Thrilled to have ed aboard for i think youll be here for longer than an hour. Youll be here for the whole broadcast. As long as you need me. Youre like how long were you at you were at prudential. Its owned by prudential, so ive been at peru dontal for almost 15 years now. Widely quoted. You know who has made a comeback is ralph akampora. Ive seen him around. Do you remember his nickname . I dont. Whatever you think of him, hes a great guy. Hes a good guy. Ed is going to try to make us slightly be a little sensitive. Lets get you some some of the morning headlines. The biggest one being president obama planning to meet with congressional leaders at 3 00 p. M. Eastern time today in a last ditch effort to avoid the fiscal cliff. The House Majority leader eric cantor is now telling members to be prepared to work through january 2nd. Both sides still far apart, however, on taxes and spending cuts. Senate majority leader harry reid says prospects for a deal by monday are still unlikely. The
Also, presumed guilty, forced government cuts are devastating public defenders and their lowincome clients. Why this new normal may be unconstitutional. From here i am able to control it. Lets see how this does. No problem. And the helping hand, thats pretty cool, huh . Selftaught teenage inventor created a prosthetic arm at a fraction of the cost of others. Hell join us live, todays big idea. First at this hour president obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are aboard air force one. They are on their way to Marthas Vineyard where they will vacation for the next week. The president made one final stop in orlando this afternoon to speak at the disabled Veterans National convention. At every generation there are americans like you who stand beside her and guide her and protect her. We need to make sure weve got the resources, the budget s our veterans deserve. The orlando event comes on the heels of yesterdays wideranging News Conference at the white house. The president unveiled the seri
And it is compelling. So, i also want to underscore that while investigators are gathering additional evidence on the ground, our understanding of what has already happened in syria is grounded in facts, informed by conscience and guided by common sense. Uncertainty about the possible military action against the Syrian Government is helping lift Oil Prices Near a fivemonth high. And also, some new numbers on the massive california rim wildfire that continues to burn out of control. Crews now have 20 of the fire contained. Thats the good news. But its still fanning out across the mountains in multiple directions, and the forecast calls for strong winds over the next couple of days, so that has some people anxious as well. In the meantime, im going to send it over to kayla with corporate headlines. Kayla . Hey, andrew, its a big morning for earnings, a lot of company news. Bill ackman has sold his stake in jcpenney after his campaign to overhaul the retailer failed. He sold approximately
Snowden . Well have a live report. Also, presumed guilty, forced government cuts are devastating public defenders and their lowincome clients. Why this new normal may be unconstitutional. From here i am able to control it. Lets see how this does. No problem. And the helping hand, thats pretty cool, huh . Selftaught teenage inventor created a prosthetic arm at a fraction of the cost of others. Hell join us live, todays big idea. First at this hour president obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are aboard air force one. They are on their way to Marthas Vineyard where they will vacation for the next week. The president made one final stop in orlando this afternoon to speak at the disabled Veterans National convention. At every generation there are americans like you who stand beside her and guide her and protect her. We need to make sure weve got the resources, the budget s our veterans deserve. The orlando event comes on the heels of yesterdays wideranging News Conference at the white hou
Go from Public Places and coming within three feet of other people. Critics alarmed by hickoxs defind have launched an online petition to have her nursing license revoked. You are looking at live pictures now from outside of the house where its possible that hickox may speak to reporters. Stephanie gosk is with us. Lets talk to her really quickly. Do we have any advanced word on what ms. Hickox will say . Reporter we dont know. Certainly this is a victory for her camp. There are certainly restriction as cording to this order. This order is pending a hearing that will be coming up, which could potentially reverse it. But for now, these restrictions on her leaving and going out in public as well as this idea that she could only go out and be, as far as three feet from people. The judge determined that is unnecessary. The only restrictions that are necessary for her right now is this direct active monitoring which includes a Health Official checking her at least once a day, as well as che