those discussions continue, and i share his opt oh optimism that we re going to get a result that will be acceptable to both sides. i must have miscalculated. actually, everybody in washington just loves in each other. an afternoon meeting was postponed to allow leaders in the senate time to get along even more and continue more progress towards a solution. it all sounds great. but remember, any deal reached in the senate would have to be agreed upon in the house very fundamental stuff where there aren t a lot of folks calling each other friend. the democrats, they better understand something. what goes around, comes around. and if they try to humiliate republicans, things change in american politics. and i know what it s like to be in the majority and in the minority. and it won t be did he use the word humiliate? you mean to tell me that john mccain and the republicans are in such a weak position right
from the united states army went into libya and took a well-known al-qaeda operative off the street and are now holding him. whether the fact that the libyan government may have green lighted that could have played a role in this kidnapping. will have to wait until the prime minister gets done with his afternoon meeting. steve: all right. thank you very much. what a day that guy s had. elisabeth: where to start what a way to start the workday. brian: and it was never supposed to leak out. the fact that it did put all the pressure back on the prime minister. elisabeth: now for some other headlines, we re going to go to heather nauert. back here at home, we ve got news to bring you. was it an oversight or just bad politics? the obama administration wreaking havoc with this. so many members of our military and so many americans are upset about this. the death benefits for the military not being paid out at
month. otherwise, we default on our debt. society right is offering this temporary meaningful dialogue, they re calling it. to get the president in a room with him and showing that they re willing to offer negotiable points on the debt ceiling. again, the president has said he would prefer the deal that the senate democrats are working on which would increase the debt ceiling for about 12 months. this is probably about a six-week extension deal. meanwhile, we continue to be in government shutdown mode. this afternoon meeting with the president and vice president. we ll keep you posted on that. in florida, advocates pushing to stand your ground laws change for victory. the bill comes in the aftermath of the not guilty verdict in the george zimmerman trial, a case which brought stand your ground laws to the forefront. now the bill would ensure that proper investigations are conducted even when stand your ground is claimed, involving
program iran s presidentq snubbd áe%ko d wouldn t even meet for a handshake. elizabeth prann is live for us in washington, d.c. with more on this. good morning elizabeth. good morning, heather. white house officials made it clear the president was willing to meet for a handshake or a casual meeting but nothing was set in stone. the two didn t meet. new york post is saying it was an assault of iran s new leader hassan ruhani. the first snub was when he skipped president obama s global address that took place in the morning. instead he was at another meeting and tweeted about it. the president did the same during his afternoon u.n. debut. the he cousecond instance is why had time to meet for lunch but they didn t. one said alcohol was being served. one was an afternoon meeting but despite this we know the new leader has been pushing for international improved relations during his address he said quote i propose as a starting step for
dave is one of the recall organize organizers, though he says it s only day one, the momentum has been fantastic. in just a couple hours, i was able, myself, personally, to get over 100 signatures. reporter: the process of getting enough signatures was explained during an afternoon meeting at the town and country hotel. where hundreds of people showed up to help. we are going to be everywhere, sporting events and street fairs, art shows, you name it. we ll be out there. that was shannon reporting. coming up in the next hour of newsroom and i ll talk to scott sherman, he s already called for filner to resign. we ll find out what the city plans to do next to get the mayor out of office. that comes your way at 10:30 eastern. still to come olympian oscar pistorius goes back to court and could face a charge that could land him in prison for 25 years. la s known definitely for its traffic,