This afternoon . Reporter well, jim, President Biden said it is time for congress to get to work to avoid repeating this down to the wire talks that happened and ended yesterday as the house and senate both passed a bill to avert a Government Shutdown. But what the president has been pushing for them to do over the past few weeks and Going Forward is for House Republicans to adhere to the agreement that the white house had reached with House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy back in the spring during the debt ceiling fight. During that time, they had reached some agreements about what spending and budget levels should be in place and they had hoped that this was to avert a shutdown. But you had heard some House Republicans, the hardliners in the house really push for further spending cuts. And that is where the House Speaker ran into some issues between these two sides. But the president also lamented, the brinksmanship occurring between lawmakers up on capitol hill saying that American People ar
The c. R. Didnt pass, its just like in life, if you quit after the first time, its only a failure if you quit. Were in the middle of the republican civil war that has been ongoing for months, and now it threatens catastrophic Government Shutdown. Got to stop the spending. Its bankrupting this great country of ours. Any more time the speaker spends trying to cobble together farright wish lists that cant even pass the house would be a grievous mistake. Its tame for republicans to top playing these games what my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are doing with blank checks, more borrowing, more taxing, for more spending, destroying the future of this country. That stops now. Neil shutdown on. Well, the Government Shutdown is looking pretty inevitable right now, just 14 hours away potentially. Right after midnight tonight, 3. 5 million workers could be off the Government Payroll unless or until congress can pass a spending plan. Heres what we know right now though, House Speaker Ke
The Looting Rampage in philadelphia a massive crowd swarming stores, stealing merchandise at least 50 arrests. The growing Retail Theft Crisis the urgent manhunt for an Armed And Dangerous suspect in the murder of a young tech ceo what police have now revealed about the other recent Violent Crimes hes wanted for and his mothers plea. With the Government Shutdown fast approaching, growing pressure on speaker Kevin Mccarthy to cut a deal. And Bruce Springsteen postponing the rest of his 2023 tour the update on his health battle. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, and welcome. What began last summer with an american soldiers daring sprint across the heavily armed north korean border ended relatively quietly today with his release and return to american custody. Private first class travis king returning to the United States after being expelled by north korea his freedom the result of delicate diplomacy involving several nations including china. I was at the
With lester holt good evening, and welcome. What began last summer with an american soldiers daring sprint across the heavily armed north korean border ended relatively quietly today with his release and return to american custody. Private first class travis king returning to the United States after being expelled by north korea his freedom the result of delicate diplomacy involving several nations including china. I was at the pentagon when the news broke this morning and caught up with joint chiefs chairman mark milley well, general, can you tell us details of how travis king was released and turned over to u. S. Custody . Details, no, but i can tell you that right now he is in u. S. Officials hands in china and making his way back to the United States. The important thing, of course, is hes safe well get him reunited with his family and bring him back to the United States. Were there negotiations that you could tell us about that led up to this . Sure. Obviously theres negotiations
Assistance program in the city. Why the citys mayor says the plan is an effort to encourage people to get sober. President joe biden is back in the bay area for 3rd time this year. Were going to tell you whats on his agenda this time around. From the areas local news station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning far. Well, good morning thank you for waking with bright and early for the kron. 4 morning news today is wednesday. September 27th. Im reyna harvey. The middle of the week we had a really interesting week yesterday was. Sprinkle it outside today. John didnt see the water falling from the sky, but im wondering, will it return morning and nice dry morning to start things out with today. Unlike yesterday where . As you remember, we had a little bit listen to the roads as youre taken to them, especially our Early Morning commuters waking up to sode of that Tuesday Morning. Rainfall. Wednesdays start not so much. We are looking at some pretty dry conditions out there for now. Have to