Well find out if thats likely to change anything. And the future of motoring arrives in a driverless car, making it a practical alternative sooner than you think. That and much more on cbs this morning saturday, october 5th, 2013. Captioning funded by cbs and welcome to the weekend. We also have some great guests for you this morning, including the godfather of southern cooking, frank stit who shows us why his name is synonymous with the food we love. And in the morning cuff cafe two sisters who sing like angels lillian and madelyn in their debut. A new cbs news poll shows 73 of americans Want Congress to get government running again. So how do things stand this morning . Jeff pegues has the latest from capitol hill. Jeff, good morning. Reporter good morning, anthony. House, Senate Leaders have not budged from their positions and theres no sign theres going to be any sort of significant progress today. With the senate unable to function democrats and republicans lashed out at each other. This isnt some damn game. Is American People dont want their government shut down and neither do i. I call on all republicans to stand up to the tea party and this reckless political game. House democrats are trying to force speaker John Boehners happened. On friday they announced a rarely used discharging committee. In order for that to happen some republicans would have to break with their party and sign a petition with democrats and even if that occurs its a process that will take six days potentially extending the shutdown at least another week. This is an opportunity for republicans who will claim that twhanlt to vote on a clean c. R. To keep the government open to actually put their signature where their statements are. Reporter for now gop leadership in the house continues to introduce targeted funding legislation. Today were going to vote to open fema and the National Weather service as we witness a growing storm in the gulf and were also going to vote to provide Nutrition Services for women and children in poverty. We plan to also later next week open up head start. Reporter the democrats insist funding the government piece by piece is not an option. Its all or nothing. This shutdown could be over today we know there are the votes for it in the house of representatives. Reporter democrats are trying to put that theory to the test with this rare legislative maneuver, but getting republicans to sign on the dolted line at least right now looks like a long shot. Anthony, vinita . Jeff pegues on capitol hill. Thanks, jeff. For more on the tangled politics of this were joined by rachel from politico. Good morning. Good morning. Rachel whats going to break the paralysis. Its pretty clear neither side is talking to each other at this point. Whats going to change that . We really dont know unfortunately. Were at the end of week one with no end in sight. A long as republicans insist on defunding obama care we dont see an achievement. Its not just the Government Shutdown. We have another fiscal fight looming in the october 17th debt default. It looks like both of these fights could get rolled together in one giant mess here in washington. Obviously so much of the criticism is about politics people saying obama doesnt have a reelection and people pointing to the fact that a republican president ial candidate would have to cater to the Republican Base the active base whos saying we dont want this Health Care Law to pass. I guess my question simply is there more going on in the Republican Party than theyre letting on right now . The republicans are trying very hard to put up a unified front. Thats certainly House SpeakerJohn Boehners strategy but were seeing dissension in the rangss. There was a meeting this week where republicans were very angry at senator ted cruz. They see him leading them into this situation with the shutdown and they were asking him what is your end game, what is your strategy for getting us out of this and they felt that he had no strategy. So they really dont know what happens next. The democrats by contrast so far have been quite unified. Well see if they can stick together. Rachel there were reports this week that boehner said that he would not allow the government to default. He hasnt said that publicly but has that been confirmed in any way . My question here you mentioned the question of a default here and i know wall street is greatly concerned about this. The treasury said it would be catastrophic. How far do you think the republicans are willing to take this . Speaker boehner has said he doesnt want to default, but there were some mixed reports about exactly what happened in that meeting. Again, no Clear Strategy for getting out of this. Theres been some talk of a grand bargain. Remember those words . We kept hearing them over and over. They resurfaced this week. Theres some preliminary talks about a larger budget deal but so far nothing concrete and there remain different issues between the two parties. So, rachel in 1995 1996 the conditions were different and it lasted 27 days. How long could this shutdown last . It could go on for a while. Again, the debt default brings a time pressure to this. Theres at least incentive there to bring resolution but in washington they theres much more partisan. The relationship between the president and speaker of the house is different than it was back then and redistricting has played an Important Role in this. Many republicans, conservative republicans are from districts where their constituents dont want to see an end to the shutdown. They think their leaders are doing the right thing. So that again, takes away some of the public pressure for those lawmakers to find a solution. Rachel smoken thanks so much. Thank you. It will be on the agenda tomorrow morning on face the nation. Bob schieffers guests will include treasury secretary jack lew and congressman corban. A woman led pursuers on a highspeed chase. Her family said she was suffering from postpartum depression and had delusions. Bob orr has more on that. Reporter ten months before she was shot and killed by police on the u. S. Capitol, she said she was being electronically monitored by president obama. Now they want to know if those delusions led to the police chase and shooting. Overnight investigators spent 12 hours searching careys stamford connecticut, apartment looking for clues. Sources say in 2012 carey was taken in for a Mental Health test. She said she was a prophet and said president obama was going to put the entire city under lockdown. But they said she never made any direct threats until thursday when she showed up in black sports coupe and tried to ram a barricade at the white house. She died a short time later after Police Chased her to the capitol hill surrounded her car and opened fire. Her 1yearold daughter who was in the car during the entire episode was rescued unharmed. Careys friend done knowles saw her three days ago. She had her child with her and she was all smiles like she didnt have care in the world. Reporter but there were problems. Relatives told investigators she suffered from postpartum depression and her former boss fired carey from her job as a dental hygienist about a year ago. We thought she was a great employee while she was here. She had an accident fell and had a head injury and so she was out for just a bit. She found out that she was pregnant during that time that she was hospitalized, and, you know, when she came back she was here a few weeks later and we just decided that was time for her to go. Reporter careys relatives spoke late on friday. Why was my sister shot and killed with her 1yearold daughter in the car and she was unarmed . Why . My mother deserves to know why. Reporter investigators dont know why carey went to the white house thursday but she seemed to be on some kind of mission. Sources say traffic records indicate she drove with the baby directly from connecticut to washington. For cbs this morning saturday, bob orr, washington. A man who doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire on the National Mall is in Critical Condition this morning. Nearby joggers ripped off their shirts to smother the flames. The man whose name hasnt been released had been airlifted to the hospital. No word on why he did it. Now to the violent road rage incident that saw a gang of motorcyclists attack a car. Its a stunning development. Good morning to you. In the search to witnesses for what actually happened investigators say they found one who actually works for the nypd and saw the whole thing. The problem is hes not talking. Cbs news has confirmed that at least one undercover detective was riding with the group of bikers. Sources say he did not take part in the altercation with lexalexian lien and his wife. He was off duty at the time. He has retained a lawyer and is not talking to police. Police are however, questioning two suspects in trying to determine what charges if any will be brought against them. Reginald chance surrendered late friday. Nypd say hes the man here seen hitting the suv with his helmet. Chance joins robert simms at 2 00 the wife told 911 the windows were being smash and her husband was being assaulted. Yesterday the range rover was moved to the police precinct. Tires were meanwhile one of the bierks ss hit by the suv continues to remain in the hospital. His family held a press conference led by their attorney gloria allred. I know my son. He tries to help people. Emotions got the best of people on sunday. Early this morning nypd say theyre looking for one more suspect. Meanwhile charges for the two in custody are expected to be filed once they determine what specific roles they had. You have to hope the signs nypd has up all over manhattan that someone comes forward. I think theyre looking honestly for folks that were behind those tapes. If you were out there and saw something or had a camera rolling, turn it in to police. There were dozens of motorcycles there. Terrell brown, thank you so much. Wyoming and parts of the great plains are digging out from a powerful and deadly storm system. A tornado struck the small town of wayne, nebraska on friday. At least four homes were destroyed. Damage to the town is estimated in the millions. At least 15 people were injured. There were no reported deaths. Tornadoes also struck iowa and south dakota. They caused no significant damage. The other part of that storm system was snow and its being blamed for at least three deaths. Between 5 and 10 inches of heavy wet snow blanketed casper wyoming, and nearly 3 feet buried parts of south dakota. The snow knocked down trees and power lines, leaving thousands of people without electricity. Motorists were stranded and part of interstate 90 was closed. Down in the gust states people are preparing for Tropical Storm karen. Meteorologist David Bernard at cbs station wfor is tracking the storm this morning. Good morning. Good morning, vinita. Its very weak. Karen, a minimal Tropical Storm. It may not hang on much longer. Its moving northnorthwest at eighth. Its moving southsouthwest of new orleans. And the thinking is whats left on of the storm will approach louisiana coastline later tonight or early sunday morning and dissipate where the Florida Panhandle or possibly into southwestern portions of georgia. Basically tons of dry air and wind shear across the gulf of mexico is blowing across the storm and you just cannot get a Tropical Storm or hurricane to form under those conditions. So it looks like karen is not going to be that much of a story. Now, more Severe Weather could occur today in the midwest, anywhere from chicago to memphis. If that wasnt enough the blizzard reported is still going on in south dakota this morning. We could see another 6 to 10 inches of snow in other locations before it all winds down. Pretty incredible to see those kind of snow amounts so early in october. Anthony and vinita, back to you. In tucson arizona parents are asking questions after 16 middle School Students were sent to the hospital feeling sick. The arizona poison control and Drug Information Center say the students apparently ingested a Prescription Drug used to treat high Blood Pressure or attention deficit disorder. No word on how the student came in contact with them. New york yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is suing Major League Baseball and bud selig for allegedly trying to destroy his career. As you know he tops the list of suspended players for allegedly using performanceenhancing drugs. Lets get the inside pitch from shaun gregory, inside sports writer. He decides to sue right at the time of playoffs. Alex has a history of interfering with october. If youre a yankee fan he interferes by underperforming. If you remember right before the world series it was announced that he was going to opt out of his contract. A and that overshadowed the end of the world series. The baseball world was furious. So what does he do now . He sues Major League Baseball. Talk about that. What is he doing . You keep hearing vigilante witch hunt. Whats interesting in the claim is hes not dekneeing the basis of the biogenesis accusations. Hes not saying in here i didnt do this. Hes basically saying that baseball used underhanded tactics, shady tactics to get at him. Whats really interesting to read through it, there are certain things in there conveniently left out. Alex rodriguez it says is won f the most talented players of all time. But it leaves out he also leaves out your chief witness you paid. Thats his allegation. We know that baseball threw a lawsuit. Its not the most important thing in the world but baseball is denying the payment claims and other things. It really is interesting that Alex Rodriguez, again, is the youngest player ever to have this many home runs. He says look what baseballs done to me but leaving out the fact that steroids by his own admission helped him get there. Speaking of steroids hes making claim that the scandal was basically caused by commissioner selig. Is there any fairness to this do you think . Theres fairness in the early 90s that baseball didnt see everything they should have said. At the same time, commissioner selig wasnt telling him to use steroids. Hes going after selig saying he presided over the golden age of steroids without again leashing out the fact that Alex Rodriguez was part of the golden age of steroids. We should say what mlb is saying. They issue add statement saying this is a clear violation of our confidentiality and its nothing more than to circum vent the agreement. None of those allegations is relevant to the real issue. Whether mr. Rodriguez violated the joint Drug Prevention and treatment program. It also begs the question and anthony sort of touched on this. Is this all a p. R. Stunt, the timing what hes saying what id leads to . What is it i think p. R. Has a lot to do with it. Hes going public with kind of his defense and its also been suggested maybe things arent going too well in the arbitration hairing so they ing sohearing, so hey seems like hes throwing everything he can. It wreaks of desperation. He certainly has a Strong Defense team. Thank you. Pope francis delivered a message of sympathy yesterday for more than 100 african immigrants who died off the coast in a boat that sank and his own church. The pope made a point during his pilgrimage in the town of assisi home of his name sake. Mark phillips reports. Reporter two things. One, the rough weather that has hampered their ability to reexcuse. The second storm, the continuing reform of the Catholic Church being pushed by pope francis. He used the visit to assisi home eight centuries ago of his namesake, st. Francis, to blame the deaths of hundreds of african migrants and calls the world a sashvage world. Only about 150 have been rescued. The rest may still be on the boat now lying on the sea bed. Pope franciss sympathy is part of his new message, that the church should be a poor church ministering to the downtrodden and the week. That it can no locker be the vast clare cal bureaucracy thats led to internal strife corruption and even child abuse scandal. He brought along the eight cardinals that hes appointed to come up with the reform plan. This visit to assisi has served kind of a punctuation point of franciss First Six Months in the office. In the way hes said hes turned into the reformer hes advertised as being. Now the honeymoon is ending. The test will be what can he deliver. To make his point, he went back to rome and back to work. Mark phillips cbs coming up why did 11 people die attempting to climb k2 . Well show you portions of the summit. A rishting new documentary about a disastrous climbing expedition. And later how data from our social networking habits can be key to doubling the size of our cities. Youre watching cbs this morning saturday. Coming up a little later, an up close and personal look at car that actually drives itself and could be sharing the highway with you in just a few short years. Terrell brown went for a ride in this. I cant wait to see this. Apparently it has cameras and sensors and makes calculations through a computer. I literally want one. I do too. It would be nice to come in on a saturday morning. Well be right back. Youre watching cbs this morning saturday. 6 good morning. It is saturday, october 5th. Im gigi barnett. Here is what people are talking about. A major drug operation is found out inside of a home of a daycare in howard county. Police are saying 31yearold David Anderson built a sophisticated marijuana growing operation underneath the home. During the raid, detectives found baggies of drugs all over the house,