[ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i d be an architect. what if i told you someone could pay you and what if that person were you? when you think about it, isn t that what retirement should be, paying ourselves to do what we love? so some conservatives are accusing senate minority leader mitch mcconnell of sneaking a $2 billion, billion with a b, into yesterday s deal to end the government shutdown. the provision would fund a dam, this project, this dam project, in mcconnell s home state of kentucky and also in illinois. senator mccain told the daily beast quote, these people are
those meetings and we were discussing some remarks she made, walking extremely fast in this corridor. this is where it happened. and so many of our interviews happen when we are getting the latest about all of the fast-moving stories. a lot othis, a lot of senator, senator. thank you for all you do. we ll see you on tv talking about a deal. talking about a deal, dana bash and crew, thank you very much. coming up, the top five factors to insure congress doesn t have the same fight again in 90 days. don t miss that. plus, it is a stora you will never forget. a teen-aged orphan stands up before a church congregation and asks for someone to adopt him. wants to be part of someone s family. you will meet him next. [ woman ] the chevy cruze offers an epa estimated 36 mpg highway? that s crazy! crazy efficient. ten standard airbags? and you get stabilitrak with traction control! that is like, crazy protection! this interior is.
it can t degenerate into hatred. the american people s hopes and dreams are what matters, not ours. if you don t like a particular policy or a particular presid t president, then argue for your position. go out there and win an election. push to change it. but don t break it. that brings me to one last point. i ve got a simple message for all the dedicated and patriotic federal workers who have either worked without pay or been forced off the job without pay these last few weeks including most of my own staff. thank you. so, what happens now as the clock ticks toward january when a possible government shutdown looms and february as well when the debt ceiling will again need to be raised? that s up to this bipartisan committee. specifically these two people.
training, and she kept this guy calm the whole time. police are saying if it wasn t for the school bus driver, it could have been a lot worse. thank goodness for her and those 11 kiddies. thank you very much. and now, the government. the government, as you know, is funded. the debt ceiling has been raised. but did you know that this was in the bill? $2 billion going to the state of kentucky. yep, that s senator mitch mcconnell s home state. he, as you know, helped broker the deal with his democratic counterpart in the senate, harry reid, but some people are outraged by that. jake tapper, anchor of the lead, is coming up next, and he ll tell us what that $2 billion will be used for. and the strong reaction today from senator mitch mcconnell. people don t have to think about where their electricity comes from. they flip the switch and the light comes on. it s our job to make sure that it does. using natural gas this power plant can produce enough energy for about 600,000 homes.
like alcoholics. they can t resist taking a drink. it s ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. it should have gone through the normal legislative process. it s disgusting, end quote. mcconnell has been a chief factor on this project, has requested funds for it in the past so to jake tapper we go, host of the lead. how is senator mcconnell responding to all this? well, he s saying that there s nothing wrong with this project being funded. he did not have any responsibility for that authorization, he says, and he points out that the white house in its budget and the house and senate have all supported this project, but he was rather unapologetic in an interview with a kentucky radio station earlier today. there was no earmark. the army corps of engineers requested the lock funding, both house and senate passed an authorization for it. every single member of the senate had a chance to review it and none asked for it to be taken out.