I really dont think about it anymore. Im getting old, anyway. So it seems like a long way off. Reporter hes right. Whatever happens, it wont be quick, so south bay baseball fans, be patient. They have to be patient. Its going to take a while. Litigation does take a while, but this is an important step along the way. Reporter we also reached out to oakland mayor who responded with a statement saying she and oakland would rather not talk about lawsuits but rather the two possible sites theyve chosen in oakland where they want to build a new stadium to how the as. In san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Thank you, scott. Developing news out of oakland. B. A. R. T. And its unions continue to try to hammer o out a deal. Movement is the operative word coming out of negotiations today. Last night just as the cooling off period expired, the union pushed its possible strike to midnight sunday. Nbc bay area ease Jodi Hernandez is live outside the building where the talks are ongoing tonigh
The conversation that started yesterday between senator mcconnell, the Republican Senate leader, and senator reid, i think, has the promise of finding a solution. I dont want to be overly op optimist optimistic, but theres a lot at stake. It isnt just the Government Shutdown, and thats laid off 7,000 federal employees and denied basic services. It goes way beyond this, as we know. If in four days we default on our debt for the first time in our history, it is going to have a dramatic negative impact. Senator portman, i want to get beyond talking points, i want to get beyond just pure argument. The American People simply want to know, why cant congress do its job . First of all, congress cant do its job unless democrats are willing to talk, and the reason he said it was a breakthrough is because the president has refused to negotiate. Its unbelievable. This is the first time in history that a president of the United States has said, look, im not even going to talk about it. I served thr
Specific thing, how unusual was this scene . Across america from mainstreet to the smoky mountains, the Government Shutdown misery index is growing, but some iconic sites may be open for business soon. And the most and least affordable places in america to buy a house. Hello, everyone. Its high noon here in the east, 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. A rare saturday session for the house and senate as lawmakers try to reopen the government and raise the debt cerealing to avoid default. Heres part of the back and forth in the house from a short time ago. We need to fund all of the federal government. Its long past time for this shutdown to end, so lets release all the federal employees that have been taken hostage, lets reopen the peoples government. For the past 11 days, the house has been attempting to reopen parts of the government without further delay and without trying to extract any further concessions from the senate or the president. Mr. Speaker, you cant
Lagarde, head of the monetary fund. Ill ask her what kind of damage has been done to americas reputation and how that could affect the worlds economy. And former secretary of defense, leon panetta. Is the shutdown hurting our National Security, and what he thinks is different today from the last shutdown in 1996. Policy of threats and basically holding the country hostage whether its on a continuing resolution or debt ceiling or raising these kinds of blackmail approaches. Im david gregory. All that ahead on this edition of meet the press for sunday, october 13. From nbc news in washington, the worlds longestrunning television program, this is meet the press. And good sunday morning. Wish there were better news to tell you but congress and president obama are still crawling to the finish line in the race to end the fiscal crisis with the deadline this coming thursday. The focus is now in the senate. In session today, House Speaker john boehner annouced saturday the talks between the ho
Lagarde, head of the monetary fund. Ill ask her what kind of damage has been done to americas reputation and how that could affect the worlds economy. And former secretary of defense, leon panetta. Is the shutdown hurting our National Security, and what he thinks is different today from the last shutdown in 1996. Policy threats and basically holding the country hostage whether its on a continuing resolution or debt ceiling or raising these kinds of blackmail approaches. Im david gregory. All that ahead on this edition of meet the press for sunday, october 13. From nbc news in washington, the worlds longestrunning television program, this is meet the press. And good sunday morning. Wish there were better news to tell you but congress and plt obama are still crawling to the finish line in the race to end the fiscal crisis with the deadline this coming thursday. The focus is now in the senate. In session today, House Speaker john boehner, and on saturday the talks between the house gop an