mississippi. a suspected tornado on the ground. you can see the rotation there, the red in the center of that map. we re hearing of debris reportedly falling out of the sky near columbia, mississippi. no word on any injuries so far, but we re keeping an eye on this. we knew there was severe weather coming in. we ll bring you details as we learn it. a congressman who reportedly attempted to throw someone off a balcony pleaded guilty. he told reporters he s going to keep doing his jom as long as he s able to. according to documents congressman grimm was accused of hiding wages in 2007. he made headlines after a reporter asked about the investigation and the cameras were rolling.
count of tax fraud in a federal court in brooklyn despite facing charges before election day. easily won re-election in november. lawyers for the staten island republican have no comment. earlier today democratic leader nancy pelosi called on john boehner to act, saying now that the election is over, congressman grimm is finally admitting the truth to his constituents. speaker boehner insists he resign immediately. the latest obamacare numbers are in. according to hhs sylvia burwell, 6 million people enrolled on healthcare.gov. she said 1.6 million were new sign-ups. holiday cheer from wall street. the dow broke 18,000 for the first time ever this morning. investors were encouraged by a new report showing the country s gdp grew by 3%. that s the best in 11 years. i m only in my 60 s.
he won re-election last month, and today house minority leader nancy pelosi said, quote, now that the election is over, congressman grimm is finally admitting the truth. clearly speaker boehner must ask him to resign immediately. boehner said he will not comment until he talks with him first. thank you for being with us today. first of all, i just want to ask you about politics and protocol. do we have any indication what speaker boehner might be doing and the protocol of wanting to talk with grimm first before an announcement? right. well, even if speaker boehner has not spoken with michael grimm yet, i m sheer that one of his emissaries has. i d be shocked at this point, maybe it was kevin mccarthy,
nancy pelosi, to call on boehner to do this, is that something that republicans would even listen to? i mean they have their own way of dealing with this. they do. and john boehner especially showed a pretty low tolerance in terms of member scandals, right? when things have happened in the past, he s urged them to step out quickly. i would not be surprised if those conversations right now are happening but also let s talk about what democrats want out of the situation? michael grimm represents a conservative house district and democrats want that house seat. they want to win the first special election of 2015 and a special election would happen if he resigns. it s interesting. voters have had a little bit of an indication that some of this was going on before and he won re-election. real quickly, your last thought. yeah, absolutely. he won re-election for a couple of reasons.
speaker john boehner. it is one thing to have someone with felony charges pending against them serving congress, it is another thing to have congress include a convicted felon among its members. so far, speaker boehner is not saying what he will do if michael grimm pleads guilty to a felony the day after tomorrow. but is there really a chance they re going to let him stay after he pleads guilty? is, i have to serve my jail time an acceptable excuse for missing committee meetings? we may be about to find out. watch this space. dads take nyquil. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. twhat do i do?. you need to catch the 4:10 huh? the equipment tracking system will get you to the loading dock. there should be a truck leaving now. i got it.