Us. Heres what were watching. Thousands of homes are without power as Tropical Storm ophelia lashes the coast with strong winds and heavy rain. We have a look at the cities in the path and the impact well see throughout the day. Its quickly hurdling toward a shutdown as talks have broken down over a deal to fund the government. How federal agencies are preparing and the talks happening today to try to keep a shutdown happening. Hollywood writers and executives will meet again today to try to work out a deal to end the Writers Strike that has paralyzed the industry for months. What will it take to get production up and running again, even after a deal is made. Plus cnn taking you inside the new High Speed Rail Service connects parts of florida. Why some say it could usher in a new era of rail travel in the u. S. Lets start with Tropical Storm ophelia. It has now made landfall in North Carolina. This pretty strong Tropical Storm washed ashore about two hours ago with winds around 70 Mile
Schools to be safe sanctuary for teaching and learning, not armed fortresses. Not armed camps. It felt like oh, this is what the nra has wanted all along. This is now a new market for the gun manufacturers. This is where the president , after that listening session, to the conversation . If you think about it pragmatically, it is an insane a suggestion, because what are you going to do in terms of teachers . Our kindergarten teachers going to wear their guns on their hips . Are you talking about just handguns versus an Assault Rifle that can shoot 90 rounds in a minute . What happens if kids are rushing along and a horribl hallway . What is a frightened teacher going to do . I could go through all of these unanswered questions, and the more questions you go through, the more you realize what an insane idea it is. And frankly, i was on the phone with about asked he thousand 60,000 teachers and other educators this week and we raised this idea as one of the ideas of the president had sai
Job. What is that job . Guest i am the director for the voice of america. Host what does that mean . Guest it means i get to work with a couple thousand of the most talented and interesting germ journalist in the world which is really exciting. Host how did you get the job . Guest i think we thought it was a good fit. Host you have been editor of the bloomberg news, the philadelphia inquire, jow spent time at the wall street journal. This is a government job. How is it different . Guest it is journalism and that is the same no matter who practices it. We have the obligation by the charter to tell americas story. We are the voice of america after all. What that means is we have a giant beat. I know how to cover a beat. Journalist know how to cover beats. Host but can you be critical of u. S. Policy in this position . Guest the voa charter and as far as i know it is always been the governing ruling law of this organization is that we will tell the truth. Good news, bad news, we will be f
Resignation. Plus im in togo. I will be reporting on business in unwanted goods from europe and america here. Hello. We begin in iraq. Thats where shia militias are set to prepare a counteroffensive against isil who have taken a city in anbar. It means isil is one step closer to establishing supply lines between syria and iraq. Reporter isil is in control of rhamadi after three days of assault managing to force forces out of anbars provincial capital. They asked for help of shia militias. We understand that these militias different brigades are now gearing up for a counteroffensive against isil. This is a very controversial decision and many tribal leaders are warning against it saying it will backfire inflaming sectarian tensions and many will consider it an iranian occupation. Many say theyve been issues warnings and appealing for weapons. They were requesting weapons to take on the fight by themselves but the Iraqi Government has been reluctant to give them weapons because they dont
Yesterday. Trying to end the governments mortgage investigations, still no sign of a settlement deal. The stock is meandering a bit, waiting for guidance, down about 2 3 of a percent, j. P. Morgan at 52. 25 a share, is there any valivalidity to all things digi, that go laly is takeover from Steve Ballmer at microsoft, i reached out the alan m malalley asking is true . There were dots in there Charlie Gasparino should be here. Some do we see . I dont know. Who do you think . Do you think that means he is staying or leaves at ford . Well talk about the ford microsoft story coming up. But first blackberry and j. C. Penney, we talked about them yesterday knowing you needed to watch the name with horrific weeks, but which stock has the worst week ever . Nicole . You come in from New York Stock Exchange, adam, we got him if front of a camera, we start with you blackberry. Look at blackberry two contendors for awful weeks. What occurred throughout this week, monday, that is when fairfax stepp