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
Commute is shaking out. Amy is at the bart station. It was supposed to be a joyous and exciting moment but it got off to a little bit of a bumpy start. It was such a tease. Barts walnut creek gates opened at 4 00 a. M. For the First Time Since the strike, relieved and enthusiastic customs waitedded for the first train. Then the announcement came. Not enough bart employees showed up to run the trains. The stations would close until further notice. I am disappointed. Here we go again. The bart spokesman said they would have limited service at 4 00 so i took her at her word. Some turned to cars. For others, it was back to the shuttle buses which bart provided today. For another day, people felt inconvenienced. I got messages that the trains would run starting at 4 00 and i layed around. A few minutes ago i got the message that we are going to have to do the buses again and i got dressed quickly. The first day after getting a pay raise you cannot make it to work and get all trains running
But to pay for the labor cost in this deal, bart says it will likely eliminate some programs and projects this coming year to save 12. 6 million. So who won . Management isnt happy, the Union Leadership isnt happy, so both sides arent happy, you know the public got the best deal. Reporter today the lawyers got in on the act and theyre finalizing the language on these contracts. When might the unions vote on this contract . It doesnt look like it will go to the membership until sometime next week. We have a while. All right. Thank you. Bart trains were supposed to start running at 4 00 this morning, but it took nearly two hours to get the system going. A lot of commuters and climbed in their cars. Traffic terrible this morning. A number of crashes this morning, adding to that gridlock. Now, there are a lot of extra cards on the road. Kpixs mikes sugarman out in the thick of it. Reporter this is the on ramp to the bay bridge in San Francisco. I cant see all the way down there, but the tr
Welcome to mornings on 2. It is sunday, november 10. Good morning everyone, im mike mibach. Slight change in the weather headed our way. Lets take a quick look at that forecast. Good morning to you. Another nice day in store as the fog is back along the coastline and just inside portions of the bay this morning. Temperatures are running cool once again, but with the cloud cover in some areas, not as cold for some of you. Mostly sunny for your afternoon. Ill have your numbers for today coming up. New this morning, more than 181,000 pounds of chicken pucks are being recalled. It is based in richmond and the chicken could be contaminated with e. Coli. Allie rasmus is live where some of the recalled items could be found at trader joes. Right now you can see people are inside restocking the shelves, cleaning the windows, getting ready for the typically busiest shopping day of the week. The two items on the recall list are the prepackaged mexicali salad and the chopped salad with grilled chi
Palm trees and homes. Every building is either significantly damaged or destroyed. Reporter survivors roamed the streets, looking for loved ones, while others searched for food, water, and medicine. Authorities say 800,000 people were evacuated ahead of the storm. But many temporary shelters, like this church, were quickly overwhelmed. The recovery effort is just beginning. The u. S. Military is bringing in generators, as well as food and water. Reporter here in los angeles, a group called team rubicon, made up of mostly military veterans has just sent a crew of 15 to help in the relief effort. This is their operations center, where they have also been mapping out the damage in the philippines, to determine to go. Well likely work ourselves out into the rural area. Reporter jake wood is leading Team Rubicons efforts. Theyll begin doing search and rescue efforts, as well as local triage. Reporter the group is already planning to send in a second team to deal with the overwhelming devast