Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff leaders in baghdad and washington scrambled to respond today, after Islamic State forces scored a stunning new victory in iraq. The fall of the city of ramadi put a stop to recent gains by Iraqi Government forces, and it dealt a blow to the u. S. Campaign to contain and destroy the extremist group. Well look at reactions to this reversal after the news summary. Ifill police i
Of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff leaders in baghdad and washington scrambled to respond today, after Islamic State forces scored a stunning new victory in iraq. The fall of the city of ramadi put a stop to recent gains by Iraqi Government forces, and it dealt a blow to the u. S. Campaign to contain and destroy the extremist group. Well look at reactions to this reversal after the news summary. Ifill police in waco, texas, were on h
Work. But if you are a conservative republican representing a tea party congreg a. L al district may say go get them. Keep at it. The conservatives are not incentivized at this point to back down. It sounds more like this is more than a shutdown. Its a breakdown of the federal government. So, from a congressional standpoint, what happens next . Reporter its so interesting. So we are seeing the House Republicans put forth a series of bills that would fund parts of the government, pieces of it really, National Parks and veterans, but thats not going to fly in the senate because we are hearing that hard line from harry reid and the white house saying we want to look at the big picture of the continuing resolution to fund the government. So the question is how can the republicans move something forward that could change the conversation . And, you know, once again, it comes down to these factions in the Republican Party. The tea party caucus, these members who are more conservative and the
Theme good morning. Welcome to aljazeera america. Im stephanie sy. The Government Shutdown is in its second full week and another day of political wrangling on capitol hill lies ahead. Hundreds of thousands are americans are still unable to return to work and the possibility of a larger crisis coming into focus. If Congress Fails to raise the debt ceiling, just nine days from now, the government will be unable to pay its bills for the first time. Aljazeeras White House Correspondent reports. Instead of asia as planned, president obama was home bound, visiting fema, where 86 of workers are furlough heed. The president drew a hard line. We are not going to negotiate under the threat of a prolonged shutdown until republicans get 100 of what they want. The message, the votes are there in the house that pass a spending bill and leaves the health care allow untouched. I asked the speaker, why are you afraid . Are you afraid this measure will pass, the government will reopen and the americans
Budge from their positions. Mike viqueira has did he details from the white house. Reporter well, this is the first time the president has sat down congressional leaders since the shutdown began on monday night in to tuesday. Afterwards the leaders came out and spoke to the president used worst, worthwhile, nice, candid to talk about the discussion that lasted for about an hour. After this they took turns talking past each other and on the surface of it anyway, this impasse continues heading in to day three of the Government Shutdown, john boehner came out lamenting the fact that the president will not negotiate. The president candidly admits hes not going to negotiate under threat. But john boehner restated his position. We sent four different proposals over to our december cat colleagues in the senate and they rejected all of they want. We have asked them to conference and sit down try to resolve our differences. They dont want to they will not negotiate. We had a nice conversation,