Scott is off tonight. Im elaine quijano. President obama is beginning his final 12 months in office with a renewed effort to reduce gun violence following a year that saw 331 mass shootings, incidents in which four or more people were shot. Mr. Obama is planning a series of executive actions which would not require the approval of congress. The president is wrapping up his vacation in hawaii. Chip reid is there. Reporter it was just after the mass shooting at an Oregon Community college in october that the president decided he had to take executive action on guns. He made the announcement today in his weekly address, posted on the white house web site. A few months ago i directed my team at the white house to look into any new actions i can take to help reduce gun violence, and on monday, ill meet with our attorney general, loretta lynch, to discuss our options. Reporter sources tell cbs news those options include expanding the definition of who is in the business of selling trigger ba
I directed my team at the white house to look into any new actions i can take to help reduce gun violence. And on monday ill meet with our attorney general, loretta lynch, to discuss our options. Reporter sources tell cbs news those options include expanding the definition of who is in the business of selling guns so that more gun sales trigger background checks and requiring enhanced reporting and tracking of lost and stolen guns. The president blames the Republican Congress for giving him no choice but to take unilateral action. We know we cant stop every act of violence. But what if we tried to stop even one . What if congress did something, anything to protect our kids from gun violence . Reporter last month Senate Republicans blocked democratic proposals that would prevent people on the terror watch list from buying guns and require background checks for online gun purchases. Meanwhile, some states are taking action on their own. In california a new gun control law that took effec
After the u. S. Accused north korea the does the deaf devastating attack. Experts at anyone in a basement could be behind the attack. The United Nations denouncing the attack on sony as the Security Council held its firstever meeting on human rights in north korea. Greek Prime Minister samaras failed to get lawmakers back to back, his only for president , huge because he only has one more chance. The vote earlier today in athens, the candidate fell short of the 200 ballots. Third and final book next monday. Parchment would be dissolved. There would be in early general election. Cars, the latest automaker to issue a nationwide tacall because of faultyt aka airbags. Iesaffects 140,000 bmw 3 ser from 20042006. No problems from the vehicles have been reported. The federal government has been pushing companies to recall older cars with airbags made by takata. To atave been linked least five deaths. This is unbelievable. An allout brawl at the end of last nights miami beach bowl. It was miam
And likely to go even lower now that opec has decided to keep production at current levels. And thats sent prices down again today. Walmart is basically a lot of the reason why we are still under the range of 50 to 60 points. The dow transportation index,ic look at broadly. As long as you are not trying to move crude oil. A lot to talk about. Hope you can join us here for the next couple of hours as we gauge this important day for the retail world. And we also follow the markets. We stand to close higher today. For the dow and s p right now it will be record highs for the year. Its also been a very good november by the way for these markets. It is amazing to think just at the speed and breadth of the rallying since october 15th. We have to look at the impact oil is having. European yields again hitting new lows overnight. And lets talk to some of these savvy shoppers. Did you get these at the door busters this morning . What time did you get to the mall. 7 00. Very early this morning.
Nations . And how a nonprofit named lifevest is encouraging kindness all around the world. But first, headlines. Twitter shares lows up more closed up more than three percent. The company has room to run in digital advertising. , amazon prime had a recordsetting Holiday Season. Amazon shopping jumped 20 during the Holiday Season. However, ups packages were not delivered on time. Ups blames backup, but says that everything is getting out. The stock is trading flat today. Retailers are hoping that the day after christmas will get , may beack in stores gift cards or exchanging purchases. In the Senior Vice President of Mastercard Advisors and the chief executive of the National Retail federation. What does all the information tell you about shopping from now until new years . What is very interesting is that first of all, the shopper came and shopped over the holiday. 2. 3 , which we were very excited about. Shopper willt the continue because they understand that there are promotions. The