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>> veterans who sacrificed for their country will find their support centers unstaffed. >> reporter: if the government shuts down and it stretches into late october, the department of veteran affairs will run out of money and that means disability and pension checks could stop for elderly and ill veterans. advocates are outraged. >> it's what they need to pay rent and food. not their total income but a significant part of it and taking that out of the mix because the government can't get its act together is really dangerous for these men and women who need it the most. >> reporter: disability ...

Do you want to have protection for basically every checkup, every visit, everything that you do? families can make a budget choice. >> the administration hopes 7 million americans will have signed up for coverage using the exchanges by next march. isn't is ironic that is what the argument is all about? >> yell and scream and shut things down to congress but this is starting today no matter what. other news now. two marine corps generals asked to step down in the wake of a deadly attack in afghanistan. major generals charles brighanist and another general was not taking part in an assault l...

The government running. but the republicans in the house refused to pass a version that did not, in some way, derail or delay the affordable care act and, instead, democrats refused to talk about it at all and now the federal is closed for business for the first time in 17 years. keep an eye on the clock on the right part of your screen. four hours now. we are four hours into the shutdown. the question is how much longer will this go on? are we talking hours? are we talking days? even possibly weeks and how badly will it hurt? joe johns is live for us in washington this morning. joe, give us t...

Now in the cross-hairs as republicans and democrats spend more time figuring out who is to blame but not figuring out a deal. closed for business. nearly 800,000 employees will now be forced off the job. many agencies, national parks, the zoos, shutdown. all this as a critical part of obamacare begins this morning. the mystery of the run-away commuter train in chicago that injured dozens. did someone set it in motion? the key piece of evidence in the amanda knox retrial that is now being reinvestigated. your "new day" starts right now. this is "new day," with chris cuomo, kate bolduan ...

>> thank you very much. the big question on everyone's mind. how does this work and what does it mean for me? the good news not all government functions simply evaporate. you can get your social security check and the postal service will keep dloiverg yoelivering . the national parks will be closed. also there may be some hassles with renewing your pass. some of the offices will be closed. you just need patience there. you should be okay. veterans, disability claims could be delayed. today is a big day for that very issue that many people in the republican party used to pin this whole govern...