good evening, everyone. and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. tonight americans are watching the clock and watching washington. >> the idea of putting the american people's hard-earned progress at risk is the height of irresponsibility and it doesn't have to happen. >> a warning from president obama. the impact felt on wall street as the markets tumble on shutdown fears. what else could happen if lawmakers can't agree. colorado flood victims might have to wait for federal help. and the impact on u.s. military

bases where civilians could be facing furlough. ♪ the u.s. government is now hours away from a shutdown. it hasn't happened in 17 years. today democrats and republicans were blaming each other as president obama warned the country about the consequences of failing to fund the federal government. mike viqueira joining us live from capitol hill with the latest. mike? >> john there is no deal at this point. president obama called all four leaders of congress, basically laid down the law once again, he would not allow obamacare to be held hostage to a spending bill or a little bit later a debt ceiling bill. >> unfortunately right now house republicans continue to tie funding of the government to

idealogical demands like limits a woman's access to contraception or delaying the affordable care act, all to save face after making some impossible promises to the extreme right-wing of their party. >> let's get you caught up to date of what has hand over the course of the last several hours. it was last saturday when the house met well into the night. harry reid said all along he was not going to play. he was good to his word today. dismissing in a matter of minutes a straight party line vote on the senate floor removing the provisions that the house put in, sending back a clean spending bill without anything in there about the affordable care act back to the house of representatives. the house is a decided develop conference. they are in a state of disarray

from white house to capitol hill. john boehner spoke earlier for his plans. >> we're going to move in the next several hours to take the senate bill add to it a one-year delay of the individual mandate on the american people and get rid of the exemptions for the members of congress. >> that's what they are working on right now, trying to attach those provisions, putting that one-year delay on the individual mandate, and trying to send it back to the senate. it's not even clear whether they have the votes to do that, but if they do, the senate will reject it, send it back to the house. meanwhile a shutdown even for a little while is looking more and more likely. >> yeah, we're less than four hours now. what other surprises do we have the rest of the evening?

>> well, i will say this, john, the conventional wisdom here in the halls of congress and the house, is that ultimately john boehner is in a very difficult position, and he is going to have to give into the senate and the president. they are unified against him. many believe it's only a question of when, and the big question going forward is how will conservatives react? it said the majority of house republicans are willing to go along with a clean spending bill without anything that would defund the president's health care initiative, which begins in earnest tomorrow. the question is will john boehner survive this internal fight. there is talk of revolts on the house floor. will he survive to fight the next fight, and that is raising the debt ceiling. >> mike viqueira thank you.

and from capitol hill we go to wall street. the dow closed down nearly 130 points just hours before the midnight deadline. with us is john sylvia, he is the managing director at wells fargo bank, and served as chief economist for the joint economic committee. welcome. >> thank you. >> how give us a sense of how the markets reabout today. >> i think uncertainty is a big issue. stock market sells off. treasury bond rates fall a little bit, rallies a little bit. the dollar tends to weaken. that seems to be the short level impact going forward here. and pick up on the last point just before he started to discuss this issue. it is really the debt ceiling that matters a little bit more

than this. there is only certain parts of the federal government that are furloughed. the majority of federal workers will go to work tomorrow. so the debt ceiling seems to be a much more critical deadline. >> so if it is shutdown you are predicting not much of an impact on the economy? >> i think generally these sort of crises last two or three days maybe at most, and it's only a shift of spending. most of these workers will in fact get paid. it's a question of timing. maybe get paid a week later than usual. but there isn't the major impact that there is associated with the debt ceiling problem. >> so if there is a deal on the budget that just gets kicked down the road a matter of weeks, and then you have the debt ceiling as well.

are we talking about combining these events causing something that could be catastrophic. >> the debt ceiling is much more serious, because the treasury really doesn't have the money to pay all of its bills. it will probably pay net interest on treasuries and a lot of the entitlements, but there are a lot of other areas of the government simply that won't get paid, so that is a much more heightened tension level in terms of negotiations on capitol hill. >> so there has been trouble before when we got close to the debt ceiling on the verge of defaulting. how would wall street react, if he got right up to the edge what impact would that have? >> well, it has a negative impact. many u.s. firms, of course, get

government contracts. they are associated with government activities. like for example agriculture depends on federal government inspectors. aircraft defends on federal government inspectors. if they are not on the job, those activities don't get done. so it has a negative impact on the overall u.s. economy. and something you mentioned just a few minutes ago, the level of uncertainty and the issues with respect to the leadership of boehner, if there is a big negative reaction it will make reaction more difficult. >> john members of wall street listen to folks like you. what do they need to hear? >> i think from our point of view, it's one of constant negotiation, give and take, democrats and republicans

getting together and figuring out what is to the long-term benefit of the u.s. economy. >> that doesn't seem to happen enough lately. [ laughter ] >> well, communicating is a challenge, but we tell them our assessment of the economic impact, the level of uncertainty, the history of what we have seen short-term, one or two days, really doesn't make much of a difference. the more it is prolonged the more it is perceived to have a more difficult economic impact. >> john thank you for joining us tonight. congress has unanimously passed a bill to pay active members of any military even in the government shuts down. fort campbell had been prepares for the possibilities of pay delays. jonathan other than the active military folks, what about civilian contractors? >> john, at this point it's really up to the secretaries of

homeland security and defense to determine what will happen here. who will be on furlough if the government shuts down and which employees will be asked to come here and say. they say they are looking at people who are essential. so we're talking about people likely in law enforcement, some people in utilities. but as far as an exact number the government hasn't given that. on the low end it could be 400,000 federal and civilian contractors and workers. when you look at a place like this, there are some 3,000 workers here. so they are waiting to find out who will be impacted by this. it could be people in recreation and health care, and not essential health-care workers, john. >> talk a little bit about the economic impact fort campbell

has on the region. >> right. anyone who knows this area knows that fort campbell essentially is the life blood of this region in kentucky. it has been estimated that it has a $7.4 billion economic impact. so when you take out a chunk of workers, those possibly civilian workers and contractors, that's still some 3,000 people and if you look at a rule area like this area that has an unemployment level of around 11%, and it can have a significant impact. >> jonathan thank you very much. al jazeera's coverage of the american standoff continues throughout the evening and into the morning if necessary. we'll be live in washington with analysis. again, our coverage continues past midnight on al jazeera

america. shutdown or not, health care insurance exchanges roll out tomorrow. if there is one thing that everybody knows about obamacare it's complicated, so we have asked david shuster to help break it down. good luck, david. >> yeah. let's start with the most basic component of obamacare. these insurance marketplaces that are about to start. the first thing to remember is obamacare leaves most of the health care system alone. >> reporter: despite all of the rhetoric in washington, d.c., the new exchanges will only be in play for about 7% of the total u.s. population or about 23 million people. the reason is if you get your insurance through your employer, the new exchanges do not apply to you. that means there will be 321 million, almost half based on

current trends, or 154 million will have employer-based health insurance. another 46 million americans will be on medicare. they will stay on that. the new program does expand ed kayed. an estimated 26 million people will get insurance through other place. that believes about 53 million uninsured americans. experts believe less than half will actually get insurance through the marketplaces. so if you are uninsured, what will the new marketplaces look like? imagine looking a flight or trip on line through the popular websites, you put in your destinations, dates and anything else and come bare prices. the obamacare marketplaces will

look the same, though they will be a bit more complicated. each state will have a website that will offer different coverage options. if your family household income isless than $95,000 a year, the government will give you help. if you are an individual subsidies will kick in if your income is less than $46,000. the overall system will preserve the opportunity for doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies to make money. in the past insurance companies have covered their costs by raising pricings or refusing to cover people who are more expensive to insure. obamacare is intended to make coverage more affordable in part, by limiting how much insurance companies can charge. and bring the denied percentage from 18% to zero.

those the sick, elderly and those be preexisting conditions will be added to the insurance pool. older americans could be charged up to three times more for their coverage than younger americans. uninsured younger people may join the knew plans. the obama administration and health care xrt -- experts agree the key is getting young healthy people into the marketplaces. >> the exchange is open tomorrow, and you'll have six months to enroll. all americans by next spring are expected to health insurance. part of this mandate that some respects don't like. and if you don't have health insurance by next spring, you face an irs poenalty.

>> thank you david. benjamin netenyahu came to washington today with a warning to president obama, don't trust iran. >> prime minister minister benjamin netenyahu made it clear he was coming here to strongly warn barack obama to not be fooled by this recent media blitz. >> it is a pleasure to welcome prime minister netenyahu back to the oval office. as i said before and i will repeat we take no options off of the table including military options. >> reporter: when he didn't get was a time line. >> it is israel's firm belief

that if iran continues to advance its nuclear program, the sanctions would be strengthened. >> reporter: >> they are going to make noise, the prime minister is going to talk publicly and criticize the u.s./iranian oaftures, but at the end of the day, israel has to go along with u.s. policy on this one and has to give negotiations a chance. >> reporter: according to a new poll, 76% favor direct negotiations with iran, meaning the public is willing to give the president time. how much time? he is not saying regardless of who asks. syria's foreign minister

told the united nations today that damascus is fully committed to cooperating on chemical weapons. >> reporter: assads deputy foreign minister said the war in his country was not a civil war, but a war against al-qaeda. those labeled terrorists he claimed were the ones that used chemical weapons. >> translator: terrorists who used poisonous gases in my country have received chemical agents from regional and western country familiar to all of us. >> reporter: just one diplomat was in the seats to hear him speak. >> ballot boxes remain the only solution to decide on the

options of the syrian people in determining their own future. >> reporter: after friday's vote, there is hope of another unified effort. for months senior un official versus called for better access to syria for humanitarian issues. a presidential statement on humanitarian access would be important, because it would show the joint position of all members of the security council. but it is not legally binding in international law. >> aid workers say it takes months to get their visas. getting to opposition-controlled areas is very difficult. a statement from the united nations may help provide pressure.

you are looking at the house right now, and another vote going on on another bill -- a temporary funding bill that would be sent back to the u.s. senate. we'll continue to cover this throughout the evening. ♪ record rainfall -- daily record rainfall that is in oregon, and also into olympia washington. southwest washington continuing to get the rainfall tonight. much of this weekend we had so much rainfall come down that the entire month of september has new records set for the amount of rain we have gotten. right now, wind gusts are anywhere from 20 to 25 miles an

hour. for places west of any cascades. the rain showers will continue, and we have already got the most rain have gotten since 1872. coming up we'll look at temperatures and more of that mountain snow. >> rebecca thanks very much. throwing a wrench into the gears of the u.s. economy. that's what the president is calling the potential shutdown threat. but still more airline fees. find out why passengers might not mind having to fork over even more money to fly.

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about what the government shutdown might do to the economy. here is the report. >> reporter: the last time the federal government went dark was between 1995 and 1996 for 26 days. the congressional budget office says that shaved half of a per age point of growth in the economy. >> a government shutdown of three to four weeks could reduce growth by as much as 1.4%. that's a major stumbling block in the regrowth. >> reporter: analysts worry the stock market isn't nearly as resilient as it was during other government crises. we have worries about bernanke, and obamacare. the market is more skittish than

it was before. >> and workers would have to go on unpaid leave until a deal is reached. tens of thousands of private workers could be adversely impacted if uncle sam can't spend money. and we're still watching the vote in the house within about an hour the house is expected to vote. and it is expected to spend a clean bill stripped whatever the house is asking for. we'll have that report at the bottom of the hour. get ready for more fees when you fly, but this time you might actually be willing to play more. airlines are introducing fees for new upgrades such as

allowing passengers to have an empty seat next to them. there is a new twist in one california city's plan to help out its troubled homeowners. the country's largest pension plan says it opposes the city's richmond's plan to use eminent domain to seize undercover mortgages. ♪ and ross shimabuku is here with sports and some nba news. >> nba training camps have decided up and the knicks have decided to keep their head coach through the 2014 season. woodson is staying, but in cable the cubs decide to fire their

manager. under that manager the cubbies are seven games under .500. gardenhire was on the hot seat. and jake locker had to be carted off of the field after he injured his hip on this nasty hip. the team believes he could be out for four to eight weeks. in the meantime brian fitzpatrick will be you starting quarterback. in baseball, john, the race and rangers are playing in a tiebreaker as we speak. the winner will take on the indians. >> all right. ross thank very much. bp is back in court. the accusations it is facing after the deep water disaster in the gulf. i'm in lyons, colorado,

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♪ and welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. here are the top stories. syria's foreign minister said the conflict in his country is not a civil war but a war on terror. and he accused western nations of supplying chemical weapons to the rebels. a team of un experts is set to begin the process of identifying and eliminating syria's chemical weapons tomorrow. >> netenyahu and president obama met today. the israeli leader has a warning to the us. don't trust iran. plus here is a live look at the vote in the senate. we'll continue to follow this.

let's bring in real money's ali velshi to comment on this. what is your guess on what would have happened? >> i would have in the old days guessed that we wouldn't have gotten to this point. i would guessed in august the danger it did to the economy, that we would don't this. there is only one constitutional requirement for congress, and that is a budget basically. this is the one thing they have to do and continue to not be able to do. this is not as serious as the debt ceiling, but the fact that they can't get this done, doesn't bode well for the debt ceiling battle. the dow was down a little over a percentage point. again, the market is more interested in the debt ceiling issue, because that is the one that is going to cost individuals and individuals. the market is up 18% for the

year, which is almost double what you would get in the average good year. people say this is effecting their stocks for the moment because the market still believe something will happen. there might be something that happens in the next couple of hours, but the fact that we get this close is the height of irresponsibility. >> let's go back to the debt ceiling. the last time we came up to the brink there were some big problems. >> yeah, we got our credit rating lowered. if you get your credit rating lowered, it's the same for individuals. if your credit score goes down, generally speaking your interest rate goes up. but europe was in flames back then, basically. the u.s. was in the words of the head of pimco, the cleanest dirty shirt in the pile. that's different today. so in a rising interest rate environment, if we do the right thing, and the world starts

saying these americans are not all that responsible, rates could go up. that's why this is serious. >> we talked to john sylvia of wells fargo a little while ago. >> yep. >> is congress really listening to the folks on wall street and why not? >> well, one of the reasons is the degree to which we redistrict, the degree to which there are no controls on how much money you can earn, means that era of bipartisan politicians this largely gone. we remember olympia is snow. evan buy. all of these other names of people who really took it upon themselves to be leaders within their own party to come up with a consensus, there is no overlap anymore. >> but the guys in wall street are the guys that know what impact it would have on the

economic, and you would think they would be listening. >> there are a lot of reasons why these guys have this much money to run in these complains. >> that's true. >> look a lot of people like what a lot of these republicans are standing for. this not doing a budget is not a valid argument. it is the one constitutional requirement of congress. so we have to separate these things. there could be a really good discussion on how we spend, how he tax, but that hasn't happened in a long time. the last time we did the right thing with the budget, we passed it in the house and senate, and it was signed by the president was 2009. it's now 2013. >> stand by for a second, because i want to bring mike viqueira in. mike, i take it that the house

is voting on a number of amendments here? >> really just two principle, one would delay the individual mandate for one year, it would also take away the employer contribution for health care premiums for members of congress and their staff, something that a lot of people don't want to come out speaking publicly against here. in any event the house is about -- and you see the vote here. if you can read this jumble here, ten republicans voting against this. these are not republican moderates. these are republican conservatives that say this doesn't go far enough to kill the bill. that's what john boehner is up against when he tries to get a cohesive message out of the house. blackmail they call it to the

president of the united states, so what is happening now is they are going to ping-pong this -- i'm not sure if we are on a ping or a pong stage, back to the senate -- >> how long will it take them to turn it around in the senate? >> yeah, it's amazing what they can do when they set their mind to it. harry reid tabling this motion. we have already been told by harry reid's aid that that's exactly what they are going to do. it will take about 15 minutes and by 10:00 it will be right back in john boehner's lap with two hours to go before a potential shutdown. >> and then what? >> i don't know. anything from john boehner saying to cool it, or them

sticking to their guns, to a full scale revolt. you have a deeply divided conference there between the tea party and the, quote unquote, establishment wing. >> mike, let me ask you this, you have been covering this for a long time. we have had partship in american politics forever. the process is the president is supposed to put a budget proposal out. what is so broken? >> we use these terms interchangeably, and the budget is very important because it provides an outline for how the money is going to get spent. but the money isn't actually spent until it is appropriated. and on october 1st, as you know, it is the beginning of a new fiscal year, and there are 12 appropriations bills that back in the old days used to move

through congress, we would come in and june and july, there would be little goodies stuffed in there for everybody, and they passed all of the appropriations bills and there hasn't been a shut down for 17 years. now there hasn't been one of those 12 bills that have to be passed by october 1st. these are the bills that fund all of the agencies from the department of commerce to nasa. >> you are there and spend a lot of time on capitol hill. can you give us a sense of what it feels like up there? >> it has been partisanship and bickering that has been building for quite sometime. we can get to the systemic causes. but right now i think the

distinguishing feature of this congress, the 113th congress is division among the republican party. i -- i mean it's as plane as day. you talk to speaker's aids behind the scenes. leadership behind the scenes, you get a lot of exasperation and eye rolling. people came here bent on bending the president and democrats to that will. one very fundamental point here that i don't think a lot of people understand or would be surprised when they find this out, if the bill is for funding the government for the next year or whatever it is. we'll be back at this in mid-november if this gets worked out in the next couple of days. the house could pass the senate bill right now, but it would require john boehner, the top

member of the majority, to go to the minority party of the house and ask for help. and that's unthinkable. that's really the strange part of all of this, because more people voted for democratic candidates in the house than republican candidates in the house. >> when mike lines up the list of events that could happen in the next several weeks, i just have to think about how the market will react. >> the one thing that markets don't like is uncertainty. tell me these things will be cut, this regulation is coming in, this is what you can't plan for. small businesses go through the same process. so much work is done by government contractors. they don't know, do they hire somebody? they are trying to find an engineer or designer, and they are going to offer them six month's work, when they can get

a year-long contract in the private market. jobs are coming a little more slowly than we would like, but it is gaining speed, and this is government sticking its foot out there and tripping the runner. >> and then you have health care as well -- >> yep. >> and these same small businesses are asking -- [ technical difficulties ] >> they can plan around it. they don't have to like it, but they can plan around it. this is the hardest thing in the world for businesses to understand that i don't know what to do for the next sick weeks or six months. >> ali thank you very much. a government shutdown would also close down 400 national parks and museums, that includes the statue of liberty here in new york.

last time it happened in the mid-1990s, about 7 million visitors were turned away. melissa, what is the impact this will have on the golden gate mark in san francisco? >> well, i'm here with the bridge behind me although shrouded in the famous san francisco fog. but the park folks here tell me is they are going to ask most people to stay at home if there is a federal shutdown, and they will have a bare bones minimum number of people at the park. when we praszed for more plans, there was a lot of uncertainty. >> we just are waiting for the direction to come from the department of interior, to the national park service and they are share with us, what level of closure there is, if there is one, or hopefully -- we're all

remaining very hopeful that there won't be a government shutdown. >> what is particularly interesting is the department of interior has not given a lot of guidance to the 401 national parks across the country. each park has had to make its own ad hoc decision. and we got the sense from folks that they were pretty much winging it. when i asked if the staff knew when they would be paid next, the answer was no. >> melissa thank you very much. and as ali just said any shutdown would have an impact far away from washington. trach colorado. paul joins us with that story. paul? >> reporter: john, i'm here in

lyons, colorado which was one of the hardest hit areas in those floods just a few weeks ago. people are waiting for all of their services to be turned back on. most of the town is completely shut down. people have been evacuated. children are going to school elsewhere. the entire business district is shutdown. the town itself said it susta sustained $42 million in damage -- >> paul, i'm going to interrupt you for just a second, we have some news we want to tell our viewers about. on the senate floor, harry reid, the majority leader is speaking right now. let's listen in. >> now that's got a lot of reputation, and now they are trying to do it again. they just passed over there another piece of legislation to try to defuse, defeat, get rid of obamacare.

madam president obamacare is the law. we had a couple of republicans today talk about the obama health care bill. that's long since passed. it's the law. do i need to remind everyone again. the united states supreme court said it's constitutional. but the speaker, instead of allowing all members to vote to keep the government open for business, he is once again pushing for a government shutdown. i think this is what they want. remember they don't believe in government. so what is a real good way to get -- what is a good way to really hurt government? shut it down. the house once again has attached ridiculous policy

riders that are dead on arrival over here. i heard this story before. just six hours ago. republicans are threatening to shut down the government unless democrats repeal obamacare for a year. >> clearly the debate continues in washington, d.c. between the house of representatives lead by republicans and the u.s. senate, lead by harry reid and the democrats, and this debate at least another three hours and maybe 14 minutes left it to. joie chen is standing by in washington, d.c. as well to tell us what is coming up on "america tonight." joie? >> good evening, on "america tonight" we'll continue to closely monitor those developments up on capitol hill. we are also tonight going to meet a very different sort of american politician, one who is not connected to the day's

events here in washington. he is the new mayor of jackson mississippi. what is so interesting about that? he is proud to say he is a revolutionary who has been standing up to the establishment for decades. "america tonight" correspondent adam may traveled to mississippi to talk to this leader. >> all right. joie thank you very much. in the nfl, peyton manning and tom brady have been putting up incredible numbers. but who quarterback is more credible? ross shimabuku will have that debate. >>introduces america tonight. >>in egypt, police fired teargas at supporters of the ...

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and ross is back here with sports alex rodriguez started his appeals process. >> oh, let the games begin, john. fighting for his baseball life, a-rod, all of his attorneys at the bail offices today in new york fighting his 211-game suspension. the hear willing be in front of a three-member panel and is expected to last five days. the group will decide whether to uphold, reduce, or overturn the suspension. rodriguez says he is excited to face this issue head on. if the suspension is upheld, he

wouldn't be back on the field until 2015. the broncos are putting up some ridiculous numbers. they lead the eagles by 52 points, and earlier tonight, i spoke to anita marx about these high-powered broncos. can anybody stop these guys? >> nobody. no, i'm kidding. let's talk about how great of a season peyton manning is having. he is on pace to throw 64 touchdowns. but what is he working with? a ton -- a plethora of talent. who can stop them? i think the kansas city chiefs. you have a great manager of a ball team. the demographics are difficult to play at. and i think if brandon flowers

is healthy. it will be the kansas city chiefs. >> brady is throwing to receivers we have never heard from. >> yes. >> how impressive were they? >> i am probably more impressed with tom brady's season than with peyton manning. what is tom brady working with? his pro bowl tight end is in jail, wes welker is playing with peyton manning, and danny is injured. so what the patriots have been able to do without the talent working around tom brady to me is more impressive than what peyton manning is doing the denver. >> can the [ inaudible ] turn it

around? >> i don't think they can. and that's very difficult for me to say because it's such a storied franchise. the offensive line is not healthy. there's no rushing attack. the linebacking corpses is probably one of the worst in all of the nfl. we heard the comments that justin tuck made the other day, if anyone is going to turn on tom barrett he is going to punch them in the mouth. i don't know that's the problem. it's not the head coach. but i think that go 0-6. >> really? >> i do. >> wow. >> i don't think they win their game to minnesota comes to new jersey. i know. i know. >> i guess we can cross out the giants. pittsburgh, tampa bay -- >> the tampa bay has a lot of

drama going on. the jaguars are in need of a quarterback. if there is one team that can turn it around its pittsburgh. if there is a team that can turn it around who is 0-4 i think it's the pittsburgh steelers. >> the ravens lost to the bills to fall to 2-2. is it just that tough to repeat? >> i think it is because there is so much parity in the nfl especially the amount of money you can send in free agency, but you have the third highest paid quarterback throwing five interceptions, ross. are you kidding me? they lost so much talent -- there were so many guys, ed reid, ray lewis, dennis pit is injured. it's hard to replay that style

of football year in and year out. >> all right. in baseball 162 games not enough. because the rays are taking on the rangers as we speak in a tiebreaker. the winner from tonight will get to face the indians in the al wild-card on wednesday. baseball wild-cards are heating up. >> thanks very much ross. stay with us weather is next. s2x

the second phase of the bp oil spill trial is ungway. attorneys for both sides are arguing over how much oil spilled into the gulf back in 2010. they are facing as much as $18 billion in fine following the rig explosion that killed 11 people. the company insists it complied with all government regular ration -- regulation, but attorneys say it unestimated its response, and unestimated how much oil leaked out of the well. ♪ a large fall storm that

brought record rainfall to see at, portland, now it's making mountain snow and track going the dakotas. powerful wind gusts of 40 to 50 miles an hour, those wind gusts are also stretching across parts of nevada and up. we're going to see this storm track its way into tomorrow into mp -- minnesota, and you will have a wind advisory at 10:30 in the morning for you. you can see quite a different scene here than from last week. it is expected to get about another 10 inches of snow overnight tonight. some of the passes will be rather slushy driving. here is the wind gusts. we captured a 63 mile an hour wind gust here. this storm really depends on

your exact location, because what is happening is the wind is coming so fast in the upper part of the atmosphere, it's like a car going over a bump. that is going by your powerful wind gust slamming down on the other side of the air. so we're getting quite chilly for the west and up to the north, and we're still in the mild side in places to the south. here we are the beginning of fall and we already have a storm that is just like winter in the beginning of fall. denver will still get to 78 degrees, but flooding continues for thailand. thailand you had anywhere from four to five inches of rain today. the flooding we're watching from the typhoon that hit thailand today.

♪ >> welcome to al jazeera. i'm john siegenthaler. today's top stories. in three hours, the government will shut down unless members of congress can reech reach a com. the affordable care act parts of which go into effect tomorrow. senator harvey reid i hear -- harry reed is speaking on the floor of the congress. the standoff conned throug sof