This drivers unbelievable story, next. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] up first, in ntsb report reveals new information about information about the metro smoke incident. The investigation found that long delays for both turning off the ventilation system and turning off the electrified third rail. We spoke with many of you tonight who said the incident will have a lasting effect on riders. Richard reeve is live in southwest with the story. This report certainly of interest to anyone who rides the escalators or the trains in the metro system. This report gives us a timeline of what happened and also pinpoints the worst damage. We still dont know why these events occurred last monday. At the Lenfant Plaza station we want to be safe. Mondays commute was a toxic, smoky nightmare. 200 passengers were trapped 40 minutes, 61yearold carol glover lost her life. People were confused when thi
Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Late today we learned the u. S. Supreme court has agreed to take on and likely decide the issue of samesex marriage in this country once and for all. Few issues have ever moved this fast in the history of our american society. Just over a decade ago gay couples could not get married anywhere in the u. S. Now its legal in over twothirds of the country. As the New York Times put it late today the pace of change on samesex marriage and both popular opinion and in the court has no parallel in our nations history. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams starts us off with late details from the Court Building tonight. Pete, good evening. Reporter brian, good evening. This is the first big showdown of its kind since the Supreme Court banned laws against interracial marriage almost 50 years ago. Now it will decide whether samesex marriage will be the law of the land. The court agreed to answer two questions, does the constitution require s
The only real takeaway is that were nowhere near a deal. Hence why the market nose dived. Dow plummeting 185 points. Nasdaq falling 1. 29 . Why ticktock portfolio . Because its becoming evident that we dont have just one traumatic worry ahead of us, the fiscal cliff itself, but a second one, which is that times not on the side of the compromisers anymore. Theres just too much going on in washington to presume that even likeminded people can wrest the debate from the partisan extremists of either party, those who sink below and not rise above. Even if youre confident that a deal can be reached someday, you had to have your breath taken away by the first question from the press after the president gave an impassioned statement about the need to avert the cliff thats going to raise everybodys taxes and just cause such havoc. Thats because the question was about general petraeus. Not the financial time bomb facing us. Oh, no. Petraeus . Petraeus . Dont you know this is bigger than petraeus
Of decline. It caused the averages to slightly rebound. The dow closing up 46 points, pretty impressive. Call me cynical, but i think we need to be careful about getting too excited about any near term resolution. How many times during the debt ceiling debacle, remember that . Did our leaders insist they could hammer out a deal. Even a huge grand bargain to fix the deficit only to have the negotiations unravel. Until we get a resolution, the fiscal cliff will be the most important issue out there. Tonight as part of my game plan, im going to give the historical prism as long as the cliff is hanging over our heads. As a gristled veteran of the markets, i searched my memory for the perfect analog for this moment and found it in something that happened more than 20 years ago before i give you the investing framework for the next six weeks, lets go over the more time sensitive stuff and game plan for next week. Shortened week because of the holiday. First off on monday morning we hear from
It caused the averages to slightly rebound. The dow closing up 46 points, pretty impressive. Call me cynical, but i think we need to be careful about getting too excited about any near term resolution. How many times during the debt ceiling debacle, remember that . Did our leaders insist they could hammer out a deal. Even a huge grand bargain to fix the deficit only to have the negotiations unravel. Until we get a resolution, the fiscal cliff will be the most important issue out there. Tonight as part of my game plan, im going to give the historical prism as long as the cliff is hanging over our heads. As a grizzled veteran of the markets, i searched my memory for the perfect analog for this moment and found it in something that happened more than 20 years ago before i give you the investing framework for the next six weeks, lets go over the more time sensitive stuff and game plan for next week. Shortened week because of the holiday. First off on monday morning we hear from lowes. Home