New leader is a wolf in sheeps clothing. Responding to netanyahus hard line. They are governored not by rouhani but by ayatollah. Its a cult. It would be diplomatic malpractice of the worst order not to examine every possibility of whether or not you can achieve that before you ask people to take military action. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. In rockville, maryland, not far from here, home to thousands of federal worker, president obama warned the Government Shutdown is only a shadow to whats happening with the economy if the debt ceiling isnt raised this month. And the Treasury Department warned today not only might the economic consequences of default be profound, those consequences could last for more than a generation. Joining me from the white house gene spurling director of the Economic Council and president obamas chief economic adviser. Why do you and the president and the treasury secretary think the debt ceiling is going to be that much more serious . The market
Is kprcompromise the noble position . It does not have to happen. Prepare for pingpong tonight. This could go very late. Its our basic responsibility. You cant shut it down. My goodness. All eyes are on House Speaker boehner. If there is such an emergency, where are they . The American People are worried about their jobs. Worried about losing their jobs. Feelg under pressure. My goodness. The gop leadership zits a hostage. Democrats are not going to throw boehner a life raft. The country is so fed up with this kind of stuff. Year after year after year crisis after crisis after crisis, it has to come to an end. They understand that what theyre doing is nuts. Im alex wagner. If at first you dont succeed, try plan b, then plan c and now plan d . That is the latest reporting after the senate just rejected plan c, the third attempt by the republican led house to defund the Health Care Law by shutting down the government. To plan c, a one year delay of the individual mandate with a bonus ame
Good evening. As we come on the air, the entire globe is focused on this question. Are we on the brink of a new war in the middle east . All day long, we have seen rockets firing back and forth, taking a very real human toll. Look at this picture, from the gaza strip in the middle east. A father weeping, his 11monthold son dead in his arms. At the same time, the terrifying sound of an air raid siren. Listen. And there is panic and fear in the streets of israel tonight. Were going to talk to abcs Global Affairs correspondent christiane amanpouamanpour. But we go first to the front lines, where israel meeflts the gaza strip, and abcs Alex Marquardt is there, in the middle, in gaza city. Alex . Reporter good evening, diane. Weve heard some very loud explosions all around us tonight as israeli missiles land. Weve heard the disting woosh of outgoing rockets at hamas returns fire. Tonight, it sees this burst of violence is only getting worse. All day long, rockets filled the bright blue sky,
Daring race to save his life. Good evening, diane is on assignment. We begin with that sheer icy misery all across the south. The deadly chaos still unfolding in georgia. Today the highways jammed with miles of cars and trucks abandoned, no one at the wheel and tonight, questions are flying about how a major American City became so snarled by the storm. All day long Southern Hospitality also on display. Good samaritans handed out water and supplies to everyone in need. Our extreme weather team covering it all starting with matt gutman in atlanta tonight. Matt. Reporter good evening, mile. Parts still look epoqapocalypti. In many cases cars were abandoned by the side of the road by hundreds. Right now georgia officials are still trying to clean up this mess and deice part of this bridge. But this is taking quite a while. Atlanta roadways frozen in place. 20mile commutes turned into 20hour odysseys. Drivers stuck through the night huddled in their cars. Some, like karen patterson, cut of
Avenue. It started here at 2 18, the southeast corner of the white house compound. The black car ramps into a barricade that do their job. Eye witnesses say Uniformed Secret Service acts are watching it all. The barricade fell down because they were plowing through. At that point secret service was getting more reactive like whoa, whoa, trying to stop them. Then they took off after they took the barricade down. Reporter secret Service Begin the chase right up pennsylvania avenue to the foot of capitol hill. By 2 40 she stops. Look against as shes surrounded by police, guns drawn. A patrol car tries to block her but she puts it in reverse and speeds away. Thats when the first gunshots are fired at the fleeing vehicle. It was a twodoor, dark coupe it looked like to me. I heard the gunshots and then the car tore out of the area back towards this direction with the police car following. Reporter the tv cameraman an arabic speaker, follows her as she circles in front of the capital and buzz