red herring. >> reporter: the memorable moments were those that veered off topic. >> i wanted to take an tunnel. an tunn an opportunity that i don't usually have when i'm in washington, d.c. to read them a couple bedtime stories. i do so like green eggs and ham. >> reporter: he tried his own dr. seuss. >> they did not like obamacare with a box and a fox. >> reporter: this was all about firing up the grassroots. he encouraged supporters to tweet him. >> obamacare. ain't nobody got time for that. all caps and three exclamation marks. make d.c. listen. >> reporter: most republicans oppose cruz' mission, trying to defunld obamacare on a must-pass spending bill themselves worry it could cause a government shutdown and they could get the blame. and they worry it is mired in the process. in the enhe joined all senators in voting for a procedural measure he seemed to argue against. by 1:00 a.m., he got punchy. >> a few words of wisdom from duck dynasty. red neck rule number one. most things can be fix with duct tape, extension cords. >> reporter: when the sun came up, even more so. will confess phrase of rebellion, the rebel alliance fighting against empire. mike lee. i am your father. >> how do you feel standing there so long? >> to be honest, i feel terrific. i feel energized the. the american people had an opportunity i hope to engage in this debate and to have their voice heard. >> reporter: back on the floor, cruz was scorched from all sides. democrats -- >> for lack of a better way of describing this, it has been a big waste of time. >> reporter: and republicans. john mccain was furious that cruz likened gop detractors to britain's neville chamberlain who argued for appeasement of adolphin hitler. >> why? we can't possibly stand against him. in america there were voices. >> mccain said that insulted americans who fought. >> among them were my father and grandfather. i do not agree with that comparison. i think it is wrong. and i think it is a disservice to those who stood up and shouted at the top of their lungs that we cannot appease. >> dissension within the party. seriousness and a lot of high schooler. you said he felt energized. i'm sure he hit a wall when the truth hit him. what happens now? >> reporter: the process has to finish in the senate. you saw that the vote was 100-0 today so senator cruz voted for something he was saying for 21 hours he was against. presumably he will vote against and it the next procedural measure, if this is could not because thing, that's why republican leaders hate this strategy. so at the end of the day we expect this to finish up in the senate. probably on 48. that puts the shutdown hot potato back in the house's plate for about three days before the deadline. i'm hearing from there that they plan to change it a little bit, second it back to the senate. it will go right back. it will go right down to the wire. >> obviously an embarrassment for everybody involved on all sides. we've been downing the days since america lost that aaa rating, 781 days for those of you who are keeping track. but the risk of a major crisis actually gets bigger. shutdown or not, right? >> reporter: absolutely. the treasury secretary said today united states will reach that debt ceiling october 17th. that is just around the corner. and even as early as this saturday, the house is likely to work on some kind of bill that would raise the debt ceiling for a year. guess what? they will attach all kinds of things on it. obamacare, delaying that for a year is a possibility. passing the key stone pipeline, dealing with tax reform, putting instructions in there and even at the white house, the spokesman there, jay carney said, we're not negotiating on the debt ceiling. so right there you will have a collision course as you said, something that is perhaps even more problematic, dire for the economy than the government shutdown. >> absolutely. dana bash, the only one who understands all of this and puts it into english for us. thank you, dana. our second story "outfront." a dove or a wolf in sleep's clothing? a crucial question for the world. iran's new president, hasan rouhani taking world by storm holding meetings with the french. talking nice but snubbing the president of the united states who was willing to meet him. "outfront," the man representing iran's long time enemy and america's closest ally in the middle east, israel's ambassador to the united states, michael orrin is with me. a new iran, one willing to negotiate on nukes. is he the real deal some a dove? >> thanks for having me. what was in his speech was peaceful or dove-like, we don't get it. he called the united states a warmonger. he made no concessions on his nuclear program. talked about israel as, did not even mention israel but mention that had palestine was occupied meaning israel has no rights to exist. i saw no do have at all. >> piers: you've seen the headlines. i'll give you a couple of them. he recognized the holocaust as crime against jews. and then calling it reprehensible crime against jews. and that was after his position on the holocaust. i wanted to plate for you so you could really hear and it hear the nuance. here it is. >> i've said before that i am not an historian. when it come to speaking of the dimensions of the holocaust, it is the historian that's should reflect on it. but in general, i can tell you that any crime that happens in history against human an including the crime the nazis committed toward the jews as well as nonjews is reprehensible and condemnable. whatever criminality they committed against the jews, we condemn. >> is that admitting the holocaust to you? >> i'll say that it is a pretty low bar, erin, when iranians stop denying the holocaust and people get excited about it. i am an historian by training and i know that the iranian regime has a more than 30-year history of supporting terrorists around the world. they've conducted terrorist attacks in 25 countries. in this city, in washington, d.c., they try to blow up a straunl not far from where i'm interviewing right now. they helped to massacre over 100,000 of their own people. they've suppressed the iranian people who protested for democracy. this is not a regime you want to see get its hands on a nuclear weapon. >> the congressman scheduled to speak on the last day of the meeting tuesday. we all remember the speech last year, right? the famous speech where he had a crude but very powerful drawing of a bomb and then there he is with the magic marker drawing a red line. this became an iconic moment. do you think the president of iran, rouhani, and of course, the supreme leader are still moving ahead full steam with what you believe are plan for a nuclear weapon? >> let's look at the evidence, erin. rouhani was elected several months ago. in those several months, he has continued to defy security resolutions themselves continue to enrich, to install centrifuge that can enrich at five times the amount. they continue to deny international inspectors access to sensitive sites, suspicious sites. would you trust them? does that seem like a regime that is on the verge of negotiating for a, to remove its nuclear program? >> look, you put those facts out there. you know, there are people who think this is a problem, right? they'll maybe say one thing and do another. i want to ask you about how the israelis have handled this so far. last night the embassy sent out a tweet. how would @hasan rouhani's page look? his skills you list weapons of mass destruction, ballistics and military justice. on one level it is a little funny. i'll be honest with you, it feels a little immature. do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with or presented with what you're presenting to me as a life or death situation? >> we have to keep in mind that for us, this is very much a life and death situation. and that a lot of people out there who are expressing optimism when rouhani stops denying that iran denies the holocaust. and that for us is anything but a joke. that's deadly serious. >> thank you very much. always a pleasure talking to you, sir. >> to you, too. still to come, will you go and he disturbing new footage from the navy yard shooting that we just have tonight. releasing video showing aaron alexis walking through the halls with a sawed off shotgun looking for victim. plus a high school teacher got 31 days for raping a student. he is set to be released. and the u.s. post office is in financial disaster. at least he admits the truth. and bill clinton gets payback. >> your daughter just inform me, all of us, that you do a pretty good bono impression. this is your chance, mr. president. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: