The new york stock exchange. Okay, president obama just spoke exclusively with john harwood on the budget crisis in washington. Lets listen to a portion of that. During the course of my presidency, i have bent over backwards to work with the Republican Party. And have purposely kept my rhetoric down. I think im pretty well known for being a calm guy. Sometimes people think im too calm. And am i exasperated . Absolutely im exasperated because this is entirely unnecessary. Well, thats off to a good start. Well have the rest of the exclusive interview in just a moment and get Immediate Reaction from an allstar panel, including larry kudlow, democratic strategist, Jimmy Williams and aide to george w. Bush, sara fagan. Lets get a quick check of highway the markets are closing. Stocks cutting losses toward the end triggered by worries over how long the Government Shutdown could last. Bob, the marketses shrugged this off yesterday. What happened today . Down three of the last four sessions. P
Situation near the Hart Senate Office building. We heard what seemed to be four shots. You were also with two senators. [ inaudible question ] i dont believe that i have seen [ inaudible ]. So it was four or five shots. Do you remember how close . Bang, bang, bang. Bang, bang, bang . Okay. [ inaudible question ] it sounded to me like that, yes. And then you had to run to the capitol or run outside . The police suggested we come back to the hospital. A small child was reportedly found in her car. The United States capitol was put on lockdown shortly after 2 20 this afternoon. The lock doudown was lifted aro 3 00 p. M. One Capitol Police officer was injured in the crash, but no police were reportedlyshot. Police say this is an isolated incident and there is no current danger to public safety. President obama was briefed on the incident numerous times this afternoon and is being updated. Capitol hill police are expected to give a briefing at 6 00 p. M. Well bring that to you live here on
Window. When i looked out the window, you saw Capitol Hill Police officers their guns drawn immediately sprinting towards where they heard the noises and the pops coming from. They then instructed the tourists who were in the field on the west front to get down, all those tourists were lying on their stomachs, and after a few mings of securing that immediate perimeter, they instructed the tourists to sprint and get out of the area and go to independence avenue. From my Vantage Point i saw men, women, children sprinting, a few dozen or so, printing to independence avenue. I saw Capitol Hill Police cars engage in some kind of chase. I saw them chasing something over towards constitution avenue, which is the senate side, and that is where apparently this standoff occurred and where this woman was shot and killed. What i can report is the sergeant of arms said the baby is believed to be fine. The Capitol Hill Police officer who was medevacked out of here from a Park Police Helicopter which
Federal and private benefit payments. Now to the really big financial story, the fiscal cliff. House Speaker John Boehner says president obama has wasted another week by not making a real proposal. Meanwhile, republicans are divided and senator rand paul on this show last night may have made the most constructive proposal of all. Im happy not to filibuster it. I will announce tonight on your show i will work with harry reid to let him pass his big old tax hike with a simple majority if thats what harry reid wants. Then they will be the party of high taxes and they can own it. All right. Without that kind of republican strategic retreat, the december 31st deadline is not likely to be met. In todays jobs report it was positive and it beat the street and stocks went up. How do we move 150,000 jobs per month up to 300,000 which would be a Real Recovery . First up breaking news out of the Supreme Court this afternoon, the nations highest court agreed to take up the explosive issue of samese
Republicans are doing this for purely political purposes, not on principle. So clearly they are listening. Which is why nearly half of the democrats who regained control in congress in 2010. Mark murray has been living and breathing these poll numbers. Americans are speaking loud and clear about the shutdown but Senate Republicans were otdly quiet after the meeting with the president today. Well, one reason why is that at the end of the day, this is going to come down between the white house and House Republicans. The Senate Republicans, many of them have been fuming privately. Weve seen a lot of blind quotes from them. But there hasnt been a lot of pressure because the ball game is in the House Republicans corner on how to move forward when it comes to the continuing resolution to end the Government Shutdown and also to raise the debt ceiling. That said, we did get some type of sound from susan collins, republican senator from maine. She was saying how todays meeting was cordial and e