And William Shatner has something completely different. First, we kick it off with what everyone is talking about. The standoff between ukraine and russia. Tensions rising in ukraine. Prorussian militants continue to occupy buildings despite a deadline to leave. An emergency meeting of the un security council. The u. S. And russia blame each other for the violence. Tensions between russia and ukraine are kicking up a notch over the weekend. At least one Ukrainian Service member was killed in a shootout with a prorussian gunmen in the eastern part of the country, which has a large russianspeaking population. Cities in this part of the country that we are talking about our kiev and others, that had flareups last week. We have just seen of a police unit changing sides. We cannot say that this is just the russians. There is obviously a part of the local citizenry that is prorussian. There have been suggestions of russian involvement in organizing these bodies. That is not what the Russian
Said theyd let the United States default on its bills. The president claims this, but republicans have always raised the debt ceiling. Weve never seen the debt limit fail to be raised. All they have said is we want to apply the same criteria that the president himself applied when he was a senator and say we dont want to give the president a blank check. We would like to fix the substantive problem which is the level and the growth in the debt. Reporter markets are almost treating the fight over the debt ceiling as the sequel to a bad movie. And investors have a pretty good feel for how this cliffhanger ends. They dont really care about the brinksmanship until they are right up to the brink, but also, the more dangerous the fall, off the brink, they figure the less likely that its going to happen. Reporter treasury secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress Today that unless it acts, the nation will not be able to pay its bills sometime around mid february or early march. So with a month
Said theyd let the United States default on its bills. The president claims this, but republicans have always raised the debt ceiling. Weve never seen the debt limit fail to be raised. All they have said is we want to apply the same criteria that the president himself applied when he was a senator and say we dont want to give the president a blank check. We would like to fix the substantive problem which is the level and the growth in the debt. Reporter markets are almost treating the fight over the debt ceiling as the sequel to a bad movie. And investors have a pretty good feel for how this cliffhanger ends. They dont really care about the brinksmanship until they are right up to the brink, but also, the more dangerous the fall, off the brink, they figure the less likely that its going to happen. Reporter treasury secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress Today that unless it acts, the nation will not be able to pay its bills sometime around mid february or early march. So with a month
Captioning sponsored by wpbt this is n. B. R. Susie good evening everyone. Im susie gharib. President Obama Tells Congress were not a deadbeat nation, and they need to raise the debt ceiling now, so we can pay our bills on time. Tom im tom hudson. A sour day for apple investors. The stock tumbles to 11 month lows on new worries about waning demand for the iphone 5. Susie but a banner day for g. M. , the cadillac ats takes car of the year at the big auto show in detroit, and its new corvette stingray wows gear heads around the globe. Tom that and more tonight on n. B. R. susie the next big fight in washington has begun. President obama today called on republican lawmakers to authorize an increase in the nations debt limit, saying that messing with it could potentially have catastrophic results for Many Americans and the overall economy. He warned markets would go haywire if congress does not act, Interest Rates would rise, and checks to Social Security beneficiaries would stop. And he s