the former political director for the young democrats of america and tim miller is the former deputy communications director for the rnc. a former spokesman for former republican presidential candidate john huntsman. welcome to both of you. >> thanks for having me. >> richard, first, can you tell us about the strategy your party used and where you think you are positioned right now? >> i think the democrats are in a very, very good position right now. from the president to harry reid and nancy pelosi standing their ground saying we are not going to negotiate with a party that is not willing to bring anything to the table. this is about putting the american people back to work and making sure our government works for the american people. >> how significant would you say that the obamacare argument for organs -- or against has been part of the republican strategy and what is yourest station? i want to show you -- your estimation because i want to see a poll of owe -- of obamacare now versus the shutdown. >> obama's winning turf, we saw that in 2010 when obamacare was the main issue on

we wish you good luck, gary miller and tim. we hope, thanks for being on the show.emperatures are going to warm up though it's a cool start. make sure you bundle up. we'll be at 48 inland up to 82 in the meet of the day. 77 degrees based on the coast. 74 degrees. we could be here early. isn't that right. >> yeah. potential for a strike. the rains are running a smooth flow t the south bay wasn't going to be impacted. we have slowing at 17 an earlier crash and there is slowing from 101 at capitol. let me get awe quick look. easy drive at the bay bridge toll plaza. >> a final check of our top stories. investors fidgety. dow industrials down, thursday's deed line for the debt sealing negotiations between the two parties over the weekend. did not do much. failed to resolve the problem. ru bought possible shutdone looms no. deal is reached well into the early morning hours. >> we'll be back at 7:25. >>> good morning, boiling point, americans increasingly frustrated with congressional leaders as a crucial deadline to pay the nation's bills just days away. >>> breaking over

miller loves it. carl icahn had dinner with tim cook as well last fight. >> night. >> gold may have had its best quarterly performance in about a year. shouldn't it be soaring in the face of a government shutdown. does this mean gold's running is done. we'll debate that coming up. fu, a confident retirement. those dreams, there's just no way we're going to let them die. ♪ like they helped millions of others. by listening. planning. working one on one. that's what ameriprise financial does. that's what they can do with you. that's how ameriprise puts more within reach. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the new twin turbo xts from cadillac. 410 available horses. ♪ room for four. twice the fun. ♪ ♪ >>> apple stock moving higher up by over % hitting the highs of the day straight after activist billionaire investor carl icahn told scott wapner today that not only does his firm have $2 billion invested in apple shares but he pushed hard for a $150 billion buyback in a, quote, dinner with ceo tim cook. dominic chu here to pluck out the core issues discussed. icahn was adamant he was not threatening apple in any way, shap

tim. >>> in for marty bass. another nice day shaping up. your complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. >>> the millers premier on cbs tonight. will arnett and margo martindale explain the premise on coffee with. stay tuned, we'll continue in a moment. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it's 6:30. traffic volumes are building as you can see. it's meteorologist tim williams in for marty bass and over at first warning weather. >>> good morning. a definite mild start to the day with temperatures around 60 degrees already. a high of just around 84 degrees. very warm with some sun with over night lows down in the 50s and near 60 degrees again. we'll talk about how long these warm temperatures stick around coming up in your complete updated first warning weather forecast. >>> any complications on the commute? here is sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> not many. i'm sure they're to come . we have just one issue, riva road, a road hazard. speeds on the beltway still great, 55 and 54 on the top and west sides of the beltway. 56 and 55 on 95 southbound between white marsh and tunnel. that's a look at your drive on 95 at 395, no problems ther

tim cook. >>> and the best of the best. which stocks in bill miller's, but where does it go tomorrow and beyond? a street fight is just ahead. carl, see you in 20 minutes. what. >> a show you're going to have, the president speaking and carl icahn. >>> the republican ballots with president obama over funding the government and the new health care law will continue to play out in the coming days. we're joined by the house republican policy chair, congressman james langford of oklahoma. congressman, good to have you with us. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> you've been quoted today as saying, i don't even know how to guess in terms of where negotiations go from here. i assume no more clarity at this moment, as when you were quoted this morning? >> no, exactly the same spot. it's a little ironic the last vote we took as a house, let's go to conference with the senate, sit down and get in the room, talk to each other. and this morning, for some bizarre reason, they tabled that and said we don't want to talk with the house. i can't even begin to gues