admirable. >> i take it we are not trying it next week. >> i thought about taking off my false eyelashes, but i am not doing it. >> that's it for us. we are back next sunday morning. check us out on-line. breaking news from washington. the tempers are flaring at a memorial honoring our nation's heros. fed up military veterans are rallying over the government shutdown that closed their memorials. now we have word of protesters trying to take over other memorials there. hi, everyone, welcome to a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. i'm jaime colby. >> hello, everyone. i'm eric shawn. protestors are filling the area by the nation's capitol and what a scene it is. it is 12 noon in washington, d.c. and peter doocy is live from the world war ii memorial

in the mall in washington, d.c. what is the scene like, and what has been going on this morning especially when you are dealing with the brave, courageous veterans of the country? >> we saw several hundred enthusiastic protesters, a lot of them vet exprans one of the -- veterans and one of the first things they did was take down the metal barricades that were surrounding the world war ii memorial. they took them up two guys per barricade and stacked them in a heap where they appear to be staying for the time being at least. everybody here we heard from is very upset at the way veterans have been treated during the government shutdown. that's what this whole rally today was about. i had the great honor of asking one of the men here today who is a world war ii veteran what the big turn out meant to him. >> it means a lot. it is very exciting. i appreciate it.

it is worth every bit of time i spent. i have dear friends who are all-around here. >> we saw the lawmakers turn up and sara pay lynn and texas senator ted cruz and utah senator mike lee all republicans and they all said they were frustrated with the way things stand with the government shutdown. >> these are our veterans from all across the country speaking up and saying stop playing games with veterans. stop playing games with memorials. >> and you can see that things are a little quieter right now. police came down and shut down 17th street which separates the world war ii memorial from the washington monument which is just across the way. they did that when a group of about a half a dozen big rig trucks came in and had the horns blaring and people were running into the street to give the truck you ares high five's and they were basically blocking both lanes of

traffic. the police officers we heard from said that was not safe for pedestrians. no cars are coming in and out of 17th street here in washington. although something very nice we did see a few minutes ago, an honor flight came with a handful of world war ii veterans who were not allowed on the streets, and they had to get wheeled from their wheelchairs into the intersection about a thousand feet away. when they got to the front of the memorial that is technically closed a park ranger shook their hands each veteran and said welcome to your memorial. >> the president had to sign the bill reinstating the death benefits. what did they say about that? death benefits for military families have been cut during the shutdown. >> this particular rally, this is something they said they would do rain or shine and whether the government was

open or closed. obviously those death benefits have been reinstated. but people who are here were just really upset and really angry that veterans were ever basically used -- or that veterans got less benefits in the shutdown than many others who continue to receive benefits. they were upset. they don't ever want to see anything like that happen again. that's what they are trying to do now. make a lot of noise. everything we have seen with the exception of yelling at -- yelling at police officers. everything has been peaceful, but they are trying to make the point at the world war ii memorial that it is not okay to treat people who risk their lives for this country badly. >> and it is good to see despite the shutdown as you can see tourists and visitors are visiting the world war ii memorial. live from the memorial, thanks so much. >> jaime. >> thank you.

we are getting new reaction from the folks at the center of the shutdown. senators head back to capitol hill this afternoon to try and solve it. the national correspondent is live in washington with more on that. hi, steve. >> hi, jaime. there is optimism, but no deal yet as the clock continues clicking. they failed to reach an agreement so it has shifted to the u.s. senate. they met yesterday to try to hammer out some kind of an agreement and they are expected to meet again today. one republican senator expressed frustration and suggested the house of representatives needs to get its act together. >> our democratic friends are moving the goalposts. but my belief is that paul ryan should leave this effort and it doesn't delay or de

fund and it would be good government. that's the best thing for the republican party and for the country. as between house and senate republicans the sooner this is over the better for us, guys. >> meantime it is day 13 of the government shutdown and pressure for a solution is certainly coming from both sides of the aisle. >> leadership must lead. we are in a crisis mode right now. y we shouldn't be here. this is self-inflicted pain on millions of people. this is unnecessary. and now to go out to the brink of a government default which is catastrophic to our country and to our economy and to the people in this great country, how they can let that happen is beyond me. >> still the democratic senator said the fact that senator leaders are meeting represents progress. he said it is a breakthrough. let's hope so. jaime? >> we hope so too. thank you so much. eric? >> ?ie jaime, with four days to go until the looming deadline what is exactly needed to make a deal?

let's look at the debt clock. the debt close only seems to go one way, up. 16.965 trillion dollars, almost hitting the 16.7 trillion ceiling that will occur on thursday. the hours are still ticking down to the deadline. our republican senator joins us from the republican policy committee and a member of the foreign relations committee. morning and welcome. >> good to see you. >> flee days is not much time. who do you think will blipping and what could break to finally get this under control? >> i agree we need to get the government up and functioning again. we need to get people back to work. harry reid brought to the floor a bill to increase the debt ceiling by a trillion dollars over the next year without doing anything at all to deal with spending which is our fundamental problem.

so we need to get a solution there. a trillion dollars is a million dollars every minute for the next year until december of 2014. american families know they can't live that way with that kind of borrowing without dealing with the spend -- spending. it is time for washington to get the spending under control. and we need to address that in a responsible way for the future of our children and our grandchildren. >> vow saying the majority leader -- so you are saying the majority leader wants to add a million dollars a minute on top of what we just saw or he won't agree to any deal? >> for the next year and a couple of months he wants to get it past the 2014 elections that's what a trillion dollar increase in the debt ceiling would be. they are offering responsible ways to deal with the incredible debt and deficit and get the spending under control. the american people are demanding that all across the

country. yet the president i believe has failed to lead. we did meet with him on friday to discuss someways to do it. he said that the debt ceiling should not be used, he said, as a toll booth, as a toll both for raising the -- toll booth for raising the debt ceiling. i will tell you historically in the united states, a way to bring fiscal discipline is when it is time to discuss raising the debt ceiling. is so this is the time you need to address the driver of our problems which is the spending. >> i'm sorry to interrupt, but what does mitch mcconnell say to harry reid. they are take the ball now. what can be done differently when these two gentlemen sit down together in a room and try to hammer out a deal. is that possible? joy well, the senate is going -- >> well, the senate hillary convene in the next hour. i will be there on the floor of the senate when harry reid and mitch mcconnell are

there, and we do reconvene. they will make statements when the senate opens to talk about the need to get the government open and to deal with this incredible debt cr is really the problem with our nation's finances. it is not raising the debt ceiling, it is the debt. it is the problem that we do not have a credible, sustainable solution to the long-term debt. and that is where the credit markets have down graded us in the past. >> the one thing americans are tired of now is this gridlock. there is a great quote from james baker to the treasurer secretary in this book, work hard, study and keep out of politics. he writes many of the followers hated compromise. it was better to lose anything than to give an inch. they didn't understand how the system worked. principal without praying ma terrorism is perilless.

then you are dealing with politics so what is your advice to mcconnell and harry reid when they get together so you guys can end this? >> it is the ronald regan somebody who is with me 80% of the time is my friend and ally and not some 20% traitor. there are areas of agreement. senator susan collins of maine has come up with a proposal and a number of republicans and democrats have sat down together to look for finding solutions to get the government open again and that's what we need to do. we need to get the government open and people back to work. that's what the american people expect. they want their leaders to gofn and to function. that's why i will be on the floor of the senate in the next 45 minutes to push for that. >> we thank you so much. it is day 13 and we want you to get to work. i think it is fair to say you

speak for all of us. >> thank you. thank you for having me. do you think a 22-year-old cold murder case can be solved? that's what happened in new york. the nypd announced they have identified a little girl only known as baby hope. her body was found in an ice chest on the side of the new york roadway in 1991 and police charged a family member with her murder. brian is live in our new york newsroom. seasoned, even retired detectives on the case say it was a grizzly one and tough for them to take. >> it really was. but a lot of huge developments over the weekend. we know that baby hope was anjelica castillo from queens and the man who killed her, her cousin x 52-year-old juarez. during an teargas -- an an an -- he confessed to killing her an sexually assaulting her.

he said he returned to an apartment in queens, new york shared by several relatives. he was drunk and ran into anjelica in the hallway. he sexually assaulted her and then smothered her until she went motionless. juarez called his sister into the room who told her to get rid of the body and brought him a cooler. together they stuffed her 4-year-old body into the cooler and left it on the side of a highway. >> carrying the cooler between the two of them they walked through a wooded area and put the cooler down. they then separated and juarez returned to the bronx and his sister to queens. never to speak of the heinous act again until the nypd investigators through their relentless investigation caught up with juarez. >> juarez's sister has since died, but the cooler with the body was discovered eight days later by construction workers in new york.

police say she was malnourished, weighing just 25 pounds at the time and showed signs of relentless abuse. the case had baffled the nypd for two decades, but an anonymous tip lead them to anjelica's mother who lead them to juarez. the lead detectives who were hawbted by this case -- haunted by this case, finally closure. >> how do i feel now? the expression, i am on cloud 9, where that is where i am right now. >> detective georgia is retired and anjelica's grave was in a bronx cemetery. he was pivotal in making sure she had the final resting place. >> thank you so much, brian. a sad story. >> terrible. jaime, americans are getting sick of the government shutdown. it is day 13 and a lot of them are blaming the politicians. as this thing drags on, what will it mean for the mid-term elections. you know that's coming up next year? who could it hurt? who could it help?

and what could happen at the polls? >> and nuclear talks with iran will open on tuesday m iran is backtracking on its words. what does it mean for israel? we will talk to a member of israel's security cabinet. >> and it is a very happy anniversary today. the united states navy defending us since october 13th, this very day in 1775.

in just two days talks begin on the iran nuclear program in geneva. the u.s. and the world powers are sitting down with the iranians who continue to claim they do not want a nuclear bomb. but before the talks even start, iran is already apparently throwing up road blocks saying it will not agree to ship out its stockpile of enriched uranium as the u.s. and western powers are demanding. all of this is raising more alarm bells in israel as it worries iran may be closer to building a possible bomb. some say iran could have the capacity in just months. will these new talks lead to an agreement or just give tehran more time for their nuclear program. joining us from tel aviv is israel's minister of economy and a member of the security cabinet.

minister bennett, thank you for joining us on the fox newschannel. my first question, basically, you trust the iranians? do you believe there will be a deal or will this mean more delay? >> eric, we would love a peaceful resolution. iran has a clear track record of actions they are taking right now. as we speak they are enriching uranium and they are installing new centrifuges. the centrifuges are spinning this have i moment. as -- this very moment. as we speak, these guys are butchering tens of thousands of syrian civilians. as we speak they kill homo homosexuals in tehran. let's not beacon fused. a few smiles cannot hide what we are talking b. we are talking about a terror regime that is racing to acquire a nuclear weapon. and words in geneva don't stop

the centrifuges from spinning in tehran. >> let's take a look at some of the demands h that the u.s. and world powers want on tehran and they will bring to these talks. they are demanding that iran reduce its uranium enrichment from 20% to 5%. move their material out of the country. it is enriched uranium have full and open access to u.n inspectors. the u.n security council has said stop enriching the uranium. they are ignoring that. is it acceptable for iran to continue to enrich uranium even at 5%? >> absolutely not. eric, i want to make a point. this is not an issue for israel. it is an issue for the world. they reached london, rome and madrid and just imagine if we wake up tomorrow with a nuclear test successfully

achieved in tehran, it means we are in a whole new dark and dangerous world. vut most dangerous raw -- you have the most dangerous regime in the world coupled with the most lethal weapon. it is not an issue for israel. it is a problem for the world. to your question, no, the iranians are building a powerful machine that can develop a nuclear weapon. we have to dismantle the machine which are the uranium enrichment centrifuges and the heavy water system. >> what if they say no -- >> we have to dismantle the machine. >> if they don't do that what does the world do? >> first of all, the most important thing is to holdup and increase the sanctions. the sanctions are what brought him to the table to begin with. only by being per sis assistant and -- persistent and not letting up on these sanctions do we have a chance

to avoid the need of poe 10 slal -- potential attack. israel will protect the world and itself. we did it in 1981. the world was threatened by a nuclear system in iran, in baghdad. israel single handedly took out the nuclear reactor and save -- saved the world from a nuclear iraq. in 2007 israel did the same thing in syria. imagine bashar al-assad with a nuclear weapon had that not occurred. if necessary, israel will always protect itself and the world. however, we want to avoid that sort of thing so the way to do it is to increase the pressure and not god forbid go and decrease the sanctions. we are at a defining moment in history. people are tired. the west doesn't want to really act out much, but this is one of those times where if you let up in the short-term, you pay a heavy price for the entire free world in the future. >> thank you so much.

48 hours to go before those talks begin in geneva. clearly the world is waiting. thank you. >> thank you. >> the clock is ticking with the debt ceiling deadline fast approaching. what might it mean to your pocket book? the bottom line for you ahead. and the impact of the continuing government shutdown is growing as a number of park, monument and memorial closures send a ripple affect across our nation. we will have a live report on that ahead. stay with us.

despite the government shutdown several states are reopening some of the most famous landmarks by spending their own state money. this morning new york state reopened the statue of liberties to visitors and they are letting tourists back into the grand canyon. we go live to los angeles with our -- with how other states

are taking similar actions. hi, dominic. >> hi, eric. no sooner than the big ones are reopening, the grand canyon, the statue of liberty and mount rushmore. the issue for the state is how long they should continue to front the feds? states have scrambled to source funding to reopen their national monuments and gathered a week to 10 days worth of cash. the states don't want to really have to stomach that. jan brewer who mustered funds to reopen the grand canyon this weekend has attacked washington for leaving her hands tied. >> i just refuse to let wrong headed federal policy to deprive tourists worldwide the opportunity to see this magnificent landscape. arizona should not have to pay the federal government's tab here. it is their responsibility. >> state leaders everywhere are hoping the feds will

reimbursement to fund the federal parks. but there is no guarantee that would happen. it would require congress passing a resolution to secure repayment. that is not likely to happen anytime soon given the climate we have in washington at the moment. private donors have pledged to make up some of the short falls of these federal programs. and what we have seen is they expand across the raft of federal services and it was offered by private foundations to cover the death benefits of deceased service members and that prompted president obama to restore the funding on thursday. it is a bit of a mess, eric. >> a bit is an understatement. we hope they get this thing solved. thanks so much as always. well, all of us are learning much more today about how fed up americans are with the stalemate in washington. i wanted you to look at this new poll where they asked whether or not likely voters would vote

to defeat orie place every single member of congress. 60% of americans said yes they would. 40% said no or they weren't sure. but this is about much more than politics. i wanted to ask our next guest whether or not it could have the significant impact on the economy, but also your wallet. he is the co author of who is counting and i imagine you are counting. as every day goes by, first of all what is the impact on the government at this moment? >> of the shutdown or the debt ceiling debate? >> we are concerned about both. >> well, the shutdown uh tects 15% of government workers and functions. the impact has not been much. in fact, we are seeing national parks opening up with state money. the debt ceiling is an artificial barrier because we really do have enough money to pay our debts. and the actual impact would not tap into october

15th. it would be november when we have to make our first payments on the debt. right now we are in this negotiating session where people don't have quite as much pressure as people think they do. >> when you say we could pay all of our debt and that we have the money, do you mean if the treasury provides it? >> no, we are taking in enormous amounts of money every day. what congress has proposed is we should have a law saying that the first thing that the government pays is our debts. that's technically not the law right now. that would take away ambiguity or doubts that we would default or not pay our bills. >> what is this all about? >> posturing and frankly a lot of hot air. >> there are serious issues here. >> why? >> because -- >> they make it sound very real. i believed up until you said that that we really cannot pay our bills. >> we absolutely can and we qil. and we will. that's one of the reasons we reached this debt limit time after time after time in the past and nothing catastrophic

has happened. the two parties have fund mentally different ideas of what government should be doing and spending. that's what this is about. the republicans started out by making a foolish move to basically not fund the government. they paid the political consequences for that. now the president has basically gone back on some of the agreements he said he would make as far as reforms on the budget and he is playing tough guy. so right now the two parties are squabbling, but as we have seen from the polls, people are frustrated, but they are not yet angry and they are not yet frightened. >> what about that though? 60% of americans saying they would replace every single member? >> well, i was one of the leaders of the term limits movement years ago. we came within one vote of the supreme court of making term limits the law of the land for congress. term limits was a good idea and is a good idea and that is backed by 75% of the american people. in washington the talent is like cream that rises to the

top until it curdles. it stays there too long. >> interesting perspective. i knew you would have that. thank you for being with us. eric? >> jaime, you know when you check into a hotel how nice it is to get free wi-fi and the chocolate in the pillow, but what if it has historic items like personal photos from some of our country's leaders? well that's exactly the type of special tribute guests are finding at the hotel at west . west point. >> it has been the defender of our democracy since 1802. the military academy at west point, new york. now those who check on the army academy grounds can sleep in rooms dedicated to some american icons. west point graduates who have gone on that become leaders in the military, business, and other professions. >> i want people to understand one thing. i am not dead yet. >> the latest tribute is for pete dawkins, retired

brigadier general who saw combat in vietnam. he is a great iron legend. he won the heisman for helping lead the army football team to its last undefeated season. his room is number 411. >> what i would want and what i think most of the people whose names are on these rooms would wish for is for people to understand how potent, how powerful, how for ma tiff our time at the military academy was in fashioning the people that we came to be. >> i was amazed at the history that i didn't know. some very private letters that are now hanging in some of those rooms and conversations and you really get a sense of the person . >> the rooms are not only dedicated to our nation's notables, but they contain personal keepsakes of their lives and their careers. this is the general martin e dempsey room, class of 74 and current chairman of the joint

chiefs of staff. this is him with his wife and some perm momentos and giving a conference at the pentagon and serving in afghanistan. one person wrote, congratulations on another great trute. and oh yeah, beat navy. >> west p oi nt is about ethical leadership. we are trying in these rooms to dedicate them to people who have demonstrated ethical leadership over their careers. >> the daw ky ns room has his medals a campaign photo of his race for senator of new jersey and breathtaking views of the hudson river. the 151 rooms and suites have been named and others await sponsors. the first female west point graduate to become a general has a room. ears include general douglas mcarthur, astronaut buzzal dren and the inventor of baseball, class of 1842.

norman schwarzkoph, presidents george washington, thomas jefferson and dwight eisenhower are waiting to be sponsored. george s patton gets the bar. for the current west p oi nt cadets it is a reminder of who has come before. >> what we did was not for us, but it was to be part of something bigger and more important. we end up being patriots. >> west point and the hotel, a lasting tribute to those who serve. >> they stay in the dawkins room, even though they checked others out. he owes so much to west point as we all do. the cadets whether you there h are so impressive. >> when you stay there which i have been lucky enough to do and people should visit west point and it is astonishing, you never know which hero you will meet in the hall. >> or which hero's room you will stay in. >> i hope you didn't take one of the coins.

leave them for the rest. if you need them, come by. great report. we are on day 13 of the government shutdown. you know that. there is no clear end in sight. lawmakers are taking to the air waves to give the latest take on negotiations to end the crisis. who is to blame for letting it drag on? whose strategy is helping or hurting their party? our panel weighs in fair and balanced. that's next. >> i think we are in a status quo. i think we will see our way through this, but the last 24 hours have not been good.

welcome back, earlier in the program we showed you a poll how a majority of americans would like to see every member of congress voted out of office. 60%. now we are learning more about which party americans say is to blame. according to a wall street journal mbc news poll, the majority of americans say it is the republicans, while 31% blame president obama for the holdup. is this a fair assessment of the situation? let's ask someone from each side. the former political director for the young democrats of america and tim miller is the former deputy communications director for the rnc. a former spokesman for former republican presidential candidate john huntsman. welcome to both of you. >> thanks for having me. >> richard, first, can you tell us about the strategy

your party used and where you think you are positioned right now? >> i think the democrats are in a very, very good position right now. from the president to harry reid and nancy pelosi standing their ground saying we are not going to negotiate with a party that is not willing to bring anything to the table. this is about putting the american people back to work and making sure our government works for the american people. >> how significant would you say that the obamacare argument for organs -- or against has been part of the republican strategy and what is yourest station? i want to show you -- your estimation because i want to see a poll of owe -- of obamacare now versus the shutdown. >> obama's winning turf, we saw that in 2010 when obamacare was the main issue on the ballot and the republicans want -- wanted a

huge landslide. what the party needs to do is be a solutions party and get to the end of this current dispute with some conservative policy results and then pivot to making the argument of the failures of the implementation of obamacare. >> let's look at this poll together and then let you, tim, respond first and then richard, this is about how america feels about obamacare. it is interesting because there has been a slight tick in faff of it -- in favor of it. i don't know if i can call it slight. that's the direction it seems to be going. has the republican strategy of raising obamacare which is the law of the land worked? tim? >> these polls have moved a lot. if you remember the democrats, they were the ones who said after the law passed it was only going to get more and more popular once people saw it in action. what we have really seen is the opposite. it may take over the last month.

as we look to the failures and the implementation you saw even the new york times wrote a big story on it this morning about those failures. it is going to continue to be unpopular as we see the failures of implementation. that's why we have to focus on both from a policy and messaging standpoint in the republican party. >> what about that, richard. the republican strategy or argument aside, again and again, there are reports of people who want to take advantage, but they can't because of glitches in the website or the pricing. what can democrats do about that? >> women, listen, there are a lot of people who are already seeing the benefits of the affordable care act. 50 million people can now get coverage and today i got an e-mail from one of our listeners and they indicated to me that they have been able to get into the exchange and register and save $500 and still were able to keep their doctor. and these are the benefits of the plan. they are the befn -- benefits of the affordable care act. because of republican extreme

dash extremists like ted cruz who demonized the law they are not being educated about the law. if this administration had the ability to instead of dealing with the government shutdown to talk about the benefits of the affordable care act, not only would they be enrolled, but overwhelmingly enrolled. we saw when massachusetts instituted the same law, as we get closer and closer to december and closer and closer to enrollment date more people will enroll in the health care exchange and they will see the benefits and get health care which is amazing. there are two things that -- >> i see two things that are wrong with that. if you look at the chicago tribune this morning they had a story out about howdy ductables are going to be double or triple under obamacare. i disagree that once it starts to get implemented the voters will like it more. and then secondly we are sending people to the enroll in the obamacare events and nobody is showing up. they are deserted.

the fact that people are excited about this now is not it. >> i beg to differ with you for a couple reasons. we are seeing people get involved. we are seeing people enrolling in their health care exchange. >> five people have enrolled in iowa. >> as well as the district of columbia. you can point out one or 2004 events as to why the law doesn't work. when you talk about people back on their health care insurance or young people saving $500 a month she will tell you why this law works. >> gentlemen, i think you can hear examples on both sides. we will have to wait and see what happens. i appreciate you presenting both sides of the aisle and the issue. have a great day. >> thanks, jaime. >> great to see you. eric? ?ai the government shutdown is bringing our space program back down to earth. is this anyway to treat the pride of america?

we landed on the moon and now they were put in the dust. for a look beyond the news here is the sunday commentary. >> some of the smallest -- smartest people are the most expendable. they work at the space administration where 97% of the workforce or about 18,000 people have been furloughed since october 1st.

that day incidentally marked the space agency's 55th birthday. by last week, some of the expendable, brainy employees were on a picket line at the nasa ames research center in california. they were demanding to get back to our data. others in qired if there were -- inquired if there were jobs on another planet. the government shutdown is so desperate in houston that a local movie house is offering laid off workers free tickets to see gravity. that's the film in which another of hollywood's woman warriors try -- triumphs with continuous heavy breathing and a bad script. "gravity" should be named zero grf tee. nasa wiped its website to the disappointment to kids around the world hooked on space. the memo assured us that they are not really laying off the essential personnel.

those who are vital to the protection of people and property should an emergency arrive, another 1500 worker are on on call. that must be comforting news to the astronauts manning the spacestation. they can talk to mission control , even if it is only to say we have a problem. the two americans aboard, mike hopkins 1k3* cara. nyberg are ty about the view. beautiful storms or ghana and love this cloud and chicago looks amazing at night. that's one thing the movie got right. the shutdown has delayed several of nasa's projects except mavin, another mission to mars set for liftoff on november 18th. if they don't launch during the window when mars and earth are aligned, then the mission probably wouldn't fly until 2016. the purpose of this unmanned

flight is to relay signals tours from the two roifers -- rovers curiosity and opportunity that continue to inch along the rocky red surface. if this is not enough hardware to track, the juneau spacecraft launched in 2011 for a rendezvous with jupiter got a gravity boost on october 9th. a planet terry scientist in san antonio told scientific americans, quote, the spacecraft is growing -- going to fly by whether congress agrees to work together or not, close quote. so all is not lost. except that in an eerie coincidence of time and space, scott carpenter died last week. he flew into the history books as one of the original mercury 7 astronauts and the second american to orbit the earth. he flew three orbits in space in 1962 on a white knuckle

ride that for 39 minutes lead the world and even walter crone kite to suspect he perished during re-entry. carpentery pit myselfed the test pilot code, confident, certain, bold, optimistic. the polar opposite of what we see in the halls of washington. writing in his memwior he dismissed the perilless moments of his flight with the pure luck that all pioneers confess. some saw it as a dicey flight, but says carpenter, i didn't see it that way. first, i was trained to avoid any comprehension of disaster. dwelling on a potential danger or imagining what might happen, i was too busy with the task at hand. if the younger generation is looking for a definition of cool, there it is. no whining, just do it. more to the point, the grown

men of washington politics would do well to consider astronaut carpenter's interest lecture -- intellectual comprehension of disaster. it is still called having the right stuff. >> take care, everyone.

there is plenty of fault to go around on both sides. >> leadership must lead and we are in crisis mode right now. >> it is time for conservative problem solvers to move forward, to govern the nation to get things done. that's what ronald reagan did. >> they are attempting to find another way out of national disaster. this as the clock ticks down. that's the deadline for lawmakers to reach a limit on the nation's borrowing limit. i'm doug doug mckelway in for shannon bream.