This is the cbs morning news for tuesday, october 8th, this is the cbs morning news for tuesday, october 8th, 2013. Captioning funded by cbs good morning, good to be with you, im annemarie green. Well, the partial Government Shutdown enters its second week this morning with no sign of a compromise. President obama and House Republicans traded new accusations as the country lurches closer to the debt ceiling deadline. Senate democrats plan to introduce a bill as early as today to raise the borrowing limits. Susan mcginnis is in washington, susan, good morning. Annemarie, good morning. We are into day eight of the shut down, nine days away to the country reaching its debt limit. No movement here on capitol hill. Now, both house of congress will be working today as a plan forward as americans wonder when they were will be working together. Reporter House Republicans will meet behind closed doors this morning to strategize about how they will handle the Government Shutdown and the looming
Things stand right now. Cate. Reporter those negotiations are going on right now. As far as we know, the two sides have still not yet touched on those major points of salary and healthcare. And with those big points and millions apart, we are getting down to the wire. Know that both bart management and the unions want an agreement. We spoke with one group who probably wants it more than them. Bart riders are calling this a hostage situation. What can you do . Were at a standstill. We dont have that many options. So its a big headache. Reporter sure, the key players in the contract battle are bart and the unions, but bay area commuters say they are paying the price. Its a big pain and i do not want them to shut down again. Reporter mike says a bart shutdown doesnt just cost him a ride. It costs him a paycheck. I basically have to work at home when they shut down. I cant get to work. Reporter 400,000 people rely on the Rapid Transit system on a daytoday basis. Four days from now if the t
Members of al qaeda, you can run but you cant hide. In libya, in somalia, targeting al shabaab leaders forced to withdraw under fire. The u. S. Is willing to put our boots on the ground to go after these leaders. 13 fans injured, one race car driver hospitalized after the crash. Everyone in the stands was freaking out. It was crazy. A big section of the country is recovering from a storm system with snow dangerous flooding and line of tornados. John boehner says he doesnt have the votes to pass the spending bill. Hold the vote and find out. The president is risking default by not having a conversation. He knows my phone number. All he has to do is call. Another suspect is behind bars. Theres speculation that Royal Wedding bells will ring for britains most eligible bachelor. He made the play into the seats, and held on. 5148 broncos in the fourth highest scoring game in the history of nfl. And all that matters. Putin welcomed the olympic flame to russia. The flame went out. The whole lo
Pattern all the way through monday. Thats your pinpoint forecast. Elizabeth with kcbs traffic. Thank you, roberta. And outside we go, we are just getting word now of what sounds like a small brush fire. It is on the righthand shoulder but its westbound 580 right theres ayou approach right there as you approach north flynn. In the meantime, our sensors arent picking up slowing. Everything looks good from tracy at 205. San mateo bridge, westbound 92 traffic picking up out of hayward out of the east bay but so far still looking good over the highrise all the way towards the peninsula and foster city. And now thatter we at 5 01, all the overnight roadwork has been picked up on the nimitz freeway between 16th and embarcadero. So near the Oakland Coliseum and Oakland Airport, everything looks good. Also, we are getting word of a crash in san jose at Camden Avenue and donna lane. Well have more on this coming up. In the meantime, ill toss it back to the desk. Thank you, liz. 5 01 now. A salmo
Reporter okay. They have retrained the managers and the supervisors a small group of them to run cell caltrains if the strike happens but they wouldnt go in and start doing that unless the strike lasted a week or more. They want to hold off initially to see how things go. I dont think they want to anger the unions or their questions about safety. So theres not going to be trains out of the gate. Its going to be buses and ferries. And its going to be a lot of cars on the roads if they stay with the three days heads up. Thank you, phil. New at 5 00, taxpayers could soon be picking up the tab for former three strikes inmates. Santa clara county is considering a plan that could help excons live rent free. Kpix 5 reporter mark sayre is live in san jose to explain the thought behind this plan. Mark. Reporter elizabeth, it was last november that voters approved a plan to release some 3 strikes inmates early and Santa Clara County says by giving them some financial assistance, that is could he