state on "cashin' in." we have one this week. that is it for cost of freedom block. thank you for joining us. weigh in on the topics we discussed on twitter. see you on "the five." have a great weekend, everybody. >> the countdown is underway as the hours press along for a possible government shutdown come monday night. at this hour, house republicans are just beginning a rare saturday closed session with members feeling the heat to respond to a senate bill that funds the government and obamacare. right now, party member res main committed to shutting down the government ife fundingn out of the budget bill. this sets up a standoff with the white house and a president who says he will not sign anything that takes away money for healthcare. hello, everybody. i'm uma pemmaraju on this busy saturday. we begin this hour of america's news headquarters with chief political correspondent carl cameron who brings us the latest on the

showdown. carl? >> reporter: hi, uma. crunch time indeed. monday at midnight is the deadline. the two chamber of commerce have a limited amount of time and a lot of work in which to do it. a lot of work to do in a limited time. first of all, just as we speak, the house republicans are meeting behind closed doors in the basement of the capitol to talk about the next step. john boehner and the cohorts have been arriving all morning. this could go as long as a couple of hours and it could spill in to a mare on the the next couple of days. yesterday, the u.s. senate played a role in ping-pong match and sent to house stripped down continuing resolution to keep the government open on monday night. but took out language relative to obamacare and changes that was a government funding measure to last for roughly another three or four weeks. the president has said he will veto any kind of legislation to keep the government open that goes near obamacare. so the ball is now back in the house republicans' hands. there are three options to

consider behind closed doors. they have to pass the continuing resolution back to the senate. one, is the new amendment that would essentially delay implementation of the obamacare by a year. a second option discussed, perhaps not as popular with the conservatives is idea of revoking a tax on medical devices. it would bring in $300 billion worth of revenue. by revoking that one tax on the medical devices which could be from the forcep to thermometers they would defund it partially. the last option would be in essence trying to take away the mandtory coverage that would be provided to capitol staffers and aides. that is unpopular and up likely to go far but the kind of thing to throw back to senate for them to deal with. when it gets back to the senate is an open question. they are not working until 2:00 mon when they would pick up whatever has been ping-ponged back by the house.

to try to pass it by monday night. there is a real possibility that ping-pong as it's been called, uma will become a game of hot potato as we get closer to midnight on monday. they will institute legislative martial law. that means they will send legislative ideas to the rules committee and begin the process of the ping-pong return of service to the senate. that could be expedited on this day if they chose to do that. that is an emergency procedure given deadline we face on monday night. >> uma: legislative martial law. all right, carl, thank you for bringing us up to date. appreciate it very much. okay. the pressure continues at this hour to avert a shutdown. many in the g.o.p. congressional camp are vowing not to waiver in the tea party support quest to defund obamacare. iowa congressman steve king is joining us now at a critical time when he and the g.o.p. colleagues are meeting on

capitol hill. welcome. >> thank you for having me on. >> uma: there is a lot at stake now. a lot of folks are saying some type of compromise needs to be reached. but you are of the mind to dig in your heels and truly stand with those members who believe that obamacare has to be out of the equation here. >> well, the house took a stand. the last week we voted to cut off all funding to implement or enforce obamacare and fund the government and sequestration levels, fully fund it, everything else. we were opposed to a government shutdown. we said that clearly. and the senate has said i dare you with their response. i happen to be giving a special order on the floor last night when the c.r. was messaged back to the house. i'd make this argument. and that is that whatever might happen if we hold our ground here and say all or nothing at this point, we want to fund the government, we don't want to shut down. if you shut the government down, mr. president, here is the price.

we can recover from what inconvenience may be there, parial component shut down. never will there be a full shutdown. if there is a it will call price from the republicans we'll recover from that, but we can never recover from obamacare. that is why the fight matters now. >> but you and i both know there is a huge perception out there that the g.o.p. will be blamed if there is a partial shutdown of the government. are you concerned that the g.o.p. is being put squarely on this path of blame if the shutdown happens? >> the republicans should have done a much better job of messaging this over the last few months. i will say that. but i am not worried about the blame. i look historically across this. what is the price paid? 17 shutdown in modern history. totaling 109 days. 57 were in jimmy carter era when he had democrats in the house and senate he was fighting with. i don't know that anybody paid a price for that. two shutdown under the clinton

administration. of the two shutdowns the republicans after the long 21-day shut down, the longest in history lost eight seats in the house. but six of those were marginal seats. we still maintain the majority. those things that came from the 21-day schult down, i never met anybody that said i didn't get go to yosemite and it's your fault. i'll punish you. we'll recover from anything. i don't think there is a penalty. if there is, we'll recover. we should do the right thing. reward for standing on principle, a far more important political component than is it if people are a little bit angry temporarily. a long time until the next election. >> uma: i know you joined us, breaking away from the meeting taking place right now on capitol hill with your colleagues. so at this point, to you see any type of compromise, being offered up at this point that will be accepted by your colleagues in a way that pushes things forward to avoid a shutdown? or are you saying that is where we're going, guys? >> we have to take that stand and say that we have been

challenged by the senate. if there is a compromise to be offered, i have been looking for it. >> uma: what about delaying obamacare for a year for all people as part of the debate over the tet ceiling for example? >> if we delayed implementation and enforcement and the tax collection and everything that has to do with the obamacare for a year, and funded our government in the period of time, that is something that is likely to be discussed there. i'll see what my colleagues say. my vote is hold our ground. because whoever blinks in this is the one that loses. and i think fear of a government shutdown has been oversold. it's like global warming. if you remember discussions about that. there was everything bad about global warming. nothing could be good about a few extra degrees anywhere on the planet. this is sold the same way. disproportion nately. if it's shut down it is clear. the republican provide the resources to fund the government at sequestration levels. this would be political

tantrum on part of the president to preserve the namesake piece of legislation. if he shut the government down over the issue when he is knows the america rejected obamacare. it can't be implemented. it's a train wrex. >> uma: congressman, thank you for joining us. so much is happening that hour. we appreciate your insight and we look forward to the conversation. >> i head to the meeting and hope a long prayer to open so it i don't niss dialogue of my colleagues. coming up, 30 past the hour you hear from john giramendi who has seen both sides of a government shutdown once in role at department of interior and now in the congressional negotiations. we will be joining us live. turning now to news overseas, we are hearing there is a lot of fall-out at home for the iran president who was finding that his 15-minute phone call to president obama is sparking protest in his country. irate protester threw a shoe at the iranian president after

his one-on-one phone conversation with obama. historic call broke an three decade diplomatic freeze-out between iran and the u.s. brian has more on the fall-out. brian? >> hi, uma. president obama called the new iranian president rouhani yesterday while he was on his way to the airport in new york. a 15-minute call. the first direct conversation between the leaders of iran and the u.s. since islamic resolution in 1979. a senior administration official says both presidents expressed urgency and a determination to resolve the nuclear issue between both nations peacefully and quickly. well, rouhani arrived back if iran today where news of the phone call was met with mixed reaction. hundreds of supporters greeting the motorcade, one banner reading "yes to peace, no to war." but he was also met by several dozen hard-line conservative protesters upset by the conversation with protesters.

protesters tied to block rouhani moderncade and they chanted "death to america" and were reportedly hurling eggs at the motorcade and as well as throwing a shoe. i missed rouhani but the move is a common gesture of contempt in the middle east. the reaction copping coming -- coming after the first visit after taking office last month. he said he believes that the u.s. and iran will resolve and set the nuclear issue step-by-step in the not too distant future. yesterday he said he had the backing of the people of iran. >> translator: i believe, whatever result we achieve through negotiation my government will have the full backing of all the powers, meaning the three main powers in iran and the people of

irain -- iran. >> and benjamin netanyahu has voiced skepticism about rouhani and he meets with the white house this week. >> uma: thank you for that update. there is some contention there at home. and here as well. as you might imagine israel is keeping close watch on developments with iran. monday, benjamin netanyahu is set to meet with president obama at the white house. question: is real diplomacy possible with iran? iranian president says he is open to talks but will his countrymen back him? does it give time to give him an opportunity to build up the nuclear arsenal? alam combs -- alan combs, and mike gallagher are joining us live from new york. gentlemen, great to see you. welcome. >> hi, how are you?

>> i love the look. a great look for you. >> i was a good daddy war bucs last month. i'm healthy. it was for a part. >> michael, there are skeptics on this side of the ocean who say iran is playing the white house, stalling for time. hoping that it will be able to continue to build nuclear ambitions. what is your reaction to the theory? >> i'm part of the loyal opposition to president obama but this is a difficult thing to spread. i think the skepticism issued by netanyahu and others is healthy. we have to go back to ronald reagan's mon tra of -- mantra of "trust but verifiment" he is saying all the right things. he is acknowledging the holocaust for crying out loud. what a sea change from the former iranian leadership. i think president obama is -- i don't like the guy. i'm not a supporter of president obama but i won't sit here and throw the proverbial shoes and eggs and stones at president obama because he has a difficult

road to hoe. if he is properly skeptical and trust but verify applies but we should be open to a dialogue to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons from that part of the world. >> uma: most of us agree that diplomacy is always the better option but after decades of mistrust how does the u.s. move forward knowing that iran is seen as haven for terrorists who hate the u.s.? >> i agree with everything that mike said but i am a supporter of the president. not on everything but most things. trust but verify is what ronald reagan said. with open arms, go in and welcome the new attitude. which is supposedly done with the blessing of the clairics who are -- clerics who pull the strings in iran. irain has a reason to be suspicious of us. we overthrow the regime in 19453 to install the shaw. we did more damage to their

country than to ours. >> it seems that this has to be a time, guys where we try to drop partisanship. people instinctively will say no, no, no. whatever obama does is wrong on this. this is too complicated. the stakes are too high, alan. you know to play that partisan game right now. i'm trying to be open minded to say listen to what the guy is saying. let's face it, uma, the iranian president, rouhani does this at his own peril to make the overtures to peace. look at the hassle he is getting at home when he returned. >> uma: no doubt about it. of course, we are happy to see that there are moments when the two of you can agree with one another. >> having a bad day. >> uma: tv moment for us. >> welcome to the light. >> it's the loss of hair. it's the head shaving. >> uma: move on quickly, guys, on the concerns over the government shutdown. what do you think will happen with the republicans? do you think they are going to stand firm, united as one body

to reject anything that offers any type of compromise at this point? do you foresee shutdown on horizon? >> i do. the world is not going to end if there is a partial government shutdown. this is an exciting time. the house has taken a stand. this is a great week to watch ted cruz be heroic to millions of americans. there is a sea change going on here. for the republican party, crossroad between moderate and squishy rhinos that go with what the democrats shove down our throat or solid conservatism. most americans prefer shutdown over implementation of obamacare. >> apparently not. >> uma: give me a quick response. >> it's just not true. people voted for obama. the supreme court affirmed it. the government shutdown will hurt them, from a political standpoint, hurt republicans.

go ahead with the ted cruz and the shutdown and you will pay price in 2014. >> we shall see. >> that sounds more like it from both of you. both of you disagreeing with each other. i'm used to that. all right. great to see you both. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, guys. take care. >> we invite you to stay with us. we have new video showing that dramatic scene outside of the kenyan shopping mall as a deadly terrorist attack gets underway in inside. you hear who the government officials blame for the collapse on the mall there. the family of the 19 firefighters killed on the job in arizona will hear if the deaths could have been prevented. live report coming your way next. inspir rationm experience from a near-death experience and back. you will hear what she says changed her battle with cancer. >> thors were astounded. they didn't know how to explain it.

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>> uma: take a look. new video showing the red cross responders arriving at the scene of the kennian mall attack. nairobi 3458 was held captive by -- the nairobi mall was held captive. they ended the siege but possibly killed more hostages as well. they are combing through the rubble hoping to find some of those who remain missing. >> uma: we are following up with the firefighters that risked their lives to protect the community. the families may be getting answers from the officials about whether they those deaths of their loved ones could have been prevented.

dominic di-natale has more on what is an emotional roller coaster for the families. >> it has. the report is out in 40 minutes' time. they launched investigation of the hill fire fatalities after they died on june 30. the families are gathering to be briefed ahead of the hort release. not said to be at the news conference while they want the privacy. the radio traffic we will get to know about. but it isn't expected to assign blame. the winds kicked up and moved flames up outside.

one member said he was serving as the lookout at the time. no doubt what he saw afterwards. but questions why they left the relative safety of rig top to burned area or if they knew the rapidly changing weather was turning in a blaze, inferno that claimed their lives. >> uma: hopefully the families get answers they are looking for later this afternoon. thank you. here we go again. america on the brink of another shutdown. they are prepping for the worst case scenario. up next, we take a look at what happens to the military

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>> uma: welcome back. take a quick look right now at the stories making news at this hour. house g.o.p. members are meeting behind closed doors trying to decide what to do with the senate's version of a government funding bill. just yesterday, the senate passed a bill that once again funds the government and restores language to continue funding obamacare. congress has midnight monday on whether the shutdown happens. the department of justice spending almost $45 million to put 356 new armed police officers in schools around the

country. some of the money goes to the newtown, connecticut rate. they offering that less than a year after the tragic shooting at sandy hook elementary school. hundreds of people whose homes were destroyed by super storm sandy may be homeless again. a judge lifting a order preserving a program to provide hotel rooms to 350 people still displaced by the storm. fema says it will stop reimbursing the new york city for the program on monday. remember this later? the young pakistani girl who survived being shot in the head by the taliban? she is honored by harvard university. she received a humanitarian award for her work to shed more light on young girls who want an education in that country. now news of a possible government shutdown and that

it would have an immediate and direct impact on the men and women in uniform. the national security corespondent jennifer griffin is here toll us how capitol hill gridlock could impact the nation's defense department. >> good morning. the last time the government shutdown in 199, 5 it was shut for 26 days. according to pentagon, as many as the 4,000 d.o.d. workers could be fur lowed lowed this -- furloughed this time around. many of those in afghanistan are not subject to the furlough and they have to continue work without pay and pick up the slack for the zillian personnel doing their job as well. the military personnel would receive automatic retroactive pay once an an appropriation is passed but they and their families may have trouble in the meantime. it would require act of congress to pay those subject to furlough. for d.o.d. civilians it's not automatic they get the retroactive pay. or ways it would subject the defense department.

many comy sars -- commissaries would close. we have an explanation of the shutdown. >> if the lapse never occurs the planning is disruptive. the plan will consume a lot of senior management attention. thousands of hours of employee time. better spent on supporting national security. >> the government shutdown disrupted the economy. this shutdown would, too. at a moment when the economy steadily gained traction and the deficit have been falling father than any at any time in 60 years. shutdown would be a purely self-inflicted wound. >> one myth is that the government shutdown save money. management of the budget estimates last time there was a shut down in 1995, it cost

the taxpayers $1.4 billion. uma? >> uma: wow! a hefty price tag indeed. thank you very much. you won't see a change in essential duties like the national security if the government shuts down. air traffic controllers, airport screener, they will all will working. but there will be noticeable changes in several other services. here is a quick look at what else might you miss come tuesday. >> let's begin with those who won't be working. each federal agency will decide who needs to stay and who needs to be sent home. not counting the military, that adds up to 800,000 people or 41% of the federal workforcech if past shutdowns are any indication of what may happen, here is what we can expect. the country's national parks will be closed. along with all of the well-known smithsonian museums right here in washington, d.c. the centers for disease control and prevention will be

severely limited. in how much it can research and investigate any disease outbreaks. if you are hoping to take an overseas trip soon and need a passport or visa, waiting for those to be processed could take longer than the usual four to six weeks. that could lead to a financial downturn for tourism and the airline industry. you should expect a backlog in our nation's courts. hearings and trials that require a government lawyer for example may be forced to reschedule. rest assured the social security, medicare and the unemployment checks will be delivered across the country. and take note: overall mail delivery will continue december pete the government shutdown -- despite the government shutdown. >> uma: obamacare falls under the umbrella of entitlement spending which means even if the government shuts down, the healthcare spending does not. well, our next guest knows first-hand what will happen in

a shut down. democratic congressman giramendi served as the deputy secretary of the interior in the government shutdown of the '90s and is now california third district congressman. welcome. great to have you here. >> hello. >> uma: you are in a unique position of knowing what it's like to be in washington. who knows what happens when a major agency has to endure a government shutdown. back in the '90s, you lived through this. tell us what it was like for folks who had to cope with it? >> it was ugly. extraordinarily disruptive. the department of interior is a huge building. there are maybe half a dozen of us there and security guards. that was the easy part. the washington monument was shut down. the smithsonian was shut down. ellis island and the statue of liberty, the national parks pars that are people travelling to; particularly, as we move toward winter were gone. they were shut down.

fish and wildlife service, u.s. geological survey, all of those functions were on hold for almost a month. the extraordinarily disruptive. and exceedingly expensive because you shut it down, you have to start it up again. time is lost. people are disrupted. people lost money because they were not paid in the period of time. that was the national parks and the department of interior programs. beyond that, you talk about the military a few moments ago. i have two major airport bases in my district. there will be perhaps 3,000 people that will not be working. they have probably going to lose those pays on top of the furloughs. which have been taking place. this is simply not necessary, not smart. particularly, since you are trying to leverage the affordable healthcare act, obamacare, which is going to go on. it's going to go on. you going what are you doing?

most of them are prefunded. that is the nation in the process of putting together these programs where people can go online and sign up for insurance. why would you delay somebody getting insurance? it makes no sense at all. >> uma: you talk about the frustration that so many americans felt. so much of the blame at that time went to the g.o.p. >> this time around, many people in the g.o.p. say that perception or not we need to hold the ground, stand firm in term of the principles we believe in. follow what we feel is the best way to follow a constitution. and the focus that they want to keep up with obamacare. >> first, supreme court took up obamacare and said it was constitutional with one change. that had to do with the medicaid program. but this is declared constitutional.

that is no longer an issue. going forward, we are talking about now they are talking about it, actually there is a new program or a new proposal about every hour coming out of the republican caucus. for the republicans, they need to really pay attention to what the "wall street journal" said. they said it's a kamikaze mission. if you're a kamikaze it doesn't turn out well for the pilot. i think speaker boehner has a fundamental choice to put together. is he a speaker of the entire house? all 435 of us. or is he the leader of the kamikaze caucus? this is just not making any practical sense in trying to do what apparently the republicans want to do, to leverage somehow the ongoing work of the government to try to somehow to delay, dispose of or defund the affordable healthcare act. it doesn't work that way. it doesn't work. it's not a lever to be used in

the first place. to go after the affordable healthcare act or obamacare as you like to call it, it isn't going to stop the implementation of it. it will be disruptive to be sure. implementation will go forward. senate isn't going to accept it. what are we doing here? it makes no practical sense. >> uma: thank you for joining us. we have a little bit of news rashing the closed-door meeting taking place with members of the republican party on capitol hill. we're hearing from sources, who are saying saying they will fund the government but do a full delay of implementing obamacare for at least a year. this was a measure that is thought to be a compromise to the stand of completely defunding obamacare. as the house had passed

earlier. this measure will run government programs according to our sources. through december 15. one month shy of the senate bill okayed yesterday that funds the government programs through the 15. it is a tax on devices to fund the affordable care act. we will invite you to stay with fox news throughout the day for the latest on the negotiations. take a break and come back with more after this. clay. mom? come in here. come in where? welcome to my mom cave. wow. sit down. you need some campbell's chunky soup before today's big game, new chunky cheeseburger.

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some democrats are speaking about the concerns over getting a budget passed, to avert a government shutdown. as we have been reporting to you, house forces are telling us that republicans have come up with a counter offer to the newly passed senate continuing resolution. sources are saying that the bill will fund the government until december 15, but will delay obamacare for one year. the democrats are on the white house floor waiting for republicans to finish their meeting. and we are going to continue to follow this story as more information becomes available. again, the news of the moment is that we are hearing a new house bill will fund the government, but delay obamacare for a year. shifting gears in a big way. the next story is extraordinary. you are about to meet a woman whose amazing story about her near-death experience a few years ago turned her in to an

international beg-selling author and speaking. in her boom "dieing to be me" mooorjani described her agony as she lived with a cancer that ravaged her body. she had little hope of staying alive. yet, all that changed in an instant. in what some might call a trip to heaven and back. a journey like no other with lessons she now shares with the world. >> i had instage lymphoma i had been dealing with for four years. lymphoma is cancer of the lymph glands. i had tumors from the base of my skull around my neck. some of them the size of lemons going all the way down to my chest under my arms and all the way down to my abdomen. i had fluid in my lungs. and so, i would choke every few minutes. i couldn't lie flat, because if i lied flat, i would choke on my own fluid. so i was propped up.

my muscles were deteriorated. i weighed about 85 pounds. it looked like -- i looked like a skeleton, a bag of bones with skin on it. on february 2, i went in to a coma. >> uma: take us back to that unbelievable moment when the transformation was happening to you. >> unbeknownst to everyone around me, even though i was in a coma, i was actually aware of everything that was happening around me. i was aware of everything the doctors were doing, everything my family was saying and doing. i was in a state of what i call like extreme clarity. it was like being in a state where everything made sense. in that state, it was like i understood, i understood why i had the cancer. and i want to say here also that for the first time in my

life, i felt like i, that i had a purpose. that i was loved. that i was unconditionally loved. >> uma: what was it vibrationally that you were feeling in terms whereof was that coming come -- terms of whe was that coming from? >> i felt like it was pure consciousness, that the pain was gone, the pain of my body, the physical pain, the fighting, the constant fighting of trying to stay alive. it was a feeling even? i died, it's okay. death is beautiful. that i was entering in to this most amazing beautiful state. which was the next state of my life. and i felt as though even that was okay. >> uma: people talked about seeing a great light. going through a tunnel and seeing a light at the end. a feeling that presence of angels around. any of that happen to you? >> i felt the presence of people around, yes. i call them people. but we can call them spirits

or entities. i definitely felt the presence of people. it felt like i woke up from a dream. it was like this life is a dream. that realm was reality. the colors were more vivid than ever before. the sights, the sounds, the people, wherever i put my awareness i was there. if i put my awareness on my brother who is in a different country i was right there with him. if i put my awareness on my best friend who had passed away who was in this other realm i was with her. i realized in that moment it was like i understood how ever choice, every thought, every decision, every experience i had in my life up to that moment led me to that point where i was dieing in that hospital bed. now that i knew the truth of who i really am, if i went

back to my body, my body would heal. >> the doctors started noticing a change. rather quickly. about what was taking place with your body. >> yeah, the doctors were astounded. they didn't know how to explain it. because within four days my tumors had shrunk by 70%. they couldn't understand. my own oncologist who was treating me said i don't know what to write in your medical records. >> this sense of purpose that you have now, this sense of mission, it has obviously taken you to a realm that you cowell never have imagined a few years ago. >> one of the things that i learned from that experience was that i had never valued myself. and today i know that nothing can work? your life if you do not value yourself. if you do not value and love yourself, you can't even love other people. before my near-death experience, even when i had the cancer, i used to believe

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>> he said he was not going to put this on the floor. >> welcome back, everybody. as we've been telling you, there's a lot going on here in washington on capitol hill. right behind me there. we're listening to some comments from california congressman darrell issa who was reflecting some of the views from some of the gop members the house who are very frustrated over the concerns about a possible government shutdown. they are right now considering a bill that was passed in the senate that completely -- that will fund the government and also the same time restore funding to obama care. that is something that the republicans have been fighting against. and now we're hearing, fox now news has been hearing that republicans have been meeting behind closed doors there on capitol hill since about noon today. to take a look at their options. we are just now coming up on that deadline. which is monday at midnight. we're hearing there might be a compromise where they would

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okay, that's going to do it for me here in d.c. a busy day here as a government shutdown nears. we'll cover all the events. you can watch everything on fnc.

tomorrow, senator ted cruz, the leader of the charge to defund obama care, joins america's news headquarters. watch that at 1:00 p.m. eastern. don't miss fox news sunday. kevin mccarthy along with senator mike lee. that's going to do it for me. hi, everybody, great to have you here. this is a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters and new headquarters for us. >> we're glad that we're here. i'm kelly wright. topping the news this hour, the sun, let's take a look at it, tried to break through some ominous dark clouds over capitol hill. as house members there are meeting behind closed doors this very moment, struggling with how to prevent a government shutdown. but could a battle to defund obama care derail everything? we're live on capitol hill. >> they are battling it out. we also have some shocking new