Street ceo, failure to raise the debt ceiling would lead to extremely adverse consequences. Big changes coming to the Health Care System and we ask one of the nations top hospital ceos who he is doing to prepare. That and more. Good evening everybody. Im bill griffin in for tyler mathisen. Im susie gharib, good evening everyone. On day two of the government shutdown, president obama talking tough and acting tough. He called together the leadership of chambers of congress to find a solution and get the government up and running again and he met with a group of powerful bank ceos to discuss the risks of the Financial System and in an exclusive interview, the president singled out what he called a small faction of the Republican Party and says hes willing to negotiate after the government is open for business again. John harwood sat down with the president today and joins us now from the white house. John, over to you, what happened . Reporter one of the things confusing to people is what
Administrators are experiencing, but certainly the women who participate in the program. Reporter the National Institutes of health, meanwhile, turned away patients seeking to enroll in experimental treatments. And there were warnings at a Senate Hearing about national security, from james clapper, director of national intelligence. Ive been in the intelligence business for about 50 years. Id never seen anything like that were already taking, that this seriously damages our ability to protect the safety and security of this nation and its citizens. Reporter with no end in sight, the odds also were growing that the shutdown stalemate will merge with an expected fight over raising the debt ceiling. Leaders of major Financial Firms met with the president today to discuss the potential economic harm. As things stand, the federal government will default on its obligations unless Congress Lifts the Borrowing Limit by october 17. Woodruff well have more on all of this, after the news summary.
Cvs will no longer sell cigarettes. But will the shortterm loss lead to longheterm gains. All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for wednesday, february 5th. Im bill griffin in for tyler mathisen. And im susie gharib. Nice have you here, bill. Here a tweet that twitter didnt want to get. After the closing bell it released its very first earning report after going public back in november. But the news was mixed. Twitter earned two cents a share while analysts were expecting a loss of two cents a share. Revenue bead forecasts and guidance for the period is strong. A key metric was not good. Growth in the number of new users was anemic. A gain of only 3. 8 . Investors expected much more. Twitter shares plunged more than 10 in after thehours trading. Sheila dharmarajan, what was your take away on it . Reporter it was a big surprise. Investors were very disappointed. The big key takeaway is scale. How does twitter make money . Tierz advertising. This number put lot of doubt in
Cvs will no longer sell cigarettes. But will the shortterm loss lead to longheterm gains. All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for wednesday, february 5th. Im bill griffin in for tyler mathisen. And im susie gharib. Nice have you here, bill. Here a tweet that twitter didnt want to get. After the closing bell it released its very first earning report after going public back in november. But the news was mixed. Twitter earned two cents a share while analysts were expecting a loss of two cents a share. Revenue bead forecasts and guidance for the period is strong. A key metric was not good. Growth in the number of new users was anemic. A gain of only 3. 8 . Investors expected much more. Twitter shares plunged more than 10 in after thehours trading. Sheila dharmarajan, what was your take away on it . Reporter it was a big surprise. Investors were very disappointed. The big key takeaway is scale. How does twitter make money . Tierz advertising. This number put lot of doubt in
Cvs will no longer sell cigarettes. But will the shortterm loss lead to longheterm gains. All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for wednesday, february 5th. Im bill griffin in for tyler mathisen. And im susie gharib. Nice have you here, bill. Here a tweet that twitter didnt want to get. After the closing bell it released its very first earning report after going public back in november. But the news was mixed. Twitter earned two cents a share while analysts were expecting a loss of two cents a share. Revenue bead forecasts and guidance for the period is strong. A key metric was not good. Growth in the number of new users was anemic. A gain of only 3. 8 . Investors expected much more. Twitter shares plunged more than 10 in after thehours trading. Sheila dharmarajan, what was your take away on it . Reporter it was a big surprise. Investors were very disappointed. The big key takeaway is scale. How does twitter make money . Tierz advertising. This number put lot of doubt in