potentially get her. we have to pay attention. at the end of the day of this is a 48 hour come a 72 hour event for the government shut down, nothing will happen because there is enough oil in the system to keep it going. if this goes beyond a week or two weeks, you re asking for trouble and we are really jeopardizing a system that is just beginning. under the leadership of the president and the government right now with the new secretary, bea systems moving in in the right direction, and but we have to support it and we have to continue to support it for it to become quite efficient. eric: what about the scary flu season? be not this is a nightmare come especially in new york and new jersey we have thousands of patients admitted to the hospital. again, the vaccine is 20% to 30% effect do in right now we re basically saying that people continue to take the flu vaccine
23 afghan soldiers. meyer was recently on the fox & friends talking about the events that earned him the medal of honor. he was 21 at the time of the fight with the taliban, guys. alisyn: anna, this is not the only controversy that surrounded dakota meyer. reporter: you re absolutely right about that as well. meyer filed a lawsuit against a former employer. bea systems, defense contractor accused him of having alcohol problems and being mentally unstable. meyer claims the company lashed out against him because meyer voiced disregard for bae selling high-tech sniper scopes to the pakistani military. for details surrounding sunday s altercation we do have a call into police. back to you. alisyn: anna kooiman, thanks for the update. bill: he has had a heck of a life since coming home and being honored at the white house. bill: a u.s. marine is being held at a mexican prison for what his family says is an honest mistake. they say his life is in danger. we ll talk to the family attorney
when he did it. and for his trouble, he says he wound up getting ridiculed by his employer. marine dakota meyer says he was called mentally unstable and a poor worker and lost the job because of it. now he is suing the employer who he says defamed him. national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us with more, live from theentagon. he just got the medal of honor in september and we watched it america live , jennifer. now an extraordinary allegationby this decorated marine about what his employer said to somebody else to whom he was apply he was apply fog a job. reporter: we ve obtained the defamation complaint filed by dakota meyer in san antonio, texas. dakota meyer says in an e-mail to his former boss at bea systems, he complains about the fact that they are selling high tech sniper rifles to pakistan. here s the e-mail, quote, i think that one of the most
a visit by the south korean president overshadowed by the unfolding international drama surround i surrounding an alleged iranian terror plot. for the first time, president obama spoke at length about what the united states maintains was a plan to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the united states here in washington, d.c. let s go straight to jessica yellin. jessica, the president was asked about the links to the iranian government. what did he say today? he declined to say the highest levels of the iranian government had knowledge of it. he would not say that the nation s supreme leader or president was aware of it. i don t think the problem here jessica is that i have not been unwilling to negotiate with republicans. i ve shown repeatedly my willingness to work overtime. to try to get them to do something. he had direct links. was paid by and directed by individuals in the iranian government. now, those facts are there for all to see. and we would not be bringing for