We begin this thursday with highlevel white house meetings on shutdown. President obama and top lawmakers talking behind closed doors last night. For many angry and frustrated americans, it looked like a omising step. Abcs Tahman Bradley is joining us from washington with more on how those talks turned out. Good morning, tahman. Reporter good morning, diana. Good morning, john. The good news is, at least all of the key players here in washington are talking again. The bad news, theyre not any closer to striking a deal. The Government Shutdown enters a third day after a meeting between president obama and congressional leaders yielded no sign of progress. We are locked in tight on obama care. All were asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the American People under obama care. Reporter president obama says he wont negotiate with republicans until they agree to fund the government with no strings attached. In an interview on cnbc, the president blames Speaker Boehner for the st
Captioning funded by cbs who laughed during his call for help. This is the cbs morning news for thursday, october 3rd, 2013. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The budget standoff enters its third day today. President obama met with congressional leaders at the white house for more than an hour last night. Participants described the conversation as useful and polite, but nothing was accomplished. A just released cbs news poll shows 44 blame republicans. 33 blame president obama and the democrats, and 17 blame both. Susan mcginnis is in washington and has the latest. Susan, good morning. Annemarie, good morning. This was the first meeting between the president and leaders in Congress Since this shutdown began, and it pretty much ended with them coming out and reiterating they havent budged from their positions. Theyll slug it out again today while the federal workers sit at home with no paycheck bearing the brunt of this stalemate. Congression alg leaders left the wh
To 1 billion in its pickup debut. Kpix 5s Mike Sugerman on twitters revenue and the lessons it hopes to learn from facebook. Mike . Reporter see these people back here, kenny . They are going to be millionaires at least some of them. The people that work at twitter quite possibly. They want to raise 1 billion when they go public. This is a company that is still losing money but thats the calculus that is tech company these days. I have no doubt actually that the twitter ipo is going to be very successful. Reporter twitter announced today its going public with a tweet. Hour s1 will be filed publicly momentarily. This tweet does not constitute any offer of any securities for sale. Reporter still have 46 characters left on its 140 limit. But apparently didnt need them. This is the most highly anticipated stock debut since facebook which didnt go so well. It didnt. And there may be something as we comb through the filing papers lurking in those in twitters ipo filing that gives us pause. R
Middle of a partisan partial Government Shutdown. Chicago congressman mike quigley on the phone with us as the drama unfolded. Cong. Mike quigley d 5th district when the passions are as high as they are; the intensity of, uh, the communication that we get from people is much, much higher and its a cause of concern. as we have been reporting, no shots were fired by the driver. No weapon was found in her car. And its worth noting the Capitol Police who dealt with this are victims of the partial shutdown. Theyve been furloughed but are considered essential, required to work, but for now, without paychecks. Live in the newsroom, tn, wgnnews. Law enforcement response to that car chase in washington provided a rare moment of unity. Democrats and republicans praised the offices quick containment of the threat. I know that i joined the majority leader in expressing our gratitude to the Capitol Police. applause several federal buildings were in lockdown and the house and Senate Suspended work f
Health care initiative. Reporter outside washington, the shutdown is hurting hardworking americans. In ft. Wayne, indiana, the reid family is awaiting final approval for an fhabacked mortgage. But the Government Employees who would sign off on the loan are furloughed. Were in this hotel for who knows how long. Reporter head start is beginning to shut down across the country. Geraldine bryants twin sons have no preschool again today. Its going to impact them in a big way, especially academically. As far as them not being in school. Reporter while Social Security checks are not affected by the shutdown. I wanted a Social Security card. Reporter Social Security offices reduced the number of services they provide. These people can forget about getting a new card for now. Speaker boehner and House Republicans believe these budget talks should include discussion about raising the debt ceiling. The deadline to do that is october 17th, meaning that these discussions the shutdown could go on fo