at 2:00 p.m. eastern. and at the top of the hour, she says it started as a joke. the new york post -- does she regret making that vow now? "cnn newsroom" starts right now. is it. sill can be so powerful. it can peacefully defuse -- >> it seemed xwokt two weeks ago, but now there's a deal on how to proceed with serious chemical weapons. >> do not threaten to simply because you haven't gotten your way. >> sorry. still no deal on the other matter. it's back in the house today,

and it's republican versus republican coming down to the wire. >> live from new york, it's saturday night! >> we may be just two days from a government shutdown, but we're hours away from the return of snl, "saturday night live" is back with a bunch of new faces. we'll have a preview. well, we've been waiting for you. good to have you with us. the clock is ticking down. >> is it ever. a little more than two days. that's all the time congress and the president have left to agree on this spending bill. without one, the government goes into shut down mode. dana bash is on capitol hill. >> house republicans meeting at noon eastern. what will they try to accomplish today?

>> the house just came into session. right down the hard is speaker boehner's office. what are they going to do? they're trying to come up with the best plan that they think can be sold to the rank-and-file members in two hours at that meeting. the big, big issue is they are being pressed by the grass roads led by ted cruz not to stop fighting for at least some kind of repeal or delay of parts of obama care. every republican has been outspoken and against obama care. when the house stands up and does the right thing, i think it will present a terrific opportunity for every senate republican to stand arm in arm with the house republicans.

likely something like a delay of obama care for a year, maybe repealing a medical device act, but one thing they have made clear is they're not going to give senate democrats and the white house what they want, which is a clean no strings attached spending bill. we want to bring in jim acosta at the white house. you listen to her, and nobody is moving at all, but as far as we know, neither side is talking to each other. there any indication that the president will in any way attempt to initiate some sort of negotiation? we've reached out to white house officials today and they don't have any new calls or meetings or anything like that to tell us about. that doesn't mean that nothing is going on, but nothing that they want to talk about publicly at this point, but i can tell

you a white house official has told cnn, basically in response to some of this talk over with the house republicans, they might tinker with obama care as part of this continuing resolution vote sometime this weekend. the white house officials telling cnn, quote, i don't think the president could have been more clear, and that's in reference to what he said yesterday, which is essentially he is not going to delay or defund or mess with obama care as part of this process, the prospect of a government shutdown or raising the debt ceiling. the president again emphasized that this morning in his weekly address to the nation. here's what he had to say. >> i will work with anyone who wants to have a serious conversation about our economic future, but i will not negotiate other congress's responsibility to pay the bills it has already racked up. i don't know how to be more clear about this. no one gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the united states of america just to extract ideological concessions.

no one gets to hurt our economy and millions of innocent people just because there are a couple laws that you don't like. it hasn't been done in the past and we're not going to start doing it now. >> reporter: now, the president and you know white house officials have also done this, ratcheting up the rhetoric in the last 48 to 72 hours. by administration officials and top democrats, but the president, in raising the rhetoric over this prospect of going into default by hitting the debt ceiling, the president has called that a world economic shutdown, and so they are really, you know, warning the public as much as they possibly can that this could have severe consequences. at this point really, christi and victor, this without, they're sort of spectators to what is happening on capitol hill. they can't make the house do what they want, and they've learned that time and again. >> we saw moments ago that work has begun on the house floor. we'll see what comes out of this

meeting at noon. thank you very much for the reports. as you can see right here, the house is in session. as we said we'll bring you all the news on the budget resolution as it happens. >> this is so crucial. just to let you know cnn's "crossfire" will have the latest, at 7:30 eastern. that's special coverage of this show jouj. same-sex same-sex couples across new jersey are celebrating after a decision from a judge. october 21st, that's the big day. of course, not everyone is on board with the decision. margaret connelly is following the story from new york. so new jersey already has civil unions. before this decision from this judge, what's the change here? >> victor, benefits. a new jersey judge says civil unions are not enough for same-sex couples, and ruled to allow same-sex marriage. couples will be able to tie the knot, and this would make new jersey the 14th state to allow

same-sex marriage. there was a rally to celebrate the decision by a county superior court judge. before civil unions didn't legally allow federal benefits like certain tax breaks and health care, the same benefits that heterosexual couples get. it draws on the 14th amendment's equal protection clause. we spoke about this with cnn legal analyst paul cal lan. >> she's yoot the supreme court's decisions handed down earlier, very technical decisions that open the door just a crack to gj, and she's used the rationale of those decisions to say -- because equal protection of the law requires that all new jersey citizens be treated the same. this comes a year after governor christie vetoed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.

his reaction? it appears he plans to appeal. his press secretary says he's always maintained he will abide by the will of the voters, and -- we will let the supreme court making this constitutional determination. governor christie, he wants this issue to be on the ballot box this election day. christi? victor? >> let me ask you this. this court decision, is this the end? could it be turned over? is it binding? this is a lower court decision by a mercer county superior court judge. it's binding unless there's an appeal. that's what governor christie was referring to in his statement, but this is a significant ruling and the rest of the kiffin is watching this very closely. new jersey is a bellwether state. this law could set the precedent, christi, for the rest of america. >> margaret conley, we appreciate it so much. thank you.

a former army sergeant is expected in court on conspiracy charges. >> investigators say joseph hunter ran a hit squad for what he thought was a colombian cartel. but part of them were informants. he's accused of leading a security team of former soldiers from around the world who are ready to kill whomever threatened the cartel. the u.n. is looking to wipe out syria's chemical weapons arsenal. they passed a resolution last night designed to remove those weapons by the middle of next year. >> tonight, with a strong and forcible precedent-setting resolution, requiring syria to give up its chemical weapons, the united nations security council has demonstrated that diplomacy can be so powerful, it can peacefully defuse the worst weapons of war. u.n. inspectors are already on the ground in damascus we

should point out. officials believe there are almost 50 chemical weapon sites in syria. getting to some of them will require them to move through rebel-held areas, too, so they may ask for third-party troops to help with security during the mission. not to a not so diplomatic welcome for iran's president as he returned home to tehran. a protester tossed a shoe in president rowhani's direction. that's a big insult in islamic culture. sporters were there, too. the protester may have been upset by president obama's historic phone call with mr. rowhani yesterday. >> the two of us discussed our ongoing efforts to reach an agreement over iran's nuclear program. i reiterated to president rowhani what i said in new york, while there were surely be important obstacles to moving forward and success is by no means guaranteed, i believe we can reach a comprehensive solution.

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certainly to blame. think of this report as the olympics of change information. only the world's top scientists take part. >> our very own all-start -- i'men happener is a professor. we have marshal shepard. he authored a really good piece about climate change. that's at -- so let's start with the conversation. tell me about that humans are responsible.

95% to me, that sounds like there might be politics in there. tell me if i'm right or wrong and why. >> no. scientists are very careful in looking at this important question to determine how much of the warning, which is approaching about it degrees fahrenheit is due to human activity. their confidence is improving. originally we thought there was a discernible influence, then we had likely, then very likely. in the latest report it's extremely likely. that means a 95% chance. this isn't politics. this is scientific calibration. >> marshal, what are we doing that's causing this? >> clearly since we figured out how to burn fossil fuels, that's increasing carbon dioxide, but we're changing the land cover, we're urbanizing our landscape. it's important to note that the

95% is very important, because most people would grab an umbrella if you said there was a 95% chance of rain. so we have to be careful not to mischaracterize the slight uncertainty that we see in any scientific information. in our pediatrician says our kid may have the flu, there's uncertainty, but still enough for me to use that and take action. >> there's a 2500-page full report that's coming out, correct? if we've identified what causes it, marshal, what can we do to reverse it? is that possible? >> well, i think as scientists we put the information on the table. i think one of the things that's clear to me as a scientist, i talk about in that piece, we have to keep our eye on the ball. there's a lot of distraction out there. the signal is pretty clear. we have to provide that information through or papers and our policy makers, people

talk about mitigation, reducing co2. some policies are re89ed to adaptations, so we need to pull seawalls around certain places. that's what we're faced with right now. there are people talking about gee on engineering, changing the earth, but an old pet shop boys from the '80s, sometimes the solution is worse than the problems, so i think we need to study that for a bit. >> what happens? the next 30, 50 years? walk us through the effect of this warming? >> i think the most notable will be more heat. the frequency and intensity of heat waves has already increased. it's expected to increase further. sea level is rising. that's causing problems along the coast, for instance, when a storm like sandy comes, it's pushing a higher sea level inland. that means record levels. the intense legitimate of precipitation, those really gully washing storms, like what

happened in boulder, colorado area a couple weeks ago. the intense legitimate of the vain storms is increasing. we expect those trends to grow further and further. the most important message in this report is the window of opportunity to avoid what's called the dangerous warming, the area when all these can combine and become very difficult to adapt on to, that window is closing fast. if you want to think aboutle pos, reducing emissions starting very soon, starting now is an absolute necessity. >> which cities are the most vulnerable? i want you name the coastal city, in general they're all vulnerable. boston, new york, going into the south, miami, new orleans, those are the most vulnerable cities. they already have trouble dealing with sea level rise. in some cases are going to see sea walls. in other cases we need to restore natural barriers like

wetlands. it will take a com binges of clef adaptation and reducing emissions. we'll never reduce them to avoid all the consequence it is. if we don't, we'll never be able to successfully adapt. we need both. >> what about the west coast? >> the west coast certainly has its own issues, too. we know from the science that increases in wildfires, for example, drought, it's already very water-stressed region in the western part of the united states. those are some of the concerns we would be dealing with there. one of the points i really want to make, we're in an era where some people are gives more creedants to instead of peer-reviewed science. it's fairly clear, and that's really the message you want to quan, because i think there's quite a bit of confusion out there. >> professor michael oppenheimer, and marshall

shepherd, thank you both. christi? well, just days after suspending the entire football team from bad behavior off the field, the utah high school team returns to the field on homecoming night. the outcome? the players say they will never forget it. also, you heard this one, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach wham does this woman do? she started making sandwich it is, hundreds of them. did she get the ring? we find out live. ♪

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game last night, but the head coach says he's so proud of them after he decided to suspend the entire team. all 41 players for an entire week. >> got to run. he's off to the races. >> the union cougars were back on their homecoming game after a week in the national spotlight and the lesson of a lifetime. >> good. that's how do you that, billy. nice. >> the head coach fielded questions all week about the staff's decision to suspend every varsity and junior varsity player on the utah high school football team. >> i never expected it to go like it did. >> reporter: holding the team accountable for off-field misconduct by a few players got reaction from across the country. >> if you could tell the coach, i think he's wonderful. >> i just want you to goif i give him an a double plus. >> reporter: the coaches say the cougars have had a few academic

issues as well as some attitude problems. last week, the staff learned that a player or two may have been involved in a cyber-bullying incident at the school. >> it just felt like everything was going in a direction that we didn't want our young men going. so we felt like we needed to make a stand. >> reporter: so the team had to trade in their jerseys and perform community confess, elect new team captains, and attend a character education class. >> i figured we had just been cut and we were done. i figured there were no more games. >> they're going to call pass interference. >> reporter: but back under the friday night lights, a capacity crowd turned out to support the team at their homecoming, a game this team will never forget. >> i think it will affect us for the rest of our lives. i don't think we'll ever forget it. >> good to see them back on the field. for the past two decades. leon harris has been bringing

the news to viewers here, and for the past ten years on our affiliate in washington, wjla, but in today's "human factor" dr. gupta talks about harris' very close brush with death i want leon harris began his television career 30 years ago. he was on set for the network's coverage of many big stories. then in 2003 he moved on to local television as lead anchor for wjla in washington, d.c. all the time he was the pictures of health, but recently harris had a real and terrifying brush with death. >> i sat there on the floor in the worst pain in my life. you would think that somebody with a college degree would know, you know what? maybe you should get some help. after an hour he was found by his wife dawn, who immediately got him to the hospital. >> if she hadn't come up stairs when she -- >> necessary roe advertising

pancreatitis. >> severe inflammation of the pancreas, and the tissue dies, causing more infection independents i ended up dying twice that one week. >> reporter: in fact harris spent the first nine days unconscious on a ventilator. >> good to see you, man. >> good to have you back. >> reporter: it took nearly six weeks, but harris is on the mend. he recently got back on the air, but harris has this advice. >> don't wait until you have as close a brush with leaving this earth as i did, before you decide that you're worst going to see a doctor. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. still ahead, a one-two punch. first a possible government shutdown and then the debt ceiling deadline. which one is most likely to impact your wallet? ♪ turn around

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that was a quick half hour. let's try it again. >> let's keep going. five stories we're watching this morning. number one, it is feared the death toll will increase in the collapse of an apartment building in mumbai. crews and search dogs are still scouring the wreckage for anyone who may be trapped. an 11-year-old girl we know

was pulled out alive after searchers heard her cries, but they also know more than 100 may have been in that five-story building when it collapsed yesterday. number two, u.n. inspectors are in damascus, just hours after the security council passed a resolution to eliminate syria's chemical weapons by the middle of next year. officials warn they may need armed guards to carry out the work. number three, the jury in the michael jackson wrongful death suit could soon reach a verdict. deliberations resumed yesterday. more than 50 witnesses were brought to the stand during this five-month-long trial. the jackson family is asking for 1 billion in damages from aeg live. up next, new jersey now the 14th state to allow smex same-sex marriages, the ruling was handed down on friday. governor christie says he will

appeal the decision. number five, house republicans meet in 90 minutes now to decide how to handle that spending bill. without it, the government shuts down on tuesday. the senate approved the measure friday, sent it to the house. the senate version pays for obama care. you know that's a sticking point for tea party republicans in the house. government shutdown, potential default, certainly buzz phrases for the week. outside the washington, what does it really mean for you? >> alison kosik works with us this morning to help us sort it out. >> it is confusing. how long have we been covering this adgnawsium. what's worse, right? first, the government shutdown if it happens, it would happen monday night at midnight, so really beginning on tuesday. to be quite honest, it will be a bigger convenience, but if

you're a government worker, you'll feel the pinch the biggest. yew paycheck will be delayed, some may not get paid at all. that could have a domino effect on the economy and it could also, as i said, hurt the economy if it drags on for a while. with one analyst say it could celt economy growth in half. a specific laundry list. many programs and offices could be shut down. you wouldn't be able to visit national parks and museums at that time, and -- could so their projects stalled, but parts of the government that provide critical services, they would remain open. air traffic control, national security, that would all stay in place. border patrol officers would still be in place. you'll get your mail still. like medicare, medicaid, and social security, so i guess bottom line, with the government

shutdown, it's not as drastic or as dire as if we hit the debt ceiling, which, by the way, if we hit the debt ceiling that could happen in about three weeks. >> that changes everything, because then ear talking about social security and medicare certainly. >> and that's a worse scenario. if congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling in the u.s. quite simply could run out of the money for pay its bills. so think of it as you've got a credit card and you've maxed it out, but the bank's not going to give you a new one, which means the u.s. couldn't pay federal workers, wouldn't pay social security to seniors or medicare or medicaid and that could affect over 110 million people on one of those programs. let's not forget the markets here. how will they react? maybe more expensive to take out a car loan or home loan, and the markets would go nuts, and that could feat your 401(k).

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engagement ring. >> i got the idea to track our adventures in the kitchen together, and sort the see where we end up as i make 300 sandwiches to see if we get engaged. do you think you need to do this? >> if i -- i think the joy for us is really the journey, as we go along making the 300 sandwiches and the things we do together, but i still have no idea if he's going to pop the question at the end. >> wait, you don't have a ringy et? >> if you make 300 and he says we're still not there, he's just waiting for a lot of turkey and cheese. >> i heard something -- don't choose someone who has to think twice about choosing you.

that doesn't -- we need to point out that not everybody is comfortable, i guess, with what you're doing. one person wrote -- sandwiching can signify thoughtfulness and love. this couple has distorted it into something unsavory. someone said i took the money and bought my oven blank jewelry. did you think anybody would be so up in arms over this? >> i nudes i would get some response to it. obviously if you look at it on the surface, it looks like -- but if you read the stories, you'll learn he does most of the cooking at our household, also handles half the the household stores, even he made me breakfast before i came on the show, so if you read how our relationship has grown and how we're connecting and enjoying cooking as a couple, you know there's more to it than just me

making sandwiches to earn his love. >> you also write for "new york post." is this a publicity stunt. are you just doing it, i guess, to get here? >> no, i'm not doing this to get here. this started off as an inside joke between the two of us. as we told more and more friends, we got the idea to start the blog. i've been doing this for a year and really didn't tell a lot of people outside our close friends and family about it. i want what's the biggest lesson you have learned about your relationship by doing this? i want actually it's been patience, you know. in the beginning, i fell the pressure it to do what he's saying, churn them out, make them perfect. what i've learned is to be patient with myself and with the process, because the fun comes in the little -- the daily lessons as we learn together. >> that is true. it's the little simple things. if you can't be happy with the

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le rivalry express makes another spot. >> today's second of eight stops, ft. worth texas for the big game. carlos diaz, he's not going to mix it. he has a preview. carlos, how are you doing? >> reporter: victor, christi, i can tell you all about this matchup. smu, tcu separated by 35 miles, they started playing in 1915, they play for an iron skillet. the series is 45-40 in favor of system mu. you don't want to see the stats. no, you want to see me get abused by the students here. yesterday, the rivalry express, i got hit in the face, got my arm burned on the grill, i got tackled by a bunch of students. you don't believe me? watch this. guys, hit it. all right. so here we go. it. cu taking on system mu. one, two, three, go!

>> i'm not seeing any smu fans anywhere. the winning team basically this is their bragging rights right here. >> two mascots that won't stop. he's about to charge. >> sorry about that. don't interrupt me. any advice for when i eat this? >> chew fast. >> the most amazing tailgating mobile. it is a serious rivalry -- oh, c'mon, seriously, again? that is a man sweater you have there, my friend. it's the tcu/smu rivalry express. i'm flipping you the frog right now, baby. they're getting ready to kick off. as you saw yesterday, guys, we had a blast. we had a great time. that's what rivalry express is about. we'll be in nebraska next week, and then the express continues. as you see -- >> he gets paid for this, people. he gets paid for this. >> reporter: shh, don't tell

anybody at cnn and hln. it's the most fun i've ever had on tv, but don't tell anybody. >> we love it. we are, too. stay safe out there, carlos. dangerous place. >> reporter: all right. thanks, guys. >> sure. carlos diaz out there for you. here's a brawl you do not want to be in the middle of. [ whistles blowing ] >> good heavens, a bench-clears in your face all too extreme high school fight breaking out in the third quarter of a football game. students, coaching, even fans in the stands getting involved. i am happy to tell you, though, no reports of serious injuries. cannot say anything for repercussions. from funny man john belushi to dan aykroyd, tina fey, the comedy icons. "saturday night live" has had a

long successful run. >> 39th season. some of the show's biggest stars we understand are saying good-bye. that has a lot of fans asking, gosh, is snl over the hill? here is cnn's nischelle turner. >> live from new york, it's saturday night! >> reporter: "saturday night live's" family opening includes some unfamiliar faces. >> there are six new cast members this season. that's the most in many seasons, but "saturday night live" has shown an amazing ability to reinhaven't itself over the year. >> reporter: established starts said good-bye at the end of last season. in their place, a half dozen new faces. >> i am so excited for them. they're about to go on this life-changing journey. i'm excited to watch. i can't wait to watch the show.

>> reporter: do you have any advice when you come in to do a show like this? >> enjill each other. >> weekend update with seth meyers. >> the next be departure, the show's head writer. he leaves early next year to take over nbc's late night talk show. >> losing so many cast members must make people at nbc a little nervous. they have gone through this before, so they know how to handle it. it's like the seniors graduating from a team or from a high school. when the freshmen come in, the school feels different. >> reporter: one recent graduate has some advice for the incoming class. >> i just remember my first two seasons like i just didn't sleep. i mean like starting thursday night i couldn't sleep. there was so much pressure much making it, am i doing okay? >> we'll be right back. >> but it's fun. bakley just like have as much fun as you can, and it's going to be all right.

>> reporter: bill is heading to hollywood look so many snl players of the past. the legions are legend. so andy sam berg has a few words of comfort for the newcomers who could be feeling the weight of tv history. >> you know, you come in everyone is comparing you for what's been before, everything thinks it was ---en you figure out what it is now, and the audience gets used to who you are. >> reporter: nischelle turner, cnn, new york. >>. thank you. that will do it for us today. alison kosik taking it over from here. good to have you in atlanta. >> good morning. thanks, kris irand victor.