hagel had to know. not sure president obama knew or not, because he is under such, you know, intense pressure from all sides. it's possible he didn't know. but, hagel surely knew. and it's hagel's duty to tell the commander and chief hey, we can't have this. >> may i just point out, bill, that while the pentagon has -- and the administration has refused to pay this death benefit to the bereaved families of our fallen soldiers and marines, secretary of defense never closed his executive dining room in which military members are basically chefs and servants and it's a nice place. i have eaten there. sock couldeye salmon cooked to order. why can't we keep the executive dining room open and pay the family benefits. >> bill: the point you are making is a larger point. we are still fighting in afghanistan and that hasn't stopped all the military operations are underway. the pentagon is operating even though the government is shutdown because the money is still there, okay? they have money this is just an unbe

where was chuck hagel on this? he lost the faith of the military. military families aren't getting their benefits. talk about political stunts. this week was the first time that defense secretary chuck hagel made his way to dover air force base to receive the bodies of the fallen. 29 troops have been killed since the shutdown happened on october 1st. this is the first time that he has been there. bill: katy, are you of the mind that chuck hagel is the one who takes the fall for this? does he resign? >> i don't think that he will resign but i would hope in a moment of leadership the president obama would ask him to submit his resignation. he, you know, this is something you do not violate. the biggest question here is, when it comes to the government shutdown, it is about priorities and why weren't death benefits for those killed overseas because we are still at war put on the essential list? how is it that death benefits were put on the non-essential list when it cops to a government shutdown? i would hope next time around, because this could happen

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be corrected immediately. >> hagel, carney, all of them, go.ou don't want to serve the people, go. you can make a lot of money in the private sector. you know, i'm tired of this. >> you think this is the reason for frustration? because nobody is held accountable? >> yes, but think about it, for good reason, people are upset. it's one of the most shameful things that comes out of this. where we're not honoring the military. it's despicable. it's not something i ever thought i'd see in this country. in terms of the overall viewpoint of american's dissatisfaction with congress, with the house, with the senate, with the presidency. it's systemic. comes down from the top. i would like to see some leadership. to say, let me settle this, let me work this out and let me make the decision as commander and chief about what services we're going to provide. >> the lack of leadership. we're showing you a series of clips. who cares what he thinks about the redskins. about these domestic cases that should be debated elsewhere. number two, important to realize

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nobody knows who chuck hagel is, you can say chuck hagel -- they don't know who he is. >> okay, now,the why behind the reporting. cnn is the starkest example, they are a hard news organization still. they still pride themselves on a developing story. and to spend the paultry amount of time on it as they did was a bad decision. >> it's an interesting theory, and the fact that cnn, which has a lot of time on its hands. >> tons. >> the fact that they played it down would indicate that you may be on to something. i'm not sure why they played it down, unless they've done some focus groups and they found out that their people don't want to hear any -- you know, maybe they're not as left wing as msnbc. nobody is. but i think you may be on to something, they figure, let fox do this, we're not going to win that battle. >> we'll try to get some people in over here. it didn't work, by the way, the ratings were abysmal. >> we'll program to people who like president obama, maybe. and don't want to hear bad news about limb. >> okay, and all of this is happening because of good morning america, lad

the secretary of defense chuck hagelle should have said get it done. he's the one who's at the top of the food chain and broke the sacred trust with the families. the military families weren't pawns to be played with by this administration to make political points. that's what happened in this situation. chuck hagel needs to look in the mirror and say, did i do any job as secretary of defense and as the guardian of the trust with the military families and the american people, did i do my job? i would look him in the eye and say, sir, you did not do your job. you did not do what you were supposed to do as secretary of defense. the president of the united states could have fixed it nine days ago when they first found out about it. he used the military families as pawns. it's embarrassing and despicable to do this. now the military doesn't trust the civilian leadership. >> ken fisher of the fisher house steps in and says, i'm going to step in and help the families until congress and the white house and everybody can get their act together. you guys in the

and this guy, secretary of defense hagel, who sits at the citadel of the pentagon, the ranking member of the senate armed services committee, a member of his own party said he should never have been confirmed in the first place because hagel believes americans should apologize to our world adversaries, shun our friends and because we criticized the jewish lobby. secretary hagel, you call yourself a decorated combat veteran and you don't allow for these payments and then when the cat's out of the bag, you have the audacity, the hutzpah, the balls to show up at dover air force base for the first time as secretary of defense out of a new found respect? i have seen this video before. and where the hell were the joint chiefs in all of this? how dare you stand silent while the men and women under you are treated like trash. but then again, ladies and gentlemen, we americans are nothing more than pawns in a political chess game. politicians looking to grandstand and blame the other party because you politicians want to score political points, you just want to make americans hate the other gu

chuck hagel executive dining room stayed open. but we screwed the military families. >> quickly for a second, if you could answer this quickly. the funding is restored. moving on to other stories now, other headlines but is this the story that will linker in the minds of americans for some time? really question our folks here about leadership in this country and where it's going? the lack thereof? >> no, the american people will move on. we forget too fast. but it will linger on in heart and soul of the military families we trashed. >> sad statement, indeed. thank you for joining us. we appreciate your insight. coming up, secretary of state kerry prepares to meet with the afghan president hamid karzai. this is as we get news of another score for military. they nabbed another high-profile terrorist. we go live to the mideast bureau for the latest. at the heart of the political drama continues to play out on capitol hill, obamacare. huge point of contention with the republicans. is the agency charged with managing it, the i.r.s.? st

defense secretary hagel will be here to support these family members for this ceremony. we are here -- we drove up here, they allow certain media coverage. you just have to apply for it. it won't be live. we are here outside the base speaking to you now and waiting for those pictures to come in. the issue of death benefits has angered folks on capitol hill. you have people on both sides that are outraged by the fact that these family members are not getting the death benefits. they will get them when the government reopens. they will eventually be paid. the house is planning a vote in the afternoon which would fix this and make sure that those death benefits are reinstated immediately. we'll be looking for that vote later on today and watching to see what happens to that bill as it moves on, if it passes the house and moves on to the senate. suzanne, michael? >> people on both sides of the aisle were saying this is an unintended consequence. they didn't realize this stuff wouldn't be covered and they've got to fix it. athena jones, thanks very much. >> it's really rare t

hagel must go. >> o'reilly calling for secretary of defense hagel to step down. should he?a heated debate with sean hannity. do not miss this. the exchange you want to miss. >> you want to talk about obamacare. >> i want to talk about that. >> i will be glad to talk about it. seems sometimes you need explaining on things. i'm here to do it for you brother ? >> female announcer: female announcer: save up to 35% and through columbus day, get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic, at sleep train's inventory clearance sale. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ jo former congressman anthony weiner giving an exclusive interview to sean hannity. the faceoff began with the obvious question, did weiner learn anything from his sexting scandals. >> you went through this difficulty. you resigned from office. and then you do it again. i'm like what the hell are you thinking? >> that is not, it is not true. i'm kind of done talking about this stuff. >> obviously didn't do well in the mayoral race. do you think people are unforgiving? you got low percentage of vote. >>

but by then, hagel had already worked out a deal with a private charity, the fisher house foundation, to make the $100,000 payments until the shutdown ends. thanks to charity, none of the families of the 17 service members killed since the government shut down-- including the three who came home from afghanistan with private patterson-- should suffer financially. what has sufferd is the reputation of the government which failed to fulfill what secretary hagel called "this mostsy credit responsibility." >> pelley: david martin at the pentagon for us, david, thank you. the secretary of veterans affairs had a warning today. eric shinseki told congress if the shutdown lasts until late october nearly four million veterans will not receive disability compensation due next month. others won't get their pension payments. it is hard to imagine americans' opinion of congress getting much worse but it just did get much worse. in a gallup poll a month ago, the approve rating was just 19%. now it's down to 11%. remember how we got here. republicans agreed to fund the government but only if they co

defense secretary chuck hagel is in town and due to have talks with counterparts about that very issueat the moment south korea is due to take operational control from 2015 but many feel it doesn't yet have the capacity to lead such a war and it wants to delay that process, so that will be the major part of chuck hagel's talks on wednesday. >> reporter: a new team of chemical weapons experts are due to start work in syria in the coming hours and inspectors from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons are to cow late a list of syria stockpile to be destroyed and experts left the capitol damascus after completing the second mission in two months and looking into several alleged chemical attacks. 2 million people fled syria according to the united nations but not just the neighbors are feeling the pressure, refugees make the journey by boat across the medeterrian and sicilly is where they end up. >> reporter: they travel across the desert to libya and then paid $2000 each to get on to a small boat to europe. they were rescued by the italian coast guard after three days at

yesterday defense secretary chuck hagel ordered 350,000 defense workers back to work. the house voted to supply pay to furloughed workers. it was unanimous. they agreed. congress is no closer to resolving an impasse. >> john terrett is in washington with more on the story. what can you tell us about the attempts to get some of the workers back in their offices? >> it's interesting that you say some of the workers, it's a large number, 350,000 men and women working for the dod will pack lunches, polish the shoes and put the sachel in the hallway because the pentagon is ordering them back. 350,000 a roughly half of all furloughed workers out. 86% will be outside dc. that's an indication of how far the pentagon reaches, across the country on bases and around the world. chuck hagel is saying in a statement that his lawyers found wording that applies to the workers, chuck hagel says that it means they can eliminate furloughs for employees whose responsibilities constitute and contribute to the morale, well being, came abilityise and readiness of military around the world. g

defense secretary chuck hagel making the announcement, citing a law that was pass said. lawmakers are in session tomorrow. >> story telling is the star in tennessee. teachers, heath care workers, therapyists and corporate executives are among those participating. they are converging to do what they do best of the this is the 41st year they've done it. >> look out. my legs are falling. i never thought i would be a story teller in a million years. you never know how your life will change, do you. "two legs came down the chimney into the cold ashes. ". >> it's how we communicate. we sat on the front porch, around the dinner table and told stories. and then we are able, through the stories, to better understand not only ourselves, but each other. >> he came up to the edge of the stage, sort of straightened out his shirt, tightened up his belt, looked down and said, "now, boys and girls, before you go meet your teachers i want to talk to you." >> story telling is the way we move a picture from our head to someone else's head. >> 41 years ago the festival started with 80 peopl

and secretary hagel himself a decorated vietnam veteran.don't question his commitment or valor to the troops. which is why we haven't called for his resignation. we said, he's got a leader upstairs that he's taking a lot of direction from, and that's president obama. if it wasn't him, it was a political operative there who was willing to say, if we give away on this -- and you know it was a political strategy from them from the beginning, to not do anything piecemeal, to stand up and say, we will give nothing to republicans, and they were willing to sacrifice veterans and military families. you and i can envision a commander in chief, maybe someone who served who has a different perspective, who would say, hey, let's fight about politics. let's talk about our $17 billion in debt obamacare, and this administration refused to do that. >> when someone finds out a major loophole exists with respect to death benefits, they pick up the phone. >> sign the document and get it done. >> we still don't know the identity of that person. the president t

defense secretary chuck hagel announced it today.or us right now from the pentagon. barbara, what gives? >> yeah. well, what gives is defense secretary chuck hagel wants his people back at work. that's what he's saying. in fact, issuing a statement today saying most of them will be coming back next week. here's how it breaks down. government wide, about 800,000 civilians furloughed. about half of those, 400,000, work for the department of defense. but last week when congress passed a law allowing the troops to be paid, it opened the door to the civilians also being paid. so they've been working on that behind the scenes for the last few days. now all the lawyering is done, all the paperwork, all the legalities are done. and what they are doing is they can't bring back everybody but the law now they believe will allow them to bring back people directly involved in helping military familys and helping the troops in doing things that would hurt the troops in the future if they weren't done right now. so think of it this way. a company t

you shaved chuck hagel and helped out the families. the department of defense has the left armest budget in the government. they are still funding golf courses. they cowln't find a way to do this. your thoughts? >> this is a national disgrace. there is no other way to put it. we stepped in because these families lost a loved one. they shouldn't worry about where their next dollar is coming from. wh they raised hands and took an oath they were going to defend the nation with their lives. if they came back wounded, we as america had to make sure they were healed. whether mental or physical. if they lost their lives in doing so, it was up to us to take care of their loved one. >> that was the promise. special agent joseph peters was killed over the weekend. his wife said, my husband always said if something happened to him we would be taken care of. not only was the government not prepared to take care of this man's child and wife as they promised him they would if he went to fight for our country, they were con at the present time appare

. >> meantime, the defense secretary chuck hagel has ordered -- the majority of the federal workforce remains off the job. >>> there's also an internal debate going on inside the gop about how to handle the stalemate and what long-term impact the shutdown may have on the party. what do you make of this? i mean you saw their treasury secretary jack lew saying you have to stop saying unless i get my way i'm going to shut everything down. is that an accurate portrayal of what's going on? >> the president is not even willing to negotiate over crumbs here. his basic attitude is there's no negotiation. when bill clinton was president, one thing i remember from that shutdown that the newt gingrich and bob dole would go in to a room here's what the president's willing to do. with barack obama, it's hiss way or the highway. first of all, i think that the american people agree that we spend too much money. they think that the debt is out of control. they don't like obama care and they want something done in washington and all we're asking for is to have some serious meeting of the minds on some

secretary of state john kerry and chuck hagel are in japan that ie eel be discussing the realignment of u.s. forces in the country. they'll meet with the foreign minister and defen minister. the four will discuss transferring more training flights from okinawa to other locations inside or outside of japa japan. but people in okinawa have been protesting for a review. the ministers will talk about security in the asia pacific region. japanese officials are warning that the situation in the area is becoming increasingly uncertain. they'll discuss north korea's nuclear and missile. >> they're trying to restart the negotiations on the north program. the party talks have been stalled for five years. stephen bos worth met on wednesday on the heels of talks. leon segal also attended. >> from washington's standpoint they need some assurance that concrete steps will be taken. >> segal said those steps would be accept nuclear inspectors. authorities in pyongyang have insisted there should be no conditions placed on the conditions of the talks. >>> they've agreed to launch a pre-emptive strike

on saturday chuck hagel announced that thanks to a law that will guarantee u.s.roops are paid during the partial government shutdown the pentagon can eliminate furloughs who contribute to the moral, well being and capability of service members. some of that is in the base or commisary. the shutdown forced commisaries to close, ruining thousands of family budgets. >> i would say it's ridiculous that you take it away from the people fighting for your country. like that's just ridiculous. >> with the pentagon staff recall, hundreds of thousands of federal workers are in limbo. at the johnson space center in houston, those assigned to mission control are on the job. others wonder what will happen to them and their families if congress and the white house don't strike a deal on a new budget soon. >> i think they are playing chicken with our lives. we've been through a pay freeze, and now this. i've had enough. >> meantime the wt and republicans and -- the president and republican and congress spent saturday pointing fingers at each other. >> we can't keep engaging in

defense secretary chuck hagel traveled to dover as four families await the return of their family member's bodies. he said he was offended, outraged and embarrassed because of this situation. >>> the baby boomer and senior expo will take place tomorrow. admission is $2 or two cans of nonper rshable food items. you can get the chance to win prizes and meet some of the people on abc2. stop by and say hello to jamie costello. >> i was right there. >>> all right. words can hurt just as badly has sticks and stones but the battle against bullying is getting more difficult. coming up one area is putting up a fight. >> we're taking your calls on health. >> on this cloudy breezy day. 61, eight degrees below average. no two-degree winner today. we're tracking the coastal storm, when this could bring the heaviest rain to your neighborhood. that's right here. one year-since i received the itbest gift i will ever get... a life saving marrow transplant from my big sister, sallie-anne. and right now my first and only wish is simple. that you support the be the match marrow registry. if more people are on

what hagel is saying is he is bringing back two categories to begin with.e who help with the well-being, morale, military capability of the troops and military families. look to see things like commissaries reopening where so many military families do their shopping. but he is also doing something else very interesting. he is going to bring back everybody that works on functions that would hurt the military in the future, hurt the troops if they're not carried out. let me give you a real example of what we are talking about, black hawk helicopter, is a core ski, the contract tore that makes that was about to layoff thousands of workers because they couldn't continue if the government wasn't functioning. now that is likely perhaps not to happen, the black hawk, the backbone of the combat helicopter fleet gets troops in and out of the war zone safely, med-evacs them when shot. hagel says systems like that have to be kept running, they need maintenance, spare parts, logistics, their production line. he doesn't want to see that stuff shut down. black hawk is a

you shaved chuck hagel and helped out the families. the department of defense has the left armest budget in the government. they are still funding golf courses. they cowln't find a way to do this. your thoughts? >> this is a national disgrace. there is no other way to put it. we stepped in because these families lost a loved one. they shouldn't worry about where their next dollar is coming from. wh they raised hands and took an oath they were going to defend the nation with their lives. if they came back wounded, we as america had to make sure they were healed. whether mental or physical. if they lost their lives in doing so, it was up to us to take care of their loved one. >> that was the promise. special agent joseph peters was killed over the weekend. his wife said, my husband always said if something happened to him we would be taken care of. not only was the government not prepared to take care of this man's child and wife as they promised him they would if he went to fight for our country, they were con at the present time appare

defense secretary chuck hagel says the allegations do not reflect a lack of respect. >> we have greatespect for our partners, our allies, who cooperate with us and we cooperate with them to try to keep the world safe, to keep each other safe, to keep our nation safe. >> hagel said intelligence is a key part of the cooperation. >>> the online version of a german magazine posted a list of u.s. diplomatic sanctions suspectsed of being bases for wiretapping operations. the list does not include cities in britain,raliaaustralia, nations close to the u.s. cited an nsa document from 2010. it

>> i think secretary hagel has to work with what he's got and it is difficult to say what he could dorent. congress is not doing it's job in sitting down and making sure that our troops have what they need. somebody should have alerted them and told them that we have a problem. they passed this bill but nobody came back and said hey, guys this is going to be a big issue. nobody did anything about it. all the lawyers began talking but congress didn't talk. >> we are talking about $100,000 for 26 families who are going to get that money thanks to the fisher house. but you have exclusive information for us today about a republican billionaire who was willing to do what? >> sheldon addelson has been a big donor to our troops and he called me and said i hear rumors that the bodies might not be flown to america because we have such funding issues. and i said i will give you my planes and pick those bodies up and have them brought here. and i thought that was wonderful, i will pay for the funerals this is not a loan. they should be able to bowery their families immediately. i called my frien

the two plus two meeting includes chuck hagel, u.s. secretary of state john kerry and their counter parts defense minister and foreign minister. security in east say sha is high on the agenda. discussions include revisions on united states japan cooperation guidelines. japanese officials want china to help maintain security in the region. they want china to abide by international rules and keep the military budget transparent. they say the senkakus islands will be discussed. they want to reaffirm they're in the treaty. the islands are controlled by japan but claimed by china and taiwan. >>> lawmakers in the ursz are digging in their heels. the republicans are standing by their decision to make an agreement on con ting ens of delays obama care. they're demanding a ransom for doing their job. >> they've shut down the government to deny affordable health insurance to millions of americans. the president warned the full impact of the shutdown may not be noun for some time. the last time it happened in the 90s, it hurt the u.s. economy. hun

chuck hagel.ore than likely because of the partial government shutdown. because it has meant that the families of those fallen heroes are not getting the normal death benefits that they should be. including the money that it takes to get them to dover so they can meet the remains of their loved ones. >>> this is so troubling. i'm not sure how many families of those four at least have been able to make it there on their own dime or if you've even been able to get the story. this is such an unpleasant story that i'm sure the government doesn't want us to have. >> reporter: hi. >> athena, i'm sorry -- i'm sorry. harry reid is speaking. this isn't something we expected. i'll return to you in a moment. >>> let's check in on the head of the senate. i'm sorry, we're just trying to get that tape in. but the senate majority leader harry reid is apparently taking to the mic very unexpected. >> and my republican friends should take yes for an answer. we're ready to go to conference. we have simple, simple re

defense secretary chuck hagel made the announcement yesterday. hagel says the law also allows the d-o-d to bring back whe responsibilities contribute to the morale, well-being and readiness of service members. new details emerge on the biker attack caught on tape. at least one biker... appearing in court after the beating of a driver on the streets of new york city. ere t m charged in that attack. 35-year-old robert sims appeared before a judge last night on charges of gang assault, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the videotaped attack between a group of bikers and the driver of that s-u-v alexander lee-en. the n-y-p-d... als formally charged 37- year-old reginald chance last night. police say chance used his helmet to smash in the driver's side window of the suv. the driver of the s-u-v .. has not been charged. police are also loong intoi whether undercover police officers among those bikers. reports that at least one undercover officer did nothing during the attack. he reportedly turned in his badge yesterday, an

chuck hagel and president obama are said to be very disturbed, and veterans will not get benefit checks next month. some could become homeless. that is according to the secretary of veterans affairs. >> i just did not think that the august members of this committee or the congress would allow this to happen. >> republicans blame democrats. >> the administration is playing politics on the backs of the families of our fallen. this is unconscionable. >> the white house admitted that these should have been paid when they paid for the troops. some saw signs of more bipartisanship, from top republican paul ryan, calling for both sides to cut spending and reform tax law but did not mention obama care, which john boehner still sees as central. >> what a train wreck. for notwe tax people buying a product from a website that does not work? >> they say it is not working for families as well as it could. >> the pentagon said they would pay the full death benefits to as able military families reimbursement to a group that has offered to pay. steve handelsman, wbal-tv 11 news. >> meanwhile, as part o

defense secretary chuck hagel is ordering about 300,000 department of defense employees back to work today even though the government is still shut down. republicans and democrats are not negotiating. >> there may be a back room somewhere, but there's nobody in it. >> house speaker john boehner says the republicans will only approve bills if they agree to it. >> i told the president there's no -- the votes are not in the house to pass a clean debt limit. >> the 218 bills needed to pass the bill in the house are there but speaker boehner woerchlt bring it up for a vote. >> we have just about every democrat, 21 low pressures said they would. there are many more republicans sads that they privately would. so speaker boehner, just vote. put it on the floor and let's see if you're right. >> if congress can't reach a deal in ten days, the nation could default on its debt for the first time in american history. >> if lawmakers doan get it together by october 17th, it's going to be a collision, an economic collision that's going wreck our economy. >> on october 17th congress will run out of

chuck hagel ordering 350,000 civilian defense workers on the job. the house decided to provide them backpay. congress - no closer to resolving the impasse and ending the shutdown. >> we have been trying to fund government. and harry reid says no, he doesn't want to. >> every day we don't fund operations of the government we are losing $so billion. >> the american people have been fighting their way out of the worst recession since the great depression. the economy is coming back, they don't need politics in washington to bring the economy down. >> john terrett is standing by live in washington with more on the story. the sun is out in the nation's capital. what about optimism in the air? >> not much of that. but the sun is out, it's a beautiful day, 90 degrees. apart from the sunshine, the dod, department of defense, is recalling 350,000 furloughed workers, civilians on the job monday or tuesday. they are ordering them back saying the military can't survive without them. i have interesting figures. 350,000 workers, then, 90% of the furloughed worker

last night on the kelly file congressman duncan hunter took aim at chuck hagel. >> chuck hagel needsputting in his resignation. he broke the trust of these families. these military families are not pawns to be played with by this administration. that's exactly what happened in this i gos situation. >> the bill reinstates 100,000 dollar payments to military families and resume funeral and burial expenses. >> the national park could reopen as soon as today but for steve price the obama administration giving the green light for states to spend their own money to make it happen. places like arizona had offered to reopen the parks. they were refused because officials said they couldn't take the money in utah state legislators are working on a plan to spend over 160,000 dollars a day to reopen their parks. >> now it is time to take a look at who is talking. this morning it is dc lawn mower man chris cox. he took caring for the lincoln memorial into his own hands during the government shut down but was told to take a hike. he told this on the kelly files. >> once the trash can spilled over

defense secretary hagel. and exceptions to the rule. people are working.d the military. hagel. used that the legislation. getting people. and we'll pass the attention to. and that is also closed and we are seeing bits and pieces of the democrats going long with. and it is little bits of a time and takes the pressure off of the republicans to cut a deal. that is the point in all of this and buy them more time to hold out for what they want. a delay or limitations for the new health care law. >> real quickly they made it a game and i will ask it this way. democrats may have to seize the grounds and republicans are winning this in terms of the public message then? and for the republicans it is winning. everybody assumed the shutdown would mean a loss for the republicans literally. and they are inching back bypassing the bills and taking the pressure off of themselves and we have the memorial. i heard tonight that there are veterans that were turned away and this looks bad for democrats and the president is ultimately responsible. and all of this stuff plays i

talking about the industry that this government favors the most defense secretary of defense chuck hagel recently ordered most of its three hundred fifty thousand civilian defense contractors back to work citing that they are so critical to protecting national security they have got to keep the military industrial complex move and keep them happy after all war is what's funny in this economy am i right. the the. attack on our online team is closely following developments in the u.s. budget crisis so how to r.t. dot com for our regular updates. right see. first street. and i think that you're. on our reporters. as uprising a lines forming in the middle east between israel and saudi arabia as reports say the countries are negotiating a union against iran despite sharing common rivals there is no official diplomatic relations between the states and the two clash when it comes to saudi arabia support of the palestinians has the details. there's an unexpected union forming right now in the region between israel and saudi arabia unexpected because on the one hand while the two shape common riv

. >> hagel did call me to thank me, yes. >> god for him.t's the first report we have had of him being involved in this at all. he called to thank thank you. good. president obama, heard from him? >> no. >> and any of his guys? any of his advisors? any of those people? we heard from valerie jarrett. >> that's good because she is his main person. >> um. >>um they were respectful to your organization. now you are going to give $25,000 to each family. why are you going to do that if the government is going to provide the 100,000? >> it's taken already two weeks and it's going to take longer as far as we know the families have not received their checks yet. they may not receive them for the rest of the week. >> is there a sense of urgency on the part of the federal government to help these people? >> you know, bill, i think that's what kind of angered me the most that throughout this whole episode there was no sense of urgency from anybody. that it took constant pounding from you and from other people like you to get this issue front and center.