it begins with committee chairman tom carper. >> [inaudible conversations] >> the hearing will come to order. we welcome all of our guests here today. and might want to start at the outset by thinking of dr. coburn, turn 11, senator mccain, their staffs and our witnesses for the work that you have done, to bring us here to this day. i'm going to make a very brief opening statement. then yielded dr. coburn for a much longer statement and then i'll have some more things to say. i will say this. all of us know we are facing a huge budget deficit in this country. cut in half from about one point for joining to about $700 billion, still way too much. it's part of the reason why we have this government shut down its in effect even today. there are a number of things we need to continue to do to make sure that we bring down the deficit. we run this country in a fiscally responsible way. i think we have a moral imperative to do what is right, the right thing to do, particularly looking out for the least i in our society. i think also have a fiscal imperative to make sure we meeting that moral

senator carl levin, senator tom carper, myself, senator mccain and several others.. it's to preserve our disability payments by not paying disability to people who aren't disabled. >> well, that's obviously going to be what the important prospect is, right? we want to make sure we protect the most vulnerable. that's what that program is all about. >> that's right. >> senator, thank you so much. i know you have important business there. i wish more of it was going on right now. i appreciate you coming on "new day." look forward to seeing you again. >> you bet. >> all right. over to you. >>> new this morning, the obama administration is preparing to suspend some of the military aid to egypt. the country has been thrown into turmoil ever since the military coup that toppled mohammed mors in july. we have a live report from washington this morning. what are we hearing, jim? there is talk that this is new? >> right. this is a significant decision affecting one of the most significant relationships for the u.s. and middle east. the white house says an announcement is comi

he was joined by fellow republican senators john barrasso susan collins johnny isaacson and tom carperoldt conversations [inaudible conversations] senators have also been tweeting about the shutdown. carl levin said the senate has voted three times to open the government. it's time for the house to bring to a vote. >> today marks the third day of the republican government shutdown. it could be over in hours if the republicans would just take yes for an answer. yesterday afternoon 100 members of congress and others who backed up what we were doing stood on the steps of the capitol and spoke out to the speaker telling him to allow a vote on what means nothing to the american people to allow a vote to keep the government open. on two separate occasions yesterday on the floor he proposed the motion to keep the government open by accepting the senate bill. i remind you let the senate bill contained is the number 96 is the number the house republicans opposed. i am on both occasions, every democrat voted to keep the government opened, swallowing the 986 even though it was a figure that we ha