RussiaToday-Video-News-World:Excessive Force? Capitol police kill unarmed mother after car chase

It's still not known what led to a car chase in Washington DC which caused a security lockdown of the government, and ended with an unarmed woman being shot in front of her baby by police on Thursday. Let's get the details now from RT's Sam Sacks.



The August chemical weapons attack in the Syrian capital's suburbs was done by a Saudi Arabian black operations team, Russian diplomatic sources have told a Russian news agency


Time is ticking for the U.S., with less than two weeks left until it runs out of money. Failure to find a solution will lead to devastating effects - that's the official warning from the U.S. Treasury. The department's predicting an unprecedented default with 'catastrophic' consequences. It says a collapse of the American economy would send shock waves across the globe, ending with a financial crisis and recession worse than the 2008 meltdown.

The U.S. government shutdown is taking its toll on the President's plans as well - with Barack Obama forced to cancel a trip to Asia and miss two summits. The federal stoppage has placed hundreds of thousands of workers on unpaid leave. It's costing the American economy at least 300 million dollars every day, hitting business and consumer confidence. President and Co-Founder of John C. Hulsman Enterprises, a political risk consulting firm, says U.S. lawmakers' inability to compromise is bordering insanity.


Lebanon has already received over 1.3 million Syrian refugees. Together with international aid organizations it struggles to keep them sheltered and fed. The Lebanese economy has been damaged by billions of dollars already and there is no end in sight to the Syrian crisis. Will Lebanon close its border? Or will it take sides in the fight? We ask Fouad Siniora, former Lebanese Prime Minister, now one of the leaders in parliament opposition