Ten,000 new tickets vanished for another papal event. They were gone just seven minutes. Weve been checking websites like e bay and craigslist. Some of those tickets are up for sale for up to 250. The ticket sellers arent the only ones trying to cash in for the popes visit. Youll spot all kinds of merchandise everywhere dedicated to pope francis. The world meeting of families joined that trend. George, with all the tourists that are coming in here, theres a big market for local entrepreneurs. A million plus pilgrims here on the parkway presents a big opportunity. An opportunity for Small Businesses that offer Services Like the Shuttle Service behind these flyers and those that offer keepsakes. For event organizers, the entrepreneurs fill some important gaps and sometimes present competition. Remember the pope dot com . Yes. Michael mccarthy has a catchy website and a plan. Hes designed this poster, showcasing the popes u. S. Tour for pilgrims who want a visual reminder of the historic
How boulders in at the time valley, manage to move across the dessert. The crisis in ukraine, took an ominous turn. Russian forces have entered south eastern ukraine, in what one of the countrys military leaders call add full scale invasion, nato says at least 1,000 troops are now in ukraine. President obama says the u. S. Military will not get involved. We are not taking military action to solve the problem. What we are doing is to mobilize the international community, to apply pressure on russia. Al jazeera has more from south eastern ukraine. The evidence is mounting and for the first time, the word invasion is being used at the highest political levels. In brussells nato officials released satellite imagery, as evidence of artillery pieces and the Russian Military column on the move. The Prime Minister has urged the council and the European Union to act with the highest urgency. We can confirm, that Russian Military boats are on the ukrainian ground. Ukrainian forces are capable to
Maybe she would have stood by them, but well never know. So, mr. President , it is for these reasons i regrettably cannot support her nomination. Ms. Saldana, as i said, is somebody who i admire and respect, but if she is determined to help the president implement this deeply flawed executive action and refuse to enforce the law that congress has written and has been signed by previous president s, i cant support her nomination. I will not aid and abet a president dead set on unilaterally defying our nations immigration laws. Mr. President , i yield the floor. The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Mr. Durbin mr. President , i ask the chair report the saldana nomination calendar number 1084. The presiding officer is there an objection . Without objection. The clerk will report the nomination. The Clerk Department of Homeland Security, sarah r. Saldana of texas ton an assistant secretary. Mr. Durbin mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Mr. Durbin mr
As at all a live report on any potential delays from there in just a bit. The violence continues to escalate in the middle east and was explosion now in tel aviv. At least 10 people were injured. Secretary of state and Hillary Clinton arrived in the region. To make peace between hamas and gaza and the israelis. The bay area waking up to wet weather this morning on the busiest travel day of the year. We do see what roads to get to more news faster return to sole reporter Jackie Sissel will joins us live from oakland eyes to the rose is still wet. Traffic is a diesel is moving where you are. It is moving slowly the roadways are still with the rain has stopped on northbound 880. The thing that was surprising is how much traffic is out here. It is the day before thanksgiving at 7 00 a. M. The morning we have seen a steady flow of traffic coming down this wet 880 corridor. The last couple of hours of natural it is commute traffic or people headed out for the thanksgiving day weekend is the
Expenses, fixed costs down 1. 3 . They are not willing to buy buildings, take on higher represent, not buying computers or equipment because they dont believe the demand is coming. They are not making any bigger investment. Thats what we need to lift the economy is that investment, and the fact its declining . Wow, thats really a bad sign. Neil scott, a Better Future indicator . What so many ceos are saying im preparing for the worst just in case. Suspect that a more telling future . Yeah, look at Consumer Spending numbers. The positive note is it increased, but guess what . Its down from the First Quarter and down from last year so youre right, the businesses look at the dollars from the wallets saying, hey, they are not flying out of there. If you look the the investment numbers, convicting to gdp last year and the year prior, which, by the way, gdp, 1. 7 , below the trend this year, 3 in 2010. The economys deaccelerating. Neil adam, do you think of that . Well, things could be bette