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I dont see that. >> i would modify that. i agree with you in general on that, but i think that a bigger part of the problem that people recognize is that the republican party, first, they wont negotiate over the shutdown. say you open the government, then you could have a negotiation with the democrats. i think they would be open to making changes on obama care. people talk about the medical device tax, which republicans say -- the thing is, and this has been the problem, republicans dont want t...

Is now announcing most furloughed employees will return to work. meanwhile, a working weekend for the senate and house as the government shutdown stretches into day five. but with no resolution in sight there are growing fears that the shutdown and the debt limit could combine into a super sized standoff. the rhetoric is turning piping hot. >> we will continue to be here this weekend. we will continue to wait for any indication from the majority leader in the senate or the white house that they ...

President barack obama isnt wasting any time trying to convince the american people, congress, and the u.s. congress that a strike against syria is justified. he sent john kerry to meet with european leaders in lithuania today. afterwards eu ministers insisted there is strong evidence the syrian regime used chemical weapons. they said, quote, a clear and strong response is crucial to make clear that such crimes are unacceptable and that there can be no impunity. but they stopped short of support...

Leaders in lithuania today. after wards, eu ministers ins t insisteded there is strong evidence the syrian regime used chemical weapons. they said quote, a clear and strong response is clear to make clear that such crimes are unacceptable. but they stopped short of supporting u.s. military action. at home, president obama is working the phones, trying to convince congress to authorize use of force in syria and hes preparing to deliver a major speech to the nation tuesday night. brian todd joins ...

Of the senate? >> i was disappointed with the ruling and i disagreed with it. i think it is is quite frankly a goofy ruling constitutionally but politically it probably energizes the right all the more and helps conservative candidates and mitt romney. >> shannon: all right. senator david vitter of louisiana. thank you for your time today. >> thank you, shannon, very much. >> shannon: our next guest calls the damage in his state the worst from any storm short of a hurricane. that means it is a w...

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It is a working weekend. the house came back to session and the senate will do so shortly and vote on the plain as time runs out. heli, i am uma. >> and we start with mike on capitol hill. what can we expect? >> you are going to see after the senate killed john boehners plan you will see the house take up a version of the harry reid bill. the senate majority leaders bill. it is gains man ship then the leaders will set the tone for the day. there is a lot of talk about compromise and tension here...

progress. democratic senate leader harry reid and republican senate leader mitch mcconnell on the senate floor moments ago. look. >> today the speaker republican leader held a press conference to announce theyre in talks with the president and that a bargain to raise the debt ceiling is in the works and is close. in president, members of the senate, thats not true. i just spent two hours with the president, vice president, and leader pelosi, and its fair for me to say that the engageme...

this reid plan sometime this afternoon. expected to vote it down. it will be just a demonstration that the reid plan as is is not going to pass the house of representatives. meanwhile, the question is, whats going to happen in the senate, were there any meetings? no meetings scheduled among the leadersh leadership, a top republican leadership aide telling me mitch mcconnell doesnt want to meet with the democrats unless a representative from the white house is involved because the democ...

delayed. police in texas say a muslim american soldier confessed to plotting an attack on ft. hood just two years after a muslim officer shot to death 13 people on that same base. tropical storm don could hit the south texas coast tonight and drought-stricken farmers are welcoming the prospect of up to 7 inches of rain. we begin with that sobering reality check on the debt crisis and just how daunting the challenge has become. in less than four days, the federal government could ru...