Nbc meteorologist bill karins coming up in weather in just a bit. The debate over gun control is taking place across the country, and yesterday it was heard from the Nations Capital to newtown, connecticut, the town that lost 26 lives in a mass school shooting. Last night that states task force on guns violence and School Safety heard moving testimony from a parent of one of those victims. We lost our son benjamin the morning of december 14th, to an unstable, suicidal individual who had access to a weapon that has no place in a home. Earlier in the day, president obama met with former arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords, a victim of gun violence herself. Giffords was in town to lend her voice to a hearing on guns on capitol hill. The first since the newtown, massacre. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell has more. Reporter her gift of speech is a distant memory said husband mark kelly, yet Gabby Giffords halting words. Too many children. Reporter here as a survivor of the tucson assassination attempt
Thing that ever happened to me. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Josh mankiewicz with the totally true secrets of the bling ring. Welcome to hollywood. The land of the it girls and boys, the kingdom thats home to our special breed of american royalty, celebrities. We cant get enough of how they look, who they date, what they wear. For most of us, the fascination ends with reading about them in the tabloids. But one group took all of that to a new level, a criminal level. Maybe youve heard of them, the bling ring. At its core, teenagers who apparently cultivated two life skills, breaking and entering. These were kids so obsessed with celebrities, they literally wanted a piece of them, boldly going into the homes of hollywoods bold faced names. Now art is imitating life. Lets go shopping. This allamerican tale of envy, greed and the ability to tell gucci from chanel, but not right from wrong is the inspiration for a movie from director sofia copola, with Emma Thompson as one of the
Political geek talk just 24 7. Then it gives us something to talk about the following week. We create havoc and debauchery and then we we can talk about it it. Hmm. Stephanie now you set off the perv boss. Jacki schechners. Shes in pants. Its not pantsless friday. You cant see her. Stephanie we just took a peek. Wow, here is Jacki Schechner in the current news center. President obama is travel to go hatfield, pennsylvania to tour and give a speech at at the factory that makes tinker toys and other connect brands. Its a Third Generation Family Business and employs 150 people at that particular facility. The president s visit would highlight the impact that the taxes would affect the season. Its all to garner public support and back republicans into a corner as fiscal cliff negotiations continue. Tim geithner went up to the hill yesterday and laid out the president s offer. This is what it looks like. The goal is to get to 1. 6 trillion in revenue. Letting the tax cuts expire for the top
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Talking about wider markets. Nicole some of the traders, do not forget, last week we were gaining 3. 3 on the dow jones industrials. Right at that 1400 mark. Hitting some key resistant levels. Likely to see a little bit of a pullback. The trend is still to the upside. As far as the major market average, you are seeing the dow and s p down a half of a percent each. I want to take a look at abercrombie and fitch. , that insiders, they talk about the fact that abercrombie was the clear winner of the weekend stops. Connell Grover Norquist. Here is what he said this morning. Supposed an investor that you admire and trust comes to you saying this is a good idea i think you should think about it. It all depends on what my tax rate will be on the game that we will make. Only in grovers imagination does such a response exist. It is quite another when republicans talk like this. I am not obligated on the pledge. The only thing i am honoring is the oath that i take when i am sworn in this january