golfing, the senators went home, we were here working to 1:00 a.m. to make sure we didn t shut the government down. and the difference here is you just listened to the president talk to the president of iran, talk to putin, but won t sit here and talk to the representatives of the american people they elect to come through and deal with this problem. president obama says he will not negotiate. he spent four hours on the links yesterday, and it appear that is a showdown will probably happen tomorrow night. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live with the very latest from capitol hill. hi, mike. reporter: good afternoon, eric. it is very quiet here on capitol hill some 36 hours after a possible government shutdown. in fact, the united states senate is not due to return until about 26 hours from now, tomorrow afternoon. senate democratic leaders have said they will reject the plan passed by the house late last night that would fund the government, delay obama care, and
benjam benijamin netanyahu will delive an address just after the president speaks. and an emergency funding bill narrowly passed by the house late last night in the hopes of keeping the government running into november. keeping the lights on. we ll follow that. this as opposed to spending cuts and disaster coverage. we ll watch and see how that vote comes down. wall street facing more possible losses after the dow plummeted 320 points pap drop as recession fears loom. on track for the worst week in almost three years. as we look at what the boards are doing today, it s in positive territory for the moment with green arrows. the wall street sell-off yet was due to fears of the europe pen debt crisis and concerns the fed is running out of tooling to
cut measure finally approved by the house late last night despite the strong democratic opposition to extending tax cuts for the wealthest americans, but the president made that concession to republicans in exchange for extending unemployment benefits. 112 democrats voted against the bill. so who gets what under the new compromised tax law? mary snow is working that part of the story for us, and mary, is there something for everybody in this? well, you know, suzanne, given the sheer size of the deal, there are many winners which starts with individual taxpayers who would have seen the taxes gone up if the bush era tax cuts not extended. and workers will see more in the paychecks as the social security tax is lowered by two percentage points. the wealthy are the winner with a estate tax of 35%, and any individual anything under $5 million would be exempt. without this bill the exemption was slated to be lower and the rate much higher. taxes on capital gains and
but to evacuate the campground and set traps. one of them right next to the mangled tent where that camper lost his life. less than 24 hours later, the grizzly was back. and trapped. but she wasn t alone. officers were determined to capture her three cubs, each just a year old. they fear they too will have to be put to death, since they only know what they learned from their mother. because the stakes are so high, officials here are determined to make sure they have the right bears. extraordinary measures ahead of what appears will be the ultimate punishment. ryan owens, abc news, cooke city, montana. a far-reaching new aviation safety bill passed the house late last night. it follows last year s commuter plane crash near buffalo, new york. the ntsb blamed it on pilot error. 49 people were killed in that crash. the bill calls for limiting pilots schedules, boosting job
commerce clause by forcing people to purchase health insurance. that is is only the first of many legal hurdles the democrats and their bill will have to clear in the weeks and months ahead. 11 other state attorney generals from around the country are planning to work together to issue one collective lawsuit against congress that list is growing, from alabama, pennsylvania, texas, washington. very serious constitutional concerns being raised over this legislation. as we wait for the president to sign the senate bill into law the senate has the opportunity to consider the reconciliation bill passed by the house late last night. more with all these breaking news and develops we are joined by rick santorum. you are a lawyer, right? i am. sean: democratic pollster created a firestorm last night. you like being under fire? i don t care, i m going to say what i think. sean: i think that guess