Cenk Uygur hosting from YouTube Space LA. Another shooting occurred in Washington DC today on Capitol Hill. A woman rammed into the barricades of the Capitol and engaged in a shootout with police. Ironically the building was on lockdown during the ongoing government shutdown. House Speaker Boehner has told his Republican colleagues in politi-speak via spokesman Michael Steele that he will press for raising the debt ceiling, placating their wall street masters.

The government shutdown will not affect the Army-Navy game. Way to prioritize. Marlin Stutzman, a Republican representative of Indiana, doesn’t want to be “disrespected” and wants to “get something out of [the shutdown]”, but doesn’t know what that “something” is. Obama does a great job calling him out in campaign mode. Rep. Stutzman immediately started to backpedal. Republicans hold a closed-door meeting with Senator Ted Cruz to find out the endgame of the government shutdown. It turns out there is no endgame. Ted Cruz never had a strategy to begin with and the stunt was all about Cruz’s own political and fundraising gain. Senator Mitch McConnell, while wearing a mic, discusses inside baseball with Senator Rand Paul. Senator Paul is under the impression that their side is gaining ground and will be victorious in the outcome of the shutdown. Representative Darrell Issa refers to Obama as a “dictator”. This is yet another indication that Republicans will never cooperate with Obama and the Democrats.

Cenk reads #TYTLive tweets. The United States is only the second nation-state to have a government shutdown. Many countries are baffled and amused by the concept alone. Australia in 1975 was the only other country to have a government shutdown after the Queen had the Prime Minister clean house. A congressman visits the WWII memorial in Washington and chews out a park ranger for doing her job of keeping visitors out of the park. An onlooker then turns the tables. Texas Representative Louie Gohmert claims he never plays politics with veterans. Laughably false. Republicans continue to play the blame game over the shutdown and further the absurd claim that the Democrats are unwilling to negotiate.