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Two weeks to prevent a shutdown you would not vote for it? >>guest: no, we need to pass the budget for this year, to make sure that the government is funded and then get on to serious reforms for the government that cuts costs of things we do here and we can cut the costs of government without cutting benefits to the american people, and it no longer is a matter of what the government can do but what they can let go of, and i think we can see a trend on the cost of government, give people better...

1950s. we need to hit the proverbial wall and see what we can do from there. >>reporter: ron paul says the government collect 200 billion dollars a month in taxes. isnt the president confident and capable of taking that 200 billion each month and deciding how to spend it so that parts of the government we rely on like defense and the court do not shut down. >> yes. yes. >>reporter: he want do that. shouldnt he look for another job. >> theres no threat here that essential services are going to ge...

The 1950s. we need to hit the proverbial wall. >> rand paul said they collect money in taxes isnt the president competent and taking that 200 billion each month and deciding how to spend it. parts of the government who we rely on, if he cant do that shunned he look for another job? >> there is no threat that essential services will be schut down tomorrow. the government knows how to deal with this. we will see museums shut their doors and national parks ashore -- >> we only have about 30 seconds...

The 1950s. we need to hit the proverbial wall. >> rand paul said they collect money in taxes isnt the president competent and taking that 200 billion each month and deciding how to spend it. parts of the government who we rely on, if he cant do that shunned he look for another job? >> there is no threat that essential services will be schut down tomorrow. the government knows how to deal with this. we will see museums shut their doors and national parks ashore -- >> we only have about 30 seconds...

Bombing of pan am flight 103 that blew up in the skies over scotland. we get new reaction from a relative of one of the victims to this news just ahead. plus the real life consequences of tough decisions over the use of your tax dollars, how budget cuts are affecting essential services in communities all across this country. that is just ahead. what super fruit is taking sunsweet ones.orm? prunes? theyre a delicious source of nutrients. wow! its packaged by itself... thats fantastic! that is so ...

>> i was waiting for mika to introduce it. >> ill introduce the stories on driving the week. >> this is say big story right now, libyas important, wisconsin is important but how the two sides are setting the stage for the big confrontation next week. this will be a tough baby to split to figure out how to avoid a shutdown, because the republicans in the house are demanding there be big cuts are before they extend -- >> does either side want to shut down? does the president think he gains by a sh...

This monster. four giant humps, snapped with the camera phone and said its the size of a car. and the son of the newspaper over there, going out and doing an expedition, trying to capture it themselves. >> they want it to be real. >> you know, the sun, come on are the sun, one of our sister, sister organizations is going out an investigating. >> clayton: im hopping theyll call he me. >> dave: a massive fish? let us know what you think about that, tweet him not me. now, almost pulling an allnight...

Happens essential services like police and out it wills continue but nonessential services would not. back to you. >> now for the rest of the had lines, we are getting reports of a deadly gun battle in afghanistan with taliban. five people including a civilian were killed and dozens more are injured and two blasts are reported in the area. they were checking for insurance violations and fraud officials in florida found something more interesting. at an orlando construction site, six illegal work...

Good morning to you. >> when you were elected the city was in bad shape, unfortunately, and the city had to embrace a series of tax increases to cut a lot of the red spending. how did you make it work? >> officially, i came in in january 2008. officially, the federal government hadnt let us know that we. -w in a recession. we started seeing really bad signs. id been in six months and there were changes. we made our cuts and decisions very early. we tackle this recession by making very big decisi...

Weve seen thats pushed us to $14 trillion in debt has worked. its why the message that the voters sent wasnt keep on trucking, it was put on the brakes. day wanted change and thats why we have a republican congress in place right now. its a direct reaction to that. >> we saw a similar showdown under bill clinton and ended up in a government shutdown. if that happens, whats the risk? >> i dont think thats going to happen. at the end of the day, you know, there are essential services the governmen...