[background sounds] [background sounds] flags at the capital flying at halfstaff today in honor of the Washington Navy yard shooting victims. In the house and Senate Members of congress commented on yesterdays events and gun violence. We begin with House Minority whip steny hoyer. Frankly i dont know enough about the facts. I lost three constituents that lost their lives working in the navy yard. Two of them lived in Charles County and one of them lived in Saint Marys County to county in which i live. I am sure that it will renew the discussions about access to weapons that can be used to kill a lot of people quickly. We have seen however in colorado just in the past weeks to legislators who had the courage to vote for legislation which simply asks that we do a background check so we know who is getting guns which 80 to 85 of the American Public say is a sensible policy. Now withstanding that these two legislators will recall in a special election. One can analyze who comes out to the
Addressed in a deal, it certainly went part way, but leaves a number of issues still on the table. Would you care to raise that as an additional fiscal cliff that is facing us . Would you think that its not as concerning as it was when you raise that term initially . As i said the fiscal cliff, if it is allowed to take place, it probably would have traded a recession this year. A good bit of that has been addressed. Nevertheless, we still have fairly restrictive fiscal policies now. It is estimated that federal fiscal policy will we have quite a bit to do to address the their longterm sustainability issues. Theres a lot more work to do. Let me be very clear about that. Its going to be a long haul and its not going to happen overnigh3 its going to be a long haul and its not going to happen overnight. We because the government budget represents the values and priorities of the public and the decisions being made about what to spend and tax and someone, they are very difficult and content
Numbers look out as we kick off cybermonday. Which retailers crushed it and which ones were crushed . If you were keeping track, the dow added 421 points last week and bulls argue it could add even more if european leaders settle this dispute over greek aid. Well discuss the potential impact as they meet in brussels right now. A big day for analyst upgrades. Research in motion, facebook, yahoo well go over those and see why citi needs three analysts to initiate coverage of apple. Well begin with retail sales picture from this past weekend. 139 Million Consumers shopped during black friday weekend. Thats up from 132 million last year. Total spending up to 59. 1 billion to 54. 4 a year ago. Average Holiday Shopper spending 434 over the weekend. Sales on black friday fell 1. 8 from the same day a year ago setting the stage for today known as cybermonday. American shoppers will spend 1. 5 billion online today up from 1. 25 billion a year ago. The papers have it. Usa today retailers hail. J
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Ahead of this story from the very beginning and has the latest developments for us from the pentagon. Good morning, barbara. Good morning, john. A u. S. Official does confirm to cnn that president obama has authorized those reconnaissance flights to collect intelligence about isis positions inside of syria, but the question, of course, now is what exactly will trigger a decision for air strikes . U. S. Reconnaissance flights could begin over syria at any time, according to u. S. Officials using possibly drones, u2 supply planes or f18s. The pentagon is drafting options to strike inside syria, but the u. S. Wont warn the Syrian Government who says carrying out air strikes without their consent would be a breach of its sovereignty and an act of aggression. Its unclear, however, how much the president s top military adviser, general Martin Dempsey, supports immediate u. S. Military action. A spokesman confirmed dempsey is preparing options to address isis, both in iraq and syria, with a v