Good evening, thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with the storm moving across america at this ho hammering the central part of the country, and moving to the northeast. Look at this in chicago, and more than 2,000 flights cancelled today. This picture from ohare waiting for a flight to atlanta. And whiteknuckle rides like this in chicago. Tough to navigate. And in the northeast some schools are closed and bracing for a dangerous morning commute. We begin with alex perez in chicago. Good evening. The snow started early this morning and has not stopped since. Many streets just like this one completely covered. Inches and inches piling up everywhere. Parts of wisconsin, michigan and illinois buried under snow tonight. In the windy city trucks racing to keep up. A slippery mess making getting around a nightmare. Its like mud. Like heavy mud. Reporter if youre driving, how bad is it . Its terrible you can slide and get stuck. Reporter and blowing snow one of the c
Hello, everybody. Im gerri willis. Tonight no progress on the fiscal cliff as democrats and republicans trade barbs over the issue. One group of americans is finding a way through this regardless of congress and the presiden smallbusiness owners in this country are preparing to hire. Join me now, chief u. S. Economist for i may just pull one side. Heart of America Group founder, and member of the Jobs Creation alliance and actual job creators in this country who say their voices not being heard in this office took with debate. Also with us from the weekly standard, steven haze. Welcome. Great to have you here. I want to start with the conversation in washington and what the speaker had to say about the status of the fiscal here is mr. Boehner. This is in the Progress Report because there is no progress to report. When it comes to the fiscal cliff that is turning our economy and jobs, the white hhuse is wasted another week. Gerri what do you say . We wasted another week. We seem to be g
Join us atwittering, and also facebook. Facebook. Weve seen sales near in the slow lane. Cold weather may have kept crowds from the auto lots, nevertheless they have the strongest sales in years. Gm sales jumped as well as ford and chrysler. Over all it rose more than 8 to 18. 6 million vehicles sold. And exports grew 9 compared to the same period in 2012. The Auto Industry put the last traces of the recession in the rear view mirror. Its worth remembering that five years ago americas recession hit car sales and detroit very hard. The federal government stepped in and bailed out g. M. To the tune of 51 million. Five years later the government is out of both companies, g. M. Is leaner and meaner, and chrysler will soon be wholly owned by italys fiat. Ford, which never took bailout money, is in a much stronger position. The Treasury Department estimated the big three have added 341,000 new jobs to the economy since 2009. And car manufacturing is now one of the leading sectors benefiting
Hello, im ray suarez. Arseniy yatsenyuk was named interim Prime Minister of ukraine, as demonstrators clashed with police. In the dramafilled games, president Viktor Yanukovych left the country, Russian Forces landed and took control of the crimean peninsula, and now that part of ukraine, formerly part of russia is heading towards a referendum in its future status. If crimea declares independence, its assumed its an interim status before it lines up with russia. The u. S. , britain, france, germany, italy, canada and japan promised to take action against russia if it happens. Whats at take for the United States. What American National interest is on the line. When people in other countries argue over a territory and International Border changes. Prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk comes to washington hoping the u. S. Will back its threats with action. President obama hosted his first meeting with Arseniy Yatsenyuk. The interests of the United States is making sure that the people of ukrai
Leadership does not want it to come out. There is a great deal of confusion. It is compounded by the fact chairman camp will be stepping down and there is no clear person to inherit. It is in limbo right now. I think anyone who is being honest would acknowledge theres no chance tax reform was voted on this year. I think what he was saying is the role of industry, specifically lobbyists he will give their feedback and pick it apart. We will see this process going forward. People present their arguments. The public at home should be of the lobbyists will have their say. Thank you for being here this week with your questions. Chris christie had eight percent. Rick santorum was tied for fifth place. Brand paul the fox news this morning to talk about the cpac poll and whether he would run for president in 2016. We are definitely talking about it. My family is talking about it. We are doing the thing that will be necessary to measure it could happen. I have not made up my mind and will not u