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Browbeating. each new day needs a prayer to start them off. start fried ded friday when then was on the other side of the weekend. >> let us pray, holy god, you created us for freedom. so keep us from shackling ourselves with the chains of dysfunction. lord, deliver us from governing by crisis. >> deliver us lord from governing by crisis. that was friday. by monday, when they were actually closing in on the crisis, the chaplain stepped it up. >> let us pray. eternal god as our nation stumbles to...

So keep us from shackling ourselves with the chains of dysfunction. lord, deliver us from governing by crisis. >> deliver us lord from governing by crisis. that was friday. by monday, when they were actually closing in on the crisis, the chaplain stepped it up. >> let us pray. eternal god as our nation stumbles toward a seemingly unavoidable government shutdown, lord, lead them away from the unfortunate dialectic of us vs. them. as they strive to unite for the common good of this land we love. >...

Emulate their patriotism and self-sacrifice. today, give our lawmakers the vision and the willingness, remove from them that stubborn pride which imagines itself to be above and beyond criticism. forgive them for the blunders they have committed. >> so usually, blacks prayers are apolitical, but the senate chaplain has been prodding lawmakers for a week now. >> deliver us from the hypocrisy of attempting to sound reasonable while being unreasonable. remove the burdens of those who are the collat...

Being crushed himself. >> not over yet. still going to hear a lot about this. thank you. appreciate that. coming up, a big mystery revealed. >> siri, what are you wearing? >> aluminum sill akate glass and stainless steel. >> who is siri, really? the mystery woman behind the voice revealed. plus, cnn ireporters sound off on the shutdown. one that says he doesnt even know this country anymore. but first, have you seen this guy? >> during this legislative stalemate, help our lawmakers to test all...

One of the most resonant poetic ways to track the madness of our federal government shut down -- shutdown is to follow where we are, by following prayers of the senate chapman. barry black, a retired rear admiral in the navy, head chaplain for the navy when heap -- he retired in 2003. he was named chaplain. he was chaplain for ten years. on this past week on the occasion of the government shut down. the chaplain has been giving congress what for about them shutting down the government. he does i...

Replacing cynicism with faith and cowardice with courage. we pray in your holy name. amen. >> replace cynicism with faith and cowardice with courage, the senate chaplain this morning. no sign of that today. but less than a year ago washington seemed to be striving for it. >> if theres a mandate in yesterdays results, its a mandate for us to find a way to work together on the solutions to the challenges that woe all face as a nation. >> this is our moment where we can come together. >> its up to ...

Lawmakers from sewing to the wind, thereby risking reaping the wor the whirlwind. when they remember that all that is necessary or unintended catastrophic consequences is for good people to do nothing. >> the chaplain chopping the hides of congress for, in his words, stumbling toward a government shutdown. all that is necessary for unintended, catastrophic, unintended consequences is for good people to do nothing. that was 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. the congress was done with its business and the...

Chaplain. >> do you cut the tea party loose to save the republican party? >> no, i dont think it is the end of the tea party. i dont think we have seen the end of the tea party. nor do i know that we should see the end of the tea party. im not sure that ted cruz and that bunch that we have seen is the exact representation of the tea party. they started as an organic movement, without any real leadership, that was against big government, and was for fiscal responsibility. those things sound good ...

Boehner is in with the tea party and ready to take on the president whose poll numbers dipped on a government shutdown. hes ready to attack on the bully pulpit. the president has the advantage now and maybe that changes. >> i am curious about the mood. one of our producers said there is a chaplain that showed up in the house rulesñi committee. that does happen. and usually, according to chad, it only happens when things are getting chippy and representative geomer said democrats for there jawin...

With the senate democrats, we will be voting to allow the majority leader to fund obamacare on a straight partyline vote, a 51 partisan vote. american people understand that. and in boating, it is not consistent what i believe is the heartfelt commitment of all 46 members of this conference to oppose obamacare. the only path is to stand together and oppose cloture. i would ask my friends in the democratic aisle to listen. >> noone has arrived. pursuant to the order. the senate will be in order. ...