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The threat of a government shutdown is hitting home for families across the country. government employees could be out of work and out of a paycheck. lindsay knapp is a civilian federal employee at ft. bragg, north carolina, a former soldier with a husband and 3-year-old daughter. lindsay, thanks for talking with us. really appreciate this. how would a government shutdown impact you? would it be a hardship? >> absolutely, suzanne. if the government were to shut down, on monday, i would not go to...

Hot off the cnn political ticker. lets go to jessica yellin live in washington. jess characters item number one, the big speech tonight, president obamas speech. >> yes, brooke. you know, a lot has been made from the fact hes not delivering it from the oval office or even the white house. a lot of analysts and outsiders interpreting this he may be downplaying it or what does it mean? in my count during president bushs time in office he gave at least five nationally televised responses about the ...

There. i would imagine for the families living on that base currently, they must be cared out of their wits. >> a number of public health experience and epidemiologists say this is extremely bizarre, especially as you noted three children dying in the same house. this is not something that typically happening, yet there hasnt been an investigation occurring on ft. bragg. thus far they have done tests on some of the building materials. >> the drywall experts that have looked at this, in compariso...

If its slowly going up, people dont tend to panic, but when it goes up and down and people dont feel like they know where its headed, thats whether it can throw the entry into disarray. >> nick bunkly, thanks for coming on dada. we appreciate your time. up next, why are babies dying at ft. bragg military base. its a question a lot stef people are asking. sometimes youw to finish what you started today. for the aches and sleeplessness in between, theres motrin pm. no other medicine, not even ad...

>> i think we are. i think we need to start to draw down our troops in july like the president committed a year ago. theres not a page of that history, not one page of the experience of the soviet union, the experience of the french, the experience of the british, the russians before the soviet union was the soviet union that suggests that anything good comes from having an occupying force there. and so i think the time has come for us to consider a very different strategy. >> yes, especially si...

Was the product of a long, careful process. we had to help guide them in this direction. and its a delicate balancing. >> in terms of a military in charge right now, i made the point a couple times, in the west we hear military control and it just -- we shutter at that thought. how does the u.s. -- youre not even dealing with diplomats. how does the u.s. now try to gently nudge in the direction of u.s. interests with a group that really has no experience in this sort of thing, military? >> i thi...

Patients. stem cells are master cells which can turn into any tissue in the body. opponents say their use destroys human embryos. there are fewer kids in foster care than a few years ago and child welfare advocates say that is a food thing. the federal government says that the number of foster kids dropped 8% in one year and 20% in the past decade. child welfare advocates say the credit goes not only to sped-up adoptions but help for troubled families to keep kids at home. the military is in...

Doing their job. barbara starr, cnn, ft. bragg, north carolina. >> honored during mondays ceremony, aerl sergeant first class david nunez. he died in may of at that time in afghanistan. trying to save his comrades during an ambush. his military record will be upgraded to reflect his honor. can be unsettling. but what if there were a different story? of one financial company that grew stronger through the crisis. when some lost their way, this company led the way. by protecting clients and turnin...

Know ♪ most uncommon valor, bravery of americas men. honoring seven members of the special forces. cnns barbara starr has more from ft. bragg, california. >> reporter: ordinary soldiers and extraordinary men. these special forces troops each receiving a silver star here at ft. bragg, north carolina. >> im a guy on one day in june of 2008 earned my paycheck. >> reporter: the army begs to differ. >> afghanistan, june 11, 2007. secretary of the army. >> reporter: they all survived deadly taliba...

Troops into safety and refuses to be called hero. >> there were guys that were dying and if i didnt troun them they would have died. there wasnt a lot of thought at the time of the danger. guys called me, needed me, so i went to them. >> reporter: these highly decorated soldiers may be sent to afghanistan for another tour of duty, another tour where they will tell you they are just doing their job. barbara starr, cnn, ft. bragg, north carolina. then theres this, a missouri law resisting protes...