Welcome to al jazerra america, i am stef did sy. It is now two weeks since the Government Shutdown. And only a few days until the debt ceiling deadline expires, with the stakes incredibly high, Party Leaders in the senate are working tote and expressing optimism about a possible compromise, the big question is can they get republicans in the house to go a long. White house correspondence Mike Viqueira has the latest 78 ideal in the senate may be at hasnt and just in th nick of time. There is no guarantee that a senatepassed plan can pass in the house of representatives now with just two days to go before the nation reach that his deadline. I am feeling a little sticky. Reporter president obama visited a Washington Food Bank where he greeted furloughed workers and kept the pressure on for ideal. If republicans arent willing to set aside some of their partisan concerns in order to do what is right for the country, we stand a good chance of defaulting. Reporter there are signs the worst m
Good morning, and welcome to access america. I am stephanie sy. I am thomas drayton. Good to have you with us. We are two weeks into the government shutdown. The senate is scrambling to forge a compromise before the debt ceiling deadline expires just two days from now on thursday. Senate leaders say they are hopeful the deal will, in fact, come together. Mr. President , constructive, goodfaith negotiations continue between the republican leader and me. I am very optimistic we will reach an agreement thats reasonable in nature this week to reopen the government, pay the nations bills and begin longterm negotiations to put our country on sound footing. I share his optimism we will get a result that will be acceptable to both sides. Senate republicans are seeing a backlash from fellow Party Members in the house for working with democrats. They have been called the surrender caucus. We are not stick for not sticking with g. O. P. Demands. Some say president obamas healthcare law should hav
Ceiling and end a twoweek long government shutdown. Congressional leaders were scheduled to meet with prize obama at the white house. It would give them more time to hash out a deal. The dow was down one uhhuh 100s monk. Morning. The stock closing the day up 63 points libby casey is on capitol hill for us. The congress is running out of time. What will the deal look like . The fact that the white house meeting was postponed is not a bad sign. We believe its given the leaders and senate time to talk to the cakes an caucus and the n the oar side. Oar other side. This could be a moment of negotiation and progress if a deal is announced do we know if speaker boehner, and the caucus would they be on board with the deal . You can bet that is what senator mitch mcconal connell ws talking about this afternoon. That is a good question. Anything that gets through the senate would have to get through the house now. They have not been saying much over the past couple of weeks is coming to the floo
Day 14 of the deposit shutdown is ending on an optimistic note. Weeks of finger pointing on capitol hill could be winding down. Democratic and Republican Leaders are confident a deal to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling will be done by the end of the week. We have more from White House Correspondent mike viqueira. Well, a deal in the senate may be at hand in the nick of time. The gop politics that brought the nation to the brink means theres no n guarantee that a senatepassed plan will pass in the house of representatives. President obama visited a Washington Food Bank where he greeted furloughed workers. If the republicans are not willing to set aside part san concerns to do what is right for the country, we stand a chance of defaulting. There are signs the worse may be avoided. Senate leaders said the right things in the core doors. Im optimistic that well reach an agreement. I share his optimism. I feel good. On the table funding the government until 15 joint enterpri
His murder spree, they say, began more than a week ago today. They say it came to an end here in a cabin that went up in flames. Gunfire in the mountains two hours east of los angeles. The statewide manhunt for fugitive Christopher Dorner took its dramatic, final turn on big bear mountain. We have the suspect holed up in a cabin. Reporter cornered inside a burning cabin, San Bernardino sheriff says this is where they believe the former l. A. Police officer and cop killer came to his end. We believe he is still inside the cabin, yes. Reporter there has been no sign of dorner since his burntout truck had been found six days ago. Incredibly, just across the street from the sheriffs command post, sites of multiple media briefings. Two women who arrived to clean the Vacation Rental stumbled on to dorner. He tied them up, then stole their car. The first was a purple nissan, which he ultimately appeared to have been driving too fast, lost control of the vehicle, crashed it, carjacked the seco