Shortterm debt limit extension, maybe Speaker Boehner can bring this to the conservatives within his conference and say we may not get all what we want right now, but lets have a shortterm extension and keep the fight going. Woodruff you mentioned Speaker Boehner. So much of this is focused on him. Describe some of the pressures around him right now . What is he hearing, what is he dealing with. Speaker boehner really is a central figure right now. I think he has very much a dry wit about him. I see him every morning when he his breakfast at petes dinner on capitol hill. But he is struggling to hold his conference together, to have a grip over his conference. Hes baling with a bloc of about 30 to 50 conservatives this have probably more influence than most people realize, they really shape the direction of negotiations within the house gop and they are telling boehner to hold firm and not negotiate. And thats really shaking what is happening within the conference. They dont want boehner to even try to cut any kind of compromise. Woodruff but he also has members who, the reporting is, who are not comfortable with this strategy. How much pressure are they putting on the speaker . A lot of the republicans who come from suburban districts, i spoke to jim gurlack, two representatives republicans from the philadelphia area said they would like republicans to end the shutdown and extend the debt limit. And they are trying to whip their conservative friends behind the scene saying this has to end. The mess has to end. But right now within the house gop its still very much a divided scenario. Woodruff and what about the business community, robert . Theres been a lot of reporting about folks who normally would consider themselves supportive of the republicans who are letting it be known theyre uneasy with what is happening. The fact that the debt soling is in some jeopardy. Are they making their voices heard on the hill . The problem is the wall Street Community that usually supports the republican party, theyre talking to boehner and the leadership but it is the small dollar donor, the supporters of ted cruz and other Tea Party Favorites are really driving the discussions on the right within the house. But the real mood on wall street is Speaker Boehner is known as a deal maker. He tried to get a grand bargain in 2011 during its debt ceiling talks and they think can do it again. They think that what is happening right now is political feeder and come the deadline midnight of october 16th john boehner ultimately, they hope, will be able to cut a deal. Woodruff so what is it its republicans in the house need in order to move. They need a figure leaf, a concession in the white house. After having the brinksmanship on the debt limit and shutdown they cant go to the tea party base and they they got nothing in return. They want a repeal of the medical device tax, perhaps trade of sequestration cuts for trained cpi, the way Social Security is calculated, some concessions to sell to republicans around the country. Woodruff give us a sense of what is going on on the hill. We know many of the members may still have been out of town today. Are there meetings going on constantly . Is it all in the back room . Give us a sense of how if feels. So allots of members were returning to washington today. And there was a Tornado Warning here in the capitol. And so members are still returning but they are voting in the house tonight at 6 30 p. M. What they are looking at is the leadership met at 1 00, later at 4 00 and 5 00. And theyre trying to whip support behind the scenes for some bargain. Boehner is plot og his next move. He remains undecided but sometime soon, probably later this week, and pete session of texas tells me probably within the 48 hours. House republicans have to unveil some kind of debt limit proposal. They still need to decide what that final product looks leak. Woodruff so how close down to the wire can they let this go . I think they are probably going to go to the final days. And that is because of the political pressure from the right. If they dont, if the speaker and the leadership to the conservatives dont look like they fought to the end there will be repercussions politically within the party. So they have to keep fighting. That is what you saw Speaker Boehner on sunday on abc talk about the need for a conversation that at the same time saying will not yield any ground. Just quickly, finally robert, were hearing tonight in the senate that this plan to pay federal workers who have been furloughed back pay has hit a snag. Senator john cornyn of texas, do you know anything about that . What is happening, i think s both parties want to make sure there is back pay for federal workers but senate democrats, especially Senate Majority leader harry reid dont want a deal with republicans o on back pay during this constant hostility unless republicans come up with a deal to fund the government and extent the debt limitment until that happens, until republicans inch toward the center it is unlikely to have a final deal in the senate. Woodruff meanwhile it all waits. Indeed t does. I think well keep waiting until next week, until that 11th hour. Robert costa, thank you very much. Thank you. In other news the stalemate in in other news, the stalemate in washington fed the unease on wall street, and sent stocks falling again. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 136 points to close at 14,936. The nasdaq dropped 37 points to close at 3770. Woodruff one federal institution did return to work today. The Supreme Court opened its new term by turning away hundreds of pending appeals. The first arguments of the session come tomorrow, when the Court Considers lifting the limits on Campaign Contributions by individuals. Well have more on this after the news summary. In iraq, coordinated explosions rocked baghdad, killing at least 45 people. Eight of the attacks mostly car bombs struck commercial areas in mainly shiite districts. More than 6,000 people have died in iraq this year, most of them since the surge of violence began in april. The president of afghanistan, hamid karzai, has ruled out signing a longterm security deal with the u. S. Until differences over sovereignty are resolved. The pact would provide legal grounds for some foreign troops to remain in afghanistan beyond the 2014 u. S. Withdrawal date. But karzai said today negotiations have been difficult. They have not expected whenever they have found i it that acted against we have woodruff karzai said he will convene a meeting of afghan elders in one month to help him make a decision. A senior alqaeda figure is now on a u. S. Warship in the mediterranean, being questioned in the 1998 bombings of american embassies in kenya and tanzania. He was captured by u. S. Commandos on saturday in libya. A second u. S. Raid failed to capture a top member of al shabaab in somalia. More on this, later in the program. Egypt was rocked by new killings today. In southern sinai, a suicide car bomber killed three policemen and wounded dozens more, and a driveby shooting killed six soldiers outside cairo. Meanwhile, funerals were held for some of the more than 50 People Killed yesterday. They died in clashes between Security Forces and supporters of ousted president mohammed morsi. Two americans and a german researcher will share this years nobel prize for medicine. They won today for discoveries on how critical chemicals move inside cells work that could help treat diabetes and alzheimers. The americans are James Rothman of yale and Randy Schekman of the university of california at berkeley. Schekman recounted the phone call he got this morning. He said this is calling from stockholm and congratulations and when i realized that was it. And i hi gone through this in my mind so many times, what i would say. And of course, words escaped me at that moment. And i think all i said was oh my god, oh my god. Woodruff and theres more on this story, coming later. Opening statements began today in cleveland, in the case of an alleged 100 million fraud scheme that claimed to help navy veterans. Prosecuters say John Donald Cody siphoned money from his fake charity and used some of the money for political donations, but little, if any, benefited veterans. Cody could face 40 years in prison. Also ahead on the newshour, the Supreme Court kicks off a new term; fallout from the twin raids on terrorists in north africa; setbacks in the fight to end polio in pakistan; public policys impact on poverty programs; and a nobel Prize Winners moment of joy. Woodruff its the first monday in october, and the federal government may be shut down, but the Supreme Court opened its new term on schedule. Ray suarez takes a look at what lies ahead. Suarez there isnt one single blockbuster case on the docket as in recent Supreme Court terms, but the high court will consider a number of weighty issues. The nine justices will hear cases dealing with campaign finance, abortion, prayer in government, president ial power, affirmative action, and housing discrimination. Our guide for the term will be, as always, marcia coyle of the national law journal. She joins me now. Before we get to the nittygritty why didnt the sprom court shut down . Well, our federal courts including the Supreme Court are dependent on congressional appropriations to operate. The Supreme Court says it can continue to operate at least through the end of this week when it will then stop and evaluate. Federal courts have small source of independent money usually from fines am but its not going to be enough to carry it through a longterm shutdown. But the court has operated in prior shutdowns and even when blizzards have shut down washington d. C. I think theres a quiet sense of pride that it continues to do its work and to do it on time. Suarez we mentioned at the outset that there isnt a single case as there has been in recent terms. Right. Suarez but a lot of attention right out of the gate with Campaign Contributions, i couldnt spit it out there. They are revisiting whether money can ever be regulated as speech when its being given to a political campaign. Tell us about the case. Okay, ray. Well, this is a very porn case. The court back in 1976 approved of the way congress had divided Campaign Regulation between Campaign Spending and Campaign Contributions. It said that spending was something that you really could not regulate, put limit on. It was more closely aligned with pure speech under the First Amendment. And but Campaign Contributions, even though they involve speech that was protected, you could regulate that because there is a greater risk of corruption or the appearance of corruption, of giving large sums of money directly to a candidate or a political committee. This case is asking the justices whether the total limits on what someone can give in a twoier election cycle violates the First Amendment now. The proponents of this case argue that the risk of corruption is no longer there because of changes in election laws over the years. And its time to at least limit the aggregate total amount that can be given. But keep in place the base limit its, limits that someone can contribute during one election. Suarez so this would has the potential like so many of these cases to revisiting or revising what has been guiding case law, guiding precedence on which a lot of decisions have been based. In particular that 1976 decision. There are briefs that have been filed in the case aggressively asking the court to overturn it. And the result is going to be basically more money in campaigns if the court goes down that road. But limits on contributions, the court has upheld those for almost 40 years now. They are considered sacrosanct. Well have to wait and see if the court is willing to take that very new step. Suarez lets look at other big cases. Abortion going to be revisited. Yes, were coming back to abortion. Two cases on the docket. One involves a 35 foot buffer zone around abortion clinics in massachusetts. Back in 2000 the Supreme Court upheld an 8 foot buffer zone around clinics in colorado. Here again, those who are challenging the buffer zone are saying well, if this 35 foot buffer zone doesnt compart with what you said in the 2000 case, overrule that 2000 case. The second case would be the first time the Supreme Court would look at medicai medicaid medication abortions, drugs used to terminate a pregnancy, for example, ru486. This involves an oklahoma law. It is in a strange position because the court asked the oklahoma Supreme Court to clarify the meaning of the law. It did what we call certified two questions to that court. Oklahoma Supreme Court hasnt answered yet. So were not sure what the courts going to do when it does get the answers. Whether its going to go forward with it or not. That is state law requires the drugs to be used according to the fda label. But since the fda label was approved some 7 years ago, i believe it is, science has advanced and there is now an off label use. Suarez the Supreme Court has been ruling on prayer in Public Institutions for half a century now. But they have to do another one now. Thats right. This issue goes back to 1983 when that Supreme Court met in that term upheld legislative prayers in a challenge brought to the nebraska legislatures use of prayers at opening sessions. The case before the court now involves the town of greece, new york, which opens its town board meetings with prayers by local clergies. The lower federal Appellate Court found that those prayers were predominantly christian in nature and that violated the establishment clause for the First Amendment. So the Supreme Court is going to have to look once again at how much government accommodation of prayer in the public sphere is going to allow. Suarez are there still some big cases waiting to find out if they have been granted cert, that is the court has agreed to hear them. Absolutely, ray. We may see the Health Care Law back. In fact im almost sure we will, before the end of this term. There are some forprofit Business Owners who have challenged the mandate that they provide Health Care Insurance that includes contrasense. They contend that that mandate violates their religious beliefs. And there are two cases involving cell phone searches by police, and whether they violate the Fourth Amendment of the constitution. Suarez marcia coyle from the national law journal, thanks a lot. My pleasure, ray. Woodruff there was more fallout today from the twin u. S. Military raids on terrorists in africa over the weekend. Elite Delta Force Commandos swarmed this car in tripoli, libya, on saturday morning. Snatching an al qaeda leader known as an all anas allibi. He is wanted in the 1998 bombings of u. S. Embassies in kenya and tanzania that killed more than 220 people. Now he is reportedly on board an amphibious transport dock, the u. S. S. San antonio being interrogated. 9 Libyan Government protested the raid as did allibis brother. Of course there was an act of piracy by a for enforce to kidnap my brother. They should have submitted a document to the Libyan Government and put my brother on trial here. Instead allibi could face a federal trial in new york where he was indicted in 2000 for 9 Embassy Bombings and other crimes. In washington today state Department Spokeswoman maria harf defended the u. S. Decision to grab him in tripoli. We obviously arent going to get into specifics of our communication with the Libyan Government but we value our relationship. We support the aspirations of the libyan people and we will continue this strategic partnership. Reporter meanwhile a second raid unfolded saturday in the somalian town. Members of the u. S. Navys elite seal team 6 seen here training went after a Senior Leader of the Islamist Group al shabaab. The man known as ikrima is also accused in the 98 Embassy Bombings and in attacks on an israeli hotel. And airline in kenya in 2002. The seals ran into a hail of gunfire and had to withdraw without their man. Still, secretary of state john kerry said sunday in indonesia that it sends a message. The United States of america will never stop in its effort to hold those accountable who conduct acts of terror, and those members of al qaeda and other terrorist organizations literally can run but they cant hide. Reporter al shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack last month on a Shopping Mall in nairobi, kenya, where 67 people died. It is not known if ikrima was involved. But Kenyan Police today released photos of two men they have identified who were part of the attack. For more for mor