american family get past their differences, work through our disagreements and reopen the united states federal governmentis is just -- this is just -- hard to comprehend mr. president what is going on. all because president obama's signature legislative issue that we were so fortunate to pass to allow all americans to have health care. >> so you see there, both sides still stillen -- still en trenched. so the furlough and the fiscal situation still goes on. >> now we're joined by randall pinkston also from washington. randall good afternoon. first the president has canceled the rest of his trip to asia. that's not a small deal. does it mean he is working in washington to end the shutdown, that there is some new strategy? >> whether the president himself is coming up with a new strategy is totally unclear, you could even argue that he is standing by his position no negotiations unless congress votes a clean bill on reopening the government and another clean bill to raise the debt ceiling. there was a statement released saying that the white house was very sdis appointed with the house of representatives i

owes it to them and every american family to get past our disagreements and reopen the united states federal government. this is just hard to comprehend, mr. president what is going on all because president obama's signature legislative issue that we were so fortunate to pass to allow all americans to have health care. >> senator reid speaking there. you hear that the sides at least publicly are not any closer to shutting down the debacle than they were days ago. >> publicly, yes, and yet we're hearing more about quiet secretive movements is anything changing with regards to that and the infighting within the party. >> politics in washington is always things happening above the water and things happening below the water that you can't see. house republicans say it's time to give up the fight over the federal healthcare law that has already been litigated, let's move on from that fight and deal with the fiscal situation. some of them do speaker boehner's ear, but the speaker is publicly giving the perspective that he is sticking to the game plan. all he has to do is put forth a big-picture spending bill

women that even as the federal government shuts down is he said if you are serving in harm's way we will make sure you have what you need to succeed in your missions. >>> the united states federal government is shut down for the first time in nearly two decades, and the shut down at this point is indefinite and there is no plan for how to re-start. >>> it's official. your federal government has been shut down, or as house republicans might say, mission accomplished because this was their mission from way back. details ahead. >>> the reason we're here today is that the speaker of the house refused to name budget negotiators in the senate republicans block negotiations. now why would you do that? because you have to compromise when you go to a budget. >> democrats have been saying for weeks that they would place the blame for a government shut down at the feet of the republicans. well, here we are. as of right now, the federal government is closed for business. what happens next? can republicans be publicly shamed into allowing the government to come back on line or are we living in a post shame political world where we will need a different strategy. joining us now is a

your household budgets and the budget of the united states federal government are nothing alike. >> wein my household budget, some bills that have to be paid and some bills that we can defer or only pay partially. >> a couple of crucial differences. unlike, say, your next door neighbor for example, the u.s. government has the world's largest army. and it likes to keep that army busy with multiple simultaneous foreign entanglements, the government also operates an insurance program for 300 million people. these things are expensive and the united states routinely borrows money in order to operate. that's not some terrifying crisis, that's the norm. get this, this country has run a deficit in 45 of the last 50 years. no household could get away with that, but then again, no household has the ability to print its own money either. the national debt has grown to nearly $17 trillion as a result of these deficits piling on top of each other. if congress wanted to change that, well, they're the ones that operate and appropriate nearly every single cent the government spends. so go to town. bu

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no compromise has been reached to avoid the shutdown of the federal government of the united states. this is the first time it had has happened in recent memory. our coverage continues now with rachel maddow in washington, d.c. >> thank you, chris. good evening. >> thanks to you at home for being with us on this momentous night. it is now exactly midnight here on the east coast. for the first time in 17 years, the american federal government is as of right now in the process of shutting down. we are coming to you live from washington, d.c. this hour where house republicans have essentially just thrown in the towel and forced the federal government to shut down. what was expected to be a drama-filled night with negotiations going up until the last moment, did not exactly turn out that way. there's been talking right up until the last moment, but nothing that looks like working to stop this from happening. we have known for the better part of an hour now that house republicans have decided to just let this government shutdown happen. there does not seem to be a plan for what to do next

government to prove his point is still wrong. you should not hold federal employees, you should not hold the economy of the united states, you should not hold the governments of the united states, federal, state or local which will be affected by this, hostage because you agree or think that the affordable care act is a bad act. it's the wrong method. it's the wrong time for that debate. that is the issue. they are on the floor debating whether the affordable care act is good or bad. that is not the debate we're having tonight. the debate we should be having tonight is whether, whether it's good or bad, is it worth shutting the government of the united states down tonight. and the answer is clearly no. secondly, the senator from alabama said this bill was passed in the middle of the night. it was passed late one night several years ago. it's been passed by the house and the senate, signed into law as every bill, by the president of the united states and in this case of this law, upheld by the supreme court and is being implemented by a majority of states in the united states. and this bill, this law, this concept, this approach was

federal government was aware of this raid in advance and approved of it. cooperation is very good between the somali sphos federal governt and the united states government andcountering terrorism and trying to build up somalie somai terrorist forces . i don't see the case for somali. >> if you are talking about other countries in the region libya is expressing deep concern. this is going to continue to be an issue and the united states has to weigh how important is it tto retain to capture someone with the resul thought that it y result in a serious problem with the hea host government. >>> i'm del walters live in new york city. we are interrupting our coverage of our sister station al jazeera english. we are awaiting word from president obama at the white house. he is going to talk about the debt ceiling debate. i'm joined with david shuster. as we await the president. your thoughts on the fact that this continues to drag out day after day after day. >> the white house sees far more economic consequence if the debt ceiling is not raised by october 17. the problem the government has is 38% of the americans according to the latest polls think that not racin

united states. the federal government shutdown is jeopardizing some programs immediately, and it comes at a time when there are bigger questions about whom the government should help. jeffrey brown has our look. >> they were singing last week, but today as federal funded head start programs in at least nine states began to laps, there was no school for the children at the little river preschool in cherokee county, georgia. >> they're only going to be three one time in their life, or four one time in their life. and so if they miss out on learning during those really important moments of those years, it will impact the rest of their life. and so this is a critical time for the interruption. >> even as the shutdown effects take hold, longer term fights over safety net programs continue. prominently including food stamps. last month the house voted to cut the program by 40 billion dollars over ten years. the bill passed along party lines after heated debate. >> and most people don't choose to be on food stamps. most people want a job. most people want to go out and be productive. so that they can earn a

the truth here is what the federal government of united states of congress and the white house have exhibited rather aggressively over the last several weeks and including through the shutdown is that there's literally nothing the u.s. government can't and won't do for unclear reasons sending whatever shock waves they feel like sending into the u.s. and global economies i can't imagine a recipe that would undermine confidence in the dollar of the u.s. or particularly the u.s. government faster or more effectively than what we see on every news channel in the world every day for a week and counting we're already starting to see hundreds of thousands of people get an involuntary unpaid vacation those hundreds of thousands of people are going out to dinner they're not going to the dry cleaner that are buying a new car or have trouble making house payments are going to have trouble making mortgage payments and rents and all the rest and we know the money they didn't get today and tomorrow or the next day is money that they're not spending now and even if they get paid later it will still be damag

the truth here is what the federal government the united states congress and the white house have exhibited rather aggressively over the last several weeks including through the shutdown is that there's literally nothing the u.s. government can't and won't do for unclear reasons sending whatever shock waves they feel like sending into the u.s. and global economies i can't imagine a recipe that would undermine confidence in the dollar of the u.s. or particularly the u.s. government faster or more effectively than what we see on every news channel in the world every day for a week and counting we're already starting to see hundreds of thousands of people get an involuntary unpaid vacation those hundreds of thousands of people are going out to dinner they're not going to the dry cleaner that are buying a new car or have trouble making a house payments are going to have trouble making mortgage payments and rents and all the rest and we know the money they didn't get today and tomorrow on the next day is money that they're not spending now and even if they get paid later it will still be damagin

government removed 2 plants in fresno and livingston from the list importers. federal investigators found the 3 plant likely responsible for salmonella out brick and 3 38 people across the united statessince march have been sicken. recall was never issued by federal government and allowed foster farms to continue operating the facility after company submitted including the changes to the processing. >> supervisor at the frainer new stadium in santa clara will be back in court monday after being arraigned on grand theft burglary charges. 37-year-old vincent lot sues pegged of steal material including copper wiring from his employer. cupertino electric. the man was arrested early this week facing 5 counts of grand theft and 2 counsel of burglary. remains in jail on 400,000 dollar bail. >> in fremont 1 man in the hospital with gunshot wound to his stomach and suspected case of road rage. police say two drivers got into some type of confrontation while driving south bound on 6 80 around 5:30 this morning. both cars pulled off the freeway on mission boulevard on one of the driver pulled out a gun and opened fire on the other car. wounded man told police the gunman was driving a white car

government removed 2 plants in fresno and livingston from the list of approved importers. federal investigators found the 3 plant likely responsible for salmonella out brick and 3 38 people across the united states since march have been sicken. recall was never issued by federal government and allowed foster farms to continue operating the facility after company submitted including the changes to the processing. >> supervisor at the frainer new stadium in santa clara will be back in court monday after being arraigned on grand theft burglary charges. 37-year-old vincent lot sues pegged of steal material including copper wiring from his employer. cupertino electric. the man was arrested early this week facing 5 counts of grand theft and 2 counsel of burglary. remains in jail on 400,000 dollar bail. >> in fremont 1 man in the hospital with gunshot wound to his stomach and suspected case of road rage. police say two drivers got into some type of confrontation while driving south bound on 6 80 around 5:30 this morning. both cars pulled off the freeway on mission boulevard on one of the driver pulled out a gun and opened fire on the other car. wounded man told police the gunman was driving a white car

government removed 2 plants in fresno and livingston from the list of approved importers. federal investigators found the 3 plant likely responsible for salmonella out brick and 3 38 people across the united statesave been sicken. recall was never issued by federal government and allowed foster farms to continue operating the facility after company submitted including the changes to the processing. >> supervisor at the frainer new stadium in santa clara will be back in court monday after being arraigned on grand theft burglary charges. 37-year-old vincent lot sues pegged of steal material including copper wiring from his employer. cupertino electric. the man was arrested early this week facing 5 counts of grand theft and 2 counsel of burglary. remains in jail on 400,000 dollar bail. >> in fremont 1 man in the hospital with gunshot wound to his stomach and suspected case of road rage. police say two drivers got into some type of confrontation while driving south bound on 6 80 around 5:30 this morning. both cars pulled off the freeway on mission boulevard on one of the driver pulled out a gun and opened fire on the other car. wounded man told police the gunman was driving a white car with large po

united states government. republicans arguing for these very specific bills. bottom line, many republicans believe there are aspects that the united states people absolutely love about the federal government and there are many departments and agencies they could care less about. bill? >> you touched on it. what are they saying it, mike. >> reporter: leaders on capitol hill are calling this game essentially. bottom line they are not supporting this effort by republicans and saying it's time to fund the entire government. >> some of the rabble rousers over here have said what they want to do is take little bits and pieces of the federal government, send something over to the veterans today, parks tomorrow, maybe security agencies tomorrow, and the next day, and this will go on for weeks. but what won't get funded, obama care. >> reporter: house democratic leader nancy pelosi says this national parks bill if you will is just a pawn, and the bottom line is the republicans are still trying to defund the president's health care law. >> so that's from the leadership. rank-and-file members, what are they saying tonight, mike? >> reporter: you flow, i've talked to many rank-and-file mem

concluded with the successful completion of the peace process and recognition of the federal government of somalia. the united states has underscored the importance of outreach and engagement with the regional administrations to form the federal framework. we'll cut into font humanitarian assistance and civil society programs -- we will continue to provide humanitarian assistance and civil society programs. it includes an emphasis on human accountability, countering human trafficking and fiscal management. tragic and cowardly attack at kenya's civilians westgate mall has underscored vulnerabilities and the horn of africa and demonstrate that al- shabaab has the capable network in the east africa that is willing to carry out attacks outside of somalia. from the pressure somali national army has weakened al-shabaab to wage conventional military offenses and to hold territory inside of somalia. we contribute to success to the african land models for achieving greater stability. however, al-shabaab can still conduct this demolition processes. destabilization processes. what furthering resources we can provide to shore u

them and every american 235e7 family to t past our disins differences and reopen the united states federal governmentthis is just hard to comprehend, mr. president, what's going on ... all because of president obama's signature legislative issue that we were so fortunate to pass to allow all americans to have health care, as is the case in every industrialized nation in the world except our nation. we have as many as a 45 million to 50 million people with no health insurance. i would hole hop hope that my rn colleagues would understand that the law is four years old, has been declared constitutional by the supreme court, it is in effect. millions of people have gone onion line this week to -- have gone online this week to find out what to do to have health insurance. mr. leahy: would the leader yield for a question? mr. reid: of course i would to the presidenthe president pro t. mr. leahy: the leader has note add number of time that a small group in the house of representatives has held up the government was they want to do away with affordable care act. my question to the senator is, have they ever

you were watching the trials and tribulations of the federal government budget drama, you may have missed the fact that cities in the united states saying their financial health is getting better. stacey has the details. >> reporter: perhaps lawmakers in washington should look in their own backyards for tips. cities across the united states are seeing improvement in their local budgets for the first time since 2006. this according to a new report released by the national league of cities. >> we are the backbone of america's economy, and in spite of what is going on here in washington, mayors, council members, cities, continue to lead. >> reporter: hewn, st. paul and pittsburgh are among the 72% of cities reporting they are better able to meet the financial needs of their community than they were in 2012. while cities are optimistic that the revenue rebound will continue next year, there is uncertainty over how much support they are expect from washington. nearly half of the survey participates reported decrease over the last year. >> and that's where cities are. we are stuck between the white house and congress. >> reporter: city

government of the united states? >> i think there are a lot of similarities. we are a union of states, just as you are. we have a federal state governments have a great

federal government. african-americans are the only constituency in the united states that doesn't viscerally hate the federalfederal government rescued african-americans from intolerable situations on two occasions. the 1860s from slavery, the 1960s from segregation. so when republicans talk about how terrible the federal government is, that doesn't resonate with african-americans, because they have a very different experience. >> yeah, it's always so forth worth noting that we get an african-american president before we have a meaningful number of african-american statewide elected officials, right? you would think that it would take sort of a reservoir of senators and governors before, but, in fact, that's not what happens, because in part, what happens in localities and states is often not good for people of color. >> that's right. and don't forget, richard nixon had something to do with this as well. richard nixon adopted the southern strategy. that was a deliberate strategy to reach out to southern white voters. let me give you a statistic. in 1968, richard nixon's worst state, when he ran -- when he fi

no compromise has been reached to avoid the shutdown of the federal government of the united states.appened in recent memory. our coverage continues now with rachel maddow in washington, d.c. >> thank you, chris. good evening. >> thanks to you at home for being with us on this momentous night. it is now exactly midnight here on the east coast. for the first time in 17 years, the american federal government is as of right now in the process of shutting down. we are coming to you live from washington, d.c. this hour where house republicans have essentially just thrown in the towel and forced the federal government to shut down. what was expected to be a drama-filled night with negotiations going up until the last moment, did not exactly turn out that way. there's been talking right up until the last moment, but nothing that looks like working to stop this from happening. we have known for the better part of an hour now that house republicans have decided to just let

. >>> lawmakers in the united states are digging in their heels in a budget battle that partially shut down the federal governmentrepublicans are standing by the decision to make an agreement with democrats contingent on delaying president barack obama's health care reforms. obama saying they're denying a ransom for just doing their job. >> they shut down the government over an ideological crusade to deny affordable health insurance to millions of americans. >> the president warned the full impact of the shutdown may not be known for some time but he said the last time it happened in the mid '90s it hurt the u.s.s economy. hundreds of thousands of civil servants have been told to stay home. national parks, museums and m o monuments across the country are closed and a range of services are unavailable. operations related to national security and public safety are continuing. lawmakers in the house and senate resumed deliberations on legislation to fund the government, but there is no sign of bipartisan compromise on a provisional budget or the new fiscal year which started on tuesday. >>> now, the government shutd

. >> 800,000 federal workers working for the united states government will be told not to come id.ards of 800,000. after this. the car and everything that goes along with it. [ thunder crashes, tires squeal ] ♪ ♪ so, what do you say? thanks... but i think i got this. ♪ [ male announcer ] the all-new cla. starting at $29,900. neil: we always try to find reasons for the market for what they do and sometimes trying to unwind it in the case of our markets with the dow losing 100 20.futures so that may or may not be optimistic. and ben stein to what is happening right now. looking at a shutdown than the issue is how long? >>. >> we're looking at a shot down unless the men from mars come down. otherwise they get way beyond what i a deserve. [laughter] neil: everyone makes a big deal from times in the past eight and is that true? >> what do you think? >> certainly there is a lot less but what is going on in the country is evenly split about 20 to keep entitlements for ever and have to know what to play for them. and he is exactly right. of the country is deeply split so that has something

. >>> stephen colbert had a field day talking about the federal government as if it were history. >> yes, tonight the united states ends. what a dramatic arc. started out as a highly sympathetic character in the 1770s. but in just 237 seasons it has transformed into an egotistical self-destructive maniac. >> and that, my friend, is your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> okay, it's time now to dig deeper into the politics of this government shutdown. boris epstein is back from us and kasie hunt. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> all right, boris, let me start with you and what is the point of this? what's being accomplished here? it doesn't seem like anyone is winning. >> nothing is being accomplished. it's a really big mayes take of the rand pauls of my party. no positive for them. specifically for someone like ted cruz and rand paul who wants to run for president in 2016 this is a losing formula. newt gingrich has tried to run for president and has failed several times. the only people winning, chris christie on the outside saying i wasn't a part of it. >> ksaie, what happens this morning as the

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