Americas news headquarters live from the nations capitol starts now. The debate over lifting the debt ceiling and ending the Government Shutdown has moved from the house to the senate now. This is just one day after the white house rejected a plan from House Republicans. South Carolina Republican senator Lyndsay Graham will be joining us in the studio momentarily. We will talk to him about what his fellow senators are saying about the possibility of a deal. But first, the latest on the wrangling on capitol hill from both sides of the aisle. Here is Steve Centanni. There is a measure of optimism today, but still no deal as the focus shifts to the u. S. Senate. The Senate Majority leader harry reid and Mitch Mcconnell did sit down in a meeting yesterday to reach some kind of an agreement and they plan to keep talking though we dont know when. This after house negotiations are the white house broke down on friday. I am glad negotiations are going on. I am sad that twice they were close to
Marine jailed in mexico. His desperate 911 call. Im at the border of mexico right now. I crossed the border by accident and i have three guns in my truck. His mother goes on the record. First though a whistle blower goes on the record. She says 1. 2 billion of your tax money was pay to obamacare workers who were told to pretend to work. She was one of those workers paid to do nothing. Paula joins us for her First National tv interview. Paulla, nice to see you. Hi. Paulla, tell me, where did you work . How long did you work there and what did you do . I worked for a company contracted by circo to helpful fill the they have have with centers for medicare and medicaid services. I worked there from early october to just before thanksgiving in 2013. Okay. In that time period, what did you see . I understand the contract was to process paper applications under obamacare. Did you see that work being done . It was done in such a small scale. In the from months i was there i processed at best a
Despite his diagnosis, the cdc says its not informing other passengers on his flights. Were waiting to hear from officials in dallas right now about their latest efforts to contain the virus and our own john roberts is live in atlanta monitoring this story. John, whats the latest . Hey, gretchen. Good afternoon to you. The latest twist in the story is a bizarre one. Liberian Officials Say if they ever get their hands on Thomas Eric Duncan again, they are going to prosecute him for lying on a Health Questionnaire before he left the airport in monrovia, liberi liberia. Everyone who leaves that country has to go through a screening process where they are tested to see their temperature and then they are asked a series of questions including have you been in contact with anyone who has ebola. Duncan answered that question no, but, in fact, four days before he had been in contact with somebody who had ebola who, in fact, died several hours after he helped carry her back into the house. I do
Have some boots on the ground. His book worthy fight is critical of the president s middle east policy. He writes, too often in my view, the president relies on the logic of a law professor rather than the passion of a leader. My experience in washington is that logic alone doesnt work. More on the u. S. Led fight against isis. Isis takeover. The terror group takes control of a syrian town. Isis fighters are moving closer to seizing a key city along the border with turkey. People saw isis, walk up, drive up to kobani, enter the city. Turkish troops a mile away have done nothing. What will it take to degrade and destroy isis . I think thats the question. Tonight, we have a new perspective on president obamas Decision Making, thanks to a new book by leon panetta, entitled worthy fights. Panetta served as president obamas first director of the Central Intelligence agency and as the president s second secretary of defense. As with all cabinet members and advisers to president s, he agreed
For her to step down. She tried to give defensive speeches instead of answers. Theres something just deeply wrong here that needs to be fixed. Lock the front door . Theyre going to leave the tv on. Yeah, yeah. Are things actually going to get fixed . By mid afternoon, Julia Pierson delivered her resignation to jay johnson. In an interview, pierson said i think its the best interest of the secret service and the American Public if i stepped down. Congress has lost confidence in my ability to run this agency. The media made it clear that this is what they expected. The president s family woke up to this headline this morning in their local paper. Man with gun was feet from obama. That was the latest in a series of stunning revelations by the Washington Post. This mornings Washington Post front page was clearly the last straw for the white house. The White House Press briefing was delayed three hours today and began immediately after the secret Service Director submitted her resignation.