The rules are suspended the bill is passed. And without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Reporter high steaks high stake ises but low expectations for capitol hill. Notably not how Speaker John Boehner came together to and we want to work and negotiate and get the job done. Tea Party Conservatives held to their demand refusing to fund the government unless the Health Care Law is delayed one year. But Senate Democrats will wait until tomorrow to reject the house plan. This is the old football straenl. When you get to where you want to be in a football game, you run out the clock. Democratic leaders say the tea party delay is going nowhere. Theres a time and place to debate obamacare. But not at a time when millions of innocent people are held hostage if we dont fund the government. Reporter the house had worked until the wee hours this morning. Democrats, fumed. What on earth are we doing here . Reporter republicans did pass the plan to keep the government open,
Good evening. Things arent looking good. Were now a little under 30 hours away from a partial shutdown of the federal government. The point at which washington will be unable to pay many of its bills. The mechanics of avoiding a monday night strutdown are pretty straightforward. A simple vote by congress to keep the money flowing would do it. But of course, as usual, its the politics, not the mechanics, that are proving to be the obstacle. And the bart san bickering that weve come to know as business as usual, it was on rare display saturday night. Not a good sign. Weve got full coverage starting on capitol hill. Good evening. Where do we stand . Reporter what makes this different than other showdown crisis in recent years, leaders on either side are not sugar coating it. And none of that frantic back scene negotiation going on. And it seems more and more unlikely that they can avoid this mess. The rules are suspended the bill is passed. And without objection, the motion to reconsider
But what he goes on to say is the money they have lost and the implications, youve got to bet other studios are looking at this and thinking and the idea of hacking for censorship. Were entering New Territory here. We are. Laurie segall, thanks for staying on top of it. The next hour of newsroom starts right now. Good morning, everyone, im poppy harlow in today for carol costello. Thanks so much for joining me. We begin this. Thousands of u. S. Troops are on alert right now as washington braces for the socalled torture report. Its due to be released in an hour and it will reveal controversial, possibly even brutal techniques used on terror suspects in the wake of 9 11. Its an official report. This is not a leak. And weve been expecting it. But the potential for violent backlash has caused u. S. Embassies and military bases to ratchet up their security. Lets go straight to Barbara Starr who is following this fro from the pentagon. Good morning, barbara. Good morning, poppy. Troops at th
Trump referencing intelligence failures and the lead up to the iraq war to bolster his point and claiming to have inside information about the hacking that he says he will reveal this week. I also know things that other people dont know and so they cannot be sure of the situation. Trumps defiance pitting him against the Obama Administration and many of his fellow republicans. When you attack a country its an act of war. If hes going to have any credibility as president he needs to stop talking this way. While speaking to reporters outside of his new years eve party, trump a long time skeptic of email offered this advice. If you have something really important write it out and have it delivered by courier because no computer is safe. Also on the president elects to do list filling several open cabinet spots including the secretaries of Veterans Affair and agriculture and giving a deposition with his legal battle. Trump is suing him after he pulled the plug on a rest ran at trumps new ho
Trumps cheerleader role in the birther movement, questioning president obamas legitimacy or his new war of words with a civil rights icon who now questions the legitimacy of trumps victory. Trump over the weekend labelled congressman john lewis, all talk after the georgia democrat told nbc he viewed trump as an illegitimate president. This past hour lewis spoke to an mlk event in miami. I said to you as young men, the future leaders of this state, the future leaders of this nation, the future leaders of the world, you must never ever hate the way of love is a better way. The way of peace is a better way. So i said to you as role models, never give up, never give in, stand out, speak up. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to Say Something and not be quiet. Read into that what you like. No direct reference to trump there, but you get the point. Team trump thinks lewis owes the president elect an apology. Lewis allies see it the other