This is Aljazeera America and im morgan radford. For the first time in 17 years, the u. S. Government is closed for business this morning. The clock that just yesterday counted down to a midnight deadline is now counting up, tallying the number of hours the government has been shut. So far, seven hours and still counting. Republicans in the house and democrats in the senate couldnt agree on a temporary budget to keep thins running. Theyre not expected back on the hill until a few hours from now. Federal agencies have already started shutting down. Harry reid placed the blame squarely on the tea partys shoulderrers. It is embarrassing that these people, who are elected to represent the country are representing the tea party, the anarchists of the country and that the majority of the republicans of house are following every step of the way. This is an unnecessary blow to america. Earlier on monday night, president obama called the hundred speaker of the house john boehner to ask him to p
Good morning, and happy to have you with us. This is al Jazeera America. For the first time in 17 years the u. S. Government has shut down. The house and senate could not come to a deal to pass a temporary budget to keep things running. So when the clock struck midnight federal agencies were ordered to start shutting down. Harry reid placed the blame squarely on the tea partys shoulders. It is embasing that these people that are elected to represent the country, are representing the tea party, the anarchists and that the majority of the house are falling every step of the way. This is an unnecessary blow, to america. Earlier on monday night, president obama called the republican speaker of the house john baner to ask him to pass a spending bill without undermining the Affordable Care act better known as obamacare. The Health Care Law which goes into effect, has been a main Sticking Point for republicans. The house has made its position known very clearly. We believe we should fund the
Who does not need advice from the person who knows him or her best . As we continue our conversation on first ladies, they talk about president ial marriages and how the first ladies have helped shape American History, monday night at 9 00 eastern on cspan. Next, a Panel Discussion from netroots convention, looking at candidate statements and blunders that became new stories in recent campaigns. This is one hour, 20 minutes. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] good afternoon. We are going to get started here. The panel,oderator. Legitimate tape, using republicans words to shut the whole thing down. There you have it. Im going to introduce our panelists here. To my right, the president of american bridge. The powerful, Permanent Research arm of the Progressive Movement of democratic politics. They brought you the greatest hits of the last election cycle. He worked for harry reid. Jess macintosh, a director at e
Of the blue wave of freshman democrats this cycle. No stranger to making headlines and now making news for introducing one of the biggest proposals yet how to lift americas struggling families out of poverty. Ill also talk to her about the big week ahead on the investigations of donald trump on capitol hill and at the end of the show, the story behind this extraordinary video. A near collision between ships from russia and the United States. Our guest tonight at the end of the show says this, what youre looking at, was no accident. Its deliberate. Is russia testing President Trump . But first tonight, the president has announced an agreement with mexico following days of growing pressure everybody congressional republicans, major corporations and State Governments to not impose tariffs on mexican imports to the United States. It seems like their collective prayers have been answered. The president tweeted about 90 minutes ago . The tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the United Stat
Ill also talk to her about the big week ahead on the investigations of donald trump on capitol hill and at the end of the show, the story behind this extraordinary video. A near collision between ships from russia and the United States. Our guest tonight at the end of the show says this, what youre looking at, was no accident. Its deliberate. Is russia testing President Trump . But first tonight, the president has announced an agreement with mexico following days of growing pressure everybody congressional republicans, major corporations and State Governments to not impose tariffs on mexican imports to the United States. It seems like their collective prayers have been answered. The president tweeted about 90 minutes ago . The tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the United States on monday against mexico are hereby indefinitely suspended. Mexico in turn has agreed to take strong measures to stem the tide of migration through mexico and to our southern border. This is being done to g