On this edition of Meet the Press: NBC's Ron Allen phones in a report from the hostage situation in Nairobi Kenya; Senator Mike Lee of Utah, Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, California Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn discuss the impending government shutdown; NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre talks about the latest mass shooting and the mother of a shooting victim responds; roundtable panelists Bill Kristol, Tavis Smiley, Robert Gibbs and Kim Strassel evaluate the leadership of Barack Obama; NBC's Chuck Todd briefly discusses the upcoming week's current events.
