Ones of the food and Drug Administration while negotiations continue. Washington, aurnal talked with border reporter to find out what was going on. Lets begin with what we heard. What do you have to say . I do not expect a clean one to be brought to the house floor. Will with the there are. Senate republicans are not going to provide the votes that would be necessary to get it through the senate. Given all the speculation over the last week that this was something he would do, it is possible he felt that he needed to make it clear that he will do something on the debt and the deficit. Lets show our viewers what he had to say when he was on abc this week. I told the president that there is no way that theyre going to pass. The president is risking default by not having a conversation with us. We are not going down that path. Time to deal with americas problems. How can you do nothing about the underlying problem . This year the federal government had more revenue than any year in the hi
I am amazed that after this conference passed unanimously, the senate has unanimously, and the president signed instructions that our military and civilian contractors should be held harmless in this entire shutdown that after a week we are still waiting for them to implement the law that was put to place a week ago. They are allowing us to have more and more pain specifically in the military. All of us agreed together that they would be held harmless entirely. It is very frustrating that we even have to pass something for them to practice their religious faith. It is essential part of their life. For the administration to pull back and say there are places where you will not have worship on a weekend is absolutely unacceptable. The glad we passed that in house today. Hopefully the senate will take that out. This is something we have to d we have to do. Make sure we are continuing to looking at the intent. The republican position has continued to be no special treatment under the law.
Closure of National Parks, which did not stop some of them from berating park federal employees from enforcing the shut down. We have other members in this orwellian week, saying the shutdown is all about respect and we have got to get something out of this. We just do not know what it is. So finally, a moment of decency. Finally, we turn to the men and women who serve our country. 800,000 employees and we do something decent for them. We alleviate the angst of whether there will be a paycheck when we get around to reopening the government. One of those workers received the prestigious service to america medal in recognition of his exemplary leadership of the 6000 person team that conceived and executed nasas incredible curiosity rover mars mission. America is on a legally fortunate to have is fortunate to have this outlook worker whose Public Service should be celebrated and appreciated and compensated. On october 1, dave was one of the nasa employees deemed nonessential and was furlo
Critical condition at shock trauma. Trooper Jackson Klein is being treated for head injuries, broken arm, cuts, and contusions, after being hit by a vehicle on route 100 sunday morning. Will he say he was walking on the shoulder toward a traffic when aound 1 00 a. M. , vehicle struck her. We know the driver of the other car did pass the sobriety test. Authorities have yet to file charges. Baltimore city police have a man in custody, accused of stabbing security guards at a comedy club downtown. It was over an unpaid bill. He is facing assault and weapons charges. It started around 8 45 sunday night at the baltimore, the factory. Corporal had been arguing with management over the unpaid bill. When security stepped in to escort him out, police say he pulled a knife and stabbed the security guards. They were not seriously hurt. They are both out of the hospital now. The incident is under investigation. This is day seven of the Government Shutdown, with still no end in sight. As it drags o
What is that . Rain. You happy to see it . Yeah. The close call on capitol hill. 911. Tree limb into car. The final score, tree 1, car 0. Driver and passenger, they escape injury. All of a sudden i saw a cloud of leaves, and so im like a tree that fell so. Im putting on my brakes and its nowhere for me to move. To maneuver around it. It fell on top of us. Reporter virginia rain. It usually starts there and then well, comes our way. This is what it was like on i66. Today we got rain. Thats interesting. We did. We did get rain. We desperately needed the rain. Reporter maryland rain and Prince Georges County. Now it didnt affect emergency calls or emergency responses, but some of the bosses, they ended up reading reports by flashlight. Rain, rain, rain. It was a wash down, cool down, that we really needed. Rain is good for . For plants and us and the country. And farmers. Farmers. You know a farmer . I dont. Neither do i. Its good for them. Yes. I love farmers, they grow cattle and corn a