Making it a practical alternative sooner than you think. That and much more on cbs this morning saturday, october 5th, 2013. Captioning funded by cbs and welcome to the weekend. We also have some great guests for you this morning, including the godfather of southern cooking, frank stit who shows us why his name is synonymous with the food we love. And in the morning cuff cafe two sisters who sing like angels lillian and madelyn in their debut. A new cbs news poll shows 73 of americans Want Congress to get government running again. So how do things stand this morning . Jeff pegues has the latest from capitol hill. Jeff, good morning. Reporter good morning, anthony. House, Senate Leaders have not budged from their positions and theres no sign theres going to be any sort of significant progress today. With the senate unable to function democrats and republicans lashed out at each other. This isnt some damn game. Is American People dont want their government shut down and neither do i. I c
Its the biggest bankruptcy filing in history. Retirees, Pension Funds and unions were in court today to fight bankruptcy and protect their retirement payments. A 14yearold boston student has been arraigned after allegedly stabbing his teacher to death. The authorities found the body of math teacher, Colleen Ritzer behind the high school. And the student is being tried as an adult. America with joey chan is next, and ill be back here, and you can get the latest news on aljazeera. Com. The city of detroit makes its case for bankruptcy. But is the motor city really broke . The emergency manager is evaluating the value of everything that detroit owns. Also tonight giving voice to another troubled michigan community. We need some leaders, leisurers, thesaurians, chemical is. Chemists. Artists are helping a brighter picture emerge. Good evening, thanks for being with us. Im joie chen. At the heart of detroits future what seems to be a simple equation. But in the motor city today, the first b
The chancellor of germany Angela Merkel had tough questions to president obama. She made a phone call to the president to ask whether the u. S. Had been tapping her cellphone, spying on her private conversations. Even though germany is a strong ally to america she warned spying would constitute a breach of trust. Alan fisher has the latest. The German Government must have been sure something was going on, going public with allegations that the americans spied on Angela Merkels phone. The chancellor phoned the white house. I can assure you the president assured the chancellor of the germany that the u. S. Will not monitor. Listen again. I can tell you the president assured the United States is not monitoring and will not monitoring the communications of the chancellor missing are the words have not and did not. When asked whether it happened in the past the official line was repeated. Beyond that im not in position to comment publicly it comes days after nsa was accused of hacking diplo
Teenager pleaded not guilty after being accused of killing his maths teacher. Colleen ritzer was found dead behind a school. A candlelight vij ill was hell. Detroit filed the largest bankruptcy petition in history to deal with 18 billion in debt. Retirees, Pension Funds and unions were in court to fight bankruptcy, to protect their funds. American tonight is next, and you can always get up to date news on aljazeera. Com. The city of detroit makes its case for bankruptcy. But is the motor city really broke . The emergency manager is evaluating the value of everything that detroit owns. Also tonight giving voice to another troubled michigan community. We need some leaders, leisurers, thesaurians, chemical is. Chemists. Artists are helping a brighter picture emerge. Good evening, thanks for being with us. Im joie chen. At the heart of detroits future what seems to be a simple equation. But in the motor city today, the first bid to be declared bankrupt delivered a scathing assessment. He h
Pakistawillbe meeting to discusf drones. Reporter there are contentious issues between pakistan and the United States. Its been a rocky relationship for many years. Particularly after u. S. Forces raid deep in the party of pakistan that killed osama bin laden, and the continuing issue of drone strikes, which have increased dramatically under the obama administration. We saw amnesty report holding the United States responsible for civilian deaths and violating international laws. Certainly those issues are going to be on the table. But what is also on the table for pakistans Prime Minister, regional stabilities, with trade, trying to stabilize the region and enhance pakistan economy. A lot of that will be discussed here in the oval office. Well hear from the two leaders after the conclusion of the leaders. Is there any expectation that the meetings will bring the meeting of the minds on the issue of drones in pakistan . Reporter we can say with some specificity and confidence that relat