we also got this one from hebert. no one is write to shut down the government -- right to shut down the government. there is no need for this when we should be able to fire them. and now well actually hebert the only folks able to fire these guys and gals are their own constituents, which they are probably doing exactly what the folks back home are demanding that they do. and so there is little room to compromise and the way out of this mess is a little bit tough to see right now. maybe if you've got some ideas, tell wusa9.comcom as a place to write them down. we'll have brand new questions for you tomorrow. >>> well the white house says that the furloughed fema workers are being recalled to help prepare for tropical storm karen. right now hurricane and tropical storm watches are in effect all along the first coast. it's the first to approach the u.s. this year, reaching hurricane strength some time tomorrow. workers with national weather service are also being required to work through the shutdown, but right now they

hebert, i want to ask you. been a guest over on fox news saying that cancer patients are not going to be treated properly. that there are some provisions in the health care law that in a sense discriminate and really pick and choose the care that cancer patients are going to be subjected to or have available to them. i want your response to that. >> nothing could be more prepositive oh trous. right now, cancer patients are out there not able to get health care at all because of a preexisting illness. now they will be able to get insurance and keep their insurance throughout all of it. so absolutely not. that is untrue. >> but when it comes to the actual care and procedures that are going to be covered, what about that? >> the care and procedures for all patients, including cancer patients, will not only be what they have been, but augmented, because all of the exchanges that are out there you can tailor that particular health care plan for you. so if you have cancer and you have a preexisting illness, such as a

corey hebert.ane i want to start with you and go through those frequently asked questions that everybody has because people are coming back to obamacare and trying to understand how it works for them. the bottom line question is: who needs obamacare? >> that is of course politically charged. but who is this, the exchanges, who are they opening for? >> who are they for? >> they are opening for the uninsured. if you are uninsured you can start to buy, enroll in insurance tomorrow, october 1st. you have to be -- in the country legally and you have to be uninsured. there is even a glitch that if you get insurance through your employer and it's unaffordable, you might be able to buy insurance but the glitch means it's so confusing you neat to go to healthcare.gov or a navigator and have them explain it to you. >> do you have to enroll in the insurance? >> yes and no. if you don't you have penalty and we'll get to penalties later. you have to or you face a penalty. but you really should if it's going to

jock of its reached the paris hebert., defeating he played the tennis of his life and even had two setpointsa tiebreak was forced, which ? which won. he posted at 6-3. seed.erican 13th the disappointment for home favorite jo-wilfried tsonga her. despite -- he blew hot and cold in the next sets. in the second set, it went to a tiebreak. 6, 7-6, 7-y winning 1- 6. >> well, i might have won today, but mischa cory was more solid. i was more solid especially during key moments of the match. but looking at the positives, it reminded me i almost did not reach this far in the season. asked the question whether we should continue the season a couple of weeks ago. i decided to, and it was the right decision because i have taken some positives. , soached the paris masters have made it to the virtual end of the season. richard gasquet base his chances of reaching the finals for the first time in six years. the french ninth seed squandered three points in the opening set before taking it 7-5. the spaniard ranked 24 places below them took the second set tiebreaker. t cameess k -- gasque through. woods may

kory hebert, great to have you with us.w, my wife picks all of the ties. >> i'll send it. >> i've got to make sure i get some clearance on that deal. but i'm sure she's going to like it too. >> you could pull it off. >> thank you, doctor. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> coming up, somebody call a doctor. wait until you see the republicans' latest pr stunt. >>> plus, gets caught in the cross fire and lands in our "pretenders" tonight. but i'm coming right back with "ask ed live" right here on msnbc. stay with us. discover card. i asked my husband to pay our bill, and he forgot. you have the it card and it's your first time missing a payment, so there's no late fee. really? yep! so is your husband off the hook? no. he went out for milk last week and came back with a puppy. hold it. hold it. hold it. at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card with late payment forgiveness. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." i love this segment. we love hearing from our viewers here on "the ed show" in our "ask ed live" se

cory hebert, an assistant professor at lsu.ou for having me. i'm mad. i'm so mad. >> yeah, well, you ought to be mad. i hope you're mad about the right thing, because of the misinformation and the disinformation. so, look. eric stern's fact check revealed hard numbers on health care savings. the problem with most of these couples was resistance to even savings plans under the affordable care act. what's your reaction to that? >> exactly. i think that the tea party, when they start drinking that tea, they need to put some truth serum in there. all these couples, none of those things they were saying were even true. if you think about the fact that the company had less than 50 employees, they don't have to do anything. the only thing that really they're required to do is to inform their employees about healthcare.gov. think about that. it's all a smear campaign and it's just not fair. we cannot let fox news and hannity's people govern people trying to get health care in this country. >> do you expect these to wane a bit or is it

i like it did an autopsy conte these new rules are to be approved later this year with a limited hebert of refills without a follow-up this federal data shows overdose death from prescription painkillers have quadruples since 1989, more than 16,000 deaths in 2010 the most recent data available. our next guest knows about painkillers croswell as the pain inflicted on the health care system doctors in ditchers wreaking havoc potentially creating a national shortage of 90,000 doctors and 800,000 nurses by the end of this decade. joining is now ceo of vital springs technologies. dr. marc siegel from the fox news medical team and also the gentleman good to have you here. where in the world are we going with this system? settle here doctors discussing the debate and i wonder why not? >> the first part there is a big doctor shortage of people understand if you bring in more patients than paid doctors less it is basic business sense you will have a problem so access to medical care is a huge issue on top of that one of the things we are not speaking about is the idea of the 27 new regulations f