was nonbinding and entirely symbolic. despise nancy pelosi s personal opposition to the deal, she and her top deputy made it clear that once in the senate acts, the house will follow. i don t think anybody thinks it s not going to come up. our intent is to obviously see what the senate does. that prompted optimism at the white house. i think at the end of the day this will get done. there has been progress, but not without profanity and we re waiting for the detail and cbo score, and if it comes out tonight, it s possible that there will be actual votes on the tax cut package on monday of next week. a lot to track. thank you very much. a repeal of the military s don t ask, don t tell law against gays openly serving in the military could have stalled before it got started. james rosen is here with details. good evening. senate majority leader harry reid is drawing criticism tonight from his own allies who think he poory managed the senate floor by prematurely stage ago key
today about arizona s controversial immigration law. republican governor jan brewer asked the panel to reverse a lower court ruling suspending enforcement of some of the law s provisions. the federal government contends the law interferes with the exclusive power to regulate immigration. federal appeals court in san francisco indefinitely extended the pentagon ban on gays openly serving in the military. the panel approves a freeze on a judge s order that halted especially forcement of don t ask, don t tell law. the government is in the process of appealing that first judicial order. that said the law was constitutional. up next, suspected ñ÷edy-panky before the polls
today about arizona s controversial immigration law. republican governor jan brewer asked the panel to reverse a lower court ruling suspending enforcement of some of the law s provisions. the federal government contends the law interferes with the exclusive power to regulate immigration. federal appeals court in san francisco indefinitely extended the pentagon ban on gays openly serving in the military. the panel approves a freeze on a judge s order that halted especially forcement of don t ask, don t tell law. the government is in the process of appealing that first judicial order. that said the law was constitutional. up next, suspected hanky-panky before the polls even open. here it here. engineer. my kids say i speak a different language. but i love math and math and science develop new ideas. we ve used hydrogen in our plants for decades. the old hydrogen units were veryarge. recently, we ve been able to reduce that.
order precludes the administration of an act of congress and risks causing significant immediate harm to the military and its efforts to be prepared to implement an orderly repeal of the statute. a pentagon report on the long-term implications of repealing don t ask, don t tell is due out in early december. the white house is waiting for that report, shep. shepard: yet, there is evidence that openly gay military recruits are beginning to enlist already. yeah. and the pentagon says that those applications should be processed with a big warning, that if, for some reason, this judge is reversed those applications could be denied. new recruits could be kicked out of the military. which is why gay rights groups are now saying that gay recruits should quote not tell, not disclose their sexuality to give the government the evidence they need. others disagree. listen. i told them that i was discharged under don t ask, don t tell that i m gay and i
and do this in an orderly fashion. the ninth circuit of appeals has just ruled that the don t ask, don t tell policy should remain in place for now. so it s on again and off again. this on the same day that we have heard that openly gay people have tried to sign up for the military to enlist over the past couple of days. now those enlistments are off. another series of hurdles for the white house but they got what they wanted for today. don t ask, don t tell is back reinstated at least for now. it s the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. one of the most wanted tears in all the world was once a guest at the pentagon. that s according to some never before seen documents which fox news has now obtained. the terrorists is anwar al awlaki a radical cleric home investigators have linked to three recent failed attacks on u.s. soil. the documents show he took part in the military s outreach to moderate muslims, dining at the pentagon just months after the