that they may have run gates close to the capitol building well we hope to get the latest from washington d.c. from our correspondent. in the next few minutes from now well of course all this comes amid high political tensions in washington with lawmakers clashing over barack. signature health care bill the president has called on his republican opponents to show some common sense warning that if congress is not able to agree a budget there is a very real risk of a national default an estimated three hundred million dollars a going down the drain every day the government shutdown. sachs has more now from washington d.c. . getting last night at the white house between president obama and congressional leaders failed to yield any deal to end the government shutdown now in its third day and it's becoming increasingly clear that the president and congressional leaders want to include an increase in the debt limit and i'm going to end a government shutdown as well because the debt limit is the real serious issue here this government shutdown is having effects on our economy the longer it goes on t

can you imagine you're in washington, d.c. you're a tourist. maybe you're just going through your workday. you're wrapping up lunch, heading back to work. 2:15, 2:18 in the afternoon, and there was a high-speed chase flying by you. a massive response from any number of law enforcement agencies. and you're trying to get out of the way. you're trying to get back into your office. you're trying to get away from the scene. heavily armed officers on the scene running in various directions. at the end of this is a crash. and gunfire. a woman, a suspect, in the hospital now being treated. we don't know the severity of the injuries or the wounds. a young child involved in this as well who we understand at the moment may be okay. there is at least one, two crashes, an earlier crash before a final crash in which a police officer was injured and airlifted out of a scene. you're in your office, and you hear the gunfire. from outside of your window. just dramatic events. amazing scenes unfolding today. horrible scenes, tragic scenes in washington, d.c. you

in washington, d.c. what are the global ramifications according to the president on this? >> reporter: well, david, it's clear the administration is trying to shift the focus from the budget deadlock which hurts the american economy to the global. two weeks from today the government will not have enough money to pay its bills and would default on its debt. we're hearing from officials from the imt, economists, ceo ceos, some of the possible scenarios, the financial markets freak out and they stop lending money. interest rates skyrocket. that's the picture the president was paint be for the audience today. >> obama: the united states is the center of the world economy, if we screw up the everybody gets screwed up. the whole world will have problems. which is why generally ever thought to threaten not to pay our bills. it would be the height of irresponsibility. >> he is also, patty, trying to sell his plan, his high ground, if you like, to the american people. >> reporter: he is. this is what it really co

washington, d.c. hidalgo economista "el cierre parcial del gobierno no tuvo un impacto significativo en la economía". pero algunos economistas no están de acuerdo de que el impacto al nivel local se haya sentido en el resto del país con la misma magnitud. washington, d.c. juan carlos hidalgo economista "los estudios dicen que se perdió un 0.1 por ciento de crecimiento por cada semana que estaba cerrado el gobierno en este cuatrimestre. así que es un impacto mínimo. casi imperceptible". y ahora que el gobierno está operando de nuevo, el presidente dejó muy claro las prioridades del país. entre ellas quiere que el congreso apruebe una reforma migratoria en cuanto antes. noticia muy bienvenida por los activistas del área. washington, d.c. rosie hidalgo activista "si la comunidad sigue levantando la voz y exclamando por la necesidad de la reforma pienso que con tiempo la cámara de representantes tiene que dar respuesta". washington, d.c. leni gonzales activista "ahora vemos que el presidente tiene poder p

he is running against d ct dc cd washington, d.c. he is taking advantage of the new cycle and he looks to be coasting to victory. >> coastalling to victory and setting up a race in 2016. thank you. we appreciate it. that is it from the team here in washington, d.c. and from me david shuster for now. you can keep the discussion going by logging onto the facebook page. you can send us your thoughts on twitter i'm david schuster, thanks for watching. >>> hello, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford in new york. the search is over for two florida fugitives. charles walker and joseph jenkins will wake up behind bars. they were found in a panama hotel after they escaped separately from the franklin correctional institution using forged document. >> jpmorgan chase could pay a record $13 billion fine for its mortgage practices leading up to the 2005 crisis. a tentative agreement has

he is running against d ct dc cd washington, d.c. he is taking advantage of the new cycle and he looks to be coasting to victory. >> coastalling to victory and setting up a race in 2016. thank you. we appreciate it. that is it from the team here in washington, d.c. and from me david shuster for now. you can keep the discussion going by logging onto the facebook page. you can send us your thoughts on twitter i'm david schuster, thanks for watching. justice. >> >>> over 50 years ago in the early days of the vet no, ma'am war, american forces began using a potent new herbicide known as "agent orange." it was designed to clear forests divid i have provided the vet kong with food. the deadly effects of that poison can be seen in the sickness and disabilities that have affected millions of people and the feeling of shame they have induced in some american vets.

he is running against d ct dc cd washington, d.c. he is taking advantage of the new cycle and he looks to be coasting to victory. >> coastalling to victory and setting up a race in 2016. thank you. we appreciate it. that is it from the team here in washington, d.c. and from me david shuster for now. you can keep the discussion going by logging onto the facebook page. you can send us your thoughts on twitter i'm david schuster, thanks for watching. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazerra. i am stephanie sy. here are the top stories at this hour. transit workers in san francisco are officially on strike. the walk out by union workers happening just an hour ago will strand more than 200,000 daily commuters. a bart union official says both sides agree on health care and pension bud remain far apart on pay and work conditions. negotiations have been going on for months. bart workers walked ute for nearly five days back in july. furloughed federal employees are back on the work and national parks have reopened. president obama says the 16-day govern

he is running against d ct dc cd washington, d.c. he is taking advantage of the new cycle and he looks to be coasting to victory. >> coastalling to victory and setting up a race in 2016. thank you. we appreciate it. that is it from the team here in washington, d.c. and from me david shuster for now. you can keep the discussion going by logging onto the facebook page. you can send us your thoughts on twitter i'm david schuster, thanks for watching. . [ ♪ theme ] >> hello, i'm richard gizbert. you are at "listening post." this week when should state secrets be kept, when should they be revealed. two british papers are having the debate on the front page. glenn greenwald, the reporter who broke the edward snowden story leaves "the guardian" for a new outlet. seldom has so much been said to so many by so few. [ screams ] >> no, this is not

but the tone has changed here in washington, d.c., after that meeting that you talked about last night between president obama and house republicans. we are told that house speaker john boehner put an offer on the table essentially to increase the debt limit without reopening the government. he said before we can do that, let's have budget negotiations. president obama didn't reject the offer but he didn't accept it rooireither. he said, look, we need to do both at the same time. we need to reopen the government. and i am told that a number of establishment republicans agree with that thinking and that they have been increasingly voicing that opinion to house speaker john boehner. so it's back to the drawing board to some extent, but all sides describing that meeting as positive and constructive. so i do think that the tone has changed here a bit. there is more optimism that

capitol here in washington d.c. now this all started at around two pm yesterday afternoon she tried to gain access to the white house security area of the white house where she was confronted by police she then sped off struck a police officer and then led police on a high speed chase to the u.s. capitol where again she eluded cops says as police tried to fire on the vehicle and when she led to the third location near senate office building she crashed the car and she was riddled with bullets by the police again with with her child in the back seat it was only then that police say they realized her child was in the car as for why any of this happened and why she was killed we can't know for sure now anyone familiar with this area in d.c. knows that there's a lot of drills going on there's a lot of security checkpoints going on and and really it's hard to drive around so you can imagine someone who might be having some mental illness issues confronting a checkpoint that she wasn't expected to confront and then panick

this is not washington, d.c. thing, a country thing. >> reporter: these furloughed federal employees cannot go to work. they are standing outside of the senate. >> you have bills stacking up on your desk and no way of paying them. >> reporter: they went legislatures to pass the clean continuing revolution to end the shutdown. >> they are arguing about petty things. they are not, again, there is no reason just go ahead and pass it. >> reporter: we spoke with maryland lawmakers who are frustrated with the government shutdown, but they don't when it will end. >> speaker john boehner will allow a vote on the house floor. we are convince that the votes are there. >> reporter: congressman sponsored a bill to give retroactive pay to furloughed workers. >> that will give a sense of security to people who have -- basically laid-off or furloughed. >> reporter: but frustrated americans want to resolved now. >> let the government go back to work. stop the government shutdown. . >> a new crisis is just around the corner. trea

he is running against d ct dc cd washington, d.c. he is taking advantage of the new cycle and he looks to be coasting to victory. >> coastalling to victory and setting up a race in 2016. thank you. we appreciate it. that is it from the team here in washington, d.c. and from me david shuster for now. you can keep the discussion going by logging onto the facebook page. you can send us your thoughts on twitter i'm david schuster, thanks for watching. nairobi. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are the stories that we are following for you. congress is turning its focus back to the budget. now the whole new deadline they face. >>> the president set to name a new head of homeland security. >>> and the syrians pushing lebanon, and an already fragile economy towards the breaking point. ♪ >>> well now that the federal government is back in business, congress and the white house are looking forward. the house and senate are

. >> i am tori campbell, we begin with breaking news in washington, d.c. as we just heard from that fox news shut in, we want to bring you live back again to the u.s. capitol, this is a live picture at a very busy intersection with police activity, authorities say gunshots were fired on capitol hill leading to a lock- down. now we have just heard that fox news is reporting that lock- down is no longer in place according to capitol police. it has been lifted. there are reports that one officer was injured after the gunshots were reported, at the u.s. capitol according to capitol police and there is another senate leader saying there are reports of injuries plural but at this point we have only gotten word from capitol police of one officer who has been injured, a warning was sounded inside the capitol, the house went into recess, lawmakers left the chamber floor, they were told to shelter in place in their offices. people inside the building could not get out, people outside could not get in. the house by the way had just finished approving legislation aime

domestically, we're facing our own fiscal issues right now, what's going on in washington, d.c.she's going to be able to handle that upstream current and also how do you think the markets will respond? we've seen what happened when people thought larry summers was going to be involved and he withdraws his nomination. how do you think the markets will go? >> i think janet yellen is the right person to do this right now. given the dysfunction that you see in congress and the dysfunction you have in fiscal policy in the united states where the government is doing things that will cause the economy to shrink, shutting the government down, creating the prospect of a crisis where the government can't pay its bills, the federal reserve can be a rock of stability and take actions that support the economy while congress is failing to do so. i think yellen has clearly indicated she thinks it's proper for the fed to do that in times when we do not have a self-supporting economic recovery, the fed should stimulate the economy. it's not that she's for easy money all the time. to the extent w

as our eamon javers noted, you've got the washington, d.c. capitol police, you've got many different types of law enforcement in and around your office buildings and the u.s. capitol. have you noticed any reduction with the shutdown in any of the security in or around where you are? >> no, i really haven't. in fact, as far as i know, there has not been a reduction in police or in security. certainly it wouldn't affect -- i believe it affects the washington police. i have not seen any decrease in capitol police security. again, it could be. i have not noticed it. i've been back and forth all day for the last several days since the shutdown began, and i have not seen any noticeable differences. >> obviously at this stage, it's still very early days, and we can't possibly speculate on who might have done this and what the motivation might have been. nonetheless, would you have any add ought who might want to fire outside the capitol? >> you know, it's really too early to speculate. this is obviously a serious matter. i think it would be irrespon

maybe not a great place for a tour, washington, d.c. will stop what's better -- d.c. what better way to demonstrate against the government shut down the nation's capital? far from what the protest called itself the one million veteran but it called attention. they broken the barricades at the world war ii memorial and brought those fences to the white house where demonstrators and got into a tense standoff with police clad in riot gear. >> a wholly new level of discontent was displayed in washington, d.c. thousands of veterans from across the united states led a pilgrimage to the world war ii memorial on the national mall. this is the memorial that was built with mostly privately funds that was closer to the partial government shutdown. protesters in a strong message to obama yesterday. tear down these barricades. the testers have been referring to them as barricades and except for the president they are part of the partial shutdown. the truckers waited integral role. -- played an integral role. truckers ride for the constitution is a grassroots campaign that is very

it's thursday october thirty first four pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david and you're watching our t.v. . we begin today with the latest revelation to leak regarding the national security agency and italian magazine called panorama is now reporting that the spy agency has targeted the internal communications at the vatican along with the in going and outgoing phone calls of future pope francis according to the reports the n.s.a. was intercepting calls from in and out of the rome residence where the cardinals stayed during the papal conclave additionally the magazine details how the n.s.a. has been categorizing those phone calls into everything from foreign policy objectives to threats to the financial system that can spokesman father federico lombardi quickly dismissed these allegations and said quote we don't know anything about this and in any case we don't have any concerns about it the n.s.a. has also responded to the allegations by saying quote the national security agency does not target the vatican assertions that the n.s.a. has t

it's monday october fourteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. all right folks well welcome to weeks three of the government shutdown at this point the lights on capitol hill are being alumina did by bipartisan bickering alone or at least it feels that way over the weekend senate majority leader harry reid met with mitch mcconnell two attempts to broker a deal we have yet to see what actually came from that meeting though both men are publicly expressing optimism about a possible agreement or at least an agreement to raise the debt ceiling anyway meanwhile today house and senate leaders were supposed to take a trip down down pennsylvania avenue to the white house for talks however that meeting was just postponed because the senate leaders say that they need more time to work out a deal and the longer this debate continues the more ordinary americans are feeling the sting now if you are waiting for justice in immigration or civil court. he says that wait just got a little bit longer federal courts have be

. >> on america tonight it will the driver who led a high speed chase through washington, d.c. what keeps doctors and police on alert? >> have they simply been sitting across from the white house peacefully or have they tried to scale the fence? >> also, tonight, karen storms forward. a late entry in hurricane season but experts warn a sleeper storm shouldn't be ignored. >> everybody needs to pay attention and be vigilant because these things have a mind of their own. >> and how now does the cow? technology makes the most of what's left down on the farm. >> and good evening, thanks for joining us. this week in washington ends with a lot of loose ends. the budget battle continues with to end to the government shut down in sight as do the questions about that driver who rammed barricades near the white house and capitol hill before dying in a final battle with police. >>> the seat of politics and power may also be a magnet for the mentally ill. we beginning with america tonight correspondent lori jane gliha. >> it is not possible what the woman was thinking during her final momen

unfortunately here in the nation's capital to you know right now it's a sound science life in washington d.c. thank you very much indeed for that. and you can see how the chinese unfolded throughout central washington by taking a look at base right here and starting at the white house the suspects advances all the way to the council building coming under police fire the chase ended almost two miles away from the white house where the driver was killed. i joined the majority leader in expressing our gratitude to the capitol police. so then 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

inside washington, d.c. there was a wisdom how you went about running and winning a national presidential calmpaign and the internet didn't figure into that. raise money in $2,000 chunks and spend most of it on negative advertising on television. that was the model. joining the dean exam pain where he didn't have a national list of donors to tap and a long established mail program, he made it as a candidate to find a tactical advantage and, you know necessity is the mother of invention. that is in part what drove the dean campaign to the internet early was -- we had do something and this was available. i joined the campaign knowing that there was an opportunity here i was not going to have on a frontrunner or very establishment established exam pain >> what is radical connectivity that you talk about at the end of big? >> we just don't have very good language to talk about it. if i started talking about the role of the internet in political campaigns that doesn't entirely capture what we're seeing. if i star

washington d.c.tor "mientras estemos positivos estamos bien si el presidente lo dijo pues estamos con el." washington d.c. paola alonzo @paolawzdc y las manifestaciones a favor de una reforma migratoria continúan, esta mañana más de 40 personas protestaron frente a las oficinas de home depot en la capital del país, para pedirles que paren las donaciones que estos le hacen a los republicanos que no apoyan un proyecto de ley con camino a la ciudadanía para los más de 11 millones de indocumentados en el país. washington d.c. elizabeth alex organizadora comunitaria en casa de acción "home depot da donaciones a varios líderes republicanos, entre ellos el jefe del partido republicano dentro del congreso el speaker john boehner y también a eric cantor, que son dos de los republicanos que han dicho que no vamos a llamar el voto ahora." el mensaje ha sido claro, pedir el apoyo de las grandes corporaciones que patrocinan las campañas de importantes políticos, para que los congresistas voten a favor de una refo

they are addressing questions about her mental state and the use of deadly force by washington, d.c. police. danielle nottingham has the latest for wjz eyewitness news from washington. >> we are still absorbing all of the things that are happening. >> amy and valerie carey don't know why their sister, miriam carey, drove her young daughter to washington, d.c. amp trip that ended with a wild chase from the white house to the capitol hill, and miriam carey shot dead by police. >> she did suffer from postpartum depression with psychosis. >> reporter: law enforcement sources tell wjz eyewitness news 90 months before miriam carey rammed her car into the white house barricade, she told connecticut police president barack obama had put her home under electronic civilians and that she was communicating with him. her sister, valerie disagreed. >> to my knowledge, she did not believe that the president or any government official was going to do her any harm. >> reporter: miriam carey was not armed when she led police on a high-speed chase. her 1-year-old daughter was in the backseat. police are

and they broad daylight cut chase in washington d.c. ends in a hail of bullets and a mother despite no apparent danger we're going to report on the circumstances and what authorities had to say about the use of force but later in the program too. but next with america's government in shock for a sixth day now various agencies are doing their best to try to bypass the partisan deadlock the pentagon says its lawyers have found a way to get hundreds of thousands of employees back to work on the politicians causing the stole a vote to pay laid off workers for the days they're messing economist mark fried wolf says that that dispute is a sudden shock waves worldwide. 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 cannot imagine a recipe that would undermine confidence in the dollar and the us or particularly the us government faster or more effectively than what we see on every news channel in the world every day for

let's get the latest from washington, d.c. now. libby casey is there for us. libby? , tony, as you heard this dramatic chase today in washington. the driver of the black vehicle shot and killed. was a child in the car. the incident took place both on the steps -- not literally the steps, but in the area of the capitol, so very dramatic from washington, d.c. and we heard from witnesses that after things calmed down police were swarming the vehicle and pulled out this small child. that child is now in protective custody. kathy lanier spokes to reporters just a few moments ago. >> reporter: the security perimeters worked, and did exactly what they were supposed to do, and stopped the suspect in a vehicle at both locations. >> you get a sense of the high security already in place here at the nation's capitol but also how the police say they were able to keep this from being a worse situation. who officers are injured, we hear that both, though, are expected to do okay, but really a dramatic turn of events here in washington. >> okay. libby thank you. >>> more than 100 peo

quality of life protecting civil liberties national defense i've come to the realization that washington d.c as much as we want to believe in hope to believe that it's a town animated by ideas and that that we're seeing a great clash of ideas in washington what we're really seeing oftentimes i think is a business transaction the analogy i used in the introduction of the book is that politics in washington is a little bit like professional wrestling if you have no exposure to it the first time you watch it and you see the two guys in spandex sort of going at it hitting each other with chairs you think these guys really hate each other but after awhile you realize that they're actually business partners and they're working together and i think a lot of what we see in washington actually is more collaborative than we think you know historically this was it's interesting that you point that out because the problem that i always had with what i knew about what goes on in washington d.c. and really i knew more about it i started in the news reporter in one nine hundred seventy one or seventy two i

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the panic in washington d.c. came out of high tensions on capitol hill where lawmakers that's still unable to agree and you national budget president obama is forced to cancel his trip to asia because of the political impasse in the country while the u.s. treasury issues are warning of a looming and catastrophic default and got the details shortly. the army has reportedly find live rounds of supporters of deposed islamist president mohamed morsi in cairo to prevent them from occupying to square let's now get an update on the escalating tensions from our correspondent in cairo bell truth a lot about also what's going on there right now can we expect to see the city engulfed in turmoil once again. you know we really saw today was multiple clashes explodes between supporters of ousted leader mohamed morsy and security forces in multiple locations across the country across the country as well as the city i was down just after the square when the thousands of supporters of morsy essentially attempted to access this ma

reports of shots fired now in washington, d.c.s you recall, shots were fired in the naval yard in washington, d.c. this all started now from a car chase apparently at the scene of the capitol. so what is the connection between some sort of a car chase now that happened near and around the capitol in washington, d.c. and shots being fired as you can see more than a dozen police cars there on the scene trying to figure out what is going on there. capitol on lock down at this hour. 2:30 on the east coast as shots appeared to have been fired outside of the capitol building in washington, d.c. as we continue to watch inside of the floor there. whether or not they are boeing going to be evacuated at this time. we are getting one of our reporters in dc to give us more information. originally the reports came across that there could have been shots fired inside of the capitol building. but that was corrected on the wire here. no activity there as you continue to wash on the left side of your screen. not sure if people have been evacuated

economy right now is the elected representatives in washington, d.c. what an extraordinary thing to have to say, but that is the commentary in most of the newspapers this morning and on the websites as people realize that what is happening is we are just moving from short termism to short termism and there's no real effort being made as mike was saying just now to look at this in the long term. that is what wall streeted message was. wall street looked at the basic facts. they looked at the government shutdown and in particular at the debt ceiling needed to be raised by today, and they came to a logical conclusion that whatever happened, has congress would finally do it and they did. >> the dow down 78 points. we are awaiting word from the white house concerning the debt deal that was reached last night ending the government shutdown. we are going to take a break right now to pay some of our bills. we'll be right back. >> i'm del walters coming to you live from new york. right now, we are awaiting word from president obama concerning the deal reached l

it's friday october eleventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm a neera david and you're watching r t we begin today with an exclusive interview with whistleblower julian assange artie's sister spanish channel sat down with the wiki leaks founder in london a song she was granted asylum by quarter last year has been waiting in the country's embassy in london for safe passage in the interview a song shared his thoughts on a number of issues talking specifically about the n.s.a. scandal and the relationship wiki leaks has had with former u.s. government contractor edward snowden artie's eva golinger has more. here at the embassy of ecuador in london he affirmed that the exceptionalism that brock obama president united states is defending is merely an excuse to be involved the last something used by nations such as united states with power to subordinate others found also alerted to the necessity of developing sovereign technology and sovereignty in general in order to defend nations against the mass surveillance an espionage program of the united

it's friday october eleventh eight pm in washington d.c. i'm a near a david and you're watching our t.v. we begin tonight with new video of edward snowden out of moscow this is the first video we're seeing of outward snowden since his guardian interview that coincided with the first of the n.s.a. run revelations leaks back in june what you're seeing here is video released by wiki leaks of edward snowden receiving the sam adams integrity award which he received in moscow just two days ago snowden spoke at the award ceremony about government transparency have a listen. this is about the belief he got on the. air. recently. what he. is really. good we. see. we are. very. very modest recently we don't. know. snowden then went on to talk more about the dangers to democracy. exactly. just this one the last. one but this. person. already. edward snowden is a former government contractor who leaked documents on the us and the british government's master valence programs to the press. and now we turn to an exclusive interview with another whistleblo

first, lets go live to kimberly covering the political tussle in washington d.c. kimberly, i guess now this deal must be breathing some life at least back into the government buildings around you. >> indeed, you can see it on the roads heading into washington, d.c. this morning, packed for the first time in 16 days as more than 800,000 federal workers, not just in washington, d.c. but across the country return to work. they return to an awful lot of work that has to be done. there were many departments closed, department of commerce, the e.p.a., to name just a few, have been largely shuttered. so they are back to work with the stroke of the pen by president obama shortly after midnight early this morning, but it is just a temporary fix. >> without objection, the motion is agreed to. >> and with that, a temporary reprieve for the global economy. the u.s. will not default on its debt. for the american people, their government will now reopen for at least the next three months. president barack obama expressing optimism that the country won't be back in the same plac

hiv heavy rain pushing up to washington, d.c.d rain developing and 66 and 5 on 5 --8 and rain will go up t up the coo new england. this is a nor'easter and we could see costal flooding. that is the only rain on the radar aside from showers in washington and oregon. that storm is over the coast and in the middle nothing. just warmer temperatures. they are climbing from 70 to 80 accept o80880exempt on the snows there. in bengal that is a tropical system developing. we are watching that closely and that is to intensify over the hours. >> house speaker called again for redestruction talks with president obama on tuesday. thousands of people are gathering at the capital of washington, d.c. to bring attention to immigration and calling on congress to pass a sweeping reform bill. and a second team of weapons inspectors will go to syria, u.n. general secretary

in washington, d.c. you're watching "r.t.." we begin with the wild series of events that took place here in washington, d.c. on thursday. more details are emerging about the high-speed chase through the streets of the nation's capital after a driver attempted to enter a secure area near the white house. >> a day after a high-speed chase came to a deadly end here near the capitol, we're learning more about the suspect in the case. police have identified her as 35-year-old miriam carey, dental hygienist from stanford, connecticut. police found medications for schizophrenia and other mental disorders after searching her home. people close to her say she suffered from postpartum depression. her family members say they have no idea why she was in washington, d.c. police say this started when the suspect tried to ram her black infiniti sedan into a barrier at the white house, setting off the high-speed chase from the white house to the capitol. law enforcement say shots rang out in two separate areas and all of those shots are believ

quite a rare occurrence in washington, d.c. at this hour. let's bring in ali velshi to talk a little bit more about this. this is quite an amazing display here tonight. >> it is. i got used to the fact that we weren't going to get a budget. every year we are supposed to have a budget, not every year but that's been the convention for decades. i wasn't sure we weren't going to get this. this is kind of strange. this congressman, saying we want fairness for all americans. you have to come to terms with the fact that you hate obamacare, you tried 42 times to defund it and it didn't work. my twitter feed has been going pretty crazy but one poignant. a woman just tweeted me, i wish they would consider us the little people when they want to flaunt their little vendettas in public. why don't they think about continuous. >> the anger seems to be rising. >> absolutely it is. >> michael sure, what do you think from the senate and the house? >> jim mcgovern and tom reid and harry reid enormous. this is the theater of politics and this is what people wh

i will not forget thomas jefferson standing here in washington d.c., but i will tell you, woodrow wilson attended will was then the college of new jersey in princeton. he graduated in 1879. his aspirations then -- he had political dreams already. it great aspirations to become, as i discovered going through his papers because he had once made of the business card, homemade business card that said thomas woodrow wilson, senator from virginia. and that was the dream. the way to achieve it was to become a lawyer because most presidents began their professional lives as lawyers. also, as you notice, senator from virginia is virginia had sent more men to the white house than anyone in history. wilson went to the university of virginia law school. he studied law, did not like it so much, but after a year to the move down to the atlantic, opened a law office and was really a terrible lawyer. in his year or two down there he attained no clients. he loved spending the afternoons reading. he read a lot of history. he created new discipline in this country, political science. he read a lot about po

the mayor of washington, d.c.ed his support on wednesday for a measure to decriminalize possession of small amounts of pot. right now, possession of less than an ounce is punishable by six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. d.c. lawmakers want to make it more like a traffic ticket. punishable only by a small fine. the measure gets the support of ten of the districts 13 council members and it's expected to get a vote in the next few months, but the news from d.c. is just the latest from one that is about to be one of the most rapidly transformational in all of american politics. polls show that legalizing marijuana is now for the first time, a majority position among americans. it has been legalized in colorado and washington state. the feds made it pretty clear they're not going to interfere with those new laws. activists are setting their sights on a whole host of other states. joining me now is carl hart, a neuroscientist and author of high price. it challenges everything you know about drugs and society. i was c

it is wednesday, october 16th, and this is "now" live from washington, d.c. any minute now the senate is expected to unveil a deal brokered by party leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell to reopen the u.s. government and stall a breach of the nation's debt limit. as it stands now, the deal would increase the borrowing limit until february 7th of next year and fund the government until january 15th. house and senate negotiators would also be required to agree on a ten-year budget blueprint by december 13th. in order to avoid defaulting on the nation's credit tomorrow, speaker boehner may concede to first pass the bill through the house before gaining approval from the senate and the white house. the fate of the american economy, however, ultimately rests in the senate where a single senator and especially a single senator from texas whose last name is cruz, can hold up the process for another 30 hours. for a party that has proven to be terrible at basic math, even republicans know that another 30 hours is time that the country just doesn't have. joining me to

. >>> talks under way on both coasts from washington, d.c., to oakland where b.a.r.t. and its union continues to hash out a deal at this hour. good news for commuters. the union made a promise they would inform the public hours earlier, if there will be a strike. nbc bay area from oakland with the latest on this developing story. cheryl? >> well, janelle, b.a.r.t. and union have been going at it. they can step out at any time and walk up to the podium and say they have a deal. right now there is no deal and the riding public is very impatient. all reporters got was a good morning from federal mediator george cohen as he walk under to the cal trans building this morning. he could be seen shaking hands with union members. giving an indication things might be going well. >> i think that mediator cohen has come in and he's doing a great job and he's come in and i think set a different kind of tone for the negotiations. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. spokesperson alicia trove. >> there's a gag order. i'm not going to go into any details except that everyone in caltrans we're talking

the launch of our been in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture they waited for the last.

and the underwear floors that giant corporations like monsanto have on washington d.c. i made it about monsanto is that making money is more important than the health and well being of the people i mean his problem is the lack of research and the safety of g.m. and the fact that the f.d.a. only. once a month scientists backs that research in order to improve the product and there's no independent research that shows the safety of the g.m. monsanto it's not about feeding people it's about control if you control the food you control the people monsanto corporation claims it is helping farmers feed the world by pushing it superstrength herbicides in combination with genetically altered seeds most of the corn consumed in the u.s. is genetically modified g.m.o. products are banned in several countries if this continues to happen this way what's really going to be the result of very very wealthy people are going to be able to afford to eat super well while people who are not wealthy are going to be eating this terrible food we don't know what the long term applications are yo