good morning, everybody. on a very busy saturday morning. we are joined, as always, by sara haines, ginger zee and ron claiborne. the whole team is here. we have a lot to talk about. including hopeful rumblings coming out of washington right now, where republicans met with president obama on friday. are they finally nearing a deal to end the dreaded government shutdown? wall street liked that they saw. the dow finishing a triple-digit rally yesterday. hopes we ll see something soon. david kerley reporting from washington for us in a few minutes. another developing story this morning. the intense search for nine missing teenagers in new mexico. what happened to them? authorities say they re missing from a runch for troubled youth. they believe they re in grave danger this morning. also this morning, take a look at this. the first video of alexian lien, the father that was driving the suv attacked by angry bikers in that road rage incident, captured on that youtube video.
Polls for UDA chair where Sakaja and Gakuya are front runners have been postponed. There are claims the party is considering backing another candidate considered neutral.