patrick, he believed, and his patrick, he believed, and his widow ashley peters believed, that he hadh bigger than a deal, but a bond with the united states government on this. >> you know -- in the military, lawrence, i joined at 19. and we have a saying, leave no man behind. and it is a bond. you serve with your brothers, sisters. they're look blood brothers and blood sisters. you will do anything for them. and the house republicans -- to turn their back on our veterans on those families they should be ashamed of themselves. i don't know how they looked at themselves in the mirror. i mean, some things should be above politics. this is clearly one of them. and they can't go and just say this wasn't our intent. your number one responsibility as a member of congress, lawrence you, know you worked on capitol hill. it is to pass budgets. no, these republicans are so quick to start these wars. but to take care of these troops when they come home -- or in these cases of these five americans who didn't make it home this weekend, not to be there for their families -- it's despicable. >> iraq

i think about ashley peters who lost her husband jeremy this weekend. who's a stay-at-home mom in montana. has a son at home. she was one of those who didn't get the death benefits, who can't have the reception at the memorial service, who is now struggling who at her darkest moments, the government's not there for them. because the republicans in congress won't put it up for a vote. just vote. just put a clean cr, let's get on with this. senator mccain is right. >> goldie, it is alarming, it is startling. when you look at the fact of the death benefits not being paid to the family of fallen troops during the shutdown, housing allowance, burial expenses, travel expenses. this is outrageous. the mother of that fallen marine talked about the stress of paying for the burial. listen. >> i think we need to remember that these young men and women are going to places that the majority of us would not sign up to go to. and the one thing they deserve is to be guaranteed the benefits. families shouldn't have to worry about how they're going to bury their child. >

his wife, ashley peters, made this statement lou her facebook page. yes, it is upsetting because my husband died for his country and now his family is left to worry. my husband always said if something happened to him, we would be taken care of. i'm a stay-at-home mom which is what my husband wanted. he wanted me to take care of our son. >>> the government shutdown nearing the end of day eight. thousands of furloughed workers are wondering how they are going to pay their bills. fortunately some businesses are stepping up to help those facing financial hardship. >> that's right. some furloughed workers strapped for cash are looking for ways to get a little extra income. liz crenshaw joins us in the studio with ways to get by during this limbo period. >> it is tough. we reached out to dozens of businesses, including banks, utilities, car companies, to see if they plan on providing any break or relief to those affected by the shutdown. the consensus is you may be able to get some help but you have to ask. when it comes to utilities, pepco says it is awar

peter talked about the procedural issues we have in the congress, especially as senate. this is not as easy as everyone is making it out to be. ashley, stay where you are. we need to take a quick break. we'll take up the conversation in couple minutes. don't go away. [ male announcer ] who are we? we are the thinkers. the job jugglers. the up all-nighters. and the ones who turn ideas into action. we've made our passions our life's work. we strive for the moments where we can say, "i didt!" ♪ we are entrepreneurs who stted it all... with a signature. legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses, turning dreamers into business owners. and we're here to helstart yours. turning dreamers into business owners. help the gulf when we de ourecover and learn the gulf, bp from what happened so we could be a better, sar energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everying weo. we've added cutting-edge technology, and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, whe experts watch over all drilling activity twenty-four-seven. and w're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. our commitment has never be

i think peter hit it on the head. ashley: very good. great stuff, guys. you, above pavlick, zane brown, lauren, phil, peter, thank you all for breaking this down for us the latest statement from the fed. we appreciate it. >> as peter said, not much change. ashley: not much change, no, but perhaps more optimistic based on the economic data we've been getting recently. tracy: right. ashley: i think we were perhaps expecting a more somber tone for the fed. tracy: market maybe not liking it so much. we're all over this fed stuff as business television as best coverage of the decision continues. charles payne, david asman, liz claman, going to be here ahead and talk about where we all go from here. ashley: also live on capitol hill, where secretary kathleen sebelius spent part of her day apologizing for obamacare website problems. tracy: get this, somebody paid $24,000 for a pair of tickets tonight's world series game. i didn't know there was a world series going on. ashley: come on. tracy: we're live in boston ahead where president obama's motorcade threatens

ashley: peter barnes, thank you so much. >> you bet.t brings us to our twitter question, what is your message to congress. there is either not enough hours in the day or really only comes down to two small words. tweet us and we will flash your answers during this hour. now here with their message to congress our all-star panel. nicole petallides on floor of the new york stock exchange. fox business contributor phil flynn of price futures group in the pits of the cme. "wall street journal" washington bureau chief, jerry seib in d.c. our very own gerri willis live on set. nicole, we'll start with you, markets are up, i don't know, at this point do they even care what is going on down there? >> i think they care a lot. we are digesting so much information in just a couple of days. of course we've seen the volatility index, the vix, moving left and rrght and up and down. it has been wild. tracy: right. >> today's move pulling back has been the biggest move in 2013. less fear in the market. we just got our news from the beige book. everybod

ashley. tracy: peter barnes, i saw you talking to dagen this morning. she said everyone got a scolding. propriate word. thank you, sir. >> you bet. ashley: and a timeout. inching inching, now on to the -- oink oink, on to the pork in the bill. rich, what exactly did congress load in there we were not perhaps aware of? >> ashley, it is a time honored decision in washington, d.c., must-pass bills, can certainly be defined yesterday as a must-pass bill, filled with things that don't have anything to do with the increasing debt ceiling or continuing appropriations at current levels until january 15th. we have a list of what with we have in the proposal the president signed last night. extra funding for fighting forest fires. colorado flood relief for $450 million. a death benefit to the widow of senator frank lautenberg. it's a long tradition in washington, d.c., if you pass away while serving in congress, congress appropriates almost a life insurance policy for you, your annual salary, to your beneficiaries or your family when you pass on, a one-year salary here. it is worth noting that the

lori: peter barnes, see you throughout the day. >> you bet. ashley: thank you, peter. showing signs of slowing perhaps but it is far from over. even if the white house signs off on the house republican six-week increase in the debt limit we'll be back here again right around thanksgiving giving us lots to think about. could there be a silver lining to the fiscal battle? maybe. jerry webman, chief economist at oppenheimer fund is here to weigh in. jerry, thank you very much for being here. so we've got the republicans look, we'll offer a six-week extension on the debt ceiling limit but the government remains shut down. what is the white house going to respond, do you think? is this a sign of things coming to an end? as i think it will be very tough talking to a bond investor last hour who says look, that spike in the short-term rates we saw last couple days may have actually influenced washington to do something or at least take a first step. so as an economist what do you think the markets role is in all this? do we need big gyrations in asset classes to get things don

peter? >> well, can you hear me okay? ashleyu. >> according to the minutes, of course now we know from the vote and talking to some of the fomc participants, that the data was good enough for some of them to start tapering but not good enough for others. then usually you know, and steven can weigh in on this. when the chairman kind of decide where he stand on this, usually pull as lot of votes over to his side. we saw it 9-1 in favor of contending purchases at the current pace. back to steven's point and issue of communication and credibility, we interviewed charles plosser, philadelphia federal reserve bank yesterday and he told me off-camara before the interview in a briefing with other reporters one of the big problems in the communication was, we had all these fomc members and fed people out there saying, yeah, we could taper, we could start to taper in september, september, september, september, and we didn't hear any push back on that from others particularly the doves. and he thinks, plosser thinks that is where the commu

adam: peter barnes in washington. thank you. ashley: with lawmakers inching toward a deal now, the markets are moving on every word. we have full coverage of your trading action. meridian equity partners on the floor of the nyse-listed lead to phil flynn of the prize futures group in the pits of the cme. let me start with you. yesterday's huge rally to mars seem to be moving higher.ns and >> and this is all playing into the big plan. this big fear. tremendous amount of pressure, now that both sides have decided that there could be a little inching either way markets are rebound in right back up toward where we were before. it people will be happy. but the few that this has happened and can happen probably will continue and is also what is important in this market. let's put washington the side. we have to continue with our everyday life. earnings season is coming up. we kicked it off with our power. that will help momentum in our market. it will be interesting to see how these companies were there forecast moving forward considering th

ashley: how the government shutdown is impacting the federal reserve taper timeline. peterith his exclusive interview with boston fed president eric rosengren. that is coming up next. [ tires screech ] ♪ [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts. today, that's easy. ge is revolutioning power. supercharging turbines with advanced hardware and innovative software. using data predictively to help power entire cities. so the turbines of today... will power us all... into the future. ♪ wow...look at you. i've always tried to give it my best shot. these days i'm living with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. at first, i took warfarin, but i wondered, "could i up my game?" my doctor told me about eliquis. and three important reasons to take eliquis instead. one, in a clinical trial, eliquis was proven to reduce the risk of stroke better than warfarin. two, eliquis had less major bleeding than warfarin. and three... unlike warfarin, there's no routine blood testing. [ male announcer ] don't stop taking eliquis unless you

ashley: thank you very much. janet yellen's nomination for bed chair is on hold. peter: senator paul big critic of the fed. putting a hold on yellin's nomination. he said in a statement today, " as part of my consideration, i wrote request a -- the american people deserve transparency from the federal reserve and the federal government as a whole." her critics are right behind her. a conservative group opposes the easy money policies as inflationary. two weeks ago, the group launched a website that includes a video and online petition. the group plans to go up and bobby senators to vote against yellen and they think they have a shot. >> opposition to the federal reserve nomination is really a new thing. i think it is a new thing because they have made themselves so politicized by trying to intervene in the economy in such a major way. peter: yellen's allies are rushing to her defense. throughout her career, she has shown a deep concern about inflation when ever it was a genuine possibility. the nomination paperwork has set ashley: all ri sent. we will see what happens next. jeff: do you hear what i hear? e

special agent joseph peters, a 24-year-old intelligence officer from springfield, missouri serving in afghanistan after two tours in iraq and the father of a 20 month old son. his wife ashleyued this statement. it is upsetting because hi husband died for his country and now my family is left to worry. my husband always said if something happened to him we would be taken care of. >> it's shameful and embarrassing. >> reporter: outrage from lawmakers who caused the shutdown. speaker boehner vowed the house will introduce a new bill today to reinstate the death benefits. >> the house will act specifically on this. >> reporter: both are outraged. >> shouldn't we has republican, democrat, whoever we are, shouldn't we be embarrassed and ashamed? >> your government let you down in your time of need. >> reporter: i talked to family members last night who are angry and hurt by the stalemate while the senate and the white house rejected other bills to fix shutdown problems this is one action by the house today that will be very hard to reject. savannah. >> andrea mitchell, thank you so much. >> chuck todd, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> we're hearing a shift in tone

peters was killed in afghanistan on sunday by a roadside bomb. he was just 24 years old. the friends are trying to do everything they can to help his family and his wife ashley through this very tough time. >> this is heart breaking and now your friend lost the love of her life in such a tragic way and not to be able to do or say anything for her? it makes more important to get ashley, to help her son, to help his family anyway that we possibly can. >> these people lose their lives, people losing their sons and daughters, their husbands, their wives. bill: former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld was asked about this last night on fox. he said it is just plain inexcusable. >> it is inexcusable. i just can't imagine a decision-making process that would produce those outcomes. it is so unfair to the families, to the veterans, to the soldiers they are clearly pick and choosing what they want to do and making decisions that are, i suppose fit their political philosophy. martha: boy this is clearly struck a nerve as it should. so how did we get to this point? how could this tragedy be what finally brings lawmakers to the negotiating table? is that what will ha

special agent joseph peters, a 24-year-old intelligence ofcer from springfield, missouri serving in afghanistan after two tours in iraq and the father of a 20 month old son. his wife ashley issued this statement. it is upsetting because hi husband died for his country and now my family is left to worry. my husband always said if something happened to him we would be taken care of. >> it's shameful and embarrassing. >> reporter: outrage from lawmakers who caused the shutdown. speaker boehner vowed the house will introduce a new bill today to reinstate the death benefits. >> the house will act specifically on this. >> reporter: both are outraged. >> shouldn't we has republican, democrat, whoever we are, shouldn't we be embarrassed and ashamed? >> your government let you down in your time of need. >> reporter: i talked to family members last night who are angry and hurt by the stalemate while the senate and the white house rejected other bills to fix shutdown problems this is one action by the house today that will be very hard to reject. savannah. >> andrea mitchell, thank you so much. >> chuck todd, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> we're hearing a shift in t