Our founders would be ashame evidence what this country has become. Its dysfunctional. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves, thats nuts. The federal government grinds to a halt. Shut down for the first time in 17 years. 800,000 federal workers will be furloughed. The house the senate and the white house could not agree on a proposal. Were hoping to get through. House republicans did not want to pass the budget deal until the delay was made to obama care. Theyre so fixated on embarrassing our president theyve lost their mind. The Dow Jones Industrials lost 128 points. New york police revealing shocking video, a motorcycle rider surrounding an suv after a biker is rear ended. Pulling the driver out of the suv and beating him. Ucberkeley, a power outage led to evacuations. In the pacific northwest, more rain outside of olympia. Ef1 tornado. A Police Cruisers dash cam captured amazing heroism. All that and in the park do you doubt me . No. A mascot owning up to a bet he lost. And all that m
The bravest girl in the world. How she became globally famous after the taliban shot her and why she cannot, will not be stopped. Diane is here to give us a first look at the story. So moving. So inspiring. Cannot wait to get the rest. May just win the Nobel Peace Prize as well. We begin with the stunning racetrack crash that injured more than a dozen fans and sent the driver to the hospital. Ryan owens is there with the latest. Reporter a scary crash. Not just for the drivers on the track. Several fans ended up at the houston hospital behind me, along side a driver many of them had come the see at the track. And hes still here this morning following emergency surgery. Wow, that is a huge crash reporter it happened seconds from the finish line. One car goes airborne, slamming into the fence that is supposed to protect spectators. It didnt. Debris rains down on fans. Heres how it looks from their terrifyingly close seats. Debris flew inches from my head. It was a big chunk of tire. My f
Them, sam. Its a lot. One thing thats not shut down, is the weather pattern. We have one tropical system in whats been a quiet season. And we have a big snowmaker in part of the country. Lets start with video first. Miami, im going to show you pictures of last nights rain. This was not that system. But it was loosely wrapped around the Northern Edge of that system. And im showing the rest of the country the rain you got in western dade last night, in the six to eight rainfall range. This is what were expecting on the gulf coast. And there will be heavy rain on the eastern seaboard, monday and tuesday next week. Lets deal with what this system is actually spreading in here. You cacan see theres an awful t of rain that comes up around the gulf coast. Most of the models are targeting that system to make it towards the gulf coast by the time we get to the weekend. At the same time, theres a system off the west that is pushing in cold air to replace the record warmth thats been sitting in t
Police say the woman at the center of all of this was wellknown with a history of mental issues. They discovered indications that she believed she was being stalked by president obama. Reporter police and federal agents began their search for answers at the stamford, connecticut home of the woman driving the car. Miriam carey. She drove into a security barrier at the white house and then took off after striking a secret Service Officer with her car. There was a guy in front of her that did stop it and she hit him and he flew over the hood. Reporter from there she sped up pennsylvania avenue toward the u. S. Capitol about a mile and a half away doing 80 Miles Per Hour at one point. Police and secret Service Officers stopped her car at the foot of the capitol but she jammed it into revere and took off again as they opened fire. She again lead them on a chase around the perimeter of the grounds. Police put the capitol on lock down and rushed to get visitors safely away as the chaos swirls
Calendar. Its when the country hits the debt ceiling. Economists warn that failing to raise the debt ceiling would be infinitely worse. Its now week two of the Government Shutdown that both sides insist they want to end. Congress should do whats in the best interest of the economy and the american people. Reporter House Speaker john boehner is demanding the president make a deal. Mr. President , its time to have that conversation before our economy is put further at risk. Reporter next up, that october 17th deadline with concern growing that Congress Wont raise the debt ceiling by then. What is the debt ceiling . Its the equivalent of the governments credit card limit, when the country runs out of money to pay its bills and cant borrow another dime. The u. S. s debt limit is 16 trillion. Trillion with a t. Then what . If congress doesnt green light the government borrowing more the u. S. Could default unable to pay its its. Theyre all scheduled to get their payments november 1st. Big p