Conservation, creates millions of jobs right here at home, makes us more Energy Secure and Energy Independent and works with our friends, not our enemies. And i think we can get it done. Ive been around here long enough to know that things arent easy but i refuse to be cynical, i refuse to be, you know, woe is me, the world is coming to an end, which i hear a lot around here. I think theres a lot of positive things going on in our country today. The economy is improving. In north dakota, your state, i think you have zero unemployme unemployment. I think we come in second at about 2 unemployment in louisiana because we are busy working not fighting but working together to produce energy jobs for the country. So i was very proud to support this efficiency bill in committee. I would like, of course, to see some other additional things added to it, but in to move it forward, voted for it, to move this bill forward to the floor. When i became the chair of the committee, i had committed to r
And now turkey has blocked access to googles youtube. Court ordered the government to lift the ban on twitter although it is unclear whether if or when it will be lifted. Twitter has signed a deal with billboard. Charts will measure the popularity of songs based on how much buzz it is generating. Twitter announced plans to his continued its music app. Shares are up more than 15 . Try net makes Cloudbased Software for medium and small businesses. It is time for microsoft the the press ast chief executive. Mobilea bigger push into and tailoring its office suite to work on apples iowa state vices for the very first time. Cory johnson is live outside the event. You have two big significant things happening in San Francisco. Have satya nadella, the new microsoft ceo, addressing the tech journalists. That is a big deal. It is a big deal that he came to us. He came to San Francisco where the Big Tech Companies are headquartered here in headquartered. Microsoft office will be on the iphone and
Turkey has blocked access to youtube a week after blocking access to twitter. They claim it is for National Security purposes. A video about officials talking about military intervention was posted online. So far, there is no indication when twitter access will resume. The price tag for softbank is three point 2 billion. They are going to start a new Service Called why mobile. Owns 40 of ceo yahoo japan. Fell on fears of a china crackdown. Chinese media reported that it doingdered banks to stop business with bitcoin exchanges. An executive tells bloomberg theyre waiting to see what happens. Lead story. A big day for Satya Nadella. Microsofts ceo holding his first major event as head of the company. He unveiled software for the for the very first time. Cory johnson was outside the event. Despite all the people on the streets and the buses arriving, they are not here to see me. They are here to see Satya Nadella. This is his vision of the world of computing. Next fiveld in the years, nex
Weakening storm. So the pressure is going down. That means the storm is strengthening. If the pressure is going up it gerally means its weakening. Its now clearing most of the bahamas. Well kind of put the track up here for you. Heres the deal. Category 1 right now. Winds 90 miles per hour. Gusts are down to 115. They were 125 this evening. This hasnt changed. By friday, 8 00, off the coast of florida. Pretty far off the coast. Tropical storm force winds, maybe 40, 50mileperhour winds. Thats about it for florida. Then it hugs or, excuse me, it parallels the southeast coast, goes through saturday and sunday. Good news for north and South Carolina, no doubt. Then on sunday and monday it starts to turn back to the north and west, and that is not good for us, especially if it goes into southern sections of new jersey and southeastern sections of pennsylvania. That is not the worstcase scenario but its pretty close. Our spaghetti plot. Again, the lines each represent one model. Closer toget
Pomegranate. [laughter] craig i dont think i could do even a halfway impression of her. Ill be patsy from absolutely fabulous and you be liam neeson. Geoff take two. Quickly. There is no time. There is no time. There is a bomb. There is a bomb in the coconut. Quickly. Good night. Its being called franken storm, and its headed right for the east coast. Hurricane sandy and a cold front could join forces turning an already nasty hurricane into a wicked noreaster. Were talking heavy rain, strong winds, and up north, they could even see some snow, just in time for halloween. Our mission at 9news is to keep you safe. Were going show you some gadgets that could help you if you lose power but first. Where is sandy now . Right now about 185 east northeast of nassau. You have some time to prepare, get some batteries. Shes moving northnorthwest at 13. The winds are down to 90 miles per hour. She is no longer a cat 2, shes a category 1, so thats good news. Weve watched over the past six hours the