A lot coming up this our and interesting stuff happening on the floor of the senate. We will look at the floor and Senate Majority leader harry reid introduced the Nuclear Option which would allow, Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell responding to senator reid, all of certain motions in the senate to pass by majority vote, 51 votes rather than 60 votes. Republicans are not happy about it to say the least, think that getting ugly. We will talk more about it has the power goes on. The thick argument from the republicans is democrats are trying to say a change the subject from obamacare with which mcconnell said majority leader promised he wouldnt break the rules to change the man he may as well have said if you like the rules in the senate you can keep them. You get the reference. That is interesting. Rich edson will come up and we will have Dan Henninger on. Mack breaking news, anything you can talk about. Lets go. Changing the filibuster rules in the senate. We are going to do it. Talk abo
Hear . The Nuclear Summit is the reason everyone is gathered here. The russians did not come to it. And the g7 summit has been tacked onto the sidelines. President obama called that late last week. It is really the g7 summit where the focus of conversation will be, and president obama will be in listening mode. He will be testing, probing to see how far he can press his counterparts to put on additional sanctions on russia over ukraine. Earlier we heard from the president near the scene, and there is an emphasis on being united. The question is, can you remain united and ratchet up pressure that will dominate in the next 24 hours . Why wouldnt they remain united in this case . Is this an issue of europe getting the national gas the natural gas and other energy it needs and they are reluctant to be more aggressive with prudent . That is more aggressive with Vladimir Putin . That is the theory. Givee phrase goes, Vladimir Putin and offramp so he can deescalate himself. They will have a d
Course. Reporter the count down is on. We are at eight hours, 59 minutes and two seconds until the start of the longest continuous run, road race in the world. But even old traditions get new rules. This year, it is a fence. Bay to breakers. Think of it as a 12kilometer Mini Marathon meets a strange celebration where costumes and lack of them along with dancing and partying outshine athletic performance. And the runners are ready to go. Some more than others. Are you looking forward to running with all the people who are all dressed up and some are naked . Yeah i dont know about you. I just lost 130 pounds so this will be a milestone for me. Reporter this years party will be taken down a notch by a fence put up along alamo square. A long time party pit stop. This is such a part of the city culture and we cant keep it out of the neighborhood when our race is running through it. We should embrace the fun. I think the races are futile. Reporter but for some nonracers who live around here,
Hello. Welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. Caroline hyde, what are you watching today . Apple beating analyst estimates and were seeing an improvement in profit overall. All about china. 28 growth in china, pretty phenomenal taking even tim cook by surprise. Forecasts are not quite matching what anyone had expected building only about 6 to 7 in terms of sales. Meanwhile, microsoft promising big in terms of cost cutting continuing. We saw profits fall for the previous quarter so nadella really trying to redo the company. Its all about sports today or not. The Commonwealth Games getting underway in scotland. The leader of the Scottish National party telling me in an interview yesterday that hes giving us all the signs that he is digging in on the pound. He sticks to that as plan a. Scotland will keep the pound, he says even if there is a yes vote and dependent on september 18. Today, we are looking ahead and we will bring you further details from that interview. He is sticking with t
Extraordinary life filling with challenges and firsts. A tribute in this artist and poetment the troubles are piling on for Eric Shinseki, speaking volumes for the scandal swirling around the Veterans Affairs department. New allegations of lies and indinners indifference at the Veterans Affairs unit in phoenix, some waiting 4 months for an appointment. Reporter for men and women that serve in the military and needing care, the interim report by the Inspector General of the v. A. Is not reassuring. A review of phoenix found 1700 veterans were not registered properly, leaving them at risk of being forgotten or lost. Earlier Phoenix Health care officials reported minimal delay, wait times of 14 days. The Inspector Generals review of a sample found a significant delay with a weight time of 114 days. The report confirmed that phoenix employees kept two sets of waiting lists to conceal long wait times. Senator john mccain says the Inspector Generals report does not go far enough. I believe t