We will see you here tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. For tomorrows washington journal. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] it is day 14 of the Government Shutdown and both chambers of congress are in session later today after a rare week meeting for both bodies. No agreement has been reached to reopen the government and raise the debt limit. The House Chamber will gaveling at noon eastern for morning hour, 2 00 legislative work. The house continuing their approach to take a shortterm funding bills to reopen parts of the federal government. This afternoon, they deal with one dealing with indian affairs. Lawmakers will continue to debate on a measure in the senate to lift the debt ceiling until 2014. According to treasury secretary jack lew, nations Borrowing Limit will be met this thursday. For an update on the current shutdown talks, we spoke this morning with a capitol hill reporter. For more on the talks goin
Working for that pay. The publicans have refused to put on the floor legislation that will open the peoples government. Membershad over 150 sign a petition to open the government. And bring legislation to the floor. Askingscores of members for unanimous consent of the body to do just that. So that the government could be open today. A point of order was just made. Any member of the house would hre been in order to ask for floor. E put on the we will discuss that at greater length. The American People want the government opened. They want us to talk. They want us to reach an agreement. They see no need. We see no need of having literally millions of people shut out of their workplace while the republican majority shuts down the government and tries to hold a gun at our head to agree on things that, in a democratic process, should be dealt with not at the point of a gun, but at the table of conference, to which they have refused to go over the last five months. That me yield to my collea
Things with give and take, things that you want, things that the republicans want, attached to a clean c. R. Do you have a policy side card, not just a process side card, thats new. No, i understand the question, and its a smart one. But let me be clear. Our position has always been that, at the very least, congress ought not to allow the government to shut down. The republicans should not shut down the government and the house of representatives should do what the senate did, which is pass a clean c. R. , funding the government at levels set in the Previous Fiscal Year by largely republicans. So it has also been our position that we envision a bigger, broader, and more sub stan active budget compromise that achieved some of the goals the president has been talking about for a long time, and those goals include continued deficit reduction. They include, you know, dealing with the problem with the sequester, and they include key investments in areas of our economy and our middle class t
Up. No issues to report as you travel on the beltway or the major thoroughfares trying to get there, including 270 out of frederick. Were looking great as you travel in from i70 down toward germantown and the point where the lanes divide. Lets take a live look outside and show what you it looks like first here on 270 at shady grove road. All lanes are open in both directions of 270, looking great this morning in gaithersburg. This time to the maps in virginia. On the northbound side of 95, no issues out of woodbridge as you cross the okay quain river into spring Occoquan River into springfield. At duke street northbound 395, again both the main and hov lanes are looking great to the 14th street bridge. Same story on 295 northbound to the 11th street bridge. Ill be back with more traffic at 5 09. Back to you guys. Thank you, monika. This morning the president ial debates of campaign 2012 are over. President obama and mitt romney squared off for the third and final time last night. The d
You should have a nice reachreah later today. Satelliteradar, locally we aree fine. We should be sunny. High pressure, that is going tos keep the cloudiness at bay for later today. Later in the day we will keepkep the cloudiness and lets le mention, we will have showersh activity expected this weekend in a fewd minutes. Sunshine, 81 degrees for your friday. More come to up in just a minute. Lets see traffic with theth latest from wright, andwr its aig slow depo. Go. Its been a tough ride, this happens to be the remainder of e the tractor trailer fire which occurred around 4 45 this4 morning. We are told thatis tack for trailer struck an unattendedded vehicle. Both caught on fire but unfortunately that tractor trailer took a while to put out and theres smoke there as well. The inner loop of the beltway,l, the ramp through college park remains closed. Theres the vehicle that being loaded up to a tow truck at this time. From 95 college park headed south in the direction of greenbelt and l