Thats about the best they can get, an issue they want to campaign on again next year. There may be individuals that may want to ride it to the nomination of the Republican Party in 2016. They want to cast more attention on this. They are not moving votes. The bill is already unpopular according to most polls, the law, that is. Theyre not even gaining extra ground there based on what were seeing this far. The cruz caucus, as its coming to be known, seems to be setting the agenda. You mention this could help them as they push into the next campaign season. Does that cruz caucus hold its weight moving forward . Well have to seechlt senator cruz is my guest this morning. Im curious what he does next. The goal of defunding or delaying the obama care is nowhere in sight. The protests can continue through a Government Shutdown, but the goal of changing the law is nowhere in site because theyre not actually engaging theyre not suggesting ways to improve upon the law or change the law substanti
One of the great jobs in television. Ive been honored to have it. I think the longest running on this show. Youve been here almost one year. Almost one year. Dont try to put the attention on me. Its all about you. Im sure whatever you do in the second half will be things tasteful and small. Low key. Well get to that. Thank you for the good wishes. Want to get to todays top story, the potential Government Shutdown that is now just two days away. A rowdy debate on a bill to fund the government stretching the the wee hours this morning. It ended with pes saj of the bill that would delay obama cares implementation for a year. Democrats say thats just not acceptable. Kristen welker is live at the white house. Kristen, where is all this going . Reporter lester, good morning to you. It seems like the only thing democrats and republicans can agree on today is that a Government Shutdown seems increasingly likely after the house of representatives passed that piece of legislation overnight, most
With scott pelley. Pelley good evening. We learned something new today about one of the most heinous crimes in American History the Fatal Shooting of 20 first graders and six adults at sandy hook elementary school. Newtown, connecticut, released audio recordings of some of the 911 calls and what struck us as we heard them is that while the gunman was doing what no one could have imagined, Police Dispatchers and others were doing all anyone could have hoped for to try to save lives. Heres jim axelrod with the story that the tapes tell. Reporter from the moment the shooter fired his way through the front door the courage and professionalism of those on both ends of the emergency calls are unmistakable. School secretary barbara hallstead made the first call at 9 35 39. 9 35 reporter 34 seconds later, a custodian named rick thorne made the second call to 911. Custodian ed rick made all to reporter thorne would stay on the phone for nearly ten minutes even with gunshots going off in the bac
development in the nationwide search for 16-year-old hannah anderson and her suspected kidnapper james di imaginm dima. it is feared he s armed with explosives and may have rigged the abandoned car with them. paul, i know you have been covering this. you were able to break the news on the improvised devices. what more do you know? well, let me tell you. this case has a sense of urgency. that s heightened because they are very, very concerned about dimaggio. and this notion of him having home made bombs. we believe he may be in possession of kind of improvised explosives. working on the theory that he abandoned the car, we think there is a possibility the car could be rigged. we want to put out there for civilian safety, officer safety, if you see this car, do not approach it. call law enforcement. as today said to me, they are also warning law enforcement officers because the car could be booby-oh trapped with home made bombs, erin. paul, do they have a sense at this
0 tweets the good, bad and the ugly. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room . erin burnett outfront starts right now. breaking news in the manhunt for a suspect cops say has a 16-year-old girl with him. now explosives may be involved. yesterday we heard about a conference call held by al qaeda. it didn t add up. tonight, a special report. how the terrorist group actually communicates explained out front. and dr. sanjay gupta explains why he utterly changed his mind on weed. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. i want to begin with a major development in the nationwide search for 16-year-old hannah anderson and her suspected kidnapper james di imaginm dima. it is feared he s armed with explosives and may have rigged the abandoned car with them. paul, i know you have been covering this. you were able to break the news on the improvised devices. what more do you know? well, let me tell you. this case has a sense of urgency. that s heightened because