i want to thank mr. wolf and mr. moran, two fine members of our appropriations committee, for bringing this bill to the floor, and i salute them, urge my colleagues to provide our workforce with some certainty for their futures, and pass this bill. >> the gentleman from the maryland. >> i yield three minutes to mr. moran. >> the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. >> i thank my close friend from baltimore for yielding me the time. mr. speaker, this bill is truly bipartisan. we have 177 cosponsors, 32 republicans. it ensure all federal employees will be paid for the duration of the federal government shut down. the issue is fairness. it's just wrong for hundreds of thousands of federal employees not to know whether they are going to be able to make their mortgage payment, not to know whether they are going to be able to provide for their families. many of them live from paycheck to paycheck. and they are absolutely committed to paying their bills when they become due. but i'm sure that this experience has been

i want to thank mr. wolf and mr.oran, two fine members of our appropriations committee, for bringing this bill to the floor, and i salute them, urge my colleagues to provide our workforce with some certainty for their futures, and pass this bill. >> the gentleman from the maryland. >> i yield three minutes to mr. moran. >> the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. >> i thank my close friend from baltimore for yielding me the time. mr. speaker, this bill is truly bipartisan. we have 177 cosponsors, 32 republicans. it ensure all federal employees will be paid for the duration of the federal government shut down. the issue is fairness. it's just wrong for hundreds of thousands of federal employees not to know whether they are going to be able to make their mortgage payment, not to know whether they are going to be able to provide for their families. many of them live from paycheck to paycheck. and they are absolutely committed to paying their bills when they become due. but i'm sure that this experience has been sh

moran and mr. wolfboth of virginia, a bill i co-sponsored and a bill thankfully the president agreed to sign. it would allow all federal employees to receive their pay retroactive from october 1 for the entirety of the budget impasse. mr. fitzpatrick: the stalemate we are at now has 400,000 people unsure about their paycheck. there are those at work now who aren't being paid for it. this includes,000 of federal law enforcement officers who continue even today to protect this building and those of us in it and around it. i've been in touch with federal workers in my district, lawing law enforcement, and they should know there's agreement they should receive their pay when the government reopens. mr. speaker, i'm going to be voting in favor of this legislation for all the federal employees in my district and around the country who deserve some certainty while we wait for this impasse to end. mr. speaker, let's continue to talk and let's end this impasse. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlema

moran and mr. wolf and mr. cummings for their depreat work and i -- great work and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. turner: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. wittman. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. wittman: thank you, mr. speaker. i, too, would like to recognize mr. wolf and mr. moran for their leadership in bringing this forward and for the leadership on both sides of the aisle. this is absolutely necessary, and i rise today in strong support of the federal employee retroactive pay fairness act, and i'm proud to be part of the group, a bipartisan group of co-sponsors to make sure this was something that got done and is being done in the best interest of our great federal work force. this bill should really be called the pay certainty act, because that's exactly what it does. it provides certainty for our federal e

also my dear friend, the gentleman, mr. wolf. each of you are here for a great reason, representing appropriations chair and ranking member. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, madam ranking member. mr. wolf -- the first panel. i am here today because we seek to get an appropriate rule on 10 different funding bills that will reopen critical sections of the government programs while congress and hopefully a conference committee irons out the differences between the two bodies. this rule will allow for prompt him a straightforward consideration of this and it will relieve the burden of some of the unnecessary aspects of the shutdown. the bills before you provide funding for the programs at the current annual rate, and the bills are nutrition assistance for low income women and children, nuclear weapon security and nonproliferation, 77, the food and drug safety act, 78, the preserving our intelligent capabilities ask and 79, the border safety and security act, 80, the american indian and al

wolf: i thank chairman mr. wolf: i thank mr. crenshaw and also chairman rogers for his help today and also on aturday and also their staffs. for their help in bringing this legislation to the floor. i believe and i think if you look at the vote on saturday, that most members, all members, believe federal employees should be paid, period. too many federal employees and their families don't know when their next paycheck will arrive and are worried about paying payment, or rtgage paying for their students, their children's student tuition which is coming up very soon. we need to fix this. that's why i joined with mr. moran and others in our area and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to bring bipartisan legislation to the floor last saturday to ensure that all federal employees, whether exempt or furloughed by no fault of their own, are paid once the shutdown end. i'm pleased the bill passed the house 407-0. that both a nate republican and democrat senator had this bill on hold. i don't understand, madam speaker, the senate's

wolf: i thank chairman mr. wolf: i thank mr. crenshaw and also chairman rogers for his help today and also on aturday and also their staffs. for their help in bringing this legislation to the floor. i believe and i think if you look at the vote on saturday, that most members, all members, believe federal employees should be paid, period. too many federal employees and their families don't know when their next paycheck will arrive and are worried about paying their next mortgage

the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. wolf, for five minutes. mr. wolf: thank you, mr. speaker. in peaker, a loop 1248 -- luke 12:48, jesus said from everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded. from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. the congress and the president have been entrusted with much, namely the responsibility to govern this contry. the american people rightly expect us, regardless of party affiliation, to come together especially during times of crisis and find ways to get things done. they are understandably fit up with the current dysfunction, and i am, too. each side thinks it's winning, but in reality the country and the american people are losing. senate chaplain barry black says there's level of insanity involved in the current government shutdown. asked what it would take to end the current impasse, the former navy chaplain said, it's going to take humility. wise words. proverb 16:18 says, pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. there's so much pride poisoning this

mr. wolfence the president of georgia came to town there are 18 shut downs including this. pay is -- [inaudible] in all of those briefs shutdowns. it has it typically been done with an affirmative act before the policy differences were cob colluded in government and government reopened? is this the typically way to do it, do you know? >> i can shed a little light on that. up until 1980 you had lapses and appropriations but the government wasn't shut down. in the 1980 the solicitor general for the organization ruled that you had to stop funding the government if there was a lapse in appropriations. so a number of those prior shut downs fell prior to that period of time. the issue is kind of moot during that situation. subsequent shut downs that have always reimbursed every federal employee for the period of time during which there was a lapse in appropriations. but do you know mr. moran if it was done perspectively. we don't know when we're going to reopen the government. you're going get paid t

yield fourlike to minutes to the distinguished gentleman mr. wolf. >> thank you, madam speaker. thank mr. crenshaw for yielding. also, the staffs have been incredibly helpful and the leadership for bringing this reservation to the floor. i believe that most members believe that federal employees should be paid. too many federal employees don't know when the next pay check will arrive and are worried about paying their next mortgage payment, paying utility bills or filling up their cars with gas or paying for their children's student tuition which is coming up soon. we need to fix this. that is why i joined last week with mr. moran and others on both sides of the aisle to bring bipartisan legislation to the floor last saturday to ensure that all federal employees whether exempt or furloughed are paid once the shutdown ends. i am pleased that this bill passed the house floor. i urge the senate and i urge that both a republican and a democrat senator had this bill on hold. i don't understand the senate's ways of going about this. i think of any senator has a hold, they ought to feel

moran and mr. wolf of virginia that found common ground in a piece mill approach. it's maybe not the greatest news in the world, but on a day when there's not as merchandise good news as we would all like, some good news. and i would hope my friends would look at the individual pieces of legislation that are coming where we mostly agree and accept those. we don't have to weigh on everything as the point has been made by several to agree on some things. those are areas that we do agree. we can fund our military in this fashion, and we can make sure that our federal employees are not going to lose any pay retroactively, certainly, you everything as the point has been know, one step at a time we can walk in the right direction and turn back on critical parts of our government. i hope that's what we're moving toward, mr. speaker. and with that, i'll reserve the balance of my time so my friend knows i'm quite prepared to close when she wishes to close. >> gentleman's time is reserved. gentle lady from new york. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm absolutely going to vote to

mr. wolf: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, last week new national poll was released by respective pollster patrick cadell, a republican, and john mclaughlin, a democrat, making clear that the american people still they don't know the truth about what happened in benghazi, nearly 14 months ago. according to the poll, commissioned by secure america now, 63% of americans, quote, think the obama administration is covering up the facts about benghazi, end of quote, and only 29% of registered voters say the obama administration benghazi. nest about think about that for a moment. a supermajority of americans believe they have been misled by their government about what happened in benghazi. this is remarkable. the american people know how significant it is that ambassador stevens, the president's personal envoy to libya, was the first ambassador killed in the line of duty in four decades on september 11, 11 years to the day that nearly 3,000 people were killed by al aeda terrorists. the american people intuitively understand

moran, mr. wolf, who worked together on this measure, brought it forward, and gathered many dozens of co-sponsors from both sides of the aisle. quite frankly i think their example of bipartisanship and working together is something we could all learn from. mr. speaker, democrats and republicans alike agree that that's the responsible thing to do. house republicans are working to deal with the real world problems of our constituents. republicans are working to reopen the government. however we lack a willing partner in the senate and in the president. every time we have attempted to negotiate with them, they have told us to accept their plan. they have even rebuffed our attempts to go to conference. therefore house republicans have been left with little choice except passing a number of smaller bills to see if the senate would be willing to accept those. again i remark on one occasion with respect to the military they did accept one. i would urge them to do that with the others. i urge support for the

moran, mr. wolf, who worked together on this measure, brought it forward, and gathered many dozens of co-sponsors from both sides of the aisle. quite frankly, i think their example of bipartisanship and working together is something we could all learn from. mr. speaker, democrats and republicans alike agree that's the responsible thing to do. house republicans are working to deal with the real world problems of our constituents, republicans are working to reopen the government. however, we lack a willing partner in the senate and in the president. every time we have attempted to negotiate with them, they have told us to accept their plan. they've even rebutted our attempts to go to conference. therefore, house republicans have been left with little choice except passing the number of smaller bills to see if the senate would be willing to accept those. again, i remark on one occasion with respect to the military, they did indeed accept one. i would urge them to do that with the others. i urge support

rogers of kentucky, mr. wolf, mr. visclosky, mr. bishop of georgia, mr. calvert, mr. mckeon, mr. frelinghuysen, ms. jackson lee of texas, mr. lay them, mr. price of north carolina, mr. aderholt, ms. granger, mr. sessions, mr. carter, mr. cole, mr. king of iowa, mr. gohmert, mr. roe of tennessee, mr. nunnelee, and r. womack. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 4:00 p.m. toda house when members return at 4:00 p.m. eastern. off the floor lawmakers are holding a number of hearings ing problems with healthcare.gov. you can see the hearing live tomorrow morning at 10:00 eastern on c-span3. wednesday, kathleen sebelius appear before committee about problems on the website. 9:00 a.m. eastern on wednesday. this morning we spoke about several congressional reporters, and this is just over 40 minutes. host: a lot of activity going on, and to reporters with us -- reporters with us. by a staff writer for the publication "cq roll call." let's start with some of the high points. what are we expecting this week? w

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mr. net are not himr. netanyahue president stone change. >> difference between them is this, ahmadinejad was a wolf in is as clothing, rouhani wolf in sheep's clothing. >> he said, do not lift sanctions, tried diplomacy, but he renewed his threat to attack iran. >> he will never acquiesce to nuclear arms in the hands of a rogue regime that repeatedly promises to wipe us off the map. a threat, israel will have no choice but to defend itself. >> uranian's boycotted his speech. afterwards, they came back to one that iran would defend itself if if attacked. -- the iranians boycotted his speech. they pointed out that israel already has weapons of mass destruction. >> he talked a lot about wmd's without mentioning that israel is the only one in the region that possesses all types of wmds. they are not a party to any treaty banning them. >> the next stage in the process started here at the u.n. is a meeting in geneva later this month at which iran is due to come up with its plan for dealing with the problem of its nuclear program. of threats are a reminder why this thing needs to be settled peacefully. if it isn't

mr. net are not himr. netanyahue president stone change. >> difference between them is this, ahmadinejad was a wolf in is as clothing, rouhani wolf in sheep's clothing. >> he said, do not lift sanctions, tried diplomacy, but he renewed his threat to attack iran. >> he will never acquiesce to nuclear arms in the hands of a rogue regime that repeatedly promises to wipe us off the map. a threat, israel will have no choice but to defend itself. >> uranian's boycotted his speech. afterwards, they came back to one that iran would defend itself if if attacked. -- the iranians boycotted his speech. they pointed out that israel already has weapons of mass destruction. >> he talked a lot about wmd's without mentioning that israel is the only one in the region that possesses all types of wmds. they are not a party to any treaty banning them. >> the next stage in the process started here at the u.n. is a meeting in geneva later this month at which iran is due to come up with its plan for dealing with the problem of its nuclear program. of threats are a reminder why this thing needs to be settled peacefully. if it isn't

mr. netanyahu called iran's president a wolf in sheep's clothing.relationships developing? iran would like to flog its oil at $100 a barrel to somebody. >> yes. and rouhani won that election on the back of a promise to get iran out from under the sanctions which are having a funive effect on the economy. so it's very much in their interests to move forward with diplomacy right now. >> but can they be believed? we've seen this many times before with iran. what's different this time? >> i think there is a real change from what diplomates would call the mood music. rouhani a has taken a risk. he didn't go as far as many had hoped at the unga. there was no bilateral talk on the sidelines. but what has happened is a break through in diplomatic terms. that's not the same thing as making substantive concessions on the nuclear ram, but anyone will tell you you you need trust building exercises. thirp there to increase the pressure on the burden of proof and avoid offering anything without any hard concessions coming from tehran. >> nine months was the origi

wolf is related to the president through his great-grandfather who is also mr. great-great-grandfather. >>> and california governor jerry brown has been named the greatest bald man in the bay area by "the san francisco chronicle." what an honor there. after winning the contest, he sat down for an interview. and in it, he says he would probably never wear a hair piece. brown also says the bald eagle is his baldness role model. and that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> time now for our first look at politics. for that we are joined by syndicated columnist bob franken who has all his hair. good morning, bob. >> good morning. hearing a lot of baldfaced lies recently. >> let's talk about that because the government shutdown is delaying death benefits of fallen soldiers, and many say this is downright shameful yet both sides keep pointing the finger. when is this going to end, bob? >> well, there is some legislation which will probably pass which should restore it. it should be pointed out that some private charitable groups have come in and tried to

wolf blitzer. he is in "the situation room." mr. blitzer. >> jake, thank you., lawmakers grilled the nation's spy chiefs about the tapping of the phone calls of americans and top u.s. allies. is the ing out of control? i will ask the house intelligence committee chair. congress gets the first public apology for the obama care website mess. with the president apologize for promising if you like your current health care plan you can keep it. millions of people now are finding out that's not necessarily true. senator lindsey graham gram joins thus hour as well. he is vowing to block all of the president's appointments until

mr. netanyahu says is all a ruse. coming up from a quote wolfs clothing the prime minister talked to piers morgan right here on cnn and said even though he doesn't trust president rouhani, he would still take his phone call. the telephone up and called you, would you take that call? >> yeah, we're not averse to calling. i'll tell you what i'll tell him. you want the sanctions lifted, stop your nuclear program. why do you need underground bunkers? why do you need icbms? the sole purpose of icbms is to carry nuclear pay loads not to israel, to europe and the united states. they already have missiles that reach israel. why do you need to enrich uranium. 17 countries, canada, mexico, sweden, spain is, switzerland, indonesia, they all have civilian nuclear energy programs. they don't have enrichment because enrichment, uranium enrichment is how you make nuclear weapons. if you want to convince us to drop the sanctions, drop your nuclear weapons program. no enrichment, no heavy water the other route to nuclear weapons. >> you'll hear more from benjami

wolf blitzer. he is next door in "the situation room." mr. blitzer? >>> happening now, new revelations about u.s.nger abroad, questions at home. did all of that massive surveillance take place behind the president's back? >>> bill clinton back to doing what he does so well. the former president on the campaign trail trying to help an old friend and trying to help democrats take back a key governorship. >>> and the pop star chris brown back in trouble again. he's still on probation for assaulting the singer rihanna and now faces serious new charges. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room."

wolf blitzer. he is in "the situation room." mr. blitzer. >> jake, thank you. happening now, lawmakers grilled the nation's spy chiefs about the tapping of the phone calls of americans and top u.s. allies. is the ing out of control? i will ask the house intelligence committee chair. congress gets the first public apology for the obama care website mess. with the president apologize for promising if you like your current health care plan you can keep it. millions of people now are finding out that's not necessarily true. senator lindsey graham gram joins thus hour as well. he is vowing to block all of the president's appointments until survivors of the benghazi attack are made available to testify before congress. i'm wolf blitzer and you are in "the situation room." massive suburb veil answer at home and abroad. millions of people targeted for snooping including dozens of world leaders. there was explaining to do in front of their congressional overseers. they strongly denied some of the allegations, made some of their own. let's begin our coverage this hour wi

mr. netanyahu said he was on a mission to tell the truth in the face of the sweet talk and onslaught of smiles. >> given the prospect that he might and wolf in sheep's clothing, and prime minister netanyahu says, should president obama still negotiate with him? >> john, i think that president obama should go forward with trying to negotiate. i think that we have to look closely at, correct me if i'm wrong, the u.n. general assembly was two weeks ago, and here netanyahu shows up a week later, when the world is not -- and giving this forceful speech. he has been back burnerred and sidelined in this. what is interesting, if you read between the lines of what netanyahu said when he was at the white house right after meeting with obama, he suddenly, he said israel could live within an iran that has a nuclear program. >> who said that? >> benjamin netanyahu. >> what down think of that? >> -- what do you think? >> i think it was a confession. >> that was a big break through. >> it is not. it's suggesting that israel is in the game. and behind the possibility of negotiations, and just to finish, netanyahu did not want to be seen as the lone wolf

that's why i understand wolf blitzer just came on today and said, mr. president, why don't you postpone obamacare for a year? why? because we've seen over the last week it's a miserable failure. its rollout has been catastrophic. and we want to stop the hemorrhage and help the american people. but how did the bill eventually become a law? happened because they did a strike-all on a bill that was originated in the house. but they did a strike-all with language that had nothing to do with the original language. why is that important? because in the constitution there's a provision called the origination clause. and that stipulates that any revenue bill has to originate in the house of representatives. it has to. that's a requirement per the constitution. but this bill actually started in the senate. obamacare. started in the senate. and so constitutionally, from day one, it started out on shaky footing. they violated the constitution right out of the chute. now, let's fastforward to where we are today. you've done a marvelous job describing some of the in

wolf in sheeps clothing. >> with us is the ambassador, former ambassador. and bit of a delay on the signal. mr. think that the iranians showed you or anything that they have changed their ways regarding the nuclear program? >> well, they have certainly changed their style, but i don't think they have changed the substance. they are on a smile and charm offensive, but it is still the same iran and main perpetrator and finder and executioner of terror and a country that wants to be nuclear and vowed to wipe israel off of the face of the map and country that threatened sufficientlization as we know it. the danger is the smile and charm offensive carried out by president rouhani and by the way foreign minister who i served with four years in the ushgs n, i assure you, that there is a huge difference between his smiles and his actions, it is very dangerous because a huge d between his smiles and his actions. it looks as if the world is dying to be tempted by iran and that is a very, very dangequation. >> just a quick answer here in 30 seconds or less, do you fear that the u.s. is willing to give up

wolf blitzer. he is next door in "the situation room." mr. blitzer? >>> happening now, new revelations about u.s. snooping on allies sparking anger abroad, questions at home. did all of that massive surveillance take place behind the president's back? >>> bill clinton back to doing what he does so well. the former president on the campaign trail trying to help an old friend and trying to help democrats take back a key governorship. >>> and the pop star chris brown back in trouble again. he's still on probation for assaulting the singer rihanna and now faces serious new charges. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> all that coming up but this just coming into cnn right now. a very strong reaction to the latest reports of u.s. spying abroad from senator dianne feinstein, chair of the senate intelligence committee. she's calling for a total review of all intelligence programs so that committee members can know just what is being done by the intelligence community and regarding eavesdropping on the german chancellor angela merkel, feinstein says, i'm quoting, it is my understanding t

mr. netanyahu told reporters he was on a mission to quote, tell the truth in the face of the sweet talk and on slot of smiles. >>> he may be a wolf in sheep's clothing as president netanyahu says, should president obama negotiate? >> john, i think president obama should go forward with trying to negotiate with rouhani. when the world is not paying much attention anymore and gives this forceful speech, so, he is obviously been back burnerred and sidelined in this. what is interesting is, if you read between the lines of what netanyahu said when he was at the white house right after meeting with obama, he suddenly used language where he said israel could live -- >> who said that? >> netanyahu. >> what do you think? >> i don't think it was a breakthrough. >> you tell me, was that a breakthrough? >> is it suggested that israel is in the game and also behind the possibility of negotiations because just to finish, benjamin netanyahu does not want to speak as wolves or the loan wolf gunning for war with iran right now. >> do you agree with all of that? >> i think it was a major concession. the fear that the isrealis have is once they ha

i now turn you over to wolf blitzer who is right next door in a place i like to call "the situation room." mrpening now, fireworks on capitol hill. >> will the gentleman yield? >> no, i will not yield to this monkey court or whatever this is. >> this is not a monkey court. >> monkey court. lawmakers face off over the problem-plagued obama care website. contractors blame each other for the mess. the two congressmen in that heated exchange, they will join us live for a debate this hour. >>> and we've heard all the complaints but is it really all that difficult to sign up for obama care? these people are getting ready to go online and try to enroll right here in "the situation room" live. >>> plus, new details on the murder of a young

mr. reid -- >> no, because the government won't do his job and pass the budget. >> why netanyahu believes iran's new leader is a wolf in sheep's clothing. responding to netanyahu's hard line. >> they are governored not by rouhani but by ayatollah. it's a cult. >> it would be diplomatic malpractice of the worst order not to examine every possibility of whether or not you can achieve that before you ask people to take military action. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. in rockville, maryland, not far from here, home to thousands of federal worker, president obama warned the government shutdown is only a shadow to what's happening with the economy if the debt ceiling isn't raised this month. and the treasury department warned today not only might the economic consequences of default be profound, those consequences could last for more than a generation. joining me from the white house gene spurling director of the economic council and president obama's chief economic adviser. why do you and the president and the treasury secretary think the debt ceiling is going to be that much more serious? the markets ha

wolf also backs what they're calling a clean cr. and he denounced this shutdown today, on the house floor. >> mr.aker i'm skaulg for the government to reopen. calling for leadership on both sides to resolve the issues. the fbi is being impacted. the cia is being impact the. the national terrorism center which is looking at lead that are coming in to keep this nation safe is being impacted. and nih, cancer research, alzheimers research are being impacted. people and families are being impact the. this is bad for america. it's bad for america. enough its enough. it's time to be leaders. it's time to govern. open up the government. >> republican congressman, peter king no longer alone in whipping house republicans against their fellow tea partiers. >> there is no reason for the government to be shut down. a fool's error, started by ted cruz. we can't just blame him. we have to also blame those in the republican conference, 30, 40 who stood with him who were willing to undo what john boehner wanted to do which was, to pass the cr, move this along. >> we have 180 to 200 members of the house republican

mr. doddson, you say here that we didn't meet the wolf head on.at it was supposed to be and how it went wrong? what's your message? >> well, i guess what i want people to know is a lot more detail and a lot more clear understanding of the operation. it wasn't so much that weapons were lost, that they escaped us. we zigged when we should have zagged and they got away from us. it was the design of the operation, the methodology and the strategy that was employed that was in error from the beginning. that's a lot of what i don't think people understand. >> and why do you think your bosses don't want this book to come out? >> well, i can tell you, there's a lot in the book that hasn't been publicly reported on yet. also more in-depth -- what i try to do is make it to where people can understand it more rather than just sound bites and, you know, books on radar. the narrative makes it more comprehendible or more understandable to get through. but i think the main reason, like they said in their denial letter to me, which they think it's harmful for mor

i now turn you over to wolf blitzer who is right next door in a place i like to call "the situation room." mr. blitzer. >>> thanks very much. happening now, fireworks on capitol hill. >> will the gentleman yield? >> no, i will not yield to this monkey court or whatever this is. >> this is not a monkey court. >> monkey court. lawmakers face off over the problem-plagued obama care website. contractors blame each other for the mess. the two congressmen in that heated exchange, they will join us live for a debate this hour. >>> and we've heard all the complaints but is it really all that difficult to sign up for obama care? these people are getting ready to go online and try to enroll right here in "the situation room" live. >>> plus, new details on the murder of a young massachusetts teacher. sources allege the 14-year-old suspect used a box cutter to kill her. but why? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> take a look and see what's going on live in "the situation room" right now. these three people are interested in signing up for obama care. they're about to log on to the webs