Were going to see this through. President obama vows to fix the problems with the website atet center of his healthcare reform act. He spoke at the nathaniel hall, the same place that governor mitt romney signed that law which was the model for the Affordable Care act. Mike viqueira joins us now from the white house. Mike, over to you. Reporter the president went on offense with all its problems andrew a parallel with a through had its glitches. President obama said the comparison still holds. Because you guys had a proven model that we built the Affordable Care act on this template. Reporter the president spoke in the same spot that mitt romney, his former rival, signed the Massachusetts Law several years ago. Now with the health plan canceled he promised that they could keep them, there is a new plan. If youre getting one of these letters just shop around in the new marketplace. Well, go to the exchanges. If you can, will you . On capitol hill a rockier questioning for Kathleen Sebel
Morning to the 30 year, getting closer to four. As it climbs up, that could present problems for banks in a lot of different ways. And the dollar versus the yen, even though i have switched entirely to bitcoin, ben bernanke and paul krugman are still big users of the dollar and not into the digital currency. Blog postposted big saying it is evil and reportedly a letter from his College Roommate saying why it does not work economically. People one of the many sticking with the dollar. I guess there are others. Lets look at the top three stocks that im keeping an i on this hour. One of them is disney, trading at a record today. Analyst raised its looking at its. Obust content cycle crocs as well. Blackstone is buying a 200 million stake in the company. They will turn around and buy back shares with that. Was supposed to be acquired by apollo tires of india. It is now canceling that acquisition, because the two parties had trouble getting financing. Now they are suing each other over it.
Ahead. A packed two hours for you. New york mayor cory booker will join us. And poet journalist, angela davis will join us as well. Gold medal olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas has written a new book. And judy chu is with us, and the macks join us, and singer adam lambert. Monday, december 10th. And starting point begins right now. Wow, thats an ominous little graphic right there. Yes that is because the fiscal cliff is what were talking about this morning. Thats the starting point. President obama and the House Speaker speaking face to face for the first time in more than three weeks. The two men who stand between millions of americans and the fiscal cliff sat down, had a conversation. A Critical Development 22 days away from the cliff, which means severe tax hikes and spending cuts unless the two can find a way to compromise. Nobody is saying much. But spokesperson says the lines of communication remain open Erskin Bowles said this. You know, they have started to tango now and any time h
Be impossible. After weeks of glitches, failures, the pressure ramped up yesterday when a handful of Democratic Senators began drafting a bill to delay the heart of the act, individual mandate, gives individuals time to sign up for coverage before penalties kick you in but does not come without political cost. The white house is pushing back on delay. In theory, individuals must have started the application process by february 15th. Open enrollment ends on march 31st. It is now syncing deadlines, deadline is still march 31st but penalties will not occur until after that date. White house officials tell nbc news the date was simply a slide to the deadline and a glitch within the law, a distinction without a difference. Last night White House Press secretary pushed back on claims the white house was delaying, nbc is wrong again, earnest tweeted, individual mandate hasnt changed. Deadline for having insurance is march 31st. What was true this morning is true tonight. Joining me today spec
Businesses contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to our local economy, our economies local back bones. 3 decades ago this San Francisco board of supervisors has experienced passive and active discrimination in practices and recognize that history no longer had a place in our city acknowledging that millions of dollars that we spent for services could be a tool to help disadvantaged minorities to increase businesses. Chapter 14b now helps all of our businesses in cost operating and its hoped to level the Playing Field as city and local businesses compete outdz outside of San Francisco. We know when this law has worked our citys contract practices can keep tax dollars here in the city which will do most good for our residents. We know when 14b works we know that San Francisco is doing all we can to end discrimination and to ensure that we are not contracting with businesses that discriminate. The hearing that im calling for will help us chart a progress in full filling our cities