Traders say that the vix illustrates the central bank as backstopping the markets so that means theres less demand for downside protection. Speaking of Central Banks, we have two key decisions to watch today. The bank of england is expected to withhold fresh monetary stimulus as the start of the new year gets under way. Forecasters say that the Economic Data is still too mixed to try and trump inflation worries. The ecb also expected to stay steady, holding its key rate at. 75 . Policymakers are seeing refraining as the eurozone economy shows signs of stabilizing. We are going to bring you both decisions as soon as they are announced. And the ecb reports comes out 45 minutes later. First, breaking news out of washington. Today, president obama is going to be announcing his plans to nominate jacob lew as the next treasury secretary. The president will be making that announcement at 1 30 eastern time in an event in the east room of the white house. John harwood joins us now with more on
David have a great weekend. Melissa im Melissa Francis and heres whats money tonight. A gun store misfire. One georgia dealer wont sell Assault Rifles to civilians and in response, the local police refuse to do business there anymore. The county sheriff is going to join us in just a second to explain why. Plus, are you happy about todays jobs numbers . Good. Then you wont mind at this rate it will take most of my life to get everyone back to work. Todays money panel crunches the numbers. Thank you, america. A major ad bliss by aig gives thanks for its 182 billion bailout but reminding people you almost went bellyup seemslike an odd way increase business to me. We have a marketing guru here to break it all down. Even when they say its not it is always about money melissa all right. First lets take a look at the days market headlines. Stocks closed out a banner week, unexpect ledly strong nonmanufacturing activity and december jobs report coming in line with expectations. Helped to boost
Tonight, the interview that everyones still talking about. 1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms you heard alex jones dodging my questions. How many gun murders were there in britain . How many great white sharks no, how many kill people every year but theyre scared to swim . You heard him try to change the subject and threaten me. You think youre a tough guy . Have me back with a boxing ring in here and ill wear red, white, and blue and you can wear your jolly roger. Tonight ill talk to a legal watchdog who says this kind of behavior is more dangerous than you might think. Plus, what will it take to stop the killing . Ill talk to people who lost their loved ones in aurora. I am glad youre speaking out. And to a former marine who says hell never give up his guns. Plus, does this picture tell the whole story . Two Smalltown High School football stars accused of raping a seeming unconscious girl. Ill talk to attorneys of the girl and one for the accused. This is piers
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Thats it for us tonight. Its been an extraordinary year. Thank you for watching. Hello, everyone. Im Deborah Feyerick in for don lemon. The stories youre talking about in just a moment. But first, lets get you up to speed on some of the days headlines. Aurora, colorado, the scene of a deadly Movie Theater massacre last summer is dealing with a new tragedy tonight. A barricaded gunman and three other people are dead after an Early Morning standoff. Police say the gunman opened fire on officers after hours of negotiation. A s. W. A. T. Team was called out. They set up. Hostage negotiators tried to get the suspect to come outside. We made multiple attempts. Had intermittent phone calls with the suspect throughout the morning. Officers shot and killed the gunman and found two men and a woman dead inside the home. A woman had escaped earlier and told police she had seen three lifeless bodies inside. Aurora is the same denver suburb where a gunman opened fire last summer in a theater killing