i'm bill griffin in for tyler mathisen. >> i'm susie gharib, good evening everyone. on day two of the government shutdown, president obama talking tough and acting tough. he called together the leadership of chambers of congress to find a solution and get the government up and running again and he met with a group of powerful bank ceos to discuss the risks of the financial system and in an exclusive interview, the president singled out what he called a small faction of the republican party and says he's willing to negotiate after the government is open for business again. john harwood sat down with the president today and joins us now from the white house. john, over to you, what happened? >> reporter: one of the things confusing to people is what exactly is the president willing to negotiate on and when? is what he said. >> i'm prepared to negotiate on anything. i think it's important for us to talk about how we create a budget that is creating jobs, encouraging growth, the deficits are coming down at the fastest pace since world war ii and cut in half since i came

i'm bill griffin in for tyler mathisen. >> i'm susie gharib, good evening everyone.day two of the government shutdown, president obama talking tough and acting tough. he called together the leadership of chambers of congress to find a solution and get the government up and running again and he met with a group of powerful bank ceos to discuss the risks of the financial system and in an exclusive interview, the president singled out what he called a small faction of the republican party and says he's willing to negotiate after the government is open for business again. john harwood sat down with the president today and joins us now from the white house. john, over to you, what happened? >> reporter: one of the things confusing to people is what exactly is the president willing to negotiate on and when? is what he said. >> i'm prepared to negotiate on anything. i think it's important for us to talk about how we create a budget that is creating jobs, encouraging growth, the deficits are coming down at the fastest pace since world war ii and cut in half since i came into

bill. 217. richard hanna is for it. 214. tim griffin of arkansas 215. representative don young from alaska said he would vote for a clean budget.

bill to reinstate death benefits. the pentagon was holding the money from the families of service members killed since the shutdown began and forcing a charitiy to step in and help out. jennifer griffin>> reporter: bill as soon as harry reid allowed the house bill to give the benefits back to the military families to be voted on in the senate and voted houses voted to fund the death benefits, the president was boxed in a corner. politically it would have looked bad if he had not signed the law even though jay carney made it sound like the president would not sign. >> first of all legislation is not necessary. our view is that piecemeal funding is a gimmick. >> the whole thing is for show. the whole government is for show. >> reporter: it sounded that the dod and white house was happy to let the fisher house split the bill. since the shutdown began 29 service members have died as of yesterday. there were fireworks on capitol hill when the author passed on the eve of the shut down. republican congressman accused the comptroller playing politics. >> i think you subordinated your responsibilities to a chief a political objective. and the political objective was to make, inflict as much h

bill: jennifer griffin from the pentagon. martha? martha: today they are back on the national mall, veterans not happy with the government that they put their lives on the line to protect and preserve. >> there is no place to go past america! they shut these things down, and if the veterans are quiet, the last bastion of americanism that this country has. this place goes to the ash heap of history. do not let that happen! it rests on you! martha: he's become one of the leading voices of this protest. that was former navy seal ben smith, and there he is about to join us live right after this break. ♪ ho ho ho [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medi

bill: national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live from the pentagon leading our coverage there the president signed the bill but earlier in the day the white house said it was not necessary to sign the bill. what changed? >> reporter: this is interesting, bill. as soon as senate majority leader harry reid allowed the house bill to be voted on in the senate yesterday and both houses voted unanimously to fund these death benefits for the military families the president was really boxed into a corner. politically it would have looked pretty bad if he hadn't signed it even though yesterday spokesman jay carney made it sound like the president wouldn't sign. >> first of all, the legislation is not necessarily. our view has been that this piecemeal funding is again, a gimmick. >> this whole thing is for show. this whole government shutdown is for show. >> reporter: so yesterday at the press briefing a the white house, bill, it sounded like the white house was willing to let the fisher house, a charity, foot the bill for these death benefits until the shutdown ended. that would

bills with industry regulations. one would remove regulations on financial swaps. be back at 2:00 eastern debating the nomination of richard griffin jr. for relations board general counsel. he's a former union lawyer. a federal appeals court ruled that was invalid and he was removed after a year and a half. . >> this is ten minutes. >> happy birthday. it is exciting for me to come the end of what all accounts has been a stimulating and exciting day filled with leaders and thinkers about what it is to be progress i progressive country. i'm delighted to share this stage with two people who are particularly important leaders in the progressive movement. i had the pleasure of working with her for many years and i have seen her intellect and energy and action on so many occasions. she brings a a -- i think we need to owe another round of appreciation for mira. what could i say about john podesta that could do him justice. there's no one like him in washington, d.c. or probably anywhere else. when my husband needed a sure hand to steer his second term into the white house, he turned to john podesta. equal parts thinker and doer, fighter

bill. 217. richard hanna is for it. 214. tim griffin of arkansas 215.epresentative don young from alaska said he would vote for a clean budget. that means 216. and florida's own representative. who wrote an op-ed in the tampa bay times why he supports funding the government without trying to end health care. congressman ross brings us to -- ♪ ♪ don't want to put too fine a point on it. but the votes are there. i mean unless the members of congress are telling their local press, telling their constituents, and tweeting and putting out press releases saying they're going to do something that they're not actually going to do, the votes are there. and we know who they are. it's not a mysterious esoteric ascribing votes to people who we think might be there. it's members of congress, by name, committing to do it. it is called arithmetic. the votes are there. math will not lead you astray. it works every time. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medica

griffin live at the pentagon on this. who is this man, jennifer? >> reporter: well, billof the first things that the new iranian president hassan rouhani did when he took over was promote brigadier general to be the iran defense minister. he is the man responsible for the u.s. marine barracks at airport in beirut in 1983 killing, 241 service member, mostmost of them marines. back in 1983 iran's defense minister, thank you new defense minister was assigned by revolutionary guard in the back call valley in lebanon. he is responsible for formation of what is now hezbollah. he provided explosives to the iranian suicide bomber who drove the mercedes truck into the marine barracks. he is the face of so-called new iranian leadership, bill. bill: how did the bombing represent change of tactics in the middle east? it was profound, clearly. >> it was profound, bill. the first time radical islamists began to understand the power of the suicide bomber. these bombings in beirut were the first time that suicide bombers were used to drive trucks filled with explosives into buildings occ

and you saw congressman tim griffin talk about the bill he's a cosponsor of during the ways and meaningr way to do this, way that brings more coverage to people, giving them greater choices and drives down costs. what we've got is we warned you over and over this is a bad idea. the website is a first step of how bad it's going to get. it's going to -- >> obama care is here to say as long as we have a democratic president and democratic senate. >> no, it's not. >> my question is, can't the republicans -- they like to governor, right? they like to find solutions, right? can they find a solution to this? >> carol. this goes back to the old saying when you're in a hole, you stop. you don't keep digging. just because they implement it doesn't mean we sing kumbaya and say let's go down this rabbit hole. you say, hey, we told you you were wrong, you're wrong, let's go the other way. so i don't think that you keep pouring good money after bad. you can say at some point admit defeat, say, we were wrong, let's look at a different model. but clearly that would be the worst thing that could happen.

griffin is working on the story. what do you have now, good day? >> good day, bill, the navy ordered a rescue operation of the two american hostages, the captain and chief engineer of the sea retriever. the private sploi vessel hijacked by pirates on wednesday. two american hostages are thought to have been taken ashore by the pirates. that will complicate matters. the ship that is owned by lewisville was operating off of the coast of nigerria and in the last year alone, tlo pirate insdepts have taken place. it is shifting away from the east coast of the somalia. >> our principle concern is the safe return of two americans. >> four years ago, pirates were bringing in 300 million a year. bruce paulson has been involved in more than 40 hostage negotiations with pirates and they had freed kidnapped crow makers in exchange for more than 1 million in ransom money. nat this point armed guards are not permitted. as with the somalia situation laws will change, ship owners started shooting back in somalia, piracy ended. >> that was the turning point after the high profile ho

jenna: congressman stayed in his chair, congressman tim griffin reached out to us. billscrell who has been friend of the show comes on frequently we look forward to talking to him. congressman, great to have you on the pray. >> thank you for having me. jenna: what happened after that? did you have a chitchat after that? we were wondering what would happen next? >> no, actually, look i don't think anyone on the committee really considered those antics to be serious. i think that was more for the camera and apparently it worked. look, he was talking to the committee as a whole. and he was, he was basically saying what a lot of democrats want the american people to believe and that is, that there are only two options. two options if you're going to deal with preexisting conditions, for example. either obamacare, as it is being implemented or nothing at all. and that is just false. jenna: congressman, if i could, just to give our viewers a little bit more context, part of what congressman pascrell said, listen, we've been through this before with the medicare prescription pl

bill restoring death benefits for grieving military families. the lingering outrage leading for one congressman to call for the resignation of defense secretary chuck hagel. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has been on the story since it broke earlier this week. jennifer, why did the president signed the bill when it seemed his spokesman indicating he wouldn't have to yesterday? >> reporter: well, jenna, as soon as senate majority leader harry reid allowed the senate yesterday to vote on the house bill to pay military benefits and both houses voted unanimously to fund these death benefits for military families the president was really boxed into a corner. politically it would have looked pretty bad if he hadn't signed even though yesterday spokesman jay carney made it sound like the president didn't plan to sign. >> first of all, the legislation is not necessary. our view has been that this piecemeal funding is again a gimmick. >> this whole thing is for show. this whole government shutdown is for show. >> reporter: the dod and white house were happy to let the charity fisher house foot the bill. arnold fisher, former head of fisher house had choice words for the government at an event i

bills. the senate is debating a nomination for the general counselor. mr. griffin is a former lawyer who was a recess appointment to the board. he was removed after about a year and a half. follow the house here on c-span and the senate on c-span 2. >> i saw firsthand the tragedies children face when they are not cared for by loving parents. it was in the sheriffs office where i first witnessed the horrors of child sex trafficking. and it convinced me we needed to do more to protect our youth at risk of abuse. others, weand many become accustomed to being isolated by adapting to multiple moves from home to home. this allows us to easily adapt to when traffickers move us multiple times from hotel to hotel, and state to state. go withoutploiters fear of punishment due to the lack of attention when these people go missing. no one looks for us. no one looks for us. >> on the hear the term sex trafficking, most think it only happens in other countries or that foreign children are brought here to be sold in cities. in fact, we have learned most of the victims are america

bill: thank you, jennifer. do we have secretary kerry here? do we have that? okay. jennifer griffin, thanks. i thought we would have secretary kerry. martha: let's listen to who al-lib why is. he's a computer expert who studied electronics and nuclear engineering in college. he's believed to have returned to libya after the civil war broke out in 2011. what are authorities hoping to learn and where will they put him ultimately? we'll have what happens next coming up in the next hour. >> they won't both cases on the ground to extract him. this wasn't a drone operation. so a change in tactics. martha: the way he was living with his family. a peaceful existence. we wonder how long we vo known he was there and why this is the moment they went in to get him. bill: a nasty crash on the interesty car crash. a one-time champion is in the hospital. the people sitting right along that fence in a moment. martha: a high-profile republican blasting his own party, accuse something members of being on a kamikaze mission on the government shutdown. senator mike lee is here to respond to that criticism next.

report from deidre walsh that tim griffin, republican from arkansas, has reported to us that the speaker has presented the house republicans with a plan for a six-week clean billit. so, again, clean means no strings attached. that's something that the president wanted if we were going to get through some kind of six-week period, only to end up in the same situation we are in now. apparently that's what the speaker has presented to his membership. dana bash is standing by. she in that room you're looking at now as we are waiting for the leadership to come out, looking at the #time4solutions. that's great, dana. we're talking about the debt ceiling, avoiding this terrible impasse that we would careen into next week. but there's no mention of the government shutdown. it's not tied into it. we're still in the same boat with that. is that correct? >> yes. as you and i have been talking on the air, and i've been waiting for the speaker and other republican leaders to come out, deidre walsh has been running around, as she normally does, talking to rank and file members. she talked to several many, actually, and they made clear that's part of the reason why this pln i

against the bill the president had and there's not a single republican for 150,000 years that's had a health care plan. there's 40 million people sitting right now in the e.r. then this griffiner from arkansas, you know where he stands. for nothing. i'm so glad you called him out. i'm sure he came up to you afterwards and said how can you be so direct with me. anyway, tell me what the reaction was to being direct for once with these people. >> some folks were surprised, chris, that i yielded my time. we only had three minutes. but you know what? i like that. i knew where it was going. he had his sheet of paper in his hands. where the hell was this one year ago, two years ago. he just signed onto that bill three days ago. this is hypocrisy at its worst. i wish i had more than three minutes, but i'm going to defend what i think should be defended. you know, chris, we taked way back when three years ago there were things in this i didn't like and some things that should have been in that weren't. but we're done. here we are. it's all over again. it's like repetition, repetition. i say help us make it better. >> you know, they remind me, sam, of ben brantley, the theater critic

griffin is live at the pentagon. why is the new report so surprising, jennifer? had this not been expected? >> essentially, billuse it comes from one of the top nuclear experts, a former iaea weapons inspector. this institute for science and international security monitors iran's maker program as closely as any nongovernment group. their conclusion released last week, iran could reduce enough weapons grade highly enriched uranium in as little as one month. that is vastly shorter than what the obama administration has repeatedly said that it would take iran a year to have enough uranium for a bomb. we have been hearing those estimates for years. a former weapons inspector concludes iran would have to eliminate more than half of its 19,000 centrifuges to extend the time it would take to build a bomb to six months, bill. bill: there's a reason we're hearing so much about this now, iran's capacity. why is that, jennifer? >> essentially because the restoratiomenstruation began nes with iran in geneva october 15 and its lead negotiator and the white house have been trying to convince congress not to impose more sanct

bills dealing with financial industry regulations. one would remove regulations on financial -- the other, manage regulations over brokered-dealer conduct. in the senate they will be debating the nomination of richard griffin, jr. for the national labor relations board general counselor. he is a former union lawyer. he was a recent appeal to the board. he was removed after about a year and a half. you can watch live coverage of the house here on c-span and the senate on our companion network, c-span2. >> this week on c-span, testimony on two health and human services on the implementation of the health are law. tavenner marilyn will testify for the house ways & means committee. we'll have that live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. kathleen sebelius will testify before the house senate and commerce committee on wednesday. live at 9:00 a.m. eastern also n c-span3. >> the courtship of bess wallace and harry truman began here at her home of independence, missouri. >> when my grandfather visited indiana, this is in 1910, he often stayed across the street at the nolan house which is where his aunt and his two cousins live. one afternoon he was over there with his cousins, with the family, and his aunt brought in

bills about veterans benefits. any votes will be posed until 6:30. the senate is back for general speeches until 4:30 when they will take up the vote on richard griffin's junior on national labor board's counsel. you can see the house life here on c-span, the senate on our companion network, c-span2. off the floor this week, lawmakers will conduct a number of high profile's hearings, including one with kathleen sebelius who will be testifying before the house energy and commerce committee about problem's encountered with the healthcare.gov website. live coverage starts at nine: .astern on c-span3 president obama is at fbi headquarters this afternoon. he will deliver remarks at the installation ceremony as james komi who was sworn in as at the i rector last month who replaced robert mueller who stepped down after 12 years. he was a forward deputy attorney general during the george w. bush administration. startingatch that live at noon eastern on www.c- span.org. the jack kemp foundation is honoring jeb -- with its annual leadership award. that will include remarks by house speaker john boehner and south carolina senator tim scott. at five at 7:30 easter

bills dealing with veterans issues. votes at 6:30 p.m. eastern time. in the senate, starting with general speeches at 2:00 eastern an at 4:30 taking up the nomination of richard griffin., to be the general counsel of the national labor relations board. a vote expected at 5:30. mr. griffin was appointed to the board during a recess appointment. he served a year-and-a-half before it was decide the appointment was invalid. reports are that the senate will meet 60-vote requirement for the legislation to move ahead. the senate here on c-span2. >>> two hearings scheduled this week dealing with the implementation of the federal health care law. we'll have those on c-span3. tomorrow marilyn tabner, the administration of the centers for medicare and medicaid, she will testify before the house ways and means committee. we'll have live coverage, 10:00 eastern time. wednesday, hhs secretary cath lean sebelius will be taking questions from the house energy and commerce committee. it is her first appearance before a congressional committee since the federal government health insurance website opened on the 1st of this month. we'll have that live 9:00 a.m. eastern also on our compa