Top of the Hour: Avoiding a Shutdown, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

Congressional leaders met with President Obama for another 90-minute budget session last night and the president said he wanted an update on negotiations this morning. The Takeaway’s Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich has the latest on whether we’ll see a government shutdown.

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