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Nouri al maliki has said his medication's forces are prepare for the record any attack. but gates acknowledged there could be a scenario where u.s. troops are needed to help fight a potential insurgency. >> we are willing to have a presence beyond that time. but we've got a lot of commitments around the world. if folks here are going to want us to have a presence, we're going to need to get on with it pretty quickly in terms of our planning and our ability to figure out where we get the forces and what kind of forces we need here and what specifically the mission that they want us to do is. >>...

National parks may be closed and federal employees may be furloughed, but one thing potentially will not change in a government shutdown. pay for congress. those checks from being cut have yet to pass in both the house and the senate. tell your friends members of congress make, on average, $ $17,000 a year and not to worry, the check is in the mail. now for the real news, gather around the water cooler to talk about your favorite mindless trivia, the stuff we know you crave. gary busey making plenty of headlines. little walk out on l. no, red tie, looking like the darling that he is for all ...

You're watching "way too early." not just a clever name on this friday morning. the capitol, gloomy today. not just because of the weather but problems going on to try to avoid a government shutdown. we have a check of your weather with meteorologist bill karins. this is one of the days you turn on the masters and enjoy beautiful georgia weather. beautiful there. >> beautiful there, not so pretty here. we'll continue to watch this area of rain. a nice day yesterday in d.c. not today. raining in baltimore and much of maryland. the setup for today. southeast all the way to the deep south. record...

Strip funding from npr as well as pbs. yesterday, senator chuck schumer of new york blasted republicans' edition of the riders as a mistake. >> it is the ideological riders that have nothing to do with the deficit that are standing in the way. it would be a tragic mistake to force a government shutdown, but doubly tragic if the shutdown were on issues not related to spending. house approved -- excuse me acres government shutdown could have ripples throughout the economy and could furlough 800,000 federal workers, interrupt military pay and slow tax refunds. the house approved a spending measur...

The fighters and the international organization. we will have the latest from that region. also, poor jon stewart. first george w. bush leaves office, now another of his favorite targets, glenn beck, is going out the door. stewart is taking this good-bye pretty hard. we'll have his unhinged reaction from his show a little later. first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 am here at 30 rock in new york city. time is running out at a potential last-minute deal to prevent a government shutdown. congressional leaders worked through the night again in an effort to avoid the stoppage, scheduled t...