joining me now is michelle langbehn.and has been battling sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. she started a petition to pressure congress to reopen the government so she and hundreds like her can start these clinical trials. michelle, thank you for joining us to share your personal story. as we start with your medical treatment, that's being held back on two different fronts now. describe how the shutdown is impacting your fight against this sarcoma. >> thank you for having me on. it is greatly affecting my ability to get in at this point. my treatment has been put on hold and i am not doing chemo anymore as a result because it might deem me ineligible for this trial. so right now i'm -- it's a waiting game for me and hundreds of others, as 200 people are trying to apply each week to nih and each of them are getting turned away right now. so as this week comes to a close, it's going to be up to 400 people. so it's not only me, it's affecting so many others right now. >> michelle, were you able to hear congressman luke messer

thousands of people have been furloughed because of washington's self-inflicted shutdown as a result michelle langbehn who is battling sarcoma hasn't been able to receive the treatment and medication needed to save her life the new mother along with hundreds of others couldn't begin trial treatments and i age at the start of this month now langbehn started a petition designed to put pressure on congress to reopen the government and as of wednesday one hundred thousand people have signed on to support her effort the problem is us leaders who have the power to change the situation have failed to agree on a budget a political deadlock that leaves the lives of cancer stricken adults and children in limbo reporting from new york. r.t. . growing government impasses having an impact on foreign policy of turkey with president obama counseling his four nation asian told us today secretary of state john kerry warned that the u.s. won't be able to sustain its goals abroad if the deadlock continues and knew so now is spoke to one of america's most prominent political analysts on linguists charles kaye who broke d

whose trial with the national institutes of health was one of the ones affected by the standoff michele langbehn explain what the shutdown means to people like her lives are at stake two hundred people are trying to get into trials at an age each week and if each week passes that's another two hundred that are turned away at the time and it's a matter of life or death it's not a matter of inconvenience or just an irritation for us we need this treatment and the show was diagnosed with sarcoma a rare type of cancer after nine months of chemo she applied for the additional treatment from me and i h. but she and hundreds of others were turned away when the government shutdown took effect we asked michelle what she'd like to say to the politicians whose bickering had set off the deadlock. i have heard a couple of instances where they find that this is just that the game between them and it's a matter of winning and i'd like to say that it's not a matter of win or lose i mean it's a please listen to the people and know that it's affecting so many that are in need of help more news still to come out r

have reportedly been furloughed because of washington's self-inflicted shutdown as a result michelle langbehn who is battling sir coma a rare form of cancer was supposed to begin receiving medical treatments at the beginning of this month until the october first shutdown forced and i to temporarily turn her away langbehn a new mothers started an online petition to put pressure on congress to reopen the government the movement has garnered more than one hundred thousand signatures in an interview with r.t. langbehn says she's been able to restart her treatments after receiving financial donations but says hundreds of other people in her position have been denied a chance to live because of washington's political partisanship it's a matter of life or death it's not a matter of inconvenience or just an air taishan for us i have heard a couple of instances where they find that this is just the game between them and it's a matter of winning and i'd like to say that it's not a matter of when or lose i mean it's a please listen to the people and know that it's affecting so many us leaders who have t

have reportedly been furloughed because of washington's self-inflicted shutdown as a result michelle langbehn who is battling sir coma a rare form of cancer was supposed to begin receiving medical treatments at the beginning of this month until the october first shutdown forced and i to temporarily turn her away langbehn a new mothers started an online petition to put pressure on congress to reopen the government the movement has garnered more than one hundred thousand signatures in an interview with r.t. langbehn says she's been able to restart her treatments after receiving financial donations but says hundreds of other people in her position have been denied a chance to live because of washington's political partisanship it's a matter of life or death it's not a matter of inconvenience or just an air taishan for us i have heard a couple of instances where they find that this is just the game between them and it's a matter of winning and i'd like to say that it's not a matter of when or lose i mean it's a please listen to the people and know that it's affecting so many us leaders who have t

thousands of people have been furloughed because of washington's self-inflicted shutdown as a result michelle langbehn who is battling sarcoma hasn't been able to receive the treatment and medication needed to save her life the new mother along with hundreds of others couldn't begin trial treatments and i age at the start of this month now langbehn started a petition designed to put pressure on congress to reopen the government and as of wednesday one hundred thousand people have signed on to support her effort the problem is us leaders who have the power to change the situation have failed to agree on a budget a political deadlock that leaves the lives of cancer stricken adults and children in limbo reporting from new york. r.t. . and coming up later on aussie time to drop the sanctions western companies look to exploit any full between washington and tehran by moving into iran's most kids i made it all up so by lifting up tough restrictions against iran that story in a few moments. well see british scientists are. time to. go to. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mi

death it's not a matter of inconvenience or just an irritation for us we need this treatment michelle langbehn was diagnoses with she was supposed to receive treatment at the u.s. national institutes of health but was turned away after lawmakers failed to agree on the budget we asked what she'd like to say to them i have heard a couple of instances where they find that this is just the game between them and it's a matter of winning and i'd like to say that it's not a matter of when or lose i mean it's a please listen to the people and know that it's affecting so many. that are in need of help on truckers take up the task of forcing lawmakers to solve. blocking highway. trying to get into d.c. stories just ahead also reports of a humanitarian crisis in syria with the country gripped by civil war but we take a look at just these claims to reality. react to situations i have read the reports for. the pollution and no i will leave that to the state department to comment on your point of view to carry on the job. no gonna. take no more. when you question me prepared for a change when you when you s