0 as i said, i m sure they love that. to bow live kra, thousands gathering around an ecofriendly christmas tree. the tree stands 45 feet high. made up of 50,000 plastic bottles. pretty cool. people have to pedal on a bike to produce enough energy to actually light up the tree. oh. really cool. all right. that will do it for around the world today. we ll go off and make a list. yes, thanks for watching. cnn newsroom starts right now. have a great weekend. right now, president obama is getting ready to face some tough questions after a tough year. we ll preview the president s news conference set to he boo gin in one hour and have brand new job approval numbers out this hour. how is the president doing? right now, wall street investors are reacting in a big way to new economic numbers that show the economy growing at a much faster pace than initially thought. the surprising figure and what it means for your finances just ahead. and right now, snow, ice and driving rain. a
need small business approval for a loan to open a shop? you re going to have to wait on that. all that could come to a screeching halt after monday. right now, congress appears set to play ping-pong with a bill that could keep everything running. i want to get to our chief congressional correspondent dana bash on capitol hill as well as our congressional correspondent brianna keilar. i read a bunch of stuff. the senate just voted to strip language defunding obama care from the bill to fund the government. so what happens when they send this bill back to the house of representatives? it s oniliti its way as we s. they just formally passed the bill keeping the government open for about another month and a half, until november 15th. the answer to what happens next is anybody s guess right now. that s what makes this so fluid. and frankly, a little bit frustrating for a lot of people up here, never mind the people around the country watching. the reason it is so up in the air i
0 monday night. and they ve eliminated any defunding of obama care, and now they throw the ball back to the house of representatives. much more coverage coming up here in the cnn newsroom. cnn s don lemon picks up our coverage. all right, wolf, thank you very much. i m don lemon. we re three days and ten hours away from a possible shutdown of the federal government. and just moments ago, the senate voted to strip out an amendment defunding obama care and passed a bill to fund government operations through mid-november. now it goes to the house of representatives. do you know what a shutdown could mean? i m going to tell you essential stuff like air traffic control, national security, and social security checks will be just fine. but hundreds of thousands of federal workers face furloughs, national parks and museums, yosemite and the smithsonian will close, visas, passperts, and gun permits will be on hold. need small business approval for a loan to open a shop? you re going to have