50 miles per hour tracking into the midwest. >> hi everyone welcome to al jazeera america i'm john siegenthaler in new york. you can see the clock. it is almost midnight on the east coast. no deal has been reached on capitol hill. with no funding the white house has ordered that the government begin the shut down process. joie chen is going to join us a few minutes with america tonight. but you can see, the government might be shut down but the lights are still on, in the senate and the house, congress people are continuing the debate whether they're going fund the government or not. mike viqueira has the story, mike. >> we have a couple of things in the in box, omb are sylvia

burwell, let's listen in harry reid is on the senate floor i'm told. let's hear what he has to say. >> this memorandum falls september 17 memo and update on the potential lapse of appropriations. no more potential madam president after midnight. provision providing under the colgd continuing appropriations act expires at 11:59 tonight. unfortunately we don't have any indication that congress will act in time for the president to sign a continuing resolution before the end of the day tomorrow. october 1st, 2013. therefore, agencies should now execute plans for shut down due to the absence of appropriations. that's what she said. so madam president, agencies of government are in the process of closing down.

it now appears that the house is not going to do anything to keep the government from shutting down. they've got some engineery rigged thing about going to conference. madam president it is embarrassing that these people who are elected to represent the country are representing the tea party. the anarchists of the country. and the majority of the people in congress are following, all along the way. this is an unnecessary blow to america, to the economy, middle class, everyone. house has within their power the ability to avoid a shut down. they should simply pass a six-week cr that we sent them. so madam president we are going to come in, in the morning and see what they've done sometime tonight. but i would hope they would understand, within their power, any time, all they have to do is accept what we already passed.

all this stuff they keep sending over here, they are so fixated on embarrassing our president, the president of the united states. >> senate majority leader harry reid speak flg a very unusual session after midnight april the government has begun to shut down and over in the house here's what's going on there. you can take a look at this. we can see that the house is still in session and still debating this issue. i'm not sure which congressman this is. let's listen in. >> let's bring a clean continuing resolution to the bill, a clean cr even with those low levels i have some problems with, i guarantee you it will pass with democrat votes and republican votes. we can reverse this shut down now, by bringing a clean continuing resolution to the floor. please do it, please don't let

this government shut down. >> at this time i would like to yield three minutes to one of the clearest thinkers in our party, a second term member from new york, the gentleman, congressman reed. >> the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. ladies and gentlemen, let us be clear as to what we did tonight. we sent a request to the united states senate. to simply treat all americans equally, under obamacare. we sent a request to the senate, keep the government open. because the president has chosen to give a pass to big business for one year. we're asking to give that pass to american individuals for one year. the law isn't ready. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle know, it's not ready. why can't we just treat american

citizens, individuals, the same as our president, by his executive order, has said big business should get a pass? and most egregiously, why wouldn't you agree with us that members of congress should not be treated any differently under the law? you know the truth. to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle mr. speaker, members of congress are getting special treatment under this law because of what harry reid and the president did through the opm. >> so we have been listening to republican congressman reid in the house and then democratic senator reed in the senate there. this debate goes back and forth, they are lobbying these attacks at one another at just five

minutes past midnight. quite a rare occurrence in washington, d.c. at this hour. let's bring in ali velshi to talk a little bit more about this. this is quite an amazing display here tonight. >> it is. i got used to the fact that we weren't going to get a budget. every year we are supposed to have a budget, not every year but that's been the convention for decades. i wasn't sure we weren't going to get this. this is kind of strange. this congressman, saying we want fairness for all americans. you have to come to terms with the fact that you hate obamacare, you tried 42 times to defund it and it didn't work. my twitter feed has been going pretty crazy but one poignant. a woman just tweeted me, i wish they would consider us the little people when they want to

flaunt their little vendettas in public. why don't they think about continuous. >> the anger seems to be rising. >> absolutely it is. >> michael sure, what do you think from the senate and the house? >> jim mcgovern and tom reid and harry reid enormous. this is the theater of politics and this is what people who are looked on this stuff like to watch but in fact as ali has said and he said repeatedly, this is about a budget, not about obamacare and the republicans have said with greatly refrain they've said listen, we do not want obamacare and we don't want to shut down the government. tomorrow they will have both. >> all right. let me bring mike viqueira in.

procedurally, what's underway, both in the house and the senate tonight? >> john i want to point out something that we just left harry reid, the senate is gone, senate is gone until 9:30 in the morning. we saw congressman reid the republican of new york enunciating the same arguments we've heard time and time again. rye there that ten minute microcosm over the last week inn congress. the spending bills that are ordinarily used to fund agencies, be the vehicle for somehow delaying or disparaging or bringing down the affordable care act, harry reid, sayings absolutely not, no way no how. the debate has lasted 9 hours

and 30 minutes. we explain how we got there. >> the government is officially shut down, earlier, president obama expressed his frustration. >> a shut down will have a very real economic impact on real people. right away. >> back in march congress passed what's called a stopgap measure, or a temporary spending bill. that bill expired at midnight. that meant a shut down on some parts of government until the gop agreed on a new bill, to try to defund or delay the affordable care act. also known as obamacare. the debate has led to plenty of theatrics on capitol hill. pushed the conclusion of the defunding requirement, cruz launched a symbolic filibuster. >> i do not like them sam i am i

do not like green eggs and ham. >> it has been a game of ping pong, tea party republicans signed a bill defunding obamacare. saturday house rejected that and voted to defund parts of the law. >> the house did its work, passed a bill on saturday night, sent it to the united states senate that would delay obamacare for one year and eliminate permanently the medical device tax that is costing us tens of thousands of jobs that are being shipped overseas. >> stripped out and sent the measure back to the house. the house on monday night sent it back to the senate and senate met after that and sent it back to the house. >> albert einstein said when defining insanity as follows: doing the same thing over and over again and thinking you're going oget a different result. einstein was a genius but it

doesn't take a genius to figure pout that the proof is watching the house republicans because they've lost their minds. >> the u.s. government has been down this gridlocked road before. there have been 17 government shut downs since 1977, the last one was also the longest, shut down december 1995, lasted for 21 days. and president obama at this hour has recorded a video message to the troops overseas. he notes that the senate and the house did get together long enough today to pass a bill that ensures that military families and service men panned women will be getting their paychecks on time. that was a real question until late afternoon here. he expressed sympathy to many sifnl dod employees,. >> mike viqueira, thank you. the senate's gone home and justin, can you take a look at os 11, is senator menendez still

speaking on the floor of the senate? obviously not everybody have gone home on the floor of the senate tonight. >> we believe they have certain disciplines and yes, sir, we can't keep our own budget open. >> i believe we have a republican speaking in the house right now. >> cut from senior care, medicare, we think that's a problem we think that was wrong we think pushes this -- >> senate and house of representatives at 12:12 in the morning. eastern time. they have not stopped talking. the federal government is shut down but as we said the lights are on in washington, d.c. and they're on in the capitol. i want to show you just one other thing which is what the president had to say a political earlier this afternoon. >> tens of thousands of

americans die every single year because they don't have access to affordable health care. despite this, republicans have said if we lock these americans pout of affordable health care for one more year, if we sacrifice the health care of millions of americans, then they'll fund the government for a couple of more months. does anybody truly believe that we won't have this fight again in a couple more months? even at christmas? so here's the bottom line. i'm always willing to work with nern, either party, to make sure the affordable care act works better, to make sure our government works better. i'm always willing to work with any then to grow our economy faster or to create new jobs if a faster. to get our fiscal house in order for the belong run. i've demonstrated this time and time again. oftentimes to the consternation

of reply own party. but one faction of one party in one house of congress in one branch of government doesn't get to shut down the entire government, just to refight the results of an election. keeping the people's government open is not a concession to me. keeping vital services running and hundreds of thousands of americans on the job is not something you give to the other side, it's our basic responsibility. >> that was the president of the united states a little earlier. a live shot from washington, d.c. i have got a little less than three minutes. i want to go to robert shore as your quick views on what has happened or not happened. >> i'm not terribly surprised john, i thought this is what they would do to shut down, i saw a speaker, moderates in miss

party, it will take some time but i think you have something that you want. i'm encouraged by what ali said, about u.s. americas future. and also, the n hrchltdm was shut down and tomorrow congress goes to bed. >> ali what is your view? >> i would rather are the not happen but the fact that it has happened might get these out of their system for fiscally 67, one thing about shutting the government down is it will remind mean how far they are from government. mass nothing to do with them, not just national parks and monday puments and things like that. maybe you'll find out your relationship to government and we'll treat all of us a little

better. where. >> rick: . >> now we're into the next day and as we go into the next day give me a sense of what -- first of all, what happens tomorrow and second, you've been covering this place a long time. give me some idea what youros are tonight? >> quiferl some as far as ally is concerned, the stock market opens each and every day at, for tonight ensuring that those government employees in notices facilities will not be open first thing in the morning. right now in the housing of representatives, house democrats coming to grips here, they are

unified along with house dramatic in that matter. there has to be a recognize reckoning, a clean bill on the floor without anything dealing with the affordable care act. he's going to have to do that in order to get out of the next. as some folks are mrs. going to have to accept the react that is this to mayor political detriment and harry reed is not going ogive ground and the president is not going to back down at least this time. john. >> on imhol hill, ali velshi, so what happens is, the government has shut down. it has begun to shut down and will over the next several hours in wrashedz. we are going to continue this story for you tonight. as you request see there's a lot

going on in washington, d.c. america tonight is coming up next on are al jazeera america. and with them, a storm of views. how can you fully understand the impact unless you've heard angles you hadn't considered? antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> obama administration officials said they need to enrol 2.7 u.s. redents between the ages of 18 and 35 in exchange plans to balance risks and hold down costs. will they enrol come 1 october - should they pay the face.

>> joining me now is jen mishory, deputy director of young invincibles, she's in washington d.c. and yevgeniy feyman, a research assistant at the manhattan institute. thank you for being with us. i want to start with you yevgeniy feyman. the young people are crucial to the success of obamacare. >> absolutely. they'll balance out the risk pool, they'll keep premiums that need the insurance, and the administration is reaching out to them. >> jen, the young invincibles are in the 18-34 group.

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left out. >> if you look at what can be based on. a lot of them become so costly. how would the premiums be calculated? >> right. >> one major benefit that's us used. the people with preexisting conditions have been years shut out of the market. they don't want to take the risk or if you have diabetes,s a that or cancer and it's a much higher rate. going forward now, that's gone. the only preexisting conditions. no one will ask you what your medical history is when you go buy insurance. it only matters now to buy insurance or the risk, what's your age? do you smoke? then, the income is, how much will you have in the coverage. that's all that matters. so the price to come in and

to finally -- it's not get as much rate shock that we will talk about. in most case wes are seeing the rate shock. it's with an income of $50,000. in some cases they are closer to be about $30 or $40 a month. the premium could come in much lower. >> does this mean that every body should be cheaper. no, in many cases -- >> i will bring in the doctor. i understand you have reached out to your patients to try to help them understand what they could or might not be getting out of it. what are they telling you about what they understand about the exchange? >> well, i will tell you this. they need to get insurance. insurance is so important because it makes a difference between you being in the hospital the bed or being on the hospital floor it's very real. people are just so nervous and scared because of all the information that's been prop oh gated throughout this entire thing. we know insurance is important.

the rich people are angry because they have to pay a little more taxes. the mid income people are saying they are not sure they will have coverage. and the people that actually work to poor. they are upset because they don't understand this stuff. it's not difficult it's like getting the car insurance. you have a car, you have to buy insurance. you will get the best insurance for you. you buy it. most of the obama care has nothing to do with the consumer. it has to do with insurance companies. it has to do with medical device. i want people to understand don't freak out. woman, i need you to make sure that you march in the streets for obama care because for the first time your premium is not more than men. that's a big deal. >> hang on a second here, i want

talk about how we help people understand. part of this has been, the navigator. this is designed to be a way nearly for individuals to understand what they could and could not get, right? >> right. initially, it's the health care coverage will be as simple as buying a plane ticket it's now that simple. a lot of people can go online and an individual can have the case and the choices they can do it. far lot of people, it's going to be something new. they need the point in the right direction. under the law and they navigate are getting health for people to know where to go. they are not going to tell you which plan is better. they will tell you what your options are and what web-sites to go to. it's also have number terse call and can go online. >> part of the problem is it's

complex. you're saying in louisiana you have a limitation applied we your governor, the leadership that is going to make it very different than folks will know where i live this is going to be a very different process. >> it's going to be different but doesn't have to be very complex. when we make people think we will go on here and will not know what to do. it's not a lot different than things that they have done before. they have to take an active role as opposed to with being passive and get the insurance. as long as you can read and find and navigate in what you should be able to do. you should be able to have affordable care is what the hole concept of what thisup law is. >> people are saying it is confusing. >> the plan i wanted to make. it's leek buying a plane ticket. one of the things i like about it is the people whether it's call center or the navigators are restricted in your state. the call centers allow you to

compare a different plan. so often as consumers if we've been inside a store or inside a car dealership, we have been tk-bg. >> so it's people have the beauty that you can actually wait six months. if you have insure rapbs far while. you can can spend four months trying to figure out which you want or at least two or three. >> right. and we do have a little bit of time and the talk you that will help you sort thing that don't have a vested insurance in which one you choose. there's a lot of help available and we do have a little time to figure the all of this out. we want to thank all tkwhraoeuf foall three ofyou for being wits tonight. also the doctor from new orleans. i appreciate your incites. >> and coming up next, a kaltist for change. how a man with a radical track record is leading the largest city in mississippi.

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the world's attention was on mississippi as the struggle for civil rights heated up across the strait. veterans of that movement today it's a new mayor named jackson mississippi and once a radical history. >> in the states, with a notorious civil rights history. this man may be the most radical elected official in the united states. >> the reality is it's -- >> a human rights lawyer who is represented black panthers, a leader of a revolutionary black national organization. >> the city council has at 5:30. okay. now the mayor of jackson,

mississippi. we caught up with the mayor just days after his inauguration. he adjusted to life as the mayor of the largest city in mississippi. >> i have a lot of faith in him. >> what's going on t man. >> reporter: the mayor radical history hasn't scare aid way his supporters. on this die near, the they line up to shake his hand. >> what you think of the new mayor? >> >> mississippi is still racial ladladylydivided. amnesty has not elected a black politician to state-wide office since reconstruction. his political journey began at a young age. as a child he was deeply effected by the death of emit --

a 14 this-year-old murdered by a rapist. at 8-year-old my mom opened the jet magazine and showed me the body. and she explained to us. she said not only is it a problem with the people that did this but america has a problem. america's problem is racism. >> reporter: in 196, th the assassination of martin luther king pushed him to take action. where were you? >> when mlk was assassinated, i was in kalamazoo. we walked across the street. it's large test university and took over the administration building, chained it up and said we couldn't get the martin luther king program and there will not be any problem. >> reporter: he later joined the republic of new africaed a sro can kateinafricaadvocating for k

nation. >> at the time you have to remember we were locked out of government. it's very important for black people to have a stop on earth where they control and some economy and do some things which are important. >> is that a good idea? >> yes. >> the idea is to illustrate to the u.n. so they actually vote on national independence. it's voting right actions that we've got now. we can try and do some of that self determine work inside the mayor system. >> reporter: in 1971 the republican new africa movement. it was inside here where members had a shoot out with state an local authorities. a local polic police officer los life right here in front of the home.

>> this the part of the intelligence program. we will have to sit down. they attacked the house that some of our people were living in. >> the mayor makes no apologies for his belief. >> well, i'm a changer. >> revolutionary. >> i have no pr-b no problems. it's what jesus christ talked about. that's what we have to have. we have to video dynamic change to make society better. >> black resident of jackson voted for president obama. be u for the mayor, the president is too conservative. no disrespect to president obama but i want the people to know the trenches that made it possible for president obama to get to where he's at. he never marched the street. president obama never stood in front of the klan. i've done all those things and more. >> reporter: the major says the

president should address historical and continuing discrimination against blacks. >> he should be talking about it. i know it's difficult in some respects. you cannot have everybody, a collection agency working on dead beats and at the same time you people that are deprived in the level and whose place in society has been determined. we have to tell people that it's not just about having a black face in a white house, it's about having the kpharb characte white house that will change the whole. >> i think if president obama had more of him in him, i think a little bit more progress will be made. the thing about him, as my mother would say, he will call spade a spade. >> he's a veteran civil rights activists in mississippi.

he says the new mayor inheriteded a tradition of black militantcy in the south. >> we have been talking about black power with the mayor. so, the other thing is we had people from over in louisiana which was called the deep. >> hay had come through here and they believe in the rights the for white folks to carry guns. so, all of that was tied in to the black power in the national movement. >> reporter: that history has people in jackson worried about mayor. james hendrix is a radio host and blogger who speaks to a more conservative audience. >> they see someone who wants to blow everything up. an wants to throw whitey out of

town. that's what they see, earth real or imagined but that's what they see the and it scares the hell out of them. they are comfortable. >> reporter: the whatever the suburbs fear, and jackson itself, he got 87% of the vote in the general election. he has his work cut out for him. this is one of the poorest citys in the u.s. >> this used to be the heart of the community it was lined with shops and business bus today it's a shell. >> millions of dollars have been spent on a redevelopment effort and they failed, only two businesses here in three city blocks. . >> they have a population and the ownership in the tpwhrabg kwhaoupblackcommunity the minor. they only get a percentage of the prof seeds. >> reporter: the mayor's solution is to overhaul the way jackson does business with contractors. what we will the is to make sure that our jobs are not

outsourceed but insourceed so we will make sure the companies come here hire people from jackson. we call it the program. anywhere else we will make sure the minority contractors from this town i respect it an they get out and get jobs. >> you think you change the culture of mississippi. >> i think i can be part of the change. you have 3 30% of your populatin that's not being treated right. you not progress as a state. >> if the mayor succeeds in boosting his city's economy it may neutralize fierce of his fes radical past. >> lights be honest, racism was stronger than now. there was much more segregation. >> here's the young thraur fighting all and that cease lot of stuff and he's fighting et

and he's the kind of guy that doesn't hesitate to throw a punch. he will not take it. i can respect that. right now people want the classics. if he can do all that the three, we won't care ant the rest. >> still ahead here, there'. their latest deadly acts against the elephants. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life.

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a disturbing report tonight. elephants are inching closer to extinction. ivory coast continue to target them the herd. this time with a new weapon. >> reporter: government issues say this is the worst ever. these elephants with were poisoned. there is more inside the national park. police say it's stashed in nearby villages, they have so far been arrested. >> we will not allow this. we have also -- had daily of so. criminals here.

>> reporter: more than 90 dead elephants have been found. their tusks have been sold to dealers in asia where ivory is in high demand. some was put in to the water but it's impossible to know where the contamination started. managing the crisis is difficult. more than 4,000 kilometers. there's a sign that says, "please, don't drink the water." they are stug str*ugleing to deal with it. in western countries more than ten years ago. they say why there's no money to protect these animals. >> the effect of the other animals that are probably going to die because of this but also because -- it's absolutely alarming. >> i would like to think doing their very best is -- they are

because of the financial position of the mammoth. >> reporter: zimbabwe is home the some of the largest elephant homes. there's no way to know when or where they will strike next. >> sad. that steut here for us tonight. if you want to comment on any of the stories you see here tonight. log on to al jazeera.com/america tonight. tell us what you would like to see in a nightly air. also you can join the conversation with us on twitter. we will have updates. have a good night. .

>> welcome to al jazeera america. here are the top stories we are following at this hour. the u.s.g. is in shut down mode for the first time in 17 years. a live look from washington as congress misses the deadline. the house and senate fail to come to an agreement on part of the legislation that would effect the affordable care act. the partial shut down will not effect all government employees. despite the shut down, health exchanges are rolling out. the exchanges are the bread and butter of the affordable care act. also known as obama care. a top level meeting between the.s