After the bell as originally expected. Andrew has more on that. Okay. Thank you, becky. Ibm sending out an advisory that plans to release the results of their Third Quarter at 7 00 a. M. Eastern time. Well have details on what the announcement could be because the wall street journal says they will play global foundings to take its money losing chip business off of its hands. So the deal of sorts where nobody is buying something from them but they are paying to get rid of it. Ibm is talking to potential buyers, but buyers is the wrong term. Neither company is reporting on this, but well hear more about that in just an hour. No one is going to pay them for it . Exactly. That is not a good way to get rid of assets, right . Usually you want them to buy it from you. But this one is pretty interesting. And mark andreesse in is stepping down from ebays board of directors. He was central to the battle with karl ikan. He says its the right time. He said andreessen made a lot of money he made a
At this hour, we are hearing that several people have been hurt. Well bring you to the pentagon for the latest on this story, just ahead. Also breaking news ahead. The former mayor of new york, ed koch has died. He was 88 years old. A look at his legacy this morning. A controversial, combative, confrontational and brash mayor, and the people of new york city loved him. Well tell you about that, straight ahead. Christine. And the first jobs report of 2013 released in an hour and a half. The numbers for you, what it means for the health of the economy and the jobs market. And the defense secretary nominee on the defensive. Chuck hagel grilled on capitol hill. Did he blow his shot to convince lawmakers that hes the right man for the job . Friday, february 1st, and starting point begins right now. Welcome, everybody. Breaking news, we start with. Two people have died, several people wounded in explosion that has taken place outside the u. S. Embassy in ankara, turkey. Chris lawrence joins
news reports out of that area, saw a big flash, heard a big bang. reports of several people wounded near a side gate of the embassy. we re waiting for more information, the u.s., of course, has two major air bases in turkey no, where near the capit capital. soledad. thank you, chris, for watching this story. also, we told you just moments ago, the former new york city mayor ed koch has died. he passed away from congestive heart failure. he had really problems with his health over the last many years. mayor koch elected in 1977. he was a judge on the people s court, and he had been hospitalized recent well fluid on his lungs. moved to intensive care yesterday. he was 88 years old. richard socaridies joins us. writer for new yorker, former aide to president clinton. when i was a kid growing up in long island, mayor koch was almost a mythical figure. larger than life. when i grew up in manhattan, he was mayor, and as you said, he was very feisty, said what he thought. ne
early next week and that would make it a devastating superstorm. the hurricane s already done tons of damage. 11 people dead in cuba. sandy ripping off the roofs of homes, flattening other homes al to the. the storm killed one person in jamaica. nine other people killed in haiti. heavy rains from the storm s outer bands have unleashed devastating flooding. although the hurricane is still several days away from the united states east coast, sandbagging is already under way as far north as new jersey. meet oreologist rob marciano is tracking sandy s every move. we re getting already dire warnings, really serious red flags about this storm. tell me exactly what s happening that makes it, you know, worse than what they call the perfect storm. well, the perfect storm never made landfall for one thing. this one looks like it s going to make landfall. that s what makes it worse. the setup is somewhat similar, we have a hurricane that s moving north and a strong cold front with a s