already see this movie? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that really could use a long weekend. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, october 8th. we ll start with the news. with just days go before the federal government was set to default on its national debt for the first time ever, the senate passed a short-term measure to raise the country s debt ceiling. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell provided democrats the ten votes necessary to advance the bill yesterday after a tense stalemate. the new measure lifts the country s borrowing cap by $480 billion, temporarily putting off what secretary janet yellen warned would be a, quote, utterly catastrophic democratic crisis. they look to early december when the next new limit expires and they ll have to negotiate the debt limit all over again. despite the votes democrats needed this time, mcconnell insists that won t be the case in december. former president donald trump
in a 113-page decision, judge robert pittman notes that texas deliberately crafted this law to evade judicial review by deputizing private citizens, not the state of texas, to sue abortion providers, essentially creating a system of vigilante justice. he writes, quote, this court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right. the white house in the statement says the ruling is an important step towards restoring the constitutional rights of women in texas. the state plans to appeal. i assume very quickly. this is huge news for women waking up in the state of texas this morning. 113 pages. i ve been through it. it s very careful. it s worth noting here, christine, that texas, despite all of its efforts, didn t actually ban abortion. it banned abortion for women who do not have the resources and the money to travel out of state because the justice department pointed out, people are still getting abortions. they re just going across stat
this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening with the country barreling toward a financial cliff tonight, republicans may be blinking and ready to help avert catastrophe with a new offer to democrats providing an off-ramp in the showdown of raising the $28.4 trillion debt ceiling. tonight the clock is ticking. less than two weeks until the u.s. will either have to raise the borrowing limit to pay past bills or face the chilling prospect of default and potential economic disaster senate minority leader mitch mcconnell now saying he will support an extension of the debt ceiling to allow the country to pay its bills for now, a temporary solution at best. peter alexander now with late details. reporter: tonight, what could be a new short-term solution to the looming fiscal disaster top republican mitch mcconnell offering democrats a deal to allow the government to extend its ability to borrow money to pay its bills for an we view that as a victory. we view th
we ll hear from an iraq war veteran who says he s disgusted with washington playing politics with his disability check. facebook fires back: hours after a whistleblower claims the social media giant is harming our kids and democracy, tonight, hear how c.e.o. mark zuckerberg is responding. no holiday cheer? the toy store owner who says her stock of hot wheels and barbies will sell out before christmas as shipments are stuck at sea. what s causing the backlog? the dangerous journey for haitian immigrants heading towards america. reporter: for all the people on that boat, this is the only way to the other side. o donnell: and the box brigade: what these do-it- yourselfers are doing to fight covid. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with a story of panic and fear that has become all too familiar in thida school. this
it s a question we ve asked before. are we past the worst of it? or is there the possibility of another wave coming? we ll address that today. plus, the latest on the 18-year-old student facing charges after opening fire yesterday during a fight at his texas high school near dallas. also, developing overnight, a federal judge blocked the enforcement of the strict, new abortion law out of texas. we ll look at where the legal fight goes from here. and the dodgers walk it off in l.a. last night beating the cardinals in the bottom of the ninth. it was a late night, willie. walk-off home run for chris taylor. highlights in a minute. meanwhile, republican and democratic leaders appear to be heading towards a deal to lift the nation s debt ceiling. minority leader mitch mcconnell offered a fix to work on a more permanent solution. msnbc s white house correspondent has details. reporter: what could be a short-term solution to the looming disaster, top republican mitch mcc