Government shutdown began. Theyre more interested in playing politics than doing whats right. Democratic leaders in Congress Finally have their prize, a Government Shutdown that no one seems to want but them. Theyre obsessed with the healthcare law. And theyre obsessed with hurting this president. Reporter for a fourth time, this senate removed language, weakening the president s healthcare law from a temporary spending bill and sent it back to the house. Reporter House Republicans wanted senators to come to the negotiating table and work out their differences. The senate refused. I wont even have people sit down with the negotiators. I mean, for heavens sake. Reporter now, the house is working on another proposal, one that would fund the veterans administration, park service, and d. C. City government. President obama accused House Republicans of holding the economy hostage. Reopen the government. Restart the Services Americans depend on. Reporter in a letter to federal workers, the p
Hill where secret Service Agents shot and killed her. The chase was captured on camera. Police surrounded the car and then it backs up and speeds off. A Capitol Police officer was injured during the chase. One of our officers was struck in his car. He appears to be conscious and breathing. Were following up. No officers shot . As far as we know, no officers shot. There was Massive Police response. Capitol hill was shout down. House and Congress Members were told to shelter in place. Mark and his wife teresa came to talk to their congressman. I dropped down to my knees. I was like where do with we go. The car sped all down the street. All the response vehicles were behind them. Then we heard what soupeded like an explosion. Police have not said why she struck the barrier. Reporter police are working to confirm the a young child was in the car with the woman during the chase. Back to you. Thank you. Our complete coverage continues right now. Linh bui is live at the scene. Shes speaking w
Danielle nottingham reports for wjz, from capitol hill. President obama and House Republicans are Standing Firm with the partial Government Shutdown in its 8th day. And a deadline to raise the nations debt limit, just nine days away. Lets stop the excuses. Lets take a vote in the house. Lets end this shutdown right now. Lets put people back to work. Reporter the president called House Speaker john boehner tuesday morning, reiterating, hes willing to talk about the budget after Congress Passes bills to fund the government and increase the debt limit. Without any conditions. Members of congress and the House Republicans in particular dont get to demand ransom in exchange for doing their jobs. Reporter Speaker Boehner said he does not have the votes to pass a clean, temporary spending bill or raise the debt limit. He wants the president to sit down and negotiate. Theres never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. Senate majority leader harry reid call
Were sent home tuesday. We need our jobs. Reporter on capitol hill, the finger pointing continued. Democratic leaders in Congress Finally have their prize, a Government Shutdown that no one seems to want but them. Theyre obsessed with the healthcare law, and theyre obsessed with hurting this president. Reporter for a fourth time, this senate removed language, weakening the president s healthcare law, from a temporary spending bill and sent it back to the house. Reporter House Republicans wanted senators to come to the negotiating table and work out their differences. The senate refused. None of us want to be in this shutdown. The way to se resolve differences is to come and talk. And as you can see here, nobody is here to talk. President obama accused House Republicans of holding the economy hostage. Reopen the government. Restart the Services Americans depend on. Reporter in a letter to federal service workers, the president said they had become punching bags in a partisan fight. Repo
About a mile to capitol hill where secret Service Agents shot and killed her. The chase was captured on camera. Police surrounded the car with their guns drawn. Then the car backed up and speeds off. A Capitol Police officer was injured during the chase. One of our officers was struck in his scout car. Appears to be conscious and breathing but were following up. Reporter and in officers shot, chief . As far as we know no officer has been shot. Reporter it was a Massive Police response. Capitol hill was temporarily locked down. House and Senate Members who were in the middle of debating about the Government Shutdown were told to shelter in place and stay away from windows. He and his wife teresa came to washington to talk to their congress men. Then they got caught up in this. I kind of dropped down to my knees and then everybody started i came up to my husband like, where do we go . The car sped down that street. All of the response vehicles were right behind him. We heard what sounded