White House And State department i have a mistress and plans to iraq injured Service Members and contractors. John roberts, busy day for a Spirit Sandra this is america reports. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin blaming an iranianbacked group and warning the u. S. Will not tolerate further attacks. John while we wait to hear the administrations next move, growing concerns of an imminent strike on israel by iran. John kirby vowing to have israels back. We were involved in some pretty intense diplomacy across the region, w. If iran moves forward as they have repeatedly said they are going to, we are going to make sure we will defend israel One Way or another and our own interests Spirit Sandra Chief Koren for a spot at trey yingsts live in israel for us. Trey, both israel and the u. S. Are both on high alert. Sandra, good afternoon. On monday, these two rockets were fired at a base in western iraq at an airbase that houses american troops, and seven u. S. Service members on contractors were
tracking her mine, storm scan three shows the storm off the jersey shore we have a team have of reporters ready to show you impact on labor day vacation as we track its next hoff. eagles make a surprise move trading quarterback sam bradford, where he is going and what led to the move. and, sainthood for mother teresa a crowd packed st. peters square as catholic church honors nun who cares for the poor. how pope francis is following in her footsteps. well, today is sunday september 4th, good morning to you i m rahel solomon. justin drabick man of the hour talking weather and how it will, affect our labor day plans or not affect our labor day plans. i m not letting a storm ruin our party but your party, at your house. after that last hour, you owe me a party. yeah, yeah, all right, yes. thanks for joining us. the storm it is not done yet. we are waking up to some sunshine but wind will increase and coastal flooding will be a issue through labor day. not the best
the hoff and the entire cast divulge the hidden clause in their contract that caused real-life drama on the beach. what they needed to do to stay in their swimsuits. and good morning, america. a whole lot to get to this wednesday morning, including big news from the white house. president obama s nomination of skwan january / janet yellen for the fed. that s coming later today. she will become the first female chief of any major central bank. one of the most important economic policy jobs in the world. we ll talk to jon karl about that. see if the senate says. first woman to hold that kind of position. let s get right to the government shutdown and its impact on the families of these american servicemen and women you re seeing. the ultimate sacrifice. the so-called death benefits cut off to families of those fallen soldiers. abc s jim avila is in washington with much more on this. good morning, jim. reporter: good morning, robin. sick children that can t get into cli
robin. sick children that can t get into clinical trials. capitol cops working out pay. and now, fallen heroes without family death benefits. they paid the ultimate price. but families of the war dead are being asked to suffer even more, due to the government shutdown. at the top of the list of things not working, for now nine days of shutdown, is what the pentagon calls the death gratuity. a $100,000 death payment to families of war dead. they re supposed to receive within three days of the death of their loved one. but that s now held up in political red tape. i m ashamed. i m embarrassed. all of us should be. reporter: since the shutdown began, 17 service members have died. six in afghanistan. the pentagon says, with its workers furloughed, it can t process the paperwork to pay the surviving relatives until after the shutdown is over. washington may be shut down. but it s still asking people to go to war. repeporter: the money is use by families to arrange for fune
top. but long before that vote occurred she, too, has been talking to her colleagues noting that freedom for american citizens means freedom to pursue your mission in life, your meaning in life through your work, and that discrimination in the workplace diminishes the individual but diminishes the full potential of our nation as well. so we are now all hoping that we will be able to have final votes on amendments and votes to close debate and to have a final vote sometime tomorrow. that work is not yet done. in the the path before us may still have unexpected challenges to be overcome but as we overcome them and approach that final vote it will be in large measure because of the terrific work of these two colleagues. thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from delaware is recognized. mr. carper: good afternoon, mr. president, my colleague from oregon. my wife ran into one of her colleagues the other day, ted kaufman. he was the interim senator,