Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along side Natalie Morales and al roker that just dropped a bomb on us. You say you have amazing video later. Amazing video. Of the aurora borealis. Youll want to stay tuned for this. Hell show you next week. Lets start with the top story. The suspicious packages that led to tense moments at the Jacksonville International airport. Kerry sanders is there for us this morning. What happened. Well it is now confirmed by the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office that one man is in custody. He has been arrested. Police say the zelko told the security checkpoint that, quote, ive got a bomb here. That setoff a response that landed him in custody. For unknown reasons, another man in the security line ran. He is manuel rivera. He was chased to the parking garage where he was arrested. The two men we
This is the cbs morning news for wednesday, october 2nd, 2013. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, as the federal Government Shutdown enters its second day, theres no progress toward a resolution to report. Democrats and republicans are blaming each other. Party leaders on both sides of the aisle warn the budget battle could last for weeks and could morph into an even larger battle over the debt ceiling. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Susan, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. There was some back and forth here on capitol hill, some billed proposed that take sort of a piecemeal approach to reopening the government, but most of it was finger pointing here at congress and the white house as americans across the country begin to feel the impact. Day two of the first Government Shutdown begins and theres no resolution in sight. One leading republican says the shutdown alone may not bring democrats and republicans together. Most budget agreements in the past ha
Offer last night but arent saying what the offer is. Were closer than we were when the than the cooling off period started. Yes. We are waiting for their response to our new proposal. We expect the response today. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec tells us just how far apart both sides are. They need to get it together together. Its going to be stressful. Reporter passengers are bracing for the possibility of another bart strike as bart and its unions prepare to discuss a new proposal. Today, riders resnacks. Im disappointed. I want to go to work. Get it together. Reporter heres where negotiations have gotten the two sides so far. On august 10, the union was requesting a 21. 5 raise. Then 17 by midseptember. They wont say where their latest proposal stands right now but the last proposal bart put forward gives a 10 raise. They should be able to reach an agreement that nobody is satisfied with but everyone could live with. Reporter if an agreement is not reached by the end of the coolingoff
Bus loads of veterans broke through to the world war ii memorial. Were you going to see it one way or the other . Yes indeed. Justin bieber carried up the great wall of china by body guards. When your Job Description includes carrying a teen pop star up step, might be time to start browsing monster. Com. Welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning norah. Good morning charlie. Congressmen return to capitol hill for day two of a partial Government Shutdown. Neither side is ready to compromise. Concern is growing that the stalemate could last four weeks. It threatens to upset the debate over increasing the debt limit. Nancy is on capitol hill. Good morning. Norah and charlie, good morning. We cant find a single memorial or congressional aid to give us a scenario of how this could be resolved quickly. Republicans feel they cannot back down without winning concessions. Democrats feel they have the high ground and dont need to negotiate. The joint resolution is not agreed to. House republicans
Delay or defund obamacare. Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of americans are feeling the pinch. Right now, its day 2 of the federal governments partial shutdown. And theres no sign of any progress towards ending it. Some republican and democratic lawmakers suggest it could go on for weeks. The House Republicans majority wont support sending a bill unless it delays or defunds obamacare. President obama insists the Affordable Care act will go on. Theyve shut down a whole bunch of parts of the government but the Affordable Care act is still open for business. Earlier house bills contained amendments diluting the Affordable Care act. Reporter yesterday was the first day people could register for Health Insurance under the Affordable Care act and it was a bit bumpy. The volume of Internet Users was apparently too much with many people experiencing error messages and other glitches on the programs website. Now, going back to the Government Shutdown, economists estimate that the u. S. Economy