des possible loss of principal. good morning. i'm chris jansing. no deal to get the government up and running so this morning the president is going on the road to get out his message that this is a republican-manufactured crisis that's hurting business. last night a more than one-hour white house meeting between president obama and congressional leaders failed to break the stalemate over the government shutdown which is now entering its third day and frustration is growing. >> the president reiterated one more time tonight that he will not negotiate. >> we are where we are. we're not go -- we're through playing these games. >> i am exasperated with the idea that unless i say to 20 million people you can't have health insurance these folks will not re-open the government. that is irresponsible.

>> republicans are standing firm on their demand that changes to obama care be included in discussions to end the shutdown. the president and the democrats say that is not negotiable. at any moment we're also expecting to hear from republican leads and are the house is now getting back into session, again, pushing a series of bills that will restart popular programs including funds for veterans and re-opening national parks and those piecemeal deals are dead on arrival in the senate. >> let me bring in "time" national editor ben goldberger and molly ball, the national political reporter for the atlantic. good morning to both of you. >> hi, chris. >> you know "usa today" outlined the limited options that speaker boehner has as he tris to navigate this crisis. they say don't budge. go for a grand bargain and play small ball for now. i want to start with don't budge program what's with the

likelihood? because even some of the republicans who are against the shutdown who say we've gone off the cliff and we've gone off together. the democrats still control the senate and the president has need clear that he's unwilling to negotiate until the government reopens and without facing reelection he's the least politically vulnerable that he's ever been. >> that's the least likely that something's got to happen to break this stalemate? >> something's got to happen, and for now what we do see is the republican position hardening a little bit as they test the waters to see if it's possible that they can turn the tables politically on the democrats, but i agree with ben in the long term, in the long run, something's got to give. play small ball for now, molly and try to find incremental resolution to the shutdown and get ready for a big fight on the debt ceiling and what do you think the big chance are on that. >> that's what they're doing on that. there's more of the piecemeal bills that will continue to ping-pong over to the senate and

that wouldn't be enough to resolve the shutdown in itself because it won't fund the government. >> moly is right. these are stop-gap measures which is the third option which is some sort of workable, grand bargain. >> we were so close in 2011 and of course, this would tie the budget impasse to the debt ceili ceiling, but honestly, it seems like they can't even sit in a room and talk to each other and there's not a lot of trust between john boehner and the president right now. >> there lies the problem and the idea of actually making it happen is we have the debt ceiling looming in just over tw weeks. >> from the reporting i hear there is some rumbling about this, though. >> even on the republican side, people are suggesting that maybe the way out of this is something bigger than we imagined going out of it. >> republicans are cast for example a fig leaf that would allow them to save face and get

out of this in a way that doesn't hurt them politically and also makes it look like they didn't get nothing from the leverage they thought they had going into the situation. as he says, the devil with the grand bargain has been in the details and once they get down to do the horse trading it always fall apart. >> they're converging the budget and the debt limit and i want us to come to some sort of deal. how serious do you think the conversations behind the scenes are, molly? >> well, here's the problem. democrats are saying, yes, we can revive the grand bargain after we get the shutdown over and the debt ceiling out of the way, but the problem as we know in washington without the sort of urgency provided by these terrible deadlines it's very difficult to have a negotiation where either side has if it done. >> they would only be willing to do this as part of this bigger deal. what the president and the democrats are saying, first we

have to get the government up and running and we have to raise the debt ceiling and then we'll talk about the grand bargain. >> they have public opinion, the major of the americans don't support the shutdown as a tactic for defunding obama care. so they don't feel the same degree of pressure to come to the table. >> let me bring in republican congressman. good morning. >> good morning, chris. given those options we were talking about, do one of those seem more likely than the others or maybe there is something else we haven't talked about. where is this going? >> the longer this goes the close ter gets to be tied in with the debt ceiling and we'll have a better feel on that this time next week. >> is that something that you would be willing to talk about and is that something that you feel is the best possible option? >> i think it is an option. let's wait and see. the concern is the size of government and the roles it plays in the life of the american people. this president wants to see a bigger government, more involvement in american lives and we want more individual

liberty. >> let's bring to you what debbie wasserman-schultz just said on "the daily rundown." here it is. >> get the tea party extremist colleagues to stop throwing a tantrum and stop insisting on not being disrespected, to take the deal and make sure that we can re-open the government and fully implement the affordable care act. >> her point is the democrats have already moved to your number on the budget. so why not just take the deal and move forward? >> well, i don't see people throwing a tantrum. every time we've gone to the voting board we've been stronger than any time since i've been here and we have offered numerous deals. look at the lengths that these people are going to to prevent any changes from obama care. they're willing to hurt veterans, they're closing monuments and going to the length of protecting their own benefits. >> i do feel, congressman, like we're having a conversation over and over and over again, and this is the conversation.

the conversation is this is a law that was passed by congress. this is a law that was affirmed by the supreme court, and i know we've said it again and again and again, but where is the president for holding a law hostage that was passed by congress in order to get a budget? the american people, the polls are telling us are saying to you members of congress, do your job. i have to balance my budget. go and get your budget in order. go and take care of this. >> oh, there have been numerous laws that have been passed by congress that have been upheld by the supreme court that the american people in congress said hey, we made a mistake. >> and held the budget hostage as a result? >> well, my goodness, we had a civil war over the fugitive slave act because that was a mistake. we had an amendment to the constitution because prohibition was a mistake so congress reverses itself all of the time when it makes a mistake. >> you're comparing something that provides health care to millions of americans to

prohibition? >> no, i'm saying you ask, just because it's the law does that mean it has to stay the law forever and the answer to that question historically is no. >> your republican colleague from california has been critical of the shutdown strategy and i want to play what he had to say just last night. >> now that we have made the jump, set ourselves on fire and made the jump zee to -- we are now in the valley of death. we decided to go into the valley. we have to run together. we have to stay together in order to -- in order to fight the onslaught. >> he's also called republicans who let the government shutdown the suicide vests. have you backed yourself into the valley of death? >> i don't think any of us have as an objective to shut down the government. look at the way this administration is running the shutdown. it's no wonder we don't want them rung the health care system. >> do you think that this is all really the result of one person

essentially, ted cruz who has led the charge? politico reports there is a backlash against him and even grover norquist quote, he pushed the republican s into traffic ad wandered away. >> it's a symptom of a much bigger debate and that's the role of the government in the lives of the american people. this president wants a bigger government, more involvement in the american people's lives and we want more individual liberty and i think that's the fundamental debate. >> thank you very much, congressman, allen nunn nunnelee. >> thank you. >> it is a microcosm where the debate lies. >> it is. well, it reflects the jerry handering and the fact that the political system now is essentially run by people in safe districts that 89% of the

congressmen represented by speaker boehner on the republican side were in safe districts in the last election cycle. they have no incentive to compromise because their constituents do not want them to. >> ted cruz is getting an awful lot of backlash, molly. we've been hearing about these closed-door meetings and he wasn't moving an inch even though his colleagues over on the senate side and corn ser conservatives like grover nor quist have been criticizing him. where is it going to come from? >> i thought the congressman said things that were interesting. we'll wait and see. we'll give it a week. there was a feeling that it might be resolved in a matter of days and now that the shutdown has begun we're sort of in this purgatoryial-feeling world where we have to wait and see what kind of fallout is coming before any movement can happen. >> he was talking much more

about the budget than he was talking about obama care and you do see a movement among republicans to ease off the all-out assault on obama care and they've come on that obama care be completely defunded and you're trying to find something else and fiscally related. >> so this fig leaf is something that can be offered and they can say we didn't just fold. the one thing john boehner can't do is have the impression particularly among conservatives that can cost you the speakership. >> that's exactly right. >> we are in a sort of purgatory right now. the one thing that will force it to an end is the debt ceiling. >> and that will absolutely force it to an end. >> it may not. there is no precedent to defaulting. we've come close. it cost us $19 billion over nine years, and we're just in the

beginning of that. >> it's -- load blankfein said as much. >> there isn't, and there was, and that's it, and the new reality in washington, who knows? in an interview with cnbc, john harwood, that the president essentially was saying to wall street. pay attention to this. this is trouble. as if he of thes a stronger reaction. he wants people to understand that we're heading to to some place that's far worse than where we are now. >> traditionally republicans have been seen as the party of wall street. the party to corporate america and the party that wanted to see big business. they're not beholden to wall street and pruedly anti-corporate and wall street

is starting to take notice of that. the business community is starting to take notice of that and i've spoken to people in the business community who wonder if they need to come off the side lines in some way to have a say here. the problem is they probably don't have much clout with these guys. >> we will be hearing the president in this hour talking about that and we will have it live. molly ball, always good to have you. ben goldberg. thanks for coming. this is day three for obama care and we've gotten updated numbers on how many people checked out the health care exchange website. first day and a half numbers, more than 6 million people visited the site. about 190,000 calls were made to enrollment hot lines and there were requests for web chats and no word on how many people successfully enrolled in coverage. [ male announcer ] prilosec otc is the number one doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 8 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn.

later this hour the president will go to a business and there you see it at a construction company in maryland and he'll talk about the very real-life impact about this shutdown. a lot of companieses talking about what it has meant to them and to their employees and we will have that for you live when we see the president in this ongoing pr war in many cases between the the republicans and the democrats about who is to blame and what the path forward is. meantime this morning secretary of state john kerry said it would be diplomatic malpractice not to examine all options before resorting to military action in iran. he was reacting to benjamin netanyahu who has been taking aim at iran's new moderate president both at the united nations and in an interview with nbc's andrea mitchell. >> why not give this man a chance? >> are you kidding? they toss out this regime and

they go in -- >> the majority are pro. they are government not by rouhani. they are governed by ayatollah khamenei. they are governed by a cult and it's wild in its ambition. >> secretary kerry's response? here he is in tokyo. >> there is nothing here that will be taken at face value and we've made that clear. the president has said and i have said that it's not words that will make a difference. it's actions. >> and to pol text now where celebrities are taking their frustration about the shutdown to social media starting with britney spears. she tweeted go call the police. go call the governor. someone tell congress to get to work, [ expletive ]. >> kirstie alley tweeted. you shut down the national

parks. they belong to us, the people. >> the restaurant that promised free burgers to furloughed burgers is calling off the deal. overwhole withming crowds showed up for free food costing the restaurant $30,000 a day and, frankly, they just couldn't afford to keep it going. and if you read only one thing this morning "the huffington post" has the amazing story of a father who wrote an impassioned later to his daughter after she kicked her son out of the house for being gay. the love of a grandfather is a must read and it's on my facebook page jansingco. >> the owner of the new york-based auto body shop. she's made it a mission to teach other women how to take care of their vehicles and not great vehicles. her women auto works shop.

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rodman. >> people were saying now that before the government shutdown congressmen went out and got drunk. went out and got drunk celebrating that they'd shut down the government. i tell you, ladies and gentlemen, this is the kind of thing that could damage their 10% approval rating. it certainly has been a windfall for late-night comics. the president will be talking about the shutdown at a business in maryland. coming up, we are told that he's left the white house. he should be right about on schedule and arriving about the next 15 or 20 minutes or so. time to check the news feed this morning. a bus returning from a church conference blew a tire, causing a fiery wreck that killed eight people. the bus went careening into a tractor trailer and suv. six elderly church members were killed as well as the two other drivers. >> the fbi has shut down what it's calling the most sophisticated website in the business of selling hard drugs,

cocaine, heroin, lsd. investigators say the mastermind was ross william albrecht, a 29-year-old with degrees in physics and engineering. the fbi says he was able to hide both the website and the actual sales of illegal drugs for two and a half years, generating more than $1 billion in sales worldwide. the first hurricane watch of the season is now up from louisiana to florida. tropical storm karen has formed in the gulf of mexico. nbc meteorologist bill cairns tells us that karen will most likely be a low-end category 1 hurricane or a tropical storm at landfall over the weekend. check it out. great video out of florida where a fisherman caught one of the world's deadliest sharks and then brought it back to life. he hooked a 300-pound bull shark after a catch and release free. after it was set free the shark wasn't swimming and he got on its back to move water into its gills and was able to revive it.

amazing. >> the president has been sending a message to wall street. it's time to worry. president obama warned the government shut down and the debt ceiling fight ahead cannot be taken in stride. >> when you have a situation in which a faction is willing potentially to default on u.s. government obligations, then we are in trouble. >> cnbc's mandy drury is here with what's moving your money. >> mandy, good morning. >> good morning. >> does wall street seem to be reacting at all to the call of concern? >> wall street is down today and you know what the problem is? it is the lingering uncertainty and congress is showing little sign of progress toward resolving the stalemate and as we always say, wall street hates uncertainty. it's very difficult to place bets and very difficult to make trades with the unknown, and i think the market really wants to believe, chris, that the debt ceiling will get raised and no

president wants to preside over that under their watch so you can hopefully think that maybe something will get done on that front, but you know, if you take a look at what's happening offshore in the offshore markets, most stock marketsly i on. as i say, when it comes to the markets here what they're worried about is the unknown as opposed to the known. >> it is stirring a lot of reaction in the newsroom this morning. a new go-cup from kfc. it's the kfc go-cup. a new menu item. if you absolutely have to have your fried chicken while you're driving you can have the $2.49 it fits into the car's cup holder and apparently you can choose five different items and the original recipe bites and the original recipe boneless or extra crispy tenders. they all come with seasoned potato wedges as well, but here's the thing that puzzles

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conservative challenging them in a primary. joining me now is bob casey of pennsylvania. good morning. >> good morning. >> i just spoke to republican congressman allen nunnelee, and i want to play for you what he told me. >> the longer it goes the closer it gets to be tied in with the debt ceiling and we'll have a whole lot better feel about this time next week. >> is that something you're willing to talk about. is that something that you think is the best possible option? >> i think it's an option. let's just wait and see. >> it is interesting and we were talking about this earlier after i interviewed the congressman that originally we were talking about this going on for days and now it's getting tied in to the debt ceiling and we're looking at october 17th there. where do you think we are ask where do you think this is going, senator? >> chris, it's hard to predict, but we should get this resolved now and the best way to do that is do something very simple and this saul that has to happen. the spooker should put a bill on

the floor which should open the government. that's the entire solution to this problem, but we hope that he will listen to not just some moderate voices, but even conservative voices within his own party who think this is a mistake for the country, whether you're a democrat or republican, no matter what you believe, this shutdown is bad for everyone. so if you put that bill on the floor it will pass with very strong support. that's the best way to deal with that. and then we have to confront, unfortunately, folks who are willing to talk about defaulting. it's hard to comprehend that someone would actually think that defaulting on our obligations is right way to go and apparently some are and the faster we get this problem resolved and the speaker can do that with just one vote or two votes with the rule, the better off we'll be so that families don't continue to suffer. >> senator, you know that that's not what is looking like it's going to happen and in fact, last night when he came out of

the white house he said as much, reiterating the republican position after his meeting with president obama. let me play that again. >> we have four different proposals over to our democrat colleagues in the senate and they rejected all of them. we asked you in a conference to sit down and try to resolve our differences. they will not negotiate. >> they say you won't negotiate. ted cruz says this is harry reed's shutdown. is there an example that democrats would be with willing to save face? >> with chris, i wish some folks would report more on what is the ultimate compromise. in my judgment, the compromise was on one side when it came to the budget. democrats were willing to accept a reduction than the number we wanted of $70 billion. i'm not sure many negotiations then or now could produce that

kind of a compromise. i think it's about time that the speaker and his caucus got control of their party so that we can get control of the american economy because if he continues to allow one faction, 25, 30, 35 members to keep the government shut down, then everyone suffers, and i think it's as simple as that. >> so you would not be willing -- so you would not be in favor of anything that would give them, for example, one of these piecemeal bills regarding the military or regarding national parks? >> and if not, why not? >> the best way to do this is to pass a bill that will open the government. open the government for all purposes. the idea that we're going to have this kind of -- it's a very strange way to run a country. you deal with bill after bill, and that doesn't make any sense. we've never done it that way. it's bad for the economy to do

it that way. they should pass the bill and then we can debate what the number should be over time. we have a bill that will keep the government open through at least the middle of november and then we can have a debate about all kinds of thing, but the idea that a very small group of reckless or members of congress that are acting in a very reckless manner will put the economy at risk of a shutdown and they're the ones who brought us to this point. they campaigned on it. this is not just something they thought might happen and they campaigned and one of the themes was shutting the government down to get their point. it's as clear as day and it was in all of the footage and it was part of the campaign, but the idea that we would continue to indulge that reckless and irresponsible behavior is really insulting to the american people. we should get the government funded and the next thing is to make sure that we never, ever,

not only not default, but don't even talk about default. we know that last time in 2011 the economy took a hit because we came close to default. we shouldn't do either. no default, no discussion of default under any circumstances. if we do that then we can r have a continual growth in the economy. so if we continue to indulge 30 or 35 members of congress in this ideological high wire act, then i think the entire economy is at risk especially for people who are vulnerable. >> senator crazy, thank you very much for coming on the program. >> we fired the latest shot over the shutdown, speaking shortly at a construction company in maryland about the shutdown effect on business. he's taking the fight to the american people because this messaging, the optics are critical for both sides. case in point, republican congressman randy, in ugbauer,

demanding the world war ii memorial, but yesterday he was confronted by a furloughed federal worker. watch this. >> the park service should be ashamed of themselves. >> this woman is doing her job just like me. i'm a 30-year federal veteran. >> the reason you are is mr. reid. >> no, it's because the government won't do its job and pass a budget. >> as we wait for the president let me bring in a democratic strategist at the center for american progress. >> and msnbc contributor and former bush cheney senior adviser. good to see both of you. >> good morning, chris. >> you just heard the congressman say the park service should be ashamed of themselves. here's what house majority leader eric cantor is saying. >> we are here today to say these memor willia, the washington monument, the world war with ii memor willia, the smithsonian museum all ought to be open. it is a shame that folks in this country who come to washington

to be able to see these memorials can't. >> it's congress who shut them down. i mean, the american people think the inmates are rung tnin the asylum here. what's going on? >> what you see is grandstanding on both sides. you're right. >> there's a guy standing there who is saying to this -- this member of congress, i'm not working. >> well, look, we know the national park service is part of the federal government and we know the federal government is shut down and the republicans are saying the reason they're not willing to compromise is because of obama care and the democrats are saying look, obama care has been passed by the will of the people. who is right here? this is a problem and it's deeper than just who's right, chris? because both sides are right and both sides are listening to the constituences and both constituencies are saying don't back down. we have represent

representatives on the side. you hear the president and the democrats are saying you've got to be out of your mind and you've got to be crazy and this is not what the american people want and you're also right. the question becomes is when is there a voice of reason when do people on the democratic side and the republican side sit down and think about what's in the best interest of the country and what's in the best of the interest of the full faith and credit of the united states worldwide and figure this out. >> the other thing that republicans have been doing, for example, the rnc has even offered to pay for the world war ii memorial's upkeep during the shutdown and they put out a press release and we hear about the national institutes of health having to turn away 30 children from its clinical center in bethesda maryland who are getting experimental cancer treatmentses and we have seen these optics being used on both sides is to an extent, danielle, robert wright that every single member of congress seems not to be looking at the bigger

picture, but playing to the base back home. >> i don't think he's right. i don't think these are attacks on both of the houses, obviously. i feel that republican, specifically the house republicans and specifically john boehner bear the brunt of this blame. and what you saw at the world war ii memorial yesterday was nothing short of shameless and they should all be ashamed of themselves. if you want the memorials to be open and you want the kids to get their cancer treatment and if you want the thousands of students getting kicked out of headstart and the mothers can't afford to get the formula because wic is not operating, then put the clean senate cr-bill on the bill. it would pass, but john boehner is beholden to the tea party caucus of the house republicans. what we are witnessing is the tyranny of the minority and the american people and you want to talk about listening to the constituents and the american people want the government to be open and what we should do is put up the gamesmanship and the talking points. the fact of the matter is the

senate bill would pass the house that john boehner would put it on the floor. >> a, would it pass? and would john boehner lose his speakership. >> i don't know the answer to that, but would he lose his speakership? >> it seeps in account at least 17 republicans suggested it would go. now it's 20 for a clean cr. they need 17. >> i don't know that, i don't have a crystal ball. the optics are obviously shifting pretty much, but to answer the second question, would john boehner lose his speakership and i don't want to gloss over this and i don't want to belabor this. there's a large majority of the house of representatives listening to the constituencies and when one says listen to the american people, they are are, but they're listening to a very specific part of their base and you can't dismiss that. are you willing to throat baby out with the bathwater and not look at the common good and look at the big you are picture and no one is willing to do that

especially on the republican side. >> there was a headline in "the atlantic" about ted cruz saying he's protesting the shutdown that he asked for saying, quote, last week the texas senator wanted to #makedclisten by shutting down the government unless democrats agreed to defund obama care. on wednesday he wanted congress to #letthevetsin. they're calling it now harry reid's shutdown. if he's the main messenger on the side. the president is about to come out some time in the next couple of minutes. danielle, he will talk to the american people about the very real impact this is having. what does he say and can anything he says change the equation? >> you know, i think the president going and showing a real-world campbell,hamp exampl business getting hurt by the shutdown can't do anything, but help the case of the president

and the democrats and ted cruz, you know, he's a smart man. he's a senator. it's really hard to take him seriously after what we've seen this past week. so that's all i have to say about ted cruz, but back to what the president has to say, again, i think you see him and other members of the administration talking to real people who are being hurt by this, and i think sometimes especially inside the beltway and especially republicans, they think this shutdown isn't going to hurt many people. you've heard republicans say it's not that big a deal. talk to my friends who are wondering how they're going to pay for child care if they're down one or sometimes two paychecks for more than a couple of days or the people will who live paycheck to paycheck which unfortunately in this recovering economy are a lot of american people. so it's cynical. it's awful, and you know, the fact that again, if john boehner put this bill on the floor we wouldn't be having this discussion and robert, you don't have to guess about it, people are keeping a tally of house

republicans who said they would vote for a clean senate bill. this is a fact aand it's not my opinion. >> the president of the united states and the speaker of the house that need to get into a room, roll up their sleeves and leave their aides outside and think about what's in the best interest of the country and compromise, regardless of what their bases say and regardless of what the democrats say, you can't negotiate or no, mr. speaker because you will cave, grow up, be leaders and you're elected leaders and constitutional officers and think about the best interests of the country and compromise on both sides. >> danielle, robert -- >> both sides will say we've already compromised. >> we have. >> that also is at the crux of the argument here. to be continued. >> thanks to both of you. >> danielle mentioned the real-world campbells. here's another one. we told you earlier about the tragic bus crash in tennessee that killed eight people. well, we just got word from the

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the national spotlight. joining me from austin is wayne slater, senior political writer for "the dallas morning news." good to see you. good morning. >> good to see you, chris. >> i covered that from a distance and those of us remember that it actually turned into a wild scene that night, and she just kept going, and eventually was able to at least postpone that vote. it got the attention of a lot of national democrats. how does that position her in such a red state to run for governor. >> it does a couple of things. she raised $1 million in days after that filibuster. small donors elsewhere and outside of texas. >> i'm sorry. we have to interrupt you so quickly because the president is taking to the podium now at this small company, m. lewis construction company in rockville, maryland, talking about the impact of the government shutdown. let's listen. >> let me start by recognizing three public servants who fight hard every day for maryland

families and businesses. first of all, congressman chris van holland is here. hi, chris. congressman john delaney is here, and we have the acting head of the small business administration gene hewlett is here. [ applause ] >> and i also want to give a big thanks to your boss es, sedalia and natalya for being such gracious hosts and i had a chance to meet them at the white house. thank you. [ applause ] now i know where they got their good looks from because i got to meet mom and dad and their beautiful families and i am so glad to be here, and i had a chance to learn a little bit about their story. so when their parents brought them from portugal to america

almost 40 years ago no one in the family spoke a word of english, but that didn't stop their father manuel and their mother albertina from having a big dream, believing that if they worked hard they could get ahead and that even though they never had any schooling, maybe their daughters could go to college. maybe in america you could make it if you tried. that's what they believed. so they started their own construction company with a pickup truck and a wheelbarrow, and when sedalia and natalya turned 14 they began to help, cleaning tools, translating documents and they became the first in their family to go to college, and after graduation they started their own business and later, they bought the family business from their parents. so today m. lewis construction

is a $60 million company with about 250 employees. [ cheers and applause ] >> and i understand you're opening your fourth office at the end of this month. so this story is what with america is all about. you start off, maybe you don't have a lot, but you're willing to work hard, you put in the time. opportunity's out there and you are able to pass on an even better life to your family, your children and your grandchildren. and it's good news that after how hard the construction industry got hit during the recession, things are starting to get a little better. remember, it was just five years ago that our economy was in a freefall. businesses were shedding hundreds of thousands of jobs every single month and the recession ultimately cost millions of americans their job,

their homes, their savings and everything they worked hard to build. today, over the last three and a half years our businesses have added 7.5 million new jobs. [ applause ] >> our deficits are falling. our housing market is healing which means construction is improving. manufacturing's growing. the auto industry is back. america's on pace to become the number one energy producer in the world this year. [ applause ] >> more small businesses have gotten loans so they can grow and they can hire just like m. lewis did with the small business act that i signed three years ago so that's part of what allowed this company to grow. so we still have a long way to

go, and we've still got a lot of work to do, but we're making steady progress. and the reason i'm here is we can't afford to threaten that progress right now. right now hundreds of thousands of americans, hardworking americans suddenly aren't receiving their paycheck. right now they're worrying about missing their rent or their mortgage or even making ends meet. we can all relate to that. imagine that suddenly you're not sure if you were going to get your next paycheck. with all of the bills that might be mounting up. well, that's what's happening right now to hundreds of thousands of americans across the country. companies like this one worried that their businesses are going to be disrupted because obviously particularly in an area like maryland and virginia

where there are a lot of federal workers, you don't know how that's going to impact the economy. veterans, seniors, women, they're all worrying that the services they depend on will be disrupted, too. and the worst part is this time it's not because of a once in a lifetime recession. this isn't happening because of some financial crisis. it's happening because of a reckless republican shutdown in washington. [ applause ] >> we've all seen the offices locked down, the monuments closed. we've heard about services denied and we've heard about benefits that are delayed, but the impacts of the shutdown go

way beyond those things that you're seeing on television. those hundreds of thousands of americans, a lot of whom live around here don't know when they're going to get their next paycheck and that means stores and restaurants around here don't know if they'll have as many customers. across the country, you've got farmers in rural areas and small business owners who deserve a loan, but they're being left in the lurch right now. they might have an application pending as we speak, but there's nobody in the office to process the loan. the sba gives $1 billion of loans a month to small businesses. $1 billion a month goes to small businesses all across the country. right now those can't be processed because there's nobody well to process them. veterans who deserve our support are getting less help. little kids who deserve a head start have been sent home from

the safe places where they learn and grow every single day. and of course, their families then have to scramble to figure out what to do. and the longer this goes on, the worse it will be. and it it makes no sense. the american people elected their representatives to make their lives easier, not harder and there's one way out of this reckless and damaging republican shutdown. congress has to pass a budget that funds our government with no partisan strings attached. now i want everybody to understand what's happened because sometimes when this gets reported on everybody kind of thinks, well, you know, both sides are squabbling and democrats and republicans are always arguing so neither side is behaving properly.

i want everyone to understand what's happening here. the republicans passed a temporary budget for two months at a funding level that we as democrats think it's way too low because we're not providing help for more small businesses doing more for early childhood education and doing more to rebuild the infrastructure and while we're still figuring out this budget, we're prepared to go ahead and take the republican budget levels that they proposed. so the senate passed that with no strings attached and not because it had anything the democrats wanted and it had very little of what the democrats wanted, and we said let's go ahead and make sure other people aren't hurt while negotiations are still taking place. and we know there are enough republicans and democrats to vote in the house of

representatives for the same thing. i want people to understand this. there are enough republicans and democrats in the house of representatives today that if the speaker of the house john boehner simply let the bill get on the floor for an up or down vote, every congressman could vote their conscience. the shut down would end today the only thing that is keeping the government shut down. the only thing preventing people getting back to work and farmers and small business from getting their loans and the only thing that's preventing this from happening right now in the next five minutes is that speaker john boehner won't even let the bill get a yes or no vote because he doesn't want to anger the extremists in his party. th