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Bill must be approved by the house of lords. Heres a 90 minute portion of the debate. I beg to the death of marriage to samesex couples bill be read a second time. Mr. Speaker, you and i know that every marriage is different. Indeed any husband or wife is a member of this house is a very distinct set of challenges to face every day. [laughter] was marriage offers us all is a lifelong partner to share our journey, a loving, stable relationship to strength a nice and a mutual support throughout ou...

Remarks from David Strickland the former administrator of the national highway Traffic Safety administration. Good afternoon everybody. I hope youre enjoying the first day of ces although it is the official first day. I will be the moderator for todays panel. But before we start the brief introductions and the full discussion we have some opening remarks and i want to introduce the next speaker. He has been riding shotgun over this for four years now. Its been a very interesting four years and a...

Ive asked all of you to join the table instead of two panels because we have a vote that is being called at around 220. So i want to take advantage of going ahead and getting all of your testimony. This hearing is the latest in a series of investigations the committee has conducted on the devastating impact that fraud and scams have on seniors citizens. Over the last two years, weve explored the rise of jamaican lottery scams, tax refund schemes and Social Security and medicare fraud. So today w...

Chairman, sheila bair. A bit later, the alliance for Health Reform host a forum on medicare policy in the future of the program. That gets under way at 12 15 eastern. Were live this afternoon at 1 30 this afternoon with a press conference with bipartisan members of the conference congress. As you might expect, given the breadth of products we have, one of the areas we are investing a lot is the multi screen connectivity, because we have already seen humans will pay tasking. You were on your couc...

Tour because ces has become effectively the fourth major auto show, and Dave Schapiro and the team realized that there is a convergence. With convergence, there are possibilities, opportunities, and also great risks. So, i have valedictory, if you will, in terms of where we are and what we have seen, and where we will go, i am incredibly happy to see that so many partners are not talking to each other, which was not the case are now talking to each other, which was not the case that long ago. Yo...

Yesterdays a snowstorm dumped a half foot of snow and left frigid temperatures in the east and here in the nations capital, despite those temperatures being in the teens of today, thousands of abortion opponents are expected to march and brave the weather in the annual march for life rally held on the anniversary date of the supreme escort the supreme courts roe v wade decision legalizing abortion. Your unceasing, we will have live coverage of the march here at noon eastern. You can place your c...

Despite the automaker linking 13 deaths to its faulty ignition switches, the program in charge of compensating victims have approved 19 deaths. Theyre accepting claims until the end of the year the number of victims can only grow. With more on this, ken fine breather attorney and administrator for gms compensation fund. Ken feinberg, thanks for being with us tonight. Nice to be here. Gerri we have 19 death claims and well over 100 folks making those claims so far. Do you expect the total fatalit...

Biggest ipo in american history. The apple ceo takes shots at Companies Like facebook and twitter. He says that apple does not scan your emails and believes in telling customers upfront what will happen to their personal information. First, the lead story of the day. Billionaire Larry Ellison is stepping down as ceo of Software Giant oracle and will become a chairman and chief technology officer. He is the worlds seventh richest person, and has been the only ceo in oracle history. He cofounded t...

Some of things that hes able to do, you cannot, including getting and using information that some some would say is insider information. Is the market free and fair or not . We will explain it and fight it out coming up. My partner ty is out today, so simon is my partner down at the new york stock exchange. Hi, simon. Hi, sue. A lot of peaks and valleys. As you said were down so far. Seema mody is in times square as we start this hour with more on the stocks that quite frankly have taken everyon...

Announcer next, major credit card executives testified on excessive fees for card transactions. That is that Card Companies announce a fee hike to insert or tap credit and edit cards. This hearing runs two hours. Good morning. This hearing will come to order. American consumers today are rightly worried about inflation and rising prices for the goods they buy. Today were going to talk about a hidden fee that fuels the fires of inflation across america every day. What they may not know is this sw...