Indian coastline. Good to have you with us. In washington, focus shifted to the impasse. The talks came after Senate Democrats rejected a republican bill to temporarily raise the debt limit and fund the governmental. Afterwards, senator harry reid spoke about his history with Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell and how that might impact steps going forward. Senator mcconnell and i have been in this body a long time, weve done things in the body together, i know him, he knows me, we dont agree on everything, and that is probably an understaple, but we were whirps together. Togetherwhips together, we revamped government together as whips. If we have political sciernts out there now, this is a class case of what Political Science is all about. We have had too little sitting down trying to work out problems. Thats what were doing now. What seems to be a pattern here, day 12 ended with a lot of call and very little action. John terrett are reports from capitol hill. It was a very are pro
Cyclone phailin slams into the indian peninsula. How long troops will stay in afghanistan good to have you with us. In washington president obama met with Senate Democrats today to try to reach an agreement over the shutdown and debt ceiling. Meantime it is no, no and no from the white house, congress and the senate. John terrett joining us from washington. Were waiting to hear a yes john. What more can you tell us about president obamas meeting with the Democratic Congress caucus . No no and no. The meeting was in the oval office and present at the meeting were apart from the president of the United States himself, harry reid, Dick Durbin Charles schumeer they put a lid on the day which means the president wont be speaking about it either. We have heard a resume that the meeting went rather well, a state of the union really, so the president could be on the same page as everybody in the Democratic Party in the senate and the reason for that is they had had a meeting earlier in the day
No deal. Talks between the white house and House Republicans have gone nowhere. Now, the Government Shutdown has moved from the house to the senate. Senators will meet in a matter of hours. Hopes are that a bipartisan effort will break the budget impasse before default. John terrick joins us now from capitol hill. All right. John reporter good morning. Good morning to you. Republicans ain the senate blocked a bill yesterday to increase the debt ceiling. So walk us through what could happen on the Senate Floor Today reporter the house isnt in today as they were last sunday or the sunday before the shutdown began. Only the senate. They are coming in at 1 00 oclock. We think its going to be behindcloseddoor meetings. Yesterday, the republicans in the house capitulated saying the president is not dealing with them anymore. He thinks he can get what he wants by dealing with republicans in the senate and he wish their colleagues would stand firm and not give up on their principles. So when i
This. Native american tribes is winning its fight against heavy machinery. And powered by the sun we are at the finishing line of an exhausting race across the australian outback. Cyclone phailan had the potential to kill hundreds, even thousands. A combination of modern technology and Mass Evacuations avoided disaster in eastern india. Three people have been reported killed so far. Still, millions of people are having to deal with shattered homes, and livelihoods, and the rain has not stopped. Lets hear from our reporter. Cyclone phailan with wind speeds in excess of 300kph , smashed into indias eastern coast in the early hours of saturday evening. Authorities evacuated 800,000 people most inland shelters, away from traditional huts found in small communities along the coast. As the storm hit land, it slowed considerably. Translation at this time the wind speed is 40 to 50kph. This will decrease and go below 30kph. Choppers will be called in to carry out rescue operations. Early repor
The monster cyclone phailin heading state for the state of odissa. Hundreds of thousands taken to government shelters. Tourists have left beaches. Phailin is so large its the size of france. Twice the size of Hurricane Sandy and fills almost the entire bay of bengal, supercyclone one of the biggest india has ever seen. Said to expect sustained winds of 167 miles an hour and gusts of 200. Seth jamil has more from indias coast. These are the waves that people come to the beach to look at. Couple of meters high and much more frequent than they usually are. This is literally the calm before the storm, cyclone phailin. Now, the outer edge it is really to the north of here where the main part of phailin is expected to hit. There we hear hundreds of thousands have been evacuated into shelters and several units of the National Defense forum have been stationed there. This is not going to be a repeat of 1999 where thousands of people were killed. Theyre telling people to get out of the area now