18th Shutdown News Today

Be patiented on military bases during the shutdown. the government has contracts with nonactive beauty priests there and hundreds of them are now unable to hold services for the 275,000 catholic members of the military during the shutdown. some have offered to conduct those services for free, but theyve been turned away. >> political than anything else, as you can tell. if someone is offering to come for free and youre saying you cant pay them, then whats the issue? >> the house and the senate a...

>> the good news, if there is a silver lining, is the fact that because there is no inflation everything else doesnt cost more so everything is static. but the bad news is if you are a retiree and youre living off of social security and you may have money in bond, youre not making any money on bonds for about four or five years? >> zero. if youve got money in a bank c.d. or bond, your actual rate of return is 1%, 2%. thats it at best. >> should people fear if the shutdown happens that theyre not...

Us. >> what we saw yesterday was pretty awesome to see veterans storming the memorials, hit rale -- memorials and literally removing the barricade. what youre doing is incredible. it seems as though the military intentional or not is a target of the shutdown. what is your take? >> it seems like veterans are a pawn in a chess game. it is quite a shame to see whats going on in washington, d.c. it is great to see veterans marching, standing for a cause. that is what im trying to do is promote and r...

Service. as the veterans approached the barricades -- and they had barricades around this open-air memorial to keep people out. the barricade were hooked with little plastic ties and somebody there had some tin snips, snapped them and started carrying off the barricade. >> fantastic that that actually happened. 3.8 million veterans apparently stand to lose their disability benefits. theyre having them put on delay if indeed were in a shutdown. everyone was fired up. certainly ted cruz and sarah ...

Liberty and national parks. of course states have to pay for them. >> states have to pay for the statue of liberty for six days. they saw the barricade and they were attached and they used the tin snips. initially they piled them up but eventually somebody got the idea, hey, lets take them over to the white house. weve got anñi image off of twitter of -- you can see right here -- a veteran, paraplegic on a segue helping carry a barricade, as you can see right there, toward the white house where...

Evening of thanksgiving. finally, $44.3 million. thats how much "gravity" made at the box office this week, making it the number one movie in america for the second week in a row. number two was "captain phillips." now over to elisabeth and brian. would the government shutdown entering its second week, the debt ceiling is days away. america is on the brink of a financial disaster. >> thats right. why hasnt congress come together to cut a deal? joe manchin, democratic senator from west virginia...

Extra from the social security administration. thats not much money. >> what was expected? >> well, that is whats expected. we dont have the firm numbers because of the government shutdown. you could say that the shutdown actually delayed this bad news. its all based on inflation. when the inflation number goes up, the cola, cost of living adjustment for social security, goes up. >> is it fair, stuart? >> is it fair? thats a very good question. does consumer price inflation numbers, do they actu...

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