Calendar. Its when the country hits the debt ceiling. Economists warn that failing to raise the debt ceiling would be infinitely worse. Its now week two of the Government Shutdown that both sides insist they want to end. Congress should do whats in the best interest of the economy and the american people. Reporter House Speaker john boehner is demanding the president make a deal. Mr. President , its time to have that conversation before our economy is put further at risk. Reporter next up, that october 17th deadline with concern growing that Congress Wont raise the debt ceiling by then. What is the debt ceiling . Its the equivalent of the governments credit card limit, when the country runs out of money to pay its bills and cant borrow another dime. The u. S. s debt limit is 16 trillion. Trillion with a t. Then what . If congress doesnt green light the government borrowing more the u. S. Could default unable to pay its its. Theyre all scheduled to get their payments november 1st. Big p
Good morning, everybody. On a very busy saturday morning. We are joined, as always, by sara haines, ginger zee and ron claiborne. The whole team is here. We have a lot to talk about. Including hopeful rumblings coming out of washington right now, where republicans met with president obama on friday. Are they finally nearing a deal to end the dreaded Government Shutdown . Wall street liked that they saw. The dow finishing a tripledigit rally yesterday. Hopes well see something soon. David kerley reporting from washington for us in a few minutes. Another developing story this morning. The intense search for nine missing teenagers in new mexico. What happened to them . Authorities say theyre missing from a runch for troubled youth. They believe theyre in grave danger this morning. Also this morning, take a look at this. The first video of alexian lien, the father that was driving the suv attacked by angry bikers in that road rage incident, captured on that youtube video. This, as we see m
Greatest end to a sporting event in history. An answered prayer. So was it . The great debate today, monday, 3 f2nds and all o3 f2 f23 f23 f2 33 f2 3 f2 era un hombre amistoso,3 f22 3 f23 c13 f23 f2 3 f2 f3 f2 3 3 f23 f2 3 f2 f23 f2 f2 f2 33 f2 3 c1 train. We want to take a second to remember one of our own. Jim lovell. An audio technician part of our nbc family and part of every concert we had on the plaza. He was on his way into Rockefeller Center to rehearse and prepare for the lighting of the Christmas Tree when the crash happened. Man that always did his job with grace even under extreme pressure. He was working tirelessly with a smile on his face. In the words of his son finn, words cant express how much my father meant to me. Rest easy, dad. I love you. And all of us here at nbc share those sentiments with the lovell family. Such a gentle man and nice man and greeted you with that famous smile. Everybody loved him and he was so good at what he did. Well miss him dearly. We do wa
Them to get home and theyre not there. How hannah is doing today, thursday, october 10th, 2013. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im savannah guthrie. Im matt lauer alongside al roker and the guy gets a lawn mower, a leaf blower and he said the government is not going to be able to cut the grass here at the lincoln memorial, im going to do it. Any silver lining, its how we seen private citizens really step up in these days of washington dysfunction. Apparently been doing it for days and got chased away from the police. Wasnt supposed to be doing it. But chipped in and rolled up his sleeves. Well talk more about that in trending today. But first todays top story. The kidnapping of libyas Prime Minister. He has been let go, but still a lot of questions about the group that took him and why they did. Nbc chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is
Envisioned. A chilling new movie filmed without permission from the Magic Kingdom. That and much more on cbs this morning, saturday, october 12th, 2013. Captioning funded by cbs and welcome to the weekend. We have a terrific lineup of guests for you this morning including the bands great singer songwriter Robby Robertson thats out with a new book and boxette. Plus she went from being one of the best pastry chefs from the west coast to one of the best italian chefs from the East Elizabeth foster is here. The first worlds bionic man. It costs a Million Dollars to make. It has everything from a walk to a functioning spleen. While at times it feels like the grand canyon stands between democrats and republicans to make a deal thats not the case. The grand canyon is expected to reopen today along with a few other National Parks. National monuments like mt. Rushmore and statue of liberty is expected to reopen too. The Obama Administration say louing the states to reopen those sites if they pa