one is that the national park service would run these parks and that the states would take the national park service to operate them. it's a professional staff. they been doing this so we could open instantly using our employees. i would not support the states themselves taking over the national parks. by entering into an agreement like this and then it pays for the entire park operation, not just cherry picking components of parks, absolutely i would support putting this into policy so that we can execute on it very quickly. >> thank you. >> the gentleman's time has expired. i would just note that there probably was a template after the 95-96 that probably should've been full. the chair recognizes the gently from the district of columbia, ms. norton. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i could not identify more with our witnesses on the effect of the shutdown on your local economies. and i think every red-blooded american would similarly identify with the outrage of the residents of your host city. the nation's capital, who in addition have seen the shutdown not only of our tourist e

the nation' cap capital. in addition has seen the shut down not only of tourist economy, as you have, but congress holding $6 billion. >> i thank you, mr. chairman. and the republicans and democrats who voted with us to free the district local fund. we are finally making headway with the senate and the administration. mr. jarvis, sitting here in the district of columbia, the third generation -- there to hear the employees of the park service. yeah. we have trouble with the civil servant. i want to say for the record, that how unfair i think it is for the republicans to shut down the government then blame the national park service. i thank you for the way you protect the mount and the people who visit our monuments. some of us are still recalling when green paint of splattered on the lincoln memorial. even though there was no shut down because the difficulty of guarding the memorial. in 2007, irmt there was a horrific incident, vandalism, as well on the vietnam memorial. is it true there are 2,000 vandalism eve

the u.k. to name a few. national ppulidcopinion polls commissioned by research america show that more than half of americans do not believe that the u.s. will be a world leader in science and technology by the year 2020. that is just over six years from now, and unfortunately americans might be right about that loss of, but they do not like it. for instance, an overwhelming majority, 90 percent, say it is important that the united states maintains its world in medical research and science overall. our elected officials listening to the constituents, listening to the conceturs of americans? i would argue that in this recent time they have not. yes, we must reduce the deficit. we must fix the budget. cutting funding for medical and health research and other domestic discretionary priorities is counterproductive to solving the problems that we talk about all the time and bring our hands about like controlling health care cost. diseases and disabilities are not going to cure themselves or be prevented oveturcansmig. rese

the nation was prosperous. as the economy grew, tax revenues increased and governnt expenses declined. and years later, as all those billions of dollars of world war ii bonds came due the government simply borrowed new money to pay the old obligation. the nation had gone deeply into debt to pay for the war. that debt never really went away. it just seemed to shrink in size compared to the total gnp. we asked economic analyst richard gill if this meant that we had passed on the cost of the war to future generations? the simple answer is no. the basic costs of world war ii were borne by the generation that lived and worked during world war ii. look at it in terms of the old standbys, guns and butter. we start before the war with an economy that is producing only butter. that is, civilian goods. now when the war comes we have to divert some of our resources to gun production. the economic cost of the war is borne right then and there and is basically the amount of butter we have to gi up because we are producing ar

the memorial. these men are national heroes who flew here. the park service knew they were coming. they didn't deserve to be greeted by armed national park police when they were at the entrance. now, mr. speaker, it doesn't cost the federal government a single penny to let these veterans walk around this outdoor open-air structure, but ironicically. the federal government is spending money to keep them out. it may be costing more money to keep the visitors out than it would to let them in. and to add further insulate to injury, the obama administration isn't applying this policy consistently. while highly visible monuments are barricaded off, others are open. they are choosing which to keep open and which to close, further proof that they are playing politics. this bill today would end these type of political games and further, mr. speaker, -- 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: as chairman of the house natural resources committee that has jurisdiction of our national parks, we have started investigation into why this administration did th

queen elizabeth opened the national theatre in london. ter o'toole was on the stage, starring in hamlet. half a century and 800 productions later, the queen returns as part of the anniversary celebrations. >> the clean backstage at the royal national theatre. shakespeare's hamlet, peter o'toole as the danish prince. >> immensely exciting. it was a wonderful adventure to have that company. >> the founding director like tom stoppard and samuel beckert. it seems that we should have a central place where almost anything can be done. >> becoming a more astute commercial population. >> his home in london, what affect does it have on the nation? >> i went to find out and speak to the nation. >> it is the tyranny of the system, a tyranny at work. >> i think it could collaborate -- the national theatre understanding is also regional as well as central. killed their dog with a fork. criticized as becoming too dominant. setss say that it standards, produces shows, and is even envied around the world. the national theatre, how many times has it put on

the national, the lake mead national recreation lawyer which is the fourth most visited unit in the national park system of over 400. national parks are a vital part of our tourism industry and our economic base. in between votes on last saturday and monday, i was able to go back home to my district to meet with my constituent, and during one of my town hall, the former superintendent of the lake mead national recreation area came, and this is what he told me. first, the blame should not be placed on the national park service or the individual park, but clearly on the shoulders of congress that caused the shutdown in the first place. the last thing the national park service wants to see is our precious parks closed to the american public. he went on to share that since the closure the park has already had to cancel seven events with an expected participation of 1,925 participants, and there's several additional events in the next two weeks with over 10,000 expected participants. having an effect on our local economy, on jobs, and on tourism. so, purchase, i ask for unanimous consent

here in france, the national france sweeps to victory. the victory for the far right scene as a taste of things to come in next yours national municipal election. those are the headlines this afternoon. take you for joining us on "france 24 pickup live from paris. democrats and republicans in the united states have continued their battle over the course of the week, and on the united states budget. time is running out to decide a new debt limit for public spending will stop if politicians fail to agree by thursday, the united states will not have enough money to pay its bills. that could result in a formal downgrading of the country's rated rating. bad news for the u.s. and the rest of the world. >> just three days left. if democrats and republicans cannot end the political stalemate i thursday, the united states will default on its debt. the head of the international monetary fund warned sunday of the consequences of the world's largest economy is unable to pay its bills. >> if there is that degree of disruption, that lack of certainty, t

queen elizabeth opened the national theatre in london. ter o'toole was on the stage, starring in hamlet. half a century and 800 productions later, the queen returns as part of the anniversary celebrations. >> the clean backstage at the royal national theatre. shakespeare's hamlet, peter o'toole as the danish prince. >> immensely exciting. it was a wonderful adventure to have that company. >> the founding director like tom stoppard and samuel beckert. it seems that we should have a central place where almost anything can be done. >> becoming a more astute commercial population. >> his home in london, what affect does it have on the nation? >> i went to find out and speak to the nation. >> it is the tyranny of the system, a tyranny at work. >> i think it could collaborate -- the national theatre understanding is also regional as well as central. killed their dog with a fork. criticized as becoming too dominant. setss say that it standards, produces shows, and is even envied around the world. the national theatre, how many times has it put on

what has helped us the most is the nationalization of the hydrocarbons. before we had $300 million in taxes from petroleum. now we are at $5 billion. to modifications to the law, and nationalization of hydrocarbons. this sort of modifications for a country that has about 10 million residents, has helped us greatly. sounds like 1,000 people that went from poverty to middle class, and that's 10% of the entire country. it's not like it used to be. we are no longer the last or second to last country in development and in latin america, and in the caribbean. this has been in cooperation with other countries. we have begun to change the national economy, and also my last ratification, i would like you to know, is that in 2005, i was rad fied with 54% and after four years i was rad fied as president by 65%. the president that has been rad fied by a greater percentage in the second time around. >> speaking of that, let's talk about your future. are you going to run, for another term in 2014? some are wondering if what you really want is to be president for life.

i believe that is the responsibility of the national park service to work cooperatively with the local jurisdiction in which our parks are located. in this situation, as you mentioned, we have recreational areas that are in a urban metropolitan area and reflect the needs of users inviting there. supervisor, as i have in the past, i want to renew my offer to assist you in working with the national park service. nps needs to cooperate with local jurisdiction. hopefully, the city's comments, my own, and the users of nps will create a dog management plan that recognizes the need for both governmental agencies to serve the public multiple needs. last week, constituents and my desert extension of the public comment. given the recent government shutdown since [inaudible] the actual plan itself, right here, 2700 pages, i too believe that additional time for comment and analysis should be allowed by nps. but constituents have requested a public comment period be extended to at least february 17. thank you again for supervisor winner and staff. supervisor obelisk, and supervisor came for your le

and the national gallery of art remain closed to the public. this legislation, if adopted, would reopen these national treasures to the american public. mr. speaker, the government shutdown is having a real impact on real people and on the national economy. i remind my colleagues that it is estimated that the local $200 is losing up to million a day with the national zoo, smithsonian museums, holocaust museum and the national gallery of art and other popular attractions closed to the public. this doesn't even begin to measure the national and international impacts of these closures. think of the families, the veterans groups, the group of students who all have saved for months and in some cases years to travel to our nation's capital across the country to visit the aaron space museum, the lincoln memorial, the world war ii memorial, sports theater or the national gallery of art. this government shutdown has a real impact on real people. think of the families who made reservations to visit yosemite or yellowstone or the statue of liberty and now

all webs were redirected to the parent blm national. and the blm has 10,800 employees, 10,200 are on furlough because of the shutdown. the 6 of hundred essential employees still working will do things such as run the blm wild horse program, control blm land. since we couldn't get anyone on the phone we decided to drive out to the blm regional office, and you guess it. >> we're trying to go to the bureau land management building. we've been making calls and no one is answering:. one of 28 federal agencies, we wanted to find out how many are work and how many are working during the shutdown. they said thanks to the shutdown they couldn't answer our questions. they said to e-mail the service administration in washington. gsa told us to e-mail the office of management and budget. we're waiting to hear back from them. thanks to the shutdown we can't find out how much of the nation's business isn't getting done. al jazeera denver the blm manages more acres than any of the nation's agencies. and also has the smallest budget and fewest employees

we ask, is the national mall a traditional public forum? are the signs, these barricades, what side of the line do these fall on? what can the average citizen do on the national mall? there are court cases that say thinking or reading or passing out literature, those are all first amendment protected activities. it would be very strange for a park service person -- if i am walking through one of these barricaded areas where the sign says "closed except for first amendment activities," it would be very strange if a park service person tried to kick me or anyone out. if you say i'm going to go read a book. that is a protected activity. it seems like any person can walk into these areas and there's essentially nothing the park service can do to you. there was another lawyer at the legal center here, i had him go down to find out what authority the park service but they had. they said, no, we are not asking what people are doing. we are enforcing it to the best of our ability. [laughter] if you are a private citizen, remember you have your right

all we're trying to do is reopen the national parks, the smithsonian, the national gallery of art, the holocaust museum because they are important to the people who want to come here. are the other institutions that were mentioned important, you bet they are. we would like to open every single one of them. we will keep trying in spite of the opposition from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. >> with my friend yield since i have no time left western mark -- left? be happy to yield. >> i think my very good friend. as my friend understand, the reason why the memorial was closed down was for security reasons so no one could damage it because there are no employees able to protect it. i asked sincerely because you know better than i about the revenue, $1 billion that is raised from the bureau of land management. you talk about the hundreds of millions that come in, blm is completely furloughed. we are losing revenue. this is not the way to run the government business or to operate the interior department. >> this is not the way to run the government. absolutely not the way to run

the national park service did ok the permit. is audacious.tism >> he is outraged, saying they americans in a place did not. >> it is insult to injury. had unrestricted access to the national mall. >> going into day nine of a andial government shutdown, we still don't know who will in a complication fraught with dire consequences. >> lots of raw emotion on the those affected by the shutdown. the pentagon says it cannot make those payments now because of the shutdown. -- adition, the pentagon group announced the extension of death benefits for military personnel. live in alexandria tonight. they tell us the victim of a stabbing has life-threatening injuries. of friendsa group were in the area when they encountered another group and the fight broke out. the victim has not been identified yet. reporting the u.s. will cut off aid. an unnamed government official says the decision was made after an accumulation of events. clashes have killed dozens in egypt. a spokesperson denied the report. she said the u.s. will announce the future o

i love the national parks. i was very concerned about the disrepair at rainier and several of the others, and also concerned about the accessibility for handicapped people. at some point in time i'd actually like to visit the parks and assess the needs for improvement. how would i go about contacting you for something like that? guest: please, go to our website, it's contact information. or you can certainly call in washington, d.c., at our headquarters. what i would recommend is that you contact your member of congress. we really appreciate your membership and support with the national park conservation association. contact your member of congress, encourage your friends to do the same. let them know that national parks deserve to be funded. 90% of americans in a recent poll said they believe it's a federal, primary federal responsibility to fund the national parks. to make sure that our monuments, our national resources and cultural resources are taken care of. we expect those as americans because these are ou

of health, the national guard, reserves, the national park service, the met, the district of columbiaall threatened with a veto by president obama. the only bill that the senate took to the floor and the president signed him one maintaining paychecks from military. the white house now says of the house actions, these piecemeal efforts are not serious. they are no way to run a government. but tonight the president has apparently changed his mind and is serious about wanting more, putting government paychecks at the top of this perris and rejecting almost everything else . the obama administration also backpedaling from my "in today's "wall street journal" claiming it is unconcerned about the length of the government shut down. a senior administration official said we are winning. does not really matter to us because what matters is the end result. the president might want to take a look at today's gallup poll numbers. 41 percent approval. with fox news senior white house correspondent has our report. >> with the government shut down limiting selections the president walks to a sandwich

join the nation. ♪ baby... ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ rchltsz welcome back. there's a deal or no deal as far as the government shutdown is concerned, as far as raising the nation's debt ceiling is concerned. the president is literally just wrapped up a lengthy meeting with all of the snatd republicans. they were seen leaving the north portico of the white house to go up to capitol hill only a few moments ago. we're expecting to speak life with on of those republican senator, roy blunt of missouri. he will give us his read out on what happened inside that closed door meeting with the president. we're also waiting ing ting to jay carney, the white house press secretary. he's getting ready for his daily briefing there in the white house. once he walks to the microphone there we'll have live coverage of that. this is clearly a critical day, gloria borger still here. gloria, dana was reporting earlier that the republicans in the house, and that's the key issue right now, the house of representatives. senate, i think, are going to go along with what the house decid

the west coast. that is your national forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. >>> miami, florida looks great. travel trouble and airport delays chicago and st. louis especially this morning. >>> as i mentioned for the eastern seaboard maybe one or two more nice days and then rain for thursday. >> we'll take what we can get. >>> macy's is changing the rules when it comes to thanksgiving shopping. >>> plus the 911 call from this woman stuck on a draw bridge. >>> pumpkin ragottas are back. >>> welcome back. to other headlines this morning. for the first time we are hearing some of the 911 calls made when a florida woman found herself hanging from a draw bridge. >> and she is just hanging there. we need like a big ladder or something like that so you can get her down. i don't know how long she is going to last. >> she is holding on tight on to a beam. we need to get somebody out here. >> she just participated in a cancer awareness event when she passed warning signs and walked on to a bridge. the rail company ha

the yes side by the national food industry and individual donors, the biggest support national soap maker. >> ..transferring genetic material. >> dr tony bradshaw from the university of washington. to simplify things on the science side. >> genetic engineering is the introduction of dna from one organism to another by an asexual process, usually an injection. >> on the political side get ready to decide for yourself. this is a fight that could be headed your way, says dr todd donovan. >> calve was the opening salvo. this is the next battle. >> if approved this will be the first law of its kind informant u.s. enacted by initiative and the vote of the people. >>> mark morgan is here with the headlines. the dodgers making noise. >> we had a tight pitchers dual. every night the games are close. after dropping the first agreement of the mlcs the dommers return hoping the different scenario would change their fortunes. >> 11 for the series before this at bat. boy, he whacks a triple into the corner - he struck out four times. adrian gonzalez - dodgers leading 3-0. dodgers trailing 2-1. dallas k

check out the high temperatures across the nation today. d.c. coming in at 88 degrees missing the record of 89 to tie for 1986 by 1 degree. 82 in boston. buffalo 72 degrees. this is some sweet stuff. this is warm too. 85 in st. louis. 87 in little rock. does not look like an october map that is for sure but then you get up to northwest and the plains and you can see that the temperatures are really dropping. they're going to see major snowstorm in that region and we'll show it to you as it's getting developing here on radar in a moment but it's mild in the local area. 72 for d.c. and annapolis. 66 for county particular ka -- quantico. not going to be a cold night at all. we'll head down into the 50s but many areas will stay in the 50s. we do have cloud cover coming in tonight. that will help us be just a little bit milder in the overnight hours and might promote fog. so perhaps a bit more cloud cover during the day tomorrow. we've got a line of storms in the midwest and here is our developing system. part of the statement system -- same system pr

the ""national review"" said that i was the villain of villians. john boehner could reopen the government this morning but he's too obsessed with beating the villain of villians and obviously too fraid of the tea party to do -- too afraid of the tea party to do the right thing for the country. when i read this yesterday, i thought, no one likes to be called a villain. i looked it up in the dictionary. an uncouth person. well, i acknowledge, madam president, i probably wasn't born if a place that most people would like to be raised in. but i would hope over the years that i'm not uncouth. i have tried my best to become part of mainstream society. the other definition is, i am a scoundrel or a criminal. i am not a criminal. i am not a scoundrel. so they better get a different definition for me. well, madam president, in spite of being the villain of villians, i have some advice and some suggestion. i really do believe there are reasonable republicans in congress. they have to, as i said, do a gut check, understand who they represent, understand that

guest: thank you for the call. nationalpark service some of the highest protection of our public lands in the country. it is really an outrage when i hear a member of congress or i hear anybody suggest that these very treasures that have been laid down to be protected for all of us and future generations would consider going in and creating havoc and the damage. anybody that has spent a moment in yosemite valley or has seen the incredible majesty of that place understands the value and what that does to your soul. to think that somebody would suggest going in there to do logging and impact that area is just and comprehensible. that all of you, again, make sure you reach out to your representatives and let them know how important the national parks are. host: denny's, in evansville, indiana, democratic caller. caller: i'm calling because i want to say that i appreciate said she was the government to get back to their pass theirtually bill they are supposed to for the long-term, not just little bitty bills they are trying to

police shut down parts of the national mall after a man was found on fire. we have this week's emotional roller coaster ride. >> it might have been some attempt at a protest. the man yelled something about voting rights and set himself on fire. 4:30 p.m. on friday afternoon, the national man witnessed a man who got out of his car and bought to the grassy area carrying a gas can and calmly lit himself on fire. >> i heard the people around us. he was yelling something about voting rights. gas over a can of himself and set himself on fire. >> people ran for help. >> he was facing the capital when he did it. they all ran there. they ran to find water. their kind of what him out. -- they were trying to put him out. >> it is the latest in what has been a pretty crazy week. we are to hearing sirens and having heavy police presence, but nothing like this. on thursday, a car chase that started near the white house and edit with a shooting at the capitol. two weeks before come and mass shooting at the navy yard that left will people dead. all of which has left d.c. res

all units of the national park system have got it are guided by the same nps national park policies [inaudible] national historic site, at such a good [inaudible] amended 1970 best we must remove nps from managing the gg nra. either revert back to the city or [inaudible] federal agency that can manage the national recreation area. thank you. >> thank you. next he can >> speaker >> my name is [inaudible] on the publisher they will the greater separate cisco area monthly dog lovers newspaper. i want to thank the supervisors for hearing this issue and to scout winner for bringing it up. we really appreciate your support. i know it's extremely frustrating for the gg nra to have introduced their 2nd round of this opposed restriction without having acknowledged any of the comments that many people made huge efforts to get to them. their new proposal, 2700 pages long is pretty daunting. it's really great that you brought it up. i think that the fact that the city and the state owns most of these properties and have wasted or granted the national park service the ability to monitor them and t

we see the threats that come into this nation. we see what a foreign intelligence agency is expected to see. prior to 9/11 we had no way of connecting those dots. nsa would see one side and the fbi the other. so the question is how can we connect these dots in what you are seeing him do it in the least intrusive manner and thanks to you, the senate ,-com,-com ma the executive branch and the courts we have programs to do that. congressman king thank you for your comments. i know what you done in new york and the statements you have made are greatly appreciated and i would tell you that every person at nsa and the military still remembers that day and our commitment to those people that we will not forget. but that doesn't mean we are going to trample on our civil liberties and privacy. so the issue is how do we do both because of the constitution that we all swore to uphold and defend and that's what we are doing. look at the program that we have we as american citizens everyone at this table is also an american citizen, have agreed

the national parks, as mr. defazio said, are part of our government, people love them, they depend on them, the economies depend on them. but -- and to avoid reality of the shutdown or the responsibility for that is to neglect the jobs that we have as members of congress and thus far this majority has neglected it consistently. nd with that i yield back. >> the gentleman from washington. >> i want to recognize the chairman of the national park subcommittee on natural resources, the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. jarvis and our witnesses. i don't know whether it was on purpose or whether it just happens to appear that way, but it seems to be our policy towards our public lands has been vindictive and petty and politicized. i wonder why the cooperation of the 1990's does not exist. but what is very clear is that there is a better way. what we have seen are that the states are willing to step up and help people when washington fails. not just when co

but individuals, if the nation is not able to pay its bills and obligations. >> thank you. and as we continue it watch the situation in washington. as speaker boehner speaks, we'll take that news conference to you live. but meanwhile, with the debt ceiling looming closer, the world is watching nervously from the sidelines. christina, from the international monetary fund, had this to say earlier. >> i want to say this, there would be very very negative consequences for the u.s. economy, and there would be very negative consequences outside of the u.s. economy. if that matter was not resolved, we're likely to see volatility and consequences on the rest of the world. >> the issue of the debt ceiling has taken precedence in the shut down in last days. and members of both sides of the aisle are trying to get the talks moving in a more positive direction, and if there's a direction, it has already been reached. wall street likes what's happening in washington right now, the stocks right now, at 179, just about 15 minutes ago, they had topped 200 points, which was quite a swing, ba

the national markets are already showing stress. the dow has dropped 800 points in last three weeks. one month treasury bill rate has risen to its highest level since the 2008 fiscal crisis. if the debt ceiling is reached, the government would have to slash federal spending by 20% to 30%, driving the nation back into recession. the paint would be felt across every sector of society. medicare,urity, funding for highways, every government program would be devastated by cuts. families would feel it firsthand, with dramatic problems to retirement savings, jobs would be lost, home values would plunge, interest rates on mortgages and student loans would soar. some have said we can't avoid default by prioritizing payments. default. avoid this would force treasury to pick and choose which programs forcing vital programs like social security, medicare, to compete for funding. this idea is irrational. a default would have a catastrophic impact on the global economy, as well. president of the world bank warned that the default would have conseq

does the white house get national security briefings from the nsa? >> it is one of the contributors to the briefings that are given. >> how often are those briefings given? >> virtually daily. >> is given daily how often does the president of the united states attend those briefings? >> he is briefed either here or on the road. >> how often does he intend to those briefings? personally? in his absence which members receive those briefings? >> fed national security apparatus, the vice president and cabinet heads all received variations but he essentially the same briefing. >> so with the national security council staffer that deals with the country in question be made aware of there is any listening going on? with the national security council staffer who deals with the country in question be aware if there is any listening going on? >> as a general response, yes. it depends on the area of responsibility. >> if the united states was doing any listening to key foreign leaders, we have learned this week apparently that was news to the white house with t

sgrz two-thirds of the year could be safe if the nation cuts their fat by just. ear heart disease, and heart disease is coming through. let's put were ignoring the government's campaign. >> a multiple number of people not signing up for the deal, going on eating saturated fat. and that is a tragedy. >> what you need to do to reduce your risk of heart disease is to an adult, a diet that's low in magnesium fate. some of the country. people argue that it isn't the answer. they say it needs to be compulsory and legally enforced. >>> join us on the news hour tomorrow on air and on line. science correspondent miles o'brien reports on how last year's superstorm sandy is affecting residents. thank you for watching. >> the wallach family, bernard and irene schwartz, rosalind p. walter. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america, designing customized and individual group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers

well it's truly a historic event for the whole nation and possibly even for the history of the olympic games themselves the olympic flame was first delivered on board the special flight from greece to. the supported by the. biker gang one of the most famous ones in the country many of these guys are athletes themselves and also known for their various charity projects they said that it was a great honor for them to be able to take part in this offense then several thousand people were waiting for the flame to arrive the heart of the capital to red square where was greeted by president putin and celebrities congratulating pretty much the whole nation with the flame finally arriving to moscow and basically laying the foundation ahead of the start official start off the a longest olympic torch relay in the history of the games we're talking about one thousand nine hundred cities and villages across the whole country it's glenn that the flame will be taken on top of the biggest mountains like the war on the bottom of the biggest. it's also plans of that the olympic flame will be taken on b

why the national intelligence director says the fight in congress could put our national security at sk. february, 2013. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell... ken cuccinelli joins tea party republicans to block the plan. but terry mcauliffe believes it's time to break through the gridlock in richmond. mcauliffe presses democrats to support the bill. and the bill passes. terry mcauliffe. putting virginia first. "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." pumpkin's back at dunkin'? now you tell me. try the new pumpkin pie donut or any of our other many pumpkin treats today. america runs on dunkin'. >>> we have a crew in rockville ready for the arrival of the president. he will speak at a construction business about the impact the government shutdown is having on businesses. that will come as the house and senate return to the hill around 10:00 this morning. it's unclear whether any progress will be made today though. talks at the white house failed last night bringing the debate bac

it shows the reach of the pentagon across the country, around the nation and overseas. chuck hagel, defense secretary, saying his lawyers interpreted the law president obama put in about backpaying the military, can bring servants back. a large number m furlougheders workers on the job next week. >> i was stuck in an airport because there weren't yourself customs officials on duty. according to the talk shows that i listened to, it seems neither side will back down. >> the senate and the house met yesterday on capitol hill, and spent the day having a go at each other, blaming each other for the shut down. republicans were blamed, and the democrats were blamed and it went on and on until both houses adjourneded the late yesterday, the senate going until 5 o'clock in the evening. let's look at the sunday broadcasts. we have heard three people speaking on them. this is ted cruz, the junior senator from texas, the guy that spoke in the senate for 21 hours to filibuster to get the barack obama health care lawy, the obamacare that he hates - and this is what ted cruz had to sa

it is increasing the national debt, increasing government borrowing. there has to be a stop, and this is the time to do it. >> do you think even if you agree that obama care is bad policy for the yes -- for the u.s., that it is worth jeopardizing the entire world economy over this issue over a law that was already approved by both houses and approved by the supreme court? >> i don't think we are jeopardizing the government and the world. all the money has been voted to fund everything in the government. those are -- those who are blocking and refusing any negotiation, it is not like it was to repeal it. one of the proposals is to postpone it for one year. some enterprises have been exempted. >> all they are asking is that american people are all treated the same way. they want to be treated the same way. let's postpone this. >> it's not just the base, the republican leadership also saying at this point, now is the time to have this argument. >> it is about stemming the tide of debt and deficits that threaten to wash out an entire generation's opportunit

very close to where we are here in the nation's capital. i mention that because we can do manufacturing in america but they're developing the technology for pevious concrete. it's critically important to our environment. i take great pride in the chesapeake bay and the work to clean up the chesapeake bay. one of the major sourcers for pollution comes every time we have a storm and all the runoff goes into the tributaries that lead into the chesapeake bay causing pollutants to come into the bay creating dead zones. if we have pervious concrete allowing the water to seep rather than to flow it cuts down dramatically the amount of pollution. the ernest mayer company is doing something about that, selling a product that is well received around the country. we have marlin steel in baltimore. it's a small specialty steel company. their growing -- they're growing, their product is sold all over the world, 100% of the ingredients come from the united states and it is exported around the world because it is a quality product. that's steel. steel manu

the secretive foreign intelligence surveillance court has approved a request by the national security agency to extend its dragnet collection of u.s. phone records. the office of director of national intelligence james clapper disclosed the court's approval on friday. clapper has previously denied before congress that the nsa collects edge data, but the obama administration has touted a policy of declassifying select information following links by nsa whistleblower edward snowden. snowden continued to criticize the nsa spy programs after receiving an award from u.s. whistleblower's last week in russia. >> people all over the world are realizing that these programs don't make us more safe. they hurt our economy. the hurt our country. they limit our ability to think and live and be creative and have relationships to associate freely. >> we will spend the hour with the four former government officials who met with snowden last week after headlines. they are from the fbi, cia, the justice department, in the nsa. critics of the nsa are using a state highway cleanup program to protest the a

for example, the national parks being closed the smithsonian orr the national holocaust museum. those are the three agencies that the majority is going to i trys to exexempt from the shutdown. >> congressman, you servedsm during the last governmentme shutdown, during the clintonton administration, that one was w over taxes and medicare, what i different this time, and do those differences signal to youo whether this goes longer or lo shorter than the previous ones. >> what is different this time is that we have people who really don't believe in the institutional process.ns youti know, newt gingrich as conservative, and i think he would be lucky to be labeled ad fire brand, as much as of a fire as he was, he did believe in the institution. he didn't want the institutionhe to be shutdown and in fact, after it was shutdown, in '96, i think he -- i remember him saying to people, let's never dd this again. but now we have a whole new group of people who don't seem to realize the consequences ofs shutting down the entire federal government. the other thing that ishing different is tha

the national institutes of health. it may be a personal sacrifice for you and your family to come out here, you're going to do it. it is your baby. you come to the front door and there is a sign that says the agency is closed. why is it close? a national emergency. no. and manufacture political temper tantrum coming from the tea party, speaker boehner, and those who believe this is the right way to go. excuse me if this example is so stark, but i haven't gotten into the details. i would've by families that have been a victim of this government to myown at nih to come facebook page, come to my twitter account, send me a message and tell me your story. i want to tell the story. you should disappear in the shadows. you ought to be front and center. please share your story if you wish. i know it is a matter of privacy and confidentiality. i certainly understand. that is what it has come down to. they said they're going to open the veterans administration. senator chris is made a decision he's would pick and choose the agenc

the very popular panda cam at the washington national zoo will go dark. that's actually the first time that has happened since the cub was born there august 23rd. imagine the travesty of all the children there. >> just reading the news, everyone seems to be more upset about the panda cam than anything else. i suppose everybody needs their dose of cuteness, right. >> gives something to focus on. >>> the government shutdown don't stop today's rollout of the affordable care act president obama health care overhaul law. jericka duncan is here with the details. >> good morning. that's right, the affordable care act made it through a contentious government debate and the shutdown. now, it's open for business and millions of americans will be able to buy health care coverage under the law sometimes known as obama care. >> the affordable care act is moving forward. >> this will finally be a brand-new day. >> reporter: starting this morning, nearly 50 million uninsured americans can begin buying coverage. depending on where they live, they can shop for insurance pl

we're at the national zoo. i can't believe you're not by the dancing panda. >> reporter: oh, man, carol, like two seconds ago. he's walking away. probably enough dancing for the day. he is there, or she, i don't know. but we're at the smithsonian national zoo. as you know, they've been shut down during the government shutdown. just minutes ago they opened up the gates. people flooded in. the wheels of washington slowly turning once again. and lots of the local businesses across the country, they're getting back into high gear. >> morning, ladies and gentlemen. >> reporter: tourists lined up as the nation's parks, my assumes, and memorials re-opened for business. >> how does it feel to be inside today? >> ask him. >> how does it feel to be inside today? >> awesome. >> reporter: employees are are

this morning the national park began barricading the monuments and the mall. workers closed off 45 fountains because of the shut down. all affected the national zoo. the animals will be cared for but the zoo is closed to the public. the closure will affect hundreds of thousands of tourists not to mention the lost of tourist dollars. the public is also being blocked off from federal roads leading into the national parks. this feet is beach drive in northwest. it is now closed during the shut down -- this is a photo. >> the national park service put up barriers along biking trails and walking trails including the 185 trail which runs from georgetown out to cumberland, maryland. the popular bike route is closed because it's managed by the national park service. trails on national park service property could be shut down even if they're not managed by the park service. those include rock creek trail and anna costs city ya river trail and george monument river trail -- tweet your signs you see that you to us. >> earlier tonight house of representatives defeated a b

we want to open up the national parks and museums. we want to provide local funding for the district of columbia. we want to honor promise to our americans veterans, we want to use research at n.i.h. and make sure we pay our guard. i do understand that because we are in the majority we are going to use probably our best ideas first, the things which we wholeheartedly support. i would just say that if we pass this bill it will arm our negotiators, our leadership with a chance as they meet the president today, say, mr. president, we are ready, willing, and able to work. that's what we are going to do today. i offer a no vote. further discussion. the gentleman from florida is recognized. not seeking recognition at this time. i thank the gentleman. the vote will now be on the slaughter amendment. those in favor of slaughter amendment signify by saying aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. roll call. >> ms. foxx. >> no. >> ms. foxx, no. mr. bishop. mr. bishop, no. mr. cole, mr. cole, no. mr. woodall, mr. woodall, no. mr. nugent, no, mr.

then we lost our status as the national library. we were always the national library. now we do not even have the title. >> the country's ethnic serb politicians reject the library along with other cultural institutions. but the other main cultural groups do not want to have to foot the bill alone. many of the books are desperately in need of restoration, leaving the books lying around in cartons does not do them any good. >> this is one of the first printed books ever. "ovid's metamorphosis." >> cultural riches in a legal void. >> this is a printed book from before the year 1500. we have more such books. we are very proud we saved them in the war. >> in august of 1992, library workers risked their lives to rescue the books from the inferno of the bosnian war. serb nationalists had targeted the library building for a former city hall. the library went up in flames. the workers managed to save 1/10 of the books while dodging sniper fire from the hills. municipal firefighters struggled to save the building. one of them was this man, 21 years later, he heads the fire depa

they say they are closing in on an agreement to end washington's paralysis and to prevent the nation's first-ever default from thursday's debt ceiling deadline. >> i'm very optimistic that we will reach an agreement that is reasonable in nature this week to reopen the government, pay the nation's bills and begin long-term negotiation to put our country on sound fiscal footing. >> those discussions continue, and i share his optimism that we are going to get a result that will be acceptable to both sides. >> but they are not there yet. and the nation is not happy about that. a new abc news/"washington post" poll finds 74% of respondents disapprove of the way congressional republicans are handling the budget crisis. that's a new high, up 11% from just before the shutdown began. 61% of americans disapprove of democrats in congress. up 5% from two weeks ago. nbc's tracie potts is in washington. good morning. the question might be do we have enough time? >> reporter: well, we definitely can get it done. lawmakers i should say can get it done. the key is going to be will house republicans go