Work. But if you are a conservative republican representing a tea party congreg a. L al district may say go get them. Keep at it. The conservatives are not incentivized at this point to back down. It sounds more like this is more than a shutdown. Its a breakdown of the federal government. So, from a congressional standpoint, what happens next . Reporter its so interesting. So we are seeing the House Republicans put forth a series of bills that would fund parts of the government, pieces of it really, National Parks and veterans, but thats not going to fly in the senate because we are hearing that hard line from harry reid and the white house saying we want to look at the big picture of the continuing resolution to fund the government. So the question is how can the republicans move something forward that could change the conversation . And, you know, once again, it comes down to these factions in the Republican Party. The tea party caucus, these members who are more conservative and the
Budge from their positions. Mike viqueira has did he details from the white house. Reporter well, this is the first time the president has sat down congressional leaders since the shutdown began on monday night in to tuesday. Afterwards the leaders came out and spoke to the president used worst, worthwhile, nice, candid to talk about the discussion that lasted for about an hour. After this they took turns talking past each other and on the surface of it anyway, this impasse continues heading in to day three of the Government Shutdown, john boehner came out lamenting the fact that the president will not negotiate. The president candidly admits hes not going to negotiate under threat. But john boehner restated his position. We sent four different proposals over to our december cat colleagues in the senate and they rejected all of they want. We have asked them to conference and sit down try to resolve our differences. They dont want to they will not negotiate. We had a nice conversation,
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered this morning by our chaplain, father con roy . Conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Lord, you know there are Many Americans who look to the peoples house as uncertainty about the future of the economy and their livelihoods hang in the balance. Bless the members of the peoples house with the understanding that it is their work to develop the strategies and the plans to assuage the fears of their fellow countrymen and countrymen and countrywomen. We again ask you to compel those who possess power here in the capitol to be mindful of those whom they represent, who possess little or no power. And whose lives are made all the more difficult by a failure to work out serious differences. May all that is done today be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval
Common sense over gridlock. Lets get to the Jacksonville Airport scene right now. Pierre thomas tracking all of the latest, where a suspicious package was called destructive. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, george. Today, the fbi is trying to assess just how dangerous the situation was. But for the passengers, it was truly scary. The airport plunged into chaos for five hours. As frantic Passengers Evacuated the terminal, when police announced the discovery of two suspicious packages. A lot of people behind the counters started ducking. Reporter one of the two items found was, quote, a destructive device. It was a device that had destructive nature to the degree that it needed to be taken off site to be rendered safe. Reporter witnesses saw the police force this man to the ground outside the terminal. We saw him throw the guy down to the ground in front of the garage. That started a very long wait. Reporter and in a cell phone video, you see agents board a plane. The shutdo
Pressing him for intelligence about the al qaeda networknr and potential attack plans. Allibi, who spent years as a foreign operative for al qaeda, was captured just after dawn saturday on thisninr street bacn his homeland of libya. U. S. Army Delta Force Commandos suddenly converged in three or four vehicles near allibis home in tripoli. His family told reporters the commandos Wearing Masks surrounded allibis car, smashed the windows and whisked him away. Allibi is under indictment in new york, accused of helping to plan the 1998 bombings of u. S. Embassies in africa. Federal prosecutors say allibi did surveillance for al qaeda prior to the attacks, taking pictures of potential targets. Sources say he is also a computer expert and the likely author of this al qaeda training manual which lays out step by step instructions for launching any major terror attack. The guide was discovered in allibis computer files in 2000 when Scotland Yard raided a british safe house where hed stayed. Now