i'm bill walters. these are the stories we are fowling for you. hour from now the president is to speak on the battle of the brnlg. >> protesters are going on in besigh. they are trying to get congress to pass legislation reform. >>> the wa war of words over the debt dreel ceiling and the weekd government shutdown e

i'm bill walters. these are the stories we are fowling for you. one hour from now the president is to speak on the battle of the brnlg. >> protesters are going on in besigh. they are trying to get congress to pass legislation reform. >>> the wa war of words over the debt dreel ceiling and the weekd government shutdown eskimo goes. the president and john bohenr. we are hearing reports that harry reid may have a stand alone debt resolution. >> iitthe bill would need 60 vo. that would get past a filibuster. that means republicans would have to vote for it and all of the democrats and that could be a sticky volt for som vote for e democrats. american people view a vote like this raising the debt limit allowing the government to spend more money. really it's allowing the u.s. treasury to pay the bills that are already in existence. we'll see that bill come to the floor in the senate later on this bike. this -- week. it still has to get through the house. there is a bit of a political maneuver. but what around here is not a political maneuver. >> it wou

bills. we'll be right back. >> i'm del walters coming to you live from new york. right now, we are awaiting word from president obama concerning the deal reached late last night while many of you were sleeping to avoid the debt ceiling debacle and also end the government shutdown into its 16th day. mike in washington did not like my analogy of the victory lap after the civil war, but the approval rating for both houses, both sides, including the white house were among the lowest and worst that anybody had ever seen. do they understand that across the country, people were really upset? >> they do, but it gets back to what we were talking about earlier. which constituency are those house republicans responding to? so when you look at the dynamic and this is a longer discussion within the house of representatives, del, and you look at the conservatives there who are driving this train, i mean, they are not necessarily concerned about the larger republican party approval rating. they, the true believers, the nature of a true believer is they believe they are doing the

bill young passed away this evening at the walter reid national military medical center in the companyhis family. the cause of death was complications related to a chronic injury. information on services will be for the coming. again, that's from the young family. he represented the florida west coast district that includes st. petersburg and clearwater and parts of st. petersburg. announced on october the 9th that he would not be running for re-election in 2014 because of his poor health. and because he wanted to spend more time with his family. he expressed disappointment over the current political dead lock in congress in an interview that came just last week with the tampa bay times newspaper. he is the powerful chairman of the house appropriations committee who still chaired the defense subcommittee he had been recuperating from a back injury at walter reed medical center where he died tonight in the presence of his family. representative bill young dead at 82. i know you are friends with the family. in fact i'm told you just got off 00 phone his wife. our hearts and thoughts go o

>> that's basically what you launched back in april, bill, when we went up to walter reid together you you went to the factor viewers and since then we have raised $10 million and we have been buying three to five chirs a week since then. >> are there any veterans, amputees, paralyzed, blind who need the chairs but at this point can't get them? >> no. right now we really are faced with a great situation. we have known in in the bank. we have about $6.5 million to buy more chairs. and each week we really need to get the word out to more amputees, more paralyzed vets if they think that this track chair can help them they need to apply through the indy fund we have money to buy the chairs. now we are just faced with a situation. we have approved 289 chairs since april, bill. 122 have been delivered. 167 are on their way. again, we are in a position where we're going to be delivering about 15 a week. >> okay. so, it's now a matter of if you are a veteran, you don't have to be iraq or afghanistan. it can be any veteran, all right? that feels that this track chair enhances -- will enhance yo

>> that's basically what you launched back in april, bill, when we went up to walter reid together youto the factor viewers and since then we have raised $10 million and we have been buying three to five chirs a week since then. >> are there any veterans, amputees, paralyzed, blind who need the chairs but at this point can't get them? >> no. right now we really are faced with a great situation. we have known in in the bank. we have about $6.5 million to buy more chairs. and each week we really need to get the word out to more amputees, more paralyzed vets if they think that this track chair can help them they need to apply through the indy fund we have money to buy the chairs. now we are just faced with a situation. we have approved 289 chairs since april, bill. 122 have been delivered. 167 are on their way. again, we are in a position where we're going to be delivering about 15 a week. >> okay. so, it's now a matter of if you are a veteran, you don't have to be iraq or afghanistan. it can be any veteran, all right? that feels that this track chair enhances -- will enhance your situati

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bill whitaker. it said b.w. i thought, why would we have barbara walters. when i see b.w. i think of her. bill whitaker.up the rush after marty's first warning weather. >>> now 40 degrees and a bit breezy. 54 is going to be the high this afternoon. a freeze watch in effect with a temperatures in the low 30s tonight. >>> now here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> good morning. unfortunately a new accident to show you . this one on the topside of the beltway. take a look, on the outer loop at york road, blocking three right lanes causing a big delay as well. another one near by on 95 southbound. that one at white marsh boulevard. an accident on the outer loop of the beltway at 795. another one on the inner loop at 40. a water main break blocking 39th at old york. speeds on the beltway remain slow in the lower 20s on the top and west side. 95 southbound slow. that's the big problem right now on the topside of the beltway at york. this traffic report is brought to you by bill's carpet. bill's carpet hardwood has it all for you. call 877-75-bills. back over to you. >> thank you . >>> today there's an all-

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billings, but much more across the mountains. >> thank you very much. thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters. "inside story" is next. for updates throughout the day go to our website at www.aljazeera.com. where the news continues 24 hours a day. policies kill civilians in ally nations questions of sovereignty and legality get in the way of good relations. drones in pakistan. that's tonight's inside story. >> hello, i'm libby casey in washington. pakistan and united states have a complicated and often strained relationship. the two countries share vital interest . the stat t

bill. >>> anthony hopkins is a big fan of "breaking bad." the actor wrote a letter to bryan cranston saying, quote, your performance as walter white was the best acting i've seen ever, end quote. you and all the cast are the best actors i've ever seen. >>> tomanks and sandra bullock were on "the jonathan ross show," and they relived a bit of hanks' past. ♪ >> i'm not doing that last part. >> they looked good there. >> yeah, they did as well. >> liza minnelli broke her wrist sunday night. she was rehearsing for a benefit. doctors telling her not to perform. nevertheless she went on stage with her sister. >>> macklemore and will ferrell are big russell williams fans. macklemore tweeted this photo at the seahawks game this weekend. >>> a whopping $445,000 to take a photo with sylvester stallone and $395,000 just for an autograph. does he need that money? he was not the only star to charge. sigourney weaver charged $200 for a photo op as well. >>> rocker bon jovi fulfilled a fab's fan's dream by walking her down the aisle. the bride started a website begging the rocker to come to her wedding. and he made her dreams come true there. i wonder how th

walters. representing the air force, deputy -- bill laplante. thank you all of you for being here. i have had the opportunity to speak with each of you. this is not something that should be sugarcoated. these impacts are real. they need to be avoided. we hear that sequestration has not had consequences the story , in the government defense has not been told. you have been busy trying to implement sequestration and minimize its overall effects. today you have the opportunity to paint a clear picture to us of the work you have done in trying to protect our national security in difficult circumstances. you have the ability to change the future. that is what will be important. there are people working on how to complete the budget for fiscal year 2014. that requires that your story be clear and unequivocal at the dangerous and damaging effects to our national security. i appreciate the message you have for us. i will turn to ms. sanchez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, madam, and gentlemen. today's hearing comes at a very strange time of the year. i'm happy that the department o

bill is as good as gold. >>> still ahead it's best known as the god particle. we'll explain coming up next. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are your headlines. president obama is scheduled to speak less than two hours from now. he is expected to talk about the ongoing battle over the federal government and the looming debt ceiling showdown. a second team of weapons inspectors are headed into syria. the un secretary general calling for an expansion today. >>> north korea putting its troops on stand by. it is reacting to the u.s. bringing a carrier to south korea for planned military exercises there. >>> the winners of the 2013 nobel prize in physics have just been announced. they were awarded the $1.2 million prize, for their contribution to our understanding of mass sub atomic particles. >> reporter: from the beginning there was the big bang when many scientists believe it all started. what was at first a hot dense cloud of energy then formed into prt particles. these became the building blocks of our world but why and how this happened continued to be a mystery. here scientists have been shooting atoms at great spee

walters. here's are the stories that we're following for you. >> i'm confident the republicans will allow the government to open and extend the ability of this country to pay its bills. >> lawmakers try to work out a deal as the deadline for extending the debt ceiling gets even closer. >>> as the u.n. inspectors could be buying time for the assad machinregime. >>> and muslims around the world gathering for hajj. >> three days and counting now until the u.s. government loses it's ability to borrow money to pay its bills. senate leaders are holding off last-minute talks but there is no negotiation to end the government shutdown. where do these things stand after another week of negotiations and proposals. >> reporter: this is what shutdown looks like when it meets debt ceiling. the deadline is running out. you're going to hear from the house, nothing from the white house today because they're observing the columbus day, public holiday. where we're at after the weekend, the deal that we thought we had on thursday is completely dissipated. harry reid and mitch mcconnell have gun to speak with each other, which has been considered a good thing. they have a history of doi

bills for instance. you were on with walter isakson this morning on "morning joe" talk about how china never meddles in affairs. >> they never do. that's earth shaking they came out and basically lectured us. you may not like the chinese but they're usually very pleasant about these issues. they weren't pleasant. >> the t-bill yield is getting up to '08 levels. banks can now borrow cheaper than the government. >> certainly apple can. i'm now putting it at 20% technical default. i'm up from about 0 three weeks ago, 5% on friday, 10% on monday. after the president's speech, i think it's 20. i think a technical default could likely happen if we don't get an answer by friday. this reminds me of lehman where everybody says don't worry, it's going to be rescued. if you don't get started in the rescue process, this game of chicken, somebody's foot might get caught in the train. >> david? >> we have a number of managers of equity-based portfolios but also fixed inkcome portfolios. at this point there still seems to be a little more complacency than you might think. people pointing out last people we spent a lot of mon

walters. well, in less than 24 hours, the u.s. government bill lose its ability to borrow money for the first time in our nation's history. congress has until midnight tonight or risk what could be consequences here and around the globe. senate leaders say they are close to a deal that would raise the debt ceiling end the government shutdown now into its 16th day. the fate of that proposal lice with the republican controlled house which twice on tuesday failed to produce its own plan. president obama said the tea party republicans are to blame. >> the problem we have right now is that on the other side, there's just a faction of the republican party, it doesn't represent all republicans, that have decided to take a very extreme position and to take -- use very extreme tactics in order to get tough done, and the more moderate, reasonable members of the republican party up in congress oftentimes have had difficulty dealing with that faction. >> meanwhile, republican senator john mccain said it's the democrats who should share the blame for not even

when i first met bill young here in this chamber three years ago he was on that side, sitting over there, and he had -- he had had a fall, he was injured, he'd been at waltermy hospital and his health continued to decline over these last three years but i came in every day to these chambers to go see bill young. because bill was such a good, kind hearted person. great, great grip when he shook your hand. but always had a smile. you asked him, mr. chairman, how are you feeling today? it was never about him. you've heard that from other members today. it was always about, how are your sons? how are your boys? because he knew they were serving in harm's way in iraq and had been in afghanistan. he was more worried about them than himself. i saw him and his wife beverlyed on an airplane ride back to tampa almost every week. and without fail, they would offer their better seats to a service man or woman who was in uniform walking down the aisle they'd get up and say, would you sit here. because that was just how they're built. bill and beverly were a perfect match. and bill has gone on to a place that we can only aspire to go. i truly believe that bill is at the

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walters with a look at today's top stories. >> we've got to get out of the habit of governing by crisis. >> that is president obama last night before he signed that bill ending the government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling, avoiding that financial default. the president will have more to say minutes from now. he'll deliver a statement from the white house at the bottom of the hour. we'll of live coverage for you right here on aljazeera america. all employees should go back on their next scheduled workday. for many that means today. there is a provision to get back pay a

walters. here's are the stories that we're following for you. >> i'm confident the republicans will allow the government to open and extend the ability of this country to pay its bills. >> lawmakers try to work out a deal as the deadline for extending the debt ceiling gets even closer. >>> as the u.n. inspectors could be buying time for the assad machinregime. >>> and muslims around the world gathering for hajj.

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bill young turns gravely ill in the longest serving house republican became gravely ill overnight. in waltereed, here in washington, d.c. article --is her there is this article -- senator cruz is blocking the nominee for fcc chairman. he has a new target in sight -- the fcc. they block the conference -- the tom wheeler.of -- theyd they didn't said they want greater shirts from president obama's nominee that the agency would require more funding disclosures for political tv ads. here is a little bit of a fun article. colbert does not spare politicians. grynbaumreenbaum -- writes when the comedian took to the dais for his keynote speech, atflashed a sly glance cardinal timothy dolan. i have great respect for cardinal dolan, though i have to say it is not easy when you are wearing that outfit. the cardinal gave a broad grin. in that cape and red sash, you look like a matador who has let himself go. did you not see the invite? arthter echoed around the deco ballroom. it said white tie, not flamboyant zorro. it is one more sign that cardinal dolan and mr. colbert might be having the most prominen

reporting that republican congressman bill young of florida has died one week after announcing he was not -- he would not seek a 22nd term. he was 82 years old. he died at walter reed medical center in bethesda. he had been there in for nearly two week's. representative young was florida's longest serving member of congress. flags were

bill? or how a hospital in texas could drive up your healthcare premium? i'll make the connections from the news to your money real. >> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. that new abortion limits set to take effect today in texas have been blocked by a federal judge. the ruling allows dozens of women's health clinics there to remain open. aljazeera's heidi zhou-castro reports. >> even as anti abortion protestors rally outside of a texas abortion clinic in support of the state's efforts to restrict abotherses. >> i'm out here to express our conviction to human life is sacred in all forms. >> inside, they are celebrating a legal victory, north korea all of the licensed fashion sits are in operation tuesday. >> it was great to be able to tell women, women were calling us saying do i have my appointments tomorrow, can i come in? it was also more rewarding for me being able to tell my staff that they have a job. >> the legislators who backed the law hoped to shut down such clinics. amy is the founder and abortion provider running six clinics in texas. three of her clinics and about a third of those in the state would have closed under a new provision requi

reporting that republican congressman bill young of florida has died one week after announcing he was not -- he would not seek a 22nd term. he was 82 years old. he died at walter reed medical center in bethesda. he had been there in for nearly two week's. representative young was florida's longest serving member of congress. flags were lowered today at half who also tom folley died today. he served for 30 years. house speaker john boehner released a statement about tom foley saying he was warmhearted. he would call leaks on both sides of the aisle. she had a solid sense of fairness. he was 84 years old. -- he had a solid sense of fairness. he was 84 years old. >> c-span, wouldn't you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, greetings, conferences," which of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. cable tvreated by the industry and funded by do local cable or satellite provider. you can watch us in hd. today president obama officially announced former defense department attorney jeh johnson as his nominee for department of homeland security secretary. he will represent -- replace janet napolitano. from the white house rose

walters. today begins the second full week of the government shutdown and now just 10 days until the debt ceiling deadline when the government faces the possibility of not being able to pay its bills for the first time ever. congress is getting back to work today, trying to resolve the crisis, but republican leaders now say that they won't pass a budget unless president obama is willing to negotiate. >> we have more. >> time is running out. october 17, the united states will reach its borrowing limit and the for the first time the nation will default. entering day seven and with no compromise in sight, house speaker john boehner is demanding any agreement choose changes to the health care act. >> there's no way we are going to pass when the votes are not in the house to pass a clean debt limit. the president is risking default by not having a conversation with us. >> under no circumstances will you pass a clean debt bill? >> we are not going down that path. >> the american people have been fighting their way out of the worst recession since the great depression, the economy coming back. they don't need politics in washington to bring the economy down. >> the treasury department wa

walter reed defending our veterans. i know when they're being exploited. mr. speaker, the bill we are debating isn't a serious or respectful attempt to support our nation's heroes. it will not help veterans and in fact it does just the opposite. it cuts more than $6 billion in funds for the department of veterans affairs from the same bill that my colleagues and i passed 421-4 just earlier this year. i can't support this bill because it pits one veteran against another. it would continue pay out pension benefits at the cost of cutting medical and prosthetics research for wounded veterans. it would give veterans in the v.a. their health care, needed mental health services, which i applaud, but it leaves 800,000 of their brothers and sisters, my brothers and sisters, caught in the backlog where they would have to wait even longer to get decision on their benefits. it would allow toops to access he crisis line but not allow the veterans cemeteries. this is unacceptable. it is shameful. we are -- it is shameful we are even considering responding to our veteran's service to our nati

bills we have racked up. that again from "the washington post" website. we are a few minutes before the gavel comes back in to the house of representatives. walter is joining us from oklahoma. your thoughts? >> yes. i wanted to know why speaker boehner would not allow a vote by the entire house that set rules to where only he can make a motion for a vote. just let the c.r. pass and then work out everything else individually. >> ok. >> otherwise it's just an exercise in few tillity. -- futility. i come from a military family. we are retired now. but you can't -- you can't shop on the base because the federal workers are furloughed. you got to go down town to pay twice as much for food. it just doesn't make any sense to hold the government hostage. and especially federal workers. >> thanks for the call. one side note here in the washington, d.c. area the metro transit system, the subway and bus system, main source of transportation for federal employees, and according to "the washington post" it was down 25%, ridership today. traffic much lighter in our nation's capital. 800,000 federal employees facing the furlough as a result of the government s

walters. "the stream" is next. ♪ s ♪ ♪ welcome to al jazeera america. these are the stories we are following. >> if congress does not act, and the united states cannot pay its billseprecautions would be serious. >> the verb hurry secretary telling the house what will happen if the debt ceiling is not raised. >> and then let him go. >> and the u.s. is now putting the brakes on that military aide to egypt. >>