morell provided intelligence briefings for president obama, and in his first tv interview, he gave us a briefing on syria and what that complicated civil war means to the united states. in the broadest sense, where is this syria thing going to take us? i fear the break-up of the state of syria. the collapse of the central government. sectarian warfare, opportunity for al qaeda to have a safe haven. kroft: if you want to know what legalized marijuana might look like, the place to go is colorado, which has the most developed medical marijuana industry in the country. when patients arrive this is where they ll have to put their registry card and driver s license to gain access to the actual marijuana center itself. kroft: you can smell it. it s not a joking matter. 20 states have legalized marijuana for medical use, and in some cases as a way to raise money for their cash-strapped state budgets. all of those people are violating federal law. exactly. i m steve kroft.
and the nasdaq is up by nearly 31%. by the way, if those numbers aren t big enough for you, check out how far stocks have come from their march 2009 lows. the dow over that time period gaining nearly 145%, the s&p 165%, and the nasdaq nearly 213%. yeah. march 2009 lows, what a long way we ve come. as you take a look at futures this morning, they re flat-lining at this point, probably unsure what to do after yesterday s big gains. as for the rates with the ten-year, at this point the ten-year is yielding 2.782%, so below 2.8%, but it s been rising and rising on the expectation that the fed is going to have to start tapering at some point, and that will eventually lead to higher interest rates. the obama rally s in full force. 2009. what happened in 2008? the election. yeah, that s right. here we are, baby. rich people are getting richer, though. that s the only problem. i know that s your new problem. here s my two anecdotes. yesterday, over at the gym trying to, you
see how that works? morning joe, chuck schumer was unimpressed. they are compromise because they are not eliminating it but delaying. we re compromising, instead of chopping off one arm, we ll chop off both arms. aren t we great. all eyes on speaker boehner. in two hours they will reconvene, once again strip out obama care language and send boehner another clean spending bill. the man with the greatest power to avoid a government shutdown by putting a clean cr on the floor and letting it pass also has the most to lose by doing so. this morning the beleaguered speaker took to the floor to urge the senate to pass the house bill. the american people are worried about their job. they are worried about their incomes rising because they are all under pressure. worried about losing your job, feeling under pressure. sound like anybody you know? joining me today, politics editor at business insider josh barrow, executive editor at msnbc.com richard wolffe, and also joining
going to accept nothing as it relates to obama care. there s a time and place for everything and this is not that time or place. so far, majority leader harry reid has essentially told the house of representatives and the american people go jump in a lake. if harry reid forces a government shutdown, that will be a mistake and i hope he backs away from that ledge he s pushing us towards. good morning. monday, september 30th, 6:00 in the morning, darkness still over the united states capitol. washington anchor for bb world news america katty kay, former communications for president george w. bush, nicolle wallace, msnbc and time magazine senior political analyst mark halperin, former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst steve ratner, and on capitol hill for us, the reporter for the new york times jeremy peters, good morning, everybody. good morning. all kinds of darkness over capitol hill. lots of darkness. pick your headline, t the new york post
before we talk debt ceiling, let s talk about the here and now. the senate will vote shortly after the top of this hour. we know how this is expected to play out. tamron, well, the senate chaplain has been praying the daily prayer and what s needed now the country is so fed up with this kind of brinksmanship, the steps that will unfold in the next few minutes do vofl the senate where they will take up what the house passed over the weekend and effectively put it in the trash bin. it s called a motion to table, taking the bill and setting it aside. that s the senate democrat s way of saying we will not negotiate on anything that has to do with the health care law. they only want a measure that will keep the government s lights on and doors open and people employed. what we will see is that vote. it should be a significant party line vote and then we ll hear from senate leaders who will come to the cameras in 15 or 20 minutes or so and tell us the state of play. but in those