Well, the stage is set for a showdown. The house of representatives passed a bill today that guts funding for the Affordable Care act. This is the 42nd time theyve held a vote. Today a temporary spending measure was added to the bill that funds the government until december 15th. Without a new spending measure in place the government would be forced to shut down after september 30th. The bill is split along party lines. 230 voted for it, 189 volted against it including one republican. Mike viqueira has more from washington, d. C. After a week of infighting today a show of unity for house republicans. We had a victory for American People and a victory for common sense. Their calls for celebration a vote to cut off funding for the new health care law. Something the gop has voted for more than 3 dozen times before. Its time to free americans from the shackles of obamacare. This time they think they have leverage. Tying the entire government to the elimination of the president S Health Car
Its not against us and we will do it. We are here. We are for the muslims, for the egyptians. But Tahrir Square painted a different picture forming a celebration to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1973 october war with israel. Crowds tried to get through security checks in to the square. Some came with one purpose in mind. Translator the proo protests cannot come because they are prooh texting egypt. Reports show a number of dead. A day for people and their thanks. On the streets of cairo. Perhaps thats the last thing on their mind. Al jazeera cairo. The task itself is difficult. But al jazeera reports its more dangerous when youre work ohing on an active battlefield. Moving the kaepls in the middle of a civil war. A report says that president Bashar Al Assad is cooperating. Its difficult to access how serious syria is about where the chemicals are. According to one analyst a mid 2014 deadline for destroying weapons may not be realistic. The technical challenge are to be able to destr
Growing by 2 in the the lst quarter. That is better than most economists had had predicted. The gdp is our broadest measure of economic health, helpingo move that number forward, a boost to consumer spending, Housing Market in rovery and increased defense spending. Well have much more on this in about 15 lets talk weather now. A massive and deadly Hurricane Sandy could slam into the northeast in just a few days. Take a look from space. Sandy is so big, it would cover tennessee, to los s. Angele and its expected to mix with a powerful wer halloween monster. This could affect everyone from trickortreaters to people headed to the polls. People at the jersey shore are already filling sand bags and preparing for the worst. Meteorologist rob marciano is here. So, percentages . Will it hit . Is it likely to hit . Looks a lot more likely now than it did this time yesterday. Yesterday it was maybe 50 50. Give it greater chances than that. The question is how big and bad will it be . It will be
Station shows us. Reporter crashing waves, whipping wind and nearwhiteout conditions. All of it washing over ft. Lauderdale beach. Flooding some tourists with fear. This is crazy. This is nuts. Theres sand in the street right now. Reporter with severe surf conditions, not only at sea, but along the sidewalks. And along its edge, rescuers were racing to push people back to shore. Very, very dangerous. We dont want anybody to get hurt. Reporter despite double red flag warnings, just to the forth, near this pier, surfers were slipping into the water. The rip currents too strong. It whipped me all the way down there. Reporter those currents not only closing the pier, but causing a wave of concern in the ft. Lauderdale International Boat show. More than 1,000 yachts are tied down. And tonight, sailors and sailsmen arent sure how well theyll hold. Now, theres nothing left to do but watch sandys calling cards pile up. Our extreme weather team has been working through the night to determine th
This is wjz tv, baltimore. From the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now its complete coverage. Its wjz, marylands news station. Desperate plea. Baltimore county woman on trial for ordering her husbands murder takes the stand in her own defense. The torturous abuse she says drove her to have him killed. Hello, everyone. Heres what people are talking about tonight. The woman accused of hiring a hitman to kill her husband says she had to or her husband would have killed her first. Carla porter makes her unusual defense. Have you ever seen him before . No. Reporter during her video taped police interrogation, she continually lied about her involvement at first blaming a robber. I just wanted someone to hit him for me. I didnt want any of this to happen. I didnt. What happened, carla . He was just being really mean. Reporter porter now admits she enlisted the help of several people including members of her family to hire hitman Walter Bishop to kill her husband in front of her at