just how much did the white house know about the problems for the sign-up process for the health care law? libya s prime minister detained by gunmen. we are live with the latest developments there. shaky situation there and get to that in a minute. a lot going on this morning despite the fact it is wicked earliship i m john berman. i m zoraida sambolin. it is 4:01 in the east. take a look at the capitol this morning. the dysfunction beneath that dome that gave us the shutdown we are now under and not able to pay our bills. this morning, there are small, tiny signs of progress, maybe, that might at least keep the country from defaulting on its debt. 18 top republicans are said to visit the white house today to meet with the president. that as multiple republican house members and sources close to house leaders tell cnn they are working on a proposal to raise the debt ceiling temporarily, perhaps four to six weeks. that could open the door to negotiations on a longer
first it will be senate democrats arriving this afternoon to discuss what they call a band-aid approach to the debt ceiling crisis. three hours later, at least 18 republicans will go face to face with the president. if the two sides don t do something in seven days, remember, america will be in a situation where they could default on their credit for the first time in history. senior white house correspondent brianna keilar starts us off this morning with more. what s the latest, brianna? reporter: actually, president obama invited all of the house republicans here to the white house today, however, leaders in the gop and the house peared it down to just those in leadership and on key committee assignments this comes after the president s meet yesterday with house democrats where he gave the strongest indication that he would accept a short-term extension of the debt creeling if republicans get on board with that. finally, they re talking. house democrats met the president
0 why am i saying it that way in the government shutdown would continue. we will break it all down for you, what may make it happen or not happen in just a moment. also coming up, the latest on that shutdown shame, military families not getting death benefits. a charity is now stepping in to help and the president and congress have moved to fix it. that s at least, i guess we can call that a silver lining but there is more pain on the horizon for veterans, especially you work. those injured in combat. and you want to get an mba. more on that, ahead. i want to show you this but going back to school is hard. photo. this, as you re about to see, is because you work. a hot air balloon catching on now, capella university fire. this was part of the balloon offers a revolutionary new way to get your degree. festival in albuquerque, new mexico. it s called flexpath and it s the most direct path, two passengers aboard are in the hospital this morning. we ll tell you what happened leveraging
0 value of nudity week? gender expression, gender performativity. whoa, whoa, what s gender performativity. bill: tuition room and board is more than $50,000 a year. that would buy a whole lot of clothes. jesse watters was on the scene. i don t need any extra nudity in my life. bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. bill: bill o reilly, collapse of leadership in america. that s the subject of this evening s talking points memo. yesterday we learned that the department of defense headed by former senator chuck hagel has stopped payments to the families of military people killed in afghanistan. that is an absolute funeral. i m ashamed of our government right now the commander and chief through the chain of command like hagel are absolutely responsible. we money in the department of defense. this should have never got it this spot and now we have families suffering have to put up with this crap in the middle of trying to bury t
0 these brave americans sacrificed for this country. and they get this? they get this? the whole debacle once again points out that president obama s leadership capacity is in steep decline. we saw it in the syrian situation. we are seeing it again in the government shutdown. a new associated press poll says that the president s job approval rating has now slipped to 37% lowest point in his tenure. while the majority polled continue to blame the republicans the gap is closing. poll most liberal in the country. backed president obama all the way. must have pained them to release this poll. and the headline they put out buried the lead. the headline says poll, g.o.p. gets the blame in shutdown. so you can see how fair the a.p. really is the entire obama care government shutdown thing is a catastrophe. there is no question obama care is not ready to be rolled out. all the evidence says that if the president would simply admit it and delay the individual mandate for aer yoorks the impasse