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Let's be clear. brian: now bring in all your relatives. steve: all right, stuart, take your dramamine, we will be watching you as the market goes up between 9 and noon today over on fox business. ainsley: hand it over to jillian who has headlines for us. jillian: some of us are very happy you are here, stuart. brian: just not all of us. jillian: good morning to you. let's start with this story right now. a serious one we have been following for weeks. the nationwide flu epidemic taking the life of a second grade teacher. heather hole land passing away from flu complications days after being di...

Making matters worse for the cdc, centers for disease control. let's bring in dr. patty senior attending physician from st. barnabas hospital. >> it will be running on a limited basis. we consult with them frequently for certain outbreaks and they do a lot of surveillance for us. >> jon: the ones who keep tabs on all the flu outbreaks around the country. >> in conjunction with state health agencies as well. >> jon: we know this is one of the worst flu seasons in recent years. >> it is definitely one of the bad ones and kicking up. >> jon: why? >> the types of strains of flu hitting us. the fac...

Democrats and republicans work together. >> richard is making my point for me. we have a lot of issues. yet democrats aren't shutting the government down because of them. those are issues that actually affect the american people. the people that can actually vote for them. that did vote for them. why are they shutting the government down over this issue? >> melissa: we have to go. we have to go. i'm sure we'll have another time to fight it. we're all done. thank you. >> jon: the government shutdown is causing problems for the centers for disease control during one of the worst flu outbreaks we...

Have to do their jobs. think of things you don't normally think of like the center for disease control that tracks flu outbreaks around the country. processing your passport if you want to go abroad or go to a museum or the smithsonian, you are not going to be able to go. these are things, i mean people are still going to get their social security checks and still get in an airplane because air traffic controllers are essential. but i do think that, you know, the longer this goes on, the more people will feel it. and by the way, you know, we're all related to our government in one way or anoth...

Thumb's up. on the other side, republican marco rubio, is he ready to rumble? >> order in the chamber. >> debate will have to wait. members begin leaving, some with arms crossed but hopefully all with minds open. >> there you have it. now if the government shuts down, it couldn't come at a worst time for agencies overseeing public health. one of the deadliest flu outbreaks in recent memory. cdc center for disease control and national institutes of health could be forced to send thousands of workers home. our cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen, you're live there in california wher...