Good morning, and welcome to access america. I am stephanie sy. I am thomas drayton. Good to have you with us. We are two weeks into the government shutdown. The senate is scrambling to forge a compromise before the debt ceiling deadline expires just two days from now on thursday. Senate leaders say they are hopeful the deal will, in fact, come together. Mr. President , constructive, goodfaith negotiations continue between the republican leader and me. I am very optimistic we will reach an agreement thats reasonable in nature this week to reopen the government, pay the nations bills and begin longterm negotiations to put our country on sound footing. I share his optimism we will get a result that will be acceptable to both sides. Senate republicans are seeing a backlash from fellow Party Members in the house for working with democrats. They have been called the surrender caucus. We are not stick for not sticking with g. O. P. Demands. Some say president obamas healthcare law should hav
Message loud and clear from minnesota tribal leaders. Mr. Speaker, when we consider federal funding for tribal nations, we are talking about governmenttogovernment relationships. This means the entire federal government needs to be open and functioning. Many services have been pointed out that are vital to Indian Country are not funded with b. I. A. Or b. H. S. The department of agriculture, commerce, justice, transportation and other agencies within h. H. S. Or interior all have native american accounts. Food distribution on indian reservations is administered by the department of agriculture and no funds is able to replenish food reserves to support lowincome American Indians each month. In minnesota, winter is on its way and Tribal Housing Development has been brought to a halt for white earth nation because the bureau of Land Management is closed. Mr. Speaker, i could list other important tribal partnerships that this bill will not open. And i have one that ill enter into the recor
We will have a live report with the latest on the bart negotiations. Plus a suspected child abductor is nabbed by police near a library in lafayette. Well show you the exclusive video that is only on kron 4. Good morning and thanks for joining us on this sunday october 13th. I am Marty Gonzales it is sunday, october 13th. And your forecast. Janu good morning. Cool, to start with 50s in San Francisco. There are some 40s also. He and livermore and 41 degrees in santa rosa. Let us take a look at your full forecast, coming up. Marty now it has come to this. 16 hours away from a second possible bart strike. Bart unions say they will walk off the job at midnight if they do not reach a deal with bart management. It promises to be a long day of talks between the two sides. Joining us live now with the latest on the negotiations is kron 4s will tran. Will . Reporter good morning i am in front of the building with the contract talks will resume. The bart contract talks, today is the 154th day. I
male announcer live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. Good evening and welcome, im john fenoglio. And im Vicki Liviakis the weekend before a possible bart strike. Thats if Union Members and management dont come to an agreement. Kron 4s jeff bush is live at the cal trans building where negotiations are going on right now. Jeff any progress . Reporter many people say that they are trying to put together a deal. However, there have been 150 bart buses on reserves. At nine different stations in the bay area will check back in 30 minutes to give you the latest updates. Jeff bush, kron 4 news. There are a lot of people who told us, that barts negotiations. And threats of a strike, have just gone on too long. And its stressful that a deal still is not done. This drama actually started last april, when bart and its unions started working on a new contract. By late june, the negotiations had reached the breaking point. Kron4s Charles Clifford shows us what happened next. Re
Enough republicans will side with democrats to see that pass the house. And the democrats had been whipping the vote. Theyve been going around, doing the county, encouraging their members to stand in line. Democrats would love to see one solid body not the actions that are dividing the Republican Party but nottohave the contrast the republicans have had. Ted cruz and mike lee from walking side by side. The cameras were going off, reporters surrounding them, a lot of attention on those two men even though they have gotten anger and push back from some of their fellow republicans in the senate theyre getting a lot of attention, and that is winning them a lot of interest. And so americans know their names in a way they certainly didnt do just a few weeks ago. Libby stand by for just a second. I want to ask you more about the house vote. What are we hearing from the white house . I dont think you have to be clairvoyant to know well hear from the president of the United States sooner or lat