This is Aljazeera America and im morgan radford. For the first time in 17 years, the u. S. Government is closed for business this morning. The clock that just yesterday counted down to a midnight deadline is now counting up, tallying the number of hours the government has been shut. So far, seven hours and still counting. Republicans in the house and democrats in the senate couldnt agree on a temporary budget to keep thins running. Theyre not expected back on the hill until a few hours from now. Federal agencies have already started shutting down. Harry reid placed the blame squarely on the tea partys shoulderrers. It is embarrassing that these people, who are elected to represent the country are representing the tea party, the anarchists of the country and that the majority of the republicans of house are following every step of the way. This is an unnecessary blow to america. Earlier on monday night, president obama called the hundred speaker of the house john boehner to ask him to p
Some members of the Little Detroit City-Drive Group couldn’t help but notice when they were in the Detroit Community Center that people were stopping by taking a picture of themselves