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Site from earlier today indicating the program was offline due to the government shutdown. the justice department insisting the website which is now back online as you see here is purely informational and the amber alert system was never really affected. the justice department under attorney general eric holder is suspending all civil cases handled by the department and the fbi, which also falls under holder has furloughed 50% of its staff at the fbi headquarters in washington, d.c. critics of t...

The supreme court of the united states, and he was re-elected. this as you know, andrea, was a big topic of conversation during the election. so lets move on. lets move forward. lets get to the business that the american people expect. health security for millions of hardworking families making sure our kids get a great education, making sure essential services are delivered and that the economy continues the recovery that is well under way. we can see this all fall apart if congress continues t...

Seems to be more incompetent all the time. >> theres got to be some way they can do this. use your brains. theres great leaders that arent doing what they are supposed to do and thats lead. >> everyone is acting like a child. i dont understand why they dont realize its about them and about the people of the united states. >> nbcs john yang in north riverside, illinois. john, lets talk about who is affected, who is not. youre outside a post office. postal services will continue but not all servic...

Message to defense personnel. what did he say? >> military and civilians, secretary hagel, not happy about this at all, of course, because they have already been through the budget furloughs this summer. telling especially the civilian workers that got furloughed that they are all essential to the department, that he values their service, but that they are -- many of them will be furloughed, that the law only will allow them to keep people on duty who are supporting military operations or securi...

Operating. theyre seen as essential services. believe it or not, congress is seen as an essential service. theyll still get their pay. but if you come to the post office and apply for a new passport or want to renew a passport, that application may be delayed a bit. federal courts will be open. they are seen as essential. for the first ten days, ten business days or so, they have enough money to pay jurors. after that, though, jury trials will continue to go on. if you get a jury summons, you st...

Leaves the major part of the health care law unscathed. it will be rolling out as planned. the reason being, the government doesnt grind to a halt and essential services do function normally and including national defense and entitlement programs. and as far as the health care law, it is designed to be funded through implementation money. and we hear of core functions and people at call centers and folks who are building the exchanges. they are nonessential government employees. >> tensions are ...

Entitle thes. not we what we are not for is negotiating with people with bomb strapped to their chest. >> talking points believes there should be a compromise. senator joe manchin democrat from west virginia says he would support a one-year delay for folks who do not want to be forced into the obama care arena. but the truth is, the senate and the president will never never going to do it. physical a compromise is not reached. >> break down essential services across the board a place completely ...

Amendment to make it more friendly for conservatives or pass the clean one or one week to two week delay. but no one necessarily knows how its going to play out. hes most likely going to need the help from democrats. as for what would happen in the government shutdown. essential services like national security will continue to function and paychecks from medicare and social security will continue to go out. however, it will cause a headache for a bunch of americans who want to get passport visas...

>> no, the most powerful people in that court are going to be the wall street lawyers. >> well, i mean, weve got to fight it, and weve got to make our voices heard in the city of detroit and around this country. thats why were organizing our retirees. were organizing our communities. folks who believe that if you play by the rules every single day, then you deserve a decent retirement that cannot be attacked. it cannot be reduced. we have to continue to mobilize our communities. i mean, were goi...

But a lot of conservatives say lets stand on principal, deny the president money for his health care plan. so the president knows by talking about this, he exacerbates internal tensions in the republican party and the president likes to do that. >> all right. john, great to see you. thanks so much. john also makes the case that house republicans and the president are looking at into different electoral maps because romney won a majority of house districts. the president won obviously the electio...