bill hemmer for shepard smith. we'll be back tomorrow. >>> the other bill is up nor.t as we say, go reds. >> o'reilly factor is on. tonight. >> this shutdown is not about deficits or budgets. this shutdown is about rolling back the affordable care act. this more than anything else sees to be what the republican party stands for these days. >> my view and a t view of a great many republicans is obama care is the disaster of a train wreck, a nightmare. >> it is now very personal in the obama care debate as the government is halted. will anyone compromise? senator ted cruz will be here tonight. >> such an amazing person. i'm going to miss him forever. >> the brutal murder of a

i'll bill hemmer tonight for shepard. if you had trouble logging on today, you were not alone. messages popping up on screens across the country. the president blaming the technic technical difficulties with hits. >> consider that just a couple of weeks ago, apple rolled out a new mobile operating system and within days they found a glitch, so they fixed it. i don't

i am bill hemmer. >> doing well. great to see you. i am alisyn camerota. the medicare chief telling the house she is 0 for the glitches but believes that the system is working. mike emmanuel is on the hill. give us the headline. >> reporter: four weeks after health care.goff web site out a senior administration official expressed regret. >> i want to apologize to you that the web site has not worked as well as it should. i know how desperate it is to need affordable coverage. health care.goff can and will be fixed. we are working around the dlok clovenlth >> they were trying to get at hard numbers they asked if it would meet the time line on thursday? >> no one in the entire obama administration asked you not to release the numbers. >> we made the decision not to release the numbers until november. >> you have no idea what those numbers at this point? >> i told you we would release them in midnovember. >> i will take it that you don't want to answer. >> democrats were angry having to defend the roll out of the web site and few blasted the republican collea

welcome to hq, i am bill hemmer. nhard to seat progress in the naked eye. >> or at the end of the tunnel. >> i will allyson camerota. the talks are ridiculous to outrageous. mike emmanuel is live on capitol hill for us, hi, mike. nhouse democrats visit to the white house. and still to be determined, but there was a co meeting of the top four leaders in the house of representatives this morning. boehner andcant or and pelosi and they met 40 minutes late this morning. they have stated publicly that the speaker is willing to talk to any democratic leader that is willing to talk. >> the republicans have been so harsh on their rhetoric, they have done enough harm to the economy with the reckless hut down and designed undermine obama care. but the consequences of the first in history default on that would be far worse. even worse than the 2008 financial crisis from which we are recovering. >> two leading republican senators called president obama's record on default irresponsible. talking about the u.s. defaulting is uppro

. >> and i am bill hemmer. back in our spartan digs. washington poll out. pen percent believe there is issues. and what does erics believe? >> they were not buying it? >> no, they are not buying. it going to the airline web site or einsurance.com, how easy it should be. and they are supposedly the best and the brightest, it is foreboding. >> take it a step further, you believe the story itself is not a story contained in a vacum. >> people have seen insurance rates escalates because of the obama commriant plans. they have problems cropping up and the insurance web site that the president said would be so easy, they tie together in a web of frustration and can't be easily undone. >> is this a temporary problem? a couple of weeks it is behind us and people are flooding in and signing up and everything starts to smooth itself out? do you see that? >> no, i don't. the washington post story as of september 26th they couldn't handle 100 people on the site. jay carney got into it with reporters yesterday about this and it is not easy as adding an extra server. the

i am bill hemmer. >> and i am in for a liston camerota. and in a hundred days we could face another government shutdown. chief correspondent mike emmanuel is on the hill with the details. joishgs yes, after a bipartisan deal was struck congress can get back to taking a little recess and after house speaker john boehner with a tonight. they were back to their feisty self. >> it took 16 days for the speaker to take yes for an answer. it is irresponsible. no, this is reckless. this is reckless and then to see last night when 62 percent of the house republicans voted against their own number, voted against opening up government. >> the tone was more bipartisan as the leaders led by democratic senator patty murray and republican paul ryan met. they face a december 13th dead line. murray said groups are limited than the failed super committee and here is ryan on the vision for the talks. >> we had a very good conversation and decided to discuss how to proceed over break fast and look for ways to find common ground and get a budget agreement and

send me the tweet at bill hemmer. and me at alisyn camerota and i will take note and respond. >>> important news. new questions about nsa spoiing and how much the president knew about it. we'll debate about it. was the commander in chief kept in the dark again. >>> plus you heard from republican congressman lee terry and we'll hear from a democratic counterpart on the committee. were enough questions answered as the secretary faced a grilling? >> there is a famous movie called the wizard of oz. there is a line. dorothy turns to the dog toto. toto, we are not in kansas anymore. madam kansas, you are from kansas, but you are not in kansas anymore. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfredo soup. inspired by perfection. medicare open enrollment.oup. of year again. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make changes. buit never hurts to see if u can find bettoverage, save money, or both. and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care l

i am bill hemmer. new glitches on the health care.gov site. we will have fired up reporters including wend allin the white house. >> reporter: there is going to delay the briefing while the president attends the swearing in for the new fbi director. the crash came after secretary sebelius assured reporters the on line experience is getting better. it plays in the hands of the democrats that want the administration to delay the buying of insurance for individuals. west democrat manchin would like to delay it a year. and the oklahoma senator coburn wants to know who is responsible. >> where is that competency level? the government is good at a lot of things and we should have government in some things and we ought to demand excellence and expertise. >> reporter: they traced the latest computer problem to verizon that had a network failure. the president's fix it guy said it will be fully functional by the next month. and hundreds of thousands of people are sent cancellation notice. but blue cross subscribers said theirs are offered better plans

confidence of the bill o'reilly, the reassuring statesmanship of peter jennings, and the being on tv of bill hemmer. ( laughter ) but fox news anchor shepsmith has always been my personal hero, so personal that i've kept it from everyone, including myself. ( laughter ) you see, shephas a fool-proof internal barometer for when the country needs a break from this kind of washington infighting. so instead, he reports on a daredevil being pushed out of a planed in a coffin, the video of which shep does not have. >> there we go. that's the clouds. and in a little while the plane will fly by there, moments away, from my understanding, plane will fly right by, and they're going to push a guy in a box that looks like a coffin, and he will float, and his parents will be proud. guy flying through air. try to imagine. , everyone together, close your eye. >> stephen: they're closed, shep. my mind is a blank canvas, paint me a picture of the news. >> there's a man in a box trying to disconnect handcuffs he does not have a key. he's racing feverishly. the g-forces are very strong, the flying continues, who, who.

bill hemmer? bill: i think there is growing support and pressure to change the name. and i think, you know, whether you're a redskins fan or not, it's just a question of time whether you own the team or it's the commissioner, roger goodell, who forces your hand. you know how this stuff works. martha: i sure do. bill: the more attention it gets, eventually the pressure's too high -- martha: i had a redskins pin that had the two ribbons and a rabbit's foot hanging from it? i'm sure that would be really popular now. bill: keep that, okay? it's going to be valuable someday. martha: i think it might be. all right, so has the media coverage of obamacare and this presidency, in fact, started to change? howard kurtz watches these things closely, so he will tell us whether he thinks the honeymoon may be over. >>> and nasa's intergalactic discovery, a whole new world out there -- bill: hot dog. martha: just like ours. bill: oh, yeah, let's go. martha: really? ♪ ♪ heart healthy, huh?! ugh! actually progresso's soup has pretty bold flavor. i love bold flavors! i'd love it if you'

tell us what you think @bill hemmer and @martha maccallum.know how you're coming down. martha: i love that quote, you know? the senator says i used to be upset that i wasn't in the room, you know? how come i'm left out, i want to be in the negotiations. there's no room. no negotiation. bill: i thought mike emanuel said it, very telling how quiet it is on the hill. breaking news now, central egypt getting reported from reuters, get this, military vehicles firing live rounds at muslim brotherhood supporters near tahrir square according to a witness on scene there. there were hundreds of supporters of the deposed leader, mohamed morsi, that took to the streets after friday, day of prayers. we're working for some pictures on this and also some folks on the ground to try and confirm some of the reporting we're getting, but live rounds fired by the egyptian army at muslim brotherhood supporters in central cairo. more on that in a moment. breaking news now in cairo. martha: well, it is also day four today of the obamacare launch, and there are still

bill: going to follow you around. >> see where bill hemmer is really going on the weekend. ourse. jon scott is coming up, what is going on? >> i see the black helicopters over the studio. was the national security agency on a related note spying on u.s. allies like the leader of germany? german newspaper says yes. the nsa says no. new claims the president of the united states was kept in the dark of all of it. are the media giving president obama a pass on what he did and did not know? and say goodbye good night moon. adult classics like moby dick? a step in the right direction or a crazy idea? and utah doctor charged with killing his wife, the 12-year-old daughter will not testify about finding the body of her mother. is it a win for the prostitution a mac prosecution or will it affect the credibility? coming up. bill: we will see you then. one year ago tomorrow, super storm sandy made his way onshore leveling parts of the northeast. we will go live in a moment to see one of the hardest hit areas and see what has recovered at all 12 months later. (dad) put it in cond, put i

i'm bill hemmer, good afternoon from new york. if there are updates, we'll rejoin this program in progress. >>> ktvu channel 2 news starts right now with breaking news. >> i am tori campbell, we begin with breaking news in washington, d.c. as we just heard from that fox news shut in, we want to bring you live back again to the u.s. capitol, this is a live picture at a very busy intersection with police activity, authorities say gunshots were fired on capitol hill leading to a lock- down. now we have just heard that fox news is reporting that lock- down is no longer in place according to capitol police. it has been lifted. there are reports that one officer was injured after the gunshots were reported, at the u.s. capitol according to capitol police and there is another senate leader saying there are reports of injuries plural but at this point we have only gotten word from capitol police of one officer who has been injured, a warning was sounded inside the capitol, the house went into recess, lawmakers left the chamber floor, they

i am allyson camerota. >> and i'm bill hemmer.pointing and name calling as well. here is the president an hour ago on that. >> the thing thing preventing people from going back to work and basic research starting up

i'm bill hemmer. hold your hat for another day of drama. welcome to "america's newsroom." how are you doing? martha: i'm doing well. good morning, bill. hey, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. we're three days in and the divide between democrats and republicans couldn't be more clear. here is john boehner and harry reid after last night's ditched meeting at white house. watch this. >> the president reiterated one more time tonight he will not negotiate. we've got divided government. democrats control the white house and the senate. republicans control the house. we sent four different proposals over to the democrat colleagues in the senate. they rejected all of them. we asked for a conference to sit down and try to resolve our differences. they don't, they will not negotiate. >> i said happy to work with you mr. speaker on a way out of this but we are where we are. we're through playing these little games on, it is all focused on obamacare. that is all it's about. bill: that from last night. now we move to today. doug mckelway live from the hill again leading our coverage fro

i am bill hemmer. >> thank you so much, and i am a list son camerota. the president is surrounded by people who successfully enrolled in obama care. chris, the president said there is not problems with obama care, >> one case he highlighted. it took seven hours to sign up for health insurance. i don't know if that is the enducement. seven hours to get logged on and loaded up is tough. >> he called them kinks and implored people to go to the web site and they would like what they see. is the president not aware of all of the reports that there are mass you have problems with obama care? if he is not aware, when do the people tell him. >> i think everybody in america knows that there are massive problems with the web site and a paratus. the president wants a positive out of the negative. whatever it takes to get people signed up. including doing a infommercial and president sham wowness to be out there and it is great and did you know it could clean up a soda spill? >> he has to turn the negative in the positive. >> of course, he does. i love the wow refe

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom." martha has time with the family. mie: hello, bill, busy first hour. i'm jamie colby. great to have you here. it will be three weeks since the federal online insurance exchange opened. the glitches everyone talked about are far from fixed. today the president is expected to once again defend the program that republicans are so determined to get rid of, they're willing to wait. >> obamacare is the worst piece of legislation that has been passed in the last half century. the single biggest step in the direction europeanizing our country. we need to get rid of it. if the american people will give us majority of senate and a new president that is exactly what we're going to do. jamie: senior white house for inaffairs correspondent wendell goler joins me from the white house. wendell, good morning. what do you expect to hear from the president today? >> reporter: the president's aides say the problems with the obamacare website are unacceptable to him. he ordered hhs to gather the best and brightest computer experts from go

. >> and i'm bill hemmer. sebelius responding to critics says she doesn't take orders from them. >> the people who call for me to resign are people i don't work for. and don't want it to work. >> the republican from louisiana, what did you think of that? >> bill, that is the most arrogant thing i can recall hearing over my lifetime. think about it. secretary sebelius doesn't work for me in doesn't work for you or the american people? who pays her salary? look, i am a public servant and she is a public servant. we answer to the american people. now she may take orders from president obama, but she works for the american people and i am one of them. >> you came out with a statement two hours ago. this is how it reads in part. secretary sebelius's flippant attitude for accountability why she failed to heed the warnings and or pass the warnings to the president. i hope she doesn't come to capitol hill and try to give congress the hillary clinton treatment what difference at this point does it make? flippant attitu

. >> and i am bill hemmer. they have plenty to talk about. the meeting clocking in 90 minutes. our chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuel is reading the tea leaves. what do you have? >> reporter: there are conversations taking place and ideas and plans floated. the latest senate republican offer looks like this. it would fund the government one year and extend the debt ceiling for a period of time and include measures to prevent obama care fraud. a head of the senate, senator mitch mcconnell said it could be a good idea to exchange in ideas. >> put the hysterical talk behind us and find solutions to the problems. there is a variety of ways to get debt and spending under control and a lot of innovative reforps to consider. >> reporter: the they include reopening the government and wouldn't include entitlement reform. house speaker nancy pelosi said they are talking and that is good. and the senate majority leader explained why he is against the six- week debt ceiling extension. >> we don't believe that a six weeks enough to give the economy the confidence it needs to ke

. >>> i am bill hemmer. here is the mist row anchor. >> i made it. what d did you say about me. >> i said the chair is empty now but there will be a mystery anchor. >> hey, everybody. i am a rthel neville in for a liston camerota. insurance companies say it is major and straining the ability to handle the small amount of people who signed up. molly has more. arthel and bill, good afternoon. the insurance companies are not sure who is signed up. they are getting botched information from the obama care web site. more than a dozen health insurance companies are reporting that it is riddled with errors. blue cross and blue shield has had 50 enrollries and had to hire temporary workers to deal with all of the inaccuracies. and some applications are incorrectly listing a spouse as a dependent child and aetna, it is harder to get people to come back and sign up. it is not off to a great start. >> it is important to remind folks that even though the challenges are there. progress is being made and people are enrolling cross the country. >> the health secreta

i am bill hemmer. a white house briefing and meanwhile, the white house and the house for that matter working on a set of minispending bills and blasted by democrats for doing it. >> it is time for republicans to stop throwing a crazy idea and in hopes that something will stick nothing has stuck. there is a sensible way to reopen the government. clean, six week resolution that opens government today and we passed it in the senate last week. >> it is not policy anymore. it is power. it is a power game played in the beltway and it is disarming and disgusting one. the policy that we sent over on saturday and what we are doing today and the policy that we have done in the appropriation bills that have gone over there is good and decent policy. >> he has been on the hill all morning, doug, good day to you, what is happening. >> i will not be here all morning, mike will take over so i get a little reprieve. first and foremost on the house side. house republicans are moving to a vote on mini spending bills to

bill: i'm bill hemmer. bills on the table would reopen america's parks and monuments and would continue the veterans benefits and allow the city of washington to function, do its work. even mike lee, a tea party senator, leading the charge against obamacare said this. >> senator reid and those members of his conference, those who support him, have rejected all three plans, rejected all three offers to keep the government funded. accusing republicans of playing games with obamacare. so in light of that, let's leave obamacare for another day and not hold the vast majority of government functions hostage when the vast majority of government functions don't have anything to do with the implementation and enforcement of obamacare. martha: hmmm. so that is interesting, right? some democrats charge what senator lee is proposing is a back doorway to reach the gop's ultimate goal that would be to sort of systematically add things into the budget and starve the money out of obamacare. chris stier walled joins me now,

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. where do we begin? martha: kathleen sebelius appeared to fall on her sword saying president obama didn't even know about the problems with the web site until after the launch day. >> i think it became clear early on. >> before october 1 there was no concern at the white house or hhs? >> i think we talked about having testing going forward and if we had an ideal situation and could have built a product in a five-year period of time we probably would have taken five years but we didn't have five years. martha: the white house may find a new fixer to the program, jeffrey zients. bill: what did you make of her defense? >> she dodged the question, did you give a head up to the united states about these problems. she said we talked about testing going forward. she clearly didn't want to answer the question. we heard from reporting yesterday that there had been these tests and there were suggestions there were mass yoif failures and nothing was done about it. the testing apparently did not go well. you had to

it is a semitweet, bill hemmer. and make it appropriate. >> please do. be careful and mind your own business and apparently a lot of people in washington were following his twitter feed and had no idea who he was and he was blasting valerie jarret. >> very snashgy stuff and interesting. >> is obama care having a impact on job creation? house speaker boehner said entire different thing. we'll separate fact from fiction on the number of people who need work now. >> we are about to see a picture of a door this leads to a nuclear silo. one just like it was left open when it was supposed to be sealed shut. >> and a man convicted of drunk driving. did matthew cordle's punishment fit the crime. >> this video will act as my confession. when i get charged, i will plead guilty and take full responsibility for everything i have done. rrn ready to run your lines? okay, who helps you focus on your recovery? yo, yo, yo. aflac. wow. [ under his breath ] that was horrible. pays you cash when you're sick or hurt? [ japanese accent ] aflac. love it. [ undehis breath ] hat

. >> and i'm bill hemmer. day four and they are only talking and finger pointing and name calling as well. here is the president an hour ago on that. >> the thing thing preventing people from going back to work and basic research starting up and farmers and small business people getting the loans, the only thing preventing that today, in the next five minutes, is that speaker john boehner won't let the bill get a yes or so vote. because he doesn't want to anger the extremist in his party. >> with that as a back grouped, mike emmanuel working long hours up there on the hill and the house law makers continuing the approach to get democrats to sit down and talk, where are we on that, mike? >> this afternoon house will vote to make sure veterans and national guard gets benefits and funding. the house voted to reopen national parks and monuments and make sure medical research continues. here is eric cantor making his case. >> we passed a pill in the house last night that would provide the nih with funding to reopen

i bill hemmer. >> very interesting committee hearing. i am alisyn camerota. developers said the administration decideed to go livine though it was not ready. mike is on capitol hill. >> reporter: good afternoon, ally, federal contractors did not test the over all health care.gov until the last second and they told the client about their concerns. >> all of the risks that we saw and concerns we had regarding testing were shared with cm a. >> what was their are sponse when you talked to them about what was going on. >> they were working on them. i don't know further. >> reporter: he tried to sign up for obama care like a typical person from the state of texas to see if it worked. >> did it work? >> i logged on to create an account and was able to do so, but i never received the confirmation e-mail. >> it didn't work. >> reporter: republicans seem concerned about the price tag of the web site and expressed privacy concerns with a huge amount of information out there. and a democrats from silicon valley are fired up and upset about the excuse that it is a problem

send us a tweet at bill hemmer and we'll talley them up. >> we are expecting a captured al-qaeda leader in a federal courtroom. that is a l- libi waiting on terror charges for his part in the bombings in the embassy in africa he has been interrogated on a navy ship. david has more. >> reporter: hi, the arraignment is over and took only ten minutes. a l- libi entered a u.s. courtroom 13 years after being indicted for the twin embassy bombings. he was wearing a pair of gray sweat pants and a black top. he was muted. this was the first court appearance since he arrived in the united states over the weekend. according to a 150 page indictment that a l- liowa bi conducted the surveillance of the u.s. embassy in nairobi, kenya and he reviewed the other sites in nairobi for targets. and looked for british and french and israel targets in the nairobi. he has lived in england. there was a detailed manual on how to conduct terrorist activities. not clear if he was the author of the hand book. as you expect, the security in the federal courthouse in manhattan tight. metal detectors when you enter

i am bill hemmer. >> i am alisyn camerota. we hear that house speaker john boehner will pitch a short term debt limit. is it progress or kicking the can down the road. >> hi, chris. >> the answer to your question is yes. it is. both of those things. and one thing if the president accepts it. it would avert the debt limit and the possible default. you can see how positively the markets have reacted. up 100 or 200 points. it doesn't solve the problem but kicks it down the road to the end of november. we are about at the end of the road and kicking the can down and getting more yardage is a good thing. >> the strategy would be to get him engaged in a long- term deficit reduction that would include entitlement reform would it not? absolutely. paul ryan. head of the budget committee and leader of house republicans when it comes to these kinds of matters had an interesting article in the wall street journal. he said it is not a bargain but a down payment. it would be relaxing of the sequester and they came into affect because they c

i'm bill hemmer, good morning.ding republicans agree to increased spending before they agree to a deal. martha: now it's up to these two men, and word is that sometimes they don't get along that well. senate majority leader harry reid and minority leader mitch mcconnell. those talks between house republicans and the white house sputtered over the weekend, and both sides dug in their heels. >> they don't want to negotiate. we've offered, i think, 11 different bills either funding all or part of the government, and they haven't even debated them in the senate, let alone pass 'em. >> we can negotiate and talk all we want to after we reopen the government. as a matter of fact, you know, we can reopen the government and have discussions over anything they want, but we've got to reopen the government and pay america's debts. martha: so we've got complete team coverage from the white house and capitol hill. we begin with ed henry. so, ed, what's the latest from the white house on this on where all of this stands? >> repor

i am bill hemmer.anwhile, the white house and the house for that matter working on a set of minispending bills and blasted by democrats for doing it. >> it is time for republicans to stop throwing a crazy idea and in hopes that something will stick nothing has stuck. there is a sensible way to reopen the government. clean, six week resolution that opens government today and we passed it in the senate last week. >> it is not policy anymore.

i am bill hemmer. >> good to see you. martha mccowan in for alisyn camerota. it could go to tomorrow before we get a house vote. what ultimately is accomplished. they talk about the full faith and credit. of the united states of america. have we done anything in a better position. we are here in another five machines. nrepublican congressman peter king is in new york. good day to you. >> how are you? >> talk about whether or not you are satisfied with this, are you? >> bill, i am. i was against the shutdown from the start. i said back in september it was a terrible mistake and we should have kept the government open and negotiated on the debt ceiling. once the government was shut down that became a issue. >> what about obama care? you all seem to loathe it yet it remains intact? >> i said that all along you cannot defund obama care. what karl rove and charles kra thammer was saying. we can elect more republicans and a republican president and taking targeted shots at obama care. but the whole thought of defunding it made no sense because of the votes that are

. >> and i am bill hemmer. >> we are getting closer to a deal. >> president obama asked the big four from the congress to come over at 3 o'clock today. one major difference we are hearing about today. mike is on the hill. what is the difference? >> reporter: the big four is senator harry reid. and mitch mcconnell and john boehner and nancy pelosi. and the difference is biden, is going to be a part of the discussions and known for being a deal maker. sources tell me the discussions are basically over how long to fund the government versus how long to extend the nation's ability to borrow moan. democrats like reid want a longer package and they want to open up the cuts from the 2011 debt deal. republicans would like to open up the argument over the nation's debt sooner. this is a leading republicans view on that. >> this would be the sixth time in five years that the president wants a debt ceiling increase and the amount they want is a million dollars a minute for the next year way beyond 20 authority 14 election. a million dollars a minute unchecked. >> reporter: main gop senator coll

i'm bill hemmer. as we roll on here in "america's newsroom" and good morning at home. martha: that is something we'll try to figure out this morning. good morning, everybody. the bodies of fallen soldiers and marines will be flown home today from afghanistan. they will arrive at dover air force base but the families have to pay for their own trip to go pick up the loved ones. one lawmaker says this is ridiculous. >> here is what is happened. this is boneheaded decision that dishonors our fallen brothers and sisters. it also does this, it breaks the trust that our government has with those men and women that serve on the front lines and are forgotten right now because of the shutdown. that 19 situation the government is putting these guys in and families and it is pure bureaucracy. it is shameful and embarrassing and need to change it immediately. bill: at least five families dealing with the sudden loss 6 loved ones. private first class cody paterson was only 24 in the second deployment in afghanistan. his commander says his future was limitless. martha: arm specialist

. >> good day, everybody, on a frida, i'm bill hemmer. we have a mystery co-anchor to be revealed in 17 minutes. do not miss it. see you at the top of the hour. ♪ ♪ jon: it's not going to be clint eastwood, is it? [laughter] jenna: that's a good question. jon: b a federal air marshal is under arrest and could lose his job for alleged lewd baer on a southwest airlines flight. a witness says he used hid cell phone camera to take pictures of female passengers in ways they would not like. harris faulkner live from our new york newsroom. harris? >> reporter: jon, that air marshal is accused of taking the cell phone pics underneath women's skirts as they were getting on a flight at nashville international airport. nashville police say adam bart was on duty, southwest airlines flight 3132 yesterday. somebody caught him in the act. they say when a witness noticed bart was taking the pictures, he grabbed his cell phone away from him. police say the witness notified a flight attendant. local reports the transportation security administration is inv

you can send us a tweet @martha maccallum, @bill hemmer.exceedingly vocal in some of the clips from sunday's rally. martha: trying to get the government open, we just had in our urgent queue that they have, the republican house members have asked all staff members to leave the room, so it is only members that are in the room right now as they try to hammer this out, and we'll see how it goes on their side. lots going on today, so forget everything that you have heard about the conspiracies behind the kennedy assassination. the brand new research that says all of that is bunk. larry sabato explains. bill: also, families in one community watching in horrors as their homes are slowly devoured. why they say the local government is at fault here. >> whoever started this project is the ones who are responsible, ultimately, for every sink hole and what has now happened. the borough's not taking any responsibility for any of it. >> do you think they should? >> yes. >> oh, yeah. martha: what's going on inside those closed doors? we are still waiting

bill hemmer for shepard smith. we'll be back tomorrow. >>> the other bill is up nor. "the factor" is next as we say, go reds. >> o'reilly factor is on. tonight. >> this shutdown is not about deficits or budgets. this shutdown is about rolling back the affordable care act. this more than anything else sees to be what the republican party stands for these days. >> my view and a t view of a great many republicans is obama care is the disaster of a train wreck, a nightmare. >> it is now very personal in the obama care debate as the government is halted. will anyone compromise? senator ted cruz will be here tonight. >> such an amazing person. i'm going to miss him forever. >> the brutal murder of a 22-year-old australian athlete in oklahoma is now becoming more clear. the three teenagers involved all from chaotic homes. we'll tell you what we know. >> the swarm of cycles stops a range rover. a rider takes off his helmet and smashes the window. at some point the tires of the motor vehicle was slashed. >> they attack three in broad daylight. caution. you're about to enter th

i'm bill hemmer. martha: good morning. i'm martha maccallum. the big suspicion among the president's critics that the white house was playing politics with grieving military families. congressman duncan hunter thinks that is what exactly was happening. he says heads need to role in this case. >> i think chuck hagel needs to think about offering his resignation about all this. he is one at top of the food chain and broke the sacred trust with the families. these military families were not pawns to be played with by the administration to make political points. that is exactly what happened in this situation. 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 f

jenna: i want to hear more college stories from bill hemmer. bill: and they are good. no doubt about that. in the meantime this is what is happening on "happening now." shut down day eight. the u.s. is getting close to the debt limit. the markets are striking but the political stakes are growing. mapping out a solution from both sides joined by steve moore and mike lee will join us and weigh in. plus what marathon swimmer the latest adventure happening right now. can tell us about sleep deprivation coming up at the top of the hour. [ woman ] if you have the audacity to believe your financial advisor should focus on your long-term goals, not their short-term agenda. [ woman ] if you have the nerve to believe that cookie cutters should be for cookies, not your investment strategy. if you believe in the sheer brilliance of a simple explanation. [ male announcer ] join the nearly 7 million investors who think like you do: face time and think time make a difference. join us. [ male announcer ] at edward jones, it's how we make sense of investing. bill: prisoners who need me

good morning, everybody, i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom." >> i'm heather childers in for martha maccallum. i'm doing great. the obama administration on the other hand, saying that he is still happy with his legislation, signature legislation but the rollout, a different story. >> the problem has been that the website that is supposed to make it easy to apply for and purchase the insurance is not working the way it should for everybody. and there is no sugarcoating it. the website has been too slow, people have been getting stuck during the application process and i think it is fair to say that nobody is more frustrated by that than i am. bill: critics are saying the president sounded more like a salesman than a president. >> even as we redouble our efforts to get the site working as well as it is supposed to, we're also redoubling our efforts to make sure you can still buy the same quality, affordable insurance plans, available in the marketplace, the old-fashioned way, off-line. i either over the phone or in

i'm bill hemmer and welcome to america's newsroom. martha: i'm martha maccallum. called to

. >> first let's check in with bill hemmer.d morning. have a great weekend. >> you, too. >> life's a glitch. that's the bottom line with this obamacare rollout. there are countless headlines on that this morning. tom delay hammers back. we'll ask about ted cruz and president obama. do not miss that. and remember the kids told to turn around their american t-shirts with the american flag on them on cinco de mayo? that case is now in federal court. we'll see you on that and more in about ten minutes, top of the hour on a friday d ♪ let's have a party ♪ ♪ let's have a party ♪ . >> who doesn't like football and comfort food? when you pair the two together for a great tailgate party, it makes for the ultimate game day. am i right, celebrity chef tyler florence? >> we love him. >> very cool. this is a cool outfit you have here! >> thank you very much. >> we're going to be at the paramus high school football game. working with stouffer's. they're giving $5,000 to local high schools across the country. does this sound good to you? >> y

i'm bill hemmer. as we roll on here in "america's newsroom" and good morning at home.d marines will be flown home today from afghanistan. they will arrive at dover air force base but the families have to pay for their own trip to go pick up the loved

welcome as we start a new week here on "america's newsroom," i'm bill hemmer. good morning at home.ing to get this whole thing fixed. but top republicans say they think this may just be the beginning into the website was supposed to be the easy part of this. so i see actually this is just the tip of the

good morning, everybody, i'm bill hemmer. his legislation, signature legislation but the rollout, a different story. >> the problem has been that the website that is supposed to make it easy to apply for and purchase the insurance is not working the way it should for everybody. and er

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