He wants to roll back austerity, do away with budget cuts and renegotiate the terms of that countrys massive pile of debt. Turmoil casting a shadow over Global Markets increasing concerns greece could default or maybe exit the eurozone. Those fears today were compounded out of weak data out of china and a surprise drop in its exports in january. The Dow Jones Industrial average was off 95 points to finish at 17,729. The nasdaq lower by 18 the s p 500 lost eight points. All this comes just days ahead of a meeting of European Finance ministers. More now on the debt drama, and what might happen next. Reporter posturing is what european leaders are seeing. The greek Prime Minister talking about pulling back the austerity measures raising the minimum wage. We also have the finance minister say theres a whole pack of cards. If you pull the greek card out, the whole thing comes tumbling down. We are starting to get some details of just what that program for the future would be. The question i
Top stories were following on this monday november 18th. If it crashes down lanes on interstate 80. We will have an update and a live report. And the wait is over. If the new fourththe new 4th bore of the caldecott tunnel is open. Well see how much time it will save on your morning commute. Bart and its two biggest kenyan could be heading back to the bargaining table yet again because of a contract mistake. Riders fear another bart strike. With an update in the Weather Center from erica. Good morning. Erica we could see upward of 2 in. Of rain a. I will be tracking the time line for you highlighting futurecast 4 coming up in about 15 minutes. Mark . The news room following the latest of the string of deadly tornadoes that tore through the midwest. More than 60 tornadoes were reported throughout the area. On the left you can see video from a chicago suburb of the ride a small town in central illinois. A woman in washington and illinois as her home and business was standing one moment an
Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. We want to check in with rose mary this morning for a look at this sunday morning even colder in some areas this morning. Some folks a few degrees above freezing ill show you who coming up. Waking up to the low clouds and the fog around the bay and along the coast. Mostly sunny, similar temperatures for this afternoon for what we experienced on saturday ill line it up for you and in the forecast, much needed rain on the way ill ex following developing news in San Francisco where two women were shot outside of a club. One died and the other fighting for his life. We at the scene reporter it happen just after 2 00 this morning, a witness said there was a large group of people gathered in the alley way. This is sixth and jessie streets and the people that gathered in the alley way, theres a parking lot next to it and at some point, someone opened fire in the crowd striking two people. They discovered two women were suffering from gunshot wounds they
When you go out there, there is basically no law and order. It is lawless and the people controlling things, the people with the guns are a mixture of former groups. People really in control are these former selica fighters who have been supposed to be disbanded but havent been. They have committed atrocities in various parts of the country. As we discovered, theyve also been killing women and children. Two of this womans children were murdered in front of her. She was shot in the back. She said she hasnt got the strength to look after the surviving children. All she can think about is a terrible night. Everyone was sleeping except me. I was in the corner of the hut by the door. They shined a light and then started spraying bullets. I grabbed my baby and put her in a bag. I shouted i have a baby in my hands, why you are shooting . They stopped shiiteing. Everyone on the floor was already dead. The 16yearold girl was also there that night. This woman was shot in the back. The hospital s
Coming up on the kudlow report, beginning right now. First up tonight, president obama kicks off his threespeech tour on jobs and the economy tomorrow at knox college in illinois. Will the president put forward a pro growth plan for tax reform or more of the same, higher taxes, failed health care reform, wasteful Government Spending . Lets talk. Here now is jack bernstein, former chief economist to Vice President biden and Grover Norquist, president of americans for tax reform. I begin with you, Grover Norquist. What do you expect the president to say . The president is going to say we should have the government spend more money on many Different Things and we should raise taxes to pay for it. And he will explain that this is pro growth. It is what hes done for the last five years. Jared, do you agree with that . No, unsurprisingly i dont. I think what the president is going to say is that while this economy has been growing, that growth has done an end run around the middle class and