In the house to once again under cut the American People. This is a time for solutions and they need to be based upon fairness for all. Somebody in the House Republican caucus has to grab the wheel and hit the brakes. There are two deals circulating, first the senate, to reopen the government through january 15th, the exact date the next round of sequester cuts kicks in. Extend the debt ceiling until february 7th and create a budget negotiation framework by mid december. Obama care could be involved with a delay to the reinsurance fees employers pay and efforts to strengthen laws if your income level qualifies you for a subsidy. Then theres the house gop plan, the same dates on the debt ceiling and short term budget but would stop future efforts by the treasury to extend the debt limit. House republicans want a twoyear delay to the medical device tax and to eliminate all obama care protections for labor unions and subsidies for elected officials in washington. No matter which door we c
Well get to race and the gop in just a moment. But first, the latest on the supertyphoon in the philippines. Officials say the storm may have killed as many as 10,000 people in one town alone. Another city reported 300 dead and more than 2,000 missing. But the death toll is expected to keep on climbing as rescue crews reach remote villages cut off by massive flooding. Officials say at least six of the islands in the philippines were seriously damaged when the typhoon brought winds of more than 170 miles an hour and 20feet storm surges. In one province, the storm destroyed 70 to 80 of all structures in its path. And the provinces capital city, tacloban, has been devastated. And thats where nbcs angus walker is this morning. Reporter this is tacloban airport, which was completely destroyed by the supertyphoon. Its now a place where thousands of people have come, hoping to be rescued and the filipino air force is flying in, transport aircraft taking people away. The old, the young, the si
Keeping kids safe. Sheltering students in oklahoma could cost 1 billion. But theres a group thats decided to help raise some money. Meet the man behind todays big idea. Well get to all those stories in just a moment. But we start in egypt, where just moments ago u. S. Officials confirm the Obama Administration is considering canceling the delivery of apache helicopters to egypt this fall. They war part of a 2009 sale to help the countrys military protect its borders. Meanwhile, protesters are back on the streets after another day of deadly clashes. Security forces and Armored Vehicles have lined up to guard egypts supreme constitutional court, along with entrances to Cairos Tahrir square. Theyre back open to traffic with a heavy military presence as the work week begins there. The News Conference this morning, egypts foreign minister vowed to continue working toward a political solution. He also suggested that they plan to review the benefits of foreign aid from the United States and o
Democrat senators that are running for reelection want to delay because they dont want to face the people that are being affected by the law because they want to win their election. That should tell you everything you need to know about whats going on here and how people are perceiving it. The president s numbers are in the tank. Joining me is kentucky congressman john yarmuth. As a member of the energy and Commerce Committee and he was there for wednesdays hearing. Sir, great to have you with me. Politico has in print whats been pretty obvious all along, talking about gop sabotage. Quoting from the article saying the opposition was strategic from the start. Derail president Barack Obamas biggest am sbition and derail obama himself. The evidence, the bread crumbs of this trail is all there and a major part of that sabotage has taken place at the state level. Only 17 states are running their own exchanges and 26 have turned down medicaid expansion. Is state level obstruction the biggest
And well speak with jim clemente, dr. Michael welner, james usera, a former classmate of Christopher Dorner. Ronwiden, and david frei of the westminster kennel club. We want to welcome our International Viewers as starting point starts right now. Hey, everybody. Welcome. Our starting point, everyone bracing for the monster blizzard. Could turn out to be a storm for the ages with forecasters using words like epic to describe the storm. Live pictures of new york. A foot of snow could be on the ground by this time tomorrow. Right now, 23 Million People in the northeast under a blizzard warning. Air travel hit or miss. 3,000 flights scheduled for today and tomorrow have already been canceled. In boston, concerns that the storm could be worse than the blizzard of 1978. You will remember a hundred People Killed in that blizzard. Thousands of homes destroyed. Forecasters calling for 34 inches of snow there. Meteorologist Jennifer Delgado with us from the cnn Weather Center. Alison kosik in ne