0 we decided to take a stand. look, you think obama care's a big enough threat to this country that you need to shut down the government over it? fine. own it. don't fart and point at the dog. >> well, the government's still closed and the major players keep talking except not to each other. now it goes beyond embarrassing. families of americans who die in military service not getting the money they are owed. also, new jersey governor chris christie pretty much a shoo-in for re-election, but in a heated debate, we learn more about his potential aspirations for the white house. and the rays looking to force a decisive game five against the red sox. highlights from a tense night in tampa bay. this is "way too early." from the sports perspective, october is the best. you've got baseball playoffs, nfl, college football, the nba and the nhl start up. you really can't get much more than that for a sports fan. good morning. brian shactman, wednesday, october 9th. kanye and kimmel, they're set to meet after their little social media dust-up. we also have maybe one of the best celebrity impersonations of all time. we'll have that for you. but we begin with some historic news surrounding the federal reserve. just a few hours from now, president obama will nominate janet yellen as chairwoman of the fed. yellen would be the first woman ever to lead the central bank of this country. yellen currently the fed's vice chairwoman, she's been a key architect of the fed's plan to keep interest rates near record lows and with the fed buying trillions of dollars in bonds to support the economy. yellen would replace ben bernanke, of course, a close ally of hers whose term ends in january. we want to bring in andrew ross sorkin, host of "squawk box" and also the founder of "new york resistance in the approval process but nothing like with larry summers. we don't have a lot of time so i want to get to the debt ceiling and the default. we're getting clamoring from a bunch of people that may be defaulting wouldn't be such a bad thing. now, just tell me from the perspective of wall street and the people you talk to, is that silly talk? >> no. sadly, there is now real talk that we could default or at least we could go over what is this deadline on october 17th. and perversely, the more the market doesn't react. so the more you don't see the market cratering, and it was down yesterday, but the more it doesn't go into a complete tailspin, the less pressure there is going to be on washington and congresspeople to actually pass something. and therefore the greater chance, oddly enough, that we don't. and actually that we create a real crisis. >> andrew, are there smart people actually saying a default wouldn't be that big a deal? >> there are people like that. stan druckenmiller is one. there are people who believe so-called supercommittee. democrats in the senate, meanwhile, moving forward with a clean debt ceiling increase and looking to shore up republican support to bypass a filibuster. the deal would raise the debt ceiling through december 2014. the bodies of four soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice this weekend in afghanistan will arrive at dover air force base later today. the family of sergeant patrick hawkins and the others will have to pay their own way to delaware and pay out of their own pockets for their funerals. that's because the pentagon says it is unable to pay out death benefits because of the shutdown. that means any service member killed since october 1st will not receive the automatic $100,000 that is usually paid to families within 36 hours of a death for funeral costs. it's an issue that has led to outrage on both sides of the aisle. >> it's shameful and embarrassing that america could fail the families of our fallen heroes. appalling, frightening. >> i don't care who it is or how it's shaped, but let's sit down and get out of this so that these families whose loved ones just died, just died, will receive the benefits at least that would give them some comfort and solace in this terrible hour of tragedy. >> the house of representatives is scheduled to vote on a bill today to restore those payments. now we go to the supreme court where it appears at least a part of the nation's campaign finance laws will be struck down. yesterday justices heard arguments on the limits of direct contributions from individuals to candidates. it's revisiting 2010's citizens united case. the courts seem divided over ideological lines. justice ginsburg said, "by having these limits, you are promoting democratic so as we go forward, i'm going to continue to do my job the best way i possibly can. and i am not going to declare tonight, christine, for you or for anybody else. >> governor, it doesn't bother me that you're running for president. what bothers me is how you're running for president. >> i can walk and chew gum at the same time, christine. i can do this job and also deal with my future, and that's exactly what i will do. >> a recent quinnipiac university poll had christie leading 64-30%. voters head to the polls in new jersey on tuesday, november the 5th. let's turn now to some economic news overseas. switzerland -- this is an interesting story -- they're going to hold a vote to grant an unconditional income of $2,800 a month for every adult living in the country. it comes after organizers collected more than 100,000 signatures need to do call for a referendum. the group behind the issue calls it a financial safety net and says it will be partially financed through the country's social insurance systems. pretty amazing. before we go to break, though, the topic of today's twitter question a little different. try to name this celebrity. >> i'll get down and do, you know, some push-ups. and then i get up and maybe i'll go down again, and then i'll do some more push-ups. and the people, they laugh. they look at you and they're, like, man, i cannot believe you came here from austria to california. >> if you said arnold schwarzenegger, you're partially right. his chest is a lot smaller. that's a pretty awesome impression. that takes us to our question. who does your favorite celebrity impersonation -- the hash tag is #waytoospoton. here's one of my personal favorites. >> and then it will be the off-season where the colts' dwight freeney is expected to be the top free agent. that is, of course, if you don't count michael strahan's ex-wife. son of a gun, $15 million? 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[ woman #1 ] that's why i cook. time for sports. playoff baseball. red sox and rays, game four of the alds. the game, tie game in the seventh. shane victorino at the plate with a man on third base. >> victorino, broken bat. long run for escobar. he's got to hurry. the throw to first not in time! and the red sox have taken the lead! >> not exactly a thrilling way to do it, but two outs, he beat the throw and they got the run. that made it 2-1. they'd tack on another in the ninth. all right. and one night after giving up a game-winning homer, the closer retired the final four batters including a strikeout on the last out. that's a 3-1 boston victory. so a year after finishing in last place, i like the army helmets. a little "animal houselike." the red sox move on to the alcs for the first time in five years. go to detroit. who are they going to play? a's/tigers. oakland leading 3-0 in the fifth. detroit's jhonne per ray peralt. >> cespedes going back! on the track, leaps and it's gone! a three-run home run ties the game for the tigers with one swing of the bat! >> yeah, the oakland lead gone. >> i'm optimistic and i know that we're going to make him a very good offer. is anybody an absolute must to sign? no, and that's nothing against robbie, but that's just not reasonable to assume that about anybody. >> we've been down the road of the ten had-year deal before. when asked about the ten-year deal, steinbrenner said, quote, i don't feel this organization is ready to do something like that. he didn't say again. but i want to say again in brackets. let's go over to bill karins. >> that's just crazy. >> he's an awesome player and he's young and relatively healthy, but ten years, it's guaranteed money in major league baseball. >> that's the crazy thing. the nfl is the big, huge power sport in this country, but if you're a professional athlete and you can choose which way to go, you go baseball. you get the money. >> and it's guaranteed. >> you know we've had a great fall. east coast for the most part, you've had a beautiful fall. if you're on the mid-atlantic, it's coming to an end in a hurry. if you're in the outer banks right now, eastern north carolina, it feels like a tropical storm is hitting this morning. the middle of the country, you're still gorgeous, by the way. it's right along the east coast. this storm's going to sneak right up the eastern seaboard. winds gusting right now to 35 miles per hour in virginia beach. it's light rain and the waves are pounding the surf. it literally feels like a tropical storm. that's going to move up the coast. richmond, you're next up through maryland and ocean city and d.c. later today. eventually this will be up in new york city in the days ahead. the middle of the country, you're gorgeous once again. congratulations from minneapolis southward. keep it coming. but from d.c. to new york city, just be prepared. we're going to probably see about five or six days in a row with no sunshine. temperatures in the 60s. kind of breezy with periods of on and off rain. and there's new york city's forecast. you know, we've had some great weather, so it's hard to complain. but i bet you, brian, by about friday, saturday -- >> i'll be complaining. >> -- maybe, yeah. people will be complaining. >> it will take one day of rain and i'll be complaining. thank you, bill. i like the fall tie. >> the season. >> not as good as mine. coming up at the top of the hour, "morning joe," jim cramer in the house. he'll join the table to discuss a host of issues in backing the markets including the choice of a new candidate for chairman of the fed. we'll talk about the government shutdown and the impending debt crisis as well. you know jim's the best. when we come back here, we'll huddle around the cooler. jimmy fallon's new version of miley cyrus's "we can't stop" with a little help from miley and the roots. we'll be right back. 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