Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff in a move to cut down on gun violence in the United States, president obama will announce an initiative tomorrow to include restrictions on guns and ammunition. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the Administration Proposals and on measures being discussed in several state legislatures. Woodruff plus we have two separate interviews about the gun debate, with delaware governor jack markell and National Rifle Association President david keene. Brown then, Spencer Michels asks california governor jerry brown if his fiscal turnaround from a 27 billion deficit to a balanced budget offers a lesson for the nation. You have to make tough choices. You have to live within your means. That means you have to not do everything you want to but you also have to raise more money. Woodruff and ray suarez examines a surge in suicides by u. S. Troops last year, far exceeding
Complete bay area News Coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. The message this year is clear, california is once again confounded our critics, we have wrought the governor says the future is promising. Good afternoon, i am claudine wong, Tori Campbell is off today. He gave his state of the state address but in an optimistic speech he says he has never been more excited about what is ahead and that includes that. Ken pritchett is liver for us with more on the governors brown. Reporter this is the 11th time he has addressed the joint session and given their californias budget balanced after years, this one of more optimistic in recent memory. California has once again confounded our critics, we have wrought in just two years a solid and enduring budget and by god we are going to preserve and keep it that way for years to come. [ applause ] for the rosier budget outlook the governor credited both lawmakers for keeping spending down and voters who approved proposit
You can see when they happen when we show you todays chart. Speaker boehners comments pushed the market lower. Then other comments brought them back a little bit. The dow is up just 45 points right now at 13,030. The nasdaq also trading higher today. Last i checked, it was up 21 points. There it is at 3,013. Thats about the high for the session. The s p is up about seven points at 1416. A bit of a roller coaster ride today after fiscal cliff comments from both parties. Eamon javers on capitol hill is following the drama, which changes moment by moment. Absolutely, bill. Its been a bit of a roller coaster ride, as you say, on capitol hill with duelling press conferences today. Follow along with me here on what each person said from each party and how that impacted the market, starting with speaker john boehner. Heres what he had to say early in the day. Despite the claims that the president supports a balanced approach, the democrats have yet to get serious about real spending cuts. And
And Mike Huckabee. Caution. You are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. Hi, im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. The democrats get their butts kicked. That is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. And you know he what . You know what . They earned the thrashing. The Democratic Party led by president obama has failed to lift the american economy, has not provided enough protections for the American People. The democratic leader in the senate, harry reid, blocked most meaningful reform bills, allowing bad policies to continue. And the American People know it. About 65 of voters yesterday told exit pollers, the country is going in the wrong direction. So there is no debate. Thats why the republicans have now assumed power in america. This afternoon, president obama reacted to that reality. I havent heard you say a specific thing during this News Conference that you would do differently. Have you been asked it a few different ways. Ed, what
And Mike Huckabee. Caution. You are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. Hi, im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. The democrats get their butts kicked. That is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. And you know he what . You know what . They earned the thrashing. The Democratic Party led by president obama has failed to lift the american economy, has not provided enough protections for the American People. The democratic leader in the senate, harry reid, blocked most meaningful reform bills, allowing bad policies to continue. And the American People know it. About 65 of voters yesterday told exit pollers, the country is going in the wrong direction. So there is no debate. Thats why the republicans have now assumed power in america. This afternoon, president obama reacted to that reality. I havent heard you say a specific thing during this News Conference that you would do differently. Have you been asked it a few different ways. Ed, what