Good morning. If you like it unbearablely warm and oppressive humidity youre in luck. Weve got another great day for you. Satellite6 and action radar show weve really cleared out. Weve got clearer conditions than we had yesterday at least. Well see lots of sunshine and that means its going the heat up earlier and get hotter. 74 degrees right now in philadelphia, 70 in allentown, 72 in wilmington, 71 degrees right now in millville. And we look at the visibility reports because we are noticing some fog to the north and west, 2. 5mile visibility in lancaster, 9mile in reading, no big deal, six nile allentown but only 4 miles right now in that mount pocono so something that were watching especially near northwestern communities. Its an air quality alert day today so be careful about that. This is the sensitive groups, people who are young, older, anybody with respiratory issues. Be mindful of that and maybe try to limit your outdoor activities. I told one of our producers dont go running t
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. It is now 14 days and counting for the Government Shutdown. Tthree days and counting to a possible government default. Tonight there are signs of Real Progress toward ending this stalemate. Senate leaders have been meeting on and off all day and appear to be near an agreement that could reopen the government and raise the governments Borrowing Limit the socalled debt ceiling, so that it can pay its bills. But they are not there quite yet and with the threat of default still hanging over america, we have a team of correspondents looking at where the talks stand how we got here, and what might happen if the government cant pay all its bills. First well go to nancy cordes at the capitol. Nancy, whats new today . Reporter well, scott, Senate Leaders are putting the finishing touches tonight on a deal that would fund the government for the next three months and raise the debt ceiling for four months, just a short time ago
Agreements, iran is now feeling emboldened. As of today, we are officially putting iran on notice. Jenna the pentagon weighing in on the cryptic warning as President Trump doubles down on twitter. And this. Riots forced a Major University to cancel a speech by a conservative commentator. What that figure is now saying about free speech. It is all happening now. Jon we begin with a day of pitched battles over President Trumps leadership team, two cabinet nominees approved by Senate Committees with democrats walking out of 1 of those events. Welcome to the second hour of happening now, im jon scott. Jenna everything is going swimmingly on capitol hill as always. I am jenna lee and press Secretary Sean Spicer wrapping up his Daily White House briefing moments ago where he addressed in a wide variety of issues including the president s extreme vetting order as well as religious liberty. This money, President Trump spoke at the National Prayer breakfast, right now we are awaiting details on
In the last hour. While i have this platform, im not going to let one individual, no matter the power, no matter the impact that he should have or she should have, ever use sport as a platform to divide us. If that were not enough, theres the battle over health care. This hour, senators will hold their first and only hearing on the Graham Cassidy Health Care Bill before a deadline to vote this week. Hundreds of people, many in wheelchairs, lined up for hours to get a spot in that hearing room. Theyll beg lawmakers to kill the bill, not them. Medicaid, if it gets cut, were going to die. Whats we need, a solution that isnt heartless, a solution that puts American Families first. I want for them to know that this bill in particular is going to bankrupt a lot of people, its going to leave a lot of people without insurance. Do you think lawmakers are listening . I hope theyre listening. Because if theyre not listening and they vote for it, i think a lot of them will lose their jobs. Nbcs Pe