global economy. right after that on december 11th is when they ve got to pass a government funding bill or else the government shuts down. so, democrats don t know who to negotiate with today. lobbyists don t know who to lobby today. a lot of uncertainty here in washington. it is fascinating. the whole city in a tailspin, because everybody thought kevin mccarthy was a shoo-in to be speaker. what do you think? is this going to lead to a government shutdown? they don t really have a lot of time here to get this done. there s not a lot of time. i don t think republicans want to head into 2016 to have a government shutdown. i think the first priority is going to be, of course, this raising the debt ceiling. there could be a situation where they punt that off for one heck of a december showdown on december 11th. there s still a lot to get done in congress, and that s why the politics of this, again, with speaker boehner set to get out on october 31st, on halloween, getting a little spoo
looks like a pretty nice end to our weekend. like there forecast. nothing like last weekend. thankfully. we ll move on from that one. thank you so much, bill. dangerous new development in syria, several cruise missiles fired by russia have fallen short of their targets. nbc s chief foreign correspondent richard engel reports. reporter: senior defense officials tell nbc news that four of the 26 cruise missiles russia fired at syria from the caspian sea landed short in iran. russia and iran deny it. apparently there were no casualties. but what really has u.s. military officials worried is that washington wasn t informed before the launch. even though the missiles traveled through airspace where american aircraft are operating. already at least two u.s. planes had to be diverted to avoid confrontations with russian aircraft. washington is also fuming at russia s choice of targets in syria. mostly anti-assad rebels. some backed by the u.s. we have not, and will not, agree to c
vin scully won t be calling the dodgers postseason games. the 87-year-old has been ordered to rest after undergoing an unspecified medical procedure. we wish him a quick recovery. barcelona soccer star lionel mess eu arguably the most famous player in the world, he s in trouble with the law. he and his father are facing three counts of tax fraud and could be sentenced to 22 months in prison if convicted. they re accused of defrauding spanish tax authorities of more than $4.5 million. now to college football, southern cal s high powered offense was outmatched by unranked washington. the huskies won this road game 17-12. both teams have a 3-2 record. well, there are new details on those russian cruise missiles that missed their targets. plus did our own rachel maddow almost predict kevin mccarthy would never get the speakership. straight ahead on first look.
office for the country singer buck owens. and i love you some buck owens. but the other bill that he passed also renamed another thing. that s it. he s never run a committee. nothing. and he does have a problem with talking. he has a speaking problem. i love that. and last night on the tonight show, host jamie fallen talked about a rumor concerning candidate and neurosurgeon ben carson. they re saying that republican candidate ben carson made a number of serious mistakes as a neurosurgeon, and even left a sponge in one patient s brain. when asked how that affected his life the patient was like, it s fine, i m still running for president and i don t care. everything s great. it s going to be good. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. well, in washington, i know you can t you have to laugh at that. i m joined by kevin cirilli a reporter for the hill. good morning, kevin. happy friday.