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Washington where somebody makes a gaffe, which is saying the truth which it is a game. they are playing a very deadly game of poker. and then everybody on both sides has to claim no, it's not really a game. the bottom line here is that it's day five of the john boehner got more than he government shutdown. and new today, within the last bargained for. he's in a very tough position hour, the house passed a measure because if he doesn't figure out making sure 800,000 federal a way out of this, he could lose his speakership. workers on furlough will get this is the most important thing back pay...

For obama care. >> all right, a trkright, thank. president obama is calling out republicans over the government shutdown. this morning he demanded that republicans stop the farce. >> the american people don't get to demand ransom in exchange for doing their job. neither does congress. they don't get to hold our democracy or our economy hostage over a settled law. they don't get to kick a child out of head start if they don't agree to take their parent's health insurance away. that's not how a democracy is supposed to work. dpl jill dougherty takes a look at two men at the center of the shutd...

Start talking. what do you blame? >> both sides. they're fighting one another. badgeo, on the right. to delay obama care before -- who do you blame for the shutdown standoff? speaker boehner or the president? tonight on "crossfire." welcome. iismt s.e.cupp on the right. >> and i'm van johnson. if i were in the room, my message could be stand firm. we have compromised and pre-compromised enough. we gave away single payer, we gave away the public option. that's a compromise. even with this c.r., we have already rolled over and given republicans 100% of the budget cuts they want, $70 billion.

Fast approaching for congress to raise the government's debt ceiling. the treasury department claims the u.s. will exhaust its authority to continue borrowing money if congress doesn't raise that limit by october 17th. that's two weeks away. so analysts say the shutdown standoff could collide with the debt ceiling bout and create one enormous showdown with potentially dire circumstances. wendall is live at the white house. warren, what is the defense worrying about? >> press secretary jay carney said it would be much worse. it could trigger an economic shutdown because the dollar is the curren...

We have just learned, by the way, gretchen, court is now done for the day. they will pick up again bright and early tomorrow morning. the case could take several weeks to retry. gretchen? >> wow. thanks so much for that update, trace, live out of l.a. in the meantime, the possible government shutdown just hours away now. in a way, even these little fellows could be in jeopardy. yep. the cute little pandas. we'll tell you how and why. plus, governor sarah palin will join us live with her take on the shutdown standoff. the launch of obama care. and all of the political fallout. the governor ...