the incredible moments caught on tape as these boaters steer right through five water funnels. what were they thinking? and good morning, america. so much to get to this monday morning. starting with the major confrontation on capitol hill. government runs out of money at midnight tonight. right now, no solution in sight. you see the countdown clock ticking right there. tick, tick, tick, tick. hundreds of thousands of jobs on the line right now. wide-ranging effects for millions of americans. and this is all happening at the same time as the new health care laws go into effect at midnight. that s right. the issues are joined at the hip. the consequences are enormous. we have full coverage of both. let s start with jon karl at the white house with the latest on the shutdown. good morning, jon. reporter: good morning, george. a deadline of midnight tonight. a congress hopelessly deadlocked, a shutdown seems all but certain. the federal government is already preparing to
millions now responding to a video of a woman who quit her job in epic fashion on youtube. everyone getting in on the fun this morning. her boss telling the world, we re hiring. and good morning, america. so much to get to this morning. including that government shutdown taking hold across the nation right now. you see right there, in the second day. and the consequences are starting to feel felt. look at this right now. this was probably the most dramatic moment. down at the world war ii memorial, a group of veterans from mississippi showed up. and they just wanted to get in. from the great state of mississippi. they had this trip planned for some time. about 100 of them. and there were barricades. people say they stormed the barricades. they were very respectful. and the guards were like, you know what? the reason why we had this is because of these guys. so, come on in. it was quite a moment. common sense over gridlock. that s good to hear. let s get to the jackson
panda-monium starts this morning, only on gma. and good morning, america. take a look at that count right there. we re on day three of the government shutdown. no closer to a solution. so many daily activities being affected, from cashing a check to taking out a mortgage. we re also seeing potentially dangerous consequences like cutbacks and clinical trials for cancer patients. that, we are. and we showed you this astonishing picture on wednesday. remember sam s reaction. we showed you in the newscast yesterday. a nail right through a man s heart. how he survived. we re going to hear from him this morning. every time we see that. it s a good story. it s a happy story. yeah. yeah. we re going to begin with the weather and the two major storms brewing at this hour. i know you re tracking for us. so much happening. we need to talk tropical systems, a snowmaker and thunderstorms as well. we ll start in the tropics. miami i ll start with these pictures. not that this s
ballroom on an emotional dancing with the stars. why she doesn t regret a moment. and her message this morning, she will never quit. we re with her on the dance floor. and good morning, america. some news just coming in this tuesday morning. more fallout from the terror raids in africa. the libyan government is very angry. they re calling in the u.s. ambassador for a grilling about that special forces operation, to capture one of the most wanted men in the world, right there, anas al libi. so much tension right now. and more than 1,000 students up bright and early, to celebrate. they are our second finalist high school in our huge katy perry live event. high schools all across the country submitting their roar videos for a chance to have katy perry perform live at their school on october 25th. we ll reveal all of them this week. and they re up. they re they re going to be great in class today. pretty good high school. look at this. we re going to get to that
certain. the government is about to shut the lights. barring a last-minute breakthrough, here s what happens at the stroke of midnight. about 800,000 federal workers deemed nonessential will be told not to show up for work tomorrow. all national parks and monuments will be closed. if you need to get your passport renewed, do it today. many passport offices will be closed. many in the military, including the more than 1.3 million on active duty are considered essential and will remain on the job. they likely won t get paychecks until an agreement is reached. the department of homeland security will furlough about 14% of employees. it s not a complete shutdown. the social security administration will continue the write checks to requitirees. the checks will get to you normally. so will your bills. medicare and medicaid ben fish qulars be covered. the department of health and human services will furlough almost half of their employees. members of congress and the president and v
them, sam. it s a lot. one thing that s not shut down, is the weather pattern. we have one tropical system in what s been a quiet season. and we have a big snowmaker in part of the country. let s start with video first. miami, i m going to show you pictures of last night s rain. this was not that system. but it was loosely wrapped around the northern edge of that system. and i m showing the rest of the country the rain you got in western dade last night, in the six to eight rainfall range. this is what we re expecting on the gulf coast. and there will be heavy rain on the eastern seaboard, monday and tuesday next week. let s deal with what this system is actually spreading in here. you cacan see there s an awful t of rain that comes up around the gulf coast. most of the models are targeting that system to make it towards the gulf coast by the time we get to the weekend. at the same time, there s a system off the west that is pushing in cold air to replace the record warmth
the best-selling female r&b group of all time reunites here in times square. tlc is back, only on gma. and good morning, america. a lot of developing stories right now, including the first appearance by the terror mastermind al libi in a new york court today. he s under top security. his arrival in the u.s. rushed because of his medical condition. there s a real question right now of whether he ll be alive long enough to stand trial. this has been surprising how serious the hepatitis c he is battling. but we re going to get right to the dramatic developments at los angeles international airport overnight. the dry ice bombs bringing to four the total in the last 48 hours. abc s david wright is at l.a.x. for us this morning. and has the very latest. good morning, david. reporter: good morning, robin. this is a major mystery here at l.a.x. a top priority for the lapd and the fbi. the discovery of four crude explosive devices. dry ice bombs, in restricted areas, parts o
the ravaged vessel is pulled up out of the water right now. and it s our huge, britney spears live event. the superstar like you ve never heard her before. in a rare and exclusive interview. and we have a cast of thousands in the middle of america, about to pull off a major surprise, right after her big announcement. this morning, only on gma. good morning, america. it s britney spears. stay with us because we ve got a big surprise. and good morning, america. we do have a packed show this morning. there is sam, let s look at him, right in the middle of the nevada desert. we re going to get to him in a little bit for the britney spears live event. but right now, that major story in washington. the massacre at the navy yard, just blocks from the u.s. capitol. it was the start of the workweek for thousands. their day transformed into one of sheer chaos, as the shooter went on his rampage. so much of the city in lockdown on monday. even the washington nationals base
he said nicole has gone missing. we are frantic. calling, all her friends are calling. you think that that sort of thing happens to other people. it s the most frightening thing in the world. a young wife. she always saw the good in people. she had a way to make you smile. missing for nine days. it s so wrong, and nicole is somewhere where she shouldn t be. it was hard enough when they didn t know. much worse when they did. it came over the tv that a body had been found. i ll never forget that, as long as i live. one mystery solved. another just beginning. what had happened to nicole? this could go down any number of pathses. and it did. had her troubled past finally caught up with her? i saw the pill bottle and i freaked out. or was it something much darker? he told me that he would put it in her red bull. how did she change? she became more sexual with people. who wanted her dead? he thought he was somewhat of a player. did it make him
i saw the pill bottle and i freaked out. or was it something much darker? he told me that he would put it in her red bull. how did she change? she became more sexual with people. who wanted her dead? he thought he was somewhat of a player. did it make him a kler? i m lester holt, and this is dateline. here is dennis murphy with secrets in seattle. seattle was raw after a week of relentless winter rain. a woman lost had been found in the tangle of the blackberries. a naked body. a small tattoo on the back. a necklace and signs of strangulation. the detectives sent to a patch of trees and boggy undergrowth near the seattle airport s runways guessed it was her. they would soon be proved correct. nine days to find her, the answer to where. another seven years still ahead to answer the questions of all homicides, who, and why. but we have to go back, before the crime scene photos and the medical examiners findings, before she became those chilly words, th