Up. Heres alexis with the commute. One of those days you are going to want to leave early because your commute likely going to take a lot longer than it typically does. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Check out the wind whipping around there underneath those street lamps. You can see the rain as well. And it looks like were having a stackup in the cash lanes. No metering lights yet. Quick check of mass transit. Okay so far. Weather delays for b. A. R. T. Usually but right now, no delays. Muni has normal service as well and were not getting word of any Service Disruptions due to weather from San Francisco bay ferry either. Weve got a pretty large slide in the forestville area. Ill show you video coming up. Quick reminder, we measure these storms on a scale of 1 to 5. This is a 3 this morning and we have crews tracking it across the bay area. Matt keller is live near the lexington reservoir in the Santa Cruz Mountains but first lets get to Amy Hollyfield with massive floo
Change talks continue. First, afghanista to afghanistan where 21 people have been killed in suicidebombings across the country. The latest attack targeted an arm bus in kabul. Seven soldiers have been killed and ten others have been wounded. Jennifer glasse joins us from the afghan capitol. Tell us about this latest attack that targeted the afghan army. Reporter well, the taliban has claimed responsibility for that attack that took place just as the sun was sitting here during kabuls busy rush hour. Suicidebomber on foot, a a suicidebomber went up in flames. Six soldiers were killed in that secon attack. Its the Second Attack here earlier a member of Afghanistan Supreme Court was shot to death as he was headed to work. The taliban has claimed responsibility for that attack as well. In the south 12 mine clearers were attacked and killed in helmonds province. And then we saw two soldiers from natos International Security Assistance Force also killed. An up tick in violence and were seein
Wheel arrival is bringing opinions in indonesia. We begin this news hour with reports that four of the seven aid workers kidnapped in syria have been released. Three others remain in captivity in a rebelheld area in northern syria. Lets go live to neighboring lebanon in beirut. What do you know about this . Reporter not much, as as far as we know, and this is information that the International Red Cross Committee is providing, theyre still waiting for the fate of the three other International Aid workers. They were taken at gunpoint on sunday in the province. They were taken in the town of a rebelcontrolled town, in a town that has a really strong presence of foreign fighters, alqaedalinked fighters. They were provided medical assistance to people there. But they left the city, and they were on their way to damascus when the incident happened. It highlights the growing insecurity in the helloheld north. The. Of kidnappings of foreign aid workers as well as foreign journalists is on the
Three days and counting now until the u. S. Government loses its ability to borrow money to pay its bills. Senate leaders are holding off lastminute talks but there is no negotiation to end the Government Shutdown. Where do these things stand after another week of negotiations and proposals. Reporter this is what shutdown looks like when it meets debt ceiling. The deadline is running out. Youre going to hear from the house, nothing from the white house today because theyre observing the columbus day, public holiday. Where were at after the weekend, the deal that we thought we had on thursday is completely dissipated. Harry reid and Mitch Mcconnell have gun to speak with each other, which has been considered a good thing. They have a history of doing this. Do you remember when the sequester was being debated on the 31st of december of last year out of a blue there was a deal that came out of Mitch Mcconnell and harry reid and everything went away. We brief theyre doing something behind
Good morning, and welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. With the debt ceiling deadline three days a way, the world is nervously watching to see if congress can end the partisan gridlock. There is broad agreement that the u. S. Default would have dire economic consequences worldwide. Many americans are already feeling the effects of the Government Shutdown now in its 14th day. It appears the political pendulum has swung back to the senate after president obama rejected a house proposal for a sixweek extension of the debt ceiling. Ive had a productive conversation with Republican Leaders this afternoon. Our discussions were substantive. Well continue those discussions. Im optimistic about the prospects for a positive conclusion to the issues before us. While republicans initially held up a spending measure over the Affordable Care act or obamaca obamacare, it seems democrats are making extra demands of their own. They want to get rid of across the board cuts scheduled for early