here this morning, e.j. dionned brooks, maria bartiromo and andrea mitchell. >> the president is back. he'll try to talk about health care tomorrow and rolling out all the g >>> "meet the press" is back with our political roundtable. here this morning, e.j. dionne, david brooks, maria bartiromo and andrea mitchell. >> the president is back. he'll try to talk about health care tomorrow and rolling out all the glitches of obama care. 476,000 applications have been submitted to get care, but there are still a lot of problems to deal with. e.j. dionne, we talk about whether the conservators are giving up the fight. jim demint writes, obama care and its failings have been front and center in the national debate. its disastrous launch was spotlighted by our defund struggle. it will be highlighted in the next few years. >> i think these glitches, or bigger than glitches, would have gotten a lot more attention if they hadn't tried to shut down the government. i also hope this leads to a very large look at how government ac

david brooks, e.j. dionne, thank you so much. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: the partial shutdown of the federal government headed into the weekend, with no hint of resolution. tropical storm "karen" churned closer to the gulf coast, aiming for a likely landfall tomorrow between louisiana and florida. and federal investigators said it appears the woman killed in a car chase from the white house to the capitol was delusional. she apparently believed the president was trying to communicate with her. online, even though millennials are the most educated generation, it's taking them longer to launch their careers than it did their parents. but don't blame older workers refusing to retire. we have an explanation on "making sense." all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. before we go, a reminder about some upcoming programs from our pbs colleagues. gwen is off, preparing for "washington week", which airs later this evening. here's a preview: >> is washington dysfunctional or is

joining me now is e.j. dionne and crystal ball. thank you both for being here. ves in washington act as if people aren't getting hurt. are they so out of touch or how do you explain it? >> well, i think for some conservatives there's just this deep ideological sense that government doesn't do much good anyway, so we're not going to miss it. well, people in the wick program, women, infants, and children, 9 million mothers and babies, basically are going to start losing benefits in about a week if this shuts down. people who use head start programs. those are going to slowly shut down. which is bad for a lot of reasons including for working poor people. but if they're not worried about that, what about the small business administration and various kinds of help to small businesses that won't go on? the government touches us sometimes in very direct ways that we know about. but also touches the economy in a lot of other ways. not paying 2 million people is not good for the economy. >> you know, crystal, there's a woman who's the wife of a fallen new mexico firefight

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e.j. di jvmj. dionne, this a party at work, isn't it?ith bill cohen, the moderate republican in maine, and he told me it keeps coming back. it was after a terrible airplane crash. and people who sometimes condemned regulation were asking where the safety regulators were. and what bill cohen said is government is the enemy until you need a friend. and i think that's exactly what we're talking about here. it's quite possible that folks in some of those towns had been opposed to government in general and voted along those lines. and yet they assume that when they fell on hard times that were no fault of theirs, they didn't cause this blizzard, the government would there to help them out. not bail them out, but just put them back on their feet. and i think we have to stop thinking that every form of government. >> every form is bad. >> is a handout or dependency. >> they brush everything to get rid of it. your quick take today on what has unfolded with boehner's move. katrina, what do you think? >> i think it's cynical, and i think this gove

joining me now is e.j. dionne, "the washington post" writer. anks for coming on tonight. >> good to be with you rb reverend. >> e.j., after all we've been through, how can republicans justify cutting even more from the safety net? >> you know, you talk about the effect of all these cuts on the economy. if we keep this sequester going with all these deep cuts in it, the congressional budget office did a report and we could be throwing away 1.6 million jobs. that's at a moment when we need jobs. if you look at some of the specific things they've done, particularly in the food stamp program, the food stamp program is in many ways the most bipartisan program we have. it was in alliance between bob dole and george mcgovern after one documentary on cbs about hunger in america. and it's worked. so why throw 3.8 million people off food stamps when the unemployment rate is still over 7%? these are the kinds of cuts that have to be fought. also they're not good for the economy. food stamps have a multiplier effect in promoting growth. so we got to keep bo

e.j. dionne, susan page is usa today's washington bureau chief. morning. >> good morning. >> let's start with who she is. i think it's interesting. she was a nurse in the e.r., she

e.j. dionne, susan page is usa today's washington bureau chief. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> let's start with who she is. i think it's interesting. she was a nurse in the e.r., she worked her way up to ceo of a couple of big hospitals. so she knows something about running complicated organizations. susan, what are you expecting to see this morning? >> i think she's going to get a more respectful hearing than kathleen sebelius is likely to get tomorrow, but this is a warm-up for tomorrow's hearing with secretary sebelius. you know marilyn tavenner has earned a good reputation in washington as a straightforward person and competent manager. on the other hand, it's her agency that's been in charge of this exchange website that has had so many problems so she is sure to be grilled about that. >> it was one of her people, though, who pushed through a change, e.j., that forced users to create these accounts before they shopped for insurance and that's what's been blamed on the massive bottleneck. is she going to have to take any ki

host: e.j. dionne in his column in "the washington post" this morning, the headline, "moderates take note," talks a little bit about the president's leadership. e goes on to say -- host: the lines will be on your screen, social media as well. don't forget, we set aside a special line for you federal workers out there, 202-585-3883. 202-585-3883. here's elliot, who is joining us on our federal workers line. he's from midland, georgia, identifies himself as a democrat. elliot, good morning. caller: hey, good morning, pedro. what are you doing? host: what are you doing for the government? caller: i work security on installation. host: have you been working or fur lowered? -- furloughed? caller: i've been working the whole time. my point is, as federal workers, we're going to be right back at this again in january and february, because we'll always be used as pawn in this game between democrats and republicans. even though we're going back to work today, january, february, we'll be right back at it again,