Bombing the Prime Ministers compound and other official buildings. The assault also killed a hamas commander. In israel troops are gathering at the border where many roads into gaza are closed. The military is ready for a ground assault with just an hours notice, and the u. S. Positioned the war ship iwo jima nearby but the location is classified. The egyptian Prime Minister visited gaza yesterday and prepared to mediate a truce. U. N. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon is expected to visit next week. The widening scope of the assault sparking fears of a violent new chapter in the arab israeli conflict. Forces are launching rockets back and forth in the gaza strip and israel. Yesterday one missile was aimed right at jerusalem. Nbc news Foreign Correspondent is live for us in gaza. That jerusalem angle, that had not been seen for quite some time. Lets get to whats happening right now around you. Good morning, alex. Yeah, we can let me bring you up to date on the air strikes here. According to
Witt. Heres whats happening right now. New this morning, house and Senate Members are set to meet in just hours as the government enters shutdown day 12. The president issued this new message of urgency this morning. I want you to remember this is not normal. Our government is closed for the first time in 17 years. A Political Party is risking default for the First Time Since the 1700s. This is not normal. And thats why we have to put a stop to it. Not only because its dangerous, but because it zaps everyones faith in our extraordinary system of selfgovernment. It comes after a whirlwind of activity on friday. President obama met with senators. And he spoke by phone with john boehner. He held Conference Calls with Business Leaders and met with a group of Small Business owners. During the president s meeting, Susan Collins proposed to raise the debt limit until the end of january and reopen the government. Millions of individuals eligible for subsidies to Purchase Health insurance under
For the budget. Before that, we will focus on the proposal, getting your take and drilling down into your numbers. Democrats, 202 5853880. Republicans, 202 5853881. Independents, 202 5853882. Send us a tweet, cspanwj. We can also read your comments on facebook. Com cspan and you can email us at journal cspan. Org. Heres what the president had to say about his budget. [video clip] we have to decide if were are going to make Smart Investments. Our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years. We have to decide if were going to keep squeezing the middle class or reduce deficits responsibly while taking steps strengthen the middle class. Approach my budget offers. That is why i will fight for this year and in the years to come. Talking about his 3. 9 trillion budget. This is president obamas 2015 budget, it spends too much, borrows too much, and taxes too much. It reflects says americas priorities to create jobs, strengthen the middle class, and build an economy that creates opport
That there are one time savings where you really have two choices. You can either use that money to reduce the deficit which is a la laudable objective so we dont discredit that as an objective or use it for one time expenses. What you cant do is lower rates as if the one time savings is genuine forever because you would in the next period of time be losing revenue. Thats why the president proposed pairing Business Tax Reform with an infrastructure initiative. I think there is the basis there where youve seen proposals on both sides that have elements of agreement. I think that its something the more we talk about across party lines and with each other the more we have an opportunity to get something important done. Very good. Senator thune. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Secretary lew, nice to have you here. Welcome back. I also want to welcome our new chairman and really look forward to working with him. As chairman wyden mentioned we worked together on a number of issues, Digital Goods an
Wants to spray and he has been spraying our sunlight dependent. Host Zachary Goldfarb, i know you dont cover epa specifically but the president , Climate Change is part of the agenda this year. Guest thats right and the president is putting money into funding and he proposes billions of dollars for Climate Research and for related endeavors. Epa specifically most o of the time is not necessary for new initiative of just concurrent operations and epa is missing some major controversial regulations, for example, the revelation of coalfired power plants both new and old. Theyre trying to put coalfired power plants, Scott Gration of new plants that are badly in fund. Its very controversial. Many republicans and businessmen hate that idea, but its the main executive action the president can take to try to combat Climate Change. Host marji in macon, georgia. Caller hi. Iwatches i think you all need to have some different callers. When you have the reporters lined up in the morning because th