and the talks about the government shutdown just nine days away. let s end this shutdown now. let s put people back to work. reporter: the president called house speaker john boehner, reiterating, he s willing to talk about the budget once they push this through. the members of the house of congress don t get to do this. speaker john boehner wants the president to sit down and negotiate. there s never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. never. not once. reporter: republicans argue the debt limit is the only leverage they have to get democrats to reign in government spending. what they re learning is the no obligation loan. they want no strings attached. reporter: if the debt ceiling isn t raised by october 17th, the u.s. will run out of money to pay its bill. and economists say it could throw the country back into a recession. in washington, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. senate democrats are planning a vote
danielle nottingham reports for wjz, from capitol hill. president obama and house republicans are standing firm with the partial government shutdown in its 8th day. and a deadline to raise the nation s debt limit, just nine days away. let s stop the excuses. let s take a vote in the house. let s end this shutdown right now. let s put people back to work. reporter: the president called house speaker john boehner tuesday morning, reiterating, he s willing to talk about the budget after congress passes bills to fund the government and increase the debt limit. without any conditions. members of congress and the house republicans in particular don t get to demand ransom in exchange for doing their jobs. reporter: speaker boehner said he does not have the votes to pass a clean, temporary spending bill or raise the debt limit. he wants the president to sit down and negotiate. there s never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. sena
there are still some issues, including wages, health care contributions and staffing when it comes to safe. safety. ktvu debora villone. well, within just the last few minute we have seen union leadership leave for the night. they say it s been a very long day and they note that they are leaving their cost committee key financial folks still upstairs and still crunching numbers. on the positive side we also know that everyone has come together at least one face-to- face at both sides at the stage table at least once this eveningment as you know a lot of their work tends to happen separately, but if there was after a time to come together it s now. well, the deadline has been given and it was given the other day and that hasn t change. reporter: a union official matter of fact about a new strike monday. union negotiators have been here all day, but working amonst themselves while bart s team has been holed up at headquarters. the unions presented some ideas to mana
announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m savannah guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. today we will answer the age-old question that s stumped people for generations, what does the fox say? and we ll answer the question how long will it be before you get that song out of your head? two to three days. sunday. exactly. we ll get to that later on. we want to get right to today s top story. there s controversy around the nobel peace prize being awarded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and not to a 16-year-old girl named malala yousufzai. andrea mitchell has more on that. good morning to you. reporter: good morning, matt. it is surprising and controversial. the decision seems to reflect both politics and the committee s concern that malala was too young to be awarded the
possibility of another strike. hi, everyone. good afternoon. i m frank mallicoat. i m michelle griego. negotiations are under way in hopes of avoiding a bart strike at midnight. as anne makovec reports, bart is shoring up contingency plans with the deadline 12 hours away. anne. reporter: the bart board is meeting now. after that meeting negotiations will resume. we are 12 hours away from the deadline. the unions didn t give a 72- hour notice of intent to strike but they tonight have to give it. that s a courtesy to passengers so there s still a very real possibility of a strike as soon as tomorrow morning s commute. the fact of the matter is it seems that the district is somewhat cavalier about the public s riding prospects. reporter: union workers came to air their frustrations this morning at a meeting of the bart board of directors as the clock ticks towards midnight. there may or may not be a strike. reporter: things are nasty. unions accuse management of pull