also american permanent presence in the country in the year ahead. another attack in the south of the country in kandahar where two were killed by a man wearing an afghan army uniform we understand from an army commander down there. in fact, he may have been trained by the two nato personnel he killed. we hear they possibly were australian but they re not confirming that. nick paton walsh, thank you so much from kabul. here in the u.s. from the mid-atlantic it to new england, a rare october surprise. a powerful snowstorm could paralyze parts of the region this halloween weekend. preparations for the storm are already in full swing. among the big concerns, power outages and travel delays, and it s already, by the way, snowing in parts of new york, massachusetts and other states across the region. some areas are expecting more than a foot of snow. pretty hard to believe, and we re not even at halloween yet. alexand andra steel. that s monday and days away. surprise. i tak
has finally pass the debt reduction plan. as you saw a moment ago, the senate now in the process of killing it by effectively tabling it, because democrats are in charge over there. you heard harry reid speak moments ago, a big thumbs down over there, and then then we will move on. but the number of votes on either side really doesn t matter so much as this number. the number of days and hours now left until the money runs out. this is what we ve been warning about for weeks and weeks. still, the vote today was enough to al lookout low the republica spike the ball into boehner s court. and he did so with a vengeance. i struck my neck out a mile to try and get in agreement with the president of the united states. i stuck my neck out a mile. and i put revenues on the table. in order to try to come to an agreement to avert us being where we are. but a lot of people in this town can never say yes. a lot of people can never say yes. this house has acted. and it is time for t