Been speaking for a few minutes. We will hear more on what he says later. If no deal is in place by the end of today, Government Agencies will begin shutting down injust under ten hours time thats midnight local time. It would mean hundreds of thousands of federal employees sent home without pay. Much of the attention is focused on the republican speaker Kevin Mccarthy. Heres what he had to say earlier. Because the senate cannot act in time, the government would shut down. The house is going to act so government will not shut down. We will put a clean funding stop gap on the floor to keep government open for 45 days for the house and senate to get their work done. The house is debating over the Funding Plans now. And Hakeem Jefferies, democratic Minority Leaders has been speaking in the last few minutes. We are here at this moment on the brink of a shutdown that was entirely unavoidable and has been brought to us by the extreme Maga Republicans who have decided that rather than pursue
Controlled by armenian separatists for three decades but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. The United Nations says its sending a mission to the region this weekend, to assess the humanitarian situation. The team will look at the needs of the people remaining in the territory as well as those on the move. Azerbaijan has confirmed its agreement to the visit. For more on this, lets go live to Rahan Demytrie who is in goris. A warning there is a lot of flashing images behind her live position. Great to have been with us. I wonder if he can give us an update on what is taking place behind you. Well. Is taking place behind you. Well, im standing is taking place behind you. Well, im standing outside is taking place behind you. Well, im standing outside one is taking place behind you. Well, im standing outside one of is taking place behind you. Well, im standing outside one of the i im standing outside one of the Registration Points in goris, one of the biggest towns nearest
Nagorno karabakh was controlled by Armenian Separatists for decades, but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. The United Nations says its sending a mission to the region this weekend, to assess the humanitarian situation. The team will look at the needs of people remaining in the territory as well as those who are on the move. Azerbaijan has said it would allow such a visit to take place. Heres more from dickran khodanian, a Freelance Journalist currently in goris. Im actually in goris, which is 30 minutes right after the illegal checkpoint that azerbaijan has set up. As you can see behind me, there are a few tents set up. As of now, theyre reporting that around 100,000 armenians have entered the republic of armenia. And just to give you an idea, the population of goris is 20,000. So one of the first stops is the city, because this is where they are registering. This is where theyre getting a media assessment. And this is where theyre being then later sent for accommoda
Government not shut down. We will put a clean funding stop gap on the floor to keep government open for 45 days for the house and senate to get their work done. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy moments ago saying that government will not shut down as a midnight deadline approaches. This as the house has gavelled in for a rare saturday session and a lot of questions about that deadline. Welcome to Fox News Live, im griff jenkins. Youll Jacqui Heinrich and aishah is on capitol hill. There are a lot of them, why dont you start off. Good morning, good afternoon to you, theres been a lot thats happened this morning and now were all here outside the House Floor Waiting For A vote to take place on a brand new continuing resolution, which would fund the government, this one is 45 days long. It does include disaster relief. It does not include ukraine aid and it does not include Border Security. Lets look at the house floor together as we await this vote. This is coming up under a suspension rule.
Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im frederica whitfield. Right now lawmakers are on capitol hill with just hours left until the Government Shutdown, and today House Speaker Kevin Mccarthys plan is to pass bills to minimize the impacts of a shutdown, not stop one from actually happening. Gop hard liners blocked his last attempt at passing a shortterm funding bill. And if mccarthy turns to democrats for help, today he could lose his job. Over on the senate side, lawmakers are moving ahead with their own funding bill, but it would not pass in time to keep the government open. The stakes could not be higher. When the clock strikes midnight millions of federal workers will be off the job. Employees considered essential like active duty military and Border Agents will be forced to work without pay. And you could even see airport delays, museum and National Park closures, and Food Assistance programs put on hold. Now that a shutdown seems all but inevitable, the questions on