Captioning sponsored by wpbt this is n. B. R. Susie good evening everyone. Im susie gharib. The new congress is sworn in, and john boehner keeps his job as house speaker. Coming up, a 2013 legislative preview. Tom im tom hudson, auto sales end 2012 with their best sales year since the great recession, helping drive the u. S. Economic recovery. Susie and a win for google. The webs 800 pound gorilla is cleared of antitrust charges when it comes to its Online Search business. Tom that and more tonight on n. B. R. susie congress is back to work in washington, after a one day break. New members of the 113th congress were sworn in today, including 100 freshmen. They face huge challenges fights over the sequester and the debt ceiling coming around march first. And as sylvia hall reports, there are low expectations lawmakers can get the job done peacefully. Reporter returning lawmakers didnt get much of a break after that bruising fiscal cliff battle. Theyre back in washington today, swearing
Is. No justice, no peace, no justice, no peace. Demanding justice. Outrage protestors take to the streets tonight santa rosa after the da decides not to file charges against a deputy who shot and killed a teenager boy. Good evening im dan. A lot of people anticipated the District Attorney decision. Many agree many do not. That decision means veteran sheriffs deputy will not face charges for opening fire on 13yearold lopez who was carrying a toy made to look like real assault rifle. Cornell is live in santa rosa tonight with decision not to file charges and cornell the reaction to it. Yes dan. 9 month long investigation into the shootingt many do not leak the out come. Today supporters of the i think boy return to the memorial. The spot where lopez was kille killed. Supporters took to the streets of santa rosa after learning no charges will be filed against the Sonoma County sheriffs deputy who shot and killed the 13yearold last october. Alfredo sanchez was not holding back his outrage.
Ceiling and when the automatic spending cuts come into play again, and either have to be replaced with other spending cuts, or again, kicked down the road. Reporter these are the same issues that snarled congress in the summer of 2011, and again during the fiscal cliff debate. Theres little hope for a better outcome this year. President obama has promised not to negotiate with the new congress on raising the debt ceiling, but republicans are ready to use it to force major federal spending reforms and tame the national debt. Right now, the u. S. Owes 16 trillion, but some calculate our total liabilities much higher. And as Congress Jumps from small deal to small deal as they have been, analysts worry big problems are just getting bigger. 60 trillion is a conservative estimate of our unfunded liabilities of medicare social security, and medicaid put together. Thats scary. And, the fact of the problem of 2 trillion solutions to 60 trillion problems, you see the occasion of the lack of pro
For quarter after quarter, period after period, and the problem is the underlying competitiveness of the u. S. These data. This slow recovery is really a symptom of a deeper, underlying problem, and we have to get onto that problem or were going to have these weak numbers for many years to come. Susie and well have more with Michael Porter on innovation on monday. U. S. Markets are closed for the Martin Luther king, jr. , holiday, so were looking at American Innovation and competitiveness. Join us for this n. B. R. Special edition u. S. Innovation. Tom a rebound in the Housing Market and a multitude of new models may help truck sales to their best year since the financial crisis. New trucks unveiled at the north American International auto show in detroit this week arent just more powerful, theyre also more fuel efficient and loaded with new technology. Ruben ramirez reports. Reporter if 2012 was the year of the fuel efficient green car, 2013 is shaping up to be the year of the truck.
For quarter after quarter, period after period, and the problem is the underlying competitiveness of the u. S. These data. This slow recovery is really a symptom of a deeper, underlying problem, and we have to get onto that problem or were going to have these weak numbers for many years to come. Susie and well have more with Michael Porter on innovation on monday. U. S. Markets are closed for the Martin Luther king, jr. , holiday, so were looking at American Innovation and competitiveness. Join us for this n. B. R. Special edition u. S. Innovation. Tom a rebound in the Housing Market and a multitude of new models may help truck sales to their best year since the financial crisis. New trucks unveiled at the north American International auto show in detroit this week arent just more powerful, theyre also more fuel efficient and loaded with new technology. Ruben ramirez reports. Reporter if 2012 was the year of the fuel efficient green car, 2013 is shaping up to be the year of the truck.