Jackie we have gerri willis on floor of the new york stock exchange, jeff flock in chicago. What happened today . Dow only needed 36 points to do that. It beat that level. Were at a new high. As you were saying that is the 21st record close of the year. S p only needed a little more than half a point to finish record territory. It achieved that, and more. Here we are, fueled mostly by apple shares. Finally, we got the nasdaq through 9,000. Very big finish for the nasdaq. Tech very critical part of stocks move. Well talk about amazon for just a second here. The company saying they added five Million People as prime members over the Holiday Season. They said it was a record Holiday Season for them. They did very well indeed. And, just adding a lot of people who can add to their bottom line. Some of the people actually signed up for a trial membership on prime. Others actually paying that 119 a year. So amazon, with a very good day. Meanwhile, apple also pushing the nasdaq to new highs, f
This may only be the beginning of his legal woes. Swimming for their lives. A scary moment as a 14foot gator closes in on a girl scout troop. Well show the close escape. Good morning, and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Breaking overnight, about 13,000 united autoworkers walked off the job at midnight at three u. S. Factories. The uaw launched the limited strike when it could not reach an agreement with the bigthree automakers on a new contract. The rest of the unions nearly 150,000 workers are still on the job, at least for now. Jarred hill is here in new york with latest on all of this. Good morning. Reporter ford now, its importance here, because the Union President says the strike could expand if theres no deal long term. The united autoworkers are pushing not just for raises but to get back some of what they gave up to help these Companies Stay afloat during the great recession. But the execs argue some of the demands go too far. [ chants ] for the first time ever, the un
The skies over capitol hill. Whats going on there is landing like a led balloon on wall street. If youre losing money the last four days, you know who it is. Senate majority leader harry reid says the u. S. Is probably going over the fiscal cliff. Hes planning a news conference. We dont have the exact time. When it goes, well go there. Investors getting quite nervous. Obviously the dow dropping below 13,000. The First Time Since early december. Fear index is spiking the vick. What going over the cliff will mean for you and your money. We will talk about it this hour. Airline stocks flying high sitting at 1 1 2 year highs. Will it be smooth skies for the industry next year in 2013. Phil lebeau has the report. How about housing . What a story housing has been this year. A milestone. Home prices on track for their first yearoveryear gain since 2006. Is the worst finally over . Some say yes, others say no. What does Michelle Carusocabrera say. Tyler, lets drill down to the numbers you were
Its a very important step in our quest to ensure that there is that degree of certainty. This bill ensures that the American People will not have the largest tax increase in the history of our country tomorrow. We have to make sure that the most vulnerable americans do not pay for the rich getting richer. The house will vote on the deal as is there will not be an amendment an idea previously toss around it extends Unemployment Benefits for 2 million americans but it puts off tackling 24 billion in spending cuts for two months when a new congress will be in place dick durbin praised president obama for making the deal happen. He was successful in the senate i hope he will be in the house as well. The senate bill is expected to take place in about an hour or so thanks very much on this first day of the new year three homicides in chicago the latest late this afternoon in the gage park neighborhood of man was shot in the chest in a possible driveby shooting. He just left work at a downtow
And i think that he felt a response ability because theres nobody, he felt a responsibility to say well, without a body, without dna evidence, can we really say for sure that this man is dead . To the phantom that escapes how many times managed to escape a month time as adolf eichmann. At the top of most wanted list have been ostracized presents at, but not a lewdly sure. That is through the case remains from his perspective to this day. The macquarie convinced he had yes. Everyone while u. S. Yourself, but its very clear from the evidence in the German Authorities they declared him dead as well. The book is called the eternal nazi. Nicholas kulish, souad mekhennet, thank you very much. [applause] please join us in the back force of wine and food and books to purchase and had nine. Thank you again for joining us. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] Richard Ravitch on detroits bankruptcy of former Lieutenant Governor of new york talks about his life as a Public Service a