the world war ii veteran vowing to fight on we begin in washington where congress returned to work for a lame duck session generating dreama. the top priority involves the controversial keystone xl oil pipeline. both took steps towards a fast-tracked vote, setting up a showdown with the white house. let s debate, vote, get the work down. in the weeks of a congressional system, democrats and republicans are working together. republicans say upcoming votes on the keystone xl pipeline are a result of midterm elections. you have seen the current democratic majority of the senate have an epiphany and allow vote they been blocking for years. reporter: democrats have other reasons for letting a vote move forward, one is to help out mary landrieu, trailing in a run-off fight to keep her senate seat. and wants voters in prooil state to see her as breaking the stalemate. it was held up by both sides, the politics of both sides. landrieu says she wan get the 60 she can g
this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m savannah guthrie. i m david gregory along side natalie morales and dylan dreyer. maybe you can explain what s going on in washington. it is so frustrating. this is dynamic where each side thinks the other side is 100% at fault here. i don t think we ll get to thursday without a deal. we re seeing tempers fly on all sides right now. absolutely. that s today s top story this morning. the push to end the government shutdown taking on new urgency with the u.s. days from losing its ability to borrow money. peter alexander is at the white house this morning with the very latest. good morning, peter. reporter: good morning, david. no deal in sight and not a lot of progress here. the next days will be critical on the u.s. closing in on a thursday deadline. that s when the government could begin defaulting on
america s veterans, seeking work and hoping to find it in the north dakota. plus - a flea market fortune. a faberge worth $33 million. it is day 13 in the hunt for the missing plane, centered 1500 miles off the coast of australia. it is there that objects have been captured, said to be the best lead yet. richelle carey is here to give us answers. we are waiting for answers. the search crew in the second day of looking for signs in one part of the southern indian ocean. satellite images show what might be debris. five military aircraft and ships are helping with the search. bad weather is making it difficult for the crews so far, and the satellite images are four days old. the objects may have drifted. family members of the missing passengers and crew are anxious. tonight officials are holding a meeting in beijing. nothing has been found. we continue the coverage of the story. now to more on the search efforts. andrew thomas is in sydney. there are a couple of aspe
mcconville. police release gerry adams, released and no charges laid. and a high-flying circus act goes terribly wrong. good to have you with us. we begin in ukraine where pro-russian activists stormed the police headquarters in odessa. protesters barged into the station, securing the release of 60 people, two days after violence left 40 dead. jonah hull has the latest from odessa. . to cries of our heroes , they emerge from the police station. more than 60 pro-russian protesters arrested for taking part in extreme violence on friday night. for hours riot police simply looked on from behind their shields, the crowd shouted freedom , demanding the release of those inside. some forced their way into a vehicle entrance to the police station. once inside, they seemed to be on the brink of complete control. and then from somewhere an apparent police decision to aqueous. this is a city in which great violence was done on friday night and possibly happening again. it see
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