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The combination of the pandemic and the arrival of cold weather is worsening the difficulties faced by the homeless in Little Rock. According to organizations serving the homeless in the state s capital city, the number of people seeking help has increased since the onset of the pandemic.
Pastor William Holloway, CEO of the Little Rock Compassion Center, said the emergency shelter for the homeless has averaged 175 people per night in recent weeks more than 25 per people than normal for this time of year. We re getting people now that are losing their jobs in other states, and they re originally from Arkansas. Now they re trying to come back home.
geek energy in the room to allow anything to happen. were you at comic-con? yeah, we were. craig: together? that s where i found him. craig: were you at comic-con? i tried to get a job. he hasn t gotten one yet. craig: you can be on doctor who as the evil help caun. where is this guy from? craig: i think pakistan. thank you very much. he s got a very weird accent. craig: yeah, you do is a very weird accent. ay. craig: say good night, everybody. good night. [cheers and applause] ,,,,,,,,,,, you re watching cbs 5 eyewitness news in high definition. the debt crisis hits home. more than one million californians won t get paid if washington can t figure it out. plus what president obama tweeted that lost him thousands of followers. drivers are going so fast that the c. has started a new crackdown using a speed trap nobody can see. what did you do on this friday night? thousands laced up to say good- bye to a tray mission many of us grew up. i m dana k
consequences here in california. the employment development department says 1.2 million californians are not likely to get unemployment checks if washington doesn t wrap this thing up. apple now has more cash than the u.s. treasury. about $2 billion more. as of today, the government has less than $39 billion on hand to pay its bills. by tuesday, it will be less than $26 billion. on wednesday, that number drops to less than $15 billion. that same day the government will owe $23 billion to social security recipients. wall street does not like this uncertainty. the dow dropped nearly 100 points today. the index has lost almost 600 points in six days. all of this with just four days to go until the default deadline. jessica stone shows us one thing lawmakers did do tonight is a glimmer of hope for a deal. jessica. > well good evening, a few hours ago we got another plan from senate majority leader, harry reid. this one expected to go to the floor over the weekend and that mea
you re watching cbs 5 eyewitness news in high definition. the debt crisis hits home. more than one million californians won t get paid if washington can t figure it out. plus what president obama tweeted that lost him thousands of followers. drivers are going so fast that the c. has started a new crackdown using a speed trap nobody can see. what did you do on this friday night? thousands laced up to say good- bye to a tray mission many of us grew up. i m dana king, the republicans finally manage to pass a bill to raise the debt ceiling, but it was dead on arrival in the senate, the democrats killed it. we re seeing real consequences here in california. the state say 1.2 million cran i can ts probably won t get their unemployment checks if california doesn t wrap this up by the deadline. here s how bizarre this is getting. apple, now has more cash than the u.s. treasury. about two million dollars more. as of today, the government has less than $39 million on hand to
we are about three days away from the deadline to raise the debt limit. it was a day of theatrics on capitol hill, republicans passed a bill, only to have been killed by the democrat- controlled senate. this sets of the long week of negotiations and hopefully compromise. after republicans postponed the vote on speaker boehner bill, democrats push pressure on friday. the speaker spoke up and spoke out. i stuck my neck out 1 mi. to try and get the agreement with the president of the united states, this house and has acted. it is time for the administration in time for our colleagues across the aisle to put something on the table! tell us what you are. pat republicans barely passed the they enter the bill, only to have it killed a short while later. it is time for us to come together and reach a compromise. but what if the u.s. does not and what if we default? what does that mean for people like you and me, and they said the biggest impact that we will feel will be ris