And people anxious for government flood relief in colorado could be waiting even longer. Plus the impact felt on wall street well before the midnight deadline as the markets tumbled on shut down fears. It has been a long day and a long night on capitol hill butter add this moment the senate and the house appear to be far from an agreement. There you see senator Chuck Schumer in the Senate Speaking at the moment. If they cant make a deal by midnight eastern time the government will shut down. As this evening is about to become morning, republicans and democrats still firing verbal attacks on each other while the American People are watching and waiting. But there are developments. Mike viqueira, mike. For those who are frustrated by the snails pace that sometimes happens around here may be heartened by at least the fact they have batted this ball back and forth several times but to no avail. It started out today in the senates court when the senate stripped out yet another delay in the
Europe. The vatican admits that there can be no accuse for exiled abuse as its guilt by the u. N. Or its record on sex abuse. The cult offering hope for people born with an incurable form of blindness. Aljazeera obtained a leaked document which could have a serious impact on the upcoming geneva peace talks on syria, a letter from the foreign minister to the secretary general of the United Nations accepting in a invitation to accept those talks. That it should be noted that we do not agree with certain points mentioned in the letter of invitation, simply for the reason that they are in conflict with the legal and political condition of syria. He goes on i will speak to our correspondent rosalyn jordan in washington, d. C. In a molt, but first lets go to our diplomatic journalist at the hague. How important is this letter no. I think the letter is very important, because its a reply to the official invitations to all of those supposed to attend the syria peace talks, supposed to start in
Heading to london tomorrow. He arrived in geneva to join negotiations over Irans Nuclear program. The goal is to keep tehran from developing war heads, something the British Foreign secretary said is a big threat. Phil ittner joins us live. Any indication that they are near a deal . Well, they say they are near a deal, but we are playing currently a waiting game. Its quite a waiting game. We know that they broke for dinner. They have apparently returned. They we are hearing from a number of different diplomatic sources in the delegations here that they intend to go as late as they need to tonight. They will not go into sunday day. We are hearing from the russian delegation that they believe a decision, one way or the other, is coming soon, but they are determined to take this as far as they can go so they can get a decision. Keep in mind that the last time we were here, two weeks ago, it went late into the night. People are determined to try to make the best go of it they can. But as t
Bravo. And the drug store chain c. B. S. Praised for removing Tobacco Products from its stores, even though that move is likely to cost the retailer billions. Hi there, welcome to al jazeera america. Im thomas drayton, good to have you with us. Its been a rough 24 hours for a lot of folks. The latest snow and ice knocked out power to more than a million people. As paul beban tells u the long winters are starting to put a strain on resources in many states. As night falls the temperature is dropping and all the slush and water on the streets is turning back to ice on roads making the evening commute treacherous. People are asked to take public transportation, be careful on the roads and the big question for thousands of people is when they do get home, will the power be on . Across pennsylvania more than 750,000 people are without power. More than half a million of them, homes and businesses in the suburbs of philadelphia. The cause, by and large, downed power line, dragged down by snow
Good morning, and welcome to access america. I am stephanie sy. I am thomas drayton. Good to have you with us. We are two weeks into the government shutdown. The senate is scrambling to forge a compromise before the debt ceiling deadline expires just two days from now on thursday. Senate leaders say they are hopeful the deal will, in fact, come together. Mr. President , constructive, goodfaith negotiations continue between the republican leader and me. I am very optimistic we will reach an agreement thats reasonable in nature this week to reopen the government, pay the nations bills and begin longterm negotiations to put our country on sound footing. I share his optimism we will get a result that will be acceptable to both sides. Senate republicans are seeing a backlash from fellow Party Members in the house for working with democrats. They have been called the surrender caucus. We are not stick for not sticking with g. O. P. Demands. Some say president obamas healthcare law should hav