Tonight the life line for more than a million americans has been cut. 1. 3 Million People will no longer have longterm Unemployment Benefits. On average each person got 1,000 a month. Benefits began five years ago during the height of the recession. The cost to the government 225 billion. Congress renewed the payouts until now. Tom ackerman stepped down with people hit by the loss. The u. S. Economy is adding jobs but is well short of a total before the bottom fell out of the Labour Market in 2007. The hardest hit are the longterm unemployed. Many will exhaust benefits unless congress renoose the program. Meanwhile people like norbert franzak are being cut off. I wont be able to pay for utilities. After this check i have to pay the mortgage. Ill have less than 200 in the bank. Palmar appealed for benefits to be restored. Unemployment is a life line that can make the difference between hardship and lasting charity. People think we need two years of unemployment insurance, they should co
In russia. At least 15 died, 34 were hurt after a bomber detonated explosives while approaching a security checkpoint. It happened in volgograd, 600 miles south of moscow, and more than 700 miles from sochi, the home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. The blast comes six weeks before the games. The u. S. Condemns the bombing, saying the stance on solidarity against russia with any terror attack. Peter sharp has the latest. The chaotic aftermath of an attack at a Railway Station in volgograd, a body on the street. A woman set off explosives near metal detectors near the main train station. The blast was captured on camera. The station was packed with thousands leaving on christmas holidays. Translation everything was covered in smoke. After 10 minutes i was able to see and there were boddize everywhere. Inside the train station everything was destroyed. The attack killed hundreds of people. According to preliminary information the power of this explosion was the equivalent of 10 kilograms of
Longterm Unemployment Benefits ran out. A live line for life line for 1. 3 million people. They are cut off. They wont be getting what they used to go a little over 1,000. It start at the height of the recession. Since then it cost 225 billion since 2008. The u. S. Economy is adding jobs, but is well short of a total before the bottom fell out of the Labour Market in 2007. The hardest hit are the longterm unemployment, 4. 9 million will exhaust emergency benefits during 2014, unless Congress Acts to renew the program. People like 56yearold norbert franzak are being cut off now. Im not going be able to pay for utilities. In fact, after this check i get this week from unemployment, i have to pay the mortgage payment on 1 january, ill have less than 200 in the bank. Before congress adjourned for the year president obama appealed for the benefits to be restored. For many looking for work Unemployment Insurance is a life line that can make the difference between temporary hardship and lasti
Translation its cold so i thought i would come to the train station. Its warmer there. As soon as i walked to the station, all hell broke loose. People, glass, people in the air. I received a concussion. I didnt understand what was going on at least is an are dead after a suicide bomber attacked a train station in southern russia, after approaching the metal detector. It happened in volgograd, six weeks before the winter Olympic Games in socchi. Peter sharp has the latest. The chaotic after math of an attack at a Railway Station in volgograd. A body lays on the ground as Emergency Services struggle to treat the survivors. Police say a woman set off a suicide vest. The blast was captured on camera at the entrance to the station. The station was packed with people leaving for christmas holidays. Translation everything was covered with smoke. After 10 minutes i could see again. The attack killed and injured dozens of people. Translation according to preliminary information, the power of t
Satellite, but something they saw raised hopes, concern that they may have found something. The australians, as alan diehl was saying have an excellent investigative aviation force, and they have, i am sure, looked at the industry. I wouldnt be surprised if the ntsb and fbi have as well. They think it looks promising and they need to take a closer look which is what they are doing. If they find it is from the aircraft, theyll retrieve it and bring in assistance from the air. Let me interrupt you. Theres sound from the Prime Minister what he said a few moments ago. Lets listen. I would like to inform the house that new and credible information has dom light in the light of the search for flight 370. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority received information based on satellite imagery of objects possibly related to the search. Following specialist analyst of this satellite imagery two possible objects related to the search have been identified. I can inform the house that a Royal Aust