hunter will plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors, but he cutmi a deal on the felony gun charge. and i find that interesting. hunter s dadinterest, he talks s about enforcing gun laws. this time, we establish universal background checks. every chiliden: itd safe, start your firearm. we also established a zero tolerance policy for rogue gun dealers who willfully violate the law. now, insteadn dealers. of a slae on the wrist, their licenses revoked. you have a lot of gu riskn dealerse en who are engaged in shady actions. wellga, guess what it used to b. yet they get a fine. now they lose their license to sell. shady interactions. sounds like hunter biden. well, if joe wants to enforce gun laws and safe gun storage, start with your son, hunter. he allowed haley biden, his bidn sister in law, who he wasintima intimate with, to throw one of his handguns throw into a trasha across the street from a highh school . sound safe? hunter he wasn t charged with the crime. insteahunte
welcome to cbs this morning. as daylight arrives on the west coast, much of the east coast is getting to see the full devastation of super storm sandy. the massive storm is blamed for at least 18 deaths at least 7.5 million utility customers have lost power in 16 states and washington, d.c. it is estimated that sandy has cause edd $10 to $20 billion in damage, making it one of the most expensive storms in america american history. financial markets are closed again because of the storm. here in new york city, the subway system could be closed for days because of historic flooding. our correspondents are on the ground across the east covering the impact of superstorm sandy. we begin our coverage in hard-hit new york city. president obama has just declared a state of emergency in new york and new jersey. jim axelrod is at battery park in manhattan, which was inundated with water. jim, good morning. reporter: good morning, charlie. high tide has come here. at least in t
ready for volunteers to carve. we had a blast in for what we were doing. it makes me feel needed. sorry, my mascara is running. i was cutting onions. reporter: the man behind this meal is reverend cecil williams. he says there s always a need to help the needy. what are some of the challenges every year? some of the challenges have to do with how we can say to the world how hunger can be eliminated and it takes all of us and not just a few to say we are going to turn this upside down and here we are. reporter: the mayor and only ed lee also showed up to volunteer. he says there is a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. thank you for joining over 1000 volunteers who are expressing their love for the city and the people. painful we have a strong economy . reporter: how big was this even? it serves 2500 people. it is by far its biggest task of the year. this is will tran, kron 4 news. today is a day of annual traditions. starting early this morning vol
gathering last night with food that we are told was not cooked there. a smoke alamb went off in the basement around 5:00 a.m. as for the rapid advance of the fire a lot of timbers dry and old, a lot of draperies inside that added to the fire. the engineers have been trying to determine if the building can be saved. i m ready to cry. reporter: and those permit violations, according to a source, could have included work on electrical junction boxes back in april and a little bit later into the spring before the stop work order was issued by the town of west orange. now that is all one reason why investigators do believe that it is possible that it could have been electrical in nature for this fire. live in west orange, i m brian thompson, news4 new york. a brooklyn man is dead after a fire in his bedford sty firefighters responded to jefferson avenue around 2:30 this afternoon. the firefighters rescued two other adults trapped inside. the investigators call the fire
quarter declined because people assumed health care was going to create a delay. without further delay, let s go to scarlet on home depot. the earnings just came out, a beat, second-quarter earnings per share of $1.52. expectedthan bottom-line number. sales topping estimates as well. depot confirms its full-year sales forecast. adding to its buyback program, overbillion share buyback the remainder of this year. he moved to engineer a higher earnings per share number continues. with adam parker joining us in the next hour from morgan stanley, use of cash. the pressure to deploy cash. you see that in the bhp billiton restructuring. what are we going to do to distribute cash to shareholders. .838 on the the 16 dow. a distinction between home depot and lowe s, the bloomberg industries team pointed out sales will likely come in stronger. an estimateds 4.4%. home depot doing it more effectively than lows. medtronic and t tj maxx report earnings as well today. hasuple items of