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Nations capital. a lot of government workers, especially in northern virginia, lot of defense workers. did the shutdown affect anyone in your household? the government shutdown. it was a big issue in that race. 32% of the voters in virginia today say yes, it directly affected someone in their household. two-thirds saying no. one of the big issues in the virginia governors race. the government shutdown. another one was the presidents health care law. the republican candidate ken cuccinelli among ...

This is about getting negotiations underway, and the speaker said what you saw in paul ryans op-ed in "the wall street journal," obviously when you have a government shutdown you talk about how you get it back open, and then i think theres a possibility down the road, chops you get into long negotiations, that eventually work in tax reform. so this could be the beginning of a process that goes on several weeks, perhaps a couple of months, and ends really in a very substantial deal and something ...

Helicopters will keep them on the job after the pentagon said it would bring back 90% of the defense workers who had been furloughed when the shutdown began and they included military inspectors who will now be back at work in united technology factories but other are sitting around today not working because washington cant get its act together. >> and apparently not ready to talk at all. alison, appreciate it. u.s. special forces pulling off two stunning raids over the weekend. a top al qaeda...

Event of a shutdown. but this does not include civilian defense workers, does it? and many of those serve in that base where youre standing. >> right. it does not. the senate just paenl with apparently within the past hour voted on that bill. and its also not clear whether president obama is going to sign that either. one would have to surmise that he probably wont. but, yeah, youre right. i mean, even if there is an exemption, there are still folks who either not get paid when theyre supposed t...

Defense workers are said to be furious tonight over the fbi release of video footage from last weeks navy yard massacre here in washington. a senior pentagon official tells fox news it is gratuitous and adds to the pain of the families involved. you can see government contractor aaron alexis entering the facility using his security pass, then moving through the building with what authorities called a sawed-off shotgun. the fbi says alexis thought he was being controlled by electromagnetic waves....

Pass a critically important bill that invests in roads and himps, because evidently the highways didnt yield far enough to the right. and because they didnt have those votes and they injected ideology, they cant pass a highway bill. what does that mean? highway workers dont get paid, they dont get jobs. they couldnt stop the furloughs. were going home for six weeks and we have defense workers going home -- >> no, no, mr. israel, thats the affordable care act increasing part-time workers. thats n...

Me are going to say no. its not that i hate detroit, i dont, but were broke at the federal level, were laying off defense workers, were restraightening the number of military personnel because of sequestration, nine fighter squadrons are grounded. >> so youre a no? >> im supposed to bail out detroit when you have nine squadrons? hell, no. this is not the right thing to do. detroit needs to fix detroit, lindsey graham needs to fix washington and washington is broken, and we have enough problems o...

Me are going to say no. its not that i hate detroit, i dont, but were broke at the federal level, were laying off defense workers, were restraightening the number of military personnel because of sequestration, nine fighter squadrons are grounded. >> so youre a no? >> im supposed to bail out detroit when you have nine squadrons? hell, no. this is not the right thing to do. detroit needs to fix detroit, lindsey graham needs to fix washington and washington is broken, and we have enough problems o...

Nantucket sunday before being airlifted to massachusetts general hospital. secretary kerrys spokesperson says the family is asking for privacy at this time. cubas president raul castro is reportedly supporting three south american countries willing to grant asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. snowden is believed to be holed up in the transit area of moscow airport. venezuela, bolivia, and nicaragua have all indicated they would grant him asylum if asked. meanwhile, a washington based privacy ...

Nantucket. defense workers start feeling the pinch of the sequester. three paquarters of a million wl be forced to take a day off. they handle support tasks like repairs. cutting some workers salaries by 20%, its expected to save $2 billion. p pentagon has to cut $40 billion from the budget. it will slow their ablility to respond around the world. stand down on the phone spying program. new york times reporting the electronic privacy information center will file a petition asking the high co...