57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The macys thanksgiving day parade will get under way here in new york city this morning. Preparations were in full swing yesterday. Crews worked to get those famous balloons inflated, but its unclear if they will actually fly today. Gusty winds could ground them for the first time in decades. Officials will decide this morning. Marc liverman is along the parade route right now. Whats it like out there now in terms of the wind, marc . Reporter hey, good morning, annemarie. Its a little bit windy out here right now. Of course, if sustained winds hit 23 Miles Per Hour or wind gusts hit 34 Miles Per Hour, these balloons cant fly. Right now forecasters are predicting possible wind gusts of 50 Miles Per Hour. Of cou 16 giant balloons are ready to fly at macys thanksgiving day parade today. Its just magical for them to see them go from the ground all the way up into the air. Reporter five new balloons a
Act global push fails. We will hear from her. Strong debut shares of alibaba begin trading in hong kong, ending its first trading day more than six percent above listing price. Our top story this week, you were and its uncertain future in london. The City Transit Authority refused to grant the ridehailing service under license on monday. The top regulators said uber failed to adequately verify drivers identities but uverse as it has taken care of the issue. Swiftly responded tweeting that the decision was wrong. Uber will appeal the ruling. London mayor says much more needs to be done with regards to safety. Be am keen for london to hotbed of innovation for new businesses. You got to abide by the rules and whats clear is ubers policies passenger safety has been compromised. Newcomer. P with eric i asked him if that you were at and or the technology itself allow the drivers not to be verified. The issue here is whether drivers in london were able to get on the platform, even though they
Trading day above listing price. Our top story, uber and its uncertain future in london. The citys Transit Authority has refused to grant them a license, saying uber failed to adequately verify driver identities. The ceo swiftly responded, tweeting that the decision was quote wrong. He had said safety is the companys priority and will appeal the ruling. Londons mayor says much more needs to be done with regards to safety. I am keen for london to be a hotbed of innovation but you have got to abide by the rules. What is clear is ubers policy and practices mean passenger safety is being compromised. Emily i caught up with a guest, asking him if uber or the technology itself allowed drivers not to be verified. The issue here is whether drivers in london were able to get on the platform even though they were not the right driver or properly licensed. The city of london says we are talking about some 10,000 rides with a driver who should not be giving the ride. That is a big concern for them
Jose serrano id like to welcome nasa administrator, jim bryden stein, and acting associate administrator for nasa human exploration and operations ken bowersox to the subcommittee this morning. Earlier this year, nasa commemorated the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon, which remains the single most successful and Famous Mission and nasas history. Just a week before the cjs bill was marked up in subcommittee, nasa submitted a 1. 6 million 1. 6 billion Budget Amendment that intended to advance our humans to the moon by four years. This prevented us from adequately considering the proposal this hearing will give us an opportunity to obtain more information from nasa regarding the revised plans for returning to the moon. This subcommittee would like to send the first woman astronaut into deep space, including to the surface of the moon. We want to do it in a theonsible way from perspective of safety, cost, and likelihood of mission success. As most of you know, i have been a stro
In the latest Earnings Report . Details ahead. And twitter mrs. Thirdquarter revenue estimates. We find out why new user growth did not translate into ad sales. Facebook dominated of the week in tech with Mark Zuckerberg defending his social network before congress on wednesday. What was scheduled as a hearing on the Cryptocurrency Libra also included issues like antitrust and privacy. Is in a currency . Are you a bank . What is this association . It is a very complex project. And as you say, it is risky. Do you consider libra to be money . I consider to be a payment system. Its like me having my money in wells fargo bank. You could think about it that way. The we are not a bank or applying for a bank charter. That is the problem. Thats what were facing. We are not going to launch the system here or anywhere else around the world until we get approval from relevant egulators. The american competitiveness angle and cognition with china is a National Security issue. In china, especially