Bill Gertz, Lee Ann De Reus, David Coker, Suzanne Scholte

BILL GERTZ, reporter for the Washington Times and senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon, explains the implications of the government shut down and looming default, and its direct impact on US relations with China.

LEE ANN DE REUS, of the Panzi Foundation, sheds light on why there is a sexual assault epidemic occurring in the Congo and the work the Panzi Foundation is trying to do to help the victims of those assaults.

DAVID COKER, President of the Fisher House Foundation, talks about the work being done by the Foundation on behalf of wounded military men and women and their families, and its recent offer to pay for the military death gratuities that were cut off by the government shut down.

SUZANNE SCHOLTE, of the North Korea Freedom Coalition, exposes the human rights crisis in North Korea and explains what Americans can do to help make the situation in North Korea better.