that makes the us congress a little bit less popular than a sexually transmitted disease. the hardest hit are those in government branches unrelated to defense including massa thousands of its employees have been sent home with various programs severely affected george abbey who used to manage the international space station for nasa told us how repercussions are likely to fall. there are missions that are coming up in say four or five or six months fairly critical motions or missions that robotic rights are going to the planets they have launch windows that have to be maintained and if the workers are furloughed that work and being done and so there is going to be an effect on the one where i was the director of the johnson space center and we were flying the space shuttle and of course flying missions to time so we had to maintain a schedule so i managed to keep the workforce. working and we kept our word going on in the johnson trade center and the kennedy space center in florida and we didn't really have an impact but this time with about ninety seven percent of the wo

million matches that this for no gas chambers call in a rush for foreign policy in focus he joins us congress see how do we explain all this american exceptionalism america to better than everybody else american democracy is better than any other democracy even though we have one of the lowest voting rates in the world for a major developed country. also lounge soldiers. and so live in the west leading all sorts the on the afghan war he lived during the 1980's with the mujahideen and has met with northern alliance taliban and key u.s. general since in his latest book pakistan a hard country he speaks to the people in the region critical to this war for us live and thanks very much for joining us did you get the impression us least don't care about casualties. in iraq. which really gives the impression. of be a whistleblower sibel edmonds has claimed a more sinister financial incentive to continue a war generals say they win and it involves a health catastrophe closer to home production of opium since the u.s. came in is taken off afghanistan now provides almost all the world's supply internat

million matches that this from the gas chambers call in a rush for foreign policy in focus he joins us congress see how do we explain all this american exceptionalism america to better than everybody else american democracy is better than any other democracy even though we have one of the lowest voting rates in the world for a major developed country. also what lounge so much. and it's all live in the west leading all sorts the on the afghan war he lived during the 1980's with the mujahideen and has met with northern alliance taliban and key u.s. general since in his latest book pakistan the hard country he speaks to the people in the region critical to this war for us live and thanks very much for joining us did you get the impression us least don't care about casualties. in iraq. which really gives the impression. you know. it would. be a whistleblower sibel edmonds has claimed a more sinister financial incentive to continue a war generals say they win and this involves a health catastrophe closer to home production of opium since the u.s. came in is taken off afghanistan now provides almost

if we cannot use congress were all those systems available to now represent allow a fraction so what is left except that? >> the rhetoric around class warfare i have found strange in this country. the last election there was so whole pattern of comments from conservatives that obama was bringing up clashed long dash class warfare talking about capital gains tax. it seems bizarre that you talk about marginally increasing the taxes of the wealthiest that is warfare but if you talk about eliminating the system this for concrete children and it is not? it seems it is an undeniable part of the discourse because we are indeed an unequal society so we get squeamish when we talk about it but there is no way that michael bloomberg there is no way that he is middle-class and also. but it seems to me the public discourse is say a little bit bizarre when there is no choice but class warfare, it seems to be there are all kinds of ways of political discourse in ways to be involved there are different ways to push a political agenda and one that they can discuss the issues of equity but i reluctant

government shut down on october 1st it was because as much of the reporting there told us congress could not agree on a budget plan. but to be more presires the plan presented to the -- present precise, led for the defunding of the affordable care act. the health care program better known as obamacare. that act has been a red flag for american conservatives ever since i.t. was signed into law back -- it was signed into law back in 2010. the coverage of the story exposed yet again the divisions in the u.s. media and the journalistic shortages that come with that. as well as the tendency to take the path of least resistance. to be unfailingly neutral when what the job calls for is objectivity. there is a difference. the challenge in american newsrooms is how to report objectively, and the role of government in social policy. the capitol building in washington, d.c. there's been a long running debate in u.s. media about this issue of false equivalency. reporters fall back on the refuge of reporting both sides as if they are equal. >> it is an enormously polarized political landscape that is

the call came for us to do our duty when we were wearing our uniforms we did what was asked of us congress has been sent to. washington to do a job and we believe that they should do their job without resorting to shutdowns or part of the whole american democracy and this is this is the way it works this is the country that you fought for what is it in this mess that made you feel that just less than forty eight hours to go america is in this state. i think that there's a polarization that's happening in our politics it seems a compromise is not something that they look for. it has to be working together no matter what your views on shutting down the government is not a way to negotiate when you know what you're hearing sounds like common sense exactly gary thank you for what you're saying in there get your message across that very augustine executive director of the disabled american veterans organization appreciate it. so why then is the world so concerned about both us shutdown and a possible default well it's because america's debt is so huge almost every major nation holds some of it

but while hundreds of thousands of federal employees remain out of work, susan mcginnis tells us, congress is shifting its attention to an even more pressing problem. >> reporter: defense secretary chuck hagel is ordering about 300,000 department of defense employees back to work today even though the government is still shut down. republicans and democrats are not negotiating. >> there may be a back room somewhere, but there's knob in it. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner says republicans will only approve bills to reopen the government and raise the country's debt limit if democrats agree to changes in the affordable care act. >> we are not going to pass a clean debt limit increase. i told the president there's no way we're going to pass when the votes are not in the house to pass a clean debt limit. >> reporter: democrats argue the 218 votes needed to pass the bill in the house are there. but speaker boehner won't bring it up for a vote. >> let me issue him a friendly challenge. put it up for a vote. i would bet it would pass. >> reporter: if the congress can't reach a deal in the

fault averted but only just us congress passes a deal to kick the can down the road to further respond comperes that catastrophe has simply been postponed. the qatar control to see the plight of migrant workers get in the nation's world cup together shines a light on the suffering of other foreign employees and the wealthy gulf states. and a look behind the barbed wire r t gets rare access inside the notorious one tunnel prison. we've heard about it like several movies but you don't really this is a place that people forget about we don't ever think about it we're talking sergeant or rebecca wood from the guantanamo media team of all the why she actually loves her job. ever warm welcome to you if you're just joining us here on araa to we're live from moscow you with me to mom would say to our top story right now. the united states has avoided a potentially catastrophic economic default by the skin of its teeth with just hours to go the house of representatives approved a deal to raise the debt ceiling and reopen government services which have been paralyzed for over a fortnight live to

two of the conch haste following the shooting death of the suspect received a plea also in the us congress will make us all the officers involved fall carrying out that but dr mark mason believes officials had other ways they could have stopped the moment. given the fact that we have been on armed email the police have comported say that she was on armed there was an infant in the car. there was no gunfire of any kind that came from the car at any time a lot of questions need to be asked i think that there is reason to believe that the police in washington d.c. way way overreacted that there are alternatives to respond to situations short of deadly force in a speeding car it's a variety of ways it's stopping them the tires heavier and then they can be punctured by various means they put strips in front of the vehicles so they can shoot out the tires because they have these rope the things that they don't have a lot of time but all this whole situation is that the police had no evidence that she had any gun and she had not used any weapon at all she was using a vehicle that the goal must re

thousands of protesters converge on the us congress demanding new laws to end mass spying by the national security agency. the u.k. spy agency reels from reports exposing the lengths it went to keep its mass surveillance program secret. and epic moment feelings toward reaches the top of the world as part of its marathon journey to twenty four teams. this is our team now max and stacy give it both barrels it's the kaiser report.

thousands of protesters converge on the us congress demanding new laws too and that spying by the national security agency. another day and yet more damaging revelations to the u.k.'s communications head called the documents reveal the lengths the g.c.g. went to to keep the mass surveillance programs to. an epic moment as the olympic torch reaches the top of the world. where it's not opening to witness the birth of a religious group but it is the first story of the deliberate roman government told all right you. join our tease crew is it follows the saucy twenty fourteen torch relay into the polar night. live from our studios in moscow you're watching r t i'm lindsey france thanks for joining me crowds of flooded capitol hill in washington d.c. venting their fury against the n.s.a. sweeping surveillance practices the organizers say it's the largest probe privacy rally in u.s. history artie's guyana to check on is in the american capital. thousands of people gathered here on the anniversary of the signing of the patriot act twelve years ago they believe that was the day when in the name of

president when it comes to iran when you compared him to others we have had occasions when the us congress wanted to pass new sanctions against iran and he has opposed those type of sanctions and in his speech at the un i think he had the couple of good points that was the first time we have heard that from a u.s. president for example he talked about president rouhani having a mandate from the iranian people basically recognizing that there is a vibrant democracy in iran and that the president is. elected by the majority and then he has a mandate from the major one if i could. do it i don't you think said why don't you think mr obama is very much alone in washington because the congress is not going to go along with him i mean that he has a long long way to go and will talk about forces in turn but i mean it's what i'm getting at obama's words are just words because the political establishment isn't with him at least at this point go ahead. you know we could recognize three different groups in washington when president rouhani visited. new york last week one group basically read the talki

no idea what village in my house was talkative a pakistani family is on the doorstep album the us congress demanding answers to why their peaceful household was put through hell why an american drone strike. also we report on europe's multi-trillion shadow economy black market so massive it's costing some states s third of their revenues and in just a few minutes we tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to financial underworld for refuge. and russia's olympic countdown clock strikes one hundred days until the games and the olympic committee says it's happy with the preparations and president putin assures the world everyone is welcome regardless of race or sexual orientation. this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie now for the first time and it's his sure u.s. congress is to hear directly from a family of survivors of an american drone strike in pakistan the main question is why their grandmother was blown to pieces while looking after her garden parties gone as she can spoke to the family. why do you think your grandmother was killed

president when it comes to iran haven't you compared him to others we have had occasions when the us congress wanted to pass a new sanction against iran and he has opposed those type of sanctions and in his a speech at the un i think he had the couple of good points that was the first time we have heard that from the us president for example he talked about president rouhani having a mandate from the iranian people basically recognizing that there is a vibrant democracy in iran and that the president is. elected by the majority and then he has a mandate from the majority want if i don't get this job and i don't you think said which don't you think mr obama is very much alone in washington because the congress is not going to go along with him i mean that he has a long long way to go and will talk about forces and so on but i mean i see what i'm getting at obama's words are just words because the political establishment isn't with him at least at this point go ahead. you know we could recognize three different groups in washington when president rouhani visited. new york last week one group ba

congress funds it again. it's very good to have you with us today i hope you stay with r.t. for extensive live coverage of the limpid flames arrival in moscow and more of the week's main news as well i'm kevin o. in this is our duty. there's a nine story building i noticed that standing on the truth was a man in civilian clothes holding a sniper rifle. to say something that offends so they really do they don't use blank or wooden shells but the building was burning through my how much time it took to restore it. reloaded for yeltsin in the referendum the deputies of the supreme soviet didn't appeal to us not all we have to support yeltsin otherwise it would have been civil war. with the economic downturn in the final. day. and the rest. will be everything. the netherlands started legal action this last week against russia it's following a claim with the international maritime court to win the release of thirty greenpeace activists arrested after trying to scale the russian ark to go rig nearly three weeks ago the netherlands followed a lawsuit against russia with internation

dispute now the house regenerated working for a minute authorization or funding it was working for us congress and my conda of california same pushback then saying it is a war and has to go through congressional authorization so now in syria the white house claiming it's not a war but to obama's credit asking for congressional authorization this time but the house pushing back yet again so we're seeing almost parallel tracks here well we all remember though he remember though even as he remembered the michael even as the president asked for congressional authorization they made it very clear at the white house that they didn't think it was necessary they just thought it was the right thing to do so i'm not sure we've moved very far off the previous stance ok ok ok michael was it the right thing to do in retrospect two years on was it the right thing. i don't i don't think it was i think nato's decision this month to send military advisors is a recognition of one responsibility but two that we did not focus on institution building building or capacity bill you know it's interesting that the tra

effectively than what we see on every news channel in the world every day for a week and countdown the us congress presently enjoys a ten percent approval rating there where you could think about that is ninety percent of the people they asked nine in ten do not approve of the u.s. congress that makes the u.s. congress a little bit less popular than a sexually transmitted disease. nicely put the how to say so those government branches and related to defense including nasa thousands of its employees have been sent out on the various programs severely affected your job it used to manage the international space station for nasa told us how repercussions are likely to follow there are missions that are coming up in say four or five or six months fairly critical motions or missions that robotic flights that are going to the planets they have launch windows that have to be maintained and if the workers are working and being done and so there is going to be in effect on the one where i was the director of the johnson space center and we were flying the space shuttle and of course flying missions to time

stories with lawmakers and held high hopes of getting answers from congress artie's guy in a chuck in spoke with the man family and brings us this report. this was the first time actual victims of u.s. drone strikes were in congress and there were maybe only four members of congress who came to this briefing apart from the congressman who initiated this meeting congressman alan grayson it's no secret the u.s. congress generally approves of drone strikes so it's very difficult to expect the sudden change of heart even though hard was what these drone victims were appealing to on october twenty fourth of last year a u.s. drone strike left this pakistani family devastated the nine year old girl and her thirteen year old brother nearly a scaped death that day their sixty seven year old grandmother was killed while picking vegetables in the garden last month on the. drones don't fly when the skies are gray. the sky brightens and if you return. you know this family has never been abroad before out of their home in north waziristan in pakistan and the father said he looked at the life around here in d.c. and i met them at a lively

it is no secret that congress generally approves of the use of drones. on october 24 of last year, a drone strike left this pakistani family devastated. a nine-year-old girl and a 13- year-old boy barely escaped death that day. their grandmother was killed while picking vegetables in the garden. >> i prefer gray skies. drones don't fly when there are gray skies. >> this family has never been abroad before. the father said he looked at the life around here in d.c. and i met them at a lively d.c. restaurant where they were invited and the father said he wished his children, too, would be able to walk the streets not afraid of being bombed at any moment. the family came to washington hoping to get answers to why, if they have to -- i had a chance to talk with the little girl the day before. here's what she told me. why do you think your grandmother was killed? >> i don't know if it is one of the reasons why we came here. i have no idea why my grandmother was killed. when the drone hit, i was outside with my grandmother. everything became dark. i was scared.

joining us for congress' response is julian sÁnchez.shane harris , senior writer of "the watchers." and bob genier. john, we're seeing movement in congress now to bring about change, some restrictions to what the intelligences can do. there was an attempt to rein in abilities. but it didn't go anywhere. what changed now and why is it different? >> there have been leaks and certain information that has been piled on. there was significant attempt back in the summer. what surprises people is that more people sided with reining in the nsa than we expected. including people who traditionally might not have been on that site. i think the revelations about monitoring foreign leaders communications may be plays into this to some degree. i think there is a growing anxiety amongst some members not only that the nsa may be going too far but maybe they themselves have not been completely briefed or maybe not availed themselves of the information to find out what those programs are about. i think you're seeing accumulation over time giving rise to

congress to live within a budget we can afford, for god's sake. everybody knows we are spending more money than we have. what are they going to break up and use some common sense? there is none in congress. host: ok, thank you, charles. you mentioned asia. the president was opposed to be at that conference. basically loans from asia account for half of the gross domestic product in terms of the economy. guest: right. the caller made good comments. the debt. we are fighting with this discretionary spending in discussions about balancing budgets. we are ignoring the 52% of federal spending goes to entitlements. if we don't deal with that problem, we are not going to be solvent in the very near future. guest: entitlements are -- guest: medicare, medicaid, and social security. guest: thank you. the most popular programs -- guest: they may be popular, but they are bankrupting us. the fact of the matter is -- guest: the fact of the matter is, we need to talk about the money and the services as money is coming for. that is why we are spending this money. let's be honest. china, they are the ones who are paying for our spending to a large degree. to

we're continuing our discussion about the nsa and congress privacy and security. still with usis julian sÁnchez of the cato institute. shane harris, and bob grenier formerly of the c.i.a. the "washington post" broke a story that the nsa has secretly broken into community links by g mail, google and yahoo. how significant is this? >> i think it's significant. it adds more to the understanding that we've been gathering over time how exactly the nsa gets information from companies. so there are two sides to this now. there is one program known as prism which allows the agency to get wha what has been describeds direct access. but to store communications basically. stored information. what this story in the post seems to show is that the nsa is grabbing information that as it moves through yahoo and google data centers located around the world and public internet and there are junction points where they are grabbing information. what i think this gets at though is it helps us understand more about how the information is being gathered but under scores how important these companies

us. congress still couldn't agree. and debt ceiling -- down the road. and so we come to the budget crisis of the past few days where the u.s. came as close to default as it ever wants to. the debt ceiling was finally raised, the u.s. government was reopened, but, of course, it was only done by kicking the can into next year. so now there's another four months to try to reach a long lasting agreement. all involved will remember an important economic fact. there comes a time when there's no longer any road to kick the can down. richard quest, cnn, new york. >>> hello, everyone. don lemon here. it is the top of the hour. thank you for joining us. speaking of kicking the can, i appreciate the comments on twitter saying you are going

us. congress still couldn't agree. and debt ceiling -- down the road. and so we come to the budget crisis of the past few days where the u.s. came as close to default as it ever wants to. the debt ceiling was finally raised, the u.s. government was reopened, but, of course,

us. congress is warned specifically, publicly this would happen and it did.re keeping them honest tonight. also ahead, accident or murder? really happened to this young man kendrick johnson? family is now demanding answers. tonight disturbing details what happened somewhere between the autopsy and funeral home. a lot more to come, all at the top of the hour. >>> our ninth story out front, royals, racism or just a number one hit song? the debut single "royals" is the top hit on the 100 chart, and the post shared song in the united states this year. that's a pretty impressive ensemble but the new zealand honest known as lord is under fire after a prominent feminist blogger criticized her, 16 years old for singing racist lyrics. listen to yourself. ♪ bloodstains trashing a hotel room, we don't care, we're driving cadillacs in our dreams ♪ ♪ jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash, we don't care we aren't caught up in your love affair ♪ >> out front tonight, show biz tonight. a.j., it's been out since march and in case anyone couldn't hear the lyrics, it said

and right now al jazeera, libby casey joining us live from capital toll hill. libby, congressis currently in session focusing on the shutdown. can we expect any real month today? >> it is not looking possible, optimistic. i could happen but it is not looking likely at this point. the deal is that republicans in the house need to be able to make concessions, because the democrats have said we're not going to negotiate while the shutdown is in place, and we're not going to negotiate if obamacare is on the table. the latest measure the republicans tried to pass called for delaying the health care law for a year and they were trying to get rid of subsidies for hill staffers, so capitol hill members and members of congress themselves to be able to get on these health care exchanges, and that is not acceptable to the senate. we're waiting for the president to speak, and this is a momentum act for the health care law, because today is when these places where people can shop for insurance kick off. they open today, and then we'll see on january 1st the next huge phase of the health ca

is calling on all members of congress new and old. join us in doing that. grace meng of new york. right nowery happy just to sign the petition. we are a special classic came to congress to work on behalf of the american people. we want to cooperate with both sides of the aisle. we want to make sure that americans have more opportunities, more jobs and that our children are fed. we are disappointed and we -- andare pleased with we plea with republican leadership to end the shutdown. ioo.ve issues of concern, to we want to work on tax reform. the affordable health care act should not be a part of other government functions are not. we plead with republican leaders

days to explain how congress is working or is not working. optimism and useful, talks on iran's nuclear program. they are the first formal negotiations. representatives came armed with a full presentation. the white house said that no one should expect a speedy baked -- rick through. -- breakthrough. >> the chief negotiators said hello. they met at the start of two days of nuclear talks. complained on facebook of syria. that laptop on his desk. gave an hour-long powerpoint presentation outlining iran's ideas. world powers say that they are ready to do the same thing. >> we have a sense of optimism and a great sense of determination because we believe it is really time for tangible results. >> we are not here to waste time. >> these talks follow last month's between president obama and iran's new president. it was the most important conversation between the u.s. and iran in three decades. but don't get carried away, warn those who have tried it all before. >> be mindful of the history of it and a situation where the iranians are under no doubt, the sanctions and

used to be. tuesday i wrote to congress saying i used my last extraordinary measures. i have no more. that means on october 17th we'll run out of the ability to borrow. we'll be left with cash on hand. i told congress it will be roughly $30 billion. and $30 billion is a lot of money. but when you think about the cash flow of the government of the united states, we have individual days when our negative or positive cash flow is 50 or $60 billion. so $30 billion is not a responsible amount of cash to run the government on. >> you are telling me that nothing would happen on the 18 snj. >> i can't tell you. we never got to this point, candy. we've never gotten to the point where the united states government operated without at built to borrow. it's very dangerous. it's reckless. the reality there are no good choices if we run out of cash. that means the united states for the first time will be not paying its bills, hurting the full faith and credit because of a political decision. >> let me play you something that steve king of iowa, a republican said. talking about the possibility of serv

more it is perceived to have a more difficult economic impact. >> john thank you for joining us tonight. congressas unanimously passed a bill to pay active members of any military even in the government shuts down. fort campbell had been prepares for the possibilities of pay delays. jonathan other than the active military folks, what about civilian contractors? >> john, at this point it's really up to the secretaries of homeland security and defense to determine what will happen here. who will be on furlough if the government shuts down and which employees will be asked to come here and say. they say they are looking at people who are essential. so we're talking about people likely in law enforcement, some people in utilities. but as far as an exact number the government hasn't given that. on the low end it could be 400,000 federal and civilian contractors and workers. when you look at a place like this, there are some 3,000 workers here. so they are waiting to find out who will be impacted by this. it could be people in recreation and health care, and not essential health-care workers, john. >>

use. why some members of congress are tapping into funds for brave trips and even hiring some family members>> howard and i will be back in 25 minutes with a live look at traffic and weather. >>> check us out on facebook. >>> with all of our shutdown talk we wanted to look back at some of the fun moments we had this week. howard and i will be back, take care. everybody. it is friday, october 18th, 2013. welcome to "cbs this morning." a manhunt is under way after two convicted killers used a fake signature to escape a florida prison. fbi insider john miller has new details on the judge whose name was forged. >>> they go far yond enrollment glitches. >>> bless, members of congress using your campaign donations to pay relatives. steve is in studio 57 with a look at this week's "60 minutes." report. >> your "eye opener" first in 09 seconds. a massive manhunt after a bizarre prison break. >> two convicted killers mistakenly set free from a florida jail. >> the documents ordering the

so we're going to find out together, which is exciting for both of us, or all of us. >>> later, congress gets a chance to question top officials at the i.r.s. and one democrat uses his time to ask about witchcraft. it's all on camera and it's offensive to >>> in the unresolved problem segment tonight, how should republicans approach the debt ceiling deal with president obama? nick gallespie says the gop should play dirty as possible and he joins me now. nick, it's good to see you and your jacket. what do you mean by playing dirty? >> what i mean is that obama has been obsessed about talking about cleanliness when it comes to a debt bill, it has to be a clean bill, no strings attached. and he's like lady mcbeth or something, he's obsessed with getting things clean. but, in fact, we want a dirty bill here because the whole point of the debt limit is that it says you cannot borrow more than this. any increase in the debt limit, i think, should be tied to immediate and ongoing cuts in how much we spend going forward. >> how dirty should this be be? >> as dirty as you want it. >> yes. >> no,

congress that have had an impact on federal spending. for example, the decision to delay the employer mandate under obamacare, which cbo tells us will cost an additional $12 billion to our deficit. congress never voted on the delay. it was a unilateral choice made at the treasury department. in short, the notion that questions surrounding spending our congress' to answer, that is a case of false advertising on the part of the obama administration. there have been other instances of false advertising concerning the debt limit. one is the president's claim that non-budget items have never before been attached to the debt limit. a claim to which a fact checker at the washington post assigned for pinocchio's. in fact, of the 53 debt limit increase is passed since 1978, under both republican and democratic presidents, only 26 were "clean." in 2011, for the first time in recent history, people were commenting on the inability of treasury to make timely payments. if you go back to president clinton's administration and read some press conference is held by then treasury secretary rubin, this is also false. i ask permission to enter a reprint of

but all of us including congress would benefit if more americans understood what the debt ceiling isnd is not. many think that raising the debt ceiling authorizes the government for future spending. that's wrong. it authorizes the country to pay off the bills that the government has already spent. this could be cataclysmic for the economy. in september, federal chairman ben bernanke warned that failure of raising the debt ceiling could have serious consequences for the economy. janet yellen will take ben bernanke's place when he steps down. >> current vice chairman, janet yellen. >> an historic nomination for a 67-year-old economist whose insider knowledge of the fed goes back 30 years. having worked her up from fed researcher to vice chair as stint of adviser and distinguished scholar along the way, janet yellen's influence is evidence in federal reserve policy. >> she has brought into the bernanke fed this more explicit role for understanding labor markets. she has already brought herself into the fed, brought her main importance, the thing that she cares about the most, into the f