Good evening. On a day when accused aurora shooter james holmes listened to testimony about his brutal massacre while family members in the courtroom sobbed, on a day when still traumatized students in newtown, connecticut, were sent to school on the first monday of the year, this country is grappling with gun violence like never before. Here is my position loud and clear. I am in favor of a nationwide ban on semiautomatic assault weapons and high quantity magazines and require dealers to run background checks on buyers at gun shows and i would like to see the president increase Mental Health funding for all americans who need it. These are entirely reasonable reactions to the outrages that have occurred in america over the last few months. Tonight, ill go head to head with a man who actually want to deport me for having these views. Apparently, 104,000 americans are in agreement with him. First, a preliminary hearing is on the way for james holmes, charged with using a military style
More gun deaths than anyone else in the industrialized world isnt the guns. It has to be that america is the only country in the world that has video games. Hello everyone. Im don lemon. The stories youre talking about in just a moment. But first, lets get you up to speed on the days headlines here. Clinics and hospital Emergency Rooms across the country are packed with people sick with the flu, rolling up their sleeves for a flu shot. The cdc director says we wont know more weeks if the flu season has peaked. It is not too late to get a vaccination. 47 states are reporting widespread flu activity right now. The brother of ailing venezuelan president hugo chavez says he is recovering well from his latest surgery. Chavez is being treated for cancer in cuba. Hes been unable to return to cuba for a planned inauguration. Chavez has not been seen in public for about a month. An operation to free a french spy captured in somalia has failed. Frances president said two soldiers died possibly a
Go irish. Good monday morning. The band is back together. Awfully nice to have david back. Im back. We have jim cramer, and david fabe, as they say in france. The single best week for stocks in over a year last week. Europe has lost a little ground this morning despite Investor Confidence numbers coming in at an 18month high. The s p starts the week at fiveyear highs. Even as the lines are drawn in the battle over spending cuts and the debt ceiling. And then there is earning season. Kicks off tomorrow with alcoa. Banks in the spotlight this morning, bank of america settling with fannie mae with mortgages it underwrote during the housing boom. Citi submitting to the feds. Revising up, gdp forecast to 81, saying investing in the mass market stocks is the way to go. Potential cuts at the Magic Kingdom reports disneys got internal costcutting review under way. The question of the day, can the new year rally continue. Last week the s p jumped 4. 6 to a new fiveyear high. Not only is wall st
Take a look at this. Teenagers trapped on the ice. Clinging to life on the tree. The rescue you need to stick around to watch. Among guests this morning. Former ohio congressman steve la tourette, newly sworn in congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. Mike dewine, tim ferriss and steve rinella. I have one word for you. Squirrel. Its true. We have squirrel. Friday, january 4th. Starting point begins right now. Our starting point this morning. In just hours, the brand spanking new 113th congress will vote on a nearly 10 billion aid package for Superstorm Sandy victims. This after the outrage over Speaker Boehner canceling the initial vote early this week. Athena jones live in our washington bureau. Expected to be an easy one today, dana . It looks like it will be passed. About 9. 7 billion in Borrowing Authority for the National Flood insurance program. That program will run out of money as soon as next week. Thats right around the corner, and the house is expected to come in this morning. Past tha
Thanks for watching. Have a great day. Early start begins now. Deadly plunge. At least two americans among seven killed in a Helicopter Crash in peru. Release the kraken for the first time, pictures of a giant squid alive in its natural habitat. We have the pictures for you this hour. This is so cool. It is. I dont want to talk about this. A new dynasty. Its alabama in a rout on College Footballs biggest stage. Did you stay up and watch . You know, i knew it was happening. You could just tell it was going down. Did you set your alarm clock to get up and watch . I saw enough of the game to know where it was headed. So you watched about two minutes of the game. Good morning, folks. Welcome to early start. I dont want to rub it in, but one of us was right and one of us was wrong. You are the wrong one. I will eat microtoday. Its in my coffee. I was right. Its january 8th, and its 5 00 a. M. I was wrong. Up first this morning, roll tide. And were talking a major roll. A rout inside a blowo