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stretching from new england to washington. if you are in the northeast tldz a good chance you felt the strong wind or got caught in the rain that flooded roads and caused travel delays. indra petersons has all the madness. >> this was actually the same storm system that dumped record snowfall in the dakotas, eventually spawned tornadoes in iowa and made its way through the northeast having about 100 reports of wind damage. a powerful storm hit the east coast monday with high winds and ...

0 >> we got called out. >> it was me. it was me. >> thats okay. talk amongst yourselves. have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. happening now in the "newsroom" hot potato, the debt ceiling. >> the president would rather default on our debt than to sit down and negotiate. hold a vote. call a vote right now and lets see what happens. >> day eight of the shutdown look a lot like day one. also, the unarmed truth. >> rather than meet the wolf head on, we sharpened his teeth, added number to his c...

0 innocent children could have been caught in the cross fire. well give you a live report, ahead from the pentagon. a new documentary and book releasing today. the president weighed in, now the nfl is set to meet with the native american tribe about it. from the world of technology, hes one of the richest men in america. there is renewed speculation abreuing about bill gates future. weve heard reports that some big investors are trying to oust him from microsoft. now theres talk that some ar...

A las vegas police spokesman says the boy is more worldly than most 9-year-old kids. and when minneapolis police went to the boys residents, parents told officers they had, quote, hadnt seen much of him today. every once in a while we bring you stories about unusual political alliances. and we have one of those tonight. the american civil liberties union is fighting the obama administration over the investigation of a gun tracking scheme that went terribly wrong. >> reporter: two years ago the...

Public while still federally employed, but those are generally positive looks at their agency. jon? jon: yeah. so whats dodson going to do now? >> reporter: well, federal codes explicitly say that employees cant make outside income without permission. dodson didnt get it. but the aclu, which is representing him, says that the policy is too broad. rather than provide a specific objection that would allow for a line-by-line redaction, atf policy, quote: grants supervisors the discretion to censor ...

Weather along the east coast. her forecast minutes away. jon: some new information now on the atf agent who blew the whistle on operation fast and furious. the agency is trying to block john dodson from writing a tell-all book on the botched gun-running operation. well, now the aclu is going to bat for him so he can tell his story. william rah jewish necessary live from los angeles with that. so his book, william, is it expected to embarrass the atf? >> reporter: probably yes, jon. but the quest...

Blow -- it just, to me, its the next, its the logical step. were doing something wrong. somebody needs to stop it. i cant stop it. ive tried. >> reporter: and its required of any employee, dodson submitted his manuscript to the atf prior to publishing, but the agency said it could deny him, quote, for any reason, underlined "any." their reason, his book would have a negative impact on morale and a detrimental effect on our relationship with the dea and the fbi. >> horrible, horrible response for...

0 a piece meal fashion and flat out charged boehner is prepared to wreck the economy simply because of internal party tensions with conservatives. >> he will not raise the debt ceiling if republicans do not get what they want. thats highly reckless and irresponsible. >> reporter: that allegation came just hours after top white house economic adviser gene sperling spoke at a politico break fast. >> the president strongly believes that if he were to sanction negotiations with those threaten tee fa...

0 sustainable plan that for the long term deals with this incredible debt. thats the only way that we can provide the markets with a sense of confidence that we are doing things in a responsible way. >> now, the house and senate are due to return in an hour. well see if there is a change in tone as we start a new week. it appears that a senior white house adviser this morning opened the door to the possibility of president obama accepting a shorter-term debt ceiling increase. thats coming up nex...

0 >> reporter: the republicans are essentially trying to hold their ground. they were asked today, a key conservative was asked what would he think of the president being willing to negotiate after the president said he would negotiate after the republicans reopened the government and raise the debt ceiling. >> the fact that he is even willing to negotiate a the all is a welcome change but its a change but so far what he has been telling us you do it my way, do it exactly my way or we will not d...