Im in for dianne and terry. The u. S. Government is close tore a shutdown tonight after House Republicans met today and rejected a Senate Spending plan. The two sides have until midnight monday to work out their differences or the government has to start winding down nonessential services. Nbc bay areas brian moore has the latest from washington. The house will be in order. Reporter in a rare saturday session, House Republicans used the threat of a Government Shutdown in three days as leverage in their latest bid to stop obamacare. And we will be 100 unified in this effort. Unless we take up the senate bill, we are going to head for a shutdown. The bill as amended is passed. A day earlier the Senate Passed a bill to keep the government running into mid november after cutting out a house provision that would have defunded the health care plan. Now the republicans are trying to force the democrats plans. Harry reid has promised to reject it. I pray, i pray that harry reid and the preside
Bridetobe, just hours before she walked down the aisle. And the dramatic save by the emergency dispatcher to get that bride to the church on time. Certainly tucked in at home. Big morning ahead here. We want to first take you, just north of here, central park. Could be our biggest crowd and concert of the summer. Im just going to own this. Good morning america will never be cooler than this morning. Macklemore and ryan lewis, as the party in the park continues. Cant wait for that. Wearing my thrift shop belt in honor of them. And as you enjoy your coffee this morning, we have a pretty surprising headline for you. Its not going to stop me from taking a sip. But if you are Drinking Coffee right now, you want to stay around for this new study that says if you drink a few cups a day, you could be cutting your life short. Jen ashton will be parsing that for us. Were turning to the crisis in egypt. Live pictures. Protesters in is this streets of cairo. There they are. Opposition claiming to
Kenilworth ave. If you are traveling through there, expect plenty of delays. Wssc says they do not know when it will be fixed. Plenty of other problems on the road. We will tell you about those in a minute, but first, lets get the latest on this arctic blast. Lets go outside to adam caskey, who has been tracking the conditions all day long. I was out in the snow earlier this morning and now we have sunshine. That is working with the exposed pavement to heated up and getting rid of the snow. Take a look at the corner of wilson and lynn here. The road has been cleared and is dry. All that snow that fell on the treated roadways has tried off. The medians still have snow, but as the sun shines it is melting. Lets see how much we got exactly across the washington area. Overall, we averaged about 1 inch across the metro area. South of washington, that is where you got lucky in st. Marys county, 4 inches to 5 inches. 1 inch in arlington when i was out earlier today. Here is your bwi travel fo
Critics say still isnt enough. In the rose garden today, President Trump declaring the United States to be the world leader in coronavirus testing. At in the span of just a few short months, we have developing and Testing Capacity unmatched and unrivaled anywhere in the world. The white house working with governors to meet their goals for testing. Also doling out 11 billion to the states to help satisfy the need. I said from the beginning that the federal government would back up the states and help them build their testing capability and capacities and thats exactly what happened. Not at this afternoons event, Vice President mike pences press secretary katie miller tested positive for coronavirus on friday. The Vice President continues to work at the white house. Three top officials in the coronavirus response, doctors anthony fauci, robert redfield, the cdc director, and fd administrators stephen hahn are all self isolating after having what was described as low risk contact with mil
The U.S. State Department has renewed its warnings to American travelers that they should not visit Venezuela. Civil unrest, crime and potential acts of terrorism make the South American nation too dangerous.