signs of giving in. i told the president there s one big reason why we need to do a full year, and that s jobs. a one-year bill like the president requested and like the house produced is simply better for jobs and better for our economy. let s enact this bipartisan compromise, however, to eliminate uncertainty for american families and then get right to work on a one-year version. not wait until february. not walk away and hold off until the last minute. got more encouraging news about the job market. the number of people filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since april of 2008. labor department says initial claims dropped to 364,000. that is down 4,000 from a week before. many economists say a level below 400,000 means enough job growth to lower the unemployment rate. a wave of explosions rocks baghdad. car bombs, six roadside bombs, and a mortar round all used in attacks during rush hour. authorities confirm at least
with his executive advises and mta, i think they obviously have the expertise, number one is the safety of the residents of the city of new york and it s always best to side on the side of safety. that s what they did. i believe they made the right decision. we just passed an nypd checkpoint here. it seems like they had staged vehicles here in advance after the storm. the tennis center, what do you make of this over here? obviously this is open right now. during the winter it s a bubble. during the summer months it s open. it looks like some i really can t tell if there s any damage. the nets are still up, obviously. some of the netting around the courts i think because of the aggressiveness of the city administration, i think we ll keep damage minimum. the residents were obviously a lale alerted and took this seriously. whether they sought a shelter or not they took this seriously. i think residents batted down everything that can move and took this to heart this
been carrying throughout the east coast. back to you. no doubt about that. thanks. we ll continue to check in with you. let s check in with affiliate wcbs who s driving around in brooklyn, see what the scene is there. doing everything that residents can expect and even more. we ll get by this. we will get by this. there are some gutsy calls involved here. when you start telling people to evacuate, that s something many have never been told to do before. when you make the decision in conjunction with governor cuomo to shut down the mta system at noon on saturday before the storm has reached here, that s a gutsy call, isn t it? it is but i think the mayor with his executive advises and mta, i think they obviously have the expertise, number one is the safety of the residents of the city of new york and it s always best to side on the side of safety. that s what they did. i believe they made the right decision. we just passed an nypd checkpoint here. it seems like they
judgmentment flawed about i a 2 trillion error speaks for itself and john king will join us shortly, these guys make congress look good, talking about s&p. but it is congress that they need to be taking specific exception to and washington politics. from their news release, the brinkmanship highlights what we see as america s governance and policy making becoming less stable, less effective and less predictable than what we previously believed. the agency says that produced a weaker long-term reduction plan needed. it slams democrats and republicans from being unable to agree on deeper cuts and discretionary spending and the ability to reach entitlements. quoting again, quote, we have changed our assumption on this because the majority of republicans in congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues. the position we believe congress reinforced by passing the act. not a moment for anybody to be proud of when markets were recovering from the 500-point carnage
state-run tv just a short time ago. we are still working to bring you some details of what was said then, but the staggering development in all of this, word from the head of the cia, that mubarak could step down today. a man who had said that he had a ph.d. in stubbornness and if he was to step down now, the country would be plunged into turmoil and chaos, and he had said that he needed this transition or his stepping down to be coordinated in an orderly fashion for the sake of the country. well, now, it would appear at least from what we are hearing from the head of the cia, that president mubarak has changed up his timetable, and now could step down today. that is a scene from tahrir square. it is one minute past 6:00 p.m. right now where the crowds are gathered waiting for an expected announcement from the president. i want to bring in my colleague jim clancy, who is going to take over our coverage of what is going on in egypt. jim joined by suzanne malveaux. they re goin