Christie. It started last wednesday when documents were released showing that one of christies top aids orchestrated lane closures on the George Washington brirnlg. Friday more documents released they showed the governors govef was involved in trying to pin the story after it broke. Today the state Legislature Announced the formation of a Bipartisan Commission to investigate the bridge bay scandal. This has become larger than a transportation issue and thats why we are creating the supercommittee. Under the chairmanship of wizneuski, this trail will need something else, and well need to look at all evidence thats presented and act accordingly. So on top of socalled the bridgegate scandal we learned today that the housing and urban Development Departments Inspector General is investigating whether christie used money for a jersey shore Marketing Campaign featuring the governor and his company. Wow, john terrett is here with that. We knew this wasnt going to go away and here we are right
Jon welcome to the daily show. My name is jon stewart. We have a good one for you tonight. Tonights guest from the new movie neighbors seth rogen is joining us. [cheers and applause] but first 2014 mid term elections are but six months away. You know what that means. Who will run for the white house in 2016 . Who will run in 2016. How do you win 2016 . What does it mean for 2016 . Jon why speculate about the near future when you can speculate about the far future. [laughter] coming up your tenday forecast for next february. [laughter] its the subject of tonights democalypse 2014. The 2016 foreplay edition. For all we know joe will be president. We dont know. [cheers and applause] just a fella we met. For all we know the 2016 election could come down to antibiotic resistant strep versus the exoskeleton of Donald Trumps hair helmet. [laughter] in the absence after this dream matchup can you give me a hint of who you have as the favorites to the runup of the hypothetical. President obama
4 30 saturday morning less than a mile from friday morns fire. The neighborhood is on alert. The smoke was coming from the other side and it was coming up pretty good. Too close to home. Too close to home. Reporter firefighters are now offering a reward. 10,000 for information leading to the arsonists arrest and conviction. We are very fortunate these fires have not resulted in serious injury or death to our residents. Should these fires continue, that good fortune may run out. Reporter surveillance has led to this person of interest. A 25 to 40yearold white hispanic adult male six foot, to six foot two, skinny. Wearing baggy clothes and large frame glasses not seen in this sketch. Arson unit supervisor Christopher Murphy describes how one fire was set. He asked we keep his face off camera. Someone moved a Plywood Panel to the side and stuck newspaper inside the crack there and lit it on fire. Reporter this east saint john street fire is estimated at 200,000 worth of damage. The Americ
Shields and dave brooks are here to analyze the weeks news, those are and its friday, mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. The u. S. Economy turned in the weakest jobs growth in three years, last month. Todays Labor Department report showed a net gain of just 74,000 jobs in december. The Unemployment Rate did fall from 7, to 6. 7 , largely because many people gave up looking for a job. Paul solman will break down the numbers, right after the news summary. Wall street had a muted reaction to the jobs report. Dow jones industrial avg. Down the Dow Jones Industrial average was down slightly, losing 7 points to cl
And david brooks are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. The u. S. Economy turned in the weakest jobs growth in three years, last month. Todays Labor Department report showed a net gain of just 74,000 jobs in december. The Unemployment Rate did fall from 7, to 6. 7 , largely because many people gave up looking for a job. Paul solman will break down the numbers, right after the news summary. Wall street had a muted reaction to the jobs report. Dow jones industrial avg. Down the Dow Jones Industrial average was down slightly, losing 7 points to close at 16,437. 18. 48 at 4174. 67 the nasdaq rose 18 points to close at 4174. For the week, the dow