Our Team Coverage continues tonight, live in arlington. I want to be very clear about what the shutdown would mean. Open, and whatin would not. With regard to operations that are onntinue, if you social security, you will keep receiving your checks. If you are on medicare, your doctors will still see you. Everyones mail will still be delivered, and Government Operations related to National Security or Public Safety will go on. Our troops will continue to serve with skill, honor, and courage. It controllers, prison patrol willborder remain on their posts. Paychecks will be delayed until the government reopens. Nasa will shut down almost entirely but Mission Control will remain open to support the astronaut serving on the space station. I want to be very clear about what will change. Office buildings will close. ,aychecks will be delayed Business Hours would see delays capitals, Infrastructure Improvements or rebuilding after hurricane sandy. Veterans who have sacrificed for their countr
Day break. New members of the 113th congress were sworn in today, including 100 freshmen. They face huge challenges fights over the sequester and the debt ceiling coming around march first. And as sylvia hall reports, there are low expectations lawmakers can get the job done peacefully. Reporter returning lawmakers didnt get much of a break after that bruising fiscal cliff battle. Theyre back in washington today, swearing in the new congress. Demographically, its the most Diverse Group ever sworn in. But politically, this congress is expected to deliver the same gridlock as the last one. The problem is that the congress is very divided, not only are the two houses divided, but each party is further away from the middle than has been in the past, and the public the American Public itself, is very divided. Reporter theyll start the year by tackling some big issues left over from last session. First in the house, a bill to help victims of superstorm sandy. House Speaker John Boehner nixed
Down to, do you normally wait to look very in to pick your candidate, or are you waiting to see a few more campaign ads . Give us a call. Central, it is democrats, call 202 5853880, you can catch up on all social media pages on twitter. Atemail us journal cspan. Org. A good set of morning. A few recent headlines on the issues of undecided voters. Here is one. To the detroit, a recent column theathleen gray, who writes key to victory in november is undecided voters. She writes under its undecided voters are like gold. To this headline for the Bangor Daily News under crush of negative ads, undecided voters in maines second restrict appear district a pure key. Appear key. This is from the politico polling center. A few races with undecided voters. Here is the colorado governors race with 8 undecided voters in that race. The Colorado Senate race before that, 9 undecided voters. Minnesota governors race has 4 undecided voters. To an octoberng 14 through 16 survey. Senate race has undecided
360. Thanks for watching. Early start begins right now. Priority number one. After public outcry and political pressure, congress will vote today on a 9 billion Hurricane Sandy relief bill. Relief many say is long overdue. Turn for the worst, venezuelan officials admit hugo chavez is battling respiratory failure, now calling their leaders status severe. And trapped on thin ice. Two teenagers stuck in the middle of a frozen life, clinging to a dead tree for hours. Their dramatic rescue just ahead. Wow. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Were happy youre with us. Im zoraida sambolin. Im Christine Romans. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. We begin this morning with a snowy mess in west texas. Conditions are so bad that large portions of interstate 10 between el paso and ft. Stockton were closed overnight. Do they really get a lot of snow . Theyve gotten record snow in that area. Youre absolutely right. It was really the spaghetti bowl on i10. The biggest problem where were the icy bridges an
Captioning sponsored by wpbt this is n. B. R. Susie good evening everyone. Im susie gharib. The new congress is sworn in, and john boehner keeps his job as house speaker. Coming up, a 2013 legislative preview. Tom im tom hudson, auto sales end 2012 with their best sales year since the great recession, helping drive the u. S. Economic recovery. Susie and a win for google. The webs 800 pound gorilla is cleared of antitrust charges when it comes to its Online Search business. Tom that and more tonight on n. B. R. susie congress is back to work in washington, after a one day break. New members of the 113th congress were sworn in today, including 100 freshmen. They face huge challenges fights over the sequester and the debt ceiling coming around march first. And as sylvia hall reports, there are low expectations lawmakers can get the job done peacefully. Reporter returning lawmakers didnt get much of a break after that bruising fiscal cliff battle. Theyre back in washington today, swearing