Time is running out for congress to agree on a budget deal that will avoid a government shutdown. The house is in session as we speak. These are live pictures from washington. They are expected to vote on a bill the Senate Passed yesterday. It keeps the Affordable Care act, something House Republicans are trying to kill. The house leadership is trying to pass an alternative delaying obamacare by a year, but keep the government open. Senate leadership said changes to the Health Care Law will not be considered. In other words, money for the federal government appears to run out on tuesday and all but essential operations will stop. The white house released a statement saying returning to libby casey on capitol hill. Are we still expecting the house to vote on this tonight . It will be a late night. Yes, indeed. Now, they want to make crucial changes to the bill that would fund the government into the next couple of months. Here are the changes they want to make postpone the federal Health Care Law or obamacare by a year. They want to repeal a medical device sales tax. This will keep the government funded through middecember. Here is a separate bill they are considering, one that will make sure that members for the military will be paid in the government shuts down. And a separate bill garnering support in the house and possibly the senate. If that passes ensuring members of the military gets paid no matter what happens with the political wrangling, it doesnt fix the problem, when congress cant come to terms with how to keep funding past monday night at midnight. If they cant agree by then the federal government shuts down. Are you getting the impression that the shutdown is inevitable. Are members of Congress Working in dark rooms trying to neg, come up with a deal. Theres activity above the surface of the water and activity below the surface of the water. We are inching closer to the shutdown. Its a real possibility. We are hearing chatter about an exit strategy or another possibility. Lets say, first of all, this will happen in the house. The bill will pass, maybe 11 00 pm or so. It will be kicked back to the senate, which does not plan to pass the version. Could they try one more time and National Review reported there could be another option, something called the viter amendment, a mp, he proposed a law proposing subsidies for members and staffers. That may be a lastminute attempt. Thats not on paper, just ideas. Until we see some of that hammered out and put into concrete legislation, we are edging closer to a government shutdown. If the government shuts down, who will win politically . This is the big question that republicans, the white house are asking. The real Reference Point is in the mid 1990, when republicans had a showdown with president clinton over a shutdown, which happened, president clinton came out the winner. Who would win or lose now is anyones guess. There has been polls done. Republicans would get a little more of the blowback from the American People than the white house would, its hard to tell until the government goes through the partial shutdown process. When americans experienced what it means to not be able to get a passport or get paid if you are a federal worker or have concerns if you are a member of the military about getting your pay. Thats when the rubber hits the road in terms of who to blame. Walk us through whats next. If the house votes on the measure tonight, are we expected to send it to comment on a sunday and take up the issue again. The senate is not scheduled to come back to washington. They could come back early, but we are not hearing if theres going to be a race to the door to get here. The senate is disinterested in passing legislation. It doesnt mean things cant go on behind the scenes. Watching to see if the senate comes in tomorrow. Its not a guarantee by any means. It may be quiet on capitol hill, which would certainly belie the fact that theres a lot of anxiety and concern about what will happen in the next few days. A lot is up in the air. The National Security agency is in the head lines again. A report by the New York Times said the organization has been dipping into social media sites to track connections. The nsa used data to create sophisticated graphs and social connections including travel to facebook ties. Its happened since november 2010. Times based reports on documents provided by edward snowden. Joining us to talk about it is National Security specialist jim walsh. Tell me your First Impression of the report. What do you think . Im not surprised. Think back to when the nsa spying scandal broke. The Administration Responded saying, we are not listening to your phone calls, we are collecting metadata as if calling it a fancy name, it was okay. My colleagues and i know its a powerful tool. If you are a lawabiding american citizen, my daughter or son, the government can collect information about you. They may not be listening, but they know more from the metadata because they know who you are talking to, where you are going, who your social network it, where you travel. Its like having an fbi agent following or stalking you. Only its invisible because its digital. How is this working . Are they truly going through facebook profiles seeing how different people are connected, is it that minute. That is a part of it, but just a small piece of it. Social Network Analysis is you put someone in the center of a map and you say, who else are they talking to. You look for patterns of interaction. Who is that circle of people talking to. Lets say they come on to a piece of information. They can check the persons social network to see the places they may have gone, people they talk to, things they say and habits that Law Enforcement hope will give a clue to help them in their investigation. That is a slippery slope to collecting all information about everybody, lawabiding or terrorist. Then you have policy problems, and civil liberty problems. This is it legal, correct. It is technically legal. It was not permitted until 2010. There was a scraet court saying you cant do this. The policy change in 2010. What does legal mean. We dont have the a lot of case law or any of this before the Supreme Court in a specific way. My concern is three things scope, duration and transparency. The scope is broad. We are collecting all sorts of personal information. The government is collecting all sorts of personal information about people. And then they keep it a duration they keep it for years at a time. Its one thing if they collect information, look to see if theres a problem and clean the hard drive. Its not happening. Transparency, we didnt know about this until snowden leaked it all. This has gone on for years. When things are done in secret you Better Believe the tendency is to expand and be problematic rather than exchange. In each dimension, scope duration and transparency it has appearance. So much information has come out about the program, and the spying. One thing that has not been released is how many people, how Many Americans have been caught up in the effort. Why is that . They are fighting this off as best they can. Theyd prefer we know none of this. They are not going to give up what they dont have to give up. Theres several issues. On the debit side how Many Americans does this involve, for how long. What sort of person is this . How many of these are innocent bystanders who are swept up. On the plus side there has been claims that this analysis helped to stop terror attacks. Lets see the evidence for that as well. Id like to see more particulars. I see a lot of statements saying it was helpful or this plot was foiled. What is the connection between the Data Collected and the program or outcome. Could it have been achieved through other instruments or other ways without the practices. Id like to see more information on both sides. Thats an issue, we lack transparency. So many questions but the revolution comes out on that. Thank you for your time. A report says poor communication is getting some blame for the deaths of 19 firefighters. The crews radios failed between the men and support staff, resulting in a 30 minute blackout moments before the men were taken over by the flames. An air tanker carrying flame retardant was hovering overhead as the firefighters die. Not all facts are known or will ever be known. Even after indepth analysis some questions are unanswered. However, i believe this report did a good job at reconstructing events and developing conclusions and learning discussions based on information obtained. Officials say theres no indication emergency crews were recless, negligent or violated protocol. The governor commended the team saying iranian president Hassan Rouhani arrived back in tehran following his appearance at the United Nations. The visit was highlighted by a telephone call with president obama. The first communication between the two countries since 1979. While his efforts were met with praise by supporters, some hardliners protested Hassan Rouhanis arrival. Protesters chanted, death to america and blocked his motor cade. At least one demonstrator hurled a shoe in his direction. Translation the conversation i had with mr obama on the phone was mostly about the nuclear issue. I said in the telephone conversation that the Nuclear Program is not only a right of the iranian nation and a matter of technical development, but also, and more importantly, it is about National Pride for the people. The effort appears to have been backed by Supreme Leader khamenei. His endorsement has not silenced critics. When president obama was president he imposed an order providing sanctions against iran on cars and other things, a clear sign that america was not seeking talks. About the the phone conversation between Hassan Rouhani and president obama happened. The plans in the Transitional Government in egypt will be next spring. The foreign minister nabal fahmy made the announcement. The interim government has been in control since overthrowing Mohamed Morsi in july. What a difference a year makes. A year ago i covered the u. N. General assembly, a vip, a heavy hitter among the world was egypts president Mohamed Morsi. Now, of course, a man who was egypts first democratically elected president for years is behind bars. We heard from the foreign minister that they hoped to return to a Democratic Path soon. There were protests, this time not in tahir sqare, but off first avenue. There were two rival camps of protesters, the group nearest to the u. N. , those that backed the militarybacked government and kept slightly further away from the yaigs, a larger Group SupportUnited Nations, a larger Group Supporting Mohamed Morsi. The nypd was there to keep them apart. Ahead we continue our coverage of the u. N. General assembly. To syria, dozens are dead after a car exploded outside a mosque. It happened 20 miles north of damascus. Video shows aftermath of the explosion after fridays flares. It was claimed Government Forces shelled the area shortly after. The sunni majority down is a rebel strong hold and has been the site of violence against Government Forces. Many refer to the conflict in syria as a civil war. Concern is for foreign fighters coming in from turkey. First welcomed, many now are feared and resented. Promotional videos like these made by al qaeda are being produced all over northern syria. Translation prepare me to die. Where are you jihadis the fighter from the gulf celebrates his comrades enjoying the pool. The armed group took over the area in august. In a border town seized by the same group, this confrontation between people who live here and foreign fighters. Saudi egyptians was film. The man putting down his rifle in a peace gesture was executed by the al qaeda afilliates. Foreign fighters once welcomed in syria for support are resented and feared by civilians. This man is too scared to appear on camera. Translation they have left the front lines and are setting up bases in the lib rated villages. We fear their ambitions are not related to freedom and democracy. They want an islamic state. Islam is our religion, we want a democratic state, universal freedoms. Its a conflict of goals. Summary executions are common. This video came when the fighters took over. They can easily say to you, youre an infidel, against islam. You are an infidel and killing is so easy for them, its second nature. They dont think before they carry out an execution. Some foreign fighters crossed the border. Analyst and syrians say more fly into the province on scheduled price. Its a wellworn route, a mini bus or taxi takes the fighters along the highway from the airport to the syrian border. The turkish government is concerned about the foreign fighters and extreme groups next door, but has taken no physical measures to stop them getting there. Turkish analyst warn that the government can no longer ignore or accommodate the foreign fighters. Translation turkey tried to play the game but failed and made a mess of it. If you play this game with terrorists, it will blow back in your face. Analyst say somewhere between 5,000 to 10,000 foreign fighters that crossed into syria have done so so far. Many want it to stop. Still ahead on Al Jazeera America safety involving 150,000 maz address a recall. Mazdas. A recall. And it was billed as a plan to stop the violence. How that is working coming up next. That crossed into syria have next. Im metrologist dave warren. Tracking storms. Rain moving into chicago. Cold air from the north. A big contrast. Colder air moving in, 24 hours ago it was 20. Close to 30 degrees warmer. Its a brief cool down. Where the storm was in north and south dakota, the temperatures are climbing, up 26 degrees from this time yesterday in rapid city. Theres the rain. Look at the northwest. Theres rain in oregon. Look at this. All the moisture hitting the mountains, dumping rain. Theres wind and rain in the northwest. Well look at that in the National Forecast later. Looking forward to it. Mazda is recalling some stars. They are concerned that 161,000 midsized cars in the united states. The manufacturer says the door latch mounting screws can loosen, stopping the doors mounting. Recalls from 2009 to 2013 mazda 6 cars, traced to improper tightening and uneven door surfaces. Gang violence in chicago reached a boiling point. A unique event tried to cool tensions. The idea was to bring together gang members, clergy and community to stop the murders. The summit did not attract the numbers organisers hoped. Organisers picked the church for the event, expecting hundreds to be here. Only 50 showed up. It may have been because the main organiser is seen as an outsider by many activists. The reverend grew up in chicago, but left the city decades ago. It may take a while. Once they understand its about saving lives, not overtaking their positions or diminish the work in chicago. People have done great work in chicago. We celebrate that. The National Unity summit came after 13 people, including a 3yearold boy were injured in a gang shooting on chicagos south side. The event began with a march and prayer vigil for victims of Gang Violence. This session focused on using education to help kids set goals and stay out of gangs. Michael spent 20 years into a gang and was lured into one when he was 11 because he had no direction. We have to install respect, morals, value in education when they are young. Without a lack of education you aint a man. They Say Something must be done. This couples 15yearold daughter was killed in a park near her home. Her death happened days after performing in president obamas inaugural festivities. The pendletons are not sure the summit is the answer, but it could help. Everybody now is trying to put their hands together to try to come to one solution. Unfortunately there is no one solution. This is a start. The summit didnt attract the active gang members tatum hoped but it shone a light on Gang Violence and could pave the way for larger summits down the road. Southwestern pakistan has been rocked by a 6. 5 magnitude earthquake. Officials say tremors were felt in the balochistan province. 22 were killed in the latest tremor. More than 500 were killed last tuesday. Kamal hyder reports where survivors from the first quake are waiting for help. A few days after a powerful earthquake hit pakistans region, an earthquake measureing 6. 8 hit the area on saturday. This is what is left of a family home. Belongings are under a pile of rubb rubble. At least they have protection for now. Translation they are piling and not handing supplies to people who lost everything. Here families live in compounds in a society where women are barely seen in public. The families use shade to hide from the sun. He is worried about the construction of his home. He doesnt have the resources and needs help. He says it is the worst disaster he has seen and wonders why it is taking so long to get muchneeded help. Even though im a few kilometres from the center where the supplies are arriving, the people in this adjoining area are complaining that the government is too slo get the relief goods to where they are needed. We take the peoples complaints to the chief minister, who has been in the district for the past few days. Here he was busy holding a meeting on how to get the aid to where it is needed most. No doub