Unguided scudtype missiles. And were also learning new details of the latest phone call between president obama and House Speaker john boehner did not go well. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with todays longrange rocket launch thats managed to put a satellite in earths orbit. Heres why it is important to all of us. Even though north korea is one of the poorest countries and many people are starving there, the Korean Peninsula is the most tense, most dangerous places on earth. There are roughly one million north korean troops on it is side of the militarize zone separating from south korea. As well as nearly 30,000 u. S. Forces. Not only are they within strikes distance of the launch site, a longrange rocket shows north korea is on its way to developing technology to launch a rocket at the United Statess west coast and hawaii. Officials tell cnn that the working assumption is that the North Koreans got outside help from others, including iran. So todays launch is
Obsession with abortion, gay marriage. Reporter pope francis is aiming to make the Catholic Church a more welcoming place for all in a dan kid interview, a public which has the vaticans blessing, francis shied away speaking about the churchs moral teachings on gay marriage and abortion. He said its not necessary to talk about these issues all the time. Churchs Pastoral Ministry cannot be obsessed with a multitude of doctrines to be imposed insistently. A person once asked me if i approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question. Tell me when god sees a gay person does he endorse this person with love or reject and condemn this person. We must always consider the person. He said if someone is gay, who am i to judge . We have to find a new balance otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards. Losing the freshness and frank glance of the gospel. Its time for a new evangelism, its time o time tok of the Catholic Church. You cant help but
And an admission of wrongdoing. Liz wells farring go, the largest u. S. Mortgage lender, cuts 1100 people in the Mortgage Loan business because of lower demand for refis amid higher Interest Rates. David resale of homes rose to 6 1 2year high in august. Buyers lock r rushed to lock in mortgages before Interest Rates rose. Liz weekly jobless claims increased 15,000 to 309,000. The numbers may not reflect the true picture because of previous computer glitches. David agile lant technologies is that how we pronounce it . Liz agile lant. David agile lant. The company is surging after they said they will spin off slowing electronic unit to focus on health care unit. Liz the ceo who rejoined microsoft is set for a massive pay day of 25 million. The payout a. D. Spends on the sale of nokia handset business to the u. S. Tech giant. After the bell starts right now. David lets get to todays action. He says it is time for investors to add risk to the portfolio. We have alan at the cme. Alan, you w
September 19th, 2013. 3 f2 del jueves soy savannah guthrie. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. Good morning, South Carolina. Youre 400 million richer. Should we make friends now . Exactly. That is where the one ticket was sold. It could be 20 people who chipped in for one ticket. But, again, its just one ticket, which is pretty cool. More on that in a few minutes. We want to start with our top story this morning. All eyes on wall street after mixed messages on the economy. On wednesday the dow jones soared 147 points closing at a record high. Traders celebrated the jump, which came thanks in part to a surprise decision from the Federal Reserve chairman ben bernanke. Lets go right to cnbc jackie deangeles on what it means for the markets and for you. This surprised people because for months the fed has been saying we may back down on some of the stimulus, now theyre saying, no. In fact, ben bernanke said we have been overoptimistic. What is the impact . Good morning, matt. A big
Well have the very latest on the search for the motive of the gunman. Thank you for joining us. Eight thursday, september 19. Im pam cook. Good morning. Im dave clark. Lets check your weather and traffic and get you moving. Steve, a little chilly. Chilly for some under clear skies again. No fog. Temperatures will warm up pretty fast. Yesterday was sunny and warm. Today will be sunny and warm. Maybe a little warmer, not a lot. Coast is clear. Bay looks good. But a lot of 40s here to start off. So the overnight lows are definitely cool side, especially by the coast. Highs 70s, 80s to near 90 degrees for today. Then after that temperatures are really going to take a drop tomorrow. San francisco looking good. 76. Sunshine and lots to go around. Clear skies this morning. Again not much of a breeze. Theres a little bit one but kind of a compoint after norm component of a normally breeze. Temperatures will warm up pretty quick. Cool for some. Chilly for others. Not bad for a few. Just depends