let's go now to your colleague and mine, jon karl, our man con capitol hill. the votes are still going on. let's talk about this planned parenthood rider. how much of a sticking point was that? was that the republicans playing tough poker or were they really committed to getting that through? >> reporter: well, it's a big priority for republicans. republicans hate the idea that planned parenthood gets more than $300 million a year in federal money. even though none of that money actually goes to abortion. they don't like the fact that it goes to an organization that provides abortion and they don't trust that the money is not fungible. so, it is a big issue. but about this, speaker boehner said, bill, over and over again, publicly and i am told priva privately, that this was all about the money, about the spending. he wanted to push this as far as he could to get the biggest number he could get. and he got a pretty big number. he certainly got a lot more than the democrats were orj nally offering. >> and what does it say that we came within minutes of a federa

jon karl reporting from washington tonight, thank you, jon. >>> and we turn overseas now. we are getting a new and vivid look tonight at the chaos and carnage on the treatments of syria. government forces trying to crush demonstrators who are desperate to tell the world what's going on. and various reports say hundreds of protesters have now been killed in syria since the uprising began. here is martha raddatz. >> reporter: they are images you cannot turn away from. sounds that are impossible to forget. a young girl rushed through a syrian street by a group of men, desperate to find medical care. shot in the eye, apparently by syrian forces, too gruesome to show. her father cries in the background, "damn you, damn you. she's a little you girl." and listen carefully to this. a sound of a baby and toddler, playing while their father records a gun battle below. the earsplitting sound of gunfire is everywhere, the quiet can be equally terrifying. watching as government troops gather around you, knowing what comes next. abc's faisal sidiq was in touch with eyewitnesses today. >

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jon karl caught up with them today. >> reporter: republicans rode into power on a wave of tea party anger over big government and promised to do something about it. >> rein in the runaway spending. >> end the excessive spending. >> we were sent here in november to do a job. >> reporter: but at least five house members tied to the tea party movement collected more than $100,000 in federal farm subsidies since 1995, totaling more than 8 million taxpayer dollars. at the top of the list, congressman stephen fincher of frog jump, tennessee. you directly had $110,000 in subsidies. according to a new study by the liberal environmental working group, fincher's family farm received more than $3 million in subsidies since 1995. more than $100,000 going directly to fincher himself. are you willing to see all your subsidies go away? >> we need a better system than we have now. >> reporter: but are you willing to stand up, say, me, no more, i'm not going to take anymore of these subsidies. >> we need a good, better -- we need a better farm program and we need to streamline it. >> reporter: that's not

let's go right to our senior political correspondent, jon karl, who had a ringside seat for all of this. he's in washington for us this morning. jon, you've been following every tick tock of this battle. and it really did come down to the wire. >> reporter: right to the midnight hour, bianna. we or on the brink of a government shutdown, when finally, there was a breakthrough. it was less than an hour before the midnight shutdown deadline. >> i'm pleased that senator reid and i and the white house have been able to come to an agreement that will, in fact, cut spending and keep our government open. >> reporter: a last-minute deal to avert the first wartime government shutdown in american history. >> we didn't do it at this late hour for drama. we did it because it's been very hard to arrive at this point. >> reporter: it went down to the wire, with republicans fighting to get more spending cuts and to strip all federal funding for planned parenthood. in the end, they gave in on planned parenthood, but forced the democrats to accept several billion more in spending cuts. the final deal cut

you saw jon karl's piece. there's a lot of hijinks in that piece.as any progress been made this weekend amongst negotiators? >> i don't know. >> is that a know? >> i don't know that it has. the speaker indicated he has not reached an agreement. i think that negotiations continue and they need to continue. but what this is -- christiane, we need to understand this is more than a republican-democratic squabble. this is -- the fundamental question is, are we headed to a financial crisis if we don't get off the fiscal course we're on? we have had witness after witness say that is so. erskine bowles said that. president obama's choice to head the debt commission. we're predicting a crisis that could happen in two years. we have to take action now. >> we'll get to that. from your perspective, senator schumer, has progress been made? will there be a shutdown in five days? >> yes, i don't -- excuse me. i don't think there will be a shutdown, christiane. in fact, i'm quite optimistic. i think progress is being made. they're working off a number, $33 billion

jon karl spent the day on capitol hill getting answers. >> reporter: on capitol hill, a partisan meltdown. >> the reason we did not shut it down is because -- >> house will come to order. gentleman will suspend. >> cut spending to begin getting our fiscal house in order and to keep -- >> reporter: they even disagree about what they disagree about. democrats say they have agreement on $34.5 billion in spending cuts. but republicans say there is no agreement on how much to cut. and believe it or not, the issue of abortion could be what causes the government to shut down. democrats say republicans are trying to use the funding bill to force new restrictions on abortion rights. but republicans say they are simply trying to restrict public funding of abortion. one tea party freshman told us shutting down is better than rolling over. are we really serious that we could see a government shutdown when there are only a few billion dollars separating these two? >> yeah, it's possible. >> reporter: it's worth shutting it down? over those few billion? >> i will tell you, it's time for our side to sto

an jon karl asking how they great secretary john boehner. you can find that at abcnews.com/world news. >>> now to an anniversary today. 50 years ago, the failed attempt to overthrow fidel castro. they were celebrating that today in cuba, 50 years later but is the party for this regime about to end. jim sciutto is in havana. >> reporter: on an anniversary many here see as a fourth of july, cubans celebrated. 24-year-old anna belle told us with a smile -- before quickly insists on switching to spanish as a meat of cuban pride. it's no accident that the cuban government is celebrating what many see as the greatest victory over america. the failed invasion at the bay of pigs. at the same time, the government is using all this revolutionary fanfare to kick off a party congress that will bring economic changes, painful and disorienting for many cubans like these. the government's message is clear. if the government can overcome the u.s., it can overcome its worst economic crisis in decades. raise your hand if you have a government job. most people

jon karl has been putting that question to lawmakers all day. and he joins us now. jon? >> reporter: george, the shutdown wouldn't happen until midnight. but all day here, it seems like we have had political breakdown. why negotiate when you can spend all day holding press conferences to beat up the other side? >> republicans are responsible. >> we're not going to roll over. >> not on our watch. >> no way, no how. >> we just say no. >> reporter: on the spending side, it all seems to boil down to a difference of about $2 billion. are we going to shut the government down over $2 billion? >> every billion is important. >> reporter: but you wouldn't want to shut the government down for $2 billion, would you, really? >> well, why would my democrat colleagues not want to shut it down over $2 billion? >> reporter: well, i don't understand either. but wait. $2 billion is less than two-tenths of one percent of the $3.8 trillion budget. put another way, think of that $3.8 trillion budget as the entire surface area of the earth. republicans and democrats are fighting over an area t

and jon karl is here with the latest. see if they will be told to stay home because the government is closed for business. but, juju, there is now some new-found urgency to these talks as both democrats and republicans suddenly seem aware that they really don't want a government shutdown. and there is now less than 40 hours to go, to prevent that from happening. but speaker of the house, john boehner and majority leader, harry reid, you see them there. met late last night at the white house. 90 minutes with the president. all three men came out afterwards saying they made progress. but there is still no deal. and as you know, juju, even once those guys come up with a deal, they have to get it passed before the house and senate. >> all right, jon. we know you'll be following every twist and turn. thanks for that update. >>> we're following breaking news out of brazil. a shooting at a school in rio de janeiro. 13 people have been killed including 12 children between the ages of 9 and 14. the shooter is also dead. unclear if

we want to bring in our white house and congressional correspondents, jake tapper and jon karl. with these latest developments. jake, let me begin with you. any planning for a possible shutdown. but last night, a directive goes out to government agencies, telling them to get ready. >> reporter: that's exactly right. the office of management and budget sent out a notice to agencies and department heads, telling them to prepare their senior managers for their contingency plans for a government shutdown. the white house is still sussing out, figuring out what this will mean in terms of parks that are closed, museums that are closed. veterans that are not able to get assistance with their benefits. but they're now preparing for the contingency, george. >> and, jon, meanwhile, late-night meeting in the house with republicans where they come up with a new proposal for a shutdown. and also preparing their members for a shutdown. >> reporter: they're putting out guides to all congressional offices saying that nonessential personnel must stay home. that's more than half of the people tha

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jon karl is in washington where he's been tracking all of this overnight for us. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the president's proposal goes dramatically further in reducing deficits than anything he's talked about before. and it sets up a likely debate in congress for the rest of the year and beyond. >> we have to live within our means. we have to reduce our deficit. and we have to get back on a path that will allow us to pay down our debt. >> reporter: judging by the response to the president's speech, we've seen the salvo of the opening 2012 campaign. >> exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope. it's not change. it's partisanship. >> we have spoken to the specifics, mr. president. we are serious. where are you? >> reporter: the president didn't offer many specifics. but there was a major concession to republicans. he called for $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next 12 years. $3 trillion by cutting spending. $1 trillion by raising taxes. then, there's medicare and medicaid, programs considered untouchable

now, we want to go back to jon karl on capitol hill, about where things stand. i'm having a little wit of trouble with this, jon. jake talked a little about the negotiators that worked until 3:00 a.m. coming out of the meetings, democrats and republicans couldn't agree on what the disagreement was. >> reporter: absolutely. and they both sounded pessimistic. democrats say the differences over the amount of the cuts have been resolved. but i talked to a republican on the house side saying they have not been resolved. they're still $6.5 billion apart. and they have disagreements on policy. so, at this point, it looks like they will call the president at 10:30 this morning. but the news will not be good. >> news will not be good. and a big question there is whether house speaker, john boehner, who told me time and time again, he doesn't want a shutdown. but can he sell the deal to his conference? >> reporter: on that, they actually say they're optimistic. if they can get a deal, if they can get the spending cuts up near that $40 billion amount, they can get some reso

as abc's jon karl reports, a top republican is reassessing his position. >> reporter: skyrocketing gass have even caught the attention of speaker of the house john boehner, a longtime supporter of the oil industry. is there something obscene about gas company -- oil and gas company profits being that high when americans are struggling just to fill up the tank? >> listen, everybody -- everybody wants to go after the oil companies. and, frankly, they've got some part of this to blame, all right? but the fact is there's a limited supply of oil around the world. there's unrest in the middle east driving up the price. they happen to hold the assets. >> we met the speaker in his rural ohio district where he was meeting with local businesses. in an exclusive interview, he said something no republican speaker of the house has ever said. he's willing to consider doing away with federal subsidies for big oil companies, including the so-called oil depletion allowance, a big tax break just for the act of drilling. it cost taxpayers more than a billion dollars a year. i'm sure you saw that the form

and jon karl joins us with more on what it could look like. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. after a highly-contentious meeting at the white house, democrats and republican leaders had what both sides report as a productive meeting here on capitol hill yesterday. even as government offices prepare for a shutdown, talks are intensifying up here about avoiding one. this is what it sounds like when the government is about to shut down. >> we don't have time for games. >> we're not going to allow the senate, nor the white house, to put us in a box. >> we have bent over backwards. tried to be fair and reasonable. >> we don't have time for trying to score political points or maneuvering or positioning. >> that is not acceptable to our members. and we will not agree to it. >> reporter: and they're still fighting over how much to cut and where to make the cuts. government funding doesn't run out until midnight friday. but if they don't reach a deal and get it passed by then, american troops, including those on the front lines in af