this is the cbs morning news for wednesday, october 2nd, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. well, as the federal government shutdown enters its second day, there s no progress toward a resolution to report. democrats and republicans are blaming each other. party leaders on both sides of the aisle warn the budget battle could last for weeks and could morph into an even larger battle over the debt ceiling. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. good morning, anne-marie. there was some back and forth here on capitol hill, some billed proposed that take sort of a piecemeal approach to reopening the government, but most of it was finger pointing here at congress and the white house as americans across the country begin to feel the impact. day two of the first government shutdown begins and there s no resolution in sight. one leading republican says the shutdown alone may not bring democrats and republicans together. most budget ag
resolution in sight. one leading republican says the shutdown alone may not bring democrats and republicans together. most budget agreements in the past have always involved debted limit increases. that s will be the forcing action to bring the two parties together. reporter: last night the house tried proposing three bills to fund parts of the government. democrats stood firm saying it s all or nothing. focusing on trying to cherry pick some of the few parts of government that they like. reporter: as lawmakers debate, americans across the country are feeling the impact of the shutdown from closed museums and parks to federal workers furloughed. this is not how you run a country. that s what they re in there for, then they should remove themselves and then they will understand how it feels to go without money, a paycheck. reporter: joe brought his family to the air force museum in dayton, ohio. the plane he flew during world war ii is displayed inside behind the l
of our sensors this morning. northbound 680 approaching sunol an accident is clearing. it had been blocking a middle lane so you see some of the slow sensors northbound out of sunol towards pleasanton. here s a live look near the dublin interchange. westbound 580 we got the usual roadwork going on between hacienda and san ramon. they have several right lanes blocked from 3 to 5:00 so again hopefully that is clearing now. in the meantime your drive time still in the green so no big delays so far through the altamont pass. the nimitz freeway looks good as you pass the oakland coliseum oakland airport with a flight to catch. it s 13 or 14 minutes between hayward and foster city. 5:01. on the scene of breaking news down in the south bay. san jose firefighters are at work at delmas avenue and brown street near the interchange of interstate 280, state route 87 there. a prayer shrine that was in the attic started a fire about 3:30 this morning. four people have been displaced so f
delay or defund obamacare. meanwhile hundreds of thousands of americans are feeling the pinch. right now, it s day 2 of the federal government s partial shutdown. and there s no sign of any progress towards ending it. some republican and democratic lawmakers suggest it could go on for weeks. the house republicans majority won t support sending a bill unless it delays or defunds obamacare. president obama insists the affordable care act will go on. they ve shut down a whole bunch of parts of the government but the affordable care act is still open for business. earlier house bills contained amendments diluting the affordable care act. reporter: yesterday was the first day people could register for health insurance under the affordable care act and it was a bit bumpy. the volume of internet users was apparently too much with many people experiencing error messages and other glitches on the program s website. now, going back to the government shutdown, economists estimate
offer last night but aren t saying what the offer is. we re closer than we were when the than the cooling- off period started. yes. we are waiting for their response to our new proposal. we expect the response today. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec tells us just how far apart both sides are. they need to get it together together. it s going to be stressful. reporter: passengers are bracing for the possibility of another bart strike as bart and its unions prepare to discuss a new proposal. today, riders resnacks. i m disappointed. i want to go to work. get it together. reporter: here s where negotiations have gotten the two sides so far. on august 10, the union was requesting a 21.5% raise. then 17% by mid-september. they won t say where their latest proposal stands right now but the last proposal bart put forward gives a 10% raise. they should be able to reach an agreement that nobody is satisfied with but everyone could live with. reporter: if an agreement