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Nation's capital. a lot of government workers, especially in northern virginia, lot of defense workers. did the shutdown affect anyone in your household? the government shutdown. it was a big issue in that race. 32% of the voters in virginia today say yes, it directly affected someone in their household. two-thirds saying no. one of the big issues in the virginia governor's race. the government shutdown. another one was the president's health care law. the republican candidate ken cuccinelli among the first attorneys general, a republican to challenge obama care, to say it was unconstitutional...

This is about getting negotiations underway, and the speaker said what you saw in paul ryan's op-ed in "the wall street journal," obviously when you have a government shutdown you talk about how you get it back open, and then i think there's a possibility down the road, chops you get into long negotiations, that eventually work in tax reform. so this could be the beginning of a process that goes on several weeks, perhaps a couple of months, and ends really in a very substantial deal and something that moves us past this series of debt ceilings. >> shepard: why is the government shut down? >> h...

Helicopters will keep them on the job after the pentagon said it would bring back 90% of the defense workers who had been furloughed when the shutdown began and they included military inspectors who will now be back at work in united technology factories but other are sitting around today not working because washington can't get its act together. >> and apparently not ready to talk at all. alison, appreciate it. u.s. special forces pulling off two stunning raids over the weekend. a top al qaeda operative wanted by the fbi is now in u.s. custody. will that slow down the terror group or will i...

Event of a shutdown. but this does not include civilian defense workers, does it? and many of those serve in that base where you're standing. >> right. it does not. the senate just paenl with apparently within the past hour voted on that bill. and it's also not clear whether president obama is going to sign that either. one would have to surmise that he probably won't. but, yeah, you're right. i mean, even if there is an exemption, there are still folks who either not get paid when they're supposed to be paid. because, again, you know, these folks get ious. but a lot of these folks that we've ...

Defense workers are said to be furious tonight over the fbi release of video footage from last week's navy yard massacre here in washington. a senior pentagon official tells fox news it is gratuitous and adds to the pain of the families involved. you can see government contractor aaron alexis entering the facility using his security pass, then moving through the building with what authorities called a sawed-off shotgun. the fbi says alexis thought he was being controlled by electromagnetic waves. authorities do t not believe he targeted any specific individuals. alexis died in that assault. th...