friends. 33 hours away from the possibility of a united states of america becoming a deadbeat nation not paying its bills. melissa: in fact just moments ago, fitch putting our country s credit on negative watch. it s a big deal to markets and investors. this just as reportedly there is progress being made in washington right now to end the shut down. in a few hours the house will vote on a plan to fund the government through february 15th, raise the debt limit to februaryth and cut off subsidies to congressional and white house aides. even if the measure passes tonight, it will face a tough challenge in the senate. here to weigh on the ongoing negotiations senator john hoeven of north dakota. senator,, let me ask you, would you vote yes or no on the proposal we re talking about now? melissa, we ve got to see it but we need something done. we re working on two fronts, the house bill which i m supportive of them bringing a bill forward. we re negotiating with the senate as
minimum wage hike up to $15? but was everyone out there actually workers who would be making that money? we wanted to hear first-hand from someone in the protest. louisiana vasquez is mcdonald s crew member who worked at the fast-food chain for six months. why are you on strike today? well, well first i want to say good evening. melissa: good evening to you. honor to have me here. basically i m actually on strike today for $15 and a union. and like i said to just have more stable life. melissa: louis, how many jobs have you had before this? i assume you re there working for minimum wage. have you had a lot of other minimum wage jobs? well, actually that is a very good question. i ve actually had one other job which wash minimum wage. we re talking about in summer of 2012. actually working at cvs through the summer youth employment program. melissa: so, luis, it sound like for about a month. melissa: you don t have a lot of work experience. i mean you re the exact ki
minimum wage hike up to $15? but was everyone out there actually workers who would be making that money? we wanted to hear first-hand from someone in the protest. louisiana vasquez is mcdonald s crew member who word at the fast-food chain for six months. why are you on strike today? well, well first i want to say good evening. melissa: good evening to you. honor to have me here. basically i m actually on strike today for $15 and a union. and like i said to jst have more stable life. melissa: louis, how many jobs have you had before this? i assume you re there working for minimum wage. have you had a lot of other minimum wage jobs? well, actually that is a very good question. i ve actually had one other job which wash minimum wage. we re talking about in summer of 2012. actually working at cvs through the sumr youth employment program. melissa: so, luis, it sound like for about a month. melissa: you don t have a lot of work experience. i mean you re the exact kind of
just hold on. hold on. oh, my god. this is a big one. this is bad, brian. oh. oh, my god. [ bleep ]. oh, my god. holy [ bleep ]. holy. listen, you can understand some of the profanity when your house is shaking like that. the glass breaking. we re going to have more of that video of the 7.1 when it hit, but there have been significant aftershocks in the hours since. the mayor of ridgecrest says that some people, they just don t trust the strength of the integrity of their own four walls. so instead they re sleeping in their address, on the sidewalk. thankfully there have been no reports of deaths or serious injuries. the epicenter of the quake missed the major cities nearby. still, thousands of people have lost power and water services. the usgs says this will likely be a billion-dollar disaster. earlier this morning the fire chief said there were so many 911 calls for help, they had a backlog. cnn national correspondent sarah sider in is in sidner is in ridge
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