On samsung are under pressure. And in an exclusive interview, saudi Family Member prince criticizes the u. S. In its dealings with syria. The president is engaged in so many internal issues in america. But i think on syria, definitely. He made mistake. Youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. We kick off the program with the latest labor market statistics out of germany. Germany sees trouble with the ilo. The employment number has risen in november. The number in work, 41,871. That is november 2013. The change versus the previous month, up 26,000. Unadjusted fully 2,229. Thats the latest bit of data. Just helps the euro firm up against the dollar on the session. If youve got any sort of comments, email us, worldwide cnbc. Com. The u. S. Has had some significant issues with doing the right thing in syria, at least in an exclusive interview with the saudi arabia former head of intelligence. Thats coming up at 10 30 cet. A third of greeks still
Never expected. Good evening. The deadline looms less than three days away now and still no sign that congressional leaders have come up with a deal to avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. The president again today called on lawmakers to act before taxes automatically go up for every american and spending cuts kick in. But republicans arent happy with the proposal the white house is offering. So on a saturday night, washington is still at a stalemate and the public is pretty clearly growing frustrated. David gregory sat down exclusively with the president today. Hell share some insight in just a moment. First we go to Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house on a where the talks stand. Reporter good evening. Sources close to the talks say there is more pessimism tonight with democrats and republicans still unable to reach a compromise, particularly over the issue of taxes. But Senate Negotiators arent giving up. Theyre still hopeful for a breakthrough before that all important tuesday deadli
Pole. Almost 2,000 cancellations have been made for today for the flights. Jet blue is hoping to get back in the air after shutting down completely in new york and boston yesterday. The airline says operations will begin to ramp up again at 10 00 eastern time this morning. It expects to be fully operational by 3 00 this afternoon. In the meantime, amtrak says it plans to operate on a reduced schedule throughout the northeast corridor today. It is cold out there if you havent been out already. We will have the latest from the Weather Channel in about 15 minutes. Thank you, becky. In Corporate News this morning, chilly news, actually. Sources say executives will be spared in jp morgans madoff deal. While the bank is expected to pay about 2 billion to settle that criminal and regulatory investigations in dealings with bernie madoff, no individuals at the bank will be implicated. That deal could be announced as soon as today. Some boeing machinists planning to contest a crucial vote on the
Beijing. In the earl will i trading in europe, you can see some green arrows. Modest advances. Everything below half percent increase. Germany looks like its the best performers up by close to half a percent. Hope you had a great weekend. Among our top stories, were talking this morning a lot about former treasury secretary tim geithner. Hes joining warburn pincus. Hes been a distinguished fellow. Hes conducted a series of seminars across the country. Hes in the process of writing a book. Well talk more about the story with politicos ben white in just a few minutes. Jpmorgan agreeing to pay 4. 5 million to settle claims for people who lost money on mortgagebacked securities. The bank reached that with 21 Institutional Investors and security trusts issued by jpmorgan and bear stearns which they acquired. Washington mutual which jpmorgan acquired and we should note that this deal is separate from the preliminary 13 billion settlement the bank had reached with the government. Youre talkin
Lester holt live from richmond, virginia, and jenna wolfe, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to a special edition of today on a sunday morning. Im lester holt in richmond, virginia, the university of richmond, our second stop in our tour of the key president ial battleground states. Jenna wolfe is back inside studio 1a. Jenna, good morning. Good to see you. Nice to see you. I should have known no matter what assignment you had, you would somehow manage to find a hurricane to cover as well. Its what you do and do so well at the same time. Yeah, i have to tell you, its better to be lucky than good. Originally we planned to come here to virginia because its a battleground state and could help decide the president ial election, but now with sandy approaching were right in the path of the storm. Virginia is under a state of emergency as residents get set to hunker down. This morning virginias governor is here to talk about the preparations for this massive s