Funding bill, while he negotiates something longterm with republicans. But it doesnt appear republicans are ready to go along with that. Despite a tenminute phone call, president obama and House Speaker john boehnerremain miles apart on the shutdown. The president said no negotiations before the debt ceiling is increased and the government is reopened. Stop the excuses. Lets take a vote in the house. Lets end this shutdown right now. If theres Unconditional Surrender by republicans, hell sit down and talk to us. Thats not the way our government works. Reporter the two men are locked into their positions, as the country edges closer to what economists call an economic catastrophe. In just eight days, the u. S. Will run out of money to pay its bills unless Congress Raises the socalled debt ceiling. The markets are shocked. The dow down 900 points over the past 3 weeks. And theres fear Interest Rates on new mortgages and car loans will skyrocket. Warren buffett likened the fall to a nucle
The bravest girl in the world. How she became globally famous after the taliban shot her and why she cannot, will not be stopped. Diane is here to give us a first look at the story. So moving. So inspiring. Cannot wait to get the rest. May just win the Nobel Peace Prize as well. We begin with the stunning racetrack crash that injured more than a dozen fans and sent the driver to the hospital. Ryan owens is there with the latest. Reporter a scary crash. Not just for the drivers on the track. Several fans ended up at the houston hospital behind me, along side a driver many of them had come the see at the track. And hes still here this morning following emergency surgery. Wow, that is a huge crash reporter it happened seconds from the finish line. One car goes airborne, slamming into the fence that is supposed to protect spectators. It didnt. Debris rains down on fans. Heres how it looks from their terrifyingly close seats. Debris flew inches from my head. It was a big chunk of tire. My f
Government spending. D. C. Mayor, vincent gray issued a Statement Today demanding a meeting with president obama and congressional leaders. The mayor says the shutdown is having dire consequences on the city and federal workers who live in d. C. Have been able to file unemployment claims because st mayor kept city workers on the job. However, Bruce Johnson reports that the people seeking jobless benefits, right about the time the city runs out of money to pay its workers. Those individuals have to file here in the district of columbia. At the d. C. Employment services office, 11,000 federal workers have signed up online or in person to collect benefits since the shutdown began. How many federal employees work in the city and could file for unemployment . 300,000. Could this office handle that kind of number . No. Congress agreed to pay federal workers for the time spent on furlough. The same workers who collect unemployment checks today will have to pay that money back. If you do get y
A morning commute mess. A fatal accident shut down all lanes along a major highway. What investigators are saying what happened. Good afternoon. Im don scott. Im jessica kartalija. Heres what people are talking about today. Wjz has been following breaking news all morning long. All lanes of the baltimore washington parkway are back open following a couple of accidents, including a fatality just before dawn today. Ron matz is live in the news room with this. Reporter all northbound and southbound lanes of 295 at 175 were shut down. The closures led to huge back ups along the bw parkway as you can see. According to park police an adult male was struck around 5 00 a. M. By a vehicle traveling south on 295. Investigators say the man was hit following another accident on the same highway. Were still trying to determine exactly what happened. There seems to have been an accident northbound and then the subject was struck southbound issue just south of 175. Now all lanes of the bw parkway wer
Died, will receive the benefits and at least give them some comfort and solace. Appalling, frightening. Everyone can come up with their own description. It is time for us, members of this body, to stand before the American People and publicly discuss the path forward. Republican aides say they are drafting legislation to restore the benefits. A vote could come as soon as today. The Fisher House Foundation has offered to cover advanced grants until the government can reimburse them. And on the Government Shutdown day nine we are one step closer to the debt ceiling. President obama and House Speaker boehner are still at odds. The only thing that i will say is that we are not going to pay ransom for america paying its bills. We are willing to pass at least a shortterm budget that opens up the government at current funding levels. The president said if there is unconditional asurrender by republicans he will talk to us. An oversized credit card made a symbolic appearance on the senate floo