. >> thanks, betsy mccaughey. i think we'll get kickman tim murphy in here. he was in the hearing today, but first off the markets didn't like what he had to hear from the federal reserve. i don't know why. >> did they overreact? we'll take a look at that and there's also late-breaking news from facebook. as always, don't forget, free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. let me say for the 100,000th millionth time, this health plan has nothing to do with free market choice and capitalism. i'm larry kudlow. we'll be right back. avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive" sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to get a new passat, awarded j.d. power's most appealing midsize car, two years in a row. and right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on any new 2014 volkswagen. hurry, this offer ends october 31st. for details, visit vwdealer.com today. >>> welcome back to "the kudlow report." i'm mary thompson. its earnings of 25 cents a

>> that makes sense. >> betsy mccaughey, i got that. it's definitely the number one outrage of the government shutdown. the families of our kill killed-in-action soldiers not getting their death benefits from the government. but guess what the obama administration is paying for at the tune of about half a billion dollars? this story will leave you outraged and turn your stomach. this is "the kudlow report." could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yep, everybody knows that. well, did you know the ancient pyramids were actually a mistake? uh-oh. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. >>> welcome back to "the kudlow report." i'm dominic chu. so a fix is in the works for the most outrageous unintended consequence of the shutdown. the house voting today to pay death gratuities to family members of military people killed in action. the defense department said it couldn't process the payments during the shutdown. this bill goes next to the senate. but in the meantime, a charity, the fisher house foundation, wi

more people like treasurer to fight back against the gun industry's many headed monster the bad betsy mccaughey during a recent appearance on meghan ryan's fox so-called news show the conservative commentator blasted obamacare for cutting seven hundred billion from medicare mitt romney's recycled why check it out. this law as written is designed to vastly expand medicaid and pay for it by eve this reading my. they care taking seven hundred billion dollars out of medicare and moving it over to fund this expansion of this in title minutes like robbing grandma to spread the wealth why would they want to ignore the ridiculous irony of so-called news trying to defend medicare for a minute and consider how full of it mccoy really is obamacare does not cut grandma's medicare benefits that the laws specifically prevents the government from doing so only people who will see any medicare changes under obamacare are doctors and insurance companies is the law changes how the government pays them for treating medicare patients as usual old fox them it's commentators and once pushing their agenda and recordi