Good to have you with us. With the house of representatives taking the day off, todays attempts to end the Government Shutdown and raise the debt ceiling are focused in the senate. The two sides remain far apart. Senators have spent the day laying out their positions, both on the floor and in talks behind closed doors. There has been talks of a shortterm increase in the debt ceiling, which the country is scheduled to hit on thursday, october 17th. But a white house Statement Issued after president obama spoke by phone with House Minority leader nancy pelosi praised her efforts to pass a oneyear increase hinting that the Administration May reject any attempt to fix the problem for only a few weeks or months. John terrett following the process from capitol hill. There seems to be a lot of talking but very little action. What actually went on this weekend . Any progress . Reporter there has been some progress, but its pretty miniscule. Its kind of tough to find. We know, for example, harr
Good morning, and welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. With the debt ceiling deadline three days a way, the world is nervously watching to see if congress can end the partisan gridlock. There is broad agreement that the u. S. Default would have dire economic consequences worldwide. Many americans are already feeling the effects of the Government Shutdown now in its 14th day. It appears the political pendulum has swung back to the senate after president obama rejected a house proposal for a sixweek extension of the debt ceiling. Ive had a productive conversation with Republican Leaders this afternoon. Our discussions were substantive. Well continue those discussions. Im optimistic about the prospects for a positive conclusion to the issues before us. While republicans initially held up a spending measure over the Affordable Care act or obamaca obamacare, it seems democrats are making extra demands of their own. They want to get rid of across the board cuts scheduled for early
The regime says it is ready to go. But the opposition was in disarray, both politically and on the ground. Assembling a unified credible delegation is not going to be easy. Bbc news, beirut. Is the latest situation on the ground. As i said earlier, speaking in an exclusive interview with the bbc, the director general of the has expressed concerns about fighting hampering access to some of the site is team needs to visit. Lets just have a listen. We often have access problems because there are roads that change hands from one day or another. That is why we continue to appeal to all sides in syria to support this mission, to be cooperative. And refrain from rendering this mission more difficult. It is already challenging. , we understand which was already abandoned, is in a rebel held area. So, we will see whether we can have access to the site eventually. You had asked for a cease fire earlier. Are you finding the regime are cooperating and the rebels and opposition or not . I ask for a
As u. S. Congressional leaders get set in the coming hours to sit down at the white house, the president warns not all issues will be solved in one go. The Tea Party Republican wing digging in its heels for a fight coming up against thursdays deadline to raise the debt ceiling. Could the battle over spending and health care go all the way and punish the rest of the planet into recession . We will ask our panel. The hour begins in the newsroom. These are the headlines. We are open to suspending new sanctions against iran if progress is made on the nuclear issue. Three red cross workers and one red crescent volunteer are freed by government in syria. Three other aid workers are still being held. Victory for Frances National front after a recent poll put the far right party in the lead in next mays european election. First, and a letter to barack obama, Nine American senators from both sides of the aisle have said they are open to suspending the implementation of new sanctions against ira
A powerful earthquake once again jolt indonesia the tremors unleash fresh panic in the region hit just two weeks ago by deadly quake. And a big day for greece as it emerges from its final sale out program athens will now be able to tap into money on Financial Markets for the first time in eight years it follows years of austerity that led to widespread anger as the country tried to cut its that. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Brazil has announced that it will send troops and extra policemen to a border town which saw clashes between then a swollen migrants and the local population the incident over the weekend has highlighted the growing migration crisis of venezuelans fleeing the economic and political turmoil in their country other south american nations are struggling to. Cope with the venezuelan exodus across the continent and our next report starts out in aqua door where migration numbers have increased dramatically pushing authorities to tighten border controls. It was hop