. >> i'm michael holmes. many breathing a sigh of relief as hundreds of thousands of federal employees get back to work. now for 16 days this familiar

. >> i'm michael holmes. breaking news right now, president obama has invited congressional leaders to the white house on this the second day of the government shutdown. >> so could this actually be a huge step towards breaking the impasse? we got word a couple minutes ago via a tweet from the white house press secretary saying potus invites senator reid, nancy pelosi, mcconnell press and speaker boehner to the white house later today to discuss the need to reopen the government. raise the debt ceiling. want to bring in dana bash on capitol hill, brianna at the white house. brianna, first of all, we know the pressure's on here. the president has made very clear he's not negotiating actually the obama care and attaching it to the budget. so what is he going to offer? >> well, at this, point, we don't expect he will offer anything. that's what white house

i'm michael holmes. >> i'm hala gorani. we'll have a lot more on the obama carrollout and some of the issues they've had with the website, of course. but for now, let's, as i was saying, moving on there to president obama's signature health care law under fire at a congressional hearing right now. >> yeah, and today we actually heard an apology. this from the administrator whose agency oversaw the creation of the enrollment website, the centers for medicare and medicaid services. have a listen. >> consumers are eager to purchase this coverage. and to the millions of american who have attempted to use healthcare.gov to shop and enroll in health care coverage, i want to apologize to you the website has not worked as well as it should. we know how desperately you need affordable coverage. i want to assure you healthcare.gov can and will be fixed. we are working around the clock to deliver the experience that you deserve. we are seeing improvements each week. >> the medicare chief apologizing and acknowledging there have been m

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"around the world" starts now with suzanne malveaux and michael holmes. >>> watching cnn. i'm suzanne malveaux. >> i'm michael holmes. thanks for your company. breaking news to begin with. just a few minutes ago, john boehner announcing republican plans to offer a deal, indrecre in the debt limit for another six weeks. >> democrats would have to agree to negotiations on how to reduce the deficit. president obama signaled he would be open to that. >> the president is fond of say nothing one gets everything they want in a negotiation. frankly, i agree with that, nobody gets everything they want. but over the course of the last ten days we've been trying to have conversations with our democrat colleagues. they don't want to talk. the president doesn't want to talk. we tried to offer bills that would reopen parts of the government, only to have them rejected by our counterparts over the united states senate. so what we want to do is to offer the president today the ability to move, a temporary increase in the debt ceiling, in agreement to go to conference on the budget. >> so

. >> i'm michael holmes. we're going to welcome our international viewers. >> good to see you again. >> a little week off didn't hurt anyone. international viewers will be with us on the program all week. >> we're watching at the fbi welcomes a new chief, james kommy. he has been on the job for almost two months now. >> but the for malts are taking place today and president obama is there to do the honors at what they are calling the installation ceremony today. commie is a republican, a former federal prosecutor and an outs spoke on opponent of the eavesdropping under the former president george bush. >> now he takes office and a growing outrage over revelations how extensively the nsa has been spying both here and around the world. want to bringing in wolf blitzer out of washington. and wolf, first of all, this is an interesting situation. he is a republican and was covering the white house at the time in march of 2004 when he was the acting attorney general. this story is what a lot of folks talk about. he

. >> and i'm michael holmes. the partial government shutdown is pushing hard on people who are dealing with the most heartbreaking experience that you can imagine. >> we're talking about the military men and women who lose their lives. as a consequence of the shutdown that lawmakers say they did not intend. this is what is going on. when much of the government, they don't get the financial assistance that they normally would during this emotional time. >> let's go straight to dover air force base. we're greeting families that are waiting the fallen to come back. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: hi michael and suzanne. in a few minutes the dignified transfer should begin. we don't know exactly when the plane is going to land. we know that these soldiers will be met by a team wearing their battle dress uniform, white gloves for a somber ceremony that's meant to honor these fallen service members. and one issue here that's not honoring these service members, we've heard members of congress say is the fact tha

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. >> and iams michael holmes. snatching a most wanted terrorist abroad in daylight. >> right now, anas al libi is being held on a navy ship. there are a team of terrorist experts who want to question him. they want to find out what does he know about al qaeda. of course, that could be a lot. we'll get details about how this top secret operation played out from nic robertson. >> reporter: it's a big deal, 15 years on the run, a $5 million bounty on his head. anas al libi captured in less than a minute. the senior operative picked up in a predawn raid by authorities in his native libya. believed to be a mastermind of the al qaeda attacks on the u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998, he is accused of conspiracy to commit murder, destruction of national buildings, and government, destruction of national defense facilities in the united states. according to al libi's wife who saw the takedown at their house in tripoli. he was on his way back from prayers early saturday morning when ten men rushed his car. and be

. >> i'm michael holmes. many breathing a sigh of relief as hundreds of thousands of federal employees get back to work. now for 16 days this familiar scene was missing from the washington, d.c., landscape, flow of foot traffic into and out of the d.c. metro. >> almost 15% of people in washington, maryland, northern virginia work for the u.s. government. well, today their offices are open again. >> happy to be back at work. >> i'm happy you're back, too. what's your name? >> that's the good news for all of those federal workers. the bad news is it's not perm. late-night deal passed by congress, of course, funds the government only until mid-january. >> that means there is a good chance. we could see this whole thing happen again. the president spoke from the white house just a short time ago warning folks about the reality. >> there's been a lot of discussion lately of the politics of the shutdown. but let's be clear, there are no winners here. these last few weeks have inflicted completely unnecessary damage

michael holmes is off today. >>> finger pointing begins as private contractors are testifying on capitol hill. take a look at live pictures and what is fascinate, what stands out this morning, is that no one, no one, is taking responsibility for the botched rollout of the health care site. politicians are taking on each other. >> no health information is required in the application process and why is that? because preexisting conditions don't matter. so once again, here we have my republican colleagues trying to scare everybody. >> will the gentle man yield? >> i will not yield to the monkey court. >> this is not a monkey court. >> do whatever you want. i'm not yielding. i'm trying to tell you the problem -- >> protecting american citizens -- >> preexisting conditions don't matter, hipaa doesn't apply, no health information in the process. you're asked about your address, date of birth, not asked health information. so why are we going down this path? because you are trying to scare people so they don't apply. >> covering all angles of what could be called a fiasco here. joe johns on cap

michael holmes is off today. we have sad news, breaking news out of danvers, be massachusetts.of a teacher was found in woods behind danvers high school. a 14-year-old boy now is in custody and is going to be charged with murder. blood was found in a second floor bathroom

>>> hello, i'm hala sps gorani along with michael holmes. day eight of the government shutdown. even a phone call is a big deal as the shutdown drags on and the debt ceiling deadline is a few days away. >> indeed. jim acosta is at the white house. a few things breaking in the last few minutes. tell us about the phone calls, first of all. >> the phone call happened around 10:45 on the east coast on in the united states. the president called john boehner and a fairly one-sided call if you listen the various accounts according to white house officials. the president said what he has been saying all along he is not going to negotiate on a debt ceiling or continuing resolution to reopen the federal government with strings attached. so he urged the speaker to get something passed out of the house that would reopen the government and raise the nation's debt ceiling. but the memo from white house officials about this call goes on to say that the president is willing to talk about some of these priorities that republicans have. he is willing to talk about the budget. he is willing to tal

. >> i'm michael holmes.elcome to our international viewers. >> one of the top stories this hour, federal air officials are allowing you to use certain personal electronics on board commercial flights, even during take-off and landing. >> you still have to switch off your cell phone part of it, the actual making a phone call bit. but video players, games, ebooks, no problem. you'll be able to have those on. the transportation secretary says the public has spoken. >> and anthony fox says, we believe the decision honors our commitment to safety and the desire to use electronic devices during all phases of the flights. >> that's is just for the u.s. others around the world will be making their own decisions. the director of the national security agency has been before a congressional committee this week taking direct questions about how his department collects intelligence. >> journalists who published snowden's leaked documents told cnn he does not believe general keith alexander when he insists the nsa is foll

>>> hello, i'm hala sps gorani along with michael holmes. day eight of the government shutdown. the debt ceiling deadline is a few days away. >> indeed. jim acosta is at the white house. a few things breaking in the last few minutes. tell us about the phone calls, first of all. >> the phone call happened around 10:45 on the east coast on in the united states. the president called john boehner and a fairly one-sided call if you listen the various accounts according to white house officials. the president said what he has been saying all along he is not going to negotiate on a debt ceiling or continuing resolution to reopen the federal government with strings attached. so he urged

michael holmes is off today. it has happened again. we are talking about another blonde haired blue-eyed girl been found with parents who look nothing likeler, raising suspicions she might not be their daughter. the latest child was found in ireland. this comes just days after authorities in greece found another little girl with blonde hair and blue eyes with parents who did not resemble her. so were they adopted? were they abducted? in both cases the children were found with parents who were romani romanian. that is people of an ethnic community who have darker complexions which is why the children have raised suspicions. aaron mclaughlin has details on both mystery girls. >> there are more questions than answers surrounding this mysterious girl only known as maria found living with a roma couple who were not her parents. medical tests indicate that in rea is between 5 to 6 years old, ohher than originally thought. a greek children's charity called the smile of the child has launch aid public appeal to find her real parents. there are

. >> i'm michael holms. a fascinating interview with representative king, quite extraordinary comments about representative cruz, senator cruz, remarkable stuff, wasn't it. >> divided republicans, we heard from the president just moments ago as well. he's making his case to the country, he's taking his case directly to the american people, also of course his message to congress that paralyzing shutdown has to end so american people can get back to work. the president says it can happen right away, right away, if house speaker john boehner just simply allows a clean vote on the spending bill. >> so my simple message today is, call a vote. call a vote. put it on the floor and let every individual member of congress make up their own minds and they can show the american people, are you for a shutdown or not? if you're not for a shutdown, vote for the bill. if you're for a shutdown, you won't vote for a bill. we don't have to twist anybody's arms. but that way the american people will be clear about who's respon

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. >> i'm michael holmes.s invited congressional leaders to the white house on this the second day of the government shutdown. >> so could this actually be a huge step towards breaking the impasse? we got word a

. >> i'm michael holmes. happy friday. it is day 11 of the parnl government shutdown. six more days and we hit that debt ceiling. >> we have a couple of plans to already probably not going to get the votes needed to pass, but the tone of the conversation we think in washington is getting just a little bit better. >> that's something. the house may actually vote today on a republican plan to temporarily raise the debt limit, the cold can kicking but it is something. it would increase the u.s. barrba borrowing limit by six weeks so the government can pay its bill. >> in exchange, democrats including the president would have to engage in deficit reduction talks during those six weeks. but here's the problem. president obama has said he's not going to talk deficit reduction until congress, both increases debt ceiling, also reopens the government. those are the requirements. >> exactly. that is the kicker. right now at the white house the president meeting with senate raps who have a competing plan, but will that work? jim accost a joining us now from the white house. what

michael holmes is off today.e, one of america's oldest allies but now reports of u.s. spying, they have the french fuming. they have now summoned the u.s. ambassador to the foreign minister's office. this follows a french newspaper's report that the national security agency, nsa, intercepted more than 70 million phone calls in france over a 30-day period. our jill dougherty is at the state department. jill, explain to us why this is so serious. the u.s. gathers intelligence all the time, spies on flenrien and enemies. we're talking about what, 3 million phone calls a day. is that normal? >> well, i don't know actually, i guess nobody could really know the precise number and whether that's normal. but certainly being called in, being summoned by the foreign minister to explain yourself is not exactly ra teen for the state department and in fact, the american ambassador charles rifkin was called in by the foreign minister to explain himself. these are -- it's an interesting thing. what do you mean by summon? well,

. >> and i'm michael holmes.ealing with the most heartbreaking experience that you can imagine. >> we're talking about the military men and women who lose their lives. as a consequence of the shutdown that lawmakers say they did not intend. this is what is going on. when much of the government, they don't get the financial assistance that they normally would during this

. >> i'm michael holmes. happy friday. it is day 11 of the parnl government shutdown.ling. >> we have a couple of plans to already probably not going to get the votes needed to pass, but the tone of the conversation we think in washington is getting just a little bit better. >> that's something. the house may actually vote today on a republican plan to temporarily raise the debt limit, the cold can kicking but it is something. it would increase the u.s. barrba borrowing limit by six weeks so the government can pay its bill. >> in exchange, democrats including the president would have to engage in deficit reduction talks during those six weeks. but here's the problem. president obama has said he's not going to talk deficit reduction until congress, both increases debt ceiling, also reopens the government. those are the requirements. >> exactly. that is the kicker. right now at the white house the president meeting with senate raps who have c

michael holmes is off today. we have sad news, breaking news out of danvers, be massachusetts. the body of a teacher was found in woods behind danvers high school. a 14-year-old boy now is in custody and is going to be charged with murder. blood was found in a second floor bathroom of the high school. the teacher colleen ritzer was reported missing on tuesday. now, police did not release the boy's name because of his age. they say there are no other suspects. and now this. it was just two days ago that a teacher was killed trying to stop a student who opened fire at a middle school in nevada. two students were wounded in that incident and the alleged shooter a seventh grader then killed himself. want to find out more information. the situation in massachusetts, alexandre field is in danvers. alexandre, first of all, we don't know very much about what happened here. why do they suspect that this boy was charged and linked with the killing of this teacher? >> reporter: well, suzanne, we do know that a much beloved teacher is gone. now, she was reported missing yesterday. police h

. >> i'm michael holmes.ndreds of thousands of federal employees get back to

michael s. reed you're asked to call police. john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> one of san francisco's most wanted bicycle thieves is behind bars. heather holmeslive in the city to show us the ordinary tool being used to commit these crimes. heather. >> reporter: julie, you've locked it but you - it and how did that happen? i spoke tonight with a lead investigator of the department's anti bike theft unit and he tells me that criminals are modifying carjacks to make off with your two wheels. outside of san francisco's ferry building evidence of a common crime. remnants of a bicycle. the expensive frame stolen. take a look, not even two locks could stop the determined thieves. >> i've had my bike stolen -p before and i know many people have. >> reporter: san francisco police have been on the hunt for the city's most wanted bike thieves and they say one of them has just been caught. >> he's a criminal of opportunity, whatever he sees and he can take he does and he's very good at stealing bikes. >> reporter: he is 37-year-old sean sista. uc police have been investigating several bike thefts nabbed sixa in the city. >> these are the tools that mr.

michael s. reed you're asked to call police. john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> one of san francisco's most wanted bicycle thieves is behind bars. heather holmes is live in the city to show us the ordinary tool being used to commit these crimes. heather. >> reporter: julie, you've locked it but you - it and how did that happen? i spoke tonight with a lead investigator of the department's anti bike theft unit and he tells me that criminals are modifying carjacks to make off with your two wheels. outside of san francisco's ferry building evidence of a common crime. remnants of a bicycle. the expensive frame stolen. take a look, not even two locks could stop the determined thieves. >> i've had my bike stolen -p before and i know many people have. >> reporter: san francisco police have been on the hunt for the city's most wanted bike thieves and they say one of them has just been caught. >> he's a criminal of opportunity, whatever he sees and he can take he does and he's very good at stealing bikes. >> reporter: he is 37-year-old sean sista. uc police have been investigating several bike thefts nabbed sixa in the city. >> these are the tools that

holmes from new york. let's flash the numbers up on the screen, michael. let's put those up.umbers from c nbc/"wall street journal" polling this is an all-time poll for the president with approval numbers. 42% americans approving the job the president is doing. so, chris, chris, chris. people are accusing the president of being a bystander. i mean, when you look at the nsa spying. when you see the mess that has been the obama care rollout the sound bites from president obama. i didn't know, i didn't know. now you have the poll numbers to really prove it. i don't want to get into what the president did know or not, but on a pure optics level, it looks bad, am i wrong? >> yeah. >> tell me why i'm wrong, chris kofinas? >> obviously, the poll numbers aren't good, that prr pretty self-evident. a lot to explain. bystander president is a little harsh. the reality is he is the president and he is accountable and the buck stops with him, we all understand that. there are challenges and the realities of governing a country like it united states where he can't be on top and control ever