Motion to reconvene in open session. Second. All in favor . Aye. I move not to disclose anything discussed in closed session. Second. All in favor . Opposed . Reconvene in open session and not disclose the closed session. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similarsound producing electronic device. Please be advised any member of the public may have 3 minutes. Item 8, Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. Is there any Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment on items not on the agenda is closed. Item 9 a, executive directors report. Good
Far this year. The dow has advanced 8 in total. The s p 500 up almost 14 . The nasdaq has jumped 16 . Its been a good year. The end of the year also means we are just days away from the fiscal cliff, however, and thats the bad news. And looming tax hikes, spending cuts, all of that. Both sides warning a very big deal becoming a bit more unlikely. And my one bit of advice to Speaker Boehner is this. You cannot pass a bill with just republicans. On a broad thing like this, you need both. And he has put himself with plan b and sort of an impossible position. He has to get these hard right goes to go along with him. And he and the president were going to say were going to pass a deal with the majority of republicans and the majority of democrats in the house and senate, we would get a mainstream deal. I think were going to fall out of the fiscal tree. The big deal for the big deal is at the debt ceiling. Thats when we will have leverage to turn the country around. Congress is now out of se
Happening now in the newsroom just four days until we go over the socalled fiscal cliff. Why that deadline could hit unemployed americans hard. Training teachers to defend themselves and their students. Hundreds of educators attend a free gun class in utah. Its the latest response to the Newtown School massacre thats attracting a lot of attention this morning. Thousands of dockworkers could put the u. S. Economy at risk if they go on strike on sunday. Well take you inside the crisis some are calling the container cliff. And sea world taking its water act all the way to wall street. Why investors could soon own a peace of shamu. Newsroom starts right now. Good morning. Im Victor Blackwell. Carol has the morning off. With the nation still reeling from the shooting massacre in newtown, connecticut, and engaged in a National Debate on gun control, chicago suffered a grim milestone last night, a man was killed in a shooting on chicagos dangerous west side. This scene marks chicagos 500th ho
A woman found stabbed to death inside this apartment in oakland. Why this homicide was part of a very violent morning in the city. And a chase ends in a deadly crash in the streets of oakland overnight. What we learned about the person that was killed. Were live in the south bay where police will be on the look out for drunk drivers. Well tell you about a new bill that targets offenders. Cloudy skies out there and cold, cold, mostly cloudy. But any rain with this system, well talk about that and what could be insolves too. Time for mornings on 2. Good morning welcome to mornings on 2. Good morning. Its friday december 28th and homicide investigators are looking into the death of three people. In less than two hours this morning two people were shot and killed and a woman was stabbed to death. Alex has been following the story since 4 30 this morning and joining us with the latest. It was a very busy morning. Officers found a woman stabbed to death inside a second floor unit at this Apa
Committees of jurisdiction such as commerce and banking to pass legislation with the same bipartisan support we experience experience with map21 so we are going to marcus bell up at the end of april. We must move it forward and i know that members on this committee on both sides including senator carper and senator barrasso working with senators vitter and i are all committed to this. I hope hope what youll do today is speak from the heart about what it means to you if in fact it is as important to you as a think it is. I hope he will tell us its important. If you dont pick its important, if you think the federal government could walk away from this tell us that. We need to know from you so this is a very important thing for me because again i have so much respect for folks who implement what we do here and with that i will turn it to my Ranking Member senators vitter. Thank you madam chairman for holding todays hearing. This is really important to get the local and state perspective o