Good to have you with us. No deal as the debt ceiling dead line is just days way. Away. Nearly two weeks after the government shut its doors, now the u. S. Senate is the site of talks. The nfnlg i the engine is bearing down and the question is whether the congress will come to the rescue and save this country. With all this back and forth i want to bring in john terrett on capitol hill. This is not a movie and theres no script but do we know how this ones going to end . I like that movie analogy. Thats very good. We had a double feature and now weve got a grainy on black and white movie, thomas. Today we had the house and Senate Working on this issue and the house has captain late capid given up. Now its all eyes on the senate. To that end Senate Democrats are meeting with president obama in the oval office. To make sure all the democrats are on the same page, followed a meeting this morning with chuck sheurschumer and lamar alexande, harry reid the majority leader has given a statemen
Will workers strike tomo morning . Vening im ke one hour and counting before the bart deadline. The big question tonight, will workers strike tomorrow morning . Good evening, im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. Any word yet . Reporter still not hearing a lot tonight. It is still a waiting game. Both sides are inside this building at this moment as they are negotiating from two separate floors with them running back and forth between them. At had hour, we still dont know whether or not they will choose to strike or extend the talks beyond that midnight deadline. They were suppose to actually meet, both sides at 8 30 this evening, as that did not happen. They will see what happens when we actually get the offer. It is too early to speculate as we dont know what it is, but we did hear that there is something going on. Yes, something could happen. Reporter in the meantime bart is planning for the worse. Its in case of the strike, but again the buses will only accommodate roughly 6,000 of th
Then a second train plows right into her. How she walked away. And good morning, america, on this columbus day. Boy, a scary start to columbus over at l. A. International airport. Turns some kind of Chemical Reaction with dry ice in a bathroom. Authorities calling it a prank and josh will have a lot more on that in a moment. A prank that nobody is laughing about. We begin with the clock ticking down now to midnight thursday, when the u. S. Faces the prospect of defaulting on its loans, a moment we have never seen before. Theres capitol hill. Well work to come up with a deal that wont start again until 2 00 today. After a weekend filled with anxiety and anger. See the protesters at the Lincoln Memorial. They walked right in anyway. Some states are acting on their own to open national parks. See the statue of liberty right there, it will be open sunday. Well have reports from washington and wall street. Jon karl starts us off from the white house right now. Good morning, jon. Reporter go
[laughter] geoff you want a piece of this . Craig i already got a piece of this. Geoff yeah. Craig good night, everybody ,,,,,,,,,, will workers strike tomo morning . Evening im ke one hour and counting before the bart deadline. The big question tonight, will workers strike tomorrow morning . Good evening, im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. Any word yet . Reporter still not hearing a lot tonight. It is still a waiting game. Both sides are inside this building at this moment as they are negotiating from two separate floors with them running back and forth between them. At had hour, we still dont know whether or not they will choose to strike or extend the talks beyond that midnight deadline. They were suppose to actually meet, both sides at 8 30 this evening, as that did not happen. They will see what happens when we actually get the offer. It is too early to speculate as we dont know what it is, but we did hear that there is something going on. Yes, something could happen. Reporter in
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