the secret to fighting off the competition. all of that and more over the next hour, but first, let s get an update on the situation in syria out with my radio cohost carol massar. the president was presiding over the united nations security council, where they unanimously adopted a resolution, and earlier today, the president addressed the general assembly about the fight against the islamic state. together, training and equipping the syrian opposition to meet the terrorists of isil, but the only solution is political, in response to the legitimate aspirations to all syrian citizens. regardless of ethnicity, regardless of creed. president obama added that the war must reject extremism. all right, thanks very much, carol massar. now, to president obama at the united nations. in the president s speech, he called for world power to eliminate the so-called cancer of extremism. was it effective? let s talk to a senior political advisor of the rand corporation who joins us
intensifying. new data showing that the economy slowed at a pace than originally anticipated. nasdaq starting off at a a closing high, and 14-year high. and the guidance says it is experiencing severe disruption from the winter, and gap suggest suggests gaap suggests it will fall more than expected. and on mad mad money last night, cramer talked about raising investments. and we will hear from apple s tim cook. and in the first full year results are lower after discovering fraud in the subsidiary in mexico, and they go into detail, jim. this is not a minor story, and i know that when you look at the big revenues of citi you say, so what, but this is a major client with a checkered history and it is a $360 million and they say, $230 million, but $360 million pre-tax the. okay. and you think it is important because you look at $360 million pretax fraud resulting in a $235 million after-tax writedown and it gets complex. it is complex. but related to transact
lake michigan. you can see the polar vortex in action and lawrence we ve been hearing a lot about this polar vortex. what exactly is it? that has been the big buzz word over the last couple of days. a polar vortex is not uncommon. in fact they continue to psych it will poles around cycle the poles around and most of the area. just this year it s a little- extensive more extensive in fact. we ve seen all the cold arctic air, tens of thousands of feet deep spreading all the way to the deep south. in fact that cold air bringing very rare temperatures all the way to the south. some record cold temperatures in fact these numbers very unusual to see the cold air. not only that the cold temperatures is expected a high of only 2 degrees in minneapolis today. 7 degrees in chicago. only 14 in new york city. to go along with that though we ve got some very strong winds. so a windchill warning up for much of those areas as well as that s going to make the skin freeze in a matter of
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