We. We have breaking news coming in to us. According to the u. S. Geological survey, a magnitude 7. 3 magnitude earthquake strug off the coast of japan. A tsunami warning has been issued. I know it was felt very strongly there, alex. What can you tell us . Well, atika, you mentioned some of the details. We were sitting in the office here in our bureau in tokyo, up on the ninth floor of this building. Its hard to describe, you cant really describe the feeling until youre into it. The one thing that grips me, im relatively new to living here in japan is the noise more than everything. Everything basically shaking violently, our filing cabinets shaking. Heres what i can tell you. You mentioned the 7. 3 earthquake. A few other details just coming in. There are advisories pardon me, im looking off my notes. There are advisories for japan, but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has not issued a further alert beyond that. Right now theyre keeping it just to japan. We are hearing reports of po
Os december the 13th. Chairman ryan knows im not going to vote for his budget. I know hes not going to vote for mine. Were going to find the common goals that we can both vote on and thats our goal. Our goal is to get the debt under control and grow the economy and get people back to work. The conference comes in the wake of a 16 day Government Shutdown and a debt default closecall. The 29 member house and senate Group Includes a wide range of recent and democrat caucus. First round table open october the 30th. But voter skepticism remains high the gesture will amount to anything. 19 of americans say they trust washington to do the right thing most of the time. Thats in comparison to 80 of americans who say they largely dont trust the government to do anything right. Congressional analysts are wryly calling the conference a reunion, facing the ticcing time bomb the 2011 group was tasked with writing a bipartisan plan to slash the nations deficits by 1. 5 trillion. Our National Debt is
Os december the 13th. Chairman ryan knows im not going to vote for his budget. I know hes not going to vote for mine. Were going to find the common goals that we can both vote on and thats our goal. Our goal is to get the debt under control and grow the economy and get people back to work. The conference comes in the wake of a 16 day Government Shutdown and a debt default closecall. The 29 member house and senate Group Includes a wide range of recent and democrat caucus. First round table open october the 30th. But voter skepticism remains high the gesture will amount to anything. 19 of americans say they trust washington to do the right thing most of the time. Thats in comparison to 80 of americans who say they largely dont trust the government to do anything right. Congressional analysts are wryly calling the conference a reunion, facing the ticcing time bomb the 2011 group was tasked with writing a bipartisan plan to slash the nations deficits by 1. 5 trillion. Our National Debt is
Os december the 13th. Chairman ryan knows im not going to vote for his budget. I know hes not going to vote for mine. Were going to find the common goals that we can both vote on and thats our goal. Our goal is to get the debt under control and grow the economy and get people back to work. The conference comes in the wake of a 16 day Government Shutdown and a debt default closecall. The 29 member house and senate Group Includes a wide range of recent and democrat caucus. First round table open october the 30th. But voter skepticism remains high the gesture will amount to anything. 19 of americans say they trust washington to do the right thing most of the time. Thats in comparison to 80 of americans who say they largely dont trust the government to do anything right. Congressional analysts are wryly calling the conference a reunion, facing the ticcing time bomb the 2011 group was tasked with writing a bipartisan plan to slash the nations deficits by 1. 5 trillion. Our National Debt is
Im suzanne malveaux. Welcome to our 500th edition of our show. Weve got a lot to cover so lets get right to it. Russia dominating our newscast this hour. For two very different reasons. First, the man, that man you see there, russias top diplomat, he is now taking an active role in trying to end the civil war in syria. Now, remember, both russia and china have blocked u. N. Attempts to force out the assad regime. Now the russians say they are willing to meet with the Syrian Opposition. It could open the door for real u. N. Action on the ground, action that could mean american involvement. Weve got more details in a live report in just a minute. But also, russias president formally saying no to americans who want to adopt russian children. It is a heartbreaking development for hundreds of americans who are trying to adopt children from russian orphana orphanages. That is happening right now. President Vladimir Putin signed the adoption ban today. Sadly, more than 50 americans who were i