Members of congress, distinguished guests colleagues from the department of defense, past and present. Members of the Vietnam Commemoration Advisory Committee the, thank you for being here today. Thank you to the organizers an commemorative partners of this important event and thousands like it across the country and the entire vietnam commemoration effort. Most importantly, thank you to the vietnam era veterans and their families who join us. You honor us with your presence. In a year of anniversaries for this years marks the 150th anniversary of the end of our civil war, the 70th anniversary of the end ever world war ii, the 65th anniversary of the start of korean war, today we gather to remember the vietnam war and to honor those who served in it. We remember the 50th anniversary of president johnsons executive order establishing the Vietnam Service ribbon and we honor our 7. 2 million living vietnam era veterans. Fair fallen comrades in arms including those still unaccounted for an
Was one notable exception. The websites where people could sign up for Health Insurance were over loaded. They had more than 2. 9 million visitors in the early afternoon. The president urged americans to be president , and israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, he questioned the trustworthiness of irans president. Consider this is coming up next. [ music ] the u. S. Government shuts down over an ideological stand off that is costing 800,000 federal employees their paychecks. Consider this, can a conflict without compromise really find any Middle Grounds . Well look at both sides. Also obamacare and enrollment has kicked off across america and given weve already seen a few hiccups can we expect the plan to deliver on its promise of controlling healthcare costs. And why is a generation of interpreters who risked their lives for our troops in afghanistan live in fear of their lives. We begin with the Government Shutdown over the Affordable Care act. As reported, a few House Republican
The speaker pro tempore the. Use will come to order the speaker pro tempore the he house will come to order. Members are asked to remove their conversations from the floor. The speaker pro tempore the house will come to order. Members are asked to remove their conversations from the floor. The chair will now entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the gentlelady from North Carolina seek recognition . Ms. Foxx request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the house is not in order. The house will come to order. Members are asked to remove their conversations from the floor. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlelady from North Carolina is recognized for one minute. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. This is the first for me. This is the first for a lot of us. Because of a partisan refusal, even to talk with House Republicans about a plan to keep our government open and ensure fair treatment for all americans
Ashley and i and ashley webster. Fiscal cliff talks are stalling. Tax hikes and spending cuts. President obama said to speak in about 30 minutes from now. Shibani stocks are holding their ground. Waiting for some sort of news out of washington. The dow sitting at session highs. At least we are closing. Ashley it changes with every headline. The world ringing in the new year. New zealand, australia, japan, china, we will get a sneak preview of celebrations being planned as times square gets prepared for 1 million visitors. It is a complete nightmare. [ laughter ] ashley time now for stocks now as we do every 15 minutes. We are up 51 points. Not too bad on this last trading day of the year. That is right. The dow has been pretty flat. Going back and forth between the red and green. The nasdaq is up 30. Same goes for the s p stock of about nine points. We are also watching a settlement between u. S. Regulators and about a dozen banks. Sources tell the New York Times that 14 banks include
He is lobbying the french the ges 17r the billion offer. There was a joint offer by siemens and mitsubishi. For more on this battle between the industrial titans, Matthew Campbell is joining me from london. This is a big day for jeff anelka. A big day for jeff immelt. How much convincing does he have to do . This is absolutely a big day and he has to make his case in paris to the government and the unions. Ge does have the inside track relative to siemens. They have emigrated deal. An agreed deal. Alstom, the target of the transaction, is on board. What siemens was trying to do does not have alstoms agreement, and the noises from the alstom cap is that they see the siemens proposal, which is pretty complex, as being a bit too much try to do and not ideal from their perspective. Jeff immelt has a tough day ahead of him, already underway in paris, of course, but he has some serious advantages. It sounds that way would you say that the simplicity of his proposal, as you were discussing, w