Bases where civilians could be facing furlough. The u. S. Government is now hours away from a shutdown. It hasnt happened in 17 years. Today democrats and republicans were blaming each other as president obama warned the country about the consequences of failing to fund the federal government. Mike viqueira joining us live from capitol hill with the latest. Mike . John there is no deal at this point. President obama called all four leaders of congress, basically laid down the law once again, he would not allow obamacare to be held hostage to a spending bill or a little bit later a debt ceiling bill. Unfortunately right now House Republicans continue to tie funding of the government to idealogical demands like limits a womans access to contraception or delaying the Affordable Care act, all to save face after making some impossible promises to the extreme rightwing of their party. Lets get you caught up to date of what has hand over the course of the last several hours. It was last satur
[ music ] priceless theft a stun gun, a concert master and the mystery of who stole a 300yearold stradavarius. [ music ] atlanta will recover from the ice storm and life will get back to normal. For now the city is reeling from Mother Nature and mistakes from those in power. Thousands stranded on highway, children spending the night in schools and buses. Good samaritans rescuing those in need. We know it happened, but why what went wrong . We begin with robert ray in atlanta. Atlanta, paralyzed by a few inches of snow that turned quickly into dangerous ice. The ice on the road people are trying to drive up and down the road and couldnt make it. Tyres lost traction, everyone hit each other. A million commuters and schoolchildren trying to go home simultaneously tuesday as the storm bore down. The result a colossal regionwide traffic jam. Many people driving. If you can call it that, for over 16 hours, marking their progress in inches. Some stranded overnight, forced to leave their vehic
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
California facing the driest winter on record. The States Government asking people to do their part. H1n1 is one of the strains that doesnt take much contact for it to be transmitted from one person to the other. Why more young people will be hit hard this season. Good morning to you and welcome to al jazeera america. Im Morgan Radford coming to you live from new york city. Voting in thailands election has ended. It could take weeks before results come out. Antigovernment protesters making good on their promise to disrupt the voting. Many polling centres have reported problems. So far it seems the election has little to resolve some of that viaed spread anger over the Prime Ministers government. Scott heidler reports from bangkok. In her north bangkok neighbourhood Prime Minister vin arrived as the yin arrived Yingluck Shinawatra arrived as the polls opened. Setting an example. Translation as thais its our duty to exercise a vote. Doesnt matter who you vote for. In other parts of the c
Behind me. The question is with all the bad weather will they be able to fly in tomorrow mornings parade . That is still up in the air. At this very hour millions of americans are on the move in one of the busiest travel evenings of the year. In the midst of i. T. All a large it all a large winter storm is still hugging a large part of the east coast, but large freeze and big winds have not been as bad as many feared. Large airports still remain open but yet there are challenges on the ground and in the air. Paul beban, what is the delay for travelers where you are . David the good news is that as you said, millions are americans are on the move tonight. They are not stuck at la guardia or too much on the trains aas well. Im looking over at security theres no line at all and i mean none. They said a five minute maximum wait, unheard of for the day before thanksgiving. Some philadelphia, boston and new york area but overall things just arent too bad. For some travelers at the countrys b