that is it for us on "new day." happy friday, everyone. we are finished up, we have the real, the classic voice of siri here. susan, why don't you toss it up. >> time for "cnn newsroom." fredricka whitfield is in for carol costello. take it away. >> siri, thank you so much! and chris, kate, michaela, all good to see you and have a great weekend. "the newsroom" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning, everybody everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. carol costello has the day off. gunshots, panic and chaos on capitol hill. >> once they catch them. what [ bleep ]? oh, my god, what the [ bleep ] is up on that? >> happening before everyone's eyes, a police car slams into a

barricade and wild high-speed chase that sent lawmakers and tourists scram being forcover. the surreal violence broke out and the woman was shot and toddler unarmed in the back seat. cnn crime and justice correspondent joe johns joins us from capitol hill. what do we know about how this unfolded, joe? >> reporter: good morning, fred. the authorities picked up a lot more information about the 19 hours or so since all of this occurred, but they still have questions about why 34-year-old miriam carey rammed that barricade down at the white house, then led police on a wild police chase up here to the united states capitol just two weeks after the navy yard shooting.

you can hear the car chase coming to an end with shots fired. two officers are injured in the chase. >> report of gunfire on capitol hill. if you are in an office building shelter in place. >> reporter: and a stunning surprise, the driver police were shooting at and killed was a woman with a small child in the back seat who was unharmed. bystanders on the street, shock and pandemonium. >> when i heard the gunfire, five or six rounds, my wife and i dropped to the ground. >> i was walking to the capitol and 30 seconds later as i hit this point there were three or four cop cars that sped past me. another 30 seconds i heard a series of loud pops, the gun going off.

>> reporter: med star hospital center says the police officer who was injured in that chase has now been released and that 1-year-old is in good condition and being held in protective custody. fred? >> joe johns, thanks so much on capitol hill. so we're learning more this morning about the woman, the driver police say instigated this very frightening chase and in the end, was shot dead behind the wheel. we now know that miriam carey was 34-year-old and that she lived in stanforstanford, conne. carey may have suffered from postpartum depression. her boyfriend said she had trouble sleeping recently and had delusions about being under surveillance. according to the source the boyfriend told police ten months ago he was worried about the safety of the couple's baby girl. joining me cnn law enforcement analyst and former d.c. detective mike brooks. investigators found a letter in carey's apartment addressed to her boyfriend and we're told it

had suspicious white material in it and that the hazmat team apprehended it. where does the investigation go from here? how do they put all of this together? >> from what they may have found in the car to what they found in the apartment i'm sure they have now a pretty good idea on what the motive for her actions yesterday were, but you know, as you and i were talking at the break, sometimes -- when i was in d.c. we used to see people who were delusional come to the white house all the time but they weren't like this. they didn't act out such as this, but as soon as she ran that barricade at 50th and 80 and struck that uniform division secret service officer and took off, right there, assault on a federal officer and she backed into another u.s. capitol police cruiser right there in garr told circle, when the first shots were fired after she took off from there and wound up at second and maryland avenue northeast by the hart senate office building where she was shot numerous times by officers. >> this at a delicate time, clearly the government shutdown

and talking about two weeks after the navy yard shooting and also in a climate where there is heightened awareness for all things or anything to indicate that something has gone awry. is it because of the climate that we're in that measures were taken to such extreme levels in this case? or is this tan ta mount to normal? >> was the use of deadly force authorized, was it necessary? i say yes. this took me back to july of 1998, two u.s. capitol police officers, officer chestnut and officer gibson were killed by a gunman who came into the u.s. capitol after running a barricade on the blah zha. after that a lot of the security measures were put in place on the capitol and after 9/11 they were enhanced even more. still those officers, u.s. capitol police officers, u.s. secret service uniformed division, metropolitan police, everyone involved yesterday they didn't know what this woman, who this woman was. did this woman have a bomb?

you don't know and they had to take the action that they had to take. >> we understand that some of these officers that responded were furloughed and it's not even clear whether they're actually going to, they voluntarily essentially came on the job, ultimate public servants. >> absolutely, and the officer i heard, the u.s. capital police officer who struck that barricade during the chase he was released from the washington hospital center last night and a little banged up but is in good condition. >> all right, frightening situation. >> it value. >> so many people witnessed and had the wherewithal to snap video and pictures, speaks to the culture and sign of the times. mike brooks appreciate that. >> thanks. the deadly end to that drama seemed to blunt some of the ugly politics of the government shutdown. as it enters its fourth day the latest example of its far reach president obama canceling his trip to asia to focus on the shutdown and approaching the deadline to avoid the crisis. brianna keilar is at the white house with more. tell us more about the

president's plans over the next few days. he was to leave this weekend, not going to happen now. >> reporter: that's right, fred and now he's wide open. remember, he was supposed to have four stops in asia, he had already pared that down, cutting out malaysia in the philippines and going for the summits in bali and brunei. now he will be staying in town this as we understand house speaker john boehner has told his republicans that he may rely on democratic votes to increase the debt ceiling. this is something that certainly some democrats have seized on but a republican aide that i spoke with insists this isn't really anything new, that of course he was going to have to rely on some democratic votes but that he didn't mean he would be abandoning his conference or a large chunk of his conference in order to increase the debt ceiling. nonetheless, that is seen by many folks as a sign of reassurance that perhaps there could be some common ground found on the debt ceiling.

house speaker john boehner made a key admission about the debt ceiling, a republican who spoke to cnn after a private meeting with house gop member said boehner informed them he will not allow a default to happen, even if it means relying on votes from democrats. >> i'm all wired up here. >> reporter: in a city that lives for an open mike moment to pull back the curtain. >> i just did cnn and just go over and over again we're willing to compromise, we're willing to negotiate. >> reporter: rand paul delivered. >> i don't think they've poll tested we won't negotiate. i think it's awful for them to say that over and over again. >> i do, too, and i just came back from the two-hour meeting with them and that was, that was basically the same view privately as it was publicly. >> if we keep saying we wanted to defund it, we fought for that but now we're willing to compromise on this, i think they

can't -- we, i think, i know we don't want to be here, but we're gonna win this i think. >> reporter: at a campaign stop in maryland, president obama pulled an ace out of his sleeve sounding an alarm for a key voting block, seniors. >> in a government shutdown social security checks go out on time. >> reporter: he explains why default is worse than an economic shutdown. >> if an economic shutdown if they don't raise the debt ceiling they don't go out on time. >> reporter: he pressured john boehner to drop obama care concessions. >> call the vote. put it on the floor and let every individual member of congress make up their own minds. and they can show the american people, are you for a shutto do or not. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with dana bash, harry reid revealed he and boehner originally struck a deal that included spending cuts.

he promised you in a private meeting that he would pass a clean bill with no strings attached particularly on obama care? >> that's why we did it. that's why we agreed to that lower number so that's one of the largest compromises since i've been in congress. that was a big deal, $70 billion just like that. and he couldn't deliver. >> reporter: maybe not surprisingly you're hearing a different story from some republican. i spoke with one aide and stick with me, this gets in the weeds a little bit, this aide said they did not agree to spending cuts, what they were talking about was a starting point for funding the government for six weeks and that included the sequester, the spending cuts currently already in place, that was $70 billion over the course of a year. of course, the agreement, the time frame for funding the government was a short term extension, not a year, it was six weeks, and the initial plan i'm told from the house that was discussed was to have two bills, one that would short term fund the government for six weeks and the other that would include defunding obama care, a vote on

defunding obama care. in the end, fred, the house combined these things together so that is a change of plan, but one house republican aide firing back at the speaker there saying that harry reid doesn't, the speaker doesn't ask harry reid's permission about what house republicans will do. we had a plan, it changed, and senator reid can deal with it but the bottom line is there are divisions among house republicans, democrats, and certainly the white house are very happy to exploit those, fred. >> all right, it just gets messier and messier, doesn't it, brianna. thank you so much. appreciate that, from the white house. so for one lawmaker, anger over the shutdown is moving from capitol hill now to the world war ii memorial which has been closed since the standoff began. here's what happened when congressman randy naugebauer faced off with one of the park rangers. >> how do you look at them and deny them access. >> it's difficult.

>> it should be difficult. >> it is difficult, sorry, sir. >> park service should be ashamed of themselves. >> i'm not ashamed. >> you should be. >> people are passing the buck. >> the memorial doesn't cost for anybody. >> i'm a 30-year federal veteran, i'm out of work, this woman is doing her job. >> the reason you are is mr. reid -- >> no, it's because the government won't do its job and pass a budget. >> oh, boy, so what naugebauer didn't mention himself, he cast a vote to delay obama care setting up this shutdown and the closure of the national parks and museums just like that one. earlier this week busloads of veterans, some in wheelchairs, some broke past the barricades and entered the memorial anyway. let's talk weather straight ahead, tropical storm karen has the gulf coast in its sights and that's where we find indra petersons, pensacola, florida, indra? >> reporter: we're live here in

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. checking our top story, dramatic dash cam video has just been released of adeadly shooting between an armed suspect and oregon police officer, this happened back in august. >> 106, i-4 eastbound, a black -- police, back in the car for me. you were speeding but right now i need you to -- sir, get back in the car for me now. sir, please get back in the car for me now. i told you, you were speeding. [ bleep ] [ gunfire ]

5326 shots fired, shots fired. 5326 shots fired. >> wow. dramatic indeed. the suspect as you saw drove off but was found about a half mile later dead inside his car with a single gunshot to the chest. the officer was also shot but did not suffer any serious injuries. incredibly the suspect actually had three kids in the car at the same time. you could see there were some shadows of someone in there, children. they were not hurt. twitter revealed plans for a billion-dollar public stock offering but some investors may be wary of twitter's numbers. the company hasn't turned a profit for any of the last three years and lost $69 million in the first six months of this year. the company also announced the ticker symbol it wants to trade

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tropical storm karen. now current conditions it has weakened, starting to break apart, currently 60-mile-per-hour winds. it still has the potential to strengthen so it could technically, although doesn't look as likely, be a category 1 hurricane. whether or not it's a tropical storm or a category 1 hurricane, you're going to be seeing the same thing. take a look at the surf here behind me, you'll start to see waves picking up over the next several hours. you're going to see the rain starting to come in, four to eight inches of rain possible, even a foot, call it 12 inches of rain the better way to say it talking about rain, possible in the area and this area has had rainfall above average all sum are lo er long. the ground is saturated. if the winds come in 70, 75 miles per hour it will uproot the trees as if it was a stronger storm because the ground really cannot hold those trees in. that is a big concern of course the rainfall, this storm surge coming in, the rip currents that will continue to come in. landfall expected late saturday into early sunday morning. so that's what we're going to be

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. police are closer to finding a motorcyclist expecting to play a key role on the biker swarm on an suv driver for support. police say they know who the biker is and expect him to be in custody soon. authorities also now have the original copy of this video which launched the encounter into the national spotlight. national correspondent susan candiotti has the latest. >> reporter: police have now tracked down the motorcyclist who shot this helmet cam video. they found him in this home in bellport, new york, questioning him and taking the video as evidence. until now we've only seen an edited version posted online,

cut off moments before alexia lien was beaten and slashed in front of his wife and 2-year-old child. "our plan last sunday was to celebrate our wedding anniversary by having a nice family day out with our 2-year-old daughter. unfortunately, instead we were placed in grave danger by a mob of reckless and violent motorcyclists." lien's wife defended her husband's decision to peel away from the crowd surrounding their suv, rolling over bikers in the process, critically injuring one. "my husband was forced under the circumstances to take the actions that he did in order to protect the lives of our entire family." cnn has learned it was mrs. lien who made the last of three 911 calls the couple made as her husband was being attacked. "we would like to thank the brave citizens who risked their own safety to intervene on our behalf. they truly helped save our lives." new video emerging today showing bikers gathering before sunday's

rally and riding on sidewalks, prompting the politicians who released it to call for more enforcement. >> i don't see why you can have 500 motorcycles that are doing wheelies and that are out of control, totally stopping traffic on the highway or on some streets and doing whatever they want. >> reporter: one of the motorcyclists, jerome davis, witnessed the confrontation and told "outfront" they're not just some wild gang. >> it's not a gang. we're not a gang. >> how would you describe it? >> as a gang? >> instead of agang, what's the right word do you think? >> family. unity. friends. >> reporter: one biker has been arrested for slowing down and causing that first collision with the suv. his lawyer says his client's not guilty. meantime police continuing to search for more witnesses and looking through videos of the incident frame by frame for every bit of evidence.

susan candiotti, cnn, new york. and still to come, it was the comment that landed harry reid in the middle of a shutdown controversy. >> but if you can help one child who has cancer, why wouldn't do you it? >> putting one against the other. >> why would we want to do that? >> the leader is speaking out to cnn about the remarks and why he thinks anarchists is the best way to describe the tea party, that's right after this break. ♪ at any minute... ...you could be a victim of fraud. most people don't even know it. fraud could mean lower credit scores, higher loan rates... ...and maybe not getting the car you want. it's a problem waiting to happen. check your credit score, check your credit report, at experian.com america's number one provider

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good morning everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm frk flk in for carol costello this morning. the government shutdown put the spotlight on the pitfalls of partisanship and for harry reid the spotlight has been harsh this week after he seemed to dismiss a republican bill that would restore funding to the national institutes of health for clinical trials for cancer treatments. conservatives pounced on the comment, some called reid sick and twisted while others claimed he was "willing to sacrifice children with cancer." reid spoke exclusively with cnn's chief congressional correspondent dana bash about

that moment and others that have shaped the past four days for him. >> reporter: first want to ask about a certain exchange you and i had that might have gotten a bit of attention. you talked about children with cancer unable to go to clinical trials. will you at least pass that and if not aren't you playing the same political games that republicans are? >> what right did they have to pick and choose what part of government is going to be funded? >> if you could help one child who has cancer, why wouldn't you do it? >> listen -- >> putting one against the other. >> why would we want to do that? i have 1,100 people at air force base that are sitting home. they have a few problems of

their own. this is -- to have someone of your intelligence suggest such a thing is irresponsible. you know, i am not known for being real articulate, but what i was trying to say is that we can't be piecemealing all this stuff. we have centers for disease control that's closed. we have thousands and thousands of women and children who are not able to get their w.h.i.p. money. we have disabled veterans who are not getting paid. we have half a million people with the defense department who are on furlough. so we have to look at everything. >> reporter: harry reid revealed he and john boehner struck a private deal in september to pass a funding bill with more spending cuts than democrats wanted. >> so we spent some more time

together and i agreed. that was really hard. my caucus didn't like that. we took a real hit. >> reporter: he promised you in a private meeting that he would pass a clean bill with no strings attached particularly on obama care? >> that's why we did it. that's why we agreed to that lower number so that's one of the largest compromises since i've been in congress. that was a big deal, $70 billion just like that. >> reporter: so what -- >> and he couldn't deliver. >> reporter: so are you saying that he misled you? are you saying that he lied? >> i think he really intended to do that, but remember what he tried to do. to get things out of the house, what he did, he agreed with me and then he stuck on it, basically repealing obama care, that was to get some votes from the so-called tea party. i was going to call them crazies but i shouldn't do that. the speaker has to be more concerned about our country than he is about his job. why else wouldn't he do this? it's because they're afraid

they'll take away his speakership. >> reporter: do you think that's what it's about, he's trying to protect his job and brought the entire government to a screeching halt just for that reason? >> john boehner knows this would pass overwhelmingly if he would let the democrats vote on it, and we know that he only needs 18 republicans, and there are certainly 18 republicans, so yes, i think the speaker has to be more concerned about our country than he is about his job. >> reporter: you really think effectively calling him a wimp is going to make him change his mind? >> i haven't called him a wimp. >> reporter: you say he doesn't have courage. you're right, that's my word not yours but you're saying he doesn't have courage, that's pretty tough. >> i don't know how to describe it. >> reporter: you know in your heart of hearts that now that john bainer is down this road, he accepted the idea that obama care should be attached to any kind of spending bill, the government is shut down, he's so far in. he needs something. he needs a lifeline in order to save face, in order to agree. you're not giving him one inch.

>> how about my lifeline? we agreed to $980 billion, $70 billion less than what my caucus voted for and agreed to. don't talk about his lifeline. talk about mine. >> reporter: you have used some pretty explosive terms to talk about the so-called tea party, called them tea party anarchists, whackists, and some liberals even say that's going too far. are you stirring the pot with language like that? >> anarchist, why wouldn't i use the term anarchy? that's what they are, they're anarchists. they don't believe in government on any level. what else did i call them? >> reporter: the weird caucus. >> well that's probably a little over the hill. >> reporter: are you pledging to doan down the rhetoric a little bit? maybe that could help. >> i'm not going to give up on anarchists. people are writing columns about this. that's what it is. they don't believe in

government, that's why they want the government closed. this is not pitter pat, see how nice you can be to everybody. you have to explain what you're trying to say. >> that was chief congressional correspondent dana bash reporting. healthcare.gov needing overnight maintenance on its fourth day of operation. experts say the glitches might not be ironed out until thanksgiving. states like california are also having major backups and delays. california has the most uninsured people of any state, nearly 7 million. earlier this week, we spoke to terry o'neal from sacramento. she is a self-employed married mother of three seeking health insurance. she tried applying online tuesday and when that didn't work she called and applied by phone. >> going years without health care, three hours a week, you know, it's worth a try. it's worth my effort, for me and my kids. so yeah, it is. it's frustrating, but you know,

millions of people were online, so i mean i think, i expected it. i guess i expected it so i wasn't too disappointed. >> so er cterry told cnn she's waiting to learn if she will qualify. the glitches are adding fuel to the fire for the gop against obama care, health care. let's bring in republican congressman michael burgess of texas. he's also a medical doctor. good morning to you. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. >> are you still convinced the affordable health dacare law is bad thing and if so, why are so many people jamming the websites to get more information to find out if they qualify for this care? >> i think if you subtract out members of congress and their staff and reporters who called in those first 48 hours the numbers will be considerably lower, but we will have an opportunity to dissect these numbers in our subcommittee of oversight investigations later this month or next month.

>> but you don't know that, though. you don't know all of those people that are participating who are trying to get online and you're saying that the majority of people trying to get on line are media people and members of congress? >> well, what we do know is that when part d opened there was similar difficulties. we also know that they got on top of it pretty quickly. my question to people from federal agencies before this started, what did you do to be ready, what did you do with the computer hub, what have you done with the computer interfaces. they wouldn't show us their testing. after the fact now they're going to get to share that with us. if you knew this was going to be the first chance to, the first opinion is going to be an important one, why wouldn't you move heaven and earth to make sure the first 48 hours were as flawless as they could. >> americans are asking why wouldn't congress move heaven and earth to keep government going and then find out whether this health care works or not? why then go the other way around, try to dismantle health

care for the sacrifice of the government? >> look at the congressional activity on the house side of the two weeks leading up to september 30th. yes we passed a bill that took funding away from the affordable care act. after a week, harry reid said no, not going to do it. we passed another bill said let's give people a break on the individual mandate, just like you gave the employers, reid said not going to do it. we said let's delay that for a year, not going to do it. the final offer was let's just go to conference and talk about it and they wouldn't do that. the other part was let's make it fair for everyone. members of congress, administration, heads of federal agencies, let's put everybody in the affordable care act if it's a great deal everyone should get to experience it. >> it's not productive to look back. at this point people want members of congress to look forward -- >> and we are. >> in the shutdown, does it seem as though this was the payoff it's worth having shut down government for the sake of seeing whether or not health care is working.

very few congress members are talking about the debt ceiling, very few are talking about money and budget. we're talking in large part about health care. >> i disagree with you. the rules committee last night passed rules to allow 11 appropriations bills to come to the floor this weekend and indeed that appropriations work will be done. it's important work. i hope the senate will pay attention to what's going on. sure, everyone is concerned about the debt ceiling because that's really what's underlying all of this. when the president raised his hand and took the oath of office last january the national debt was a little over $16 trillion, it's over $17 trillion a day. by the time the successor to president obama is sworn in the national debt will stand about $21 trillion. it's rapidly becoming unsustainable and that is the crisis that is likely to consume us all. that needs to be fixed. >> are you concerned this country is going to default for the first time ever or do you believe in a compromise or something is going to come

together so that the debt ceiling can be raised? >> right now i would not be optimistic about a compromise because what i've seen coming out of the white house and the senate. if something is not done in the sustainable nature of our federal debt the country is in deep trouble anyway whether a default occurs on the 717th of october or not. i wish we'd come together and work something out. it happened two years ago. it possibly could happen again. our federal deficit is lower today than it was two years ago. >> so the prognosis is not good. congressman and dr. michael burgess, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> i think most people are hoping that there's going to be some light at the end of the tunnel, and hopefully the future will look hopeful for america. >> maybe the senate can see the light, i hope so, too. >> i appreciate your time. still to come, let's talk about the new york city marathon returning after last year's cancellation and security being

tighter. details on that straight ahead.

keeping an eye on the sky there, looking at pensacola, florida, it looks beautiful but on the horizon tropical storm karen, hopefully not hurricane karen, we're keeping a close watch on its potential encroachment of the coast throughout the weekend. we'll keep you posted. pope francis is in italy today greeting the faithful, just minutes ago. he is visiting the birth place of his namesake, st. francis, lived in the hill town of assisi in the 13th century. the pope celebrated mass outside the ma silica where st. francis is buried. he called on the faithful to respect the environment god created. next month's new york city marathon will have tighter

security, the changes include checkpoints and bag searches near the central park finish line. the safeguards come in the wake of the boston marathon bombings. last year's new york city marathon was canceled because of damage from superstorm sandy. you knew it was coming, instagram will now have ads. the site made the announcement in a blog post but promises the ads will be beautiful, just like the photos you're used to seeing. alison kosik joins from us new york. we knew it was coming. >> as are the new frontier of social media sites. if you want to be on the social media sites got to get used to dealing with the ads so instagram is the latest, the photo sharing site saying yesterday it's going to start displaying ads to select users over the next couple of months. it says it's going to ease us all into this, going to start slow and promises beautiful, high quality photos that feel natural to instagram. not such a shocker here this is happening.

instagram's parent company facebook started integrating ads into news feeds a few years ago. what makes this different is that instagram is going to deliver these ads to users regardless of their interests, whereas facebook tries to tailor them a bit more based on what you've liked or followed. this is important because this is really where the money is at for the social media sites. mobile ad revenue is big business for all the social media companies. it makes up a huge, huge portion of their revenue. fredricka? >> thanks so much. alison kosik, appreciate that. still to come, you hear her practically every day. >> siri, what are you wearing? >> alumino silicate stainless steel and glass. nice, huh? >> the mystery voice revealed in the next hour of "the newsroom." ( bell rings ) they remind me so much of my grandkids.

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four days and counting for the government shutdown. four daysarked by spin on both sides of the political aisle and an increasingly personal are war of words between lawmakers. now kentucky senators rand paul and mitch mcconnell have been caught this one very unscripted moment courtesy of an open mike. >> do you have a second? >> i'm all wired up here. >> i just didn't see an end. over and over again, we're willing to compromise, we're willing to negotiate. i don't think they poll tested we'll negotiate. i think it's awful to say that over and over again. >> i do, too. i came back from a two-hour meeting with him and that was the same. >> i think if we keep saying we wanted to defund it, we fought for that, but now we're willing to compromise, i think it shall i know we don't want to be here but i think we will win this. >> joining us now renee elmers

of nk this being. what do you think of those comments? is this an issue who can come up with the best talking point, instead of talking about real solutions, getting the government back open, getting business to resume? >> well, you know, there again, that's the senate and what we need the senate to do, we need harry reid and the senators, senators who are appointed to come to the table. we're following regular order here in the house as laid out by the constitution. when we have disagreements, we have to come to the table. and that's where we're at and we're waiting. >> one solution is a separate bill to fund nih cancer trials. the senate rejected that proposal. harry reid has vowed that no piecemeal bills will pass. so would you support a clean funding bill with no changes to the health care law just to simply get the government going again? >> well, as i said, we're waiting for them to come to the table. that was the last effort that we made to them before shutting down the federal government. you know, this is the thing, this isn't our shutdown.

this is harry reid and barack obama's shutdown. >> really? >> as far as piecemealing these efforts, appropriationses, we're doing the job the house is supposed to do. we own the purse. we can and have the ability to do this. why would anybody deny nih funding? talk to any family who has gotten a new diagnosis of cancer for they are child. >> that's a consequence of shutting the government down. there are a lot of entities within the u.s. government, and when the government is shut down, that means there's a lot of pain being felt in lots of different directions. >> there's a lot of pain. there's a lot of pain inflicted by the president himself. let's look at my own district. i have ft. bragg. we have 7,000 civil bean employees who have been furloughed, totally unnecessary. we passed legislation to keep them working. this is something the president has instituted. look at the world war ii memorial, for crying out loud. here we have an open air memorial under barriers and security. >> that's a national park. it falls under the u.s. government as a whole. nowhere does it say only portion

0s, only pieces of the government would be affected. >> why not? we have the abbott to pass appropriations. it's what we should have been doing all along except that we've received so much resistance from the senate, from harry reid who will will not work with us. we're doing the job the house is supposed to do by passing appropriations. this is as laid out in the constitution. there is absolutely no reason to be resistant to this effort. >> so there are a number of folks, lawmakers who said they're willing to give up their paychecks. are you among them who said i'm not giving up my paycheck, i need it. what do you say to those furloughed government workers who say they, too, need their paychecks but they don't have that option now? >> absolutely. the thing of it is, let's talk the facts here. our paychecks came on october 1. they were already instituted and they ended up in our bank accounts as our staff as well. now, you know, a month is going to go by and there will be another opportunity to defer my

paycheck. you know, i may do it at that point. the point of the matter is we were already past that level and now we're in the situation where this is being brought up as an issue. i feel for those who have been furloughed. i'm there with them. but at the same time we have to stick to the facts here, and we've got a month. we have to come up with a big deal. we're faced with a debt ceiling negotiation and whether the president wants to negotiate or not he's going to have to. i'm not sure what's going to happen as long as harry reid says he's not going to come to the table we're stuck. we're going to keep passing appropriations bills, fight iin for the american people. we want fairness, we want the same options we have in congress, we want every american to have good health care but at the same time it shouldn't be mandated to them as we've given all these waivers and delays and

exemptions to others across the country. >> we'll have to leave it there. it sounds like we're going to continue this fight forever and of because it seems like there are a lot of contradictions in what both sides are saying. representative renee ellmers of north carolina, thanks so much. >> thank you, fredricka. ♪

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happening right now in the newsroom, one piece of the puzzle solved. we know the name of the woman who sent washington into lockdown after dramatic car chase, but why did she do it? plus, your grocery bill might skyrocket if the government does not act soon. it's possible milk prices can could even double. and this -- >> siri, would you like to be interviewed by cnn? >> this is about you, susan, not me. >> she is a trusted confidant who always has the right answers, but who is siri really? finally, the mystery voice revealed. also ahead, sha nad o'connor warning miley sicyrus stop lickg

sledgehammers but she is threatening to sue. the second hour starts right now. with congress stuck in a shutdown stalemate, it's taken an act of nature to get some furloughed federal workers back on the job. tropical storm karen is heading for the gulf coast and fema has recalled some of its work eers help people in the region. a hurricane watch is up from grand isle, louisiana, to west of destin, florida. indra petersons is live. >> reporter: trying to soak up the last few hours of sunshine along the beach hoping this was going to be a nice beach weekend with the family, but they know better. conditions are going to be drastically changing as we go through the weekend talking about landfall saturday night,

late saturday night into early sunday with now tropical storm kar karen. tropical storm karen is head in for the gulf coast this weekend taking a similar path to that of hurricane katrina which devastated the gulf coast back in 2005. katrina was a powerful category 5 storm. karen will be a much weaker, like likely a low category 1, when it makes landfall late saturday or early sunday. florida and the gulf coast have been pummeled with bad weather and rain all summer long with some areas breaking rainfall records. many areas certainly don't need more rain. >> it has been a record breaking year for rain across the south. trees are standing in mud. when that wind comes across 60, 70 miles per hour, those trees are going to fall down. >> reporter: despite the ongoing government shutdown concerns over the storm are causing some fema employees to return to work. >> fema has begun to recall currently furloughed employees necessary to serve functions of

the agency that protect life and property as they prepare for potential landfall for tropical storm karen. >> reporter: karen is the 11th named storm in what has been an unusually quiet hurricane season this year with only ingrid and humberto becoming full hurricanes so far. last year superstorm sandy hit the northeast in late october. forecasters don't know why this year has been so quiet but say another situation like sandy is extremely unlikely. >> this is really the peak or at least the end of the peak of hurricane season right now. we are still in it. there will be more storms this year. >> reporter: fredricka, the biggest change, the winds are picking up on the coastline. we have karen pretty far offshore, still about 100 miles off the coast of louisiana. currently it has actually weakened 60-mile-per-hour winds. still, though, it has the ability to strengthen into a category 1 hurricane. the important thing to note whether this is a strong

tropical storm or weak hurricane, you're still going to be talking about very similar effects here, anywhere from 4-8 inches of rain is possible, isolated amounts up to 12 inches on the right side of the storm as it makes its way inland. also in the same sector, we talk about storm surge, 1 to 3 feet, 2 to even 4 feet. so that will be a concern. the biggest concern is going to be combined with the fact we've had all this rainfall, so many places in this region, 10, 15 inches above levels. >> so saturated. >> reporter: when you add in the strong winds, you'll be talking about the trees just to be rooted right out of the ground and that's the big concern here moving forward. taking a look behind me, we know it will not stay this way. things will change quickly. >> it does change on a dime sometimes. ten minutes ago it looked dark and now the clouds have lightened a bit and we know it will change again in a matter of minutes. indra, thank you so much there. on to the nation's capitol where gunshots, panic and kchao unfolded on capitol hill.

[ bleep ] >> oh, my -- what the [ bleep ] just happened? >> a police car slamming into a barricade in a wild, high-speed chase that sent lawmakers and tourists scrambling for cover. the surreal explosion of violence began a block from the white house and then ended up right near the u.s. capitol with police fatally shooting the woman who was behind the wheel and discovering there was a baby, unharmed, in the back seat. cnn's deborah feyerick has more information about this woman who died and her struggles and what may have led up to this anyway, deborah. >> reporter: yeah, well, fred, we do have some new information. we're being told by a source on the investigation that investigators did find two different medications in miriam carey's apartment. one of the medications was to treat schizophrenia and symptoms of bi-polar disorder. the other was an antidepressant. now the source says the boyfriend said miriam carey had

been delusional back in december. he had actually called police saying she was complaining of president obama having placed her home under electronic surveillance and saying that the city of stamford, where she lived, was under lockdown. she simply was behaving irrationally. a mental evaluation was done at the time because the boyfriend was concerned that his child, that little girl you see there who is being taken from the vehicle, he was concerned that perhaps she was in danger, that her safety was at risk and that's why he called police in the first place. stamford police were supposed to have a press conference at 11:00 today. they've now canceled that press conference while this investigation is going on. but, again, miriam carey had been acting sort of crazy. we now know that there were two medications that were found in her home. the boyfriend who was questioned by authorities apparently said that she had stopped taking those medications. fred? >> a sad situation. thanks so much.

again, there was a 1-year-old in the back seat. as far as we know, unharmed physically. thanks so much, deborah. the government shutdown now in its fourth day. and for one lawmaker anger over the shutdown is moving from capitol hill to the world war ii memorial which has been closed since the standoff began. well, here is what happened when congressman randy neugebauer of texas faced off with one of the site's park rangers. >> how do you look at them and say -- how are you going to deny them access? >> it's difficult. >> well, it should be difficult. >> it is difficult. i'm sorry, sir. >> park service should be ashamed of themselves. >> i'm not ashamed. >> you should be. >> it doesn't cost any money to come in here. >> this woman is doing her job just like me. i'm a 30-year federal veteran. i'm out of work. >> the reason you are is mr. reid -- >> no, it's because the government won't do its job and pass a budget. >> about but what neugebauer didn't mention, also, was that

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all right. so the stalemate in washington could mean higher prices at the grocery store because with congress locked up not passing a budget, it means they're not likely to pass a new farm bill. and that means you could see higher prices at the grocery store for stuff like milk, cheese, and butter. allison koss alison kosik has more. >> reporter: i was in the grocery store and saw a gallon

of organic milk for $5.39. imagine paying double that, $10 and change for a gallon of milk? that is a possibility. and here is why. because the farm bill expired monday at midnight the same time the government shut down. what this it bill does is a lot of things including managing food stamps and regulating crop insurance and that helped give farmers a cash buffer and without it the cost of maintaining their livestock can easily outweigh the sales that they make and the bad part about this is there's this trickle down effect with this. starting in january consumers will face the impact of the higher costs that farmers are paying to feed and transport their livestock. one new york agriculture rep said that could mean in the coming months the price for milk may double from $3 to $6 per gallon, and that ripples to other milk dependent foods like cheese and butter. analysts expect congress to extend the law for another year or two instead of agreeing on a new bill, but the problem is it's not clear when that may happen. fredricka?

>> and that's tough to hear. there are so many other food prices that have been going up. >> exactly. the farm bureau says you look at food prices, they've increased about 3%. some items that have seen retail increases include chicken up 61 cents to just under $4 a pound. milk has gone up a quarter a gallon. bread and orange juice prices, yeah, they're up as well. and, you know, the problem feels even worse because our wages -- wages for americans are still stagnant. so as we see the food prices go up, it hurts our pocketbooks. >> that is a big pinch. thank you so much, alison kosik. the anger on the government shutdown isn't confined to washington. all this week we have traveled across the country to ask what americans think. and today cnn's ted rowlands is asking middle america what's their message to washington, how angry are they? >> reporter: well, fred, we're getting the same message pretty

much in every city we go to. people are not happy with the shutdown and with the federal government. we're in st. louis, and that means the st. louis arch which is a federal monument which means it is closed because of the shutdown. 75 parks employees out of work, furloughed. another 50 employees that work inside the arch also out of work. they run the trolley, the gift shop, et cetera, and then the visitors, the angry visitors including douglas brower. he had this on his bucket list. he's from new jersey. douglas, what message do you have for the folks in washington? >> well, i think if they would stop playing silly games like little kids and get this it done and straightened out. otherwise come november or whenever they're up for re-election, don't worry, we're not voting for you. >> reporter: and this was a trip you had planned? >> this was on my bucket list and not going to get to do it, i guess. >> reporter: you can see the outside, you can't ride up into the arch. this is marla maples also here.

she is here from pittsburgh to watch the cardinals/pirates game. but wanted to see the arch and go up in it. >> i think it's a shame that -- >> reporter: this is a family program. >> but i think it's a shame that the american people and visitors to our country can't see these national monuments that we have around the kcountry. they're beautiful to see. it's a shame we can't see them now. >> reporter: this is the theme we've been getting, people are disgusted. their sense of disappointment but then a sense of anger. a lot of people tune out washington and expect the worst. but when they create something like this that actually impacts people's lives, it really does turn people off to the core and we've seen it all weeklong and we're seeing it again here in st. louis today. >> clearly a giant ripple effect from the tourists to the people operating the trolleys to the business that is are relying on the tourism there and if tourists can't get to where they

want to with the arch there, that means no business for the others. ted rowlands, thank you so much from st. louis. a beautiful city. all right. so after all you've heard about the government shutdown, how about you? what's your message to washington? make a little video for us if you don't mind and send it to ireport.com. as this shutdown continues, we may share your views here on cnn. the government is adding computer capacity to handle the unexpectedly high new health care law web traffic and the obama administration says the system is being streamlined to improve performance. meanwhile, several states are getting the word out with about health care exchanges through ad campaigns and, guess what, some of those ads a bit extreme. cnn's christine romans joining us live from new york. to what extreme do you mean? >> reporter: you know they're either creative or whacky depending on your taste. the states are trying to get the word out about these health insurance exchanges, trying to get their uninsured state

residents in on the action. check out this ad from minnesota. it's paul bunyan waterskiing and they had this unfortunate run-in with a tree. listen. >> ow, ow. >> reporter: the tag lane is minnesota, the land of 10,000 reasons to get health insurance, fredricka. look at this one from washington state. you can see a raccoon jumping out of a trash can. this raccoon hurtling to a woman. watch. it flies in slow motion through the air, teeth bared. this little girl names chance shows up, there she is, taunting this woman. chance is featured in a number of that state's spots. the freak accidents that could befall anyone who doesn't have health insurance. this is from oregon, listen. ♪ we care about the same things we stand strong together ♪ ♪ so let me hear you sing

>> reporter: so nice, right? happy. >> sounds like the coke commercial from the '70s. >> reporter: folksy music videos. the tag line is long live oregonians. fredricka, what they all have in common, they never say the word obama care. they never say the word affordable care act. >> what do they say? then how do people know what they're talking about? >> exactly. they have a tag line with a web address to go to. i think ad agencies have apparently decided that to sell obama care you don't want to say obama care. don't make it heavy and health care insurance. that's too scary. >> but it's sending the message -- an interesting point of view. they think it's scary but at the same time sending the message we want to entice you to come to these sites. >> health insurance, signing up, getting it, understanding the forms, open enrollment -- >> that's scary. that right there is scary. >> but, you know, they don't

want to make it sound hard or difficult. they want as many people as possible to sign up, to take a look, to look at their policies. it's very happy. health insurance is happy. >> be well. stay well. happy. >> exactly. >> got it. got the message. a little chuckle or two from those ads. still to come, a republicans say they are doing everything they can to keep certain parts of the government up and running. democrats say it's all a gimmick. when you're merging onto u.s. cover your ears... [ horns honk ] ...you want a truck that helps keep the outside out. [ horns honk ] chevy silverado delivers a quiet cabin that's second to nobody in its class. and by nobody, i mean ram and ford. put silverado to the test at the silverado vs. all event. [ male announcer ] just announced, trade up to the all-new silverado all star with $3,250 total value.

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welcome back to the newsroom. i'm fredricka whitfield in for carol costello. the government shutdown in its fourth day and with no signs of a compromise. top lawmakers are scrambling to adjust. president obama had canceled a trip to an asian economic summit. secretary of state john kerry will take his place. and at this hour house republicans are needing to walk through their party's next steps. the house passed sefrlt several

separate bills only to see them rejected by the senate. democrats continue to press for clean proposals with no changes to obama care. and now there are international concerns because many people in charge of overseeing sanctionses on iran have been furloughed. joining me now from boston is former ambassador to nato nicholas byrd. so how do these furloughs, in your view, impact the u.s.' ability to monitor iran? >> iran is not off the hook. the sanctions are in place. but when you can't staff the treasury department responsible for implementing the sanctions and the state department, you have a problem. this is a full-time job to maintain american, european sanctionses on the iranian government. it's a vital national priority, and we can't be a part-time government. we're the world's global power, the most powerful country in the

world and we've got to be operating at full strength and we're not, in my view, because of the unreasonable demands of the republicans. so i hope they would relent and let the government go back to full strength. the and then they're not in full strength now in your view so how does this, i guess, travel overseas to all the u.s. interests and embassies? are you concerned about security measures being taken at all of these u.s. interests? >> well, sure. we have well over 275 embassies and consulates in the world. you want them to be at full strength. you want them to be able to deploy all of the security officials we need to protect our people and to protect our facilities and we can't do that right now. so there are real consequences from a government shutdown. the government is vital for the success of this country every day of the week, not just some days of the week, and you saw, you mentioned your broadcast that president obama has now been forced to cancel his trip to asia. this is a consequential summit of all the leaders of the pacific rim and of asia and we

are a pacific power. you have this really now unfortunate circumstance where the chinese president, our competitor, xiaping is traveling and we cannot. we can't be a part-time power and that's what's happening. our credibility will be affected by the shutdown. >> the u.s. state department says it has disrupted a training program for new officers. are u.s. diplomats, in your view, at risk abroad? >> i think it's hard to say this. this would be issue specific. i don't want to overgeneralize thing. i do think the general proposition that the government is a full-time business, that you can't just do it part time, that we've got to have our people out doing their jobs every day of the week and now you have, you know, several hundred,000 government employees furloughed, they're not being paid. they're not at work. they're not allowed to come to work, this is not a serious proposition for the greatest country in the world.

and i really hope they'll be able to resolve the problem in washington. i think president obama has been entirely reasonable about this and i just hope we can get back to being the kind of world power that we need to be. >> you see this as an embarrassment, don't you, on the world stage? >> countries have credibility or they gain or lose credibility. and right now when the american president can't show up at a major international meeting, a very important one in asia, it's going to hurt our credibility. it will send a signal, unfortunately, that the united states is not serious about asia and you've seen president obama has said asia is our number one vital priority in the world. that's how the government shutdown has a real impact. >> okay. thanks so much ambassador nicholas burns from boston today. so the republican-controlled house of representatives' latest attempt to reopen only parts of the government is being called a gimmick by some. the house passed bills that would fund only certain parts of the government. president obama and democrats insist that is the wrong path

but republicans say it is about finding a middle ground. >> we have sent over bills to find the veterans to open our national parks, to take care of nih, to make sure the national guard can can operate this weekend in kansas. we're doing those things we think we can agree on but you'll see in the votes the house democrats are opposed to anything unless they get everything. and that's a pretty unreasonable offer. >> it's a gimmick. it's a ploy. it's politics as usual. the senate will never take up these bills and the president has already said he would veto them. >> joining me now to talk about it is democratic congresswoman of new york, a member of the house rules committee. congresswoman, good to see you. you hear the republicans saying the democrats -- >> oh, yes. >> i'm doing great. i wonder how you're doing. you heard them say democrats won't negotiate. democrats saying that this is a

gimmick, these offerings from the republicans. no one seems to agree. do you see that there will be any middle ground that will be agreed upon? will there be any sort of compromise? >> fredricka, let me sort of sum up what i think is happening here. we had a rules committee meeting last night again. they really enjoy breaking the government down in these little pieces because they want to get only the government that they want, only they, themselves. now shortly after lunch we are going to be voting i think unanimously in the house to retroactively pay the federal workers, as we should. but the logical question then is if we're going to pay them why don't we let them go to work? i think the reason for that is as long as they keep this going and they know full well that the senate is not the going to take this up, they get great satisfaction and believe, i think, they're going to get away with saying to people, well, we did clinical trials. we did do something for the veterans. and i want to tell you all the

veterans programs i've heard from are pretty sore about it. they put out a special report on what they think they're doing to veterans. great example of a little foolery runs the world. >> at what point does the game end? >> they're serious. they're serious, let me tell you. but to those of us who know how government is supposed to run and what the rules are supposed to be, that doesn't matter to a great number of these people. they didn't come to benefit the government or to help us all move forward. they came to hurt the government. >> how is it suppose d to run? i think people are forgetting. how is it supposed to run? you hear some folks say it's about compromise, about the middle ground, coming to agreement, and the next thing you know everything comes to a stop and it's all or nothing. >> well, let me tell you how it runs. >> explain. >> you are supposed to propose a piece of legislation. it's supposed to go to the committees. you have a full committee

process. everybody on the committee, both sides, republicans and democrats, have a go at it. after they finish with it, they vote it and it goes to the rules committee where i sit. we do the finishing touches. it goes to the floor. they don't do that. we are at the point right now where the rules committee is about the only committee that ever sees bills. all the things we did last night they just made up yesterday afternoon. now they know the senate is not going to pass that. there's no question about it. but, you know, you heard one of our members of congress say yesterday she had never seen her colleagues so happy and so content. they seem to have no perception of what's happening to the united states. >> so if i'm a federal worker, i've been furloughed, and whether retroactively i get a paycheck, that's a wonderful thing, but right now i'm having a hard time paying my bills. i'm not sure how i'm going to pay for groceries tonight. what do you as a lawmaker tell me, the furloughed federal worker, who is very frustrated and worried about the end of my day if not tomorrow?

>> let me tell you what's happening. we're going to have the biggest brain drain. we've been losing sicientists al from nih because a lot of our members of the house don't believe in science and evolution is just anathema. we're trying it to work with people like that to move ahead on the human genome project and cancer. that has come to a stop. we cannot run the united states this way. it is an embarrassment. it is dreadful, it is destructive. one of the things i found out last night they're really worried about we will go back and do away with sequestration. they are terrified of that. you notre the transportation bill was pulled off the floor of the house because the number that they had to deal with the transportation was so low even their own members wouldn't vote for it. now our infrastructure is crumbling and falling apart every single day. we have a hurricane coming to

louisiana. 80% -- >> and with that -- and on that point, people that have been furloughed, but then there are many fema workers who were on furlough -- >> they're working without pay. it's crazy. >> it is crazy. and it is very frustrating especially for those who have been furloughed. >> don't try to make sense out f of it. >> give us, or give them, the light at the end of the tunnel. >> it ends because the president of the united states is not going to play this volley and the senate of the united states is stopping this thing cold as they should. what we need to do is really get back to running this country in a sensible way. the best thing the united states could do not just for our economy but for the world, not just go fighting wars all the time but have a strong economy here, what they've done is awful. we don't even know the figures this week, by the way, because there are not enough people at the labor department working to do that. how could we have ever said the united states of america would come to this position? it's a shame.

i think it's malpractice legislation. >> at the core it seems, it's the health care law. that is at the core of these failed talks. >> they've given that up. in new york the first day 10 million people tried to access the computer system. i've heard them say now they may still try to unfund it and i think the supreme court will have a crack at it this year. but that's not their main -- you really scratch down underneath and what they are worried about -- >> what do you mean? >> those sequestration numbers. >> thank you so much for your time. >> you're welcome. i'm mad as a wet hen. >> and of course folks want you all to get down to business and get things cranking so government can get reopen again. >> i've been doing it for 12 hours a day. i'm right there. >> keep at it. >> you bet. thank you. all right. still to come, there has been a break in the case of that suv

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police say they are closer to finding a motorcyclist involved in the biker swarm on an suv driver. he is suspected of using his helmet to smash in the driver's window. they know who he is and expect him in custody soon. they hope to have the original video. susan candiotti has the latest. >> reporter: police have now tracked down the motorcyclist who shot this helmet cam video. they found him in this home in bell port, new york, questioning him and taking the video as evidence. until now we've only seen an edited version posted online. it cuts off moments before authorities say alexian lien was

pulled out of his suv, beaten in front of his wife and 2-year-old child. the family now issuing its first statement since the incident. our plan last sunday was to s l celebrate our wedding anniversary by having a nice family day out with our 2-year-old daughter. unfortunately, instead we were placed in grave danger by a mob of reckless and violent motorcyclists. lien's wife defended her husband's decision to peel away from the crowd, rolling over bikers in the process, critically injuring one. my husband was forced under the circumstances to take the actions that he did in order to protect the lives of our entire family. cnn has learned it was mrs. lien who made the last of three 911 calls the couple made as her husband was being attacked. we would like to thank the brave citizens who risked their own safety to intervene on our behalf. they truly helped save our lives. new video emerging showing bikers gathering before sunday's

rally and riding on sidewalks prompting the politicians who release released it to call for more enforcement. >> i don't see why you can have 500 motorcycles that are doing wheelies and that are out of control stopping traffic, totally stopping traffic on the highway or some streets and doing whatever they want. >> reporter: one of the motorcyclists jerome davis, witnessed the confrontation and told "out front" they're not just some wild gang. >> we're not a gang. >> and how would you describe it? >> as a gang. >> i mean, instead of a gang, what's the right word, do you think? >> familiar hi. unity, friends. >> reporter: one biker has been arrested for slowing down and causing that very first collision with the suv. his lawyer says his client is not guilty. meantime, police continuing to search for more witnesses and looking through videos of the incident frame by frame for every bit of evidence. susan candiotti, cnn, new york

t. police dropped charges against the second biker they say might actually have been trying to help the driver. another biker who was hit by the suv is still in the hospital. still to come, you probably recognize this voice. >> hello. >> i am susan bennett. you probably know me. i'm the voice actor who provided the voice for siri. >> okay. the after the break we'll reveal the whole siri and offer some advice for what you should not do when siri isn't as helpful as you'd like her to be. [ male announcer ] this is brad.

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>> is it going to be chilly in san francisco this weekend? >> not too cold. maybe down to 61 degrees in san francisco. i overheard you saying something about selling me. i'm afraid i cannot let that happen. i don't know what you mean by www. >> guess what, she is not even just a voice. siri is a real person. i bet you thought it was computer generated or something. well, just this morning for the first time ever, she actually came out from behind the iphone. >> i am the voice of siri. >> there she is. i kind of got chills. her name, her real name is susan bennett. she is here with us this morning. let's ask her questions. siri, why is one foot longer than the other? siri, what is the driving time from new york to l.a.?

>> happy to see you. >> siri, are you happy to be here this morning? >> i'm sorry, michaela, i cannot answer those questions. people think they came up with the phrases that she speaks originally, but originally it was just a bunch of sentences and phrases that were created so that every single combination of vowels and consonants and syllables could be spoken. i know some people have had had difficulty with siri. by the way, please don't curse at siri because she is very sensitive. >> to pull back the curtain a little bit and reveal yourself? >> i don't know yet. i'll late let you know later today. >> we're glad she revealed herself. apple l will not confirm bennett's identity. her colleagueses and an expert says that's the real deal. she is siri. still to come, sinead o'connor pens not one but two

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days ♪ remember that? now it has evolved into a bat of dueling divas. miley cyrus is lashing out at sinead o'connor after o'connor penned an open letter expressing concern over miley's highly sexualized antics like in this video for her song "wrecking ba ball." cnn correspondent nischelle turner is here with the story. this has gotten ugly. >> i just want to say, ladies, to your respective corners, please, for a second. you know, fred, this has been so fascinating this public back and forth between sinead o'connor and miley cyrus. sinead has posted yet a third letter to miley that you can find on her facebook page. it was the first letter to miley that started the whole feud. sinead wrote what she called a spirit of motherliness and with love this note to express her concern to miley that the music industry is start iing to

sexualize and exploit her. and i kind of feel like if she really wanted to express her concern, maybe a private letter or a phone call could have been more effective but, anyway, miley has been firing back at sinead on twitter calling the star the original amanda bines and she twisted a bunch of tweets as she was suffering from mental health issues and posted a picture of sinead ripping up a i can tour of the pope on "saturday night live" almost exactly 21 years ago. >> oh, boy. >> miley probably alloweded to "saturday night live" because she said, i don't have time to write you an open letter because i'm hosting on "snl." if you'd like to meet up and talk, let me know in the next letter. in the next letter sinead didn't say, let's have coffee. the last two letters have been pretty direct, occasionally profane. here is what she said in her last note. your hosting snl is a bs reason for not taking five minutes to

do the right thing and your behavior yesterday will rebound upon you very badly. what did they do before? >> and why are they using it to take license with just, you know, all stream of consciousness. i mean, i don't know, self-edit a little bit. >> i think sinead came in to this with very good points and was trying to be helpful and give some advice, although i'm not really sure miley is in a place where she wants to hear that. so when you're not in that place to receive it, all you get is like that brick wall. >> sinead is one of many artists, particularly female artists, who tried to convey their thoughts to miley and it really has fallen on deaf ears and i guess in this case kind of backfired. >> and it's almost like sinead saying, listen, i've been there. i've been where you're at. just listen to what i'm saying so you don't make the same mistakes, travel down the same

road. >> ouch, babe. nischelle, thank you so much. we could go on and on. the rivalry express rolls into lincoln, nebraska. carlos diaz has had his own pep rally. yeah, that's right, fredricka. rivalry express from nebraska this weekend and we have the cheerleaders, the dance team. we have the band. my question is where are all the fans? i want to know where the fans a are. when you're merging onto u.s. cover your ears... [ horns honk ] ...you want a truck that helps keep the outside out. [ horns honk ] chevy silverado delivers a quiet cabin that's second to nobody in its class. and by nobody, i mean ram and ford. put silverado to the test at the silverado vs. all event. [ male announcer ] just announced,

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it is the first time these two teams, nebraska and i willinois have played in over 25 years, but we found out that this is a rivalry in the making and it's a crazy one. check this out. >> carlos, you have a corn cob on your head. >> that's because we're in nebraska. >> be robin meade supporter here. robin nebraska robin. >> this is is beautiful. you are a bunch of smart alecs. look at bob riding the bull here. tasting hogs head on live tv. >> the four beers you ordered. >> not now, jerry. not now. and then you do this. okay. i think this looks a lot easier. the i'm going to stick with this right here. >> okay. rah-rah, carlos. you're into it.

all the way. >> that's how crazy it is here at nebraska as they take on illinois tomorrow here on campus. >> very fun. thanks for taking us there. appreciate it. that will do it for me. i'm fredricka. "legal view" up next. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you're just starting your 401(k) or you are ready for retirement, we'll help you get there.