In hours. By all accounts both sides are no closer to a deal. President obama met with senior staff on sunday but critics say it might be too little, too late. Nbcs tracie potts is in washington. Good morning. Reporter veronica, good morning. It is possible but not probable well see this deal worked out by the end of the day. The senates not even coming back to work until this afternoon. Wheres the senate . Theyre not here. Reporter theyre back this afternoon likely to reject the offer on the table. Republicans say theyll fund the government and prevent a shutdown only if the health law is delayed one year. Theres a time and place to debate obama care. But not at a time when millions of innocent people are held hostage. Simply delaying it for American Families on the same terms as being done for big corporations, thats a compromise. Reporter some democrats say theyll consider the other string attached. Getting rid of a tax on medical devices. But not with a gun to my head. Not with the
The deadline to a Government Shutdown can now be measured in just hours. And by all accounts, neither side is closer to a dole. President obama met with senior staff sunday, but critics say it might be too little, too late. Nbcs tracie potts is live for us this morning in washington. Good morning, tracie. Is there any hope left that this can be avoided . Reporter well, theres always hope, and its possible they can come up with something to prevent the shutdown, but its not looking probable. Were not seeing the type of work behind the scenes that typically happens when theres some sort of compromise in place. And the senate, theyre not even coming back to work until this afternoon. The senate . Theyre not here. Reporter theyre back this afternoon likely to reject the offer on the table. Republicans say theyll fund the government and prevent the shutdown only if the health law is delayed one year. Theres a time and place to debate obamacare. But not at a time when millions of innocent pe
Enough. Well, the next step, lets talk about that, the senate needs to act, in my view harry reid should call the senate back in today. We have a bill in front of us, there is a Government Shutdown in 48 hours. Listen, i would love to be in houston with my two little girls playing with them this afternoon, but as you know im here in washington, d. C. , as you know the senate should not be on vacation you know, the senate has acted, the majority leader would say, passed a bill to keep the government open. And then weve gone back to delaying or defunding obama care. Should they take a part of it . Would you filibuster this bill . Lets be clear what the senate has done so far. So far, majority leader harry reid has essentially told the house of representatives and the American People go jump in the lake, he said i am not willing to compromise or talk. His position is obama care must be funded 100 in all instances or he will shut the government down. I hope he doesnt do that, david, i hope
800,000 federal workers off the job. And heres what that means to you. Things Like National parks would be closed. The statue of liberty and other parts all over the country, the Smithsonian Museum and a lot of people are happy to hear this, the irs audit Office Closed as well. There would be limited food inspections. The usda would still inspect meats but the fdas inspectors would be limited. Also federally backed loans, that would be huge for people applying for loans. Those will get delayed. Social security is open. Your checks may be delayed but theyre still on the way. Also, the Health Care Law that kicks in tomorrow, the Health Changes that is still slated to happen. Today, when the senate gets back in, and theyre not coming back until this afternoon, this is the republicans plan on the table. They will fund the government if democrats agree to delay the health law by one year, repeal attacks on merrill devices. And some democrats say theyre open to that. And pay military service
This is cnn breaking news. The dramatic battle to save homes and lives in Southern California. Right now at least nine major wildfires are burning across the region. More than 23,000 people have been evacuated. Dozens of people have lost their homes. Officials are begging people to follow evacuation orders before its too late. Our correspondents are on the firelines. Ill speak with californias governor jerry brown. First, gary tuchman is in san marcos, about 35 miles north of san diego. Gary, what are you seeing there . Reporter wolf, its a fire war zone. Firefighters are everywhere. This is in san marcos, california. You see those flames up there . Those flames, as we speak, are engulfing a house. In the air, a helicopter carrying water about to dump the water on the smoke and flames in the hills outside the city. When we arrived here a few hours ago, there were no flames in this neighborhood whatsoever and now this is what were witnessing. Its a very bad situation. Oh, my god oh, my