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destine nor covert. they said the real issue first of all, they claimed that a.p. misrepresented what was going on with their program and said the real issue is the harassment of cubans who are not able to lead free lives. the usaid goes on to claim that their programs are designed to support civil society in all its facets. clearly, the ineffectiveness of these three programs and the comic nature of it if you will, this is a modern analogy of the exploding cigar, not to mention the is this a good use of u.s. taxpayer money. jake? lonzo cook, appreciate it. wolf blitzer is here with the preview of the situation room. you re delving into the cia torture report with congressman mike rogers who is the outgoing house intelligence chairman and also with a former cia
then all these other obligations. i think people understand that. it s just not fun to watch this go down to the wire. miguel? all right. athena jones, thank you very much. my guess is or day is not done yet. hang in there. thanks. much more on the talks to end the partial government shutdown later in the show, but for now let s check on some of the other stories making headlines today. storm preps are being tested right now in india. trop cyclone before it hits. i talked with alonzo cook about conditions along the coast. the wind has picked up again. there was a lull, but a lot of the coastal districts have had their power cut deliberately as a precautionary measure to
communities, often these are not the most affluent, so quality of construction work, that and there are farming communities, rice and cotton farmers. this is not the most affluent. but the low lying areas are the most vulnerable. that having been said, this time around, national and regional officials say they got out in front ahead of the curve, didn t want repeat of 1999 where 10,000 died, and they succeeded evacuating over half million from the low lying coastal areas. lonzo cook, thank you very much. keep yourself and the team safe. hope to see you back here soon. thanks. the evidence is starting to trickle in. people are starting to worry gridlock in washington will hurt the economy. find out how you can get ready for it next on cnn newsroom.
good morning, everyone. hope your weekend is off to a great start. i m anna cabrera. and i m victor blackwell. it s saturday morning. do you know where your congressman is? in this government shutdown, it s day 12, by the way. and you can bet your representatives are hard at work. cnn s athena jones is on the job, as well, on capitol hill. and, athena, we know house democrats just held a meeting this morning. tell bus that. tell us about that. reporter: good morning. they just came to the microphones here not too long ago and told us about the new plan, a plan today to try to force a vote on this spending bill that would reopen the government with no strings attached. this bill already passed the senate. this is the fight the house democrats have been fighting all along. their hope is to put on the floor or they just put on the floor a discharge petition that would require 218 signatures to then try to force a vote on this spending bill. now, house democrats say