0. 4 for s p 500. 1410 is the level just reclaimed. Government shutdown now in day 14. Debt ceiling deadline one day closer. A meeting between the president , the Vice President , congressional leaders at the white house that was set for 3 p. M. Eastern has been postponed. John harwood is there at the white house. Any rumblings about when this meeting might happen now . Bill, dont know but the longer its postponed, the better, because its giving time for Senate Negotiators to wrap up a deal that they can then outline to members of the leadership bipartisan, pelosi, reid, as well as the president of the united states. Most people are bystanders at this point. President obama, the house of representatives, all attention is focused on two men harry reid and mitch mcconnell. Earlier this afternoon they both came out on the senate floor and said things were looking good. Constructive good faith negotiations continue between the republican leader and me. Im very optimistic that we will reach
Good morning, and welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. With the debt ceiling deadline three days a way, the world is nervously watching to see if congress can end the partisan gridlock. There is broad agreement that the u. S. Default would have dire economic consequences worldwide. Many americans are already feeling the effects of the Government Shutdown now in its 14th day. It appears the political pendulum has swung back to the senate after president obama rejected a house proposal for a sixweek extension of the debt ceiling. Ive had a productive conversation with Republican Leaders this afternoon. Our discussions were substantive. Well continue those discussions. Im optimistic about the prospects for a positive conclusion to the issues before us. While republicans initially held up a spending measure over the Affordable Care act or obamaca obamacare, it seems democrats are making extra demands of their own. They want to get rid of across the board cuts scheduled for early
Congressional leaders as leaders in the Senate Continue to try and hammer something out. We just found out minutes ago the meeting that was scheduled for right now has been postponed. Lets get to john harwood whos there at the white house with the very latest. I guess the way were reading this is, theyre making progress. Lets give them time to continue that, right . Reporter necessity want to get all four leaders, reid, mcconnell, pelosi and the president in a room to move forward. What i learned from a leadership aide is the likely contents of that deal. One would be a reopening of the government with a Government Spending bill that would last to january. That is more in line with what democrats have wanted. They want a shorter deal so they can negotiate higher spending levels in talks with the republicans. Higher shortterm spending in return for higher entitlement cuts. The debt limit increase would go to february. That is shorter than democrats had wanted. Republicans wanted a short
Reports suggest an agreement on the shutdown is coming along. The 10year right around 2. 71 and europe is up on some of the highest german Economic Confidence numbers in the past three years. Our road map begins with anticipation. Two days from the debt ceiling, day 15 of the shutdown, still no deal on the table. But lawmakers say they are clos closer. A mixed bag of quarterly results. Citi, coke and j j. And blackberry placing an open letter to customers to reassure them, quote, you can continue to count on blackberry. There is some hope of a senate deal. They say theyre getting close to an agreement to reopen the government. The dow coming close to its fourth day of gains. The question is what happens. Listening to david tepper just tremendous this morning saying this is about main street, main street will be crushed, higher Interest Rates coming. But you know what i dont like to hear . These are senators. Its always the senate has always been kind of a convivial place. Its the house
Health care to prisoners of war simply because i want that standard to be available to our soldiers in future wars. The standard we set today could follow us into the next war, and unfortunately, there will be. But having to take him off the ship because he was sick is no excuse to stop the interrogation to gather intelligence. Putting him on the ship because you dont want to use Guantanamo Bay is an illconceived and designed strategy that its not changed or replaced is going to come back to haunt this country. This man possesses an enormous amount of intelligence potential. He is now in federal court. He will be given a lawyer. And once hes charged with a crime, he should be given a lawyer. But before that, we have the right under the law of war to hold him, to gather intelligence, treat him humanely, but question him about what he knows about al qaeda, because theyre still out there lurking. So i would end with this. I would like to work with the senator from New Hampshire and anybod