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Until he became the guy with a 21 hour fake filibuster. if you think your state doesn't like the shut down, consider that virginia has 170,000 civilian federal employees. the new politico poll shows that percentage of virginia's is 62%. 62% opposed to the shut down in virginia. who do they blame? they blame congressional republicans by a 15 point margin. perhaps not surprisingly they do not like the instigator of the shut down, who is ted krus. are you sure you still want to do your event with ted kruz this weekend?

This is due to new furloughs of 7,000 employees of the veterans benefits administration. there were an additional nearly 3,000 furlough tuesday at the va office of information technology. the va is also warning that if the government shutdown doesn't end through the last two weeks of october that could result in delays of the next round of benefits payments including disability compensation, gi bill living stipends and survivors and veterans and families starting with the november 1 payments. so we have not had clarity on veterans, active duty, veterans, families this from veterans affairs spo...

Better. but he is dying to remain speaker for some reason. even though he's perhaps the weakest speaker we have ever had. so he is being led astray. ted cruz is really speaker of the house and as chris matthews said, the real head of the republican party is the wacko bird at the town hall who is going to stand up and get on tv because he yells at these folks and saying you're doing the wrong thing. >> yeah. julian, just back to that little 13-year-old boy. i mean, setting aside whether the shooting was justified and -- that's a matter now the subject of an investigation 26 shots fired. but nev...

But it's time now to clear the air. and as we've been reporting, this shutdown is no trifling matter. it's not a pinprick. it's not even as senator ted cruz has suggested, just like a weekend, when some government facilities are closed. for millions of americans, this is going to prove catastrophic. and if mr. cruz and his kamikaze caucus won't listen to fellow lawmakers, then maybe he'll pay attention to the senate chaplain. because here's how he led prayers on monday, just hours before the shutdown. >> as our nation stumbles toward a seemingly unavoidable government shutdown, keep our lawmak...

Asked about this. >> right. process is more streamlined, more simple. >> if they say i have diabetes, cancer, heart disease. >> you still can get health insurance. >> doesn't affect the cost. >> right. >> what about the cost? is there a range of costs? what are you telling people. >> without subsidies it can be as low as $150 for the 25-year-old, if you're older it could be $300, $400 a month. if you get tax credits, it could be lower, $50, $75 a month. >> i hear from a lot of people talking they're just frightened of doing this. people signing up for anything makes them nervous. you're here t...