Avenue. It is the position he will take until the republicans do the right thing, right . Why not just open the government at funding levels that they were very content with and that demands ofesents the the president. That is our position. What about the decision of the Security Council will that anyway affect the push by the administration to raise americas profile in asia . The cancellation is another consequence of the house force aansdecisions to shutdown of the government, and it is completely avoidable of a completely avoidable shutdown. To advance u. S. Leadership and interests in the largest in theg region world, the president is committed to the pivot of u. S. Policy toward a jeff asia, towards this important region of the world come and he looks forward to work with allies and partners in asiapacific region and returning to the region at a later date. Secretary kerry will lead delegations to indonesia and brunei in place of the president. Your opening comments today, that th
Today is the recall of disproportionate share funds to Public Hospitals who take care of uninsured and underinsured individuals. Mr. Kingston if i could, i want to ask you a question , on page four a little bit on the end of page 3, but the authority under this section shall not be used until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer nonpersonnel related administrative expenses. It seems pretty straightforward. My understanding is within the budget for the appropriation for the National Institute of health there is something is thats called the h. H. S. Path, that is 2 to 3 of the moneys appropriated for the National Institutes of health actually come back to the department of health and Human Services and used whatever purposes the secretary of the department of health and Human Services sees fit. Am i correct about that . You are. Its actually 2 1 2 , the administration wants to increase to 3. 2 . What our bill would do is put it at 1 . But the
What a shameful day this is. The government of the United States of america will close. They are talking now about not raising the debt ceiling. They will only talk after the government shuts down. Id like to say good evening, but it isnt a very good one. The president is driving the government shut down. The president is not willing to come to the table. He wants the checkbook. Maybe hes not the problem. The president s not asking for anything. They have to get a life. This is not a game of chicken. I feel sorry for Speaker Boehner. The sheer ridiculousness. Insane. Republicans have left the point of reason. Republicans are stail still playing games. They dont believe in government and tomorrow will be a bad day for government. A day of celebration in the republican dominated house. Tonight the United States government ends. The government shut down washington. This is the finale of [ bleep ] gov. I didnt come here to shut down the government. In 237 seasons this transformed in to an
Families. The house expected to pass legislation to restore these benefits despite the shutdown. Coming up several democrats are expected to hold a News Conference on the senate steps about it. Joining me now, jim miklaszewski. Mik, explain to all of us, the presence of the defense secretary, chuck hagel, at the sight of the dignified transfer at dover, what does this achieve . Reporter this is a gesture to show that the pentagon, the dod and second hagel support the troops. The problem, according to officials here, that the pay the military now act, which allowed Service Members to be paid during the shutdown, specifically mentioned that they could receive their pay and allowances, such as housing allowance, but it didnt talk about this death benefit or payments to the families of those Service Members who had died. And even though the lawyers, they put their Heads Together with the Justice Department trying to figure out how to make that work, they just couldnt make it work and they
Parts of the metro area. Healthy dose of rain and wind the remarkable thing to me is the temperature. 23 degrees cooler in washington than we were at 5 p. M. Yesterday. We will see the clearing tonight and it will get chilly. 43 to 53 with colds clear skies overnight. Clouds will not hang around long. There is Something Else to watch coming up the east coast. We will explain in a couple of minutes. If you want to track the storms or check the temperature any time of the day, download our abc 7 weather app. No deal in sight. Members of congress are looking ahead to the next crisis, the debt ceiling. Rebecca cooper live on capitol hill with the latest on congressional back and forth and forth and back. That is right. President obama is calling on House Speaker john boehner to allow a vote so that frustrated republican moderates can team up with Congressional Democrats and and the shutdown but today Speaker John Boehner continues to insist he will not call any vote without concessions fro