pass the budget and the government shutdown. pay your bills, prevent an economic shutdown. don't washg don't wait. don't delay. >> my goodness, they won't even shut down and have a discussion about this. the government shut down in a second day, workers furloughed. an agreement in washington, nowhere in sight. >> a wolf who thinks they can pull the wool over the eyes of the international community.

>> not charmed at all. a stern warning from israel's prime minister, he says don't trust iran or its new leader. i've seen fire and flames everywhere. >> this kid is amazing. he actually saved lives. >> wow, that is an 8-year-old boy, he's hailed as a hero. he saved several families from that inferno. an 8-year-old boy. >> good morning, everyone, welcome to "early start." >> i'm john berman. >> and i'm zoraida sam bolli. it's wednesday, october 2nd. it's 4:00 a.m. in the morning. >> how does it feel to be in day two of a government shutdown? it's not their fault, that's what both sides say. president obama said house republicans caused the shutdown waging a crusade against his

health care law. certain parts of government, that has failed, while they attacked the president for refusing to negotiate. of course, most republicans seem willing to negotiate if delaying parts of the health care law is on the table. good thing nothing but the nation's future and well-being is is on the line. here's brianna keilar. >> reporter: the impasse in among is no closer to being resolved this morning. >> the motion to table is agreed to. >> reporter: with nearly 800,000 federal employees off their jobs for a second day, president obama is is blaming tea party republicans for shutting down the government over their objections to obama care. >> they demanded ransom just for doing their job. >> reporter: he's urging congress to act. >> allow the public servants has been sent home overnight to return to work. >> reporter: starting with veterans, national parks and the city of washington, d.c. >> we're -- we're ready to talk.

and they have rejected that. and we have to send that back every day. >> reporter: their first attempt failed. most democrats voting no. >> this is a waste of time. it's not going anyplace. >> reporter: what's worst, we're about to hit the debt ceiling. treasury secretary jack lew again warned congress if it doesn't raise the ability to pay debts it will default october 19th. >> my goodness, they won't even sit down and have a discussion. >> reporter: president obama said his signature program up for discussion. >> the affordable care act is open for business and it is here to stay. >> reporter: frustrated taxpayers made sure their voices are heard, too. >> -- tired of a congress that can't govern this country. you guys are worthless. >> reporter: brianna keilar,

cnn, washington. >> in their case, the world war ii memorial, it was not enough to stop the veterans who came to visit. they broke past those barricades and they toured the site anyway. >> well, it fills you with pride proud and making you feel honored to be part of it. >> they were part of a flight that flies you free to washington, d.c. free of charge to view the memorables. a courthouse scramble with government workers delays trials. some requests were granted. others denied. judges refused to halt at least two major cases unchallenging the american and us airways merger. and another seeking to hold bank of america liable for mortgage fraud. >> so while the government closed, obama care was open for business. millions overwhelmed the system

so much so it caused delays and also computer crashes. government officials say 2.8 million people visited the government.gov website. another 60,000 people requested the live chats. the obama administration says it's working to fix all of the problems and actually speed up the site as well. strong words from prime minister benjamin netanyahu concerning iran's new leader. netanyahu telling that despite the appearances, hassan rouhani is not to be interested. when it comes to getting nuclear weapons, israel is prepared to go it alone. we get more from jim sciutto. >> this is a bomb -- >> reporter: he had none of the eye-catching props from last year. >> a red line should be drawn right here. >> reporter: instead, the israeli prime minister came equipped with a stream of stinging one-liners against

hassan rouhani. >> rouhani is a sheep in sheep's clothes, a wolf who thinks he can pull the wool over the eyes. he's assured us it's not intended for nuclear weapons. any of you rouhani thinks he can have his yellow cake and eat it, too. israel will not allow iran to get nuclear weapons. if israel is forced to stand alone, israel will stand alone. >> reporter: the moment the speech ended an iranian diplomat fired back with some threatening words of his own. >> the israeli prime minister had better not even think about attacking iran. let alone planning for that. >> reporter: the fiery exchange

highlights the challenge the u.s. will face in bringing its closest ally in the region israel on board with any potential agreement on iran's nuclear program. >> it doesn't necessarily mean it's a deal made in heaven for the israelis. but it seems to me either there will be a deal that broadly meets both of those concerns or there will be no deal at all. >> reporter: the iranian officials had a stinging one-liner for president obama as well. the foreign minister reacting to the president's comment that only stiff sanctions brought iran to the table. tweeted that obama's remarks were, quote, disrespectful and macho. not quite the phone call from last friday. there may be an opening with discussions but distrusts remains. a team of international inspectors is now in syria to begin overgoing the destruction of chemical weapons. the group has nine months to

complete its mission which is to locate, seize and destroy all of the al assad regime's estimated 1,000 tons of chemical weapons. north korea saying its nuclear program could never be a bargaining chip. the north korean officials speaking at the united nations general assembly blamed the, quote, hostile policy of the united states for continuing tensions on the korean peninsula. and we're learning now about the economic fallout from the deadly attack at the west gate shopping mall in nairobi kenya. moodie's predicts it will cost kenya between $200 million, and $250 million in lost tourism revenue alone. 65 people died in that attack. >> let's get a look at the weather with chad myers. >> good morning. houston, st. louis, memphis

there will be thunderstorms around especially the afternoon and seattle as you get going. low clouds this morning, planes may have to separate just a little bit. there are the scattered showers head down to new orleans. there's something developing in the caribbean that we're going to have to watch. it could have implications for the gulf of mexico. partly cloudies across the northeast. pleasant in new york. 84. nice day in dallas. shower it's in east and showers at memphis. an 8-year-old tennessee boy being hailed a hero for saving his family and his neighbors from that. it was a raging apartment fire. jonathan bent said he was sleeping at an elderly neighbor's apartment when her screams awoke him. the third grader went knocking on neighbors' doors as the building started to go up in flames. >> she said jonathan, jonathan, and her cigarette dropped and it

caught fire. i seen fire and flames everywhere. >> i never had a hero, but i do know -- >> oh, gosh. >> that is awesome. >> fantastic, thanks to jonathan and the firefighters, everyone in the apartment building managed to get out safely. >> that some other should be so proud. >> with fire drills in the school, sometimes they know better than adults do because they're much more attune to the right ways of doing it. >> yeah, we just panic. all right, coming up -- >> my husband got off his bike to help the guy. and whatever he did, he got scared he peeled off and he paralyzed my husband on the way. >> biker foiling going bad. two men arrested on a frightening incident caught on camera. but the controversy of just who attacked whom is just beginning. >> the first thing that went

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1111 all right. welcome back to "early start" everyone. two bikers are under arrest

following the violent confrontation between a group of motorcyclists and a drive of an suv in new york city. police, they're still investigating. a video posted online, though, has been viewed more than 1 million times on youtube. the story now from cnn's randi kaye. >> reporter: you are watching video from a motorcycle helmet cam untodaying in realtime. it was posted on youtube. what you're about to see will change lives forever. the drive of suv, out for a drive with his wife and 2-year-old daughter, bumps the rear of a motorcycle in front of him there. see it there? in response, dozens motorcyclist surround the range rover departmenting it. police say the motorcyclists may all be members of a group known as the hollywood stunts. watch as the suv's driver

barrels through the mob, hitting three more motorcycle riders. now, watch it again. police say the driver feared for his life. the conflict now escalates. the motorcycles chase the suv. when they catch up to it, one biker opens the door of the suv. but the driver quickly floors it. this time, he gets away. eventually, he's forced off the west side highway and on to the streets of manhattan. stuck in traffic, the range rover has nowhere to go. and the mother cyclists know it. first, one rips off his helmet and uses it to bash in the driver's window. two quickly join him all in rage. just before they pull the driver out car the videotape ends. >> he's taken out of the car, he is assaulted. he received some stitches at columbia presbyterian hospital. >> reporter: police say the

driver's face was slashed but his wife and young daughter were not injured. the driver was treated and released but not this man seen here in this facebook photo. his name is edwin mees and his family said the suv drive hit him on his motorcycle. he's from northern massachusetts, diane is his wife. >> my husband got off his bike to help the guy. whatever he did, he got scared, he went peeled off and he paralyzed my husband on the way. >> reporter: mees is in the music business. they set up this facebook page for him. the couple have two children, ages 15 and 9. his mother. >> i'm devastated all his ribs fractured. he's still on the ventilator. >> reporter: the suv driver hasn't been charged with

anything but police have charged 28-year-old christopher cruz with reckless endangerment, reckless menacing and endangering the welfare of achild police believe he was struck and then assaulted by two other bikers. police are looking at video footage to try to determine if any other charges will be filed in this case. randi kaye, cnn, new york. 17 minutes past the hour. the airport in jacksonville florida resuming normal operations. the airport was evacuated for reports of suspicious packages. authorities say one device was found and rendered safe. it caused nerve-racking moments for those inside. >> that's where a lot of people started ducking behind -- workers started ducking behind where the luggage goes and people were running out of the airport. >> some say planes had to be

diverted and passenger taken from the ground were put up in hotels. authorities in colorado blame moisture for dislodging huge boulders in a rock slide that have killed five hiker. authorities have recovered the five bodies. the only survivor 13-year-old grace sy johnson was dug out. she told her her father shielded her from the falling rocks. the family says the community is still in a state of shock. >> absolutely. how you cannot, you know? such an unexpected event. there's no way not to veins of shock. >> gracie johnson's mother, father and sister were among those killed in the rock slide. >> do no harm. that was the testimony of a top bp executive on the stand tuesday in the trial of that massive 2010 oil spill in the gulf of mexico. james dupree said the company was guided by fears of making

matters even worse. when they scrapped the initial plan to cap the well, that well was revived, ultimately succeeded. officials believe bp should have stop the hemorrhaging much sooner. a civil trial could bring billions of dollars in penalties. this is the best story file. two would-be thieves in tennessee foiled by a foil, this national fencing instructor, franco scarlusa, he was in a parking lot. this is a dramatic re-enactment. he had just left fencing practice and was in full dress when he sprang into action. >> i charged towards them holding my epiup high. yelling at hem. i kept yelling for the entire thing. they completely panicked dropped everything they stole and really took off. >> the epee is the name for the

sword. i think it was the pants. a guy in strange white pants. we're out of here. they were named michael butt and zachary johnson. >> can this story get any better? >> they're in jail. >> the best part, it's a dramatic re-enactment. do you mind running through the parking lot again with the sword in your hand? there we go. right past the camera, well done. >> that is a great story. >> it's fantastic. coming up, not fantastic, hundreds of thousands furloughed. national monuments closed. but could the government shutdown also cause a collapse in the housing market? special guest mary belle joins us after the break.

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bringing good news. >> some of it's good news. it's fun news. >> we're talking government shutdown lately, right? the government shutdown was also the first day of the new obama care insurance exchanges. so there was a lot of interest in the state and federally run marketplaces. here's the thing, there were also glitches, delays and also crashes. this is coming from "usa today" some of the technical problems were because of high traffic. lots of people trying to get on that site. the director of centers for medicaid and medicare said almost 3 million people visited government.gov, that site, the first day. also people trying to get mortgages. problems could arise with vendors trying to get in there trying to get social security numbers and accessing irs transcripts. that's what they need to do to process loans. even though the faa says it will still accept loans, the agency

is down to 10% of its size. bloomberg says the department of agriculture won't take on new business during the shutdown. the department backs mortgages in rural areas and this is not who the housing recovery needs now. i do have fun news. this is where business meets gains. okay, the uk company behind the popular online game candy crush saga is preparing for an ipo. okay, a source familiar with the deal, king, king's the company that does this. they filed the ipo in new york saying it plans to list on nasdaq. it's reported to be worth about $5incredible? >> yes. the company's signature game is candy crush saga. and king's games are played more than 1 billion times a day. do you play?

>> no, my daughter does. i was sitting in a salon, there were three women on their ipads playing. the angry birds guys are worth like 78 katrillion dollars. is this what the candy crush people are hoping for? >> this is what they're hoping for. their games are challenging and a sense of achievement. >> great to have you. appreciate it. the government shutdown entering its second full day. coming up, what congress is doing to solve the problem. >> nothing. >> the fury of families furloughed. and the little known congressman many say is behind all of this. that's coming up next. [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar it's not a candy bar. 130 calories 7 grams of protein the fiber one caramel nut protein bar.

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i believe that i'm representing the will of the people, the overwhelming majority say that they don't want the bad effects of this law to be placed in their lap. >> so he may be the man who caused the shutdown.

a congressman in office for only eight months making a big name for himself. meet the man many are calling the man behind this whole thing. >> when it comes down -- almost immediately he fires. >> a driver ducking gunfire catches the gunman who tries to run him off the road. >> shot it, it bounced and it hit my chest. >> so, that's a minnesota man lucky to be alive after accidentally shooting a nail into his heart. you thought you had problems. >> wow. >> would you, wiw, i don't have bad. >> all right. welcome back to "early start." i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm john berman. it's 30 minutes past the hour, that hour 4:00 a.m. on the east.

>> there's plenty of heat, right, but there's no light in washington. as the federal government enters the shutdown two day. they have 800,000 federal employees off the job. >> one faction of one party in one house of congress, in one branch of government shut down major parts of the government, all because they didn't like one law. >> neither the senate democratic majority or the president of the united states have any interest whatsoever into entering into any discussions about how to resolve this impasse. >> my goodness, they won't even sit down and have a discussion about this. >> house republicans tried but failed to pass bills that would have funded portions of the government. >> meantime, uncertainty looms for the families of some 800,000 federal workers facing furloughs. people will inspect our airplanes, our cars, our food,

all facing the prospect of being told to go home unsure when they will be paid again. >> i don't get paid i go home. on the good side, i get to spend more time with moye daughter. on the flip side, i might not get paid. >> real people, folks. the shutdown could cost furloughed workers $1 billion in salary. the overall impact, if they prolong the shutdown, tens of billions of dollars. >> there's so many people affected. the museums and national parks closed for viewing. some of the visitors turned away at national park tuesday including tourists who have come from around the world to see one of america's scenic treasures. >> i was really upset. i have been watching it for the past couple days. >> we've come through canada and yellowstone was one of the magical places we wanted to see. >> a lot of people in national

parks are upset. >> it's shameful that the elected officials can't agree. >> nearly 6,000 people typically visit yellowstone. >> watching the approval ratings go down to record lows. take a look at the latest cnn poll. 68% say shutting down the government for even a few days is a bad idea. some say it's a good idea when it comes to support for men and women of congress who brought this debacle or helped it along. just look at the the approval rating. 10% support for congress. >> president obama defiantly telling house republicans to open the government. while house speaker john boehner made another legislative gambit to force hands. who is behind the standstill? it might be a name you haven't heard before.

>> reporter: he's been in congress all of eight months. john boehner's been there 22 years but it's mark meadows a former sunday school and restaurant owner. it started with a letter meadows sent to bohner in late august urging the speaker the shutdown. he got 79 house republicans to sign huss letter and boehner had to listen. >> we were cold congressman meadows wasn't available to speak to us. he told cnn.com that his intent was never to shut down the government. but he also made clear in an interview with a local affiliate in his home district just who and what tops his priority list. >> reporter: meadows said stopping obama care is priority number one and the people in his district come first. >> i believe i'm representing the will of the people. the overwhelming majority say

that they don't want the bad effects of this law to be placed in their lap. so i'm fightinging on their behalf, and believe that i'm representing them according to what they elected me to do. >> reporter: and what the tea party wants him to do, jane bellalo said they thoroughly vetted meadows with an interview. >> there are some who argue he's too much in your back pocket? >> our representatives, i don't care if they're republicans, democrats, independents, i don't care who we are, they're supposed to represent we the people. they're supposed to adhere to constitutional principles. that's what we want. that's what we're going to hold them accountable to. >> reporter: now analysts say meadows' hand is strengthened in his district and possibly beyond. and that could open up possibilities whether it's a future leadership role in the house or a statewide bid in north carolina. >> reporter: but analysts say he could be hurting the party's

broader chances in 2016. he's drawing other republican entice perception problem nationally. this may be good for mark meadows but it could hurt folks like chris christie and marco rubio in three years. brian todd, cnn, washington. a stunning turn of events in two national coal cases spanning decades. an elderly couple in custody, they are suspects in two murder investigations. police charged the 74-year-old alice udin of killing her husband. the husband is expected of killing his first wife and two children. neighbors are just shocked. >> they're good people. we've known them for about 12 years now. they're the kind of neighbors you'd lean over your fence and talk about your chickens with. >> the couple reportedly raised

two adult children regularly attending church in a small town. now they face extradition to wyoming to undergo murder allegations for more than 30 years. a bloody rampage tour through a new york city park tuesday. an emotionally disturbed homes man wielding scissors slashed two people and including a 2-year-old boy. witnesses describe a scene of utter chaos. >> people are like don't go there. don't go there. there's a man stabbing people. and so we saw the cops move up. and we walksed over to the area and we saw them tackle the guy to the ground. and the woman who had been stanned was at this point in the cop car and she had been screaming. >> this random attack began when a man jumped out and stabbed a

30-year-old woman in the chest. the attacker is in custody and all of the injured are expected to survive. extreme road rage caught on tape. police say the man scene here pointing a gun at a fellow motorist is a doctor. 51-year-old perrin dobyns is charged with reckless endang endangerment. >> he pulls out a gun and fires, almost immediately he fires. when i saw the gun come up, i just hit the brake and he missed me. >> police say the cell phone video helped bring about a quick arrest. dobyns has reportedly been suspended from his job as a doctor in a prison. to the central florida coast now where a small plane turned state road 415 into a runway.

we keep seeing this boulware ended up parking the mentor trainer an equestrian club's driveway. he told them he took the plane on a test flight for the owner who brought it to the shop for maintenance. he and a mechanic on board are okay. state lawmakers say they plan to present a bill to legalize it there. after a montgomery county court appealed a state law to stop issuing marriage licenses to gays. jerry brown has signed a new banning so-called revenge porn. when someone posts naked pictures of an ex, online. the penalty, six months in jail. supporters say the move is

essential because technology has outdated the law. >> this is why i only dated on the east coast. >> really? chad myers has a look at early weather and airport delays across the country. good morning. good morning, everyone i'm meteorologist chad myers. taking a look at airport delays, houston, st. louis, and memphis, thunderstorms around especial through the afternoon, seattle, as you get going, low clouds planes may have to separate a little bit. there are scattered showers in the ohio valley right on down to the new orleans. there's something developing in the caribbean that we're going to watch later on in the weekend. it could have implications for the gulf of mexico, especial saturday into sunday if it gets its act together. partly cloudy across the northeast, pleasant day in new york, 84. they're calling him the luckiest man alive. this morning, 58-year-old eugene racko is lucky to be alive.

no question about it. the self-employed minnesota carpenter shot himself in the heart with a nail gun, and he lived to tell about it. >> i was holding it like this, shot the nail in and it bounced and hit my chest and went off again. >> the nail missed several key structures in his heart by only millimeters. >> the lord saved my life. it was his doing, you know. the nail could have went either direction. we could be at a funeral. >> that's amazing. do not shoot yourself in the heart with a nail gun. doctors performed open heart surgery. they didn't an amazing job doing that surgery. two days later -- >> two days later? >> two days later, he was at home with his wife. please, take it easy. you see his daughter there, clearly, they're thrilled to have him. >> look at the nail. >> you've got to be kidding me.

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"early start" everyone. it's time for prime time pop. the top stories or bottom story, dpen depending how you look at it. the government shutdown. >> erin burnett spoke to peter king. last night he took direct aim at the president. >> what john boehner is trying to do keep the party united as much as he can. it's a tough spot he's in. let me just say i've been critical of republicans. it's time for president obama to get engaged. whether it's our fault or not, the republican party or not, he can't just stand back. i'm calling for him to get involved. republicans have to be more responsible. this wing of 30 or 40 people that are driving us over the cliff has to end. we have to stop listening to ted cruz. it's time for the president to get engaged.

team people out of work. this can't be allowed to go on. this is madness. >> whether the madness continues also that issue with anderson cooper. he spoke with connecticut democrat john larson who angrily berated republicans. look at that arm pumping. last night he was on the defensive. >> the white house is willing to negotiate and they're willing to sit down with any aspect of obama care. what they're not willing to do is shut down the government and have a gun pointed at their head and say, look, get rid of obama care or we're going to shut down the government. the president is more than willing to sit down and has on numerous occasions. let's be honest, this is a negotiation that the republican party is having with itself. washington warned about this. when you have excessive spirit, most importantly when you have a party within a party whose intent is to be at war with its own government. to take down the government

itself. that's unfortunately what's happening. finally, piers morgan spoke with white house press secretary jay carney on whether a one-on-one with the president and speaker boehner is inevitable. >> what is inevitable is that congress has the responsibility to fund the government. to pass bills that keep the government open. and congress has the responsibility to pass the bill to raise the debt ceiling so that the united states does not, for the first time in its history, default on its obligations. you know, the president's position is clear. he has been all year and continues to be eager and willing to sit down with lawmakers of both parties to work out a longer, broader budget compromise. that funds our priorities, invests in our future. and reduces our deficit. continuing the work that he's done since he took office in reducing the deficit by more than half. but what he won't do is

negotiate under threat of shutdown, or threat of default. >> so the government shutdown even extend into the world of sports now. folks. >> this is getting serious. andy scholes joins us with the big game that is now being postponed. that next in "bleacher report." which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade.

all right. the government shutdown now getting really serious. >> yes. >> spilling over into the world of sports and it could put a college football game, several of them, in jeopardy this weekend. >> andy scholes explains why the "bleacher report." what's going on? >> good morning, guys. this weekend, air force is scheduled to play navy. and army is supposed to play at boston college. but because of the shutdown, both of those games might not happen. the defense department temporarily suspended competition at the academies

tuesday after the shutdown. a spokesperson at the defense department said they're trying to determine they're trying to determine if they can fund travel for the games with nongovernment money. air force and navy have played every year since 1972. this game, of course, it's a she sellout. the final decision is expected tomorrow afternoon at the latest. for the first time in 21 years, the pittsburgh pirates hit the field for a postseason game. the buccos hosting the n.l. card matchup. pirates jumped on johnny cueto early. and they never looked back. francisco liriano spanished seven straight innings. pittsburgh wince. they go on to play their division rivalsed cardinals in the division series. you'll see that hockey season has started. last night, the chicago blackhawks kicked off the season raising the championship banner showing off their new fancy rings. >> yea!

>> i'm sure you're happy about this. >> i love them. >> blackhawks won the game as well. off to a good start. 6-4 over washington. and in case you're wondering, zoraida, the blackhawks are again the favorite to win it all this year. >> blah, blah, blah. >> we're not talking about the boston red sox, is that why? >> i don't know you're from chicago. you only say it a hundred times every show. let's talk about the pirates, they won last night convincingly. that was super exciting. >> awesome, awesome to see the pirates fans getting postseason success after 20 straight losing seasons. now, they get to play the cardinals who, of course, they're very familiar with playing so many times this year in n.l. central matchups. i'm excited to see them in the postseason. of course, we haven't seen them in a long time. >> a.j. burnett takes the mound for the pirates. back from the dead. that's very nice to see. andy scholes, always good to see you. thank you, my friend.

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♪ welcome back to "early start." looking at the top cnn trends, rapper jay z opening up about life as a father and his drug-dealing past. in a november issue of "vanity fair" jay z says his 18-month-old daughter blue ivy loves her mother beyonce's music like everybody. >> in the end, had credits drug dealing with making him a good businessman. he said i know about budgets. i was a drug dealer, to be in a drug deal you need to know what you can spend, what you need to re-up. >> i interviewed a guy in chicago who also had a past as a drug dealer, he was a savvy businessman.

he said the key for him was not to actually get involved on the drugs. >> you don't rely on your own supply. >> that's what i heard. youtube, rolling out the red carpet of its own during the awards show. the largest video sharing website announced it's going to have its first ever music award show on november 3rd. the award will take place in new york city and be hosted by jason schwartzman. vote will go commence on youtube and other social media sites. lady gaga, eminem and arcade fire are going to highline the show. britney spears getting back to work. she just debuted the video for her new single. it has leather-clad dancers. it has everything, even mannequins and sharks.

>> the 31-year-old struts her stuff in revealing outfits as well. you can take a longer look at that. her eighth album drops in december. she's also rehearsing her two year residency in las vegas. she looks amazing. >> congratulations, britney spears, way to go. >> you can look at her all day, couldn't you? >> i just think she's talented. i love her music. >> right. "early start" continues right now. pass the budget, prevent the government shutdown. pay your bills, prevent an economic shutdown. don't wait, don't delay. >> my goodness, they won't even sit down and have a discussion about this. workers furloughed, monuments closed and an agreement in washington. nowhere in sight. your government at work, ladies and gentlemen. >> every new law, every new

product rollout, there are going to be glitches in the signup process along the way that we will address. >> obama care ready for customers, that is, if you can manage to logon. the first thing that went through my head, somebody should do something. i didn't want to be a hypocrite who, you know, just tweeted about it. a real life epee-wielding superhero. a fencing coach springs into action when he sees two crooks robbing a couple on the street. a dramatic re-enactment. welcome to "early start." i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm john berman. it's 5:00 in the east. >> if there's any light at the end of the tunnel, it's really hard to see it. mean time, the blame game is in full swing. president obama accusing house

republicans an ideological problem with health care. we get more from cnn's brianna keilar. >> reporter: the impasse in congress is no closer to being vee solved this morning. >> the motion to table is agreed to. >> reporter: with nearly 800,000 federal employees off their jobs for a second day, president obama is blaming tea party republicans for shutting down the government over their objections to obama care. >> they demanded ransom just for doing their job. >> reporter: he's urging congress to act. >> allow the public servants who have been sent home to return to work. >> reporter: tuesday night, house republicans tried to fund the government peace meal, starting with veterans, national parks and the city of washington, d.c. >> we're ready to talk. and they have rejected that. and we have to send that back every day. >> reporter: their first attempt failed. most democrats voting no. >> this is a waste of time. it's not going anyplace.

>> reporter: what's worst, we're about to hit the debt ceiling. treasury secretary jack lew again warned congress if it doesn't raise the government's ability to pay its debts it will default october 17th. gop leaders blamed democrats for refusing to sit down and negotiate. >> my goodness, they won't even sit down and have a discussion. >> reporter: president obama said his signature program isn't up for discussion. >> affordable care act is still open for business, and it sheer to stay. >> reporter: frustrated taxpayers made sure their voices were heard, too. >> i'm tired of a congress that can't govern this country. you guys are worthless. >> reporter: brianna keilar, cnn, washington. the shut down has closed museums, parks and monuments but barricades at washington's world war ii memorial they were not enough to stop a group of wheelcha wheelchair-bound veterans. they broke past that barricade and toured that site. >> well, it fills you with pride

and makes you proud that you're pat of it it. >> the veterans were part of the minnesota coast honor flight which helps fly the veterans to the monuments to view. a courthouse scramble with government workers seeking to postpone trials across the country. some requests were granted. others denied. judges refused to halt two big cases one challenging the u.s. airways merger and another involving bank of america. in the midst of the first government shutdown in 17 years, the affordable care act or obama care, made its debut. and almost as soon as the health exchanges opened for businesses, the problems, the glitches, the snags, they began. cnn's tom foreman followed that. >> reporter: obama care hoped to launch with a bang, it's been more like a sputter. look at all of these states across the country where people

have experienced some problems with the websites as they tried to look into and sign up with the programs. some of the producers checked out the system. in new york, they received a message that said the system was suffering from an internal server error. in maryland, the web page was not available. in new mexico, they had problems as well. and in washington, the whole thing just froze up and the state had to shut it down for trouble shooting. still, the team got through just fine in kentucky and oregon and other places. while the problems are widespread they do not appear to be universal. one person may find an issue in the staple state, maybe not. 36 states have opted out of obama care and haven't established their insurance marketplaces. and this is the message that many people received from the federal site. we have a lot of visitors on our site right now. we're working to make your experience better. please wait here until we send

you to the log-in page. so on and so forth. this smasive complicated prime minister and president obama said he expected glitches. just listen. >> consider that just a couple weeks ago, apple rolled out the mobile operating system. within days they found a glitch and they fixed it. i don't remember anybody saying apple should stop selling ipads or iphones. >> department released a statement that said we have built a dynamic system and we are prepared to make adjustments as needed and improve the customer experience. it looks like a fair number of adjustments to be made. but it is just the beginning. and the signup here will go for at least six months. we'll see where they wind up. five minutes past the hour. a team of international inspectors is now in syria to begin the task of overseeing the destruction of the country's chemical weapons. that group has nine months to

locate, seize, and destroy all of bashar al assad's estimated 1,000 tons of chemical weapons. the head of egypt's army calling for a quick transcription to elections in order to ensure stability there. the army chief said the current crisis necessitates speeding of the country's transitional base. meantime supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi continuingthy their protesting. a report just issued by amnesty international accusing turkey's government of massive human rights violations. it concerns attempts to crash anti-government protests in istanbul during the summer. the 0 report says more than 8,000 people were injured using live ammunition, tear gas, water cannons and plastic bullets. at least three people died from abuse of force by police. six minutes after the hour. let's do the weather, indira petersons is here.

shall we? >> shall we? did you guys like the weather yesterday? >> yes. >> maybe a couple more days then it changes. we are staying warm. that is the key. but we're going to be talking about a hint of a change. right now, high pressure still in place. we're seeing warm air up in the east. temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above normal. notice, there's a low back there and that's going to start changing our weather. into the midwest, overnight, we're starting to see showers make their way through. and if it holds through, we start to see a few showers into the northeast by friday or so. the bigger story again is going to be in the pacific northwest. notice we have another big low out here. doesn't look that impressive thinking about an inch of rain but it will start to be more impressive once it makes its way farther east. look at that trough dig down with cooler temperatures and more snow again. this time, in comparison to the last time, we could see go into

the lower elevations places like cheyenne, wyoming, snow in the mountaintops. see how cool this is, look at the temperatures, you see the temperatures really dropping as it makes it's way through. in fact, we'll see 30 "newsroom" cheyenne, talking about snow. by the way, two weeks early. >> thank you. good story here. two would-be thieves in tennessee ten foiled by a foil, get it? this nashville fencing instructor, franco scaramuzza was pulling into a shopping center tuesday night when he saw a couple getting robbed. >> here i come to save the day! >> this is a dramatic re-enact meant i have to stipulate that, because it's so corny. he was in full gear when he sprang into action. >> i charged towards them holding my epee up high. yelling at them. i kept yelling through the entire thing.

they completely panicked. dropped everything they stole and really took off. >> the epee, by the way, is the sword he was wielding. the menacing sword with the menacing pants. didn't take too long to catch the two suspects. they were named michael butt and zachary johnson. they're in jail at $50,000 bond each and the shame of having their crime foiled by the fencing instructor. >> you picked that story? >> it was great. kudos to him. >> look, i'd be scared if somebody came at me with a sword. i don't know what, but i'm out of there. coming up -- >> everybody was lined up, and they said, okay, we have the buses. we're going to take you out of here 30 at a time. there's about 300 of us. everybody kind of looked around, it's like who goes. what's the deal? >> it was chaotic when the jacksonville airport is shut down. it's evacuated. the threat that caused that big

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welcome back to "early start," everyone. new details about the massive rock slide in colorado that killed five hikers. the lone survive, a 13-year-old girl. she was saved by her father who protected her from the falling boulders sacrificing his own life for hers. we get more from cnn's kyung lah. ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: hundreds filled the football stadium to remember the coaches who decided them and the young friends lost. ♪ five members of the same family, all crushed under boulders the size of cars. the only survivor, 13-year-old

grace sy faith johnson, her leg broken, but pulled out alive by a first responder. >> he didn't see gracie at first, he heard somebody screaming and he was able to start digging. >> reporter: gracie's miraculous survival celebrated at this high school as they mourned the lost. dwayne johnson, an leb transition, coached football part time. his wife donna waited tables at two restaurants to support her family and helped coach the track team. gracie's sister was a senior here. and the johnson's two nephews, paris and beigen were visiting from missouri. the family decided to go hiking on this popular trail recommended in guide books for children. the sheriffs said the recent heavy rains loosened the boulders. the reason gracie is alive, her father saw the boulders coming. >> gracie told the deputy is

that her father shielded her from boulders and pushed her out of the way. >> doesn't surprise me one bit. dwayne, he would have done that four. not knowing you, if you would have just been close enough to you and saw them coming he would have done the same thing for you. >> reporter: the final act of fatherhood cherished by a child and a community. kyung lah, cnn, bella vista, colorado. what a tragic story. 15 minutes past the hour. back to business at jacksonville, florida. the airport was evacuated for a time last night after a report of suspicious packages they say. that led to chaotic moments inside. >> that's when people started ducking, a lot of workers started ducking where your luggage would go and people started running out of the airport. >> police say the bomb squad recovered one device that was rerned safe. that incident caused some arriving aircraft to be diverted

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♪ welcome back to "early start," everyone. it is "money time" which means christine romans is here. >> i know it's green day but it's red arrows this morning. we've got futures down pretty sharp. watch for that here. the market's had a day to think about it, as far as futures are concerned, investors don't like the idea of a day two of a shutdown. a day of economic insecurity. watch stocks and 4 o 1 ks. the major markets closed higher yesterday. as i've been saying this is a treacherous time for stock investors. you're up 15%, 20% in your stocks so far this year. there's a lot of room for

washington to screw it up. i want to talk about apple. those investors had a very good day yesterday. you likely own the stock. a widely owned stock in your 401(k). the billionaire carl icahn tweeted that he had a good day with cook. that would put money in apple investor pockets. apple's stock immediately jumped 2.4%. apple shares up 22% since the end of june. that chart you that see right there is the chart that is the apple of investors' eyes after suffering the last couple years. time is running out in this drama in washington. the treasury secretary warned that he was running out of extraordinary measures to keep the government humming in a letter to congress yesterday, jack lew said there are no other legal or prudent options to extend the nation's borrowing authority. he's running out. if the debt is nod raised by

mid-october the u.s. will default on its debts. that's something that jack lew has said can be catastrophic. we always pay our bills on time. every time. the ten-year treasury sat 6.23%. that's what we watch for signs of stress about all of this. we're going to have a report that bond traders will be looking for as far as jobs report numbers, we think they're going to be looking at it. the forecast is $180,000 jobs created. and the unemployment rate is 7.3%. we're not sure if that's going to be released if the government is shutdown. you could see a situation that the white house said look we need a skeleton staff to get the report out. a lot of statisticians have been told to go home. a lot of economists have been told to go home. another sign how crazy it is. just something that we rely on as a sign post for what's happening in the economy. crazy. by the way, federal workers who

are furloughed you can collect jobless benefits but you'll have to return the money later if you end up getting a paycheck. >> oh, wow. >> it's a little complicated. >> with shutdowns in the past, workers are paid retroactive. >> in the meantime, how do you survive? >> right. a lot of federal workers said, look, we've had shrinking salaries, bonus increases. and i want to talk about bill gates, it looks like there might be a evolve building against bill gates. reuters said 3 of the top 20 microsoft investors are lobbying the board to press bill gates to step down as microsoft's chairman. those investors are concerned that his presence on the board effectively locked the adoption of strategies to make changes. remember, they're pointing to

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everyone's angry. i mean, angry. >> fed up and furious, too. the government shutdown only in its second day, bringing plenty of outrage from washington, d.c. and way beyond. he pulls out a gun and fires, almost immediately he fires. >> this happened. a driver ducking gunfire catches the criminal on camera who tried to run him off the road. >> i was holding it like this, and it shot the nail in. and it bounced and it hit my

chest. >> a minnesota man really lucky to be alive after accidentally shooting a nail right into his heart. >> you said you thought you had problems. that guy shot a nail into his heart. he's doing fine. >> two days later he's with his family. welcome back to "early start," everyone. i'm john berman. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. 30 minutes past the hour. there's plenty of heat and no light and certainly no progress in the federal government shutdown enters a second day. both sides blaming each other for the shutdown that has 800,000 federal employees off the job. >> one faction of one party in one house of congress in one branch of government shut down major parts of the government. all because they didn't like one law. >> neither the senate or democratic majority or the president of the united states have any interest whatsoever in entering into any discussions about how to resolve this

impasse. >> my goodness, they won't even sit down and have a discussion about this. >> republicans have said the democrats won't talk. but republicans will not budge off their insistence that democrats derail, defund or somehow delay the affordable care act. meanwhile, republicans failed in their efforts to fund certain parts of government of their choosing. >> how do you feel about all of this? >> i think it's lack -- i think it's embarrassing that the government can't come up with solutions about this. >> many people are angry about the government shutdown. not the least of them, veterans they were set to have a memorial marking their service. >> reporter: well, john and zoraida, it took thousands of dollars of donations to get these veterans. here they weren't going to allow a piece of tape, red or yellow

keep them out. world war ii veterans came to see the washington memorable. >> i don't get it. i'm furious. >> reporter: members of congress seemed surprised but when they vote to shut down the federal government, monuments, too. >> i can walk around up here, why can't i walk around down there? it makes no sense. >> reporter: that's exactly what some are saying about negotiations on capitol hill. >> i feel like our government is wasting our taxpayer money. >> reporter: onlookers applauded as the veterans broke past the barricade. >> well, they fill you with pride and make you proud that you were part of it. >> reporter: lawmakers who came to greet the vets also laid blame for those barricades. >> this is a spiteful decision that was ordered from white house. >> reporter: but politicians made no mention of their own role. >> we're trying to protect the

lives and health care of these wonderful veterans who did for us -- >> reporter: but as they postured within a mile of the memorial, thousands of federal workers were being furloughed. >> everyone's angry. i mean, angry. >> reporter: sent home without pay, they're scared for themselves and their co-workers. >> i just bought a house. i just need to make a mortgage payment. >> reporter: angry, worried and incredibly frustrated. >> because i don't see why we the people should really suffer because of this disagreement. >> and the thing is, flights and hotels are already booked for a dozen more veterans' trips over the next week. park officials say they are looking for guidance on how to handle those. translation -- we can't believe the folks in charge left us here to block elderly veterans from entering an open concrete space.

john, zoraida. >> our thanks to chris lawrence for that. while the government closed obama care, the affordable care act, a key part of it was open for business for the first time. millions of visitors on day one overwhelmed the system of the insurance exchanges causing delays and computer crashes. government officials say 2.8 million people visited the healthcare.gov website with 80 million reaching out to call centers and 60,000 with live chats. there were a number of glitches and snags, though, to say the least. other news, it was a stunning turn of events in two national cold cases. an elderly missouri couple is in custody, suspect in two murder inversions. police charged the 74-year-old with shooting her ex-husband in the head and dumping his body in an abandoned mine.

and 74-year-old man is charged with killing his ex-wife and two children. neighbors who knew them as a elderly couple are shocked. >> they were just good people. we've known them for 12 years now. they're the kind of neighbors you'd lean over the fence and talk about your chickens with. >> the couple raised two adult children regularly attending a small church in a small town. now they're answering allegations unpunished for more than 30 years. a bloody rampage tore through a park in new york sunday. a man wielding scissors stabbed two people and a 2-year-old. in a beautiful park on the west side, home to young parents and young kids. witnesses described the scene as utter chaos. >> people are like don't go there. don't go there. there's a man stabbing people. so we saw the cops move up.

and we walked over to the area we saw them tackle a guy to the ground. the woman who had been stabbed was at this point in the cop car and she had been screaming. this random attack began when a man jumped out and stabbed a 30-year-old woman in the chest. this attack lasted ten minutes. the attacker is now in custody. all are expected to survive. extreme road rage caught on tape. police say the man seen here pointing a gun at a fellow mo t motorist. he's a doctor, folks, 51-year-old perrin dobyns charged with wanton indangerment. >> he comes down and pulls out a gun and fires. almost immediately he fires. when i saw the gun come up, i hit the brake handy missed me. >> police say the cell phone video helped to bring about the quick arrest. daub bins has reportedly been suspended from this job as a

doctor in a prison. he faces up to five years in prison himself. and now to a florida coast where a state road 415 into a runway. james boulware ended up parking the plane in an equestrian club's driveway. he told them they he took that plane on a test flight for the owner who brought it to his shop for maintenance. he and his mechanic on board are okay. pennsylvania supreme court is taking up same-sex marriage. the county court has appealed a lower court's order to stop issuing licenses for gay married couples. the order argues legal errors. it knocked down a key part of the defense of marriage act in june. remember to keep your cool after a breakup in california. governor jerry brown has signed a brand-new law banning so-called revenge porn. that's when someone posts naked

pictures of an ex online. the penalty is six months in jail or $1,000 fine. supporters say this law is ex essential since technology has outpaced the law. they are calling him the luckiest man alive. i'd call it an understatement. 58 years eugene racco insanely lucky. the carpenter shot himself in the heart with a nail gun and he lived to talk about it. i was holding it like this and shot the nail in, and bounced and hit my chest and wednesday off agai went off again. >> and the lord saved my life. it's his doing. you know, the nail could have went either direction, we could be at a funeral. >> doctors performed open heart surgery. they had to obviously delicately and gingerly remove the nail. two days later, this man home with his wife and his seven

children. he's been ordered to take it easy for the next three months. can you imagine? >> that must be the structure that he was building. we keep on showing pictures of it. a fine job he was doing, right? >> a fine carpenter but the nails go in the wood, my friend. he wants to go back to work. >> oh, my gosh, i would say hire someone on that one. let's take a look at what's coming up on "new day," chris cuomo and kate bolduan join us. what's going on? >> there's clearly a reason i've never used one of those. >> more gun than nail. lucky for him, he's okay. obviously, we're going to be talking this morning about the shutdown. we have an interesting development going on. we're going to are republican congressman mike grimm on. he's said he's ready to sign a clear resolution. he's ready to fund the government and deal with the obama care act afterwards.

he said there's a growing number like him in the party. could this be the end in sight? and the citizens outraged about the shutdown. no group more articulate than the ones we sit down with today. they're only 9 years old. the kitty cabinet. >> hope congress is listening. you remember the daredevil who threw through a rock formation in china. it's heart-stopping to even see from afar. i believe the rock transformation was ten feet wide at one point. his name is jeb corliss and he's talking to us about this amazing feat and what he's going to take on next. >> that man more sane than congress and those kids, more mature than congress. we'll see you in a bit. >> and coming up -- >> my husband got off his bike to help the guy. whatever he did, he got scared. he went, peeled off, and he

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ventilator. >> my husband got off his bike to help the guy. whatever he did, he got scared, he went, peeled off and he paralyzed my husband on the way. >> the driver of the suv has not been charged but nypd commissioner ray kelly is not ruling it out. crazy story. crazy pictures there. >> tragic, right? >> totally. 45 minutes after the hour. let's get a check of the weather. indira petersons is here. indira. >> yeah, let's talk about tropics. crazy weather out there we're not seeing much out there but we may have something we have to watch. we have to be watching 30% chance hanging out in the caribbean. let me show you what the weather models want to do with this. it looks like some of them in the yucatanyucatan, but some of strengthening in the gulf-this is the european model. notice if it makes landfall about saturday evening, new orleans or biloxi, still an impression on this model.

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thanks so much. we'll see you later. everybody, it's time for a new day. let's get it going. ♪ republicans in the house of representatives demanded ransom just for doing their job. >> shutdown struggle. some republicans are pushing for a strategy shift that could end the shutdown as the country starts to feel the pain. why clinical trials for hundreds of sick kids could be on hold until the crisis ends. breaking overnight, a major florida airport closed down and evacuated. a destructive package found. planes grounded. passengers stranded. who is behind it? battle on the road. the shocking video that everyone's talking about. two of the bikers arrested. the family inside the car has been identified. they could face charges, too. >> your new day starts right now. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan

and michaela pereira. good morning, good morning. welcome to "new day." it's 6:00 in the east. it's wednesday all over the country. it's the second day of october, and the second day of the government shutdown. the republican party may be closer to a deal with itself. we'll tell you about that. we now know thousands of faa regulators, the people checking to make sure our planes are safe have been put on lead. so many are frustrated by congressional constipation but no group seems more articulate or concerned about it than the one you'll meet on "new day" today. the all-important message to congress. >> i say you should act better and set an example for all of the children. you're going to have like babies when they can figure it out, how come you can't? >> hmm. >> much more from this group of 9-years.