Children working in dangerous and deadly conditions in coal mines a half a world away. Welcome to alJazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Today begins the second full woke of the Government Shutdown and just 10 days until the dead ceiling deadline when the Government Faces the possibility of not being able to pay its bills for the first time ever. Congress is returning to work today to try to resolve the crisis, but Republican Leaders wont pass a budget unless president obama is willing to negotiate. Erika ferrari has more. Time is running out. October 17, the United States will reach its Borrowing Limit and for the first time, the nation will default. As the Government Shutdown enters day seven and with no compromise in sight, House Speaker john boehner is demanding any plan include spendings cuts and changes to the Affordable Health care act, also known as obamacare. Theres no way were going to pass, the votes are not in the house to pass a clean debt limit. The president is not negotiat
Theme good morning. Welcome to aljazeera america. Im stephanie sy. The Government Shutdown is in its second full week and another day of political wrangling on capitol hill lies ahead. Hundreds of thousands are americans are still unable to return to work and the possibility of a larger crisis coming into focus. If Congress Fails to raise the debt ceiling, just nine days from now, the government will be unable to pay its bills for the first time. Aljazeeras White House Correspondent reports. Instead of asia as planned, president obama was home bound, visiting fema, where 86 of workers are furlough heed. The president drew a hard line. We are not going to negotiate under the threat of a prolonged shutdown until republicans get 100 of what they want. The message, the votes are there in the house that pass a spending bill and leaves the health care allow untouched. I asked the speaker, why are you afraid . Are you afraid this measure will pass, the government will reopen and the americans
The way it did. What a vote means for auto workers in detroit, a vote from chattanooga. Disappointing news out of general evesa, the second round of peace talks ended in failure. Todays negotiations lasted less than half an hour. A proposed third round of talks is in jeopardy. James bates has the latest from the geneva. After chairing a second round of talks that have achieved nothing, the mediator first wanted to address the Syrian People. I am very, very sorry, and i apologize to the Syrian People that their hopes, which hawere very, very high that something will happen here, i think that what has the little that has been achieved in hommes gave them even more hope. Dr. Brohimi explained there had been arguments over the agenda for the talks. He made a compromise proposal and he made it clear which side had objected. Unfortunately, the government has refused, which raises the suspension of the opposition that, in fact, the government doesnt want to discuss at a time at all. Within mi
Pieces. Why an insurance loophole is preventing some from rebuilding their stormravaged homes. Good morning. Welcome to august america. Its great to have you with us. Im stephanie sy. Im thomas day den. The National Security agency is now under fire here at home. Both the president and congress are considering changes that would limit the n. S. A. s sweeping ability to collect intelligence. Words like constraint, transparency and increased oversight are now used when talking about the future of the nations spy agency. A Bipartisan Group of lawmakers is expected to introduce a bill that could curtail the n. S. A. s powers to indiscriminately collect personal information. The u. S. A. Freedom act is authored by patrick lahee. It would provide restrictions against who the n. S. A. Could target and require the government to delete information it collects accidentally, more aggressively than it does now. The bill has a dozen co sponsors in the senate and 70 in the house. Meanwhile, senator
Homeless middle class people who lost everything choosing to live out of their cars instead of shelters, why that is creating controversy in one community. So when the judge says and a man who spent 20 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit is using music to share his story and help other innocent victims. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie, the largest mall in new jersey is the scene of the nations latest terrifying shooting incident and we learned a short time ago the lone gunman is dead and hundreds of people who hid in the mall last night are still there as police go store by store to make sure its secure and its still an active scene. It was at the westfield Garden State Plaza 20 miles from new york city and erika is there this morning. You are right, this remains an active scene and police are still sweeping through the massive mall making sure everyone has gotten out okay. What we do know is the body of the shooter is still inside of the mall.