Until the fiscal cliff. And i know you know that already, but guess what, folks . The deadline for congress and the white house to act, to stop the tax increase and punishing spending cuts, that deadline is coming up quicker than you may realize because did you know, Congress Plans to end its current session on december 21st . Check your calendar as we did today. Thats two weeks from friday. That means that under congressional rules any agreement, any legislation to fix this whole mess would have to be filed here by december 28th. Heres the kicker. The president currently plans to leave town the day before that, on the 17th of this month. So the yearly obama trip to hawaii is set to start a week from next monday. You feel me here . See where im going . The window closing faster than folks think. What are our decisionmakers doing right now . Among other things they are apparently sending signals through the media. Republicans saying time to get moving. The president saying there is a de
A lot of Economic Data out this morning, jobless claims coming in better than expected. Core ppi in line with consensus. Retail sales light. As for the picture in europe, take a look there. Really following the cues of the u. S. Markets this morning. Our road map today starts with the fed announcing a new round of stimulus as chairman ber bernanke warps the fiscal cliff is hurting growth. House Speaker John Boehner expected to talk on the cliff talks 11 a. M. Eastern time. Told you this week, of course, they were talking actively, now, Sprint Nextel offering to purchase the other half of clearwire it doesnt own. Surges of best buy surging on reports that the founder is on the verge of making a formal takeover bid. And google maps has found its way back into apples operating system. Of course, we have to start off with the markets. Dows fiveday winning streak has been snapped, despite the fed announcing a new round of stimulus. Chairman ber bernanke say worries about the fiscal cliff ar
Com cspan. And you can also email us, cspan cspan. Org. Who do you blame for the debt ceiling Government Shutdown . 29 of those surveyed said republicans. 12 said democrats. But 54 said that they blame both parties. And this from cnns recent poll this week with the headline, g. O. P. Boehner takes shutdown hit, and it says this according to the survey, 54 say its a bad thing that the g. O. P. Controls the house, up 11 points from last december. Soon after the 2012 elections when the republicans kept control of the chamber, only 38 say its a good thing the g. O. P. Controls the house, a 13point dive from the end of the last year. So thats cnns poll. Front page of the Washington Times this morning has this headline, republicans lose more key voters they tried to reach. Host so thats in the Washington Times this morning, a flaver for you of the recent polls that have come out and the impact of the Government Shutdown. From that usa today poll that we read a little bit earlier, heres the s
Yay hes with us live. And ladies night, the glamour event of the game. Figure skaters from the u. S. And around the world begin their quest to become queen of the olympic ice today, wednesday, february 19th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition today at the olympic winter games with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from olympic park in sochi, russia. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning here in sochis olympic park. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along with al roker and Natalie Morales. Now ted shred ligety with a great historymaking performance. Thats right. A lot of expectations on him coming into these games he might leave with a gold medal. Check that box. Its happened first time an american male has won the giant slalom. Congratulations to him. We have a lot to celebrate. A lot of Medal Winners live here this morning. Well get to all the action here in sochi in a moment. But we want to start with our top story. The deteriorating situ
How about you, hoda . Great, great, great christmas. Heres the thing, because its falling on such a weird day, wednesday, a lot of people are realizing today they actually have to go back to work. Today on wednesday. Were here you have to go back to work and people make up excuses not to show up. They call in sick. Or somebody else is sick. One worker said her dog was having a nervous breakdown. Holidays are stressful. Another said he was too upset after watching the hunger games. Another girl said she had her toe stuck in the faucet. Thats a little kinky. Little weird. Employers do see an up tick in people calling in sick because it is around that time. You want to make it from christmas all the way to new years, but you cant. You wonder how many people have been partying a little too much. Parties, golly day. And youre exhausted because youve had all your relatives. They can be exhausting, lets be honest. You know what you could use today to do . This is genius. This what nameless lo