The deadline to a Government Shutdown can now be measured in just hours. And by all accounts, neither side is closer to a dole. President obama met with senior staff sunday, but critics say it might be too little, too late. Nbcs tracie potts is live for us this morning in washington. Good morning, tracie. Is there any hope left that this can be avoided . Reporter well, theres always hope, and its possible they can come up with something to prevent the shutdown, but its not looking probable. Were not seeing the type of work behind the scenes that typically happens when theres some sort of compromise in place. And the senate, theyre not even coming back to work until this afternoon. The senate . Theyre not here. Reporter theyre back this afternoon likely to reject the offer on the table. Republicans say theyll fund the government and prevent the shutdown only if the health law is delayed one year. Theres a time and place to debate obamacare. But not at a time when millions of innocent pe
Analysis from tv. And tv has many stories on the dramatic front the have some connection to politics. So i think it has a pretty big impact. Of all the programs you produced over the years, which had the most impact on politics, on the popculture scene . I will answer with a movie we distributed. We distributed a movie several years ago called in the loop. By a guy named britishand it was a take on politics. Armando went on to do a beautiful show on hbo called veep. It was the lighter side of politics. I dont know if youve seen it. Im not sure it is the most profound effect but it has caught some attention. Not our show. A wonderful show done by hbo. Watch those that dont everything that you do, what do you do . I work at amc networks. You run it. Yes. I will name some of our shows. I dont want to bore you or anyone watching this. We have mad men was quote and breaking bad and walking dead. We have a show call hell on wetv, which is a channel for women. We have a bunch of shows specifi
Front the have some connection to politics. So i think it has a pretty big impact. Of all the programs you produced over the years, which had the most impact on politics, on the popculture scene . I will answer with a movie we distributed. We distributed a movie several years ago called in the loop. It was done by a guy named armando and it was a british take on politics. Armando went on to do a beautiful show on hbo called veep. It was the lighter side of politics. I dont know if youve seen it. Im not sure it is the most profound effect but it has caught some attention. Not our show. A wonderful show done by hbo. What impact do you think television has on the political system and political culture. For those that dont watch everything that you do, what do you do . I work at amc networks. You run it. Yes. I will name some of our shows. I dont want to bore you or anyone watching this. We have mad men was quote and breaking bad and walking dead. We have a show call hell on wheels, wetv,
Armando went on to do a wonderful show on hbo called veep. It was the lighter side of politics. I dont know if youve seen it. Im not sure it is the most profound effect but it has caught some attention. Not our show. A wonderful show done by hbo. Jeff daniels just won a big award for his work. For those that dont watch everything that you do, what do you do . I work at amc networks. You run it. Yes. I will name some of our shows. I dont want to bore you or anyone watching this. On amc, we have mad men and breaking bad and walking dead. We have a show call killing, hell on wheels. On wetv, which is a channel for women, we have a lot of shows, including a whole bunch specifically targeted for africanamerican women that are quite popular, including something called braxton family values. And ifc, a channel devoted to independent film. We have taken a left turn and make a lot of comedies. One of them is called portlandia. And a couple of other new ones coming up, in addition to comedy bang
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