the treasury the statutory authority to suspend reinvestment of all or part of the balance of the g. fund and other words the treasury is borrowing from the retirement accounts of servicemen and women however in that same letter it also states that after the debt limit impasse have ended the g. fund it's made whole congress has the full authority to raise the debt ceiling and they've done so seventy eight times since nine hundred sixty but since two thousand and eleven the issue has become much more politically difficult congress is not obligated to raise the debt ceiling and if they don't with these funds be paid back this is one example of extraordinary measures the treasury is using to continue to fund the government after hitting the debt limit other funds that are part of these extraordinary measures include the civil service retirement and disability fund and the postal service retiree's health benefits find economists jim rickards has this to say about these extraordinary measures no one wants to do have to fold no one's talking serious with the full but the point is the treasury c

the g fund is a retirement account for federal employees, with 40% of all thrift savings plan balancesthere are 4.6 million employees and uniform service members who have accounts, and congress had granted the treasury the statutory authority to suspend investment of all or part of the balance of that refund. they are borrowing money from the accounts of servicemen and women. it also states that after the debt limit impact has ended, this is made whole. congress has the sole authority to raise the debt ceiling, and they have done so 78 times since 1960, but since 2011, it has become much more difficult. congress is not obligated to raise the debt ceiling, and if they do not, will this fund be paid back? this is just one example of extraordinary measures the fed is using to continue to fund the government after hitting the debt limit. other extraordinary measures include the civil service retirement and disabilities find and the postal service to tyree's benefit fund. there is more to say about these extraordinary measures. >> nobody wants the debt to fall, but the treasury can pay the

ten dollars for each sale will g to the fund to help pay for his medical expenses. he was injured when he was beaten on opening day in 2011. >>> a 10-year-old girl who was recovering from a gunshot wound. csu police helped organize the visit. the girl was shot on thursday, she was asleeped when someone opened fire from outside. one of the bullets went through the wall found this 10-year-old girl. >>> this is the most controversial hike in the bay area, i. >>> one city says enough is enough. near new efforts of battling. >>> it is a cool evening around the bay area as we remain locked in this pattern. i will have what you can expect on wednesday and including an increase in fire danger. >>> it was a bumpy ride on inters 880. a witness said he saw a big chunk of debris falling off the truck. fortunately no one in any of the damages were hurt. >>> currently there are no set deadlines for building projects. the city says that's led to numerous unfinished projects. last night council members voted to draft an ordinance to set time limits and create penalties for projects

fund. on the whole, g-20 has proved this ability to find solutions of quite delicate issues. thanks to the measures taken, the situation is considerably improved. today, the most acute of these problems have been solved. although on the control, though one cannot be complacent so far, our main task is to return the economy to the stable and balanced growth, it's the task so far hasn't been solved. and it means that the system risks, the conditions for the cuteness relapse, crisis relapse are still in place. recently, monetary fund decreased focused over the world economy, the crisply focused though a year ago the estimates were higher at about 5%. and the united states the economy is growing and we're glad about it very much. unfortunate, the rates are not so fast as we want them to be. for the first time in many years we can talk about economic growth in japan. unfortunately so far there is no guarantee of the stability of this tendency. and the euro zone countries there are first signals of the completion of the recession in the second quarter, a small growth has been regis

g more of a step back. on tuesday will consider emergency legislation that would dip into t the contingency cash fund.re is about 160 four dollars million in the fund as ojune that wouldast the d.c. government about ninine days if there is a shutdown. hoping that will not happen but that is a more moderate response to this. >> another fun top to tackle before the end of the ye. james hohmann, what do you think? your colleague wrwrote a piece n friday. saying if you take the ,trategy of not attttacking this the funding for r the federal governmentbut instead attaching g it to the dedebt ceg it is even morore riculous. >> there is a lot of frustration. there is a huge divide inin the republican party. ted cruz brght it into clelear point. the fiscal part of the party is concerned about the hard-line some cononservativesre taking, these new rising starsho are not concerned about this kind df brinksmansnship. in whole is very uncomfortae with what they are doining. >> therere is such a wide base r the republican pty now. you have business, the tea party. it probably did not lp ted cruz when heaid a couple

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would set prices to make sure they were not overcharging the absence of any tax revenue g allocated federal funds for schools, the public's, hospital, bus service they paid no local taxes and were paid 30 percent more and local said this is socialism it is fascism but the people who live there did not mind. they loved it and they really loved the housing that they could rent for $35 a month a freestanding house that look like somebody in management with live in and that was terrific. here are few pitchers. everybody says it was a great place to grow up. once it was finished he would rented about $35 a month you had to be white to work in the plant if you were a minority to do construction work or janitorial work you could not live in the town only across the river only in the ghetto of a town called pasco. you could rent this shack for $100 per month. my mom used to say it is expensive to be pork. so while all the towns had this prosperity here is downtown pasco was going bust in the '50s. but richland really boomed with the federal funds. the pride in their town inspired irrational love for the

in the absence of any tax revenue coming g allocated federal funds for schools, parks, hospital peer workers paid no local taxes, cut pay 30% more. a lot of locals said this is a weird place. this is socialism. this is fascism. very much in the current vp of the people who lived in richmond but hey. what they love most was the housing. they could rent for $35 a month a freestanding house that looked like a house that someone in management with that said. that was really terrific. here's a few pictures. here's the shopping mall. everybody says it was a really great place to grow up. so this is the house once was finished he would run for about $35 a month. nobody who didn't work the plant. you had to work the plant could live in richland. if you are a minority and a construction worker janitorial work at the plant come you can't live in the talent. you can live only across the river and a place called pasco. and pasco you could only live in the pasco caddo. that's for people who had dark skin could live. this is a shack you could rent for $100 then. here's another shot from the pasco

but removes funding for the affordable care act. the g-o-p attempt to defund obamacare is at the center of the tug of war. cruz says: "if harry reid kills that, harry reid is responsible for shutting down the government." reid says: "are extremist republicans really prepared to shut down the government? time will only tell." it remains unclear who will be blamed if the government partially shuts down next week toss to vytas a cheerleading controversy. why one school in banning their uniforms in class.. and the reason parents aren't happy about it. says.... there are only so many hours in a day. so eyebrows were raised.... when an audit revealed that a court appointed defense attorney in ohio.... billed for a 29 hour day. it didn't stop there.... his billing averaged 9 hours a day.... seven days a week.... for 365 days a straight. a local judge says.... he's probably bill more than humanly possible. sure sounds like it. a key i-r-s official, who supervised a unit that targeted conservative groups for several years, has retired. lois lerner

but removes funding for the affordable care act. the g-o-p attempt to defund obamacare is at the center of the tug of war. cruz says: "if harry reid kills that, harry reid is responsible for shutting down the government." reid says: "are extremist republicans really prepared to shut down the government? time will only tell." it remains unclear who will be blamed if the government partlly shuts down next week if you believe the hype, the federal government could come to a screaching halt in october. we asked our national correspondent kristine frazao to take a look at the realities of a shutdown - what services must continue and what services will stop. for many in washington, the waiting is the hardest part... as many wonder if congress will reach a compromise by september 30th. when the government shut down the last time in the mid 1990's, veteran's services were not cut but some were cut back - a concerning prospect (cutaway of russell) for military veteran russell myers, who now represents the american legion. russell myers department

g h c. they will select another partner. currently 72 of the units are section 8 and the others are funded by hotel groups. st. vip sent of paul will capita lists the bond fund to keep the affordability. thus, the rent subsidy will end. under the bond financing affordability will be restricted at 50 and 60 percent of the area medium income, however, the section 8 for 72 units will be for low income seniors. as the other tractions before you it dpoo doesn't require the city to repledge the bond. we're going to submit a bond application on september at the end of the month and we're going to ask for the bond to be issued early technique year. we have representatives from g h s and st. vincent of paul. this concludes staff presentation and i'm happy to answer any questions that i have >> thank you colleagues, any questions. >> supervisor mar. >> actually it's not about this project but with all the folks here i was really placed and san verse of the hud meeting a couple of folks acknowledging a program that created how's for seniors and this so-called smaller senior units and residents on that voice gets all the

coming up as promised venture capital we'd cinta national monetary fund chief christine lagarde spoke to in the week at the g. twenty is just after the break. i know c.n.n. the amazon b.c. moves have taken some slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's closer to the truth from my take. off. it's because when full attention in the mainstream media works side by side the joke is actually on here. and our teen years we have a different brain. because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not how. you guys think of the jokes.

fund. prime minister shinzo abe left the g-20 summit in st.ersburg earlier today to attend the ioc meeting in buenos aires. he'll take part in the final presentation on saturday, a highly unusual move for a japanese leader. even japanese royalty who attended the meeting to thank the world for supporting the 2011 quake and tsunami, but the situation in fukushima has been a thorn in the bid committee's side. representatives continue to assure the ioc the city has been unaffected by the leak of radioactive water and the government plans to use nearly half a billion dollars to fix the problem as soon as possible. back to you. >> thank you so much for that. >>> emerging markets have been route on the expectation that the u.s. fed is set to turn the cheap money taps off. are investors overreacting? we talk to julio velarde right after the break. >>> welcome back to the show. an improving jobs picture in the u.s. will raise the prospect of the federal reserve beginning to scale back the $85 billion bond buying program later this month. at the g-20, d

g. w.inette county >> in one month, we auctioned off or tadvertised for, for closures 1 within 89 houses. what's being created, hedge funds are taking those of on the mafshlth sfoolts available for anybody to by. we are coming up with a shortage. >> local relate or greg martin agreed. >> about 2100 active homes for sale. that is about one third of the inventory that we had in 2008. not down one-third. we have 1/3 the homes to sell today before market down turn. >> analysts saying that's a good thing for now. >> i think that the overall feeling out there is that the low inventory has been a good thing because it really put a floor under home prices. >> but going forward, some analysts question how long institutional investors might stay in the residential rental market. >> that's because historical single family rental yields are quite lower than they are today and quite lower than historical yields in other commercial real estate asset classes. >> locals worry about the big investors to the community they are buying in. >> at some point in time, they will have to sell. >> that's a fact. how long are they going to hold it?

billion euros more to close a funding gap meanwhile prime minister antonis samaras has admitted that greece will need six more yes or return to pre-crisis living standards are g.'s you think reports now from the greek capital. certainly a big day here in greece as some of the largest protests crowds hit the streets now thousands of schoolteachers have walked off the job on monday those protests resulted in some clashes with the police doctors follow suit on tuesday and some of the largest public sector unions are joining in today's in fact many secondary schools and universities remain shut around the country now what they're furious about is the latest round of austerity measures greece is due to move or temporarily slashed the salaries of some twenty five thousand workers in addition to cutting thousands of jobs by the end of the year now workers will either have to accept new posts or spend months working on reduce our use with no guarantee of actually keeping their job and this is of course in exchange for the next installment of its much needed rescue loans now this is a country that's and that's been in recession for six years in a row and while the eco

fund has indicated concerns that reduced monetary easing by the u.s. could lead to a prolonged slowdown in emerging economies. the issue will likely be high on the agenda at the g-20 summit meeting in russia. imf officials said in a report that advanced countries, like the u.s. and japan, have seen a pickup in economic activity, but they said emerging economies are showing slower growth. the officials noted that investors began pulling their funds out of emerging markets after the u.s. central bank hinted in may at a possible tapering of its money boosting measures. this was devalued -- or this has devalued the currencies of some of these countries including brazil and india. imf officials urge the u.s. and other advanced economies to explain their monetary directions, that's to ease market jitters and avoid a further slowdown in emerging economies. >>> a school for girls in pakistan has been the target of a bomb attack. cholaphans narula has the story. >> at least six children were injured when the bomb exploded outside a girls school in northwestern pakistan. there's said to be a hotbed of islamist violence. the attack took place in the town of bannu as pupil

funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, september 6th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this is the final day of the g-20 economic summit in russia, and the dominant top ilk has been the crisis in syria. in st. petersburg, president obama has been lobbying for military action against the assad regime on two fronts, calling undecided lawmakers back home while meeting with skeptical foreign leaders. susan mcginnis has the latest. >> president obama continues to meet with world leaders at the g-20 summit in st. petersburg, russia, trying to gain support for military action against bashar assad's regime. >> the use of chemical weapons in syria is not only a tragedy but also a violation of international law that must be addressed. >> the president wants to use targeted strikes against assad and is considering training syrian rebels but this new video could complicate that effort. the new york times shows rebels in april moments before they executed syrian government soldiers. retaliation is also a concern. "the wall street journal" reports the u.s. intercepted an order from an iranian official telling mili

funded by the world bank. the company that was supposed to build them ran away with the money. >> 2,000 students are studying g witstudy inclasses with no wind. afghanistan hopes that by 2020 all afghan children will be able to complete school. there is still a lot to be done to make that happen. jennifer glass, al jazeera, kabul. >> it has been a busy weekend for voters around the world. there were ballots cast for prime ministers in australia and norway. voters are making a mayor in moscow. on tuesday a mayoral primary will be held in new york city. in that race there have cries of racism, and that's because the front runner is using his black son in campaign ads. he's running a racist campaign based on class wear fare. de blasio has been polling well among blackhawks when featuring his interracial family. >> in a hotly contested race for mayor, the incumbents are facing a tough challenge from the leader. right now he's doing well in exit polls although he remains slightly behind the kremlin-backed incumbents. and the story from peter sharp in moscow. >> he has been described as the man presiden president pu

g ohar said. but we need your faces attached to the statements and we need to be everywhere. finally i want to say all of us are responsible in assuring that adequate ~ and reliable public funding is directed in a timely fashion to support high-quality and accessible public education. and i thank you all for initiating this public hearing and what i expect will be ongoing public discussions about our shared and critical resource which is city college of san francisco. thank you. (applause) >> thank you. >>> hi, thank you again for having this meeting. my name is donna hayes. i've been a counselor at city college of san francisco for over 23 years. i want to say that we serve so many different populations and it's not just san francisco. it is a the bay area, naturally the whole country. ~ it's i have students from city college of san francisco not only for our wonderful technical programs, but also labor studies, for lgbtq programs, for any of the ethnic studies programs that we provide that many community colleges and even four-year institutions do not. so, we are serving under served populations that are ignored, thor denied access, and it is important that we maintain our --

a fund set up for victims first responders and volunteers tens of thousands are still waiting while struggling with sicknesses from inhaling toxic air after nine eleven people like t.j. gill martin. g. hasan and ken george it is a big fight. big fight like you we would a criminals. the way they treat us doctors tell can he has the lawns of a senior citizen he's only forty nine once a highway worker he is disabled and can't make a living will play with his grandchild or lead any semblance of a life he once had i can't think enough oxygen in and well enough oxygen out so this with this machine here and helps me breathe gives me the extra oxygen i need forces it into me not only is he attached to a machine can also has to take thirty three pills and almost a bottle of cough syrup every single day this is. the first responders wearing sunglasses because the steroids he takes to keep his vital organs working give him chronic headaches they've also caused him to have a heart attack and gain dozens of pounds ken considers himself lucky each year that comes by it is more of my nine eleven brothers and sisters who got sick passing on you know there's that thing of total sixty hundred that t

fund and author of "nuclear nightmares." he's an expert on weapons of mass destruction. he's in our washington bureau. joe, good morning. >> good morning, sir. >> joe, we saw the president just returning from the g-20 summit and trying to gather international support for an attack on syria. how important is it for the president to have an international coalition of some kind here? >> well, the president is gathering support. the question is is it enough and will it come in time? he needs international validation for this case. clearly the american public is very skeptical about going to war. we have something of an iraq syndrome. the american public feels they were tricked into going into an unnecessary war, and they're very reluctant to do it again anywhere in the middle east for any reason, even though the case for syria is much stronger than it ever was for the iraq war. the president needs global validaters to help convince the american people. >> joe, when you see what's been happening over the past several weeks, you wonder is this a charm offensive. you see secretaries kerry and hagel on capitol hill multiple times last week. we hear about the vice president now hosting a dinner with repu

for p-g&e to be hit with fines and penalties of some 4 -billion dollars for the disaster, in order to fundipeline safety improvements. >> pam: he also advocates for an independent monitor. to ensure the utility company follows its own safety plan. and he wants five- million dollars a year spent to pay for a california pipeline safety trust, to advocate for pipeline safety. >> this is a nationwide issue. >> catherine: it's been a day since diana nyad staggered out of the water in florida after a record-breaking swim. the 64-year-old became the first person to swim from cuba to florida without a protective cage. she says she pushed through pain and constant vomiting. and passed time by counting in different languages.and singing neil young songs to herself. >> it takes a lot of we'll and time to get through and not to the great many of these activities but the mental concentration of 53 hours of nonstop swimming, is something to behold and respect. nyad is thanking her team. dozens of people helped her. >> catherine: including 35 who were with her throughout the swim. she had doctors, divers

g getting sponsorship, but things that come up, he may need my help with. >> he also created movie events to prevent cancer his parents could even participate in. >> all the fundsgo to camp, we'd have it for two years. we have an auction and there are judges and a saddle for a prize. >> one day, he came to the dpit tar center headquarters and asked for some help. in fact, i think the line was, my friend has cancer and i have to have a ring. i'm like, what do you want from us? he said, it would be cool to give prices away. okay. we could do that. a flash went out from himself and thwe had done this and play with the kids. it's really to help a kid like him because he goes out of his way to help other people. >> i had dreams. >> at just 11 years old, he is already a highly skilled guitar player and been putting it to him. >> i got in music when i was like 5. i got a guitar for my 7th birthday and it just weren't from there. >> i do like music. i will play like sports with my dad, i will play sports here, at my school. i also like to be with my family a lot, too. we usually find out an event they're having and give them a demo of the original songs and just pretty

shaw, well-known hedge fund, the teachers plan, also on that list, g-2, private investment firm, theou go. can't short sell within a window while participating in the stock offering. s.e.c. saying this is part of the continued push to go after firms short selling in restricted windows. >> very interesting. thank you very much, brian sullivan. back at hq. >>> meantime, app sl releasing a reminder that ios7 will be available tomorrow and its new products are set to roll out on friday. the company has still not released any preorder figures for the iphone 5c. the tech giant releases preorder numbers the monday after it's available for preorders, which has consumers wondering, should we be worried. alex is with jmp securities, and bilam with zulu. alex, any worry regarding the preorders? the generational shift to a new phone is a little bit different this time. >> well, sure, apple's fighting against the law of large numbers, a lot more diversity of competition right now, and i think people have figured out, they don't have to get in line for these new phones. if apple runs out, they'll

g. s system and other anti-theft devices. >> i think it's a good start. everything is paid for, both the bikes, the stations. >> the $11 million pilot project is funded by severalgencies, including m t.c.. those who gave it a go were impressed. >> you get to see the city and you aren't always stuck in a cab, whatever, and you can stop where you want. they have a lot of stations around. >> he's from d.c. where they, too, have a bike share program. there's also one in montreal, where this couple lives. in san francisco, which sees a number of accidents, there's concern about a flood of new people on the streets. >> it's dangerous with bikes and cars on the road but if everybody would slow down and obey the rules of the road, we could all get along. another 300 of those blue bikes are expected on the streets early next year. starting today caltrain is raising parking fees by 25%. the daily rate is now one dollar more at five dollars. the monthly parking fee goes up by ten dollars to $50. caltrain said this is the first time it's raised parking rates since 2005 and that the new fees are necessary to cover increased costs of maintaining the parking lots. >>> well, i

fund-raising trip to the bay area. >>> happening right now, obama and leaders from 19 other countries are in spant petersburg, russia for the g20 summit. president obama arrived in st. petersburg overnight and will use the g-20 summit to talk about economic growth threw out the world. the president's push for a military strike against syria is certain to over shadow this event. president obama will try to win over world leaders to get their support for punishing syrian president bashar al assad. the u.s. says the assad regime used chemical weapons against its own people killing hundreds of civilians. russia and china are opposed to military intervention in syria. russian president vladimir putin says he could wind up backing a u.s. resolution for military action if there is undeniable proof that the syrian government was behind the chemical attacks. the white house says the president will not meet one-on-one with putin while he is in st. petersburg. the full senate is expected to take a vote on military action next week. >>> just into the newsroom, pope francis is sending blessings to the g-20 summit and giving his thoughts a

fund says emerging countries are facing risks of slowing growth. due to the policies of the u.s. federal reserve. reuters exclusively obtained a note prepared by the imf in advance of the g-20. it warned emerging economies that downside risks have become more prominent. the imf said "the greatest worry may well be the long period of sluggish global growth." the imf said despite concerns, noble growth should accelerate in 2014. the g-20 summit will take place on thursday and friday. previous meetings focused on japan. as other countries criticized the wiki and policy. that is likely to be -- weak yen policy. that is likely to be less of an issue. let's cross to our japanese correspondent. >> prime minister shinzo abe a says he plans to tell g-20 leaders japan is pursuing economic growth policies but at the same time maintaining fiscal discipline. japan is under pressure. it has the biggest public debt among major industrial economies, but abe says he cannot reduce that debt unless there is economic growth. with two landslide election victories under his belt and a hectic schedule of international calls since taking office, shinzo abe will be the highest- profile prime min

g? >> the payments for hospital through medicare comes out of the hospital insurance trust fund.if the trust fund were exhausted, then the amount could be paid for treating regular -- medicare if this year is would be less than what would be needed to meet all of the bills. >> what is that mean to a senior home today? not letr, congress has the social security trust fund or medicare run out of money. but if that happened, hospitals would not get the payments written down in current law. i do not know which hospitals would get paid or which would not or for which patients. there is no way to know. >> bottom line -- doctors would not get paid, hospitals potentially would not get paid, -- >> hospitals would not get the full payment. that is right, congressman. federal health care spending would grow considerably in 2014 unless changes are made. projections growth for health care spending as a result of the affordable care act, as a percent of gdp as well? told, the federal spending on these major health care programs is about 4.5% of gdp now, we think it will be 8% to 2038. over the

and i can start off by flagging the universal service fund come and i think that probably marti and in g to this, but what we are seeing in work at the fcc and trying broad and the scope of the fund, broaden the scope of the things supported within the universal service fund to include broadband service in the context of lifeline, the lifeline program which provides a discount for low-cost telephone service. we've seen calls from groups across the country to expand this program to allow it, and we've also seen a sort of inability at the fcc to work and expand those regulations to include broadband within the lifeline. i know we've gotten there partially, but to actually support broadband as a stand-alone service is a lifelong -- lifeline fund. so i know there's lots, sopa is the radio to authority over traditional telephone companies involved much more than nondiscrimination and i feel like we see again all of it of these other related issues that might be affected. >> my worst-case and it is worse than that which would be there would be no congressional authority to delegate to the fcc

fund the government. now, andrew spencer reports republicans and democrats are trying to tie each other's names to the potential consequences. --reporter pkg- as follows-- senate majority leader harry reid already blames the gor what he says would be a "republican government shutdown." republican senator ted cruz says a government shutdown would only happen at the hands of the democratic leadership. "if harry reid draws the line and says he will shut down the federal government rather than treat american families with the same exceptions that have already been given to big business and members of congress." some angry voters blame one side or the other, like this heckler at a republican press conference... "you have made your constituencies right wing republicans, and the rest of the country is fed up with you." while others calmly blame "everyone." "words fail me, really, that we got ourselves in this kind of position where we can't compromise to the point where we got to shut the government down." the halls of the capitol were empty, sunday night, as the senate planned to wait until today to vote on... and likely reject... a bill passed by the republican-led house. the stop-gap proposal would delay the af

g-20 meeting. a number of companies expressing concerns about how the fed taper will impact the emerging markets which haveformed the s&p 500. the bricks saying they are forming $100 billion fund deal with any kind of currency instability that could happen as the fed starts to withdraw this monetary stimulus. one currency that is showing weakness today is the euro dropping to a six-week low because of dra ghi. of course, that impacts the currency because rates are one reason you may make interest rates are one reason the currency may become more attractive if rates are more attractive. euro is at a low against the dollar today. here at home. tomp san son saying they're below expectations coming in at a 3% gain below estimates. a couple of them did come with with stronger than expected numbers. those include the drugstores walgreens and rite-aid. limited brands saying they expect low single digit same-store sales for the month of september. louisiana pacific, this company is buying canadian rival, another canadian lumber company that provided access to the asian markets and the news is being well received. it's $1.1 billion for it. and the stock is up 8% on the news. again, the