Congress. Top of the charts the year they were elected was a song coming up Edward Snowden talks about government surveillance at a Cato Institute conference. Then the chair of the House Intelligence Committee mike rogers and former former attorney general alberto gonzalez. In the senate tonight members are debating a 1. 1 trillion spending bill designed to avert a government shutdown. A live look here on the senate floor. Today House Republicans earlier passed a stopgap measure to keep the government open until at least wednesday if need be. Senator barbara mick ullstromky who chairs the Appropriations Committee speaking now about the spending bill, the 1. 1 trillion measure, on the senate floor while leaders are negotiating behind the scenes to attempt to schedule a final vote on that bill. Watch the senate live on our companion network cspan 2. This afternoon former National Security Agency Contractor Edward Snowden spoke Via Video Conference at a Cato Institute conference on govern
Earlier so we are closing off of the best levels of the session. The market rallying on the news that Larry Summers has withdrawn his name from the chairman of the Federal Reserve contest. The nasdaq and the s p 500 mixed. The nasdaq was down four points and that was largely due to apple and the s p up about 9 points on the session as you can see there. The other major story weve been following, the horrific shooting spree at the Washington Navy yard. Eamon has been covering this story and we want to get to him with the very latest. What can you tell us . Reporter hi, maria. Things had started to quiet down here, but just within the past couple of seconds, weve seen increased Police Activity here at our location, which is about five blocks north of the Washington Navy yard. We know that they let the shelter in place employees go from this location earlier, about half an hour ago or so. But what weve seen in the past couple of seconds here is a very increased police presence. Were also
Protect americans. Thats why we are asking democrats to come to the table, sit down with us. Negligent. Dont be obstructionist. Dont be a party that says no because it is the president. Do what you were elected to do help americans, protect americans, give americans the best life they can have. Join with the president in the fight. I guarantee you well have an incredible six years like we have had over the last two years under this president s leadership. Yes or no, are you inviting the house leadership to the white house today . Im not aware of a meeting. I wouldnt be surprised if there was outreach between our team and members of the hill throughout the day and throughout the weekend. Sarah sanders, thank you very much for coming on. As i said, Robert Mueller threw us a giant curve ball today and you still agreed to come and take questions. We commend you for that. Thanks, john. Its a busy morning at the white house between the shutdown and the arrest of roger stone. Our cameras were
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