times for people who aren t rich players or owners. take san antonio. the spurs are the only major pro sports team. some 4,000 people depend on them for a living. and then cities like sacramento, orlando, portland, salt lake city, the nba is the only major pro sport in that town. we ll see the economic impact there for sure in those cities. so, let s talk more about this with mike pesca from mpr. mike, it s a complicated money dispute, no doubt. what is the main sticking point at 9:01 eastern time on this tuesday? money. lots and lots of money. the players get 57% of all basketball relate under come and the owners get 43% and the owners are saying just not a high enough percent for us to have this be a viable business. inowners are saying 22 of the 30 teams don t make a profit. they re willing or at least publicly saying they re willing to blow up this system. nba players are very well paid. the best in professional sports in the world. their average salary is between $5 mi
all right. first, though, big news today. the trial of the accused underwear bomber begins this morning with earnest with opens statements at the federal courthouse in droit. umar farouk abdulmutallab is charged with trying to blow up a flight on christmas day 2009 with a bomb hidden in his underwear. the defendant is acting as his own attorney. cnn s deb feyerick in live in detroit, where you were the night this all developed and christmas day 2009. deb, what is the situation? reporter: well, ali, christine and carol, we can tell you that he is facing eight charges today. it carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. the charges against him, attempted murder, attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and also conspiracy toy commit terrorism. the nigerian grat witt student turned accused suits bomber is acteding as his own attorney and umar farouk abdulmutallab shown he is defind. during jury selection he invoked his meant, jihad mentor, recently killed in an air
north carolina first gets hit on saturday, and then somewhere in new england after that, even in areas that don t get a direct hit though, there s the flooding damage, wind damage and power outages, a major pain. you re looking at live pictures from folly beach in south carolina. residents keeping an eye on irene. it could pass by though. they haven t been told to leave though. they are urged to take precautions. evacuations are under way though in the north carolina outer banks. the governor declaring a state of emergency ahead of the hurricane. many areas are accessible only by ferry so voluntary evacuations have now become mandatory. residents and tourists told to get out today. we have the website posted with where there are shelters. there are sheltering options and several counties. wilson is one. we have those on our website and the local emergency management have them published in that data, and then obviously on sunday you ll hear an immediate response from the loc
governments are facing a crisis. one alabama government is getting ready for one of the largest municipal bankruptcy in history. why in the world would anybody name their child cheeto or limoncelo. those are all real names. this hour, more names to tell you about. why people do it and whatnot to name your child. good morning. thanks to my parents for naming me t.j. holmes. glad you could be with us. that clock is ticking on the debt ceiling crisis. tuesday is the deadline. the deadline for what? the government may not be able to pay its bills. we will have to decide which ones to pay and which ones not to pay. here is the rundown on capitol hill. the house is getting to work at noon today after some debate, they are expected to vote from the senate majority leader harry reid. that is expected to fail. on the senate side, they open debate on the same reid bill at 1:00. that debate could go as long as 12 hours or so. it might not be until you are asleep. the senate gets to
and there s that clock that we speak of. just under two days away from a time when we re told by the treasury, this country will not be able to pay all of its bills. so let me give you the rundown of what s happening today. the house gets to work around noontime today. that s just about two hours from now. after some debate, they ll vote on a proposal from senate majority leader, harry reid. that proposal is expected to fail. then on the senate side, they open debate on that same reid bill at 1:00 eastern time this afternoon. the debate there could go on for some 12 hours. now, it may not be until a lot of us are asleep that the senate gets to vote on that reid bill. the senate has moved on to the reid bill after deciding not to vote on the bill from house speaker john boehner. the nays are 210, the bill is passed. without objection to motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. what you re seeing there is that speaker boehner s bill actually passed. it finally passed th