Democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Could puerto rico become americas greece . Thats a question many are asking as the island is cing a devastating financial crisis and a rapidly crumbling health care system. Puerto rico owes 72 billion in debt. 355 million in debt payments are due on december 1 but it increasingly looks like the u. S. Territory could default on at least some of the debt. Congress has so far failed to act on an Obama Administration proposal that includes extending bankruptcy protection to puerto rico, more equitable medicaid and medicare funding for the island. Meanwhile, leaders are passive planning for a massive day to spur congressional action. Major address a by Juan Gonzalez. He is a longtime columnist for the new york daily news. 2015, at New York University, he spoke. He was inducted into the journalism hall of fame along with charlie rose, lesley stahl of 60 minutes, and max frankel of the New York Times. Juan is the auth
Democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Could puerto rico become americas greece . Thats a question many are asking as the island is facing a devastating financial crisis and a rapidly crumbling health care system. Puerto rico owes 72 billion in debt. 355 million in debt payments are due on december 1 but it increasingly looks like the u. S. Territory could default on at least some of the debt. Congress has so far failed to act on an Obama Administration proposal that includes extending bankruptcy protection to puerto rico, more equitable medicaid and medicare funding for the island. Meanwhile, leaders are passive planning for a massive day to spur congressional action. Major address a by Juan Gonzalez. He is a longtime columnist for the new york daily news. 2015, at New York University, he spoke. He was inducted into the journalism hall of fame along with charlie rose, lesley stahl of 60 minutes, and max frankel of the New York Times. Juan is the au
Identified the victim of this blaze, but neighbors told me a husband and wife lived in the apartment that caught fire. The woman who lived in the apartment was apparently dealing with some Health Issues and was on oxygen, but again, fire officials have not identified either the man or woman who lived in that apartment as the victims of this fire. As for the cause again, that is still under investigation and just to recap, one person dying in a fire here at this fourstory apartment complex i freeport. Back to you. Greg cergol reporting live. Thank you, greg. We have another breaking story, and there has been a shooting. Kaye . We just got word at 11 00 this morning and these are live pictures from chopper 4. This is in the Ocean Parkway section of brooklyn and the scene of when we are told was a commercial robbery. Shots were fired during all of one suspect has been shot. Two suspects are now in custody and police are telling us that they are looking for additional suspects. You can see
Course of grants Interest Rate observer, noted fed critic with his take on what the fed is hinting at these days and sounding the alarm on the petrabras scandal. Hes coming right up. Also a closer look at the red hot commercial Real Estate Market here in this country and whether its already becoming too hot. Leading towards a dangerous bubble. That could and might sound familiar wreck havoc on the economy if it pops. Investment of china, russia and now canada. A special report of where things stand in this space and what it means for every investor out there. This is so surreal to me. Making a bet on highend marijuana. High end, right . Got that . Bob marleys family is now lending his name to a new brand of premium cannabis. Aimed at the discernible pot smoker. Now, i mean discerning . I guess its discerning but not after a couple of doobies. Not much to discern. I came of age in the 70s in california. Do the math. That is whole new world and frontier. Well talk with the private Equity
If you own and are hunting and looking to buy . And this was buffalo, where is it, buffalo, just a few days ago. All that snow has turned into this. A mess theres flooding throughout the area. The snow is melting. The rains are coming and now another major weather system is heading to the east. It could be enough to really hit right around thanksgiving weekend. First, well check in with sue at the new york stock exchange. Stocks are struggling for gains in todays trading session. The nasdaq has been the big winner this hour. Last trade on the nasdaq is up about 27 points, about half a percent. S p up for a 12th time in four sessions, and its traded up about a tenth of a percent. Dow transports are up a half percent. But the dow is down 12 points on the session. Apple is now approaching 700 billion. So with stocks pushing to new highs, is there still value in the big caps . Domenick chu is back to take a look. Good to see you, dom. Good to be back. Heres what we did, we looked at the s