We will see if it means good news on the future of the economy. Who would you cell to . The newest odd couple, if that is not odd enough, how high taxes are brought together. One of frances most notable actors and someone from russia. We begin with Nicole Petallides. Nicole we are not too far off the unchanged line. Right now we are down about 20 points on wall street. The Dow Jones Industrials get the nasdaq slightly lower. I also wanted to take a look at some of the automakers. We got in some numbers from them. Ford and gm, both of these names hitting 52 week highs. Sales are improving. Pickup truck demand has also picked up. No pun intended there. It is looking pretty good. You can see right now the u. S. Automakers are doing quite well with off aeros. Toyota is down about a half percent. Honda motor also under some pressure at the moment. Back to you. Connell will the new class offer more of the same relock . We have peter barnes now. Peter we should have a shot at the house floor
[ theme ] yeah, its the Stephanie Miller show. This is chris. That is jim. Chris is sick as a dog and stephanies not here. It will be a wonderful show today. We only had a day off the fiscal cliff. So theres that. Representative john boehner told senator reid to go f himself. Twice. Really . According to the folks at politico. So im shush well be talking about that if stephanie gets here. Hoping and praying she gets here. Happy new year to everyone out there. Yeah, Jacki Schechner happy new year. Happy new year to you too. Some things dont change. You like to step all over my news before i start. Oh, geez, did i do that . Oh god okay. Theres stephanie. Stephanie happy new year. Lets go to Jacki Schechner in the current news year. Whatever, steph. Thanks for joining us good morning everyone. Happy new year to you. Not only did Congress Wait until the very last minute to come to a deal to stave off the fiscal cliff but by all accounts, nobody is generally thrilled with what they came to
Out the red tag. A deca i think my wife wanted it done even more. The city pulls out the red tag. A decadelong dispute over a messy yard leads to an eviction notice. Why some neighbors we talked to are conflicted. I miss her, and im angry. Her dog killed during a robbery, now video that may help catch the man responsible. And from nascar tracks to puerto rican rum so cluttered you can see the junk in Satellite Photos from space some neighbors say the san mateo property is an eyesore. The city says its a health hazard. Reporter what can i say . There is just a lot of stuff out here and its taken years to build up to this point. And in that time, the city of san mateos patience has worn thin. So they have taken the dramatic step of evicting the family and taking them to court. Reporter mark is the first to admit, it all needs to get cleaned up. Are you a hoarder . I horded a lot of stuff from different jobs because i figured i would use it, and i have. Yes and no. When im all done, every
Under us. Absolutely indefensible. Absurd. Absolutely absurd. Shame on you, mr. Speaker. Reporter the failure to even vote on the 60 billion bill prompted an outburst from new jersey governor, chris christie. 66 days and counting. Shame on you. Shame on congress. Reporter his wrath aimed squarely at Republican Leaders in congress. They forget, we sent them there. We sent them there to do the work for us. Not to sit down there and play with each other. Reporter all that sound and fury apparently paid off. Late wednesday, the speaker of the house said that aid to victims of Hurricane Sandy would be the First Priority of the new congress to get sworn in on thursday. The first vote for sandy victims coming on friday. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. Our thanks to jonathan. So, the speaker conceding to pressure over sandy aid. But hes taking a stand on another issue. The hill newspaper reports that boehner is promising to end any further oneonone talks with the president , reported
And emergency crews are on the scene. Coming up on 5 02. The breaking news we have been following and we got a tweeted picture of a knife left at the scene of the Home Invasion robbery in San Francisco. Residents are held at gunpoint by intruders in the Outer Richmond district a few hours ago on 40th avenue. The gunman reportedly got away with electronics and there are no reports of injury. Abc7 News Reporter will be back with another live report in half an hour. We have developing news, friends and family of a teen are searching for her in South Lake Tahoe as she vanished celebrating new years eve. A woman was last seen at South Lake Tahoe but here the flyers are going up, and the 19yearold, alyssa byrne 5 7, black hair and blue eyes. This is no reason to believe she is near petaluma. This is alyssa byrne, a graduate of casa grande high school, missing since new years eve where she went for the snow globe Music Festival. All her friends were staying at the hotel and she told a friend