ted cruz rails for 21 hours against obama care. government shutdown, bring it on, he says. colleagues call the one-man show a waste of time. but did he have something else in mind? is washington broke? the former president bill clinton talks to piers morgan about a dysfunctional d.c. then and now. plus, his predecessor denied the holocaust ever happened. but iran's new president makes a change in an interview with cnn's report. i'm wolf blitzer and you are in "the situation room."

. rare unanimous senate vote to move ahead on a spending plan that keeps the federal government open while funding president obama ace rather health care legislation. despite one freshman republican seamlessly mantra on the senate floor against the tea party favorite, ted cruz, says he feels terrific after the stunning all nighter which included a reading of the children's book "green session and ham." a star wars impersonation and quotes from the reality show "duck dynasty." a number of key colleagues in his own party don't feel same way. dana bash is on capitol hill and just spoke to senator cruz a little while ago. dana is joining with us the latest. what a dramatic day it has been. >> reporter: that's right. it is undeniable that it was triumph for the 42-year-old with regard to his endure answer but the jury is still out on whether this talk fest changed any senate minds. after 21 hours and 19 minutes,

standing on his feet, ted cruz finally sat down. much of his talkathon was about obama care. the memorable moments were those that veered off topic. >> i want to take an opportunity, an opportunity that i don't usually have when i'm in d.c. to read them a couple of bedtime stories. i do so like green eggs and ham. thank you, thank you, sam i am. >> reporter: he tried his own dr. seuss. >> did not like obama care in a box with a pox and a howser with a mouse. >> reporter: this was all about firing up the grassroots and encouraged supporters to tweet. >> let me reads some tweets. obama care, ain't nobody got time for that. all caps. three exclamation marks. make d.c. listen. >> reporter: most republicans oppose cruz's mission trying to defund obama care on a must pass

spending bill. they worry it could cause a government shutdown and they would get the blame and worry it is mired in process that's hard to explain. case in point, in the end he joined all senators in voting four procedural measure he seemed to argue against. that's why only a few came to help. some gop veterans but mostly other republicans with ambition trying to appeal to the gop base. >> what possibly do you have that's more important to do? suspect some of our colleagues at fund-raising dinner. >> reporter: by 1:00 a.m. he got punchy. >> few words of wisdom from duck dynasty. redneck rule number one. most things can be fixed with duct tape, extension cords. >> reporter: when the sun came up, even more so. >> confess that phrase rebellion against oppression conjured up to me the rebel alliance fighting against the empire. mike lee, i am your father. >> how do you feel standing there for so long? >> to be honest, i feel

terrific. i feel energized the american people had an opportunity i hope tone ghaj this debate and have their voice heard. >> reporter: but back on the floor, cruz was scorched from all sides. democrats. >> lack of a better way of describing us, it has been a big waste of time. the government is set to shut down in a matter of hours. >> reporter: and republicans. john mccain was furious that cruz likened gop detraktdors to the world war ii. >> let's appease them. why? it can't be done. we can't possibly stand against them. and in america there were voices that listened to that. >> reporter: mccain said that insulted americans who fought. >> amongst them were my father and grandfather. do i 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. >> reporter: so the obvious question is now what? assuming that cruz's grassroots efforts don't give him enough republican supporters to stop the democrats from taking out -- taking out obama care funding from the spending bill, senate will pass this by friday. sendhis t government shutdown hot potato back over to the house which means that they are going to have three days to figure out how to deal with this before that deadline, critical deadline, at mid might monday night. >> we will see what they do in the house. see what they do in the senate. thanks very much. he hasn't even been in washington a we are but it is clear ted cruz is making huge waves on capitol hill. and inside his republican party. it all has some -- mr. he may have his sights set on something more, potentially something in

2016. our chief domestic affairs correspondent jessica yellen is taking a closer look at who the freshman senator from texas is. jessica is joining us with more. what are you seeing and hearing? >> reporter: he is representing incomes the senate nine months. his he has come da his victory to win that seat in texas was surprising they have a saying to ted cruz. it means running as a tea party outsider to defeat the establishment candidate. so could he ted cruz the republican field in the upcoming presidential election? some people think that's his next goal. >> do you like green session and ham? >> reporter: senator ted cruz, love him or hate him, he has you talking. check the headlines. they are calling him unpopular. distinguished wacko bird from texas. the gop's barack obama. i think that's nice. his mission, defeat obama care. his larger cause --

>> i think awful us are texas assumed his ambitions are limitless and is looking hard at a 2016 presidential campaign. although he has been c yo about that. >> reporter: a tea party darling, cruz ticked off large swaths of washington. >> ted cruz is a fraud and no longer have any influence in the public body. >> reporter: they are worried she risking an unpopular government shutdown for which the gop will be blamed. karl rove called it an ill-conceived and self-defeating strategy. guess what. cruz loves the hate. he told rush limbaugh -- >> single day of surprise arriving to the senate is the defeatist attitude. >> reporter: you know who else does? conservatives in a crucial primary state, iowa. >> what they are doing is they are elevating senator cruz to an unprecedented level after only nine months of being a u.s. senator and making the american people, i believe, republican independent democrats, take notice. >> reporter: the texas senator has already made several trips

to the early voting states. princeton and harvard graduate, former supreme court clerk, one-time texas solicitor general, skruz used to framing the arguments in his favor. >> ted cruz, proven conservative fighter who delivers. >> reporter: his current case, he is a principled fighter in a universe of weak politicians who surrender. >> there is almost nothing he can't do under the right circumstances. politically. his am exhibition enormous. >> reporter: cruz will be back in iowa a month from tonight. he is giving the keynote speech at the annual gop reagan dinner in des moines. >> he's obviously a very, very smart guy. don't sell him short. i think he has a strategy. unclear to some republicans and democrats what it is. i'm sure he has gotten some strategy in mind looking ahead. >> yeah. we will see how he does. thanks very much. good report, jessica. let's bring in our political panel. gloria borger and chief national

correspondent john king. gloria, you have a new article you wrote, column on cnn.com. let me read a couple of sentences from it. none of this has been about reality. rather, it is about seementing a new definition of leadership positioning yourself as the spokesman for your political base by telling it exactly what it was to hear. in cruz's case the tea party base, lucky for him there is a made for tv bully pulpit. plenty of time to talk and the talking points are easy and oh, so predictable. here is the question. all of this about 2016? he knows he's not going to be able to kill obama care, at least not now. >> i think that's predictable as well. he is clearly positioning himself as the leader of the tea party base in the republican party. it is very much like sarah palin did except he's an elected united states senator who has a shot at effecting policy and also at the white house. what he is trying to do is raise a lot of money off of this,

wolf. and he's been doing some fund-raising in republican red states and he has a lot of conservative republicans unhappy because they believe that he would throw him -- them under the bus if he considered that they weren't enough against obama care. so -- here's somebody who sort of is setting up the litmus test for republicans. and they don't like it. >> does this really solidify, john, this divided washington that we now see? >> there's no question. we know that about the health care debate. this -- essentially elevates ted cruz in a divided washington. it is very interesting because -- i expect democrats to copy this tactic. if you look at n the 24 hours around this filibuster, more 00,000, more an half million tweets about ted cruz, that's not counting the blogs. that's not counting facebook. this is a new way, wolf in the new media environment to plant your flag and establish yourself as gloria knows. he wants to be the head of a movement. he also wants to get all those

names and build a list so that he can fundraise and find out where the people live. other groups are doing it, too. not just ted cruz and his organizations. other groups are tracking the names and raising money. democrats are criticize thing fromming a legislative standpoint and was probably meaningless. maybe even counterproductive because he alienated so many fellow republicans in washington. if you are talking about building a national organization, a lot of people will watch this and say maybe i ought to go to the senate floor and stay up all night. >> ted cruz wouldn't be the first politician to succeed by running against washington while in washington. you remember ronald reagan did that very effectively while he was president. hay ran against washington. very well. barack obama was a new senator. ran against washington. who said it is time for washington to come together. you know, it is always a good strategy if you can be in washington, get that bully pulpit and then somehow miraculously separate yourself from the evil establishment of your own party.

and evil washington and elevate yourself that way. >> the question -- we just don't know is how big is that slice. how big is the tea party? tea party and the bigger slice. tea party angry conservatives mad at their own leadership slice of the own republican party when have you rand paul, marco rubio potentially michele bachmann, somebody from the house tea party movement, running in the next presidential election who probably doesn't have much of a shot of winning but trying to make a name for themse themself. >> even if they man tooj score last-minute deal before monday at midnight keep the government funded for a few more months, not necessarily the whole -- coming year but a few more months, let's say, october 17 is coming. treasury department now says that the debt ceiling has to be raised or the u.s. can't continue to borrow money. john, this is setting the stage would weeks down the road for another huge battle. maybe even the ramifications potentially for the growth of the u.s. economy more significant. >> right. so the -- they are saying

probably avoid a government shutdown but have the u.s. credit rating on the line again. we know what happened last time. watch for jittery markets and watch to see if washington can function. watch for ted cruz and those like him who want to either change or block obama care to go at it again. if they can't block it completely and can't den tie money, they are going to try to delay the individual mandate for a year and try to take away one of the taxes on medical goods in the obama care bill. this fight is not over. by any means. even if they figure out way to keep the government open, round two starts within seconds. >> the more success cruz has, the more it guarantees they will take a second bite of the apple here as john points out on obama care. and by the way, they are going to build -- bring up building the keystone pipeline and you have a white house that says by the way, we are not going to negotiate on this, period. it is very hard to see at this point and you know we have been here before. how they get themselves out of this box. >> yeah. the president says he is not

going to negotiate on the debt ceiling. i suspect when all is said and done there have to do some negotiating if he wants to get some sort of deal. thanks very much. up next, stunning comments about the nazi holocaust and much more from iran's new president in an intervi interview. piers morgan, yes, he is here in the situation room and will talk about his really powerful interview with the former president bill clinton. could we be looking at a new clinton dynasty. >> who do you think may make the better president, your wife or your daughter? >> day after tomorrow, my wife. because she has had more experience. over the long run, chelsea. she knows more than we do about everything. plus real multigrains reas equals real delicious! quaker real medleys, your on-the-go burst of goodness!

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republican senator ted cruz is being slammed on both sides of the aisle for his 21-hour marathon against obama care. but with potential government schu schutzdown looming, is washington broken? piers morgan put that question to the former president, bill clinton, in a special interview that will air later tonight. watch this right now. >> there is a sense that's never

been more dysfunctional, more divisive, more personally abusive. take cruz. still banging on now and trying to, you know, get obama care defunded. even when most of his party thinks he's crackers. what is the way -- you and -- you and newt gingrich -- >> once in a while i'm extremely grateful for your british roots. i couldn't have said that with a straight face and pulled it off. >> i'm happy to help, mr. president. what's the -- and you newt gingrich eventually worked it out between you. how do you get stuff done -- >> it was interesting. >> in a dysfunctional washington. >> we worked it out when he was trying to run me out of town. we were still working together. i mean, i knew it dash it was game to him. he thought, you know -- he would -- as he looked -- he once said to bowles, we will do whatever you can and you dwoen that. you think there are things you shouldn't do. and once i realized what the deal was, i let him do whatever

he could and then we did business on the side. and you are laughing but that's really -- rereached an accommodation. but at the time, because they shut the government down twice, and because they wished to hold on to their jobs, the republicans, then wanted to maintain their majority, they believed they had to show up for work and get something done. this reapportionment has created a climate particularly in the house of representatives but also in some of the states where they are one-party states. where -- they believe that they don't have to get anything done. they just believe that they have to demonize the opposition and say whatever they are going to say. >> i know you have a whole hour with the former president. did he impress you? he is still strong now. the former president. healthy.

we know he has had health related issues. >> you know him well, wolf. i was at a party last might and had half an hour there. another hour then today. he is the most, to me, remains the most compelling competition, of my age. he shows no sign of slowing down and has tremendous energy but he has to -- magnetic charm and he has an ability to make everyone in the room feel he is talking to them. we talk about everything from iran to putin and newt gingrich and to bono and he just definitely handles everything, with this kind of masterly over view which is incredibly impressive. >> i remember even -- talking about newt good rich. when gingrich was the speaker and they had two government shutdowns. they worked together and newt gingrich would go into the white house with one position and said, you know, when i emerged he had an effect on me. he clearly -- managed to convince him about some critical issues. >> you know what i think? i think bill clinton was a consummate deal maker. s it is interesting talking to him not just about the government shutdown. he went through that. they would throw everybody out

of the room and just get stuff done. he talked exact there same way about vladimir putin who he had many dealings with. what was it like when it was you and him? he said, well, behind closed doors, it would get very, very heated. we would go at each other, bang, bang, bang. he said -- asked him directly, did putin ever renege on any deal he agreed one-on-one with you? and he thought and he said, never. i said, you could trust him? if he gave me his word, he never broke it. i thought it was an interesting insight to how putin was. whether it is newt gingrich, putin, whatever it is, when you are the president of the united states, it is no good being verbally critical of opponents outside to the waiting world. better to do that face-to-face and be very blunt, blunt and brutal. youl side be -- >> did you spoke to him about the political future of hillary clinton and chelsea clinton. what did he say? >> i was trying to work out the best way of phrasing it he

hasn't heard a million times. hi chelsea in the room. two panels which will air tomorrow night. she is very impressive. you heard when she was a girl. i said, which one would make the better president, mr. president, your wife or daughter? and it made him think. you know, if it was tomorrow, hillary. because of all her experience. if it was down the line, it would be chelsea, i-because she knows more than both of us. anyone that watches the panel, great celebrities and also great world businessmen, you are going to watch that and you know something, 10, 15 years time, chelsea clinton is going to be a real force to be reckoned with. >> i'm not sure it will take 10, 15 years. i saw her in a panel discussion last night. a group that does important work in developing countries. she moderated a panel and she's ex-accident the way she handles anything you throw at her. she has her father charm and her

mother's tenacity and skill. it is a lethal cocktail. i think america is very lucky. you have bill clinton, hill clinton, chelsea clinton. they are all a force to be reckoned with. >> she has good genes. >> the apple doesn't fall far from the trees. >> one-hour special. i have -- gave him the chance to respond to bono doing his impersonation of him. the president pulled out a pair of dark shades, put them on, and did a bono. it is brilliant. >> 9:00 tonight. piers morgan live. thanks for coming in. >> glad to be in the situation room you are here. >> with my leader. >> thank you. just ahead, very serious story we are watching. massive earthquake killing hundreds of people in pakistan. and it is so powerful it is creating an island off the coast. we are also clearly seeing a change of style from iran's new president. are we seeing a real change of heart? christiane amanpour had anner

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for years we listened to hard line, hate-filled remarks from iran's old president but iran's new president now is going out of his way to make a different impression. hassan rowhani delivered stunning comments with christiane amanpour who is joining us right now. some really good stuff. you got. i'm going to play a clip on hassan rowhani speaking out about the holocaust. listen to this. >> one of the things your predecessor used to do from this very platform was deny the holocaust and free tend it was a myth. i want to know your position on the holocaust. do you accept what it was and what was it? >> translator: i said before i'm not a historian and when it comes to speaking of the dimensions of the holocaust, it

is the historians that should reflect on it. but in general, i can tell you that any crime that had as in history against humanity, including the crime nazis committed towards the jews as well as non-jews, is reprehensible and whatever criminality they committed against the jews we condemn. taking of human life is contemptible and makes no difference whether that life is a jewish life, christian or muslim. for us, it is the same. the taking of human life is something religion rejects but this does not mean on the other hand you can say nazis committed crimes against a group, now, therefore, they must usurp the land of another group and occupy it. this, too, is an act that should be condemned. there should be an even-handed discussion. >> so you -- this isn't the first iranian leader you interviewed. compare this new leader with his predecessors, especially ahmadinejad.

>> in this regard, he is very different, obviously, with this issue. holocaust and -- with the -- idea of wiping israel off the map. i asked the president specifically, what is this that you are saying? president obama, the u.n. said, hey, we are not going to tolerate anybody who threatens our ally, israel, with destruction. he said, no, we do not threaten. we have no intention of attack. any way the israeli palestinian situation is going to get resolved, he said is through the ballot box. incredibly different. i think, also, very different in other very important issues. like willingness to negotiate with more flexibility on the nuclear issue. although not willing to capitulate as you know many would like to see iran do. i think that certainly they told me that we can have a two-way dialogue. i have been -- authorized to say by the supreme leader to have this dialogue with the united states. and he named his american educated long-time minister as

the foreign minister. head of the negotiating team. he will be discussing with secretary kerr were who president obama named as head of the u.s. -- one meeting. that's -- probably the start of what is going to be very important things. i was amazed to hear president obama at the u.n. yesterday. just before president rowhani said for the rest of my term there are two major issues. one, preventing a nuclear weapon and resolve thing diplomatically if we can. middle east peace process. this is the most important issue that's out there. >> very firm on this. lot of us thought there would be a meeting or handshake and encounter between these two presidents. president obama and president rowhani yesterday. it was clear to me the president of the united states was ready for it. rowhani was. if you asked him about this, i'm going to play the clip and here is what he said to you. >> there were talks about it, in fact to perhaps arrange for a meeting between president obama and myself.

given the opportunity we can talk with each other and preparation for the work was dawn bit as well. the united states declared interest in having such a meeting and in principle could have under certain circumstances allowed it to happen. i believe that we didn't have sufficient time to really coordinate the meeting. speaking of the ice breaking that you mentioned, it is beginning to break because the environment is changing. that's come about as a result of the lisa people of iran to create a new era of relations between the people of iran and the rest of the world. >> they could have had at least happened shake. was it because of political reasons back home? >> i -- >> in iran he would have been criticized? >> i think it was pressure and i think that, you know, there is a still hard lionelment that just does want to see this happen. and i think that there was an article in the hard line newspaper that very day and i think in the end they just decided now is not the time. by the way, his comments on the

holocaust to plea are already causing a storm in iran because this is stuff that's the hardliners, what they want to do is discredit rao had an. >> i deny the holocaust exist. >> just the whole thing. whatever he says, they are going to rye to discredit him. whether he says something, you know, reasonable and accurate about the holocaust, whether he has the he -- you know, is going to negotiate with the united states on important issues. there are a group of hard liners that simply don't want to it happen. they are creating all sorts of mess inside of iran for it. that's why his people tell me that if he isn't able to go back to tehran or at least some time in the near future see that there's some reciprocity in this idea of negotiations, this window that's been opened by ayatollah, so-called supreme leader, that's going to close. >> i know you asked him about the three americans who were in police son and did not give you an plans he didn't. he said he hadn't heard of one of them and others he couldn't interfere and by the way, there is a lot of iranian prisons --

prisoners here in the united states. >> good interview. people ought to see the whole interview, they can. >> we posted it on my website which is amanpour.com. you can see the whole transcript, 56-minute video interview to go with it. that's amanpour.com. >> good work. >> thank you. up next, we are going live to iran. something we don't often do. we will get reaction to the stunning comments from the president. new president of iran, hassan rowhani. scotty talks about his work with the clarity rbi. ♪ >> i could never have prepared for what would happen to me. at 17, i was planning on just being your average high school student and all of a sudden, "idol" happened. i love the fact that kids are getting to look up to me. i love that responsibility and i embrace it. the only stories we hear on the

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a quick look at top stories in the situation room now. death toll from a mag my tud 7.7 earthquake that rocked southwest pakistan has risen to 330. pakistani officials say the quake was so powerful that it thrust the land mass to the surface of the arabian sea forming a small island off of the coast. benedict xvi is breaking his retirement silence with a statement on the pre-sex abuse scandal. a letter published, he said he never tried to cover up the molestation by catholic clergy. a group rejects that saying no one did more or did less to protect children than benedict. the postal service says it wants to raise the price of a first class stamp, three gents in

january to 49 cents. the price of sending a post card would go up by a penny to 34 cents. the hikes could raise as much as $2 billion for the financially struggling postal service which lost almost $4 billion this fiscal year alone. you heard the extraordinary comments from the iranian president rowhani in his interview with christiane amanpour. how are those remarks play back in iran? what's the reaction on this day after? >> reporter: let's put it this way. right now it feels like iran's new president, rowhani, is the most popular man in iran. no matter what he does, what he says, where he goes, iranians are aware and it wasn't

different today. many aware of christian chris's int -- christiane amanpour's interview with president rowhani. there are media outtlaets are not fawning over president rowhani but what is remarkable is we have not seen anyone, any faction, criticize ethis president. what's incredible is he hasn't accomplished anything tangible. he has been on the dash in office for about eight weeks and real really hasn't had time to do anything. it is the mild-mannerisms about improved relations with washington and especially the possibility of reaching a deal with washington over iran's nuclear program. lot of positive reception of president rowhani's advice and it interview we will see where this relationship goes from

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hiding place, a police officer helps a terrified woman and her young children get up and scurry through the mall to safety. and this. what's now gaping cavern where -- part of the mall collapsed. cars dangling on the edge. 61 civilians, six security officers, five terrorists died in the siege. officials say the death toll will rise as bodies are recovered from the rubble. here is a question. could americans face a similar threat here at home? brian todd has been investigating all of this. he is joining us live. what are you seeing? >> that attack exposed the vulnerabilities of shopping malls. they are wide open. and they are -- high value targets for the psychological impact. as we learned in minneapolis, it certainly doesn't mean that mall security personnel and customers are helpless. an attack carefully planned and executed on a soft target. similar threat to american shopping malls according to a

federal law enforcement source is, quote, what keeps us all up at night. a threat michael rosen knows as well. >> open environment and easy access environment which makes it easier is now a security consultant for the mall of america in minnesota. his job -- protecting this giant shopping center from a mass casualty attack is something that experts say is nearly impossible for every mall. >> these are ubiquitous, the idea that we can circle each one with a perimeter is simply not realistic. >> reporter: malls by their very nature are so difficult to security. the mall of america here in minneapolis has more than a dozen entrances. officials are using another layer, behavior detection. undercover officers roam the concourses, eyeballing people for any sign of suspicious behavior. >> behavioral response,

nervousness and physiological reaction, as well as potential concealment of weapons. >> reporter: and more subtle ticks in behavior. >> from the tiniest expression in the face to the way somebody walks or carries themselves, how they're looking at another person or an area. >> reporter: but their cutting-edge approach goes further. twice a month they hold lockdown drills for employees and customers. >> announcer: attention, this is a drill. >> reporter: customers are told to shelter in the back rooms of the nearest store. there are security checks for vehicles coming in with merchandise. rosin says they even have an intelligence branch to detect potential threats before they get to the doorstep. are metal detectors nerks? >> i don't think that's necessarily a solution, but having well-trained officers, who are able to identify malicious intent at doors may

not be a bad idea. >> but metal detectors are a reality elsewhere, in place in israel for several years. law enforcement officials from america have traveled there to learn more about the measures, but there's a debate over whether americans are ready for that step. >> brian todd, thank you. coming up, white castle. duck dynasty and dr. seuss. jean most has the top eight moments from ted crews' marathon speech. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ hooking up the country helping business run ♪ ♪ trains! they haul everything, safely and on time. ♪ tracks! they connect the factories built along the lines. and that means jobs, lots of people, making lots and lots of things. let's get your business rolling now, everybody sing. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ helping this big country move ahead as one ♪

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call it 21 hours on cruise control, cnn's jeanne moos has a closer look at some of the most memorable moment from the republican senator's all-nighter on the senate floor. >> reporter: while the networks clocked him with their cruz counter, he sighed -- he beat his chest, talking for over 21 hours. >> almost all of us are in cheap suits with bad haircuts. who cares? >> reporter: we care, enough to present the top aid ted cruz wackiest moments. number eight, white castle. >> i like their burger. >> reporter: number seven, the hairiest moments. >> faith, family, and facial

hair. if we continue doing this long enough, we may have facial hair on the floor of the senate. >> reporter: number six, senator cruz not singing. instead of performing toby keith's song requesting courtesy of the red white and blue," senator cruz spoke the song. >> because we'll put a boot in your posterior. >> reporter: why didn't he sing? >> it would violate rules of musical harmony, and possibly even the geneva conventions. >> reporter: number five, playing jeopardy with a fellow republican senator asking the questions to give senator cruz a break. >> do you know what color the black box is? >> perhaps airplane manufacturers think like congress, because the black box on an airplane is orange. >> reporter: number four, the corner guy, down here. the mysterious corner guy had to endure the glare reflected from senator cruz, stifling a yawn, eyes darting from side to side, the senator's hand in his face.

does hashtag corner guy know he's famous yet? >> probably, because he's legislative counsel john ellis, handing his bowls notes. number three, the best reaction, when senator cruz read from dr. seuss, he even changed the words to "green eggs and ham". >> they did not like obama care in a box with a fox in a house or with a mouse. >> reporter: senator cruz' daughters seemed delighted. number two. senator cruz's best imitation of a famous movie line. he suggested darth vader represents obama care. >> i am your father. >> i am your father. >> finally our aptly titled number one, the senator olympics enviable bladder control. how did he do it? he also didn't drink much. check out how he looked at the beginning compared to the end. at least he survived ignoring his own advice. >> you will say the wrong thing if you talk too much. >> reporter: jeanne moos.

>> bad, bad, bad. >> reporter: cnn. >> happy happy happy. >> reporter: new york. happening now, the navy yard gunman on video at the start of his deadly rampage. we have disturbing new details about his motive. plus, what's next after the hoopla over senator ted cruz and his talkathon. a government shutdown isn't the only crisis on the horizon. i'll ask republican senator rand paul if senator cruz is taking his battle against obama care too far. >> just like in the "star wars" movies, the empire will strike back, but at the end of the day, i think the rebel alliance, i think the people will prevail. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world 678 i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room."

the images are chilling. you can see aaron alexis running through the hallways of the washington navy yard last week with a sawed-off shotgun determined to kill form the fbi released the surveillance video along with new confirmation that he was delusional and hoping to end his torment. here's our crime and justice correspondent joe johns, he's taking a look at the pictures, the videos that have been released. >> we now have pictures, video as well as search warrant information, all that sort of pieces together what we know about those times leading up to the shooting at the navy yard. but the bottom line is, we still don't know a lot about aaron alexis, because it doesn't make any sentence. >> the fbi released gripping surveillance video, as he drives into the yard with the rented prius. the cameras pick him up, as he

enters, ready for a rampage that killed people before she was shot down. >> there are indicators that he was prepared to die during the attack, and that he accepted death as the inevitable consequence of his actions. >> reporter: you see him carrying his bag, hidden inside, a sawed-off remington 870 which he removed in the bathroom. photos show the bag he left behind. 22 minutes after he drove in, surveillance picks him up in the hall, he readies his weapon, hunting people. you see him move downstairs and make his way along another hall, as people flee. in the ten days since the shooting, a sharper pictures is emerging. >> that he was being controlled or influenced by extremely low frequency or e.l.f., electric roe magnetic waves. >> reporter: the fbi released

photos of husband gin with reference, my e.l.f. weapon. on the barrel the words "end to the torment. "while the investigation into the mental illness that spawned the shooting will continue, agencies said they found writings that explained why he did 2. >> a document retrieved from the electronics media stated, quote, ultra-low frequency attack is what you've been subject to for the last three months 678 to be perfectly honest, that is what has driven me to this. >> investigators don't believe he targeted specific people in his 60-minute killing spree. >> we're told there's more graphic information, but the authorities decided not to we r50e67d out to the experts by phone and e-mail for comment, but they didn't respond.

wolf? >> that video was so chilling instead. joe, thank you. on long island, a massive manhunt for a gunman who shot two people at a local business, killing one of them. police say the suspect was a disgruntled venter for the light manufacturing company where the shooting took place. he's believed to be armed and dangerous. a nearby shopping mall and area schools were put on lockdown. in chicago, the mother of a 3-year-old mass shooting victim says he's starting to recover but still afraid. a bullet passed under his ear and out of his cheek during the shooting with an assault-style rifle a week ago. he was one of the 13 people wounded. police say four men are in custody. we now have dramatic video during a terror attack in at mall in kenya. you can see terrified shoppers trying to escape. at least 67 people didn't make it out alive, including a

pregnant young woman in connection to the former at the present time bill clinton. here's cnn's chris lawrence. >> reporter: she had aablyian career ahead of her, a baby on the way in two weeks until terrorists took it all away. they were walking in the westgate mall when terrorists attacked. >> they were both killed, along with the child. i'm a little choked up, because i just got off the phone with her mother. >> reporter: former president clinton met alev last month when he visited some of the programs in africa. >> this beautiful woman comes up to me, very pregnant, she is was so pregnant that i assured her i had been a la masses father and could be pressed into service at any moment. >> reporter: she graduated from john hopkins university, worked for the world bank, and then joint the clinton foundation. she was living in tanzania, researches vaccining for malaria

and hiv. what was she like as a person? >> i know they often say this, when tragic things happen to people, how amazing they were, but she really was amazing. >> reporter: he was friends with her from school. she remembers how excited she was about moving to africa and the baby. >> it's hard to think that so much good that could have been done won't be done. >> reporter: but her work is hailed by a former president himself. >> i asked her in your own way to remember this wonderful young nurse that we lost the child that will never have a chance to leave. >> reporter: ironically they only came to nairobi, because it's supposed to be calm, it would quality medical care, and was a good place to give birth. the unborn child was a girl. president clinton says in speaking with her mom, she still wants to name her granddaughter

even after death. they are looking at somewhat hill i swa hilli words that mea life and love. coming up u. just days before a possible deadline for congress, i'll ask senator rand paul where he stands and where all the stunts and showdowns in washington right now are all about the next presidential race.

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the democratic women of the senate are warnic that women's health already harmed if obama care is defunded. they're pushing back today. >> he can force the shutdown, he can play slam-down politics, and those that are colewders, collaborators, enablers can

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government shut jourks senator cruz got important help. we're talking about senator rand paul of kentucky. senator, thanks as usual for coming in. >> good to be with you, wolf. will the government remain funded and will obama care remain funded? >> i'm not sure what the answer is. i think the government funding will go on. it seems to be a message sausage factory hire, but things seem but some of it's bad. so there's some good that we don't disrupt things, but the continuation of piling up -- is not so good for our

grandchildren. >> do you believe there's any way between now and monday night at midnight you can defind obama care. >> i think we find out and find out where the votes shake out on this. >> i think obama care is a bad plan for america, will raise insurance costs, cause a lot of part-time workers to lose hours, maybe full-time workers to lose jobs. but we're gel long odds, we're against the president, it's his signature issue. what you've been saying is the president wants 100 person of obama care, maybe the in-between solution is we try to get rid of some of the worth parks of it. so far there's no -- >> that won't be possible

realistically. that will have to wait another day. are you going to play the same card, as far as raising the debt ceiling, which expires -- you're going to have to raise the debt ceiling? >> well, that's true and not true. part of what you're saying is eventually we might default, but we bring in about $250 billion a month in revenue from taxes. so we would never have to default by not having enough tax revenue, though we do spent about -- which leads to a large trillion dollar deficit. technically we could continue on without raising the debt ceiling. some people think, gong, maybe we should start spending what comes in. the bottom line is neither side

gets -- even on things, members of their own parties are saying are wrong with obama care. from what they said, and then i want you to weigh in. listen to this. >> you go to the 1940s, nazi germany, look, we saw in britain envelope chamberlain, who told the british people accept the nazis. yes, they'll dominate the continent, but that's not our problem. let's appease them. why? because it could be done. we can't possibly stand against them. in america there were voices that listened to that. >> i think it's wrong, and i think it's a disservice to those

who stood up and shouted at the top of their lungs that we cannot appease, and we must act, and we did act. it's a disservice to those who did act. how awkward was that, senator? >> i ahead obama car, but i'm not a real big fan of either hitler or chamberlain comparisons. i am sensitive to people who are trotting this up, calling this or that name. obama care is a bad thing, we ought to does you it on its own merits. i think we all to just stick to obama care. >> i think you're probably right on that. you can discuss and debate obama care. one final question. there's a lot of this, about 2016, this whole debate right now?

i would also say that senator cruz deserves a little leeway when he's in his 20th hour. >> senator, thanks very much. the debate continues. let's see what happens midnight by midnight monday night. . coming up, another deadline for congress, along with more dooms diehl warnings. more coming up. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known?

6. senator ted cruz come -- the late south carolina republican strom thurman is the uncompeted champ. he filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against civil rights legislation back in 1957. by comparison cruz's marathon lasted for 21 hours, and 19 minutes. senator rand paul, by the way railed against drones for 12

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president obama is facing a rather stressful october and the threat of a government shutdown is only part of it. let's bring in our senior white house correspondent brianna keilar, she's at the white house. set the scene, october could be a tough, tough month. >> a convergence, the shut jon as you mentioned, the debt ceiling and president obama trying to raise awareness as it hits a milestone. >> five days before a possible government shutdown. the white house is focused on selling obama care, as many -- >> house republicans elected and paid by the americans they

represent have chosen to spend an inordinate amount of time in office, you know, trying to roll a rock up a hill. >> president obama wants americans to purchase insurance on a new online marketplace that opens tuesday. >> we have to get everybody to sign up. >> everybody sign up. good to healthcare.gov. >> reporter: yesterday bill clinton helps -- today obama briefed mayors and state officials on the phone and tomorrow a campaign-style speech at a community college in maryland. the administration thinking a news report showing premiums under obama care will be lower than expected, even as it remains deeply unpopular. and his approval ratings low. his work since october of 2011,

right after the bruising debt ceiling battle. >> it could happen all over again. today treasury secretary alerted congress that the u.s. will lose sits ability to pay its bills on october 17th at the latest. sooner than originally thought. many republicans want more spending cuts in return for raising the debt ceiling. the white house's response? absolutely not. >> there's no negotiating over congress's responsibility -- we saw what happened when that path was traveled in 2011. the result was terrible. the markets dipped. and it's hard without to imagine that at some of the point the white house won't engage with house republicans, but that's what they're saying right now, that they're not going to. >> it will be a tough, tough month in october. you remember a lot of our viewers remember when the debate over obama care was going on in

2009, the president repeatedly said over and over again that americans shouldn't worry, that if they have had health insurance, they like their health insurance, they'll be able to keep their health insurance. let me play a clip from one of those town hall meetings in new hampshire back in 2009. if you like yus health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. >> now we know there are a bunch of people who like their health insurance, but are going to lose it, will have to go to these health insurance exchanges, if you will. what are the officials say about that? >> they point to some of the the president's comments where the government itself isn't forcing employers to change their insurance policies, but he said, obviously he doesn't have control over what employers do. i will tell you talking to officials at the white house,

they feel that obama care is being unfairly blamed in some cases where changes they say would have taken place anyways, and so they're -- this situation where it may be hard to discern exactly the cause, but they say in some cases it's unfair. >> brianna keilar, thank you. what happens if the government does grind to a halt in less than a week and there is a shutdown. >> hey, wolf, the first thing you may notice is there's not really that much to notice, because we're not talking about one big grand event. we're talking about the start of a process so if you were to go to the airport, business as usual, cuss testimonies, immigration, the military, the federal court, the postal service, the banks all in operation, and of course all the local services paid for by local tax dollars. those will pretty much be

unaffected, the schools firemen, police department, that sort of thing, but "usa today" did an analysis where they found about 41% of the federal government would shut down and it has to show up somewhere, so let's bring up the next layer. if you go to a national park or museum or monument, operated by the federal government, you may not be able to get in. if you need a loan for a home or business backed by the federal government, you may find big delays in dealing with things like that, or if you need a new passport or new gun permit, you may not be able to get that during a shutdown. there could be delays in government checksics like social security, but don't worry too much about that, because usually lawmakers find a way to head off those cuts, because they know people are counting on them solve. federal workers who were in non-time sensitive work could very well be told, look, just go home and wait until we call you back. they might get retroact i have

been pay, but that's not guaranteed. if you have to deal with a government office to sign up for something like medicaid, with all those workers gone, you may just have to wait, and a lot of congressional staffers could be told they'll have time to go to the beach. most analysts say if you had a short shutdown, is the last number of us would remain back here in the green zone, but the longer it goes on, the more the serious impact starts spreading out throughout the government, throughout our lives and to a degree affecting the whole economy. wolf? >> tom foreman, good explanation, that's very much. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." "crossfi "crossfire" begins right now. tonight on "crossfire did talking all night help the republicans? >> i do so like green eggs and ham. >> will the news price taggings

for obama care help the president? >> they can get high quality affordable health care for less than their cell phone bill. and republican senator saxby chambliss, who wants it repeal. obama care worth fighting for or fighting against. tonight on "crossfire." welcome to, i've stephanie cutter on the left. >> i'm s.e. kipp on of right. needless to say it's been an entertaining 24 hours. >> i credit my father. he invented green eggs and ham. not number one u. just as a consumer, i'm a being fan of eating white castle. i want to take the opportunity to read two bedtime stories with my girls. i do so like green eggs and ham.

>> can you tell me, senator cruz, where did chinese gooseberries come from? >> they actually come from new zealand. >> how are you doing? >> i thank the senator from kansas, and i will tell you, i am doing fabulous. as benjamin frankly riley noted, indeed we must all hang together, otherwise we shall most assuredly hang separately. >> i will confess i hope we can avoid the hanging part of the situation that you've outlined. >> i don't want to miss the opportunity within the limited time to do something that is imperative. which is to thank the machine and women who have endesired this intoen to death march. >> well, look, say what you want about the wisdom and the artfulness of the execution. someone had to do this. someone had to