road. where will there be a white christmas? in their honor. signs of the season from coast to coast paying tribute to some genuine american heroes. good evening. those post christmas credit card bills may not be the only shock to the wallet come the new year. with just ten days left to act to avoid a plunge over the fiscal cliff, the president and congress have left washington for the holidays leaving the clock ticking down to an across-the-board tax increase for most americans. ten days is enough time to make a deal if republicans and democrats each decide to give some more ground. but tonight there are no such signs. that leaves millions of holiday shoppers tonight spending money against a paycheck that may soon get noticeably smaller. we ll dig down on how this could affect your bottom line. but first, let s find out where negotiations stand. nbc s kristen welker is traveling with the president in honolulu. hello, kristen. reporter: lester, good evening. president oba
christmas? in their honor. signs of the season from coast to coast paying tribute to some genuine american heroes. good evening. those post christmas credit card bills may not be the only shock to the wallet come the new year. with just ten days left to act to avoid a plunge over the fiscal cliff, the president and congress have left washington for the holidays leaving the clock ticking down to an across-the-board tax increase for most americans. ten days is enough time to make a deal if republicans and democrats each decide to give some more ground. but tonight there are no such signs. that leaves millions of holiday shoppers tonight spending money against a paycheck that may soon get noticeably smaller. we ll dig down on how this could affect your bottom line. but first, let s find out where negotiations stand. nbc s kristen welker is traveling with the president in honolulu. hello, kristen. reporter: lester, good evening. president obama played a round of golf this aft
folks, right here. think about that. a halo, a pitch. you put your money in or watch for warning signs? sheila and seema have both sides of the coin today. and timothy geithner, the back story, folks, former treasury secretary, key player in the financial crisis, has a new job now, but wait until hear the backstory and st. loueve liesma it. halo or pitch fork? seema is such a sweetheart, should have been two halos. i know what they were trying to do. no way she could be a devil. we have a record-breaking day down here, ty. the dow and s&p crossing big, big numbers, 16,000 for the dowp. right now it is up 39 points on today s trading session, but it s up 144% from the march 2009 bottom. the s&p hit the 1800 mark for the first time ever, it is now slightly to the downside. it s kind of hugging that 1800 mark. but it is up 165% since that 09 bottom. the nasdaq inching ever closer to 4,000. that index is down 4.5 points today but it s up 214% since march of 09. the big questi
confused. he also said it s not going to be under the existing caps and existing program, but rather, it s going to be under a new and reformed immigration program. is it fair to say that you re not going to answer this question about the 11 million? not just you, but the campaign? you re going to leave this as an open question throughout the rest of the campaign? i think donald trump s been completely consistent and i think he did answer the question. well, trump surrogate rudy giuliani also muddle ad the deportation plan for noncriminals today. after we secure the border and after we remove the criminal illegal immigrants to a large extent you re never going to get to 100% then and only then can we look at this in a very rational way in which we can look at all the options and be open to all of the options. and he doesn t want to separate families, as you say? well, i would say that would be one of the things that would be pretty clear. there are other opt
that was certainly forbidden because the concern is there a rip tide out there that can quickly lead to death, drowning out there. right now, as we ve seen hermine move through the day, the winds have gotten better, the rain has come and gone. some people behind me don t have raincoats on. it could be five minutes and we have rain here again. for the moment things are looking like they re nearing an end in this part of this area of the country here in virginia beach with hermine. all right. thank you so much. kerry sanders following what s happening there in virginia beach. appreciate it so much. post tropical cyclone hermine could soon return to hurricane strength. wnbcmetertologist erica grow with us. when will that happen if it were to happen? we re very, very close to hurricane strength already. it s not going to become an actual hurricane again. it s already made that transition to extra tropical. that doesn t mean anything about the strength. we re looking at very