Indian coastline. Good to have you with us. In washington, focus shifted to the impasse. The talks came after Senate Democrats rejected a republican bill to temporarily raise the debt limit and fund the governmental. Afterwards, senator harry reid spoke about his history with Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell and how that might impact steps going forward. Senator mcconnell and i have been in this body a long time, weve done things in the body together, i know him, he knows me, we dont agree on everything, and that is probably an understaple, but we were whirps together. Togetherwhips together, we revamped government together as whips. If we have political sciernts out there now, this is a class case of what Political Science is all about. We have had too little sitting down trying to work out problems. Thats what were doing now. What seems to be a pattern here, day 12 ended with a lot of call and very little action. John terrett are reports from capitol hill. It was a very are pro
Shutdown. The white house and the Senate Republicans met earlier today in an effort to break the h deadlo. To members of congress of both side of the aisle. He may not want to call it a negotiate that is what i would call it many i do view that as progress. There have been constructiontive talks an when it comes to the House Republicans in particular there is an indication of a recognition that we need t to remove default as a weapon in budget negotiations. And again the stock market reacted positively. The dow wag was up 111 points ad they hope it will help the u. S. Avoid a default. Mike viqueira joins us from the white house. What was accomplished at todays meeting. Unlike the last two weeks. No one took to the senate potted yum tpotted podium to call te other guy a name. John boehner had a telephone call and we had Little Information about that. And this is moving toward the break of an impasse. When will it happen and will there be a dramatic last minute collapse before it does. I
Cyclone phailin has reached the equivalent of a category 4 hurricane. There are reports of massive power out adgeages and thousande moved inland to ride out the storm. Shelters are packed for the storms. Those are the headlines. Stay tuned america tonight is coming up next on Al Jazeera America. You can get the latest news online on aljazeera. Com. Good evening im im joie chen. Welcome to america tonight. It doesnt mean theyll vote against the individual law makers responsible for the strategy. You can tall them the teflon republicans redistricting helped one of them come to power. In North Carolinas blue Ridge Mountains stunning views and a break from the hustle and bustle of the real world. And normally 1000 tourists pulling up the Blue Ridge Parkway every day. Grabbing a bite to eat. But the federal shutdown has disrupted all of that. What would the resort look like right now if the government were open. We would be full and there on would a line out the door and the hotel would be
No deal. Talks between the white house and House Republicans have gone nowhere. Now, the Government Shutdown has moved from the house to the senate. Senators will meet in a matter of hours. Hopes are that a bipartisan effort will break the budget impasse before default. John terrick joins us now from capitol hill. All right. John reporter good morning. Good morning to you. Republicans ain the senate blocked a bill yesterday to increase the debt ceiling. So walk us through what could happen on the Senate Floor Today reporter the house isnt in today as they were last sunday or the sunday before the shutdown began. Only the senate. They are coming in at 1 00 oclock. We think its going to be behindcloseddoor meetings. Yesterday, the republicans in the house capitulated saying the president is not dealing with them anymore. He thinks he can get what he wants by dealing with republicans in the senate and he wish their colleagues would stand firm and not give up on their principles. So when i
And secretary kerry and karzai look at the future of troops in the country. Zplorchlt. Its good to have you with us. In washington president obama has wrapped up a productive meeting with democrats in the offeoval office. We are at capitol hill with more. What more can you tell us about obamas meeting with the caucus . He went on to say that the democrats are willing to dpoash negotiate on anything that the republicans want to discuss as soon as we reopen the government and pay our bills. The republicans say they have heard that before. The democrats say open the government and well talk. It was the state of the Union Meeting reill really involving e president and harry reid and dick durban and the idea was to update the president on a meeting that some of those people had had with Senior Republicans had early in the day. Harry reid described that as good that meeting. He went on to enshine his relationship with the minority leader. Mitch mcconnell and how they worked together in the p