the nation' cap capital. in addition has seen the shut down not only of tourist economy, as you have, but congress holding $6 billion. >> i thank you, mr. chairman. and the republicans and democrats who voted with us to free the district local fund. we are finally making headway with the senate and the administration. mr. jarvis, sitting here in the district of columbia, the third generation -- there to hear the employees of the park service. yeah. we have trouble with the civil servant. i want to say for the record, that how unfair i think it is for the republicans to shut down the government then blame the national park service. i thank you for the way you protect the mount and the people who visit our monuments. some of us are still recalling when green paint of splattered on the lincoln memorial. even though there was no shut down because the difficulty of guarding the memorial. in 2007, irmt there was a horrific incident, vandalism, as well on the vietnam memorial. is it true there are 2,000 vandalism eve

i am very concerned about the national security. i hope the administration would keep the essential workers. then i had one other question. i can't remember -- i'm a little bit younger, but has this administration -- i can't remember during the clinton administration, but did clinton everything,s and -- as far asuments national security goes, the obama administration would keep essential workers for national security, the nsa, dod and everything would keep everything in place to keep us up and , without terrorism and that's and everything -- we know what they're doing as far as vets are concerned -- host: on your unemployment and back pay question, we had the head of the federal employees union on the show on saturday and he addressed this issue. the bill that is moving through backpay addressing would mean that federal employees got an employment -- got unemployment during the furlough would get back pay and would have to pay back unemployment rate i will let john bellinger pick up on the national security side. guest: great, and ke

the national, the lake mead national recreation lawyer which is the fourth most visited unit in the national park system of over 400. national parks are a vital part of our tourism industry and our economic base. in between votes on last saturday and monday, i was able to go back home to my district to meet with my constituent, and during one of my town hall, the former superintendent of the lake mead national recreation area came, and this is what he told me. first, the blame should not be placed on the national park service or the individual park, but clearly on the shoulders of congress that caused the shutdown in the first place. the last thing the national park service wants to see is our precious parks closed to the american public. he went on to share that since the closure the park has already had to cancel seven events with an expected participation of 1,925 participants, and there's several additional events in the next two weeks with over 10,000 expected participants. having an effect on our local economy, on jobs, and on tourism. so, purchase, i ask for unanimous consent

one is that the national park service would run these parks and that the states would take the national park service to operate them. it's a professional staff. they been doing this so we could open instantly using our employees. i would not support the states themselves taking over the national parks. by entering into an agreement like this and then it pays for the entire park operation, not just cherry picking components of parks, absolutely i would support putting this into policy so that we can execute on it very quickly. >> thank you. >> the gentleman's time has expired. i would just note that there probably was a template after the 95-96 that probably should've been full. the chair recognizes the gently from the district of columbia, ms. norton. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i could not identify more with our witnesses on the effect of the shutdown on your local economies. and i think every red-blooded american would similarly identify with the outrage of the residents of your host city. the nation's capital, who in addition have seen the shutdown not only of our tourist e

the memorial. these men are national heroes who flew here. the park service knew they were coming. they didn't deserve to be greeted by armed national park police when they were at the entrance. now, mr. speaker, it doesn't cost the federal government a single penny to let these veterans walk around this outdoor open-air structure, but ironicically. the federal government is spending money to keep them out. it may be costing more money to keep the visitors out than it would to let them in. and to add further insulate to injury, the obama administration isn't applying this policy consistently. while highly visible monuments are barricaded off, others are open. they are choosing which to keep open and which to close, further proof that they are playing politics. this bill today would end these type of political games and further, mr. speaker, -- 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: as chairman of the house natural resources committee that has jurisdiction of our national parks, we have started investigation into why this administration did th

i believe that is the responsibility of the national park service to work cooperatively with the local jurisdiction in which our parks are located. in this situation, as you mentioned, we have recreational areas that are in a urban metropolitan area and reflect the needs of users inviting there. supervisor, as i have in the past, i want to renew my offer to assist you in working with the national park service. nps needs to cooperate with local jurisdiction. hopefully, the city's comments, my own, and the users of nps will create a dog management plan that recognizes the need for both governmental agencies to serve the public multiple needs. last week, constituents and my desert extension of the public comment. given the recent government shutdown since [inaudible] the actual plan itself, right here, 2700 pages, i too believe that additional time for comment and analysis should be allowed by nps. but constituents have requested a public comment period be extended to at least february 17. thank you again for supervisor winner and staff. supervisor obelisk, and supervisor came for your le

guest: thank you for the call. nationalpark service some of the highest protection of our public lands in the country. it is really an outrage when i hear a member of congress or i hear anybody suggest that these very treasures that have been laid down to be protected for all of us and future generations would consider going in and creating havoc and the damage. anybody that has spent a moment in yosemite valley or has seen the incredible majesty of that place understands the value and what that does to your soul. to think that somebody would suggest going in there to do logging and impact that area is just and comprehensible. that all of you, again, make sure you reach out to your representatives and let them know how important the national parks are. host: denny's, in evansville, indiana, democratic caller. caller: i'm calling because i want to say that i appreciate said she was the government to get back to their pass theirtually bill they are supposed to for the long-term, not just little bitty bills they are trying to

the u.k. to name a few. national ppulidcopinion polls commissioned by research america show that more than half of americans do not believe that the u.s. will be a world leader in science and technology by the year 2020. that is just over six years from now, and unfortunately americans might be right about that loss of, but they do not like it. for instance, an overwhelming majority, 90 percent, say it is important that the united states maintains its world in medical research and science overall. our elected officials listening to the constituents, listening to the conceturs of americans? i would argue that in this recent time they have not. yes, we must reduce the deficit. we must fix the budget. cutting funding for medical and health research and other domestic discretionary priorities is counterproductive to solving the problems that we talk about all the time and bring our hands about like controlling health care cost. diseases and disabilities are not going to cure themselves or be prevented oveturcansmig. rese

the national parks, as mr. defazio said, are part of our government, people love them, they depend on them, the economies depend on them. but -- and to avoid reality of the shutdown or the responsibility for that is to neglect the jobs that we have as members of congress and thus far this majority has neglected it consistently. nd with that i yield back. >> the gentleman from washington. >> i want to recognize the chairman of the national park subcommittee on natural resources, the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. jarvis and our witnesses. i don't know whether it was on purpose or whether it just happens to appear that way, but it seems to be our policy towards our public lands has been vindictive and petty and politicized. i wonder why the cooperation of the 1990's does not exist. but what is very clear is that there is a better way. what we have seen are that the states are willing to step up and help people when washington fails. not just when co

it's my hope that the latter is what happens. our nation deserves the certainty of an adequately funded government with appropriations bills that reflect current fiscal restraints. to achieve this, we must come together with our senate counterparts and have a meaningful discussion that establishes a single common top line number for discretionary spending that members of both parties and both houses of congress can work toward. the ongoing standoffs are not productive. they aren't getting us any closer to reopening the government. while it's not the ideal path forward, at this time passing this funding bill does get us a step closer to ending the shutdown, which i know is the goal of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. so far this house has voted on a bipartisan basis to reopen critical government functions, including support for those who serve the country in the department of defense. our nuclear security efforts are equally important to our defense and should have ongoing funding to keep the country safe and sound. so i urge my col

queen elizabeth opened the national theatre in london. ter o'toole was on the stage, starring in hamlet. half a century and 800 productions later, the queen returns as part of the anniversary celebrations. >> the clean backstage at the royal national theatre. shakespeare's hamlet, peter o'toole as the danish prince. >> immensely exciting. it was a wonderful adventure to have that company. >> the founding director like tom stoppard and samuel beckert. it seems that we should have a central place where almost anything can be done. >> becoming a more astute commercial population. >> his home in london, what affect does it have on the nation? >> i went to find out and speak to the nation. >> it is the tyranny of the system, a tyranny at work. >> i think it could collaborate -- the national theatre understanding is also regional as well as central. killed their dog with a fork. criticized as becoming too dominant. setss say that it standards, produces shows, and is even envied around the world. the national theatre, how many times has it put on

here in france, the national france sweeps to victory. the victory for the far right scene as a taste of things to come in next yours national municipal election. those are the headlines this afternoon. take you for joining us on "france 24 pickup live from paris. democrats and republicans in the united states have continued their battle over the course of the week, and on the united states budget. time is running out to decide a new debt limit for public spending will stop if politicians fail to agree by thursday, the united states will not have enough money to pay its bills. that could result in a formal downgrading of the country's rated rating. bad news for the u.s. and the rest of the world. >> just three days left. if democrats and republicans cannot end the political stalemate i thursday, the united states will default on its debt. the head of the international monetary fund warned sunday of the consequences of the world's largest economy is unable to pay its bills. >> if there is that degree of disruption, that lack of certainty, t

queen elizabeth opened the national theatre in london. ter o'toole was on the stage, starring in hamlet. half a century and 800 productions later, the queen returns as part of the anniversary celebrations. >> the clean backstage at the royal national theatre. shakespeare's hamlet, peter o'toole as the danish prince. >> immensely exciting. it was a wonderful adventure to have that company. >> the founding director like tom stoppard and samuel beckert. it seems that we should have a central place where almost anything can be done. >> becoming a more astute commercial population. >> his home in london, what affect does it have on the nation? >> i went to find out and speak to the nation. >> it is the tyranny of the system, a tyranny at work. >> i think it could collaborate -- the national theatre understanding is also regional as well as central. killed their dog with a fork. criticized as becoming too dominant. setss say that it standards, produces shows, and is even envied around the world. the national theatre, how many times has it put on

to own up to its mistake and apologize to the haitian nation. >> the u.s.s a signatory to conventions, which give immunity and impunity to the united nations. what persuades you that the first judge who hears this lawsuit won't simply say there is nothing to be done because of the force of these international conventions? >> it is true that the u.n. has immunity, and i think for good reasons but it is not true that the u.n. has impunity. the u.n.'s immunity is contingent. this ithis is in all the treati. it's contingent on the u.n. having alternate mechanism for those to get justice. the u.n. itself calls for the standing claims commission. the treaty provision that the u.n. keeps citing, the main article is really to say that the u.n. is obligated to compensate people. and courts across the world have increasingly said that immunity cannot mean impunity. if an international organization refuses to give people harm by its operations an alternate mechanism for justice then courts should not allow the organization to invoke it's immunity clause. this will be

and the national gallery of art remain closed to the public. this legislation, if adopted, would reopen these national treasures to the american public. mr. speaker, the government shutdown is having a real impact on real people and on the national economy. i remind my colleagues that it is estimated that the local $200 is losing up to million a day with the national zoo, smithsonian museums, holocaust museum and the national gallery of art and other popular attractions closed to the public. this doesn't even begin to measure the national and international impacts of these closures. think of the families, the veterans groups, the group of students who all have saved for months and in some cases years to travel to our nation's capital across the country to visit the aaron space museum, the lincoln memorial, the world war ii memorial, sports theater or the national gallery of art. this government shutdown has a real impact on real people. think of the families who made reservations to visit yosemite or yellowstone or the statue of liberty and now

what has helped us the most is the nationalization of the hydrocarbons. before we had $300 million in taxes from petroleum. now we are at $5 billion. to modifications to the law, and nationalization of hydrocarbons. this sort of modifications for a country that has about 10 million residents, has helped us greatly. sounds like 1,000 people that went from poverty to middle class, and that's 10% of the entire country. it's not like it used to be. we are no longer the last or second to last country in development and in latin america, and in the caribbean. this has been in cooperation with other countries. we have begun to change the national economy, and also my last ratification, i would like you to know, is that in 2005, i was rad fied with 54% and after four years i was rad fied as president by 65%. the president that has been rad fied by a greater percentage in the second time around. >> speaking of that, let's talk about your future. are you going to run, for another term in 2014? some are wondering if what you really want is to be president for life.

the nation was prosperous. as the economy grew, tax revenues increased and governnt expenses declined. and years later, as all those billions of dollars of world war ii bonds came due the government simply borrowed new money to pay the old obligation. the nation had gone deeply into debt to pay for the war. that debt never really went away. it just seemed to shrink in size compared to the total gnp. we asked economic analyst richard gill if this meant that we had passed on the cost of the war to future generations? the simple answer is no. the basic costs of world war ii were borne by the generation that lived and worked during world war ii. look at it in terms of the old standbys, guns and butter. we start before the war with an economy that is producing only butter. that is, civilian goods. now when the war comes we have to divert some of our resources to gun production. the economic cost of the war is borne right then and there and is basically the amount of butter we have to gi up because we are producing ar

all webs were redirected to the parent blm national. and the blm has 10,800 employees, 10,200 are on furlough because of the shutdown. the 6 of hundred essential employees still working will do things such as run the blm wild horse program, control blm land. since we couldn't get anyone on the phone we decided to drive out to the blm regional office, and you guess it. >> we're trying to go to the bureau land management building. we've been making calls and no one is answering:. one of 28 federal agencies, we wanted to find out how many are work and how many are working during the shutdown. they said thanks to the shutdown they couldn't answer our questions. they said to e-mail the service administration in washington. gsa told us to e-mail the office of management and budget. we're waiting to hear back from them. thanks to the shutdown we can't find out how much of the nation's business isn't getting done. al jazeera denver the blm manages more acres than any of the nation's agencies. and also has the smallest budget and fewest employees

is tacking toward the national front. there are circumstances under which it would be ok to vote far right in a runoff election. it is not just france, bythe way. all of europe. we will see why in the france 24 debate. and we'll have our media watch segment. let's say hello once again to claire. >> shame on you, shout protesters as the head of the european commission and italy's prime minister visit lampedusa. a state funeral will be held for the victims of the boat disaster. egypt sets a trial date for mohamed morsi who has been held at a secret location since july. he faces charges of inciting murder and violence. france reveals the names of two more journalists held in syria. their families did not want their plight made public. first, it really is to hold a state funeral or the 300 african migrants who died last week when their boat sank off lampedusa. the announcement was made on a visit this wednesday alongside the head of the european commission. dozens of people hurled abuse at them. echols and the billing, a hosti

>> by is wrights, by the way specifically the national security agency? >> the assertions by reporters in france, spain, el mound doe, and italy, the nsa collected tens of millions of phone calls are completely false. the screen shots of results of a web tool used for data management purposes but both they and the person that stoled the classified data did not understand the web tool comes from the records from around the world. and displays the total different formals. the sources of the me that date include data legally collected by nsa theatres as well as data provided to nsa by foreign partners. to be perfectly clear, this is not information that we collected on european citizens. it represents information that we and our nato allies have collected in defense of our countries and in support of military operations. >> and so let me just ask you this, as you study the networks of the world, and let's just talk about the european union for a second, if i may. is it possible for chinese intelligence services military or otherwise to use networks that you w

the west coast. that is your national forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. >>> miami, florida looks great. travel trouble and airport delays chicago and st. louis especially this morning. >>> as i mentioned for the eastern seaboard maybe one or two more nice days and then rain for thursday. >> we'll take what we can get. >>> macy's is changing the rules when it comes to thanksgiving shopping. >>> plus the 911 call from this woman stuck on a draw bridge. >>> pumpkin ragottas are back. >>> welcome back. to other headlines this morning. for the first time we are hearing some of the 911 calls made when a florida woman found herself hanging from a draw bridge. >> and she is just hanging there. we need like a big ladder or something like that so you can get her down. i don't know how long she is going to last. >> she is holding on tight on to a beam. we need to get somebody out here. >> she just participated in a cancer awareness event when she passed warning signs and walked on to a bridge. the rail company ha

the u.s. this year, reaching hurricane strength some time tomorrow. workers with national weather service are also being required to work through the shutdown, but right now they're not getting paid. >>> and that will be today. but you know usually it is retro. they'll get paid. and yeah, we'll talk about tropical storm karen as she could affect our weather. and next monday. it could become a hurricane in between for saturday afternoon and late tomorrow night, could be a category one. then it turns off to the northeast. and that is 1:30 in the morning on sunday. and it will be continuing northeast, just south of atlanta through south carolina and then into north carolina. what's going to happen is that a cold front will come in from the west and kind of capture what's left of karen. that's between the cold front and the remanence of karen that could bring us much-needed rain showers and thunderstorms. as they mentioned, we have tropical storm watches and warnings along the coast. we also have tropical storm, hurricane watches and warnings at the tropical storm watches here

check out the high temperatures across the nation today. d.c. coming in at 88 degrees missing the record of 89 to tie for 1986 by 1 degree. 82 in boston. buffalo 72 degrees. this is some sweet stuff. this is warm too. 85 in st. louis. 87 in little rock. does not look like an october map that is for sure but then you get up to northwest and the plains and you can see that the temperatures are really dropping. they're going to see major snowstorm in that region and we'll show it to you as it's getting developing here on radar in a moment but it's mild in the local area. 72 for d.c. and annapolis. 66 for county particular ka -- quantico. not going to be a cold night at all. we'll head down into the 50s but many areas will stay in the 50s. we do have cloud cover coming in tonight. that will help us be just a little bit milder in the overnight hours and might promote fog. so perhaps a bit more cloud cover during the day tomorrow. we've got a line of storms in the midwest and here is our developing system. part of the statement system -- same system pr

it shows the reach of the pentagon across the country, around the nation and overseas. chuck hagel, defense secretary, saying his lawyers interpreted the law president obama put in about backpaying the military, can bring servants back. a large number m furlougheders workers on the job next week. >> i was stuck in an airport because there weren't yourself customs officials on duty. according to the talk shows that i listened to, it seems neither side will back down. >> the senate and the house met yesterday on capitol hill, and spent the day having a go at each other, blaming each other for the shut down. republicans were blamed, and the democrats were blamed and it went on and on until both houses adjourneded the late yesterday, the senate going until 5 o'clock in the evening. let's look at the sunday broadcasts. we have heard three people speaking on them. this is ted cruz, the junior senator from texas, the guy that spoke in the senate for 21 hours to filibuster to get the barack obama health care lawy, the obamacare that he hates - and this is what ted cruz had to sa

the problem is, the national mall is officially closed. now, this rally was permitted and planned before the government shutdown eight days ago, so, again, things have been set up and ready to go. this will be a march and concert. organizers bringing in well-known musical artists trying to attract a bigger crowd. lawmakers will be here, even though they aren't currently working on capitol hill. democratic leader nancy pelosi will be here and democratic representative so big names from different spectrums. how will this work the out? the masses will have to get here. some roads are closed, of course, and they're not going to be able to park. that could pose a problem later today. some tourists the last couple days have been denied entry to the roads and museums closed are left scratching their heads wondering if this is part of the political game. we noticed last week people have been allowed on the national mall to walk and job the gravel foot paths which is where we are standing here but this would be the first time people would be allowed

the nation's new health insurance program: how its creating: profits and problems. in today's cover story .... why it's becoming tougher to own a home in america. plus, short sellers waiting in the wings for moneymaking opportunity. and....hollywood name drop. can a film with serious star power kick "gravity"out of its top spot at the box office? first business starts now! you're watching first business: financial news, analysis, and today's investment ideas good morning! it's thursday, october 24th. i'm angela miles. in today's first look: earnings are back in focus. stocks fell yesterday on a mixed results coming from corporate america. the dow fell 55 the nasdaq dropped 23 and the s&p pulled away from it's record high by falling 9 points. the commodities fell as well. gold was down $10 and oil $1.22. a jury says bank of america is liable for countrywide mortgage fraud. the department of justice called countrywide into quesiton for selling shoddy loans in a program called "hustle". countrywide was a unit of bofa. and t moble is dropping contracts on tablets and ins

it is increasing the national debt, increasing government borrowing. there has to be a stop, and this is the time to do it. >> do you think even if you agree that obama care is bad policy for the yes -- for the u.s., that it is worth jeopardizing the entire world economy over this issue over a law that was already approved by both houses and approved by the supreme court? >> i don't think we are jeopardizing the government and the world. all the money has been voted to fund everything in the government. those are -- those who are blocking and refusing any negotiation, it is not like it was to repeal it. one of the proposals is to postpone it for one year. some enterprises have been exempted. >> all they are asking is that american people are all treated the same way. they want to be treated the same way. let's postpone this. >> it's not just the base, the republican leadership also saying at this point, now is the time to have this argument. >> it is about stemming the tide of debt and deficits that threaten to wash out an entire generation's opportunit

very close to where we are here in the nation's capital. i mention that because we can do manufacturing in america but they're developing the technology for pevious concrete. it's critically important to our environment. i take great pride in the chesapeake bay and the work to clean up the chesapeake bay. one of the major sourcers for pollution comes every time we have a storm and all the runoff goes into the tributaries that lead into the chesapeake bay causing pollutants to come into the bay creating dead zones. if we have pervious concrete allowing the water to seep rather than to flow it cuts down dramatically the amount of pollution. the ernest mayer company is doing something about that, selling a product that is well received around the country. we have marlin steel in baltimore. it's a small specialty steel company. their growing -- they're growing, their product is sold all over the world, 100% of the ingredients come from the united states and it is exported around the world because it is a quality product. that's steel. steel manu

we see the threats that come into this nation. we see what a foreign intelligence agency is expected to see. prior to 9/11 we had no way of connecting those dots. nsa would see one side and the fbi the other. so the question is how can we connect these dots in what you are seeing him do it in the least intrusive manner and thanks to you, the senate ,-com,-com ma the executive branch and the courts we have programs to do that. congressman king thank you for your comments. i know what you done in new york and the statements you have made are greatly appreciated and i would tell you that every person at nsa and the military still remembers that day and our commitment to those people that we will not forget. but that doesn't mean we are going to trample on our civil liberties and privacy. so the issue is how do we do both because of the constitution that we all swore to uphold and defend and that's what we are doing. look at the program that we have we as american citizens everyone at this table is also an american citizen, have agreed

for example, the national parks being closed the smithsonian orr the national holocaust museum. those are the three agencies that the majority is going to i trys to exexempt from the shutdown. >> congressman, you servedsm during the last governmentme shutdown, during the clintonton administration, that one was w over taxes and medicare, what i different this time, and do those differences signal to youo whether this goes longer or lo shorter than the previous ones. >> what is different this time is that we have people who really don't believe in the institutional process.ns youti know, newt gingrich as conservative, and i think he would be lucky to be labeled ad fire brand, as much as of a fire as he was, he did believe in the institution. he didn't want the institutionhe to be shutdown and in fact, after it was shutdown, in '96, i think he -- i remember him saying to people, let's never dd this again. but now we have a whole new group of people who don't seem to realize the consequences ofs shutting down the entire federal government. the other thing that ishing different is tha

the national park service did ok the permit. is audacious.tism >> he is outraged, saying they americans in a place did not. >> it is insult to injury. had unrestricted access to the national mall. >> going into day nine of a andial government shutdown, we still don't know who will in a complication fraught with dire consequences. >> lots of raw emotion on the those affected by the shutdown. the pentagon says it cannot make those payments now because of the shutdown. -- adition, the pentagon group announced the extension of death benefits for military personnel. live in alexandria tonight. they tell us the victim of a stabbing has life-threatening injuries. of friendsa group were in the area when they encountered another group and the fight broke out. the victim has not been identified yet. reporting the u.s. will cut off aid. an unnamed government official says the decision was made after an accumulation of events. clashes have killed dozens in egypt. a spokesperson denied the report. she said the u.s. will announce the future o

of health, the national guard, reserves, the national park service, the met, the district of columbiaall threatened with a veto by president obama. the only bill that the senate took to the floor and the president signed him one maintaining paychecks from military. the white house now says of the house actions, these piecemeal efforts are not serious. they are no way to run a government. but tonight the president has apparently changed his mind and is serious about wanting more, putting government paychecks at the top of this perris and rejecting almost everything else . the obama administration also backpedaling from my "in today's "wall street journal" claiming it is unconcerned about the length of the government shut down. a senior administration official said we are winning. does not really matter to us because what matters is the end result. the president might want to take a look at today's gallup poll numbers. 41 percent approval. with fox news senior white house correspondent has our report. >> with the government shut down limiting selections the president walks to a sandwich

this morning the national park began barricading the monuments and the mall. workers closed off 45 fountains because of the shut down. all affected the national zoo. the animals will be cared for but the zoo is closed to the public. the closure will affect hundreds of thousands of tourists not to mention the lost of tourist dollars. the public is also being blocked off from federal roads leading into the national parks. this feet is beach drive in northwest. it is now closed during the shut down -- this is a photo. >> the national park service put up barriers along biking trails and walking trails including the 185 trail which runs from georgetown out to cumberland, maryland. the popular bike route is closed because it's managed by the national park service. trails on national park service property could be shut down even if they're not managed by the park service. those include rock creek trail and anna costs city ya river trail and george monument river trail -- tweet your signs you see that you to us. >> earlier tonight house of representatives defeated a b

president, we've done that together for the good of the nation. this is much bigger than the senator who is presiding from the state of hawaii or the assistant leader who is to my side. this is much bigger than that. it's much bigger than me. it's much bigger than the two senators who are here from connecticut, the senator from -- we have a senator who is chairman of the budget committee , senator murray. it's bigger than her. it's bigger than the senior senator from new york, senator schumer, who is on this floor. mr. president, we have to start working together for our country. that's what we have been trying to do. this is so disappointing. on the eve of financial destruction for this great country -- and that's what it is is -- to apiece a small group of people over there, it is so disappointing. mr. durbin: would the senator yield for a question? mr. reid: i would be happy to. mr. durbin: i would like to ask the senator, the majority leader, through the chair, one of the key elements in this new proposal from speaker boehner is to diminish thi

does the white house get national security briefings from the nsa? >> it is one of the contributors to the briefings that are given. >> how often are those briefings given? >> virtually daily. >> is given daily how often does the president of the united states attend those briefings? >> he is briefed either here or on the road. >> how often does he intend to those briefings? personally? in his absence which members receive those briefings? >> fed national security apparatus, the vice president and cabinet heads all received variations but he essentially the same briefing. >> so with the national security council staffer that deals with the country in question be made aware of there is any listening going on? with the national security council staffer who deals with the country in question be aware if there is any listening going on? >> as a general response, yes. it depends on the area of responsibility. >> if the united states was doing any listening to key foreign leaders, we have learned this week apparently that was news to the white house with t

but individuals, if the nation is not able to pay its bills and obligations. >> thank you. and as we continue it watch the situation in washington. as speaker boehner speaks, we'll take that news conference to you live. but meanwhile, with the debt ceiling looming closer, the world is watching nervously from the sidelines. christina, from the international monetary fund, had this to say earlier. >> i want to say this, there would be very very negative consequences for the u.s. economy, and there would be very negative consequences outside of the u.s. economy. if that matter was not resolved, we're likely to see volatility and consequences on the rest of the world. >> the issue of the debt ceiling has taken precedence in the shut down in last days. and members of both sides of the aisle are trying to get the talks moving in a more positive direction, and if there's a direction, it has already been reached. wall street likes what's happening in washington right now, the stocks right now, at 179, just about 15 minutes ago, they had topped 200 points, which was quite a swing, ba

organizers originally planned to hold the walk at the national mall. >>> st. matthews cathedral will offer a special service before the supreme court starts its new session offering prayers for grace and guidance. the red mass happeneds at 10:00 this morning on rhode island in northwest. six of the nine justices attended last year. the supreme court will begin oral arguments tomorrow, despite the government shutdown. the high court will meet at least until friday and the justices will hear several cases this fall regarding the business community. >>> and in the meantime, another debate will soon take center stage on capitol hill. lawmakers have just 11 days to decide whether to raise the debt ceiling. what does the budget showdown tell us about what we can expect? you'll hear from treasury secretary jack lew this morning coming up at 10:30 on "meet the press" right after news 4 today. >>> sirens will sound as a sign of respect and remembrance to fallen firefighters. division four will turn on its sirens at noon today and invite other stations to do the same. si

this is not the way to run a great nation. even if we open -- reopen head start programs, what about the millions of other students that benefit from programs administered by the department of education? what about the families who cannot get their childcare vouchers? what about the job training programs that help the unemployed parents get back on their feet? how long do they have to wait, mr. speaker, until we get around to funding their programs? when is their lucky day? we cannot continue government funding by picking programs out of a hat. if the house leadership really wanted to fix the problem, they could do so today. if they would just bring a clean continuing resolution to the house floor for a straight up or down vote. at least 25 of our republican colleagues have publicly supported a vote for a clean continuing resolution. that is enough votes to end the shutdown today. we know it. the speaker knows it. and the american people know it. so we are still waiting. now, let me say it again. this government shutdown does n

jan brewer offered to use state money to reopen the national park. s superintendent rejected the proposal. about 2,200 people who work at the national park and its hotels are on furlough right now. this is just the second time the park has been closed since it opened in 1919. >>> americans across the country are upset over the government shutdown but it seems women may be more upset than men. 43% will be altering their spending habits because of the shutdown. 73% of women believe congress should have come to an agreement by now. 36% of women say they are taking their feelings about the shutdown to the polls and voting differently next time. >>> approaching 5:41 and the weekend is upon us. we're starting out kind of warm. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with your summerlike forecast. tom? >> and actually rather humid, too. we have a little bit of light fog around the metro area. you saw the live view of washington. don't really have any thick fog but there is dense fog in the rural areas. the fog dissipating, should be in the upper 60s

the ""national review"" said that i was the villain of villians. john boehner could reopen the government this morning but he's too obsessed with beating the villain of villians and obviously too fraid of the tea party to do -- too afraid of the tea party to do the right thing for the country. when i read this yesterday, i thought, no one likes to be called a villain. i looked it up in the dictionary. an uncouth person. well, i acknowledge, madam president, i probably wasn't born if a place that most people would like to be raised in. but i would hope over the years that i'm not uncouth. i have tried my best to become part of mainstream society. the other definition is, i am a scoundrel or a criminal. i am not a criminal. i am not a scoundrel. so they better get a different definition for me. well, madam president, in spite of being the villain of villians, i have some advice and some suggestion. i really do believe there are reasonable republicans in congress. they have to, as i said, do a gut check, understand who they represent, understand that

hello and welcome to crossfire for all things considered i'm peter lobo taming the national security agency this now appears to be the intention of the u.s. president but how likely is this it has taken months of scandal embarrassing lies to get obama and his administration to this point what is clear is the following the obama is unaware of the extent of n.s.a. surveillance or he remains untruthful with the american people and the world in the end it's all about trust. to cross-talk the n.s.a. scandal i'm joined by my guests in washington karen who is she's a former senior counselor at the world bank and a whistleblower and we cross to daniel mcadams he is the executive director of the wrong paul institute or a cross in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want daniel thank go to you first i mean obama says he wants free form of the aid to intelligence agencies but we still don't know what he knew when when he knew it and i always get nervous when a politician says that's classified so i mean what is his words mean about reform or does he just want this thing to go away and

we're at the national zoo. i can't believe you're not by the dancing panda. >> reporter: oh, man, carol, like two seconds ago. he's walking away. probably enough dancing for the day. he is there, or she, i don't know. but we're at the smithsonian national zoo. as you know, they've been shut down during the government shutdown. just minutes ago they opened up the gates. people flooded in. the wheels of washington slowly turning once again. and lots of the local businesses across the country, they're getting back into high gear. >> morning, ladies and gentlemen. >> reporter: tourists lined up as the nation's parks, my assumes, and memorials re-opened for business. >> how does it feel to be inside today? >> ask him. >> how does it feel to be inside today? >> awesome. >> reporter: employees are are

why the national intelligence director says the fight in congress could put our national security at sk. february, 2013. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell... ken cuccinelli joins tea party republicans to block the plan. but terry mcauliffe believes it's time to break through the gridlock in richmond. mcauliffe presses democrats to support the bill. and the bill passes. terry mcauliffe. putting virginia first. "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." pumpkin's back at dunkin'? now you tell me. try the new pumpkin pie donut or any of our other many pumpkin treats today. america runs on dunkin'. >>> we have a crew in rockville ready for the arrival of the president. he will speak at a construction business about the impact the government shutdown is having on businesses. that will come as the house and senate return to the hill around 10:00 this morning. it's unclear whether any progress will be made today though. talks at the white house failed last night bringing the debate bac

the secretive foreign intelligence surveillance court has approved a request by the national security agency to extend its dragnet collection of u.s. phone records. the office of director of national intelligence james clapper disclosed the court's approval on friday. clapper has previously denied before congress that the nsa collects edge data, but the obama administration has touted a policy of declassifying select information following links by nsa whistleblower edward snowden. snowden continued to criticize the nsa spy programs after receiving an award from u.s. whistleblower's last week in russia. >> people all over the world are realizing that these programs don't make us more safe. they hurt our economy. the hurt our country. they limit our ability to think and live and be creative and have relationships to associate freely. >> we will spend the hour with the four former government officials who met with snowden last week after headlines. they are from the fbi, cia, the justice department, in the nsa. critics of the nsa are using a state highway cleanup program to protest the a

all units of the national park system have got it are guided by the same nps national park policies [inaudible] national historic site, at such a good [inaudible] amended 1970 best we must remove nps from managing the gg nra. either revert back to the city or [inaudible] federal agency that can manage the national recreation area. thank you. >> thank you. next he can >> speaker >> my name is [inaudible] on the publisher they will the greater separate cisco area monthly dog lovers newspaper. i want to thank the supervisors for hearing this issue and to scout winner for bringing it up. we really appreciate your support. i know it's extremely frustrating for the gg nra to have introduced their 2nd round of this opposed restriction without having acknowledged any of the comments that many people made huge efforts to get to them. their new proposal, 2700 pages long is pretty daunting. it's really great that you brought it up. i think that the fact that the city and the state owns most of these properties and have wasted or granted the national park service the ability to monitor them and t

we ask, is the national mall a traditional public forum? are the signs, these barricades, what side of the line do these fall on? what can the average citizen do on the national mall? there are court cases that say thinking or reading or passing out literature, those are all first amendment protected activities. it would be very strange for a park service person -- if i am walking through one of these barricaded areas where the sign says "closed except for first amendment activities," it would be very strange if a park service person tried to kick me or anyone out. if you say i'm going to go read a book. that is a protected activity. it seems like any person can walk into these areas and there's essentially nothing the park service can do to you. there was another lawyer at the legal center here, i had him go down to find out what authority the park service but they had. they said, no, we are not asking what people are doing. we are enforcing it to the best of our ability. [laughter] if you are a private citizen, remember you have your right