Hello, and welcome to word book store. Were so pleased thank you join us for the confidence between die unanimous henriques and joe nocera. I am the vaccines coordinator and it miss flour introduce our authors tonight. Please bear with me through some housekeeping. Word book storesandindependent book store locate in brooklyn and jersey city, new jersey. We celebrated the ten year neaves of our location this past march andunder scene coming up four years in our jersey city location. Tonights revent will be taped by cspan so if you see cameras, thats why. Also, please turn your cell phones off or put them on silent. After author speaks there will be a short period of question and answer followed by signing. We have books at our register. Our book sellers will help with the signing and thank you in advance for your help. Tonight we are here to discuss first class catastrophe. Monday, october 19, 1987, was by far the worst day in wall street history. The market fell 22. 6 , almost twice as
Well, were at the brink. Reporter with time running out, House Speaker john boehner announced his partys newest salvo a bill to fund the government that also delays the individual mandate in the Health Care Law which requires all americans to buy insurance. The house will act this evening and whether send it over to the United States senate. Reporter Senate Leader harry reid warned this bill would meet the same fate as the previous two which would have defunded or delayed the Health Care Bill all together. They are closing down the government. I dont know what in the world is wrong with them, why theyre fixated on this obamacare. It is the law reporter the strategy is being championed by texas senator ted cruz, along with dozens of Tea Party House republicans who road a wave of obamacarerelated ang interoffice in 2010. Louisianas john fleming. Do you think this is worth shutting down the government over . I think this is worth fighting over obamacare, which the American People reject.
So very surprising to see the turnaround this morning. Maybe it is offset by some companies that we hear from. Heres a story we have been following all day. You get fired from your job in just over a yearandahalf and leave with a severance package worth nearly 60 million. Ill take it. Sorry, just didnt work out, but here is a nice parting gift for you. It actually wa lly with one yah executive . Whats that say about the ceo marissa myer . Well have that story. It was on this date 25 years ago cnbc launched to the world. Well have vintage clips and talk to the man who ran cnbc back then, bob wright, who was the first person ever seen on this network. Stay with us for a very special two hours. Bill, i am so happy and privileged to be anchoring with you on this day. Well tell that story later. Yes, we will. The markets right now, the Dow Jones Industrial average and all major averages are in positive territory right now. Oh i spoke too soon it just dipped back. Because it is the most vola
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is a special western edition. The house and senate spent the day runnin running into full spo a fiasco of their own making. Major parts of the federal government will shut down at midnight unless Congress Passes a bill to keep the government funded. House republicans have refused to do that without a oneyear delay in one of the key provisions of the Affordable Care act, also known as obamacare. There are latebreaking developments in this story and here is nancy cordes on capitol hill. Reporter scott, the capitol is locked in what appears to be a neverending game of chicken. The g. O. P. Led house is voting tonight on the third republican attempt to use a government funding bill to weaken the president S Health Care law. The democraticallyled senate has already said it will block that. Well, were at the brink. Reporter with time running out, House Speaker john boehner announced his partys newest salvo, a bill to f
Secretary of State Scott Schwab confirmed that a recount of the failed abortion amendment would cost $120,000. In response, anti-abortion activist Mark Gietzen filed a lawsuit demanding a hand recount without cost.