And as we come on the air tonight, the president has now asked congress for military authorization, a limited combat operation, involving american troops on the ground against isis. Late today, president obama making his case why the air strikes so far wont work on their own. Outrage tonight from some members of congress. It comes after we learned the fate of that final american hostage, kayla mueller, who was killed. Some believe she had been married off to an isis commander. Tonight, we hear about the phone call explaining to the families why the u. S. Does not pay ransom. Abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz in the region, reporting in from iran tonight. Reporter as Coalition Air strikes pound isis targets across syria and iraq more than 2,300 so far, tonight, president obama says its not enough. With vile groups like this there is only one option. Reporter the president is asking congress to authorize a threeyear military assault on isis including limited Ground C
Good evening. And as we come on the air tonight, the president has now asked congress for military authorization, a limited combat operation, involving american troops on the ground against isis. Late today, president obama making his case why the air strikes so far wont work on their own. Outrage tonight from some members of congress. It comes after we learned the fate of that final american hostage, kayla mueller, who was killed. Some believe she had been married off to an isis commander. Tonight, we hear about the phone call explaining to the families why the u. S. Does not pay ransom. Abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz in the region, reporting in from iran tonight. Reporter as Coalition Air strikes pound isis targets across syria and iraq more than 2,300 so far, tonight, president obama says its not enough. With vile groups like this there is only one option. Reporter the president is asking congress to authorize a threeyear military assault on isis including li
Southbound side overall its not too stacked up. That will change within the next hour. You can see here on our map, were still getting a lot of green including there on interstate 95 on the southbound side. 295 in south jersey is looking good as is the pennsylvania turnpike. No major pockets of volume out here. Taking a look at the schuylkill expressway, well look at the drive times between the blue route and the vine if thats your section of travel for this mornings commute. 12 minutes from the blue route to the vine heading in that direction. If you are heading out on the bridges, all clear. Vai . Breaking news from Camden County as Police Investigate the crime scene at south crescent boulevard in camden. Police wont tell us exactly what happened. Dozens of evidence markers, however, are on the ground. Weve got jesse gary and the crew headed to the scene. And were gathering information to make phone calls and bringing you details as we get them. And we are following breaking news fro
In washington. The Social Security administration, warning that checks to millions of americans may be in jeopardy unless the debt ceiling is raised. Just over 2 billion will be lost in worker productivity will be lost by the end of today. And the plan to give back pay to furloughed federal workers has stalled in the senate. Abcs Tahman Bradley is tracking it all for us from washington. Reporter good morning. This is getting dangerous. In just nine days, the country will run out of money to pay its bills unless congress acts. And that, of course, is just one problem in washington. The other, getting the Government Back up and running. President obama upped the pressure on House Speaker john boehner to hold a vote on a clean bill that would extend government funding. The reason that Speaker Boehner hasnt called a vote on it is because he doesnt apparently want to see the Government Shutdown end at the moment. Reporter the speaker says a funding bill cannot pass unless republicans get th
Republicans have said publicly theyll vote to fund the government with no stranges attached. More and more republicans are backing down because theyre losing ground against the president , and blame over the shutdown. A new abc News Washington post poll shows 70 of americans disapprove of how House Republicans are handling the negotiations. Thats up seven points in one week. 51 disapprove of what the president has done. On wall street, theres growing worry on the shutdowns impact on the economy. The dow is down 193 points since the beginning of the shutdown. A one or twoweek shutdown is manageable. Start getting into two, three weeks and longer, and the impact is significant. Reporter and a bigger economic threat is looming. On october 17th, america will go into default, unless Congress Raises the debt ceiling, the amount of money the country can borrow. The Obama Administration is warning that Social Security benefits for millions of americaning could be put on hold, john and diana .