This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im savannah guthrie. Im David Gregory along side Natalie Morales and dylan dreyer. Maybe you can explain whats going on in washington. It is so frustrating. This is dynamic where each side thinks the other side is 100 at fault here. I dont think well get to thursday without a deal. Were seeing tempers fly on all sides right now. Absolutely. Thats todays top story this morning. The push to end the Government Shutdown taking on new urgency with the u. S. Days from losing its ability to borrow money. Peter alexander is at the white house this morning with the very latest. Good morning, peter. Reporter good morning, david. No deal in sight and not a lot of progress here. The next days will be critical on the u. S. Closing in on a thursday deadline. Thats when the government could begin defaulting on its bills. A heavy focus will be on t
There are still some issues, including wages, Health Care Contributions and staffing when it comes to safe. Safety. Ktvu debora villone. Well, within just the last few minute we have seen Union Leadership leave for the night. They say its been a very long day and they note that they are leaving their Cost Committee key financial folks still upstairs and still crunching numbers. On the Positive Side we also know that everyone has come together at least one faceto face at both sides at the stage table at least once this eveningment as you know a lot of their work tends to happen separately, but if there was after a time to come together its now. Well, the deadline has been given and it was given the other day and that hasnt change. Reporter a Union Official matter of fact about a new strike monday. Union negotiators have been here all day, but working amonst themselves while barts team has been holed up at headquarters. The unions presented some ideas to management and well see how they
Safety. Ktvu debora villone. Well, within just the last few minute we have seen Union Leadership leave for the night. They say its been a very long day and they note that they are leaving their Cost Committee key financial folks still upstairs and still crunching numbers. On the Positive Side we also know that everyone has come together at least one faceto face at both sides at the stage table at least once this eveningment as you know a lot of their work tends to happen separately, but if there was after a time to come together its now. Well, the deadline has been given and it was given the other day and that hasnt change. Reporter a Union Official matter of fact about a new strike monday. Union negotiators have been here all day, but working amonst themselves while barts team has been holed up at headquarters. The unions presented some ideas to management and well see how they are responsive to those. In recent days both sides suggested that they pulled closer to each others position
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
And Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along side Natalie Morales and al roker at his weather post. Well check in with you in a few minutes. We have former Vice President dick chaney here this morning. Hes in our green room. If you look at him now and think about how he looked the last time he was on the show, it tells the story. He was here about three years ago and i said dont take this the wrong way but you look a lot better than you did then. He had major Health Problems and discusses at lot of those and how severe they were in this new book. He received a new heart. He is very open about how close he came to death. Well talk to him in a few minutes. Well get to that later on. Lets get to todays top story and al, its the hurricane called raymond. Nobody loves raymond in this case. Especially our friends down in mexico. This is the first major hurricane in the pacific. We