i think we unfortunately lost congressman frank pallone. we will keep you posted and just want to reiterate that there are investigators on the scene there. no word yet on what might have sparked that fire. just the location, apparently started in an iconic custard stand along the boardwalk. meantime, president obama has approved federal disaster assistance for colorado, where massive floods killed at least three people and is forcing thousands to evacuate their homes. governor john hickenlooper is expected to give a press conference any minute now. first joining me from boulder from the heart of the flood zone, the weather channel's mike seidel. mike, how are things looking right now? >> reporter: good morning, chris. things are getting better here in the front range. the rain has backed off considerably through the overnight hours. we do have another batch coming at us right now but in boulder really no rain for the past four hours or so. look at boulder creek out here. listen to the roar of the creek. it's actually come down from an all-

. >> congressman frank pallone, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> and we have somebody we wanted to talk to for a very, very long time. that is straight ahead. stay with us. >> richard dean, a 49-year-old vietnam veteran who worked for the social security administration for 22 years now. last year, he was hard at work in the federal building in oklahoma city when the last killed 169 people and brought the rubble down all around him. had he re-entered that building four times. he saved the lives of three women. but richard dean's story doesn't end there. this last november, he was forced out of his office when the government shut down. and the second time the government shut down, he continued helping social security recipients, but he was working without pay. on behalf of richard dean and his family, and all the or other people who are out there working every day, doing a good job for the american people, i challenge all of you in this chamber, let's never, ever shut the federal government down again. for those nights when it's more than a bad dream, be ready. for the times you n

two prominent congressmen, jason chaffetz, republican of utah on the right, and frank pallone, democratw jersey, on the left here to explain how any of this makes any sense. gentlemen, welcome. i appreciate you coming on. carson pallone, let me start with you. why not go along with the republicans, keep the government open, and fight over obama care some other time? >> well, because obama care is the law of the land. it's going into effect soon. and it would be a huge mistake to simply say, oh, we're not going to have obama care because the republicans or the tea party want to shut the government down. i mean, they should try to come to some agreement on the budget. obama care has nothing to do with the budget at this point. it's a health care plan to cover people who have no insurance or improve the benefits of people who have insurance but it's not a good insurance policy. what does that have to do with keeping the government going? they are unrelated. for the republicans to insist that somehow we have to shut down obama care before it even begins to get the government going, it's chi

two prominent congressmen, jason chaffetz, republican of utah on the right, and frank pallone, democratthe left here to explain how any of this makes any sense. gentlemen, welcome. i appreciate you coming on. carson pallone, let me start with you. why not go along with the republicans, keep the government open, and fight over obama care some other time? >> well, because obama care is the law of the land. it's going into effect soon. and it would be a huge mistake to simply say, oh, we're not going to have obama care because the republicans or the tea party want to shut the government down. i mean, they should try to come to some agreement on the budget. obama care has nothing to do with the budget at this point. it's a health care plan to cover people who have no insurance or improve the benefits of people who have insurance but it's not a good insurance policy. what does that have to do with keeping the government going? they are unrelated. for the republicans to insist that somehow we have to shut down obama care in order to get the government going, it's childish in my opinion. >> is

new jersey congressman frank pallone tweets, in case you missed it, called on the gop to stop holding the affordable care act hostage and threatening to shepherd -- shut down the government. someone else we did that obama care makes health insurance unaffordable. onthe fiscal year ends monday, september 30. the senate today passed a bill that would fund the government through november 15. the house gavels in tomorrow at 10:00 eastern for speeches. live coverage here on c-span. the house is scheduled to week through the weekend, gaveling back in at 10:00 a.m. and then working through noon eastern to work on funding the government. next, nancy pelosi talks. she is followed by the democratic caucus calling on americans to vote on the clean funding act. department'sfense plans for possible government shutdown. house democratic leader nancy pelosi talks about avoiding the government shutdown and the republicanat re law. this is half an hour. >> good morning. in just four days, the american people will see the affordable care act come into effect. on october 1, the health insurance marketpl