washington, d.c. right now, for a bit of analysis on what we ve just seen. correct me if i m wrong, i thought we might get more detail about what that six weeks might entail. can kicking without concrete reasons of what we could see effectively happen in that six weeks. the devil is in the details right now. it looks encouraging. certainly the markets are reacting favorably to a possible six-week extension of the debt ceiling, get that off the table, at least for the time being. meantime, continue some serious discussions, negotiations, whatever you want to call it, in terms of reopening the federal government, making sure that the partial government shutdown end. markets are up 227 points right now, ashleigh. it was up a little bit very little yesterday, maybe 25 points. it was down triple digits in the days preceding, as it looked gloomy. what the markets want to see and what everybody wants to see is make sure that that debt ceiling
president obama and john boehner. now a disaster default fast approaching there may be a glimmer of hope. we get more from senior white house correspondent jim acosta. er hoot at fema for a couple of reasons. reporter: in the eye of a shoutdown dorm, the president is stopping by fema. it will accuse house speaker john boehner of blocking a vote that would reopen the government. my very strong suspicion there are enough folks there and the reason speaker boehner hasn t called a vote on is because he doesn t apparently want to see the government shutdown end at the moment. reporter: there could be a few breaks in the clouds over washington. the president promised to work with republicans on health care and the budget if they end the shutdown and raise the nation s debt ceiling. i am eager and ready to sit down and negotiate with republicans on a whole range of issues. reporter: another hopeful sign? with a potential default on october 17th fast approaching,
votes to pass a resolution to fund the government. president obama is simply not buying boehner s math. the reason that speaker boehner hasn t called a vote on it is because he doesn t want to see the government shutdown end at the moment unless he is able to extract concessions that don t have anything to do with the budget. reporter: an analysis by abc news shows that there are in fact enough votes in the house to pass a continuing resolution without having to take apart obama care. three soldiers are in custody for the fatal stabbing of another soldier. 20-year-old tevin geike was killed on saturday during a confrontation with a group of african-american soldiers. three of them have been booked for his murder. two others are cooperating with authorities. investigators want to know whether the stabbing was racially motivated. colorado movie theater massacre suspect james holmes
insisting he doesn t have the votes to pass a resolution to fund the government. president obama is simply not buying boehner s math. the reason that speaker boehner hasn t called a vote on it is because he doesn t want to see the government shutdown end at the moment unless he is able to extract concessions that don t have anything to do with the budget. reporter: an analysis by abc news knows there are in fact enough votes in the house to pass a continuing resolution without having to take apart obama care. three soldiers are in custody for the fatal stabbing of another soldier. 20-year-old kevin geike was killed on saturday during a confrontation with a group of african-american soldiers. three of them have been booked for his murder. two others are cooperating with authorities. investigators want to know whether the stabbing was racially motivated. colorado movie theater massacre suspect james holmes will be back in court today. his attorneys are battling prosecutors over s
days from now. the latest poll shows 51% of americans disapprove of the president s handling of budget talks. 61% disapprove of democrats and even more pointing fingers at the republicans. abc s jonathan karl has more. reporter: president obama placed blame for the shutdown entirely on speaker of the house john boehner. the reason that speaker boehner hasn t called a vote on it is because he doesn t apparently want to see the government shutdown end at the moment. reporter: speaker boehner told george stephanopoulos, a bill to fund the government cannot pass unless it includes changes to obama care that republicans are demanding. there are not enough votes in the house to pass a clean cr by abc news count there are enough votes to fund a government with no strings attached. congress faces a more frightening deadline. it must raise the amount the