ken fischer, thr founder, after living and i lived on the families should notave to endure more pains a result of political squabbling. i'm sure you agree. >> i do. while we certainly applaud the fisher house, we should not hav to support our warriors froo the nickels an dimes for burge and fries. we nd to do it with leaders and government. gerri: will put. thank you. >> thank you, thank you for having me. gerri: an absolute pleasure. now we want to know what you think. is the pentagon ducking its responsibilities to our nation's heroes? log on to gerriwillis.com, but on the right side of thecreen, and officers of the end of the show. unbelievable. veterans and disability benefits, death benefits for military families, a clinical health trials, social security. all deemed nonessential. and they're not givin any funds from the federal gernment during the shutdown. there is a good news for those on capitol hill responsible for the chaos. every single member of congress is still able to take on his are $175,000 paycheck and of course the president is getting paid. the good ns, dozens of

ken fischer, chairman of fischer house pledged $100,000 per person killed over there.as not helped them out so far. listen to this. >> it's taken already two weeks, and it's going to take longer. as far as we know, 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 that there was no real 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. >> ken fisher was on here the other day. the wounded warriors put up $20 million and to the administration's credit, chuck hagel did reach out to thank them as did valerie jarrett. >> we appreciate those efforts for our military men and women. right now we're going to turn to heather nauert. >> good morning. ten minutes after the hour. a baggage handler is under arrest for that dry ice series of explosions at los a