Eight Forty-Eight 4.11.11

Eight Forty-Eight 4.11.11
Speaker John Boehner announced Friday that a deal had been reached on the federal budget. Getty/Brendan Hoffman
Eight Forty-Eight 4.11.11
Speaker John Boehner announced Friday that a deal had been reached on the federal budget. Getty/Brendan Hoffman

Eight Forty-Eight 4.11.11

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Days after a last-minute deal averted a government shutdown, Eight Forty-Eight turns to Charlie Wheelan to find out how the federal budget became such a mess. Then producer Melissa Townsend profiles poet James Rushing. And in honor of Autism Month, Eight Forty-Eight will present part one of the Autism Chronicles, a series that profiles local families struggling with treatment and diagnosis of autism.