can still feel better about the fact that your job is better than those poor saps that work at fars news agency for the iranian government. their jobs really suck. good friday morning. right now on "first look," it it looks like the government will shut down. we'll tell you what that means. for you. a resolution to eliminate chemical weapons could be reached today. a rare case involving miss teen usa. plus a horrific crash caught on dash cam. the nsa snooping on girlfriends. and a.j. mccarron's girlfriend for their new commercials. a government shutdown is imminent and with three days to go, congress looks no closer to a deal. the senate will take up a funding bill and plan to remove any language call stog defund

the law. it's that move putting lawmakers at ends. >> the it delays obama care for one year. >> you can huff, you can puff for 21 hours, but you cannot blow the affordable care act away. >> the president says i'm not going to negotiate. well, i'm sorry, but it just doesn't work that way. >> the tea party has put them in this hole and the tea party keeps them digging deeper and deeper. >> tracie potts is live for us in washington with the latest. the clock is ticking. >> reporter: it certainly is. we're going to see some action today. the senate, as you noted, is set to vote on the budget bill, but it's a bill the house is sure to reject. democrats and republicans tried to early up today's budget vote to leave more time to negotiate, but two lawmakers objected.

ted cruz, now famous for the 21-hour speech and his colleague mike lee. >> the american people are paying attention. the american people are watching this. a lot of them have expected this might occur friday or saturday. >> this is an effort to stall, and i don't know why. >> my two colleagues, who i respect, have sent out e-mails around the world and turned this into a show. >> across town president obama urged congress to avoid a shutdown. >> scientists, janitors, people who process new veterans and survivors benefits claims, they will stay home and not get paid. >> reporter: it it would keep the government running until mid-november and not touch health care. house republicans say they won't accept that. but disagree on whether doors will actually close next week. >> we're very confident we're not going to shut down the government. >> we did discuss contingency plans in case of a shutdown. >> reporter: the house is planning to work through the

weekend to avoid that. dick durbin says even if they come up with something that might be a compromise, between both sides coming up with that over the weekend with the monday midnight deadline might be too late. >> tracie potts in washington. we'll be watching. thank you. while we wait on a deal from congress, there's significant movement by the united nations on syria. an agreement calling for the country to get rid of its chemical weapons. the five permanent members of the security council agreeing to impose binding obligations on damascus to eliminate its progr program. a vote could come as early as today. the deal does not include the threat of military force if syria doesn't come ply, but it's being hailed as a major turning point. >> we believe that it is something which is working very pragmatically and strongly in support of this effort of the elimination of chemical weapons in syria. >> this is very significant. this is the first time since the

syria conflict began two and a half years ago that the security council imposed binding obligations on syria. obligations of any kind. >> also thursday secretary of state john kerry held talks with his iranian counterpart. both sides voiced cautious optimism saying great obstacles remain. sblchlkts she may be the most wanted woman in the world. the so-called white widow. international arrest warrant for 29-year-old samantha leftweight not for the mall attacks but she is wanted on charges relating to a 2011 plots to bomb resorts. she's thought to be a key member for al shabaab but officials haven't made public evidence linking her to the attack. she was once married to the london subway suicide bombers. now to a shocking admission

from the nsa what's informally known as love int. it reveals employees eavesdropped on their girlfriends, boyfriends and their spouses. the quote intentional abuses of authority happened on 12 occasions. one case an employee tried to listen in on the calls of his foreign national government. the system blocked him, but he received data like time, date and duration. justice department decline d to process. there are two open investigations into alleged misuse of eavesdropping and is reviewing a third. a police dash cam captured a horrific crash in central florida. 30-year-old james maddox drove across the median and crashed into an oncoming car. a passenger in the other car was

in serious condition. maddox, who is reportedly on probation was driving on a suspended license is facing a slew of felony charges. and now for your first look at business. the s&p 500 and dow snap a five-day losing streak as the gdp confirms growth. toyota is recalling mini vans to prevent roll aways. it could cause them to shift out of the park position when the driver isn't pressing the brake pedal. mcdonald's announced that it will give customers the choice of salad, fruit or vegetables as a substitute for french fries in value meals. speaking of fast food, former miss usa katherine webb, a.j. mccarron's ex-girlfriend, is following in the footsteps of kate upton and kim kardashian. webb is the newest spokes model for carl's jr. where she's

eating the saucy, buffalo blue cheeseburger. nike earnings flew past expectations on orders for low cost for materials. the stock finished above $70 a share for the first type. and martha stewart sort of a public relations hornets nest when she began tweeting about her broken ipad. after a series of tweets asking for tweets, apple asked her to stop. they added that steve jobs himself gave it to her. now let's get the latest in sports. >> can we all be that lucky? thank you. "thursday night football," let's get to it. 4ers versus the rams. kol colin kaepernick got things going with a pass to anquan boldin. he connected with vernon davis for his second td. the 4ers over the rams.

electronic art has reached a settlement in the legal battle over their video game but no details were released of what players will be paid for the use of their likenesses. ea cancelled next year's college game. a legend and a class act. yankees retiring closer mariano ra vera made his last appearance. they went out to the mound to take him out of the game. and with tears in his eyes he was given a huge standing ovation that lasted for minutes. police in san francisco have arrested a suspect and will charge him with homicide in a stabbing of a dodgers fan just a few block was from at&t paurk on wednesday. 24-year-old jonathan denver died after a confrontation with

giants fans. the baseball commissioner says he will retire in january 2015. he will have served 22 years. that's the second longest in history. check this out. gq magazine's list of the worst sports franchises awarded the top spot to cleveland. this includes the browns, indians and cavaliers. worst franchises in terms of losing and no titles. all combined cleveland has had 152 seasons. in the wnba playoffs. dianna torassi were in each other's face as they fought for position. she kissed her on the cheek. she then seemed mystified saying what did i do. you got to check this out. a fox is having a whole lot of fun on the golf course. the animal known as foxy loves to run out and grab golf balls.

then he runs off and hides them. fun for the fox. not so much for the golfers. >> keeping it real. thank you, beth day. now for a look at the weather here's bill karins. good morning to you. >> great weather in the east this upcoming weekend but not so in the central plains. the snowstorm in idaho has moved into wyoming and is causing problems there. eventually this will push out into the plains. this storm is going to crawl across the country. a storm will take typically three days. this won't even make it to the great lakes in three days. it's going to be a slow crawl. that means warm and wet conditions in the midwest. so as far as the forecast goes the next 48 hours, most of the rain will be in the dhaka tas, but we could see strong storms in kansas today and areas of north texas and oklahoma. maybe even a few tornadoes today. most of those will avoid the big cities. notice the east coast is looking

very nice. then on saturday the storm moves into the central plains. minneapolis to chicago down to kansas city, chance of storms including the dallas area. by the time we get to sunday, the storm weakens and we'll see a few storms down in texas. overall the east coast, we're talking about just another picture perfect weather. one of the best septembers on record for a lot of us. >> thank you, bill. coming up, a reported riff between barbara and president obama. that's next. [ female announcer ] we lowered her fever.

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here's your friday morning dish of scrambled politics. state senator wendy davis famous for her filibuster is gearing up to run for governor of texas. that's news coming from the associated press. also politico through democratic

sources. an official announcement from davis is expected thursday. she faces an uphill bat until a state that hasn't elected a democratic governor since 1990. one woman is not happy with president obama. in new jersey candidate barbara buono is irritated the president won't campaign for her in her underdog run against chris christie. "the daily beast" says i think it'd be a pretty nice part of his legacy to step in and help the underdog first all-women ticket. one senator will be absent when the chamber votes on a spending bill. jeff flake will be home attending the wedding of his 20-year-old son austin. but for the members of congress who will be there, the white house has a stern message to republicans when it comes to the back and forth over raising the debt ceiling. >> we are for cutting spending. what we're not for is

negotiating with people with a bomb strapped to their chest. how we give them a better bargain, with the debt ceiling, take the full faith and credit of the united states off the table and let's have a discussion. in illinois it's time to pay up. lawmakers must be paid despite the pension crisis. pat quinn halted them earlier this year. hillary clinton endorsed bill deblasio. and the white house is not insisting that its behind the online adorable care act. they are insisting they are not behind it. the page started earlier this month and features pictures of cute little animals like this little guy saying i can rest easy knowing lifetime caps on health coverage have been eliminated. that's going to do it for your morning dish of scrambled politics.

joining me now is christina bellantoni. we're getting closer and closer to the deadline. these government shutdowns cost millions and could even hurt the u.s. credit rating. how do you see this playing out? >> i see them working out some sort of last-minute deal, probably late tonight or early saturday morning. every leader, no matter what they say, they don't want this to happen. so they are trying to avert it in any way possible. john boehner is under a lot of pressure now. >> what do you think the president should be doing to avoid this shutdown? >> he's on the phone with lawmakers right now and that's something that he's saying, hey, come to terms and we can negotiate on something later. as you noted with the full faith and credit question there, he's not going to negotiate on this next fight of the debt ceiling. so potentially another standoff. >> what about the 14th amendment and the president raising the

ceiling unilaterally? could this be a possibility? >> he's repeatedly said no. he doesn't intend to do that. it is possible. you heard nancy pelosi raise this all the time. really messing around with congress and just dealing with it from the white house perspective. >> we'll be watching. we do appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. have a good day. is one thrill seeker about to go too far with a deaf defying challenge? you're watching "first look" on msnbc. my customers can shop around-- see who does good work and compare costs. it doesn't usually work that way with health care. but with unitedhealthcare, i get information on quality rated doctors, treatment options and estimates for how much i'll pay. that helps me, and my guys, make better decisions. i don't like guesses with my business, and definitely not with our health. innovations that work for you. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare.

. some stories making news this morning. former teesmer stacey ramble was released after serving his 30-day jail term. yes, 30 days. the judge is still facing heavy criticism and petitions demanding his removal from the bench. the fbi has made an arrest in the miss teen usa sextortion case. he admitted to hacking into miss teen usa's web cam and taking nude photos and videos of her. he then threatened to release the material. he faces two years in prison. the president of aitalian toods is under fire. while he respects gay marriages he "would never make a spot with

a homosexual family requests." if they can disagree with that, they can eat other pasta. night was briefly turned to day when a meteor blazed by leafing a visible trail. the officer who captured the video said he freaked out when he saw the meteor. and professional base jumper has announced his most daring stunt yet. he's going to attempt to three through a cliff in the middle of a rock formation in china. coming up next, bill karins will be here for "first buzz requests. how many times has the u.s. federal government shut down before? 7, 10, 13, or 17 times? the answer when "first look" returns.

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before the break, we asked how many times has the u.s. federal government shut down before. 7, 10, 13, or 17 times? the answer, since the modern congressional budgeting process took effect in 1976 there had been 17 different government shutdowns. the longest one was in 1995 and '96. that's lasted 21 days. time for your first buzz. one of the perks of working here at 30 rock is "snl" is taped right upstairs.

i have to show you what happened on a saturday night about two years ago. zach gall fa na kiss was upstairs. ed holmes was hosting. he decided to photo bomb the msnbc studio during a news update. it it wasn't just him. he was accompanied by a couple comedians. there's nick kroel and al mad ri gal. he's going to be a special guest tomorrow night on the al ma awards. we're going to be airing them here on msnbc. they are going to air tomorrow night, friday, 10:00 p.m. eastern. you have to check them out. it is tonight. sorry. i can never tell on overnight shows. he's hysterical. he's going to be masquerading as an msnbc roving reporter. >> that will be fun. >> bill karins, you have a two-fer? >> you say potato, tomato, how

about the tom tato? now in britain they grafted a tomato plant. this is going to be commercially sold starting next spring. you can buy this yourself. this is a potato/tomato plant all in one. technology making our lives easier. >> it's kind of freaky at the same time though. >> it it tastes the same. they don't taste any different. speaking of freaky, you're talking about halloween. >> you guys have kids. how about sending parents your little girl out in the naughty leopard costume. that's what it's called. >> i hadmy little boy on this. >> walmart yanked this from store shelves because parents are upset about this. who. s to call their costume a naughty leopard?

there's nothing correct about this. >> even though i'm going to try that this halloween. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned. "way too early" starts right now. how is this for drama? [ applause ] >> i don't care what team you like. that was just awesome. a rare show of emotion from one of the gretest baseball players of all time. we'll have more of his good-bye

to yankee fans and to yankee stadium. chris christie gets in a dust up with megan mccain. why she's so over the new jersey governor. it's ground hog day in d.c. spending cuts linked to the debt ceiling. the white house says no. a lot funnier. this is "way too early." good morning. i'm brian shactman. it's friday, september 27th. i wanted to show a few headlines for mariano rivera. it was really awesome. we'll have the whole thing later on. this from "the daily news." exit sad man, which is enter sandman. this one from the "new york post," the greatest closure of all time. he's the greatest closer of all time. we'll show more of what he had to say a little bit later in t