The deadline to a Government Shutdown can now be measured in just hours. And by all accounts, neither side is closer to a dole. President obama met with senior staff sunday, but critics say it might be too little, too late. Nbcs tracie potts is live for us this morning in washington. Good morning, tracie. Is there any hope left that this can be avoided . Reporter well, theres always hope, and its possible they can come up with something to prevent the shutdown, but its not looking probable. Were not seeing the type of work behind the scenes that typically happens when theres some sort of compromise in place. And the senate, theyre not even coming back to work until this afternoon. The senate . Theyre not here. Reporter theyre back this afternoon likely to reject the offer on the table. Republicans say theyll fund the government and prevent the shutdown only if the health law is delayed one year. Theres a time and place to debate obamacare. But not at a time when millions of innocent pe
Government will abide bit u. N. Resolution to destroy all of it by mid2014. Severe weather marked the start of fall for the Pacific Northwest. In oregon, the city of portland is seeing the wettest september on record forcing Summer Events to contend with flooded roads and high winds. The same storm system is also breaking rainfall records in washington, causing Power Outages that have left many people in the dark. For more on the Severe Weather here nbcs meteorologist dylan dwyer. Its so nice to see. You its nice to see you, too. Speaking of storms in the Pacific Northwest its not unusual to get storms like this. Just bizarre to get it this early in the season. So it is a big system for sure. But we also have this cold front thats moving through right now the ohio river valley. But watch as it kind of fizzles out. The rain are isnt going to hold out its not going to be too much of an issue. Just scattered thunderstorms. In the west, the rain is still heavy but the worst is over. Now yo
800,000 federal workers off the job. And heres what that means to you. Things Like National parks would be closed. The statue of liberty and other parts all over the country, the Smithsonian Museum and a lot of people are happy to hear this, the irs audit Office Closed as well. There would be limited food inspections. The usda would still inspect meats but the fdas inspectors would be limited. Also federally backed loans, that would be huge for people applying for loans. Those will get delayed. Social security is open. Your checks may be delayed but theyre still on the way. Also, the Health Care Law that kicks in tomorrow, the Health Changes that is still slated to happen. Today, when the senate gets back in, and theyre not coming back until this afternoon, this is the republicans plan on the table. They will fund the government if democrats agree to delay the health law by one year, repeal attacks on merrill devices. And some democrats say theyre open to that. And pay military service
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