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Top of the hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Im Deborah Feyerick live from cnns World Headquarters in atlanta. And as i speak, in deal yet on the fiscal cliff, but a big but, it appears lawmakers may be getting just a bit closer. And im joe johns live from washington where just moments ago the president encouraged lawmakers to cross the finish line. It was a compromise u. S. Lawmakers signed into law in 2011 that contributed to the pending man made catastrophe that they have been warning about for...

Americans 85 and older, our oldest old, are the Fastest Growing segment of our population. And this is the very population that is most at risk of the multiple and interacting Health Problems that can lead to disability and a need for longterm care. At the same time, declining birthrates mean that there will be fewer Family Members and paid caregivers to care for our nations growing aging population. Today, there are approximately seven potential caregivers for each person over 80, as this chart...

We want to hear from teachers and people who work in the classrooms, principals and vice principals, people connected with education to find your thoughts on what happened yesterday. The actions of the teachers. How safe are in americas schools and americas schoolchildren. This is how the story is being played this morning on the front page of the new york daily news. This is the way it is being reported this morning in the wall street journal. The president talked about the shootings at the Ele...

Not only will that campaign have saved tens of thousands of lives, it can save millions of dollars. An ounce of prevention can have a pound of cure the impact. That is the case with tobacco control. Exports, it is the question of doing it and the employment things proven to work. One is hard hit in campaigns. What we did was pull back the curtain. We have taking care of it far too many patience who have had heart attacks. Smoking does not to cause cancer. It defects every part of your body. We a...

The americans tax rates are going up. The americans paycheck will get a lot smaller. That would be the wrong thing to do for our economy. It would hurt middleclass families and it would hurt the businesses that depend on your spending. And congress can prevent it from happening, if they act now. Leaders in congress are working on a way to prevent this tax hike on the middle class and i believe we may be able to reach an agreement that can pass both houses in time. But, if an agreement is not rea...

Are finishing up. Its well on the fence here as to where were going to close. The dow is lower right now. Down about 20 points. The s p 500 down just about 2 points. Nasdaq also eking out a loss, 4. 2 points and then the russell also ending the day in the red. David it was just positive, the dow just moments ago, but it is the turnaround, 150 points since the story. Also a trading day for oil, big rally in yesterdays session where it went up to 91 a barrel. Crude was unable to hold on to the gai...

Our helicopter flew over southland mall in hayward about noon today and surprisingly there were quite a few parking spots available. Other stores report brisk business. We get more from christian in San Francisco. Lot of shoppers came in and out of these doors today. The west vil Shopping Center says retailers were offering deep discounts to bring in the customers and lots of people were willing to spend while some are de pending on sant klaus for those lastminute gifts, lot of shoppers took mat...

Companies have been battered and bruised by washington. What are their executives saying about the damage thats already been done to the economy. And singing the blues, ibm the bluest of the blue chip posting a missed revenue today. Sending shares sharply lower after hours that could impact trading tomorrow. We have that and more for nightly Business Report for wednesday, october 16th. Good evening everyone and welcome. An end is in sight barring lastminute snag nobody expects. After days of bar...

Companies have been battered and bruised by washington. What are their executives saying about the damage thats already been done to the economy. And singing the blues, ibm the bluest of the blue chip posting a missed revenue today. Sending shares sharply lower after hours that could impact trading tomorrow. We have that and more for nightly Business Report for wednesday, october 16th. Good evening everyone and welcome. An end is in sight barring lastminute snag nobody expects. After days of bar...

This temporary fix prevent the market from moving forward and hold back american businesses from making important decisions. Leaving a mark. Some of the nations Biggest Companies have been battered and bruised by washington. What are their executives saying about the damage thats already been done to the economy. And singing the blues, ibm the bluest of the blue chip posting a missed revenue today. Sending shares sharply lower after hours that could impact trading tomorrow. We have that and more...