Avenue. It started here at 2 18, the southeast corner of the white house compound. The black car ramps into a barricade that do their job. Eye witnesses say Uniformed Secret Service acts are watching it all. The barricade fell down because they were plowing through. At that point secret service was getting more reactive like whoa, whoa, trying to stop them. Then they took off after they took the barricade down. Reporter secret Service Begin the chase right up pennsylvania avenue to the foot of capitol hill. By 2 40 she stops. Look against as shes surrounded by police, guns drawn. A patrol car tries to block her but she puts it in reverse and speeds away. Thats when the first gunshots are fired at the fleeing vehicle. It was a twodoor, dark coupe it looked like to me. I heard the gunshots and then the car tore out of the area back towards this direction with the police car following. Reporter the tv cameraman an arabic speaker, follows her as she circles in front of the capital and buzz
Political pingpong, the first volley a week ago friday, the republicans house passing a government funding bill that defunded obama care. A week later the senate rejected it. The house tried a slightly different investigation sunday, the senate rejected and then back and forth twice more yesterday. Today republicans sat across from empty chairs saying democrats refuse to negotiate while president obama placed the blame entirely on republicans. This shutdown did not have to happen. Reporter thats why people all over the country are finding government parks and facilities shut down. Bunch a jerks. Its not fair. We have families that they need to support and theyre playing with our livelihood. Its crazy. Holding the government hostage over obama care is ridiculous. Reporter perhaps sensing the anger several Tea Party Republicans told abcs jeff zeleny theyve asked that their paychecks be withheld during the shutdown. Do you feel guilty that your paycheck is still coming and some of your st
Tomorrow the temperatures go back up but as you can see we do not have any abovefreezing temperatures. So still more snow on the ground. It is not until we get to sunday that we finally see a lot of melting going around. Slushy, 40 in boston, 41 in new york and 40 in philadelphia, now, northeastern part of the United States, blizzard conditions are in effect. Youre watching Al Jazeera America. Consider this is up next. One of obamacares big claims runs into real world fact checks. Consider this. Could the Affordable Care act drive up er visits nationwide . Plus, conventional wisdom from gun control advocates, fewer firearms mean less gun violence, shoot holes in that theory. Also, question why long term partisan beliefs be off the mark. Could homophobic, locker room controversy which could be a kick to the lgbt community. Hello, im sheila macvicar, sitting in for antonio mora. Welcome to consider this. We begin with a groundbreaking study, published in the journal of science. That cast
And a good evening to all of you. As we come on the air right now here is what is happening coast to coast across this country. Its day one of the first Government Shutdown in 17 years and we are seeing 800,000 workers coast to coast sent home without pay. Monuments and museums turn away school children. World war ii veterans had to push their way forward to honor their fallen brethren. Everywhere tonight americans are saying theyre fed up with the congressmen who dig in and force the u. S. Government to screech to a halt. We begin with abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl in washington on the shutdown, the outrage, and what comes next. Jon . Reporter we are one day in this shutdown and not a single step closer to resolving the impasse. Today the president accused republicans of waging an ideological crusade against obama care while he rejected their latest offer to reopen just part of the government. A world war ii veteran made the trek from mississippi to washington onl
Good evening. We begin with those 38 minutes of fear and chaos in the nations capitol today. Tonight we know that the person at the center was a woman with a very young child in a car. She rammed the barricade outside the white house, next a car chase, gunshots and a nervous city in lockdown. People taking shelter on city streets. Police rushing in. A sniper in position on the senate steps. So who was this woman and what really happened . Our team was there when the shots rang out and abcs Senior National correspondent jim avila starts us off. Reporter the unmistakable sound of gunfire as an unarmed woman sources say had a history of Mental Illness and a toddler in her back seat alludes police. Taking secret service and capitol hill officers on a wild mile and a half ride around d. C. Monuments and up americas most important street, pennsylvania avenue. It started here at 2 12, the southeast corner of the white house compound. The black car rams into a barricade that do their job. Eye