patterson philomath, oregon and first lieutenant jennifer m. moreno, of san diego, her friends and family forced to raise money to pay for her funeral. >> she sacrificed for the country, for her family. why wouldn't that be taken care of? there is no excuse. >> reporter: the outrage heard and late today, the pentagon announced, on orders of the president, a contract with a civilian charity to pay the death benefits immediately. >> when i heard about this story, i told the department of defense, within our administrative powers, we should be able to get that fixed. >> this hearing will come to order. >> reporter: but a widespread problem remains unsolved. veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki, warning congress today, more than 5 million military service veterans and their families won't get november benefit checks if the shutdown continues. georgia eaves served in korea, her military pension is all she lives on today. >> if i took care of my soldiers the way they took care of their constitutes we would have lost the war. >> reporter: but as veterans

patterson philomath, oregon and first lieutenant jennifer m. moreno, of san diego, her friends and family forced to raise money to pay for her funeral. >> she sacrificed for the country, for her family. why wouldn't that be taken care of? there is no excuse. >> reporter: the outrage heard and late today, the pentagon announced, on orders of the president, a contract with a civilian charity to pay the death benefits immediately. >> when i heard about this story, i told the department of defense, within our administrative powers, we should be able to get that fixed. >> this hearing will come to order. >> reporter: but a widespread problem remains unsolved. veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki, warning congress today, more than 5 million military service veterans and their families won't get november benefit checks if the shutdown continues. georgia eaves served in korea, her military pension is all she lives on today. >> if i took care of my soldiers the way they took care of their constitutes we would have lost the war. >> reporter: but as veterans

first lieutenant jennifer m. moreno of san diego was killed over the weekend in an i.e.d. attack. >> she sacrificed for her country, for her family. why wouldn't that have been taken care of? there is no excuse. >> reporter: the president announced a contract with a civilian charity to pay the families immediately. the government shutdown is also having an impact on the big business of beer and wine. new alcohol recipes and labels are not being introduced because the tax and trade bureau has stopped approving applications, seen as nonessential. >> it's something that we can't live without having the ttb approve the labels. >> reporter: today, the secretary of treasury is expected to tell congress, he cannot guarantee payments for social security, unless the debt ceiling is raised. john and diana? >> all right. abc's tahman bradley, live in washington for us. thank you. >>> with the national park service hamstrung by furloughs, a south carolina man has taken it upon himself to do some groundskeeping at the lincoln memorial. >> he was pushing a lawn mower and toting a chains