>> all right, nic robertson, reporting live from tripoli. and i think it says it all about what the situation is when he is there on a regular night and you can still hear gunfire. our seventh story "outfront." throughout the shutdown, the white house has said the president would reject any efforts to fund the government piecemeal. >> this piecemeal approach is gimmickry and irresponsible. the answer to all of this is not the piecemeal reaction to them, or a band-aid approach to solving them. >> except that sometimes piecemeal approaches have worked for the white house. in the same briefing, carney told reporters, the president would make sure that families of fallen u.s. soldiers would receive death benefits. >> the president expects this to be fixed today. >> today. >> correct. >> so it should be resolved -- >> that is what the president