Obama care. Then president obama predicted deep economic pain if the gop does not back down. But meanwhile House Speaker john boehner has decided to make a counteroffer to the clean temporary spending bill coming over from the senate. In other words, this story is not over. And this is a very special edition of the kudlow report and it begins right now. Good evening, everyone. Im larry kudlow. This is the kudlow report. We are live here at 7 00 p. M. Eastern and 4 00 p. M. Pacific. Breaking news and potentially historic news coming out of washington tonight. For the first time in more than 30 years, an american president has directly spoken with the leader of the Islamic State of iran. President obama says he spoke to irans president , rowhani, by phone this afternoon. Take a listen. The two of us discussed our ongoing efforts to reach an agreement over Irans Nuclear program. I reiterated to president rowhani what i said in new york. While there will surely be important obstacles to mo
That defiant stand by senator ted cruz is now over, but the threat of a Government Shutdown is very real. If that happens, democrats are already pitting the blame on that pea party senator. Tracie potts is live for us in washington. Good morning to you. We see all these lawmakers talking, but they need to be talking to each other to get something done. Is that happening . Reporter not really, alex. We see them talking at each other, throwing ideas back and forth, but none of those ideas seem to be locking in as we move ever closer to this monday deadli deadline. Ted cruz, who you just referred to, spent a lot of time talking. Afterwards, the vote he was trying to prevent happened anyway. Democrats and republicans were still far apart. Ted cruz finally sat down after 21 hours. This was all about elevating the debate in the public. Theres been a big waste of time. Reporter now the senates on track to pass a budget thatll likely include money for the Affordable Care act. Thats sure to go
American filmmakers and the nazis revealed. That and much more on cbs this morning saturday, september 21st, 2013. Captioning funded by cbs and good morning. Welcome to the weekend. We begin with the wave of gun violence in chicago. Since thursday evening, at least four people were killed. 25 more were wounded in a dozen separate shootings. Gangs are blamed for some of the violence where targets include adults, innocent bystanders and even toddlers. But as Dean Reynolds reports, chicago is even safer than it was a year ago. Reporter there was a small rally friday evening against the violence that grips parts of this city. In addition to Community Leader chicagos mayor rahm emanuel attended. We cannot allow children in the city of chicago and we will not allow children in the city of chicago to have their youthfulness, their optimism their hope taken from them. Thats what gun violence does. Reporter the mayor and his audience were especially upset about the shooting of innocent children
Particular constituency. Not only that, you barrel very narrowly escaped with your life ring the 1998 bombing of the u. S. Embassy. What does that make you think of compared to this gecko i was horrified and surprised that the terrorists could actually get into the building. To my mind, the fact that they not only offailure Kenyan Security intelligence, but much more also the israeli intelligence, because that building belongs to israelis. It is their investment. It is also a failure of american and british intelligence. They are always listening in, listening to conversations. The president has made up his mind as well, saying that this is part of what he sees as an International War against terror is him, calling for more international partnership. How did you respond to what he was saying last night when he claimed this was a victory over terrorism . Very much so. The way that the kenyans responded, i know from my own experience that kenyans are the first responders. They come in, t
Madam president , i intend to speak until i am no longer able to stand. Ted cruz holds the senate floor in the marathon protest against obama care. The texas republican started speaking tuesday and is still going occasionally yielding to questions. Where do chinese berries come from . Most would say china, but think again. The government cuts money for obama care. Cruz even reads dr. Seuss at his childrens bedtime. I do not like them sam i am i do not like green eggs and ham. If we can resolve the issue of Irans Nuclear program, that can serve as a major step toward a different relationship. Three days of mourning are now under way in kenya. Flags are at halfstaff around nairobi. Kenyass president is claiming victory. An earthquake created a new 45foothigh island off the pakistan coast. The dog bit its owner of the bum. All that one to go. Bravo. No. And Michael Wacha livewith no nohitter. I guess it wasnt meant to be. I must be really easy to make fun of. Which was a bigger deal in yo