This announcement by expressing my deep gratitude and apleeshation, and of course our congratulations to our host, secretary of state, john kerry, and to you, the government and people of the United States, for this timely invitation to attend the summit. On an urgent issue focused on our oceans. As the secretary of state has said, it is our shared hope and the only one we have. Ladies and gentlemen, for far too long, human activities in the name of development and our single minded pursuit for shortterm gains and profits have had severe impacts on the health of our environment. Ese include illegal fishing, dumping of waste in the ocean, industrial activity which have caused excessive Carbon Dioxide emissions and of course the list goes on. In combination, these activities have greatly affected the health of our oceans and our planet and of course the ecosystems. These have results in what we see now. Completion of fishery stocks, acidification, Sea Level Rise, increased Ocean Temperat
Barra why the automaker waited more than a decade to recall cars with a faulty ignition switch linked to deaths. Gm announced a new recall of 1. 5 million vehicles over possible problems of power steering. That pushes the total in february to more than 6 million recalls. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Susan, good morning. Reporter annemarie, good morning, mary barra could be asked that question repeatedly here on capitol hill. Why gm let a decade go by with drivers still behind the wheels of these cars. We have her prepared testimony, shes expected to say she still doesnt know why and gm Going Forward will be different. Family members of victims killed in crashes linked to an ignition switch defect in some General Motors vehicles will be on capitol hill today. This is my daughter kelly erin ruddy. She died when she was 21 years old. She was killed in a chevy cobalt. Reporter gm has recalled 2. 6 million small cars this year, including the chevy cobalt because the ignition could move
Only one day . Heres something to get it going. Our High Temperature is going to be above average. 42 degrees currently at the lake. 36 and bartlett. 36 in kankakee. On the satellite we have a cloud cover across the region. Not too much. Its all we will get. Take a look at the numbers. 62 by 5 00 p. M. Sunshine. 9 00 p. M. We are at 55. Early as 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow we are at 46. This is all winning. Tonight we go down to 46. Scattered showers thursday in the afternoon. 61 howl or going to get to the cold spell on friday . Things are looking good so far. No accident at this point. Light construction most of it just some small pockets. No big backups. We will let you know where the construction is born alive and how you could avoid it in the next few minutes. Ten children were taken to hospitals after a waitress accidentally served them alcohol at a pizza place in little village. It happened just before ten last night, at a home run inn restaurant in the 42hundred block of west 31st stre
In the 60s in some areas. Around the area with a breezy conditions. Up to 30 mi. Per hour in some areas. Sunday early but then the highs reached the mid 80s. Storms develop tonight. Typically with that warmup the second punch comes your way with doreen coming tonight. Its 65 in kankakee. Only 46 degrees in waukegan and kenosha is at 45. Cooler to the north. One friend is lifting to the region it will really jumped as temperatures up. Stay dry through the day. Thunderstorms come tonight. Could be a wild night with potential for severe thunderstorms. Some storms could pop up. 82 by 5 00 p. M. Better chance into tomorrow morning. Storms likely friday. Saturday we make 73 degrees. Everything is looking good out there. Lots of construction. Theyre trying to get these projects out of the way. Most should be picked up by 6 00 but as to go from the eisenhower to the kennedy that ramp is blocked. It will flip the other way starting tonight. Who break that down more coming up. News. There is a f
Ad that scored and the ones that late in a laid an egg. Lets get you right to the top stories were following on this friday. An unexpected boost in stimulus from the bank of japan is spurring optimism in the global economy. The doj concerned it wont be able to reach its 2 inflation target. Earlier we talked with the chief Investment Officer of global credit at pimco. He said Monetary Policy is the only option for europe and for japan. The reality is that with that level of high in europe and japan, Monetary Policy is the only option. You are going to see the Central Banks all over the world go more all in then you think because Monetary Policy is really the only game in town right now. The equity markets apparently liking what they heard in the united states. On wall street, Dow Jones Industrial average is up nearly rise for , 152 point the dow. At 500 index is up as well 2011. The nasdaq composite index is up about one point 25 . The economy will be front and center when president oba