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Welcome back to "newsroom." want to take you back to capitol hill. the senate is back in session now on capitol hill, to talk it out in conference with their senate colleagues, now performing a roll call to reject that house bill. let's listen in. >> mrs. boxer? >> okay. they're just starting roll call now. we'll check in a little later. this could be setting the stage for yet another standoff. the senate majority leader, harry reid, you hear him speaking in the background. he vows he won't agree to a chat until the house presents a funding bill without any obama care changes. we'll take you b...

Million votes. this is the law. it's operating today. that is the flawed republican thinking. >> right. >> even shutting down the government does not shut down obama care. so what are they accomplishing? >> we'll see if they accomplish anything today. roger simon, thank you for sharing your thoughts. president obama will be making another statement later this afternoon, 12:25 eastern time in the rose garden. of course, we'll carry that live. roger simon, many thanks. still to come in the newsroom, first day of the government shutdown. which of these do you think is the least popular among am...

>> thanks, guys. have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. good morning, everyone. i'm carol costello. thank you very much for joining me this morning. most of our government is shut down. lights out, doors closed, tops down, at least for now. i'm going to start far away from pennsylvania avenue and begin in main street. instead of hearing words like brink, catastrophe, revolt being spewed by our government in washington, i want to start with the facts. fact number one, congress will still get paid today. in fact, the average lawmaker will make $669 just today. that's nearly 3 1/2 t...

0 the house passioned it and senate passed it and the president signed it last night and they released a video for the troops overnight saying they would get paychecks. is it possible they will take a step at a time approach to try to restore pieces of the government? that's one thing that is being discussed right now. we'll see how that unfolds through the day. that isn't the same as turning the lights back on and bringing back all of the employees, but it might be one kind of way where they can show action and find some areas of common ground when you pick areas of the federal government or ...

As the president prepares for tonight's white house address, he faces an american public moving away from him when it comes to military intervention in syria. a new poll shows 44% favor military action, even if it's limited to using cruise missiles launch from u.s. naval ships. that is down six points from an nbc news poll released less than two weeks ago. politico's chief columnist roger simon sums up public opinion. we're weary, mr. president, suspicious, mr. president, listen to america, mr. president, just say no. roger joins me now. more with his thoughts on this. i think what is intrigui...