to get some financial assistance from the eu and the international monetary fund. we will hear from ireland s parliament and prime minister later this hour. then president obama visits the chrysler plant in kokomo, indiana. here are some programs that c-span is airing thursday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. jeff bridges talks about his work to reduce youth hunger. jane goodall and her work with animals. john pauls discusse stevens. thanksgiving day on c-span. now an update on the banking industry s performance in the third quarter of the year. we will hear from officials at the fdic. sheila there is the chairman. the fdic is responsible for insuring up to the tune of $50,000 at most commercial banks. this is 20 minutes. hello and welcome. lower provisions and losses are driving bank earnings. industry earnings in the third quarter totaled $13.5 billion. this is a substantial improvement from a year ago, but less than banks reported in either the first two quarters earl
are coming home from iraq and afghanistan with traumatic brain injuries. we talk about this a lot. could a new kind of helmet help? first, though, big story we are watching and we want to begin with right now. the shocking reminder of the forgotten war. 57 years after north and south korea reached an uneasy armistice, but never an outright peace. the world is watching a return to deadly hostilities. it centers on a disputed island two miles from a disputed border in the yellow sea. the south had been holding military thridrills there to wh the north fiercely objected when the south started firing artillery into the sea but away from north korea, the north unleashed a barrage, killing two south korean marines and wounding at least 15 soldiers and 3 civilians. the south responded in kind and also scrambled fighter jets. the toll they inflicted on the north isn t yet known. these pictures are all from north korea s attack on the island. this island is home to south korean mili