get serious about it. all right, our thanks to jonathan karl for that report. stay with us on abc news for all the latest developments on the budget battle. first america this morning and then good morning americas. and the aftershocks hit northern japan killing two people and injuring dozens of others as the country is still reeling from the effects of the massive earthquake four weeks ago. the west coast of the u.s. could soon feel more of the effects as well. neal karlinsky reports from tokyo. reporter: enormous chunks of entire towns washed out to sea by the tsunami are found floating in open waters. sailors from the u.s. navy s 7th fleet say they ve never seen anything like it. it s very challenging to get through here considering they use propellers and fishing nets and debris can be dangerous. reporter: the now famous dog rescued from a roof nearly a week ago gave us a look at what s out there. even cars and furniture and floating tractor-trailers, all
the government takes time. but to hear the rhetoric on capitol hill, you d have to say that s an optimistic expectation. here s jonathan karl. reporter: on capitol hill, a partisan meltdown. the reason we didn t shut it is because house will come to order. gentleman will suspend. cut spending to begin getting our fiscal house in order and to keep reporter: they even disagree about what they disagree about. democrats say they have an agreement on $34.5 billion in spending cuts. the republicans say there s no agreement on how much to cut. and believe it or not, the issue of abortion could be what causes the government to shut down. democrats say republicans are trying to use the funding bill to force new restrictions on abortion rights. republicans say they are simply trying to restrict public funding of abortion. one tea party freshman told us, shutting down is better than rolling over. are we really serious that we could see a government shutdown
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put in your phone and swiped over a contact list pay point to buy small-value items, anything up to 15 pounds. it s been widely used in south korea and japan for years and now some businesses here are running trials. one estimate is that 40,000 could be using it by the end of the year. it s great. you wander into the store. you pick up your sandwich and your bottle of pop, you walk to the still and you tap and go. or even better, if it s a self-service environment in the store, you go up there and you do it yourself and you re out. reporter: over the next few months, fc ready handsets will hit the shops in numbers for the first time but critics are worried about how much it will cost and how secure it is. there s a lot of things in the industry that has been rolled out. in terms of security, you re almost certainly going to have to enter a pin to make a transaction which is like making a regular card payment
than folks like jt henderson. reporter: jt henderson said he appreciated the president hearing his concerns. it came as a shock, but it was a good thing. reporter: but he would blame both sides for any shutdown. i don t hold one party responsible over the other. i think it s a case of business as usual in washington. reporter: also affected, the military. freshly back at fort campbell, kentucky, after his third tour in afghanistan, this staff sergeant enjoyed a meal with his family. a government shutdown will not mean that soldiers like this stop fighting. but it would mean he and his wife, a federal employee, would not be paid. if they stopped our paychecks it would have a devastating effect. with children and daily life expenses don t go away. reporter: so such problem for president obama, house speaker john boehner, or congressional leaders, they are paid no matter what. even if they cannot hammer out a deal. a cruel irony not lost on military families with loved ones