the into the government shutdown threat. i didn t want to do that. i m not going for it this time around. i think he is still concerned enough that he s not going to be in open war with these people. why is he afraid of them? because he obviously doesn t like them. he doesn t like them, but he can t if he s in open war with them, he can t do his job as speaker at all. the only way he seemed to have done his job is by doing bidding how many house republicans are there? 20? there s more than that. 232. something like that. and there s how many tea party people do you think? i think functionally 70 maybe. 78. but doesn t he outnumber them? yeah, but all the others are looking over their shoulder at the ones who are the activist tea party people. this is the tail wagging the
bill. here s democratic senator tim kain of virginia. we shouldn t be talking about government shutdown. let s talk reform. we want to do reforms of the affordable care act, the farm bill, immigration reform, but it s wrong to tie up to a government shutdown threat. there s also reaction from the white house with president obama saying he will veto the measure. let s go right to capitol hill and nbc s kelly o donnell, who joins us again this day. kelly, do you see any way to avoid a government shutdown at this point, or has time run out? both parties, alex, have really staked their ground and both are really in a posture that says shut down is coming. in part, we can tell that because you have really seen your leaders who have seen a lot of these movies play out before acknowledge that shutdown is likely. and that s a troubling sign. is there time to avoid it? yes, technically there is. but the moves that each side would need to make are difficult, and they re difficult political
i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. he has broken important new ground with a dangerous adversary. he told the world about his phone call to iran s president during remarks that were expected to focus almost entirely on the potential government shutdown threat here in washington. we re following both breaking stories this hour. first, the historic phone call. just a little while ago the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice, spoke with our fareed zakaria, on how the phone call came about. susan, can you give us a sense of how this phone call happened? who called whom? well, fareed, i think as many people know, we had indicated earlier in the week, an openness to a brief informal encounter when president obama was in new
hello. that s good odds. that s like winning the lottery. i didn t win nothing. i got shut out, didn t get bit by a shark. no lightning shark. keep trying. all right. let s presume that you didn t win the powerball but if you re an investor in the stock market, you could be happy about the latest surge. the dow climbed 147 points yesterday. the other major averages were up. stocks jumped after the federal reserve announced it s not changing its current economic stimulus program. chairman ben bernanke said there s no proof that the market is strong enough. he s also worried about a government shutdown threat. the concerns are reflected in the fed s new economic outlook. it will be between 2 and 2.3%. that s down from the previous estimate but it also predicts unemployment will be about 7.3% by year s end and that next year it will fall even more to 6.4%.
that s good odds. what happened to me. hello? i didn t win nothing. i got shut out. didn t get bit by a shark. no lightning strike? i ll take the super model. let s presume you didn t win the powerball. if you re an investor in the stock market, you could be happy about the latest surge. the dow climbed to a new record high. the other major anks were up. stocks jumped after the federal reserve announced it s not changing its current economic stimulus program. there s no prove that the economy or jobs market are strong enough. he s worried about a government shutdown threat. the concerns are reflected in the fed s new economic outlook. he says this year s growth will be between 2 and 2.3% and that s down from the previous estimate. next year it will stall even more to 6.4%. president and mrs. obama will