next speaker, please >> my name is todd garrett and am a resident of san francisco. for the last 22 years. i am not a dog owner and i hope that i can represent the knowledge on the owners of san francisco by showing my support here today. i feel that dogs have the ability to be off leash is very important not only to the health of the dogs but also to the health of the people whom dogs and those who don't own dog. sometimes life in the city and life in general can be kind of depressing. dogs bring a great sense of joy and happiness in their play and the level of the plate with each other and with humans. it's very uplifting to watch. even if you're not participating, just observing that level of happiness can with a person spirits incredibly. so, i hope i speak for a lot of people in san francisco to say that i support the, what you're doing and thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> my name is tom john. i live in 1478 43rd ave. supervisor, i'm here to basically support what everybody else has said, but also mentioned 2 things i want to get on

with the presidential press conference and the reaction with al hunt, mark landler, chuck todd, and major garrett. >> the default scenario is the last, biggest, and most historically important forcing mechanism ever and to pick up on al hunt's point, if that is not the forcing mechanism, if that's not the vice that takes these disparate interests and shoves them together if even for six or eight weeks we have entered a fundamentally new era of politics where political indecision and the inability to reach compromise and a deal-- even an unsatisfactory one-- begins to inflict economic harm not just here but throughout the global economic system. >> rose: we continue with a conversation with margaret atwood. >> i think the theme is probably like a lot of books of this kind about imagined futures. the theme is really in the nature. so who are we really? what are we capable of? how far can we change without ceasing to be ourselves? >> rose: we conclude with eileen rockefeller. you say "without anxiety and desire to heal it i would not be writing this story." >> yes. you know, i think anxiety is a gre

todd. it was major garrett. the white house has been not giving answers. you talked earlier in the segment about the problem with this website. "washington post" posted a front page story, this site crashed in a test, test drive so to speak a few days before the rollout. melissa: yes. now the mainstream media is piling on. what does it mean for the story going forward? what does it mean about how they spin it an try to turn it around? because generally they can count on a nicer treatment, from at love these outlets that have turned on them. for example, a "new york times" op-ed, obamacare failing ahead of schedule. everyone turned on them in this project. what does it mean? >> in terms of liberal pundits there is great sense of disappointment, maybe even bitterness. they like obamacare. they wanted it to work. they recognize what nobody can deny at this point this has been debacle. i don't use the g word anymore. these are not glitches. mainstream media of 16 days largely beating up on republicans over the shutdown they are ripe for new story. this is such

with the presidential press conference and the reaction with al hunt, mark landler, chuck todd, and major garrettt historically important forcing mechanism ever and to pick up on al hunt's point, if that is not the forcing mechanism, if that's not the vice that takes these disparate interests and shoves them together if even for six or eight weeks we have entered a fundamentally new era of politics where political indecision and the inability to reach compromise and a deal-- even an unsatisfactory one-- begins to inflict economic harm not just here but throughout the global economic system. >> rose: we continue with a conversation with margaret atwood. >> i think the theme is probably like a lot of books of this kind about imagined futures. the theme is really in the nature. so who are we really? what are we capable of? how far can we change without ceasing to be ourselves? >> rose: we conclude with eileen rockefeller. you say "without anxiety and desire to heal it i would not be writing this story." >> yes. you know, i think anxiety is a great motivator and that when you can work through it, it

have been going directly at jay carney and challenging him from nbc, cbs, whether it's major garrett or chuck toddted states doesn't call on any of them when it comes to getting a question out. >> elisabeth: maybe our expectations are too high. he's not negotiating with congress. he's not talking to republicans. he doesn't want anything to be accomplished. why would we expect he would answer hard questions to television media outlets? maybe we should give up on the idea of him answering anything. >> steve: and at one point the president said i'm just going through my list, guys, talk to jay, like jay carney runs the white house. >> brian: he giggled in the corner. >> steve: look, the president can decide exactly who he wants to, but he bypassed the front row because main stream media, just like you take a look at the public opinion polls, blaming both sides for the government shutdown. the latest "washington post" poll said that 70% of people blame republicans and 60 some percent blame democrats. i don't think they like that whole blame both sides thing. >> brian: what's some of the questions that

again, there's ed henry of fox up there, chuck todd on the far left of nbc, major garrett of cbs right in the middle, there's jonathan carl fixing his hair a little bit with abc, getting ready. what they do, they're told by the white house two minute warning which means the president will be coming out in two minutes, that way it gives them a chance to do their quick introductions on their respective networks and then be ready for the president when he comes out. the senate is due back in about 15 minutes as well, so if the president's on time, we'll show you about 15 minutes of this press conference on c-span2, then it will move to c-span3 because the senate will be in. the house is in on c-span debating head start right now, and so a lot going on in washington today. a couple of press conferences have already been held, and that was the republicans and the democrats after their chosed meeting in the house. so those are available online at c-span.org. the rules committee is returning at about 2:15 as well, but that will be on c-span.org, so lots going on today. todd in arizona. >> cal