no way in washington they could be so stupid to allow this to get worse. you know, i mean, the people who are running money in this country are saying no way could this go on forever. but people at home, federal workers and people who rely on the federal government for paychecks are saying, yes, they could be so stupid because we feel it already. yes, we do. sadly, a lot of people believe, yes, congress could be that stupid. because they can t get it together. what can you do? you have to laugh or you ll cry. christine romans, thanks. unintended victim of the shutdown. the first lady s garden that sprawls across some 1,500 square feet on the grounds of the white house. once carefully and beautifully manicured it s now neglected and choked with weeds, according to a foodie website that monitors such things. according to obama food, vegetables are rotting on their vines because of drastic cuts to
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word after this 11:00 meeting that senator mitch mcconnell is having with republicans in his caucus to try to sell this compromised plan he has been working on with majority leader harry reid. details we re hearing trickling out and we ll have to see how it all comes together in the end. okay. so the flags are set up. the microphones are up. we re awaiting house speaker john boehner. of course, eric cantor will probably be close beside him, along with the majority whip. when they appear behind the podium, we ll take you back to washington. we ll take a quick break and be back with more in the newsroom. [ male announcer] surprise you re having triplets. [ babies crying ] surprise your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise your car needs a new transmission.
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in the washington gridlock. he says the politics are just plain unamerican. why did the federal government spend money to erect barricades to keep people out of mt. vernon? why did the federal government spend money to erect barricades to keep people out of mt. rushmore? look, our veterans should be above politics. enough games. let s have a real conversation about our veterans and what this partial government shutdown means to them. veterans and their families could pay a much higher price. according to the va, if the shutdown drags on, it will not be able to send out more than 5 million benefit checks november 1st. that includes disability and pension payment force veterans and special benefits for their families n all, those checks add up to $6 billion in payments. it s that loss of financial
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moments for president obama. they want to eliminate the tax subsidiaries for the president and vice president so that they can force them into obama care. i m going to read a line here. if the president and senate democrats are going to force the american people to live under obama care, then they and all washington leaders should not be shielded from the law. thoughts? well, carol, the fundamental point here is that we re moving very close to a deal. i think we re going to get i don t think we re going to default. the fact that the house leadership instead of waiting for the senate to send over a bill and then having conservatives revolt against it and vk a real mess in the house, they re trying to come up with something that keeps their caucus together. yes, i think they ve got these little add-ones. but time is running out. but i think everybody knows now they re going to try to get this done before the default hits us. the bad news is, they re going to keep fighting when this i
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