Families and others hit by this senseless tragedy. The horror of the story may have muted trading on wall street today, as all priorities are being rearranged in a moment, and we will get you caught up on these markets in just a moment, but first we want to let you know. President obama is set to make a statement on this tragedy from the white house around 3 15 eastern. Our john harwood is in washington with some more details on what we know right now. John . Reporter well, bill, the horror of this tragedy is also muted talk of anything else in washington for the day, including the fiscal cliff and all the issues that weve been discussing for some time now, but one of the jobs of a president is to console victims and to console the nation at a time of grief of this magnitude, so were going to hear from the president at 3 15. Jay carney earlier saying he wasnt going to discuss issues like gun control. It wasnt a day for politics. Its a day to focus on the victims of the tragedy, so you
Its time for end point. Roland, start us off. Elections have consequences. There is no doubt the butt kicking the gop took in november plays a Critical Role to whats happened with Immigration Reform so maybe whether its democrat or republican in the future, get beat, things might change. Cameron the final word and last ten seconds. I was totally excited to see so much bipartisan support for immigration and i hope that carries through to all president obamas agenda items. Time to wake up. Great to hear people talking together. We are out of time. Cnn newsroom with Carol Costello begins now. Hey carol, good morning. Hi, soledad. Stories in the newsroom a young hostage taken underground to a bunker. Killer violent storms on the move, at least one person is reported dead in nashville, tornado warnings popping up across the southeast, the entire east coast could soon be in the danger zone. Ray lewis, reverend ray . People call him reverend ray . Yes. Does he it he serve that title . He does
7 00 at wells middle school. The family welcomes the public to join them. Bay area based chevron is facing a heavy penalty tonight over that explosion and fire last year in its refinery. 37 the fire burned for hours, forcing residents to shelter in place trying to avoid smoke and fumes pumping into the air. In richmond, cal osha has completed its investigation of the august 6th refinery fire and slamming the company with highest penalties aloud under state law. The 25 citations total a million dollars. Pocket change for the oil company. So it could go a long way in helping thousands of individual civil lawsuits. Cal osha says the company could have prevented the company from the pipe. Workers at the refinery and thousands of residents were exposed to toxic vapor from the fire. Chevron says its reviewing citations but does plan to appeal them. Its super bowl week that. Means a lot of proud parents are in new orleans now. Harbaughs are no different. Jack and jackie took center stage toda