we invested quite a bit to come out here and see this. it's going to be a huge disappointment. huge disappointment. >> reporter: worst case scenario, it drags on for a month or longer. you're looking at maybe a $55 billion hit to the economy from lost wages, contracts, unfilled orders, uncollected fees. there's really no way to know. one thing we do know for certain, the implementation of obamacare is mandatory spending. congress put a forecloclosed si america but obamacare continues, guys. >> there's no time for irony here. this is about what's so simple. this is bad for american people. let's figure out where the polls are, let's bring in national correspondent john king. john, let's start with one half step back. we know politics is often played this way, however, isn't this a little unusual that a shutdown or even a talk about the debt creeling is tied not to budgeting issues but to