This war. Nothing really seems to work. We will take a closer look at why the number of americans living in poverty hasnt budged. Also tonight, we have this developing bombshell of a story right here in new jersey. New evidence directly links a massive traffic shutdown on the George Washington bridge to governor Chris Christies top aides. Now the questions are getting more serious. Did christie know about this and will this become a scandal that undoes his chances to run for the white house . And a new book by former defense secretary robert gates also causing a political and Foreign Policy sensation. Whats the book tell us about president obama, Hillary Clinton and some other key players that we need to know about . After all the sacrifice, are we actually losing in afghanistan and iraq . Oh, my gosh. All those stories and much more coming up on the kudlow report beginning right now. Good evening, everyone. Im larry kudlow. This is the kudlow report. We are here live, 7 00 p. M. Easte
To shelter in place, stay put. The s. W. A. T. Team stormed the building. After about two hours, they did not find the gunman. But they did find bullet fragments on the second floor of the building, likely fired from a handgun. Police say a doctor may have been targeted. The doctor did not recognize this person. Were still investigating whether this person is known to anybody within the building, if there is a relationship between the doctor and the suspect. No one was injured. A School Concert had been scheduled tonight at a nearby middle school. That was canceled because of what happened there. The usgs is reporting a strong earthquake struck off the west coast of Vancouver Island tonight. It happened just after 8 00 an hour ago or so at a magnitude of 6. 7. The epicenter was about 58 miles offshore. So far no reports of injury or damage. It was a good distance offshore. And the u. S. Tsunami Warning Center did not issue any sort of tsunami warning. You know, a lot of teenagers consi
Just kidding, you would be taxed, the rate of tax would go up from 36 point something to 39 percent. You know the president said he wouldnt go up over 250 and he did. Now up to 450. These tax republicans are very pleased. The bush tax cuts for everybody else would be permanent. People who are on unemployment, thats 2 million long term would continue to get unemployment checks. They had something to do with the estate tax, 40 after the first 5 million being exact, and they fiddled around with the alternative minimum tax so more people wouldnt have to pay that. This will get spun a million ways. Taxes are going up for a significant portion of the country. That was the payroll tax holiday which was supposed to be an economic stimulus program. If you make 50,000 a year, your taxes will go up about 800. If you make 100,000, it might go up to 2,000 more. That was a temporary thing, and that was allowed to expire. Nobody wants to talk about that. But thats a reality. And so where does this le
Right now. Straight up 6 00 right now. Here is a live look outside. Well take a live look at the u. S. Capitol dome where lots of wheeling and dealing has been going on, finally a compromise reached on the fiscal cliff deal, but, of course, our troubles are far from over. Well be continuing to follow that story coming up. Good morning, everyone, it is wednesday, january 2nd, 2013. Im sarah simmons. Im wisdom martin. Lets get right over to whats happening outside in the weather world. And for that we say hello once again to Tucker Barnes. Hi. Good morning. Good morning. Everybody headed back to work and school, at least parts of the area. Get the seat warmers going. Get the seat warmers going. 30s to start your day. Heres a big change from yesterday. Well have more sunshine than weve seen in the last couple of days. So it should be fairly nice looking out the window. Still on the cold side. Highs only about 40, maybe 42. Lets go right to radar. Weve had a few light showers and sprinkles
York. The emergency crews who nd the clock a major snowstorm shutting down a major transport august artery in new york. The emergency crews working around the clock to restore power and clear roads. And lots of blue skies. A slight warmup by the afternoon. A look at the sevenday forecast coming up. And that is like the first date and second date. By the third date, its a bad arrangement. The governor of texas does california dreaming or scheme. His attempt to lure jobs this week. And its 8 30 on sunday, february 10th. Thank you for being with us. Im ann. And im phil. We have a lot of news to cover in the next hour and well look at the boy scouts and a uc hastings professor about the legal and ethical and Public Relations implication of that. And we a couple of hundreds of days away and well speak with some of the men behind this and about that celebration planned. And the sniffle season. And first, lets look at the story that captivated the nation, the storm that hit the northeast and