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Neighbors, and everybody is scared to death. nobody knows what we're going to do. >> casey, you thank all those people at camp lejeune on behalf of all of us for the sacrifices for the public service. we really appreciate what you're doing and we certainly hope that those paychecks keep on coming because god knows your husband, your family, all of the military personnel and their loved ones, they deserve these checks. the politicians, they can argue on another occasion, not at the expense of the fighting men and women of the united states military and their families. we appreciate it very much...

Thank you. for our men and women in uniform and their families, the uncertainty over the looming government shutdown is frightening. let's bring in someone who knows this firsthand, a military wife, casey long, she's joining us from camp lejeune. casey, your husband is deployed in japan. you have a 15-year-old son, the family is living off your husband's paycheck, of course. this is not a good situation, especially now if that paycheck were to dry up even temporarily. you don't have a whole lot of money in the bank, do you? >> that's correct. right now we're pretty much maxed to the end. >> ...

Party makes a proposal, the other makes a counterproposal. >> so if it's good enough for the speaker john boehner, that's not necessarily good enough for you? >> i'll consider reasonable proposals. the problem that we face right now is that the senate democrats have engaged in the conversation, and to your prior guests, you had casey, a mother of a military man who is suffering right now. this is outrageous. yesterday, we passed a bill to fund the government for the rest of the year, and fund the d.o.d. for the rest of the year. their leadership skills don't exist. the only one who has led in ...