Employees today has his to do list. Were talking about a budget deal, movement on the farm bill and finally that long promised Immigration Reform deal. Passing a budget, Immigration Reform, farm bill. Those are three specific things that would make a huge difference in our economy right now. All right. So there we have it. The agenda laid out. Joining me now, democratic congresswoman, joe ezoe lofgren california. Senator ted cruz says he would not rule out the threat of shutting down the government once again in the future. Do you think more moderate republican colleagues of yours in the house would ever let that happen again . Well, i certainly hope not. The remaining moderates did not want this shutdown, but i didnt observe that they were able to stop it. So i really think its up to the Republican Leadership in the house not to go down such a reckless and disastrous course again. We heard the president there come out yesterday saying he wants congress to move on Immigration Reform an
To find them, put them back in jail and keep them there. Now to the ongoing trouble for americans trying to sign up for obama kafrmt jeff pegues is in our Washington Bureau with more. Good morning, jeff. Good morning. The problem may have started in late september. Sources say the Administration Made the crucial decision of asking for changes to the when site that would make applicant first open an cant and improve their iemd tie. Most allow you to shop first. Thigh ak nom th they indicate that there are problems. Theres a hering in the house of representatives thats planned for next thursday. Among the questions members of Congress Want answered is what went wrong, how were millions of dollars there and what about hackers. There are concerns that personal Health Information is being mishandled. In some new details, former Vice President dick cheney. Drchl sanjay gupta interviewed him for 60 minutes. Heres an expert. Fearing a terrorist acould assassinate the Vice President by sending
Cape. And train trouble for a woman trying to avoid police. Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im mayra schiavocampo. Time is growing short to reach a deal. Were now less than 20 hours away from a key treasury deadline. If an agreement is not reached, the nation could default on its bills. My expectation is it does get solved. But we dont have a lot of time and so what im suggesting to the congressional leaders is lets not do any posturing, lets not save face, lets not worry about politics, do whats right, open the government and make sure were paying our bills. The house tuesday abandoned the last ditch effort to pass its own legislation. There have been no decisions about what exactly we will do. But were going to continue to work with our members on both sides of the aisle to try to make sure there is no issue of default and to get our government reopened. Some are placing the blame squarely on House Speaker john boehner. Its about the psychology of one man and whether he i
Well talk to him. Today exclusive, brad pitt opens up about his new film, his family, and hitting the big 50. I dont know, im busy right now. I havent thought a lot about it. Thats today, wednesday, october 16th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Remember 24 hours ago when it seemed we might get a deal. There was optimism in the senate but that was so yesterday. Overnight everything came to a halt. And the deadline is looming ever closer. Thats right. This race to end the shutdown is todays top story. Lets get right to Peter Alexander at the white house. Peter, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning to you. Most americans are asking themselves is it over yet . I just spoke to a Top Republican senate aid that said optimism abounds. But this is c
Problems continue to plague healthcare. Gov. The white house wont say how many people have been able to select a Health Insurance plan. Nobody is as mad as me that the website isnt working as well it should. That means its going to get fixed. President obama said experts are working on it repairs but is not giving a target date when the software will be up to speed. There are problems throughout the site. It could take weeks or even months to fix. This is a system that was rushed out much too quickly. They didnt have a chance to thoroughly test the system before it went into operation. With one change already in the works, users will be able to view plans without having to first fill out applications with huge amounts of personal information. Tara mergener, wjz Eyewitness News. There were a few scary moiments duringy moments during scary moments during the president s speech. A lady almost passed out. After the event she thanked the president for catching her. She tweeting she went fee