Im audrey asistio. Well tell you what went down at skyline high in oakland in a little bit. Were tracking down accusations of Poor Conditions at san joses animal shelter. Our Marianne Favro is looking into dogs and cats allegedly not getting proper care. Trouble taking off, but it had nothing to do with the planes today. The reason all united flights were grounded today. Are you prepared for the new digital age . Instead of carrying a physical drivers license, you can pretty much have it on your phone. Our ian cull is addressing privacy concerns about all of that. Lets begin today with that scare on campus. In oakland two teens have been arrested in connection with a shooting at Skyline High School. Reports of gunfire triggered a lockdown around 11 30 today. Worried parents gathered just off of campus. Students say the shooting happened near the school theater. This Afternoon Police are confirming there was gunfire and that nobody was hurt, but they wont say whether it happened on or o
Right now down there. That, crickets, the sound of nothing going on. It is a sad sight indeed. Three days and 11 hours from now we will be over the cliff. The hill does not seem like a behive of activity today, but a key meeting is set for today. In about two hours time at the white house the congressional leaders will be there with the president. Good afternoon, everybody. Im tyler mathisen, Michelle Carusocabrera is with us and eamonja javers is joining us. Mary. Tyler, weve been wait in see mode on wall street as investors react to any kind of signs or headlines that come out about possible progress on a deal, a mini deal is what traders are expecting now to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. Basically weve been held in about 100 point range from the dow. It is midpoint. As you might expect on the second to last trading day, volume is light. 1 billion shares changed hands. On average we get about 3. 2 billion every day. Take a look at the vix. Its a measure of fear. Yesterday poppin
His annual vacation in hawaii to deal with the fiscal cliff. No sight of congressional leaders. Theyre not in town. Investors getting a little bit nervous. Will congress get it together in time . No talks that we know of are imminent. It was by at least one measure, the weakest Holiday Retail sales growth since the financial crisis back in 2008, but could a postchristmas holiday sales bounce be around the corner . And what a year it has been for tech. Gadgets and gizmos. Apple, facebook, microsoft all have big news. Will 2013 be a lucky year for the sector . Which tech titans might lead the new trends . Simon hobbs is in at the new york stock exchange. Good afternoon. When president obama arrives back in d. C. , can he prevent america falling over the fiscal cliff . House republicans havent yet called their members back to washington. Our chief political correspondent, john harwood, is with us. John, this feels very much like it might be the calm before the storm in more way than one.
Form 1040, they have a pie chart that shows this goes to defense, this goes to social spending, paying interest, but i really think it could be much more detailed. I think that kind of education, letting taxpayers know where their money is going, will make a more informed citizenry and update the debate on where you want your money to go as the tax paying public. That is something that i am strongly advocating. I think that will go far. That is the first step to saying, wait a minute, i do not want this amount of my money going or i am ok with this now that i understand. Host from one of our viewers guest i am not sure that taxes are going up for obamacare. There is a tax credit in the law that enables a large number, millions and millions of taxpayers, to be able to afford Health Insurance. There are tax credits in the law right now for Small Businesses to be able to Purchase Health insurance for their employees. We have an estimator on their website to help Small Businesses, on taxpa
Money. This is real money, you are the most important part of the show much join the live conversation on twitter. This frigid whether is redefining what cold means for many. The weather forced airlines to cancel or delay more than 8,000 flights on fond. Airlines are used to dealing with winter storms. Most will bounce back. The weather is affecting agriculture, the cold and snow making it harder for cattle to gain wait and disrupt the transport of livestock to market. It can mean higher prices and 15 of winter weak plantings, facing damage from frost. The snow cover from the weekend storm my insulate and protect much of the crop from the freeze. No such luck in florida where overnight temperatures threatened the sit res crop. You cannot make juice out of a frozen fruit. More households are scrambling to stay warm. Half use natural gas. Gas futures trading 32 higher than a year ago. Thats bad for homes and large parts of the country heated by natural gas. Too early to tell what it will