Im chris hayes. Day nine of the Government Shutdown, and today, president obama met with Congressional Democrats at the white house, once again urging Republican Leaders to hold a vote on a bill that would fund and reopen the government. The republicans seem to have moved on to a new phase of their hostage strategy. And this time, they might actually get what they want. Gridlock in washington continues to rattle the markets as the Government Shutdown continues for nine days. So on day nine. The shutdown continues. Nine days into the Government Shutdown, and House Speaker john boehner insists there will be no Unconditional Surrender by republicans. Today, with negotiations in washington, d. C. Stalled and with republicans and no exit strategy, the gop is changing the ransom. They are no longer demanding the president and democrats delay obama care, their new demands are actually their old demands. And to deliver them from this hopeless situation, the gop is turning to a familiar face wi
Welcome to Al Jazerra America i am stephanie sy. A cloud of uncertainty was lifted on thursday after the 16day political standoff finally came to an end. A sense of normally returned to washington and the nation. As hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal employees went back to work. The day was billed as a political win for president obama and the democrats. But some question if they can capitalize on the victory. Mike viqueira has the details from the white house. Reporter well, in the aftermath of the overwhelming victory that the president scored political victory any congress on wednesday night the president wanted to build momentum towards his agenda for the rest of the year. He started off by declaring that there were no winners in the debate and the impasse and the crisis that had preceded everything that happened before the vote and certainly if you look through the eyes of those who suffered the 20 billion in economic loss, the 800,000 government workers furloughed at one
The unusual reason people are hunting for buried treasure. Good morning. Welcome to alJazeera America. Im stephanie sy. A serious case of commuter chaos, Bay Area Rapid transit workers walked off the job, striking for the second time this year. The train shutdown is inconveniencing hundreds of thousands of San Francisco area commuters. Intense talks between management and employees broke down after the two sides couldnt reach an agreement. We are live in San Francisco with more. Good morning, lisa. Does San Francisco have a backup plan for all these commuters, or are people scrambling for rides this morning . Good morning, stephanie. Well, the backup plan starts here at the bay bridge. Most of the 400,000 people who use bart every day to commute to work are expecting to use this bridge. Car pooling is encouraged, and there are casual carpools where people jump into cars together and cross this bridge, but certainly this is the most likely place those commuters will end up. There are al
Washington has to change. Now that these clouds of crisis and uncertainty have lifted. We need to focus on what the majority of americans sent us here to do, grow the economy, create good jobs, strengthen the middleclass, lay the foundation for broad based prosperity and get our fiscal house in order for the long haul. The president is highlighting three key areas, Immigration Reform, farm bill, and the budget. The government contract for the company that built the site has blown to three times its original cost, 292 million. The house schedule issed a meeting next week. Mitch mcconnell is facing new opposition. The conservative group senate were Conservatives Fund is endorsing his primary opponent in kentucky making this the highest profile crusade against moderate and established republicans. A federal judge rejected an effort to restore 38,000 names to virginias voter rules. They say the names were possibly purged by mistake. The evidence did not convince him anyone was disenfranchi
New friends. This is a fight thats going to continue. I would do anything to stop the train wreck that is obama care. You dont like a particular policy, go out there and win an election. We dont get fooled again good afternoon, and a hearty tgif after a week that began in frustration, careened into chaos and ended in abject surrender by the gop. And as republican lawmakers slumped back to their districts, bruised, batter and had bleeding from the fright, its time for another round of republican soulsearching. Unless, of course, your name is ted cruz. So you would do it again. I would do anything, and i will continue to do anything i can, to stop the train wreck that is obama care. Sure he would do it again . The man is having the time of his life never mind that those Like Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, who said of cruzs shutdown strategy, we got off track with a tactical error. It was not a smart play. It had no chance of success. A tactical error that cost the nation 24 bill