President obama and congressional leaders got off to a good start in their first round of negotiations. The president met with congressional leaders who emerged later to say they want to move quickly to prevent automatic spending cuts and tax increases from tanking the economy at the first of the year. But as darren gersh reports, what we are not yet clear about is whether either side is willing to give up enough to get the job done. Reporter in washington, they think carefully about the pictures they want to present to the public so this mattered. All four congressional leaders democrats and republicans after meeting with the president chose to face the cameras together. That hardly ever happens and it reflects the new postelection mood of cooperation. House Speaker John Boehner called the meeting very constructive. I outlined a framework that deals with reforming our tax code and reforming our spending. And i believe the framework that ive outlined in our meeting today is consistent
That was the admission today from b. P. Two and a half years after the deepwater horizon disaster in the gulf of mexico. That disaster killed 11 people and led to the Worst Oil Spill in u. S. History. In its guilty plea, b. P. Said it deeply regrets the loss of life and almost five Million Barrels of oil that into the gulf. Darren gersh reports. Reporter Justice Department officials hope todays settlement and criminal pleas will bring justice to the families of the men who died when the deepwater horizon exploded. Perhaps the greatest tragedy is that the deaths of the 11 men on board the deepwater horizon could have been avoided. The explosion of the rig was a disaster that resulted from b. P. s culture of privileging profit over prudence. Reporter b. P. Has agreed to plead guilty to 11 counts of felony manslaughter and one felony count of lying to congress. In addition, two b. P. Supervisors on the deepwater rig have been charged with 23 counts of manslaughter. Another b. P. Executive
But as darren gersh reports, what we are not yet clear about is whether either side is willing to give up enough to get the job done. Reporter in washington, they think carefully about the pictures they want to present to the public so this mattered. All four congressional leaders democrats and republicans after meeting with the president chose to face the cameras together. That hardly ever happens and it reflects the new postelection mood of cooperation. House Speaker John Boehner called the meeting very constructive. I outlined a framework that deals with reforming our tax code and reforming our spending. And i believe the framework that ive outlined in our meeting today is consistent with the president s call for a fair and balanced approach. Reporter to Republican Leaders balance means some higher tax revenues are paired with reductions in spending and changes in entitlement programs. Thats a challenge for democrats, but the president seemed willing to move in that direction. Our c
My take is dont get too excited. Why . Because we just found out why weve been going up. Weve been going up, s p, people trying to figure out why. You have good employment. You have workforce growth and the hours not that great because of the weather, but i think you say to yourself, well, why is the s p going up every day . Oh, employment has gotten better and thats a major switch would it shock me if the market takes some profits in this . No, because its been going up on anticipation of something good and then we got the big enchilada good. I kind of like it. The s p has rallied the past ten jobs fridays in a row. Some say thats a ridiculous metric, but maybe its time for a reversion to the mean. No metrics are ridiculous if they just look, i forgot to wish the bull market happy birthday. Of course, it never happened, you know that . You know the bull market has never happened. Jim has been on a tear lately of the haters of this market, right . Yes. The haters will have to asterisk
Substantial. The nasdaq composite is up half of 1 . The swing is not even 100 points. We started off in the red and now we are in the green. We got in home prices that rose the fastest in seven years. This group is doing really well. Kb homes up 7. 7 . We saw double digit Revenue Growth for kb homes. Back to you. Lori thank you, nicole. Gaining 12. 4 from a year ago. There are some concerns about the home price gains peaking. Adam news alert for you, Eric Schneiderman seeking the help of washington, d. C. To help prevent highfrequency traders from getting information earlier than the rest. They paid thompson and reuters for that information. Speaking at the bloomberg market, the attorney general had this to say. We are seeing something far more insidious than insider trading. Small coop of powerful groups inside the market are able to use soon to be Public Information combined with highfrequency trading. Adam he says regulators face several challenges tracking and preventing these. He