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Employees back to work. of course, this is at the top of everybody's mind as well. this is coming after both houses of congress gathered today for a special weekend session. in that time, the house passing a bill that would entitle furloughed federal workers to get back pay. the senate was expected to do the same, but at the last minute, apparently decided not even to take up the issue. molly henneberg live on capitol hill. molly, it appears that would have been an easy one for them to take on, but what happened? >> they're not going to take it up, at least until next monday. the senate has ad...

Weapons. if syria does not comply, the resolution opens the door to potential military action. iranian president hassan rowhani is back in tehran after his historic phone conversation with president obama. there's already been pushback on that gesture. congressman mike rogers is urging caution on any deal that would relax sanctions on the iranian government. we'll go live to tehran in our next hour. meanwhile, back here, the battle over same-sex marriage is headed to new jersey's highest court. governor chris christie's office says he will be appealing a state judge's order to allow same-s...

Ffweekend. let us know. we've dug through the video archives this morning and we'll find really embarrassing moments to show you. >> it shouldn't be hard. >> all we had to do is look at every weekend. >> that's great. >> it was golden. >> all right, we'll look forward to that at the end of the show. meanwhile let's get to the top story, that is, a few hours from now house lawmakers will gather for a special weekend session to decide what to do about the budget bill. of course, the clock is ticking again to a government shutdown. by a party line vote the senate has sent over a stop gap fundin...

Brinksmanship unless you're on the brink. so they have time, but the problem is the house and senate are scheduled to be out of session next week, there's rashannah next week as well, and they want to try to wrap this up. the majority leader or, eric cantor, put members on notice that they could have a weekend session this weekend, perhaps to work this out. they have to work with the senate, the house and the senate have to be in many alignment here, and boehner when asked if he thought they'd have a weekend session, he said, i surely hope not. jenna: and we hope not for you, too, chad. always...

but overall that idea that the fed thinks that there are still significant downside risks, kyra, that has people unnerved. stocks are down. oil is down big. gold is down, as well. so, you're seeing a real movement out of some of these commodities and stocks today on this idea that the economy is not out of the woods yet, kyra? >> we'll look for the numbers in 28 1/2 minutes, thanks so much. the threat of a new government shutdown an intense round of voting rejected a spending bill and the move surprised even the republican leaders. kate baldwin joining us now from capitol hill. so,...