So we should be careful assuming were car reening toward the end. Well it seems to me this all comes down to who thinks they will get the blame for a shuttown. F shutdown. For 17 years its been that the republicans paid for the shutdown in the 90s but new republicans arent sure thats true. They say healthcare was more unpopular than anything debated in the mid 90s. They think this is a different time t. Way people get their information is different so it wont be just the big, bad Mainstream Media controlling the narrative. Theres a lot of reasons they think things will be different this time but theres one article of faith that i always put my analysis in when you see the show downs. Which party is united and which party isnt . Democrats are united and republicans are fighting so thats why you have to assume at some point boehner is going to blink. Is it today or does he allow the government to shutdown for a few days and then blink. Thank you. Special coverage all this week on air and
Holt, and erica hill, live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this morning. Weve got a lot of news to get to. We want to start with the two u. S. Military operations overseas against terror targets. Forces have libyan al qaeda leader in detention this morning. The pentagon says hes in a secure location outside libya. Libya is believed to be behind the 1998 bombing in kenya and tanzania. Navy s. E. A. L. S engaged in a fire fight in somalia against a group that took responsible for last months kenya mall attack. The latest on our top story. Mick, what can you tell us this morning . For the u. S. , the capture of abu is a huge get. The operation was something right out of a tom clancy novel. Commandos grabbed him off the streets of tripoli. He was a close confidante of osama bin laden, and involved in the bombings in ten yekenya and tanzania. Overnight secretary of state john kerry said his capture should serve as a warning to terrorists worldwide. We hope that thi
Beaten after getting a confrontation with bikers and ran over one of them. Stephanie gosk is at the scene with more this morning. Reporter good morning, erica. We have been talking to people in this neighborhood and they tell us these motorcycle crews are here all of the time, creating a menace. They jump the curbs, go through red lights, but thats nothing compared to what they saw on this Street Corner last sunday. It is possibly the most dramatic moment in a video that has now been viewed by millions. A biker takes off his helmet, rushes alex linds suv and smashes the driver side window with linds wife and 1yearold daughter also in the car. That motorcyclist has been charged on multiple counts, including gang assault and criminal mischief. And late saturday night, another biker, robert sims, was arraigned in criminal court. The nypd itself is coming under scrutiny. Senior Law Enforcement officials tell nbc news that one offduty undercover cop was on the scene when lind was beaten in
Tonight. Democratic and republican aids are predicting that much. The senate wont even begin considering the house bill until late this afternoon in what is as much a partisan crisis as a fiscal crisis the country is barrelling toward its first shutdown in 17 years. Its decision day. Congress has until midnight tonight to avoid a Government Shutdown but no one is getting their hopes up. House republicans are refusing to fund the government unless the president s healthcare law is delayed one year. The American People deserve to have time to see what this will do before its implemented. And the house plan is a nonstarter for Senate Democrats or the president who huddled with advisors insisting republicans agree to fund the government without conditions. Dont shut down the government and fail to pay the governments bill with the debt ceiling. Reporter the democratic controlled senate didnt even meet sunday. The halls silent. Instead, theyll wait until this afternoon to reject the house p
Grabbed him off the streets of tripoli. Anas allibi was a close confident of Osama Bin Laden and the alleged mastermind of the 1998 bombings of the u. S. Embassies in kenya and tanzania. He had been under indictment for nose bombings for over five years and the u. S. Has a 5 million reward on his head. Overnight, secretary of state john kerry said his capture should serve as a warning to terrorists worldwide. We hope that this makes clear that the United States of america will never stop in its effort to hold those accountable who conduct acts of terror, and those members of al qaeda and other terrorist organizations literally can run but they cant hide. Reporter once an as is grilled, he will be brought to the u. S. To stand trial for the embassy bombings. Jim miklaszewski in washington for us. Thanks. The Second Attack yesterday was in somalia. U. S. Forces looking for the al shabaab my apologies. Can you fill us in on what happened in that operation . Reporter erica, far less certai