to use brave veterans as pawns, do they realize what they are doing to the image of the united states nationwide? mr. president, i see the distinguished senator from illinois on the floor. one of these judges is his. i don't know if he wishes to speak. i would ask consent my full statement be placed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: and i would say once more all americans who rely on our court and our judicial system know they are facing a great danger and our system of justice is facing a great danger, not because of anything the courts have done but because a small group of activists in the house of representatives are holding this budget hostage. i yield the floor. i suggest -- i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call:

united states. >> well, that's always going to be the case since we don't get to run nationwide, but there's a reason that we have the united states congress. >> you can run nationwide. >> what's that? >> you could run nationwide. >> a person could run nationwide. but we nominated mitt romney. he came in second in that race. i think that there are a lot of people that overanalyzed that. in the end we have a constitutional obligation to use our prudential judgment and we owe our constituents our best effort and our best judgment. and that is to shut off the funding to implement or enforce obama care. we want this government to keep running. we have voted over and over again to provide all the resources necessary to keep all the functions of government running with the exception of obama care. >> it seems like this -- >> they insist on shutting our government down is the equivalent of a political tantrum to save his name sake piece of legislation. >> one of the casualties of the shutdown is the intelligence community. a surprising number will be furloughed. about 70% on the hill and "the new york times

nationwide protests. >>> the new health care laws in the united states face more criticism this time over the website whichple use to sign in for the program. it's a site that's been playinged with computer a irrelevant ores and frequent crashes. personal who regards the law as one of his biggest achievements has been forced to say sorry. our white house correspondent reports. >> live web chat assistance is unavailable. >> reporter: it's become a familiar reframe of frustration, across the country millions have tried to log onto shop for health insurance now available under the affordable kara, but for most it seems the website just isn't working. >> the excitement became more like a question mark. but we are not giving up. >> reporter: that was the message president obama tried to send monday. promising the website will get fixed. and defending the products it's selling. >> through the marketplaces you can get health insurance for what may be the equivalent of your cell phone bill. >> reporter: by next year, most of the 48 million inning insured peoplinninguninsured have to sir face a fine which may be a

bureau of land management has closed 4,000 field offices nationwide and 97% of its staff has been furloughed. >> here in the western united states the landscapes go on forever. mountains, plains, rivers, forests, and deserts. sure, it's pretty, but the mission of the bureau of land management is to make sure all this scenery makes money for tax payers. the blm manages 40% of all federal land, that's 245 million acres. the blm supports logging, ranching, and outdoor recreation, but energy development on blm land, coal mining, oil, gas drilling. that's where the big money is. as much as $6 billion in revenue for the federal government. we wanted to find out what happens to blm operations when the government shutdowns. i started by calling the main numb fonumber in colorado. >> hi, we're currently closed because of the government shutdown. >> hi, you've reached the bureau of land management. i'm currently unavailable because of the government shutdown. >> i got nowhere. in fact, after four calls all unanswered i was redirected to the first number i called. all webs were redirected to the parent blm national. and the blm has 10,800

nationwide and 90% of its staff is furloughed. paul beban has that story >> reporter: here in the western united states, the landscapes go on forever, mountains, plains, rivers, forests and desserts. sure, it's pretty but the next of the bureau of land management is to make sure that all this scenery makes money for taxpayers. the bln mingdz 40% of all federal landanages 40% of all federal land. >> that's some 245 million acres. 13% of the entire country. the blm supports logging, ranching, and out door recreation. but energy development on blm land, coal mining, gas money, that is where the big money is. as much as $6,000,000,000 a year in revenue for the federal government. we wanted to find out what happens to blm operations when the government shuts down. i started by calling the main number for the blm's regional office in colorado to try to get some answers. >> hi. you've reached the colorado state office public room. we are kirk closed because of the government shutdown. >> hi, you have reached the bureau of land management. i am currently unavailable because of the government sh shutdown. >> i got no where. in fact, after f

united states and great britain. >>> venezuela has thrown three u.s. diplomats out of the country. the president accused them of trying to destabilize the country by trying to disrupt the nationwidelectrical power grid and sabotage the economy. he says they were working to sabotage his country by financing a group of right wing opponents. the u.s. embassy in venezuela is denying those claims. >>> in celebration of buddy check 9's 20th anniversary of saving lives through early detech, wusa9 is bringing the mammovan here to broadcast house. the date is thursday, october 10. to find out if you are eligible or to make an appointment for a mammogram, call 202-741-3252. >>> time to answer the question of the morning now. according to an askmen.com survey, 36% of men say of which the following is the ultimate male status symbol? is it a, a high profile career, b, having a family or c, having a membership in an exclusive club? >> facebook friend jay brown wrote it's c, membership to an exclusive club. a and b are achievable. getting acceptance into a club, a country club especially is much harder. >> the answer actually is 36% of men say having a family is the ultimate male status symbol

. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >>> live and at large, i'm geraldo rivera reporting more evidence that the drug violence in mexico is fueled by weapons from the united statesajority of the weapons being useed by cartels and that are being recovered are, in fact, militarity grade weapons coming out of excess splice. united states and given to other countries. >> tonight, the return of fast and furious. >> and plus, why did this woman stay silent when she knew her own brother had raped, murdered and stuffed her little child in

united states, which for them, raises the possibility that she could be an american. you'll remember police discovered the little girl in central greece last week near the town of farsala. during a nationwide crackdown on gypsy camps there, she had been living as the authorities describe it in squalor, with this couple who claim to be her parents. but according to authorities they didn't look anything like her to them, so they asked a lot of questions and officials say the girl is now in a hospital in greece and that a charity is taking care of her. they say future genetic testing may reveal maria's exact age and ethnicity. or at least they hope so. are authorities still trying to connect maria to any missing kids here in the united states? >> they're working, shep, but there's a couple of reasons they can't rule kids out from the united states. it turns out they're unclear if baby elise's dna is actually in the interpol database. they had eight strong leads of possibilities of kids being connected to maria and that four of them were from the united states. now greek authorities are saying that they're down to two solid leads and it's unclear if any of those are from the united states. rem

nationwide is on your side ♪ nthat's why they deserve... aer anbrake dance. get 50% off new brake pads and shoes. >>> so the president of the united states, he left the white house went to martha's table. that's a local charity here that provides badly needed food to a lot of hungry people in the greater washington, d.c. area. he went there for a specific reason, to underscore that there are a lot of federal workers who have been furloughed here in the nation's capital. many of them have been volunteers at martha's table over the years. and he wants to make his point and among other things, he wants to make it clear that they need support right now. they need to end this government shutdown. the president then went ahead and he spoke at some length about what's going on. the tape is now coming in of what he said. we're going to play the entire tape for you right now. it sets the stage for what could be a critically important meeting coming up in less than two hours, 3:00 p.m. eastern when the president has invited the republican and democratic leadership over to the white house white house. the senate and house leadership including house speaker john boehner, se

nationwide and 90% of its staff furloughed. we have the story. >> here in the western united states, the landscapes go on forever, mountains, plains, rivers, forests and desserts. sure, it's pretty, but the mission of the bureau of land management is to make sure all this scenery makes money for taxpayers. the b.l.m. mansion 40% of all federal land that some 245 million-acres, 13% of the entire country. the b.l.m. supports logging, ranching and outdoor recreation, but energy development on b.l.m. land, coal mining, oil or gas drilling, that is where the big money is, as much as $6 billion a year in revenue for the federal government. we wanted to find out whats happens to b.l.m. operations when the government shuts down. i called the main number in colorado to try to get answers. >> hi, you've reached the colorado state office public room. we are currently closed because of the government shutdown. >> hi, you've reached the bureau of land management. i am currently unavailable because of the government shutdown. >> i got nowhere. in fact, after four calls, all unanswered, i was redirected to the very first number i dialed. the int

. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >>> tonight, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu going "on the record" warning us, a nuclear armed iran is not only a threat to israel but to the united statesime minister, nice to see you, sir. >> thank you. great to be back again. >> nice to have you uh back in the united states. >> it's nice the to be back. >> you just spoke to the iranian bbc, correct? >> the persian language broadcast of the bbc, yeah. >> that's unusual. >> first time. >> uh why did you do it? >> because i wanted to say things to the people of iran. i said, look, you were once a great civilization. we had a great friendship. cyrus the great was a great persian king who enabled the jewish exiles on the rivers of babylon to come back to the holy land. that's 25 years ago. he said go back to the land of israel, rebuild the jewish temple in jerusalem. that's a bond. we had a bond until the ayatollahs took over and hijacked the people of iran yearn ing for freedom. put them in the dark ages. now they are trying to eradicate israel with nuclear weapons and dominate with their crazy creed around the world. i said we all have a vested interest that you don't get nuclear weapons

. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >>> breaking news tonight, we're hearing from someone who met very recently with edward snowden. to some the contractor is a trader, fugitive from the united statesrged by u.s. officials for espionage. to some he's a hero, courageous whistle blower and been honored at a sermon knceremony in mosco. just spent the evening with ed snowden and i talked to him on the phone. how is ed snowden doing? >> he's doing quite well. we were seeing he's not only physical well but his moral seems to be uncommonly high for someone in that circumstance. >> he really hasn't been seen pub welco publicly at all. does he seem nervous? is he looking over his shoulder, or does he seem comfortable? >> the most remarkable thing, he's a fellow, young fellow that made peace with the situation. he has the notion he did the right thing. when you come right down to it, he didn't intend to end up in russia, that's clear, but if you're looking for a safe place away from drone strikes and seal six teams, i couldn't conceive of a safer place for him to be than in russia. >> you spent a number of hours with him. i understand you had dinner with him. did he express any concerns for

. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >>> president obama today again called on republicans to quote do what's right, stop posturing, open the government and make sure the united states pay its bills. in an interview the president offered this reason for what's making negotiating such a struggle. >> the problem that we've got is that for speaker boehner, for example, him negotiating with me isn't necessarily good for the extreme faction in his caucus. it weakens him. so there have been repeated situations where we have agreements, then he goes back and it turns out that he can't control his caucus. >> cnn senior white house correspondent brianna keilar joins me now. i know we don't expect to hear publicly from the president certainly fortnight. how is the white house reacting to the republicans kicking this back to the senate? >> actually, they look at the senate where a place the compromise can be built. the white house is very much in touch with senate majority leader harry reid's camp. so i think they feel like they sort of have a hand in this, albeit sort of behind the scenes, and they have sort of more confidence i think in the situation in the senate. there is

nationwide. smaller breweries who don't sell out of state don't need federal approval for labeling. >>> shipments of apple computers are on the decline while shipments of all pcs in the uniteds increased in the latest quarter. apple saw more than a 2% decline. experts suggest it's because they have not released a major update to its macbook line instead focusing in on the iphone and its ipad. >>> no hiding on facebook anymore. the social networking site is getting rid of the feature that lets you stay invisible to people who search your name. less than 10% of people have that setting turned on. users can still turn on privacy to prevent people from seeing your posts. >>> trying out a home before you buy one a strategy to help house hunters. agents are allowing buyers who make an accepted offer to spend some time alone in the house to get the feel of the place. this agent is helping to sell this home in kensington just north of berkeley. >> they don't stay overnight but they do want to spend the whole day, maybe eight hours hanging out and see if they like the neighborhood. >> the try before you buy concept with similar options is offered in new york, new jersey, florida and

united technologies, 2,000 workers could be furloughed for this monday, 5,000 by november but the aerospace industry is warning, saying we are concerned it could be nationwide furloughs at defense contractors, the states show the map for the viewers where these furloughs could happen. concerns about local recessions in these areas on top of the sequestered job cuts now we have a government shutdown putts coming. cheryl: looking at this with the dow, united technologies, boeing, lockheed, general dynamics, everything from helicopters to ship hardware, all of that in jeopardy. the military overall as we have seen, military spending, the military still operating despite the government shut down. cheryl: so important what you just said. united technologies makes black hawk helicopter and the engines alking about is e. general dynamics, weighing on the dow today, united technologies, responsible for a fifth in the drop in the dow today so what the issue is here is government auditors and inspectors to review and take a look at the machinery and military hardware and product gets sold. that is key here. we have seven million people across the country who are full time equivalent contractors. cheryl: the poi

of the united states, the valley of our investment portfolio and, therefore, our ability to borrow to fund loans goes down. it is our hope for the sake of small businesses and the workers nationwide, the few of the nation's economy, that congress can find a way to reopen the government and enable people to get back to work. thank you for the opportunity to speak today, and i look forward to any further questions. >> thank you very much. i'm going to start with one one question and through it outcome and if you want to be recognized just stand up your placard, and then going to ask each colleague to take a turn as well. let me acknowledge senator hagan, senator shaheen that are here. we did opening statements. would you prefer to wait for the questions? okay. you know, some of our colleagues, first of all let me say that all of your testimony was very critical to the immediate issue at hand, and very compelling. getting the and the members that are here and others that are watching a great deal to think about. i've heard some people in washington describe the government shutdown as a pinprick to the economy. i didn't hear that today from any of you. would any of you like to commen

of the united states, the value of our investment portfolio and therefore our ability to borrow to fund loans goes down. it is our hope for the sake of small businesses and the workers nationwide, the fuel of the nation's economy, that congress can find a way to reopen the government and enable people to get back to work. thank you for the opportunity to speak today and look forward to any further questions. >> thank you very much. i'm going to start with one question and throw it out and if you want to be recognized just stand up your pla card and then i'm going to ask each colleague to take a turn as well. let me acknowledge senator hagen and senator shaheen that are here, we did opening statements, would you prefer to wait for the questions? ok. you know, some of our colleagues first of all, let my say that all of your testimony was very critical to the immediate issue at hand and very compelling. giving me and the members that are here and others that are watching a great deal to think about. i've heard some people in washington describe the government shutdown as a pinprick to the economy. i didn't hear that today. from any of you. would any of you like to comment and jus