and they want a formal score from the congressional budget office. house speaker nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are forced to delay votes on the bipartisan infrastructure until the end of this month. progressives will not vote on it if the multitrillion dollar social spending package does not go along with it and the president thinks the way to resolve the infighting in his party as to raise the debt ceiling. we d like to talk about what we need today to raise the debt limit. why the republicans in congress what they re doing today is so reckless and dangerous. let s be clear, not only the republicans are refusing to do their job, they re threatening to use their power, their power, to prevent us from doing our job , saving the economy from as catastrophic event. i think it s hypocritical commit, dangerous, and disgraceful. the irresponsibility knows no bounds. he gave for republican congressman in a member of the house budget committee byron donald s will weigh in on it
their colleagues and activists that stoop so low to follow senator sinema into the bathroom. i m heading out. we knocked on doors to get you elected. we can get you out of office if you don t give us what you promised us. martha: here s karl rove, a fox news contributor. a little while ago this is are just the starting point. a bigger question here. the president said, you know, he thought it was inappropriate. he said this happens. it happens to all of us, he said. hope it doesn t happen to him. i suspect secret service won t let anybody follow him in to a men s room, this is ridiculous. if they wanted to make her a sympathetic figure, they succeeded. otherwise, they may fools of themselves. martha: so on the big ticket, which is enormous and which is free, according to the white house, we just heard a go-around on this moments ago. peter doocy asked jen psaki this is free or cost zero dollars. here s what happened. watch. you said the president will have a vir
clothing support but also childhood care and afterschool care to ensure opportunity for those in our community and washington, d.c. what area do you serve? all over the city. we want to meet people where they are. hunger is everywhere. we go into the public schools. we know food stamps and families bills are challenging. food, we are everywhere. 14 different locations. in terms of childcare and afterschool, we are at the corner of 14th. you came from a diverse career. how long did you serve microsoft in the state of washington? i was in the tech field for 20 years and 10 of those at microsoft. the other washington. how did you get into tech? i was also fascinated by journalism and the written word. i was a letter writer. i loved to write in my family encourage my writing. , putting out of school a husband through school and having two children and got off of journalism track. the tech world was booming. the combination of being great at math and technology and writing
i don t know, i m busy right now. i haven t thought a lot about it. that s today, wednesday, october 16th, 2013. 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 wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning. i m savannah guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. remember 24 hours ago when it seemed we might get a deal. there was optimism in the senate but that was so yesterday. overnight everything came to a screeching halt. and the deadline is looming ever closer. that s right. this race to end the shutdown is today s top story. let s get right to peter alexander at the white house. peter, what can you tell us? reporter: good morning to you. most americans are asking themselves is it over yet? i just spoke to a top republican senate aide that said optimism abounds. but this is crunch time for congress now facing intense pressure to c
we ll talk to him. today exclusive, brad pitt opens up about his new film, his family, and hitting the big 50. i don t know, i m busy right now. i haven t thought a lot about it. that s today, wednesday, october 16th, 2013. 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 wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning. i m savannah guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. remember 24 hours ago when it seemed we might get a deal. there was optimism in the senate but that was so yesterday. overnight everything came to a halt. and the deadline is looming ever closer. that s right. this race to end the shutdown is today s top story. let s get right to peter alexander at the white house. peter, what can you tell us? reporter: good morning to you. most americans are asking themselves is it over yet? i just spoke to a top republican senate