Held on the virus in africa. An elderly woman rescued from the rubble of an earthquake, the desperate sovereign or survivors. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. The two Star Army General is the highest u. S. Ranking officer to die in the war in afghanistan. Major general harold green was killed when a gunman dressed in an afghan army uniform opened fire at a base. Half those wounded in the attack of americans. The u. S. And its allies are winding down their commitment to afghanistan. Libby casey is live in washington this morning. What was greens mission in afghanistan . He was one of the few adjustment generals in country and the highest officer involved. He had a largely behind the scenes job. An attack outside of kabul, an afghan wearing a military uniform and carrying a machine gun opened fire, killing american two star Major General harold green and wounding eight other americans. In all, the gunman shot at least 16 other people, including a german Bri
Fight. Time for a clean continuing resolution. That was on october 1. On october 2, pain to our economy and military is real. Shutdown doesnt advance our goals. This is from a republican member who serves on the Budget Committee, which i serve on, who knows the real impact we are having on the economy. That is one republican saying, mr. Speaker, we demand a vote. Then there is representative bill young, who serves on the Appropriations Committee who understands government funding. He told tampa bay times, he is ready. Quote, the politics should be over. Its time to legislate. Mr. Speaker, thats two republicans willing to pass a clean continuing resolution. Then there is representative charlie dent from pennsylvania who serves on the Appropriations Committee. Back on september 29 in the huffington post, he said im prepared to vote for a clean continuing resolution and he added, the hourglass is nearly added and now time to come back and funding the American Government. That is three rep
Ifer granholm. Okay, i have a confession to make. Its not easy so bear with me. Part of me is really going to miss outgoing Tea Party Congressman alan allen west from florida. There is not a single thing we agree with, but i can always count on allen west to Say Something crazy. See for yourself. Jennifer and the list goes on and on. So while i might mess miss allen west im thrilled, thrilled political newcomer Patrick Murphy is taking his place in congress. The contest between allen west and Patrick Murphy was one of the closest races less than 2,000 votes separated these two guys and allen west raised 17 million, compared to Patrick Murphys 4 million. Well tonight im so pleased to be able to welcome congressman elect Patrick Murphy of floridas 18 district back inside the war room. So good to have you back. Thank you governor, its an honor to be here. Jennifer all right so i made a little confession. I want to you make a confession, too. Youre really probably going to be boring compar
Republicans that would say they would join democrats. Speaker boehner said it is not true and its open to interpretation if it went on floor. A lot on capitol hill think it would be true and the president offering that challenge. Where you see the both sides now, toure, they are staking out positions, president obama says he will not negotiate on a grand bargain or large scale compromise until the government is funded and debt limit is raised and Speaker Boehner saying thats not a position to have. Take a listen to what he said on the house floor. The president s refusal to negotiate is hurting our economy and putting our country at risk. American people expect when their leaders have differences, were in a time of crisis, that well sit down and at least have a conversation. Really, mr. President , its time to have that conversation before our economy is put further at risk. So here we are on monday, toure and back to where we started last week. Both sides holding firm in their positio
New leader is a wolf in sheeps clothing. Responding to netanyahus hard line. They are governored not by rouhani but by ayatollah. Its a cult. It would be diplomatic malpractice of the worst order not to examine every possibility of whether or not you can achieve that before you ask people to take military action. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. In rockville, maryland, not far from here, home to thousands of federal worker, president obama warned the Government Shutdown is only a shadow to whats happening with the economy if the debt ceiling isnt raised this month. And the Treasury Department warned today not only might the economic consequences of default be profound, those consequences could last for more than a generation. Joining me from the white house gene spurling director of the Economic Council and president obamas chief economic adviser. Why do you and the president and the treasury secretary think the debt ceiling is going to be that much more serious . The market