Republicans are mired in a fight with one another that has set us on the path towards a devastating Government Shutdown that is now just six days away. A small group of House Republican extremists are continuing to hold up any sort of meaningful action on the matter with their refusal to even consider a short term funding bill, known as a continuing resolution. That is a measure that could realistically be brought to the floor of congress over the next few days before the funding runs out next saturday at midnight. Instead, republican holdouts want to consider each appropriations bill separately. A more time consuming an extensive process that would definitely take more than a week. Ahead of a call with republicans yesterday afternoon, Speaker Mccarthy expressed a bit of hope, telling reporters what he thinks when it gets down to crunch, time the holdouts will, quote hopefully move off. A few hours later, however the louisiana congressman this man here and ally who wasnt struggled in t
Preserves chinese unity. So we expect that were going to continue to consult in these areas. Even as we recognize tibet is part of the peoples republic of china, we continue to encourage chinese authorities to preserve the religious and cultural identity of the tibetan people and to engage the dalai lama. Finally, we launch a new initiative to boost tourism between our countries in the coming months. Just as children across china learn english, were starting a new initiative called one million strong, to encourage one million American Students to learn Mandarin Chinese over the next five years. Vice President Biden pointed out that two of his children are already on track, two of his grandchildren, actually. After all, if our countries are going to do more to it around the world, then speaking each others language, truly understanding each other, is a good place to start. So overall weve had an extremely productive meeting. The particular work that has been done by our teams shows the
Hell meet with a group of House Republican leaders tomorrow. The talks come as the pressure builds for congress to break the deadlock. Any signs of progress in washington today . Reporter not really. We do have moving parts to tell but. The president in the east room of the white house talking to house democrats. Thats a bit like preaching to the choir. Were waiting to hear from nancy pelosi and others from the conclusion of that meeting tomorrow. Its the House Republicans, they are the center of this stand off, at the center of the controversy. Their continued insistence of delaying the Affordable Care act otherwise known as obamacare. We should have a tape to play that phrase over and over again. Theyre sticking by that if they are vote to allow the government to reopen. Weve been talking about this impending debt ceiling eight days away, seven days away, october 17th, when the country is set to exceed that. Now on the eve of testimony before congress tomorrow, tony, jack lew, the tr
It has given iran breakout capability, which means that iran can produce now weapons grade material before we can detect it and act against it which is in fundamental conflict with the objective of the United States. That is iran will not get Nuclear Weapons, not the containment of a Nuclear Weapon once they get it. Preventionctive of may be lost. And in addition to 19,000 centrifuges, iran also constructed the first heavywater reactor for newtonian enrichment, another bomb four plutonium enrichment, another bomb fuel. There would not be this discussion and iran would not be at the table unless we imposed sanctions, because that is the only thing that responds to. I think if we take sanctions off the table, you take away the leverage, and assuming that your honey is sincere about this. He ran the Nuclear Program for ingyears prior to be elected president. Remember the iraniraq war. They were at war for eight years. It was basically a standoff. Nobody one. Said it waskhamenei like drink
Welcome to al jazeera america. We have breaking news out of libya. After being held against his will for several hours the countrys Prime Minister was set free a short time ago. He was snatched at gun point in his resident. We will have complete reaction to this still developing story in just a few minutes but first we want to begin in washington, it is day 10 of the government shut down, and there may be a glimmer of hope on the horizon. In just a few hours president obama will host a group of House Republican leaders. There are reports the g. O. P. Is preparing a proposal to raise the debt ceiling while keeping the government shut down. It is expected to be a topic of conversation at the white house this morning and thats where Randall Pinkston joins us. Has there any reaction on the situation in libya. So far no. However we have been hearing from secretary of state john kerrys spokes men, kerry travelin traveln the far east, his spokesman is saying that the u. S. Is looking into the