the public's confidence in its own democratic institutions. that is never a good thing in a democracy. host: democrat line, you are the last caller. good morning. caller: good morning. i want to start off with a statement or question. who are the american people? both parties talked about the american people, but clearly they were talking about two different sets of people. the democrats are talking about 99% of the american people. the republicans are talking about 1% of the american people. when the republicans talk about the american people, they are not talking about people that need health care, social security, medicare, medicaid. they are not talking about the 47% that romney was going to ignore. when they say the american people don't want the affordable health care act, they are not talking about the people that

elected the president twice when romney ran on nothing else but repealing the health care act. .ost: thanks, caller the president said one of the things he would like to move on was immigration reform. where do you think that goes? guest: i think comprehensive immigration reform is something we are going to do sooner or later. probably in this congress, later. you would have thought after the political returns came in after the last presidential election that my friends on the other side of the aisle would be seized with this mission to correct a real imbalance demographically that happens to be terrifying if they look into the future. the more radical conservative elements and tea party elements have made sure that does not happen, have slowed it down or killed it. in the senate, a strong

bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill came back and was passed. we have not even brought a single piece of legislation to the floor of the house for consideration. chairman goodlatte on the judiciary committee, one of my colleagues from virginia, has decided to handle immigration on a piecemeal basis. the first thing we are going to do is secure the border. good, but net immigration south of the border is close to zero. president obama had the largest number of deportations ever in the country. he has doubled the border patrol agent's on our southern border from the bush administration. bush, it was about 11,000. under obama, it is about 22,000. the senate would double that to 44,000. they will be tripping over each

other. if that is what it takes to get the other elements of comprehensive reform, there are those willing to do that. maybe if we spent less time grandstanding about shutdown and default and more time on substantive issues such as this, maybe it would be a little higher than 9% or 10%. host: representative jerry conley -- gerry connolly. thank you for your time. coming up, we will take your calls, take a look at a couple more stories and elements that came out of the decision to open the government. we will take all those plus your calls. first, a news update from c-span radio. >> it is 9:0 3 a.m. eastern

time. jobless numbers show americans -- it is 9:03 a.m. eastern time. byless numbers are distorted california's effort to clear backlogged claims. about 70,000 furloughed employees sought benefits. they are not included in the overall totals. in syria, officials say there is no way of knowing if an international team is being deliberately targeted as it works to get rid of syria's chemical weapons. car bombs and mortars have exploded close to the damascus hotel where the inspectors are staying. the senior official at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says the team is almost half done making syria's chemical weapon production facilities inoperable. walk free foundation says

slavery is far from a thing of the past. a new global index released today finds mauritania, haiti, and pakistan rank among the modern countries with the highest prevalence of slavery. nigeriahina, pakistan, are among the worst. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> before becoming first lady, she traveled the globe can. -- the globe. >> she collected the chinese porcelains, the blue and whites. they tended to focus on the ming and -- periods. they collected them their whole lives. they developed what was probably the best collection in the united states of chinese porcelains.

they started collecting pewter. here are some pieces of british pewter which would have been used for various teapots and things. swords seems to be one of her favorite thing to collect. we have a number of them here, a variety of nationalities and shapes and sizes. >> watch the program on c- span.org/firstladies. we continue our series live on monday as we look at first lady eleanor roosevelt. journal"ngton continues. host: a live shot of the memorial where you saw barricades during the shutdown. more people visiting at monuments have opened as the federal government has reopened and people are heading back to work in washington, d.c. for our final hour, your calls

on the end of the shutdown, the extension of the debt limit and related issues. (202) 585-3881 is the line for republicans. (202) 585-3880 is the line for democrats. (202) 585-3882 four independent -- for independents. and we have set aside a line for federal workers. if you want to give us a call about what has happened, it is (202) 585-3883. again, the congress passing the debt bill, the government reopening. the story is reflected in the papers. we want to hear mainly from you concerning your thoughts over what you have seen the last 2 1/2 weeks. just to give you a flavor of how some of the papers have played it out, the editorial page of "the new york times," this is their take.

"the republicans surrender after inflicting in norman's damage, "theouse gives up -- republican surrender. the only thing republicans achieved were billions of dollars in damage to the economy, harm to the nation's were cut -- nation's reputation, and a rock-bottom public approval rating. go we will read others -- public approval rating." we will read others as the morning goes on. here is "the hill" take on it it says, "e-house stenographer was dragged off the chamber floor late wednesday night as the house voted to end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling. -- ceiling."

once there, she rambled, yelling god,'speaking of speakings -- to god,' of the masons and saying that god will not be mocked. you see the incident taking place yesterday in the house of representatives. somewhat back to normal in washington, d.c. your thoughts on the shutdown for our last hour this morning. for republicans. (202) 585-3880 for democrats. (202) 585-3882 for independents. and for federal workers, (202) 585-3883.

from georgia on our republican line, good morning. you're on. caller: yes, sir. i would like to address -- host: you are on. go right ahead. caller: i would like to address representative connolly's statement to a caller that cal led in. host: just go. you will hear a delay. go ahead with your question or comment, please. upset about a couple things he referred to as tea party members. i voted republican because i -- [indiscernible] host: we are having a little problem with connection. let me see if we can rectify that. florida, democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. thank you for the program.

representative, you are doing a great job at articulating your thoughts and what is happening in congress. i do want to comment on what a caller said earlier. a lot of right wing republicans say about what's not working in howell obama's policy and democratic policies are not working and muddying the waters -- what is not working and how obama's policy and democratic policies are not working and muddying the waters. problem and a major really destroy this country, republican policies. this speculation that democrats and obama's policies are going to destroy the country is ridiculous. it is already proven that the republican policies have, deregulation, tax policy that disproportionately benefited the wealthy, no health care

insurance improvements, deficits created. and this was all in one of the healthiest economies that was ever left to a president. this president that was left one of the worst economies that was ever left to a president has created jobs, closed the deficit, done some good things. the policies of the republicans are what is not working. i need the democrats to really start camping up the language. language.mping up the host: how would you advise the democrats to best address the issues of debt? caller: i think they are doing a good job with their proposals that they have -- reasonable reform.asonable tax

i know we just recently increased taxes on the wealthy 3.6%, and it was a major factor on why the deficit went from billion.lion to $7 it helped significantly. keep doing what you are doing, democrats. watch c-span every day. i see what you guys are fighting for. my only suggestion would be amp up the language. let regular joe americans know how terrible the republican policies are. host: leesburg, virginia, up next. a federal worker. caller: how are you? host: fine, thank you. caller: it was really difficult

and terrible for federal workers and federal contractors, who were basically put on two weeks of unpaid leave and they don't get anything back. i'm working for a private company helping out the federal government. they told us to find new jobs because the situation is so incredibly unstable. colore with the previous that the democrats do need to stand firm -- previous caller that the democrats you need to stand firm. need toemocrats do stand firm. we do need to control our spending in responsible ways. we have to make them incredibly loud and clear. they talk a lot about the cpi, social security, things we have in common with bipartisan agreements -- things that we are

willing to do and have been willing to do. it is all about the debt that we have. host: for you for load? furloughed?e you caller: by the grace of god, i was not furloughed. my company was pushed down to 15%. host: the house budget committee has been tasked to come up with budget suggestions. here they are. >> the four of us on the ranking , we had- the four of us a very good conversation.

we decided to discuss how we are going to proceed over breakfast. we want to look for ways to find common ground, to get a budget agreement. our goal is to get the debt under control, to do smart deficit reduction, and to do things that can grow the economy and get people back to work. those are our shared goals. we are going to find common ground and create a budget process that achieves that. that's what we are beginning to talk about. is exactly ryan right. we had a good conversation over breakfast this morning as we accepted the challenge that has been handed to us over the few short coming weeks. we need to make sure our economy is growing and that people are back to work and we can do the job we were sent here to do, find common ground between our two budget resolutions and set up half forward -- said a path forward. >> some people ask why this will

be different. what i would say is not talking guarantees failure. talking doesn't guarantee success, but if you don't get together, obviously you cannot move forward. nobody can guarantee success. what we can say is if we don't make the effort and get the talk, that would guarantee failure. >> chairman murray is very knowledgeable about these issues and a strong leader. i talked to a number of the democratic senators last night and they were excited about being on a conference committee and look forward to participating. , are is a lot we can do number of things i know we can agree on, and i hope we could agree on. we don't want to raise expectations. i think there are some things we could do. paul ryan, as most of you know, is dedicated to mastering the

tails of this budget. i think his leadership puts us in a position where we may be able to accomplish something. i hope so. >> [no audio] --[indiscernible] specific amount in dollars of deficit reduction you're aiming for? >> the supercommittee's goals were much larger and broader. we have a challenge to have a reconciliation between the senate budget and the house budget. those issues are all of the table. we will be talking about all of them. we job is to make sure have put forward a spending and budget passed for this congress in the next -- budget path for this next congress in the next year or two or three. >> we are going back to regular

order. this is the budget process. the house and senate pass a budget. you come together to try to reconcile the differences. that is the way the budget law is supposed to work. ofs is the founders' vision the constitution working. we have not had a budget since 2009. we think it is high time to start talking together and reconcile our differences. it is premature to get into how we are going to do that. >> [indiscernible] job over the next eight weeks is to find out what we can agree on. we have a great we are going to look at everything in front of us. we know it is going to be a challenge, but we believe we can find common ground. what is your continuing view that you can get to yes if you keep negotiating? >> i put a statement out last night explaining my concerns.

i want to have a budget agreement that works for the country. i want to have a budget agreement that gets the debt under control and does right by future generations and helps us grow the economy. >> let me answer that as well. chairman ryan knows i'm not going to vote for his budget. i know that he's not going to vote for mine. we are going to find a common ground that we both can vote on. that is our goal. >> how do you balance the short- term [indiscernible] >> that is what we are going to be discussing. we will let you know. the house budget chairman, paul ryan, the senate budget chair, patty murray, their respective ranking members. the initial breakfast meeting

today, taking a look at the conference that will take place to settle up the house and senate budgets. a lot more discussion underway. joining us on the phone, francis rose of federal news radio. what are the challenges these sides meet as they go forward? guest: the executive branch and inside workings of the operations of the government is exactly what one of the questioners just put two the leaders -- put to the four budget leaders. how do you get -- the guidance them and framework that they need to be able to plan how they are going to operate their executive branch agencies? host: they both have said it is too early to talk. they know where they stand as far as opinions are concerned.

i guess that will play into discussions. guest: both the career employees and political appointees say they missed the january deadline for sequestration, they missed the march deadline for sequestration and patched something together at the last minute, now they have missed this one. there is not a lot of optimism in the federal agencies that they will be done by january 15 this time around. host: what does that mean for government workers? what happens today? guest: everyone is supposed to be back to work already, if today is your normal work day. the discussion i was having with people yesterday afternoon, even as we expected the house and senate were going to pass this and president obama would sign it last night would be that it would happen to late in the day for anything official to happen. the office of management and budget and the office of personnel management surprised everybody last night by saying today, thursday, would be the

first day back after the government shutdown. if today is your normal day, you are supposed to be back to work. opm and omb encouraging agencies to give people flexibility if they need it if they are in situations that don't permit them to drop everything and go back to work. i think it took a lot of people by quite a bit of surprise. host: i suppose that means getting things back to normal as fast as possible. guest: that is the discussion we have had a lot the past couple of weeks. what is the difference between back to work and back to normal? back to work is the next workday on your schedule. back to normal may be days, weeks, months because of the nature of the disruption, of the shutdown. host: talk about the issue of pay. a lot of questions that came out from other colors this morning -- how long before we see -- from other callers this morning. how long before we see backpay? guest: some folks who got either

a smaller paycheck or insulin very few cases no paycheck -- in some very few cases no paycheck, by the end of october, they should be back to normal. in some cases, employees were saying, wait a minute, i was supposed to work during the shutdown. i'm going to get paid my normal rate. if they make everybody whole, there will be some who end up with a vacation that was paid. how fair is that? it is not anybody mad at the other person, it is just another element of frustration going on inside the agencies. host: that means the executives have to handle those kinds of issues. guest: hr leaders are telling me that people should be ready for all kinds of workplace morale -- not problems, because people are going to be ready to go back to work. by and large, everybody has been chomping at the bit to get back to work and doing the job they were assigned to do.

but there are going to be these kinds of issues. and as i said before, that thing that is hanging over everybody's head, that black cloud, we could be back in the same spot january 15. the track record indicates the odds are better that that will happen then that it won't. -- than that it won't. host: what about benefits? was that affected? guest: no. that money was already paid. the benefits state in full force during the entire shutdown. host: tell our viewers what you learned the past couple weeks talking to executives and workers. what are some things that you heard that have not been played out in papers as far as the federal worker perspective in all this? guest: it's a lot of frustration. they consider themselves to be people who are just regular folks, not doing anything outstanding. one of my favorite stories during the shutdown was an awards ceremony for the service to america medals done by the partnership for public service.

it was about three days after the shutdown. one of the executives that leaves the nasa curiosity rover project got an award and told everybody how proud he was of the fact that any taxpayer who wanted to see what curiosity was seeing could do it from a smart phone. he held up his smart phone as an example. except for me, because i'm on furlough. he was not allowed to you his use hisne -- to smart phone issued by the government during the shutdown. people were frustrated because it was no fault of theirs, they didn't think -- think. that's probably the biggest untold story in all of this. host: you can find out more about federal news radio at federalnewsradio.com. thanks for the time. guest: thank you very much.

host: back to your calls. you are next on our republican line. hello. guest: i have a state -- caller: i have a statement to make and then i have a question. when obama ran for president the first time, he said that when bush wanted to raise the deficit, which i was opposed to -- he said that it was immoral and unconstitutional. well, if that was true, then that makes him the most immoral and unconstitutional president we've ever had. and then i would like to ask a question. we have to raise the deficit as obama wanted to to borrow money to pay our debts? that would be like me going to a bank and borrowing money that i

cannot repay, and then i go to another bank and borrow money to pay that debt. host: independent line, identifies himself as a federal worker. good morning. caller: good morning. i just want to say that it seems like they forgot they work for us. in my job, i see a lot of waste in the government. thanks. host: a couple of tweets for you. this is iron patriot talking about potential shutdowns in the future. " i hope they shut it down again to prevent them from passing amnesty, which is coming next. go -- down againy shut it to prevent them from passing amnesty, which is coming next." hello? caller: i want to make a comment

about insurance and some of the calls that i've heard where people said their insurance is going up extremely high. we are at our enrollment period right now. and the most it went up was probably $5 for a family. and i don't understand where people get that it is going up. i heard somebody say last night $700. i work for a fairly large company. as far as the deficit goes, we all ought to go back to the bush era. they want to blame the president, but he has tried to do gets out of a very deep hole. i listen to a lot of callers. they need to come out of the rabbit hole. promise of next, spring

grove illinois. federal worker on the democrats line. were you one of those furlough ed? caller: i was an exempted worker. we did not get paid but we had to be there. is, the people that got her to work veterans and the federal workers. we got punished for this. is, the federal government, the congressman and senators, they still got paid during all of this. where was it a problem for anyone other than the federal workers and middle class people? i am not understanding how they were still in session in getting their $400,000 checks. they got their salary. the federal workers were the ones that got hurt.

we got cut out of everything and had no choice in this. i am not understanding how this is a benefit to anyone but those in congress. it is still just a benefit to them and not anyone else. william from arizona on the independent line. arkansas. i was listening to some of your callers. and havesiness owner just started expanding my business into other states. i do not have a problem with obamacare, i really do not. some people that work for me have never had insurance. they come to me and asked me,

what clan should i go with, because they have never been able to afford it. i offer it to them, but they cannot afford it. host: what time of business do you do? do?type of business do you caller: i am of uniforms maker. we hear about people from small business owners. does this come into your mind? really.not i have been blessed. i have been to the point where i have had to be on food stamps before. actme from a democratic ground. i am blessed. i got into the business not knowing where it was going to go and ended up being prosperous for me, so i understand it. i really do understand it. obamacare,o much as

as they like to call the affordable insurance care act, but the old that do not understand the majority of people working him out there getting the jobs and stuff, they are not getting enough money to afford insurance. they are not paid enough. last one of my employees above the minimum wage. every last one of them. host: and you offer health insurance as well? caller: exactly. some of them, if they get the family plan it would take up half of their paycheck. right now, with obamacare, it is a blessing. it is a blessing to them. on theilliam joining us phone. the final hour taking your calls on the end of the government shutdown. the short-term extension through

january. short-term extension on the debt limit through february. or thoughts on congress passing the debt bill. final hourts on the we have on the program. the numbers on your screen to call in. sharon joining us from ohio. caller: i have been a democrat. i cannot believe the tea party can bring the republicans down so low. it is ridiculous. closing the government down and hurting so many people is ridiculous. host: how would you identify your self different as someone who identifies themselves as a

member of the tea party? caller: i am not crazy, and i think a lot of them are. they are outrageous in their actions. out of closing the government down. it cost money, cost people wages. i am retired. my husband just retired. this put our retirement fund at risk. we would have lost a huge chunk of our money that we put back like we were supposed to. we had investments and put those at risk. the tea partyve controls the republican party in such a way that so few can do so much damage. our representatives need to grow a back down. ,ost: frank from hillandale california, democrats line and the federal worker. hello.

what type of work you do? caller: i am a correctional officer. been furloughed, but still had to go to work. we had jobs to do. i just wanted to say i have been through this before in 1995 when clinton was in office, and it is very hard on a lot of people. we have to continue to go to work because of the jobs that we do. i was in d.c. a couple of weeks ago. i go every year to address the congressman about the issues we have. our whole mission change because of the government shutdown. it is very hard knowing brothers and sisters across the nation, even capitol police, we still

have to continue to do our jobs. a lot of people do not understand. with the we get caught medical bills and stuff and the benefits. we are government employees. we have to pay for our benefits. a lot of people do not realize that. obamacare, i am for it and against it, but our premiums continue to go up. it has been very hard. my family has been on the edge. . i stayed up late last night. i just want to say thank you to both parties that they finally came to a conclusion, but i think it has really hurt all federal government employees. frank from california. just a few moments ago, the white house chief of staff was

at the white house greeting workers. talking to workers coming back today. this was cost i one of our c- span videographers. we will show you a little bit of that as we continue on with calls. lexington, kentucky. democrats line. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. a long-time listener, first-time caller. thank you for taking my call. i am calling to say that i am not the government is back up and running. as we move forward with budget talks, i want people to keep in mind that when bill clinton left office, our national debt was around $5.3 trillion. had $220 billion surplus. at this state, taxes were higher.

the point is we do have a way to have a low debt. it is called paying our bills. it requires congress to pay taxes, penalties and all kinds of ways to pay our debt. i have been an industrial engineer for 20 years. not one corporation can be successful planning the business that way.

each week means your business will almost operate 254,000 hours. if you can bet they'll customer demand, that is what your business will do. host: the president took to the microphone. here is his thoughts on the senate vote am looking forward to the end of the government shutdown. before andsaid it will say it again. i am eager to work with anybody. that will grow our economy, create new jobs, strengthen the middle class and get the fiscal house in order for the long-term. i have never believed they have a number not -- that they have a monopoly on good ideas. i am convinced democrats and republicans can work together to make progress.

>> this tweet from boring file clerk. caller: i am the spouse of a member in the military. actually live right down the street from the capital and have for the past 15 years. comment thatesting i hear from a lot of people always seems the issues we face to blame the president. i think that is a fallacy in the fact that the president is limited in his term to eight years. we are left congressmen and senators and a lot of them die in office. there seems to be disparity and where does the blade lie for the

for to commit we found ourselves this time around. i have to say analyze with the congress. these are guys people continue to elect year after year, and it always depends on who the big as to in the white house how each party boats. i think the congress needs to be held more accountable. they have nothing to lose for them. i get frustrated when i hear guys running for office and how easy it is for them to have a situation overseas when they do not have a family member who has served. >> how do you make congress more accountable?

i think for a lot of people you have to look at the big picture. it is my guy is doing good for my state. source of which people get their information. a lot of people only have one serves -- source. if you are conservative, you watch fox. liberal, you watch cnn, whoever it might be. i like to see what the world thinks of the u.s.. blinded byget so what we see inside. i think we need a different perspective and does not need to be the other people who live inside our country that have an agenda, and every last one of these people have an agenda. do not have anything to lose with the decisions they make. host: linda talking about the

world perspective. aining us on skype to give us world perspective is carlos you bono, from the associated press. acting as mr. rector. welcome. from your perch, how has the world looked at the past several weeks in washington? disbelief for sure, but financial markets have not really feared a debt default. i think there was a hope that politicians would reach a deal in the past our -- last hour. the market reaction after that has been underwhelming. i should mention he

joins us from london. activity, the market does the fighting that took based on both sides the past couple of weeks, as far as how the u.s. looks at the u.s. as an investment opportunity? guest: for sure, yes. willcertainly the economy be weakened by this, the shutdown and concerns over the death default on how companies that want to invest or higher people will be more cautious. this has an impact on other economies like europe or asia. there is a long-term impact as well. as atially on the dollars reserve currency. countries around the world by treasuries in order to have a safe asset, to have safety for

their money. the past few weeks have not helped that. the chinese rating agency has downgraded the u.s. today. this shows what the thinking is. over the next few years, you could find companies buying fewer treasuries as they have over the past few years. the dollar ast -- save havenn as of the currency of the world. have leaders expressed concern over the fact that this was only a short-term bump and could be dealing with the early next year? guest: absolutely. over thethis hanging economy for the next few months. in terms of the u.s. economy,

people will worry about this over the crucial spending season. ahead, a new situation we will have to deal with. also, the dollar as the world currency review essentially. parts -- doher other parts of the world have a similar system, a debt ceiling? budget impacts, but usually do not have a government shutdown in a sense. work goes on. there is that difference. for example we have had a lot of budget negotiations in various countries.

but is not as big of a deal as it is in the u.s. and there are differences in the way state finances are handled in the meantime. with the associated press, acting bureau of business editor. thank you for joining us this morning. back to calls. here is tracy rumsey lum, west virginia. my husband is a federal worker and went back today. i have heard the calls where some people have said the federal workers have had a month vacation. it was not a month vacation. my husband went without pay for a month. we have three kids and bills and whodaughter who is ill

needs medication. i was lucky in that my husband was not at home. he helped with a catering job for friend that has a restaurant. i think the thing frustrating is the fact that we can now do this over and over and governments -- and over with the government unless they decide to sit down and come up with a budget and run the country the way it needs to be run. i would like to say thank you to our friends and family who stood by our side and got us through this. i think the government should come down here and take a lesson rum us because we know how to get through tough times. this happens again in january, how will you repair it? started preparing when they started talking about sequestration.

my husband was one of the worker who was told he may lose a day or two per pay. off of his check. luckily that did not hit us yet. i do not work now. started having seizures and was very ill and needed someone here for her, so i have not been working. we take on the extra part-time work. we save our money. the bills we can control, groceries and electric. i think it is the responsibility that you have to take on. i wish the government would understand. i do feel we were raised that

day. squeeze a nickel if we have to. only a few things we have to have, our house payment, daughters medication, feeding our kids. other than that, we are going to make the cut backs. someone is going to blink first, and it is not going to be us. i just appreciate the hard work they should be doing in the next two weeks to make sure this does not happen again. virginia.y from west murray tweets this morning. she says we need to see drastic cuts and reduced spending of ways. perhaps fewer paper pushers. you can make your thoughts known on twitter. judy joining us from hawaii. -- here wem calling go. tv down.rn my i am going right now.

i am not a republican, although i called in on that line. i was a democrat for 40 years in the left the democratic ready this past year during the convention when they try to take god out of the platform. i am a christian. i do stand by ted cruz. . am thankful for his bravery he did not have to step out like he did. i hear it will cost $120,000 per year for a health care. if you make $60,000 per year, that is the third of your income. we have to have it or we will lose our houses if we get sick. host: judy from hawaii.

whymail from ron, saying was such a short fix needed? no budget, no regular order appropriations bill. as a year from now. you can send your thoughts through e-mail, tweet and the phone line. we have set a deadline -- aside a special line for federal workers. mary from washington on the independent line. caller: good morning. i am very tired. on the west6:53 coast but i am tired because i work at a military hospital treating wounded warriors and retired military. the sequestration, there is a slow decline. maybe the sequestration did not meet the media request.

two weeks ago they said we were , and to have the shutdown they had a town hall meeting, the planner for the hospital in person from the surgery department said we are running out of supplies. this is the surgery department. i am just really tired, tired of living on the edge should and the slow decline. the slow decline of my ability. i have less and less to spend. the concept whether we will have any money to continue to function. i do not know that the afordable care act will make difference. i think our health care is in crisis. health care needs to be addressed. i had my mother in the emergency

room last night and were treating will in the hallway. i do have one thing to say about federal workers that want quiter government, please your job so we can treat soldiers. from washington. chuckt from hagel -- here is rick in illinois, democrats line. all that wanted to say

has been happening in the gop willingness to destroy the economy probably explains why the people of the great generation get the republicans out of the control of congress for 40 years so they could not do stuff like this. nevere sequester, they had a sequester when bush or reagan was in their because they know that is part two of what caused the great depression, spending cuts. they cut taxes on the bridge and spending cuts to balance the tax cuts. that has starved the demand side and caused the whole thing to plummet into a depression. by thene thing affected shutdown was the smithsonian. they sent out a tweet today saying that using them is open today, regular hours. national zoo open tomorrow. sherry on the republican mind. good morning.

i was pretty upset about a couple of things this morning. i have seen several democrats and republicans shaking their hands and smiling. they act like the war is one, but it is not. .y husband and i are retired where do we go from there it? how do we survive this? sayinge sitting up there how they talked about breakfast. they have said how they are sorry, but instead they are having wrecked best where people like myself and i -- my husband, there is no food. came disabled in 2009. i had to fight for life support. i did not get any help. if it was not for this company, i do not know where we would eat. i do not know where he would be. where are the answers for people

disabled? people do not ask or do not want to be disabled. --t is what the lord hand hands us. let us know. we have three months. the holidays are coming up. i do not want to have to go through the same thing i went through last year or the year before that. i grandkids look at me, and i have no money to give them. sheri from tennessee. barbara the massachusetts on the line, last caller. caller: i am calling because i find it very ironic that representative connolly finds it ironic that republicans are now talking about the sequester as law of the land. he says this is ironic because they changed their mind. i think he should go back and read the debt ceiling comments made.enator obama

i guess it does not apply. also, when something is the law of the land, as in obamacare or the sequester, it does not , especially when you cherry pick where the bugs come from. announcement, we're are changing channels as of tomorrow. channel we will be on 120. that is tomorrow. that is it for today's addition of " washington journal." another addition tomorrow at 7:00. we will see you then.

>> standards and poors estimated the shutdown has taken about $24 billion out of the u.s. economy. some members of congress tweeted their thoughts and remarks about the shutdown. congressman michael mccaul said the president must negotiate in good faith.