Then a showdown between president obama and Russias Vladimir Putin as World Leaders gather for the g20 meeting. Syria tensions dominating those talks. We are live at the summit in st. Petersburg. Simon hobbs is my pattern and hes at the new york stock exchange. Hi, simon. For those of you tuning in, welcome. We have great data today with one small exception. Obviously the economy is front and center as we gear up for tomorrows employment report. We have three separate reads on the labor market, the adp report showing the private sector with 176,000 jobs in august. That figure is very close to the consensus estimate tomorrow of 175,000 job gains, too. Separately we did get a report from challenger that says job cuts since august surged to the highest since february. But the number of americans actually filing for new claims for Unemployment Benefits fell get this to a fiveyear low. And the fourweek moving average is now at levels we have not seen since before the recession. As if that w
We are getting late word tonight, the actor best known for playing the conniving and mischievous j. R. Ewing on the long Running Series dallas has died. He died late this afternoon from complications of cancer. He was 81. Cbs reporter alexis looks back at his career. Stay out of my affairs pamela. You make me sick. Everybody hates me. They love this character. Love him or hate him. Audiences watched seasons of him playing the infamous j. R. In dallas, j. R. Cheated his family, friends and his wife while taking plenty of knocks of his own. When the who shot j. R. Episode airs 83 million americans tuned in to watch. In real life heavy drinking led to a liver transplant that prolonged his life and perhaps gave him a sense of mortal hi his tv character j. R. Never shared. Like j. R. He was born in texas. The son of pack tres mary actress martin. We first new him at the astronaut from i dream of jeannie. He received no residuals for i dream of jeannie which is still in syndication. He was d
Lets get it started in here really . And good morning to all of you. What a thanksgiving it was. Actually, on the football fields. And we hope in the living rooms for all of you. Lots to get to this morning. But let us not waste any time in wishing our dear colleague, robin roberts, a very happy birthday, robin. [ applause ] shes only 40. Its a big one. If my 40, you mean 21. Happy birthday, robin. I hope you gave yourself a little time to sleep in. Meanwhile, we do have a lot for you. Were going to have a starstudded birthday spectacular for her. As george, and lara and sam are enjoying time with their families. We hope you had a beautiful thanksgiving day. Now, its black friday. Look at all of the stores all over the country that are already open for business. Were going to get the experts take on what the hottest toys are. And whether or not you should be buying some of these items. Believe it or not, by this time on friday, black friday, some things are already gone. You shouldnt b
We will look at where it is all headed. And the reunion, old friends pulled apart by Hurricane Sandy now back together. Thanks to a little help from the next generation. Good evening, much of the worlds attention today was focused on a horrific tragedy in brazil, the death toll tonight at least 230 after a fastmoving fire broke out in a crowded nightclub. Officials say too many people and too few exits turned the club into a death trap after a rock bands pyrotechnics apparently ignited the ceiling. Many patrons were left unable to get out, overwhelmed by the smoke, and in some cases, the flames themselves much the circumstances are eerily similar to some other deadly nightclub fires the past several years, including one in this country. Todays tragedy happened in the southern brazilen University Town of santa maria. Nbcs mike taibbi reports. Reporter the kiss nightclub was packed with the usual saturday night crowd when at 2 00 in the morning, a disaster. The ground floor was filled wi
Worlds attention today was focused on a horrific tragedy in brazil, the death toll tonight at least 230 after a fastmoving fire broke out in a crowded nightclub. Officials say too many people and too few exits turned the club into a death trap after a rock bands pyrotechnics apparently ignited the ceiling. Many patrons were left unable to get out, overwhelmed by the smoke, and in some cases, the flames themselves much the circumstances are eerily similar to some other deadly nightclub fires the past several years, including one in this country. Todays tragedy happened in the southern brazilen University Town of santa maria. Nbcs mike taibbi reports. Reporter the kiss nightclub was packed with the usual saturday night crowd when at 2 00 in the morning, a disaster. The ground floor was filled with smoke. Club security initially blocked several emergency exits, thinking patrons were leaving without paying and that left only a few ways out. In the ensuing panic, many victims were trampled,