House Votes to Delay Obamacare; U.N. to Syria: Get Rid of Chemical Weapons
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The truth -- you can't handle the truth.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You have been hijacked by a small group of extreme folks who simply hate this president.</s>VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Overnight while you were sleeping, lawmakers were fighting, but for all they've accomplished, the House may as well have stayed home.</s>DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): The phone call between President Obama and Iranian President Rouhani was historic for the two nations. But it could be life-changing for one American pastor in prison in Iran. We'll talk to his wife and attorney about their renewed hope.</s>BLACKWELL: And we've all heard about blind justice in the law. But what about in football? We'll introduce a judge who may not be able to see but that does not stop him from calling games.</s>FEYERICK: Good morning, everyone. I am Deborah Feyerick.</s>BLACKWELL: Good to have you with us. I'm Victor Blackwell. Now, 8:00 here on East Coast. This is NEW DAY SUNDAY. We've got a lot coming up this morning. The premier of "Saturday Night Live". Did you watch it? I mean, there's a good chance if you were up this early, you didn't see this late last night. But it was hilarious. Tina Fey hosted 39th season open.</s>FEYERICK: And, of course, they gave a nod to the drama in Washington because there is so much political theater. How can you not at least try to take a --</s>BLACKWELL: You can't ignore it. You can't.</s>FEYERICK: That's right. Plus, the new film "Gravity", that's premiering next week. It is starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. And if you've seen the trailer, it is pretty incredible. Bullock plays a medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, and then all goes well until the shuttle is destroyed. All you see is her drifting off there into space.</s>BLACKWELL: Yes, there's that moment where she says, can you hear me? Can anybody hear me? I'm really, really looking forward to this one. I don't go see a lot of movies. This one I will see. So, this hour we're going to actually take you to the science behind simulating that concept of being stranded in space and how they do it. It's really fascinating stuff. That, of course, is coming up. But we're going to start with the big deadline in Washington.</s>FEYERICK: Yes, a couple of deadlines, actually, with the clock ticking toward a Tuesday shutdown. Much of the government is getting ready to close up shop.</s>BLACKWELL: Yes, that's because the House did something early today that makes a shutdown more likely than not. Republicans pushed through a bill that pays the government's bills beyond Monday. But -- and there's a big but.</s>FEYERICK: There is always a big but.</s>BLACKWELL: Yes.</s>FEYERICK: The bill delays Obamacare for about year. It delays it. And it repeals a tax that would help to pay for Obamacare that is the medical tax bill. The bill goes to the Senate where the Democratic leadership has basically said, no, dead on arrival.</s>BLACKWELL: Yes, two Democrats, Mike McIntyre, rather, of North Carolina, Jim Matheson of Utah, they voted with Republicans on the Obamacare delay.</s>FEYERICK: Conversely, two New York Republicans, Richard Hanna and Chris Gibson voted against their party's bill.</s>BLACKWELL: All right. So, let's get reaction to the vote now. We're joined by CNN's senior White House correspondent Brianna Keilar, and "STATE OF THE UNION" host, Candy Crowley. Brianna, I want to start with you. This latest turn makes a shutdown very likely. And we heard any response from the administration, from the Obama administration?</s>BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: We have -- we've got a reaction, actually, from White House Press Secretary Jay Carney yesterday as this was going through, as this process was happening. He said Republicans have tried and failed to defund or delay the health care law more than 40 times and they know this demand is reckless and irresponsible. The president has shown that he is willing to improve the health care law and meet Republicans more than half way to deal with our fiscal challenges but he will not do so under threats of a government shutdown that will hurt our economy. Any member of the Republican Party who votes for this bill is voting for a shutdown. And, Victor and Deb, the White House has issued a veto threat over what House Republicans passed last night. Officials here, we heard this just from President Obama, he doesn't want to negotiate on anything that will delay Obamacare or that will defund Obamacare. He has said this is a legitimate law. It was passed by Congress. The Supreme Court upheld it. And to talk to officials here, they just think that what Republicans are doing is quite ridiculous at this point. Obviously, a lot of the action still on Capitol Hill to see what the Senate is going to do in response to this House bill passing late last night -- Deb and Victor.</s>FEYERICK: All right. Brianna Keilar, thanks so much. Now, let's bring in CNN's Candy Crowley. With a government shutdown seeming almost certain, candy, the president -- there's a feeling why aren't both sides coming to the table to negotiate? Are they afraid it's going to fail or are they afraid it's going to succeed this whole Affordable Healthcare Act?</s>CANDY CROWLEY, ANCHOR, CNN'S STATE OF THE UNION: Well, if you mean -- listen. A lot of folks on the Republican side say it's already a monumental failure. They say businesses aren't hiring because they're worried about what Obamacare means, that in some cases, they're making full time workers part time workers. So their argument has been all along we already know this is a disaster. Here are the things that aren't working, et cetera, et cetera. Obviously, the White House takes a totally different view and says let's put this up there which an online signup is going to start on Tuesday. So, we're going to put it out there. There are going to be glitches. We will fix the glitches. But it's going to go forward. So, now, I think what you saw in some of those clips is they're setting up that kind of who's responsible for this. Now you're hearing less about the substance of this and a lot more about who's closing down the government. I suspect that's what you're going to hear over the next couple of days.</s>FEYERICK: Yes, absolutely. We haven't heard anything but. You've got an interview coming up in the next hour with Senator John Barrasso and former Governor Howard Dean. Both of them are doctors. Do you think in terms of whether this will work, people are going to have to start signing up for these various marketplace plans come Tuesday -- at least they'll have an opportunity to do that. Do you think it will capture the public imagination? Do you think once it gets going that in fact there will be enough momentum? Or could it get held up if they want to delay it or decide to take away the tax that's supposed to pay for it?</s>CROWLEY: All things are possible. I think that the medical device tax has a good chance of passing, but probably not on this bill. We'll see. But there is a lot of resistance to the medical device tax on wheelchairs, et cetera. So that may be one of those things the White House is willing to look at and Democrats are willing to look at. But the White House has made it pretty clear that it's not going to negotiate on either the debt ceiling or the spending resolution about Obamacare because -- it's, you know, obviously going to start up on Tuesday. They're intent on doing that. As to whether folks will sign up, that's key. I mean, the next six months will certainly tell us a lot about what will work and what won't work because the signup needs to really bring in a lot of what they call the invincibles -- those young people who don't think they need health care, who can't afford health care. They say yes, but I don't get sick anyway. They need a lot of those folks. That's where the key is. That is the demographic you want to watch the next couple of months.</s>FEYERICK: Yes, because if they don't sign up, then, obviously, the premiums for the older folks are going to go up. All right. Candy, thank you so much. Going to be interesting to watch, perfect storm.</s>BLACKWELL: And, of course, stay here for "STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY" coming up next hour, 9:00 a.m. Eastern, right here on</s>CNN. FEYERICK: Now, to the civil war engulfing Syria. Damascus could make its case before the United Nations Monday.</s>BLACKWELL: And the U.N. Security Council is ordering Syria to get rid of those chemical weapons. CNN foreign affairs reporter Elise Labott joins us now from New York. Elise, tell us more about what's happening on Monday.</s>ELISE LABOTT, CNN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REPORTER: Victor, well, the Syrian foreign minister is going to be addressing the U.N. General Assembly even as inspectors from the United Nations are in Syria finishing up investigating even more possible incidents of chemical weapons. So it's kind of interesting dichotomy there. And the Syrian foreign minister even after the U.N. Security Council passed this resolution calling on Syria to give up the chemical weapons, they're saying Assad is not leaving power. He's if power until mid-2014 at least when there's his term ends and there will be another election. So I think even after everything that's gone on over the past few weeks with the United Nations Security Council, now that Syria has agreed to give up chemical weapons, the Syrian regime feels embolden and that it's even has job security. So they're saying they're willing to go to a peace conference. That the U.S. and Russia are trying to set up in Geneva in the next couple of months, but President Assad is not going anywhere, Victor. That's what they're saying.</s>BLACKWELL: Interesting turn, because two years ago, President Obama said Assad must go. And now, the president believes he has job security based on something that was spearheaded by the folks in Washington. Elise Labott there in New York for us -- thank you. All right. So, rough weather made the way to Oregon this weekend.</s>FEYERICK: That's right. Just can't hold back winter. Well, heavy rains and winds downed power lines and trees near the Portland area, leaving thousands of residents without power. More rain expected today. Let's bring in our meteorologist Pedram Javaheri in the CNN severe weather center -- Pedram.</s>PEDRAM JAVAHERI, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Hi, Deb. Yes, you know, this storm system looking like a textbook winter storm system here. Clouds well over 1,000 miles end to end and parked out there in the Gulf of Alaska. We know gusty winds upwards of 75 miles per hour already recorded. Look at Seattle. You know, it's got a dubious distinction for rainfall. The dry season transition into September and October. We go to 1 1/2 inches rainfall in September to about 6 1/2 inches in November. Look at what occurred so far this September as you round out towards the latter portion of the month. Nearly five inches have already come down. An additional one to three inches could come down, making this the wettest, one of the wettest Septembers on record across Seattle. And that pattern, again, continues down to Portland where we know travel delay is going to be abundant, one to three inches for the metro areas. While four to six could come down in the southwest facing slopes of the Cascades and also the Olympic mountains of Washington and into Oregon. You take a look, certainly going to be rain cooled, about 57 degrees across the Northwest, while gorgeous conditions in the heart of the country, about 75 in Kansas City. And you cannot beat weather like this northeast fall weather about 75 to 76 degrees for millions of people across the northeast, guys.</s>FEYERICK: Delicious. Absolutely delicious.</s>BLACKWELL: Sweet spot right there,</s>FEYERICK: Absolutely. Pedram, thanks so much.</s>JAVAHERI: You bet.</s>FEYERICK: The owner of a bunch of Applebee's franchises caused a big stir when he said Obamacare would make him stop hiring. Is he changing his tune now? Plus, a small act of kindness spreads around the world. 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