For it all. It is thursday new york city. What would you rather do . Freeze and sit in traffic or open up a facebook account . Wow. I will get back to you on that one. It is time now for the new speed. Top stories from around the world. Consumer spending drove the u. S. Economy in the fourth quarter. The gdp rose at an annual rate of 3. 2 , matching the median forecast. The tumor spending increased by the most in over three years. 70 of the for overall economy. Google shares are rising after y sold mobility unit motorola to lenovo. It held onto most of the patents acquired when it bought the motorola unit back in 2000 well. Meanwhile, investors in hong kong sending the stock down over eight percent for lenovo. , kinder,a world gentler. They will take saturdays off at citibank. They dont have to use their Vacation Time each year. Similar policies and that productivity and keeping bankers from leaving that warm, fuzzy banker feeling. I dont know if i believe it or know what to do about i
Here an Insurance Exchange in new york and healthcare. Gov. President obama praised the program and pummeled republicans. They have shut down the government over an ideological crew said to deny Affordable Health Care Insurance to millions of americans. Reporter a poll finds 72 of americans disagree with shutting down government to block oma care. The deals that House Republicans are considering at this hour and will vote on reopen the department of veteran affairs, District Of Columbia government and National Parks. Senate democrats rejected. They are demanding the whole shutdown be rolled back and the Affordable Care act left alone. Live from the capital, im steve handelsman, reporting. Back to you. Thank you, steve. Lets go live inside the capital building. D. C. Delegate Eleanor Holmesnorton is speaking. Lets listen. Both the the the appropriation committee, defer to the authorizers but said it believed that shutdown hurt the district of the columbia. The appropriation of the senat
Shes live in san rafael and is telling us its been raining off and on there for several hours. Reporter were in downtown san rafael where its raining right now. People are out and about. And theyre preparing for the storm even though the storm is not expected to pack a punch. These sandbags are staying put. They say the storm flooded sunday morning and hope this round of rain will not cause any additional problems. Are you worried about the afternoon . Hopefully it wont be that bad. This is where we keep all our rain boots, rain suits. Reporter inside the store theres whats called a rain room. Tonight some shelves need restocking. Theres been a shortage on tarps and repair supplies. They will wait, when it happens you will see them comeing in in droves. Reporter this Kindergarten Teacher says hes learned his lesson hes finally bought his rain gear tonight. Got really wet actually. So much i got sick over the weekend as well. Just being out and about. Reporter we saw the Thomas Family p
Pounded the region about 10 days ago. Good evening im frank somerville. And im julie haener. Were back on team coverage. This system could slow your morning commute. Amber lee begins our coverage. Shes live in san rafael and is telling us its been raining off and on there for several hours. Reporter were in downtown san rafael where its raining right now. People are out and about. And theyre preparing for the storm even though the storm is not expected to pack a punch. These sandbags are staying put. They say the storm flooded sunday morning and hope this round of rain will not cause any additional problems. Are you worried about the afternoon . Hopefully it wont be that bad. This is where we keep all our rain boots, rain suits. Reporter inside the store theres whats called a rain room. Tonight some shelves need restocking. Theres been a shortage on tarps and repair supplies. They will wait, when it happens you will see them comeing in in droves. Reporter this Kindergarten Teacher says
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