can t afford to invest in the things that have always made us strong. don t tell me we can afford to shut down the government, which costs our economy billions of dollars, but we can t afford to invest in our education systems. because there is nothing more important than this. in fact, what i would like to do is have every member of congress, maybe chuck can arrange and the congressional delegation can arrange some tours for some of their colleagues. come here. come to brooklyn. meet some of these young people. they ought to meet some of the young people here. meet somebody like leslie ann john, a young woman who sang the national anthem this afternoon. you know, leslie ann is in the 11th grade, she is already taking she s already taken eight college classes, which is about as many as i took when i was in college.
announced it plans to ripple effects are being felt across the country, and it s closing costing the economy billions. tom foreman has been digging deeper for else. i was talking to look heed martin yesterday, and at the time they said they were holding off on a decision, but s the hours clicked by, that is changing. aerospace giant lockheed martin was holding firm against any furloughs. but with 80% of its revenue in government contracts, the company now says 3,000 employees will have to stay home starting monday, maybe more if the shutdown continues. ceo issuing a statement i m disappointed that we must take these actions. we continue to encourage our lawmakers to come together to pass a funding bill that will end this shutdown. far beyond washington in dozens of states with significant
balance. there has been rumbling out of russia those children will not be allowed to leave even though they were close to being able to. the u.s. government is going to fight very hard to make sure those cases do come through, that those kids come here. but the law goes into effect january 1. heart-rending for those parents. amy, thank you. a temporary deal stopped a pending shutdown of major u.s. ports that could have cost the economy billions. dock workers threatened a strike to freeze operations on the east coast and gulf of mexico but a contract extension gives them another 30 days to resolve their labor dispute with port owners and shippers. phil keating is live in south florida. there were key sticking points. which side budged? good afternoon, trace. we still don t know which side
of the white house and the disaster response and being statesman like. that campaign isn t over. that campaign is going on and on, both sides, romney and obama, they re putting out press releases, talking points, hitting each other ads are on the air so it hasn t stopped. the surrogates are still in motion. except for chris christie. that s true. he s switched sides now a surrogate for the president. sorry. and to bring it back to the reality of the situation, chris christie has an extraordinary amount of work on his hands. you know, the next few weeks or months of his life will be busy with nonpolitical activities. after the break workers are stranded, hundreds of businesses are closed, thousands of flights are canceled and the new york stock exchange is shut down. depending on what model you look at, sandy could cost the economy billions. we will examine the financial fallout when cnbc s an drew ross sorkin joins the panel next on now. [ male announcer ] humana and walmar
on the news of the day. political junkie and funny lady, the irrepressible annie wentworth. plus a missing child, has the killer finally been found? the new york police department is announcing the arrest of pedro hernandez for the murder of etan patz. the last bizarre twist in a 33 year-old mystery. also countdown to the olympics. dara tor ez has won 12 medals and gunning for more in london. i love standing up on the blocks against the young whipper snappers and swimming against them. tonight i dare her to show me what she s really made of. and in america, a good deed gone very, very bad. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight, politics and promises. mitt romney rolls out a new ad today and makes big promise on the deficit, trade with china, the economy and jobs. let s take a look. what would a romney presidency be like? day one, president romney announces deficit reductions, ending the obama error of big government, helping secure ou