so they have averted a government shutdown. the house voted this after into on the megamuss, as they call it around here the massive spending bill to fund the government through the end of september. so, this has been negotiated for months now. and congressional leaders came to an agreement late yesterday evening finalizing this massive spending bill, the house voted on it today so a government shutdown has been averted. the senate is expected, they could still vote on it ostensibly, vote on it today, most likely, the senate will be in working tomorrow and vote on it tomorrow. the big overwhat really kind of started this whole standoff and brinksmanship up here, the latest round of brinksmanship is where do things stand on ex-standing the payroll tax cut? short answer, brooke, still negotiating, still talking, with he don't have the details of when we could be hearing an answer if they are going to be able to beat the deadline of the end of the year or not, but we know both the top republican in the senate, top democrat in the senate today seemed very optimistic, very upbeat they were going to be able to find agreement some way to extend the payroll tax cut as well as other important end of the year provisions, like extending unemployment assistance to the long-term unemployed, they are negotiating, still hurdles they have to overcome, one hangup, i'm told, still discussing how to cover the cost of such a package, we can expect they will be working late this evening and likely be in tomorrow for a saturday work session, brooke. >> all right, work, work, working, we like that kate bolduan on the hill. thank you. next on reporter roulette, brian todd in fort meade, maryland, for the military hearing for bradley manning, the army private of being accused of being behind the biggest intelligence leak in u.s. history. we know manning's attorney made a surprise move, pretty much right off the bat this morning. >> he certainly did, brooke. david comes, manning's defense attorney, came out firing today, essentially accuse the presiding officer of this hearing of being biased against his client and demanding that he recuse himself. david comes, the defense attorney saying this judge, man acting essentially as the judge, called the investigating officer, lieutenant color in paul almanza, because he works in his civilian job at the department of justice as a prosecutor, that he is bias against bradley mapping much the department of justice conducting a separate investigation into wikileaks, david comes laid down other points, too, to make the case that this officer is biased, saying he has threat a disproportionate amount of prosecution witnesses into the case versus defense witnesses, not many on that score, biassed this case by opening it up to the public and to the media, to see the proceedings. and that he has allowed in unsworn witnesses, but this officer has just now refused that request, saying i don't believe i'm biased, i have consulted my legal -- my legal counsel here and we believe that i'm fine to go ahead. he has just refused that request to recuse himself but some firework, kind of a marker laid down by bradley manning's attorney on how tough he is going to be, how contentious he wants to make these proceedings and probably to make a case if this doesn't go bradley manning's way, he has got maybe some case to appeal this hearing as we go forward. this is of course, a preliminary hearing to determine if bradley manning will stand court martial, at the end of all of it, could face a life sentence for, among other charges, aiding the enemy. what is the high-stakes game for bradley mapping. >> depending which way this goes, possibility for an appeal on behalf of manning? brian todd in maryland, brian, thank you. next on reporter roulette, shoot out to san francisco. dan simon is there where barry bonds now learning his punishment, came down that sentence not too long ago for misleading a grand jury that was looking into steroid use among professional athletes. dan, tell us what he got. >> well, no prison time, brooke, that's the important thing. he could have gotten anywhere from 15 to 21 months. insecond the judge sentenced him to 30 days home detention, he has to wear an ankle bracelet, not too bad for barry bond, he lives in a ten-bedroom mansion in beverly hills and then after that, he has got two years probation and he also has to pay a $4,000 fine. but here's the thing, barry bonds is appealing his sentence, appealing his conviction, so the sentence is stayed. so, this could drag on for a couple more years but if you're barry bonds, it's a pretty good day. of course this case has been dragging on for many years and of course, his reputation has been sullied because of these steroid allegations. and his legacy will be debated for many, many years but for barry bonds, he has got to be pretty glad he is avoiding any sort of jail time. brooke? >> we were seeing the slow-mo shot of him walking into the courthouse today, i know is federal court, no cameras, were you in there? what was his reaction? >> he sort of had this pleasant demeanor on his face. obviously, he was glad. he just really didn't show a lot of expression. by guess could you say he just sort of had this pleasant look on his face. he actually looks pretty good. he lost a lot of weight. he doesn't look like the player we saw a couple of years ago when he broke the record. has, of course, the most home runs. so, barry bonds walked out of court, i guess about five, ten minutes ago, hopped in his suv and he is off, but he will probably be back in this courtroom in the not too distant future this case is on appeal. >> broke the home run record in august of '07, not far from where you are standing, dan simon. dan simon in san francisco. a frightening sight in china, this is river, it has turned blood red. no, not the sign of the coming apocalypse, but it is something illegal. for that, we go to reynolds wolf. >> further ado we need to go right to the video. it really is compelling and it is -- >> let's look at t. >> perfect, beautiful for the holiday season. >> you are matching it, very, very lovely. >> this actually used to be a white happened kerchief. part of me getting choked up. >> bright red. why? >> here is what we believe is the situation this river we are showing you, is a riff they're runs to the city in northern china. it normally has a different color but recently did turn red it is now back to normal what they believe happened is there is an illegal factory right upstream. people were actually ripsing out some bags that had dye and thus, the dye dyed the riff they're reddish color what kind of dye it was? ever seen fireworks? you know how sometimes they are encased in a tube a reddish color? it is that dye, that dye that caused the water to stain. and locals say that the water has been several different colors, including green. it has been greenish hue. if you have your green, you have your red, they are perfect holiday san colors. see where they are going with this. were they chucking the dye in the riff and weren't supposed to do this? >> they were trying to recycle the bags, takings the, rinsing them out. environmental groups tested the water. they said that although it has this gnarly appear perhaps, it isn't you dangerous. doesn't contain toxins, no chemicals. >> just a lot of red hands around the -- >> and red hank kiss. >> hey, reynolds, good to see u. >> always good to see you, too. coming up, a busy hour four you first, the prosecution star witness takes the stand in that alleged coverup at penn state university and what mike mcqueary says he saw in that locker room is horrifying. find out the secrets he is revealing in court today. plus the oil spill that devastated the gulf. so, why the heck is bp getting paid $250 million for the accident? 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"chicago sun-times" columnist sean jensen has known hurd since he arrived from the dallas cowboys this past july. joins me by phone. i know you are at chicago bears headquarters right now. who spoke and what did they say? >> it was the general manager, jerry angelo, he addressed reporters, he typically doesn't do that during the football season, but obviously given the ex-ten weight circumstances, he wanted to provide clarity on the team's position with sam hurd. his points were that the bears had no idea of any of this. there weren't any facts, there weren't any red flags about sam hurd, who didn't have a criminal background or anything, and he made clear that the bears will release him later this afternoon, via the nfl's official process. and so, sam hurd, by the end of the day, will not be a chicago bear any longer. >> so, presumably, jerry angelo, shocked. shocked by this? and the rest of the team. >> absolutely. everybody, everybody throughout this building is shocked by this revolution the other day the team didn't know anything about it until thursday morning when sam hurd wasn't in the usual receiver meeting. that is when she started asking around and figuring out what happened. if you asked me -- said there was a going to be a bears player who had federal drug charges levied against them and gave me 30 guess, sam hurd would not have been one of those guys. he appeared to be a christian, hum and sing gospel songs walking armed the building, he was one of the most cordial, friendly and accountable players on this team, and his teammates, yeah, they really liked and respected him. so, this is a shock. >> okay, sean jensen, let's back up, this guy, wide receiver, chicago bears, $5.1 million, three-year contract, just came from the cowboys, came on to chicago in july, but let's get into the numbers, because the numbers here tell the story, at least allegedly as to what he's potentially involved let's go back to wednesday night and the steak dinner. who was there? what was he involved with? >> well, i don't know exactly who was there, but, you know, we reported he was in rose month, which is just a suburb right near the airport between the city and o'hare international and what we do know for sure, sam hurd was there and that an undercover agent that sam hurd believed was a supplier was at the dinner and hurd told this, you know, this undercover agent that he was alrea