Robert we delayed it so we could report that information to you. Weve interviewed three crew members today and i want to point out, im going to recapture some of the things that they have said, but i want to point out that these crew members have been traumatized through this accident that they were in. And theyve not fully recovered from their injuries. We did interview the engineer today. Its been widely reported hes 32 years old. He had his f. R. A. , federal railroad administration, required physical just last month. Our investigators found the engineer to be extremely cooperative. He was accompanied by his lawyer which is not at all unusual. And the engineer told us to contact him if we needed anything else. So again we found him to be extremely cooperative. He recalls ringing the train bell as he went through the north philadelphia station, thats not a normal station stop for him, but hes required by regulation to sound his bell. May have said horn. Hes required to sound his bell
President obama talking at the National Police Memorial Service and then former speaker of the house jim wrights memorial. This weekend, look at the changing landscape of television, technology and the internet. Industry leaders look at the inside. It was part of a threeday internet and tv expo held earlier this month. Today, we would hear from the comcast ceo Brian Roberts at 10 a. M. Eastern and fcc chair tom wheeler on cspan. This sunday night at 8 00 eastern on first ladies influence and image we will look into the personal lives of three first ladies rachel jackson, Emily Donaldson and Angelica Van Buren. Rachel jackson was called an adulterer during Andrew Jacksons president ial campaign and died of an apparent heart attack before he took office. His niece, Emily Donaldson, became the hostess but is later dismissed as fallout from a scandal and when would work Martin Van Buren becomes president , his daughterinlaw Angelica Van Buren is the white house hostess. Rachel jackson, Emi
Lets go to the back, please. Kyle with the brain corporation. In regards to the technological sophistication you touched on, social media campaign, have you considered given attention to crip toe currencies as a mean crypto currencies as a meens of financing. Yes. Just kidding. Absolutely. You know, were much like much like matt talked about a moment ago about prepaid card, the cryptocurrency, we as the United States government are starting to really take a look at the crypto currencies. I wont say starting to take a look, but were taking a look. Any source of fund, isil or any other terrorism group, whether its a criminal Organization International or domestic, we want to see how theyre funding, and any avenues whether its a cash courier or traditional financial institutions, as well as the cryptocurrencies. Crypto currencies allow a great avenue to transfer funds internationally with little or no oversight in many cases. So we are aware of that. Were tracking that. Any support that a
6 00 in london this wednesday morning. Standing byters are and ready to deliver stories that will drive. I bloomberg reporters are standing by and ready to deliver stories that will drive your day. And talks to sell its japanese pc business. And facebook footing pressure on rival, twitter. At the had has a look commercial future. Stay with bloomberg. From an auto expo, ralf speth. He is expected to make an announcement that will impact the markets. That will happen later on during countdown. They also got the chance to sit down with philip green, the majority owner of the arcadia group. He has nine retailers, including top shop. Interview onhat the pulse later on. Eye oneeping an operating profits coming in at 2. 3 one billion francs. This is swatch, the watchmaker based in switzerland. Sales have been very. They expect a healthy growth in 2014. They say they are in an excellent decision for longterm growth. Lets get a look at the markets. Management are advising clients not to panic.
Kept billions upon billions of dollars in cargo from getting to warehouses nationwide. Crucial merchandise in these days before christmas. They estimated it was about 1 billion a day that this strike was going on. Its over now. Thats the good news out of l. A. This morning. Now, we turn to the battle over how to keep the nation from going over that socalled fiscal cliff. The clock is ticking now. 27 days to go. And president obama and Congressional Republicans are making plenty of sound bytes about it all. But very little progress. Abcs Tahman Bradley has the details from washington. Reporter democrats and republicans remain light years apart. Heres president obama, in an interview with bloomberg tv, describing House Speaker John Boehners plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. Unfortunately the speakers proposal right now is still out of balance. Reporter the speakers plan would raise 800 billion in tax revenue. But does so without raising tax rates for top income earners. The president says