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Under employed and leaving people feeling hopeless about whats going on in washington. >> this is your president, your party. >> if hes failing and hes a democrat or a republican, we have to be honest. >> lets put up the seven most devastating economic predicti predictions. 91.8 million americans no longer in the workforce. number of jobless working age americans has risen 9.6 million people since january of 2009. 47.4 million americans we lie on food stamps. 10.98 million americans receive disa...

Taxpayers to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. dating back to 1988. >> this fraud not only forced federal taxpayers to finance the lifestyles of new york scammers, it took away from the already limited resources we have for people who actually suffer from psychiatric disabilities. >> reporter: authorities charged four masterminds with recruiting and coaching applicants on what to tell doctors, even duplicating forms, sometimes in the same handwriting. i am unable to perform any type o...

>> reporter: she is worried her disability checks will stop and so is this man. >> we dont need the bandage ripped off of our wounds. thats what this is, a bandage ripped off of our wounds. >> reporter: amidst all the last-minute scrambling, president obama in an interview with wabc said he doesnt know if he can negotiate with the speaker of the house john boehner anymore. >> there are situations where we have agreements, then he goes back, and it turns out he cant control his caucus. >> reporte...

>> its no wonder veterans are worried. just last week v.a. secretary eric shinzeki warned as many as 8.3 million vets could go without disability checks if the shutdown goes much longer. at this moment 56 regional v.a. offices are closed. some 7,800 v.a. workers have been furloughed. those workers directly impact some 5.1 million veterans, military families and survivors who, again, rely on a range of v.a. services. one of the things i think thats important to note is unlike the most recent shut...

Why is that so important? just a few years ago, faulty products coming in from blood thinners from china sickened 800 people and killing 81. my drug inspectors want to be on the job ensuring the safety of the supply chain that when you take a drug, that that drug is safe to take and you wont die because your regulators are not on the job. open up the fda serving the nation and serving the world. this is what we want to be able to do. and then over there in woodlawn is the associate security admi...

Signing into law legislation to make sure you get your paychecks on time. >> and if you need a little lift in all this negative reporting about your congressman and senators, they were unanimous in that. about that. so good news, yes, for active duty. not so much for the veterans. cnns pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins me now. what is the story for vets and the needs that the vets across the country have. >> reporter: first of all, ashleigh, i think it is jaw dropping that so many peopl...

Captive and the suspect, who was detained, was taking their disability checks or their veterans checks. their checks. they were given scraps to eat. very little food was provided to them. they didnt have access to a restroom. so it was less than ideal living situations for them. >> one person is in custody but police are saying there were other people living in that home but not in the same conditions as those captives. >> less than one year since the aurora theater shooting where 12 people were...

So, what is going on? well, first of all the nbc deal is registered voters, not likely voters. secondly, there is an 11-point difference democrats over republicans in the nbc journal poll. its not that they stack the deck. its just that the random sample came out that way. the journals article today about the poll doesnt mention the democrat advantage. not good. by the way, the "wall street journal" and fox news are owned by the same company. the truth is nobody knows who is ahead. the campaign ...

Street journal," nbc survey. so, what is going on? well, first of all the nbc deal is registered voters,ot likely voters. secondly, there is an 11-point difference democrats over republicans in the nbc journal poll. its not that they stack the deck. its just that the random sample came out that way. the journals article today about the poll doesnt mention the democrat advantage. not good. by the way, the "wall street journal" and fox news are owned by the same company. the truth is nobody knows ...

Constant government hand outs. >> we are created an entitlement nation. people and americans, if the government hand itself out. they are going to take it. that is how human beings are. i see the government handing it out and not finding out if they are disable at the same time americans are gaining a system that are taking advantage of this. you know, unemployment can end. disability checks do not end and you can be on that the rest of your life and the taxpayers are paying for this. and wayn...