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Talking about a time-honored sports tradition that may be coming to an end. we begin with that battle in congress. the biggest, most surprising political story of the week the countdown clock that was reset with the last-second deal just before the weekend, now it is ticking again. 137 hours and counting before the department of homeland security runs out of money. thats this coming friday at midnight. to back off the brink between now and then house speaker john boehner is probably going to nee...

Another week. our leaders are acting like little kids. its an important thing about the dysfunction of washington. >> that is a story political dysfunction, absolutely. but im talking about heres what will happen at midnight friday in this doesnt happen. >> everybody lost in that. >> i think its an important story. and i did notice how in the past we would be here until midnight waiting to see what would happen and thise its like, okay, whatever. theyre wearing us down with their extremely irres...

Third district who feel that the president violated the constitution. that is, again, why i said that homeland security got caught into the debate. the debate and vote was simply about my constitutional duties to uphold the constitution. >> and in the wake of that vote, absolute chaos reigning throughout the night on capitol hill with that last minute one week extension finally passing with almost no time to spare. so here we are now the morning after. dhs is still open. democrats, they think th...

A house gop leadership aide told my colleague, deirdre walsh, whos over there off the house floor not to expect a long recess. but the bottom line democrats have said they only want to vote on a bill to fund homeland security for the entire fiscal year so theyre relying now on republican votes to pass this and its not just clear that speaker boehner has those votes. >> its a tough situation all around. just under 11 hours to go. you see the countdown clock there on the screen before funding for ...

Heres the thing. this is a time when the terror threat from isis is bigger than ever. >> i cant believe were talking about another countdown clock already in this new congress. the senate is expected to approve whats being called always a clean bill to fund dhs. thats through september. that means it will be a clean bill meaning without any extra stuff. any extra measures. specifically here that means without a measure to gut the presidents executive orders on immigration. immediately the focus ...

Conservative. certainly stood in contrast to what mitt romney said in 2012 when he said he was conservative -- or pardon me severely conservative. you see jeb bush trying to outline his brand here today. >> into the lions den he went. thank you so much for that report. in our other big political story today, where is my countdown clock? thank you. there it is. we have seven hours and change until the department of homeland security runs out of money. this is all of course over attempts by the ...

Going to try to do. we do know that that is something that both the homeland security department and the fbi is working on at this hour. >> i want everybody to stand by. we are getting new information, more reaction now from one of jihadi johns so-called former teachers. thats coming up. also ahead, growing strains on a vital relationship. syrias tensions rising as israels prime minister prepares a visit to washington a visit to one of president obamas top advisors susan rice has called destru...

1 in the morning there. >> the next hour sydney australia will bring in 2015. >> weve got to wait how many more hours? do we have a countdown clock? >> a couple more hours. >> more than a million people expected to go to our times square. it is freezing out there. maria molina is out there now with what its looking like. is it going to get much colder tonight? >> look at those glasses. are those ski goggles? >> you look great. >> good morning. thank you. thats right. you mentioned very cold temp...

Vehicles. well stores in chicago are on alert after a growing number of smash and grab robberies. look at this captured on videotape. a minivan crashes through doors and into the glass doors. several people came out and several others came in from cars waiting outside. and now 20 people ran into the store twice, grabbing thousands of dollars in merchandise in just two and a half minutes. >> incredible. well the historic countdown clock thats been a fixture of the space launch is now retired....

They are calling it the mirai. it can travel 300 miles on a single tank of hydrogen and can be refueled in five minutes. it only emits water vapor. dont look for it on american roads any time soon. its set to go on sale in japan next march. here in new york, the new biggest digital board makes its debut in times square. theres just a countdown clock on it. the screen is eight stories tall and nearly as long as a football field. its on the marriott marquis and spans an entire block. it will fea...