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I appreciate the good work in ferreting this out. How long is Homeland Security and secret service had your report . When did they get your first draft . They received my first draft this draft may 6th. We supplied the underlying materials either in the middle of late last week. Yet theres been no consequence yet. We get reports that maybe one person is going to retire and who knows when that will be. What direction does secretary clancy have in revoking their security clearance . I dont have th...

To enlist in world war ii, blames congress. They cant even get along. All they do is fight each other. Reporter now the Honor Flight Network has thousands of more vets scheduled to come into washington here to the world war ii memorial the rest of this week. Hundreds of them showing up on saturday. Now as for that confrontation. Coming up at 6 00, well talk with the congressman and that federal employee. Reporting live at the world war ii memorial, mark segraves, news 4. Well, events are startin...

Government shutdown. The senate will convene at 10 00 this morning and the house will get back to work at about 10 30. Republican aides say the house will attempt to pass mini funding bills. And some new details about what federal employees can expect as the shutdown drags on. Richard jordan is live with more. Reporter aaron, federal workers are taking a big hit. Just about anyone coming down through the National Mall is going to see some changes. A lot of roads are blocked leading to the big at...

Today, much of the United States government will be forced to shutdown tomorrow. I want to be very clear about what that shutdown would mean. What will remain open and what will not. With regard to operations that will continue, if you are on social security, you will keep receiving your checks. If you are on medicare, your doctor will still see you. Everyones mail will still be delivered. Government operations related to National Security or Public Safety will go on. Troops will continue to ser...

Us in trying to relieve the pain that is being inflicted on federal employees and on the people of this country. But at least 15 House Republicans are breaking ranks with Speaker John Boehner and demanding an end to the whole shutdown. That was the president s demand today on cnbc. Am i exasperated . Absolutely im exasperated . Because this is entirely unnecessary. Reporter this sthut down f it lasts a couple of more weeks, which it certainly seems that it could will become part of the debt cris...

The shut down. We will bring you that as soon as we get video in. Back to you. Since federal workers are not on the job, some are volunteering their time to help tourists. Richard jordan is among those out on National Mall right now. Rich order . Reporter the workers are distributing these flyer who is say what is open and closed. The group gathered in front of the Natural History museum which is closed with the other smithsonian museums. They dont know how long it will last, but if this continu...

Vote for it . Reporter president obama will not cave on the Health Care Plan. The takes Effect Tomorrow no matter what congress does today. The Affordable Care act is moving forward. That funding is already in place. You cant shut it down. Reporter he won todays first round, the senate vote to keep government going. We are not going to change obama care. Reporter as House Republicans return they vowed to force a change. The new boehner plan is to have the house vote tonight to strip out the indi...

The battle lines are drawn. Republicans against democrats. The president said yesterday that this shutdown was caused by republicans. However, House Speaker john boehner says its the democrats who are not coming to the table to talk and come up with some kind of solution that will end the shutdown. Now this is going to have an impact not only on tourists but, of course, on the workers, furloughed workers and those who are not furloughed, the essential workers. You are still going to those furlou...

Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the white house. This is a great day. And we mark today, the decades of Public Health research, policy and Community Efforts that have dramatically reduced tobacco use in this country. The commitment of those of you in this room and your colleagues across the country, to ending the tobacco epidemic is truly inspiring. Im proud to be here to acknowledge your accomplishments. I want to be sure that you know how important this work is, to this administration, and...

Afraid to save the life of a Family Member or a loved one because of legal liability. I recently introduced a bill called the opiate overdose reduction act. Its a simple solution to a problem. It extends protections to people who step in to save the lives of a person who is overdosing by administering a drug and that we need a National Good samaritan law so that people will step in. How many lives do you think would be saved if we had such a law . We know one of prime issues why people overdose ...