Worst tragedys in its history. Im lester holt. This dateline is the ultimate cliffhanger. Special correspondent reports into the death zone. Reporter the mountain is mysterious, deadly, irresistible. Its closest thing you can get to being in outer space. Reporter it dares climbers to risk everything for the glory of standing at the highest point on earth. Over the years, hundreds of them havent made it back. The thing about dieing on everest is that its not a painful, gruesome death, its just about giving up and just sort of floating off. Reporter if that doesnt stop the throngs from coming every spring. It looks like people lining up to go to a rock concert except theyre all clichling at 25,000 feet. Inches away from death. Reporter so it was that one day last year the people youre about to meet crossed paths on the summit of everest, ominously known as the death zone whether they all faced heardbreaking choices that would mean the difference between life and death. We had this sense
Lagarde, head of the monetary fund. Ill ask her what kind of damage has been done to americas reputation and how that could affect the worlds economy. And former secretary of defense, leon panetta. Is the shutdown hurting our National Security, and what he thinks is different today from the last shutdown in 1996. Policy threats and basically holding the country hostage whether its on a continuing resolution or debt ceiling or raising these kinds of blackmail approaches. Im david gregory. All that ahead on this edition of meet the press for sunday, october 13. From nbc news in washington, the worlds longestrunning television program, this is meet the press. And good sunday morning. Wish there were better news to tell you but congress and plt obama are still crawling to the finish line in the race to end the fiscal crisis with the deadline this coming thursday. The focus is now in the senate. In session today, House Speaker john boehner, and on saturday the talks between the house gop an
Lagarde, head of the monetary fund. Ill ask her what kind of damage has been done to americas reputation and how that could affect the worlds economy. And former secretary of defense, leon panetta. Is the shutdown hurting our National Security, and what he thinks is different today from the last shutdown in 1996. Policy threats and basically holding the country hostage whether its on a continuing resolution or debt ceiling or raising these kinds of blackmail approaches. Im david gregory. All that ahead on this edition of meet the press for sunday, october 13. From nbc news in washington, the worlds longestrunning television program, this is meet the press. And good sunday morning. Wish there were better news to tell you but congress and plt obama are still crawling to the finish line in the race to end the fiscal crisis with the deadline this coming thursday. The focus is now in the senate. In session today, House Speaker john boehner, and on saturday the talks between the house gop an
The world over the nations crisis. My interview with christine lagarde, head of the monetary fund. Ill ask her what kind of damage has been done to americas reputation and how that could affect the worlds economy. And former secretary of defense, leon panetta. Is the shutdown hurting our National Security, and what he thinks is different today from the last shutdown in 1996. Policy threats and basically holding the country hostage whether its on a continuing resolution or debt ceiling or raising these kinds of blackmail approaches. Im david gregory. All that ahead on this edition of meet the press for sunday, october 13. From nbc news in washington, the worlds longestrunning television program, this is meet the press. And good sunday morning. Wish there were better news to tell you but congress and plt obama are still crawling to the finish line in the race to end the fiscal crisis with the deadline this coming thursday. The focus is now in the senate. In session today, House Speaker j
Good morning. I am jennifer franciotti. I am lisa robinson. We will have the news in a moment. First a look outside with the weather with ava marie. We caught up we are above normal now. The rain can stop any time. The rain will continue at least for your sunday. A good excuse to be lazy today. 53 degrees at the airport with rain being reported. Humidity at 9 p percent. Areas of fog that is what you have to watch out for. The light showers continue to redevelop over Baltimore City. The heavier storm move off to our west. This is a chance for rain around baltimore especially for the first half of the day and then we will stay cloudy even into the afternoon with a slight chance for rain. Temperatures mid to upper 60s. Thanks, ava. Back to the Grocery Store today for food stamp recipients who couldnt check out today because of the easy t benefits cards. The cards wouldnt work. It was related to the government shut down it turns out a computer failure is to blame. John champion has more. I