Brought to a standstill, rain soaking the west and its not over yet. Have you not found a more productive way of supporting the Syrian People . Artists taking on isil using cartoons and comic books to keep young muslims from taking up arms for the group. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Cronk took it down to the wire, but the government is still running this morning. The house barely approved a 1. 1 trillion spending plan. The bill is heading to the senate, while a stop gap measure keeps federal offices open. Some democrats threatened to derail the plan over provisions loosening banking regulations and allowing Bigger Campaign contributions, some republicans voted no. We have more. We have democratic holdouts voting in favor of the bill. What changed their minds . Some things changed yesterday, because we have the president and john boehner on the same side, but its still government by crisis management, nothing gets done until the 11th hour, but the president got on the te
We learned today that the u. S. Economy grew at its fastest rate in 11 years last quarter. 5 for the three months ending in september blew away most forecasts, in the second quarter. Its the latest evidence that the economy is now sizzling five months after it began, and the rest is continuing to struggle. Goods and services, and the Third Quarter gains came from strong spending from consumers, businesses and the federal government. Reasons for wall street to cheer and for the Stock Traders to wear silly hats. Dow jones passed 18,000 for the first time ever. The dow is up 9 this year, and the s p has gained almost 13 . The recent gain in stocks has been fueled by the federal reserve, saying that it will be patient in raising interest rates, mainly due to Falling Energy prices, keeping a lid on inflation, and gasoline prices are putting more money in the pockets of consumers. It all sounds great, especially when you consider that average housing had impressive gains in november. But let
We learned today that the u. S. Economy grew at its fastest rate in 11 years last quarter. 5 for the three months ending in september blew away most forecasts, in the second quarter. Its the latest evidence that the economy is now sizzling five months after it began, and the rest is continuing to struggle. Goods and services, and the Third Quarter gains came from strong spending from consumers, businesses and the federal government. Reasons for wall street to cheer and for the Stock Traders to wear silly hats. Dow jones passed 18,000 for the first time ever. The dow is up 9 this year, and the s p has gained almost 13 . The recent gain in stocks has been fueled by the federal reserve, saying that it will be patient in raising interest rates, mainly due to Falling Energy prices, keeping a lid on inflation, and gasoline prices are putting more money in the pockets of consumers. It all sounds great, especially when you consider that average housing had impressive gains in november. But let
Protesters across the country have gathered for what they are calling a justice for all protest. Its also in new york, rather, its called the millions march. Really all of the same cause. Its a reference to the million man march held by activists 20 years ago in washington. These are live pictures of what is happening right now. Thousands showed up in the town manhattan this afternoon. More from al jazeera, Courtney Kealy who has been with these protesters. The pictures we are showing, there are thousands of people packed in the streets of new york city. What are you seeing where you are . I am at one police plaza, the police headquarters. This is where the marchers are ending to conduct this rally. It already has started. Its dark now. This whole like threeblock area is cordoned off with policemen standing quietly by letting them protest and funnel into this area. What we saw was about a mile long protest. It would be tens of thousands of people. One of the largest protests in new yor
Economy grew at its fastest rate in 11 years last quarter. 5 for the three months ending in september blew away most forecasts, in the second quarter. Its the latest evidence that the economy is now sizzling five months after it began, and the rest is continuing to struggle. Goods and services, and the Third Quarter gains came from strong spending from consumers, businesses and the federal government. Reasons for wall street to cheer and for the Stock Traders to wear silly hats. Dow jones passed 18,000 for the first time ever. The dow is up 9 this year, and the s p has gained almost 13 . The recent gain in stocks has been fueled by the federal reserve, saying that it will be patient in raising interest rates, mainly due to Falling Energy prices, keeping a lid on inflation, and gasoline prices are putting more money in the pockets of consumers. It all sounds great, especially when you consider that average housing had impressive gains in november. But lets be clear. Americans continue t