Authorities. They want to add protections for workers. The white house called it a snafu and said that it would happen against soon. Democrats 202 7488000 republicans 202 7488001 independents 202 7488002. Can also send us a tweet at http twitter. Com cspanwj. Phone lines are open. We want to tell you about the developing story out of philadelphia. At many of you are waking up to the news that an amtrak commuter train derailed last night in philadelphia on its way and washington, d. C. To new york around 9 30 p. M. Eastern take a look at the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Five died and more than 50 are hurt. The New York Times putting this tweet out at least five killed and Dozens Injured after amtrak train killing 243 people derailed. Investigators on the scene where an amtrak train when 80 three of, killing five people and injuring 140 . Ntsb was on the team this morning to investigate with the fbi along with the federal railroad commission. Senator tom carper was on the tra
And two german giants report earnings. We will report the numbers as they come. Welcome to countdown, i am mark barton. Also coming up, almost a Million Dollar tribute to the late marvin gaye. And the late lawsuit. Net income falling 17 . Seems to be below estimates. Analysts expecting a drop. Earnings before taxes, down 1. 9 . 905 Million Dollars. Analysts were estimating 94 mine dollars. What is important is the projections for 2015. The company has confirmed the forecast for 2016. They will pay a final dividend of 85 euros. Those are the headlines. Stay with us. Later this hour, i will check with the chief executive. The strongest euro in a dozen years. Concerns about corporate earnings. Ftse 100 fell 2. 5 , pulled it down by commodities stocks. The swiss market was not hit as hard. It was buoyed by the news at Credit Suisse. Lets focus on Credit Suisse . A bank in transition. The new man at the top will be the announcement of his replacement had an immediate and positive effect on
Set to get underway. It was a day marked by growing pessimism over congressional leaders over the fiscal cliff. Is this meeting a sign progress is quietly being made with both sides . Rich edson is at the white house for us. Rich. Good evening, sandra. House Speaker John Boehner left the Capitol Building about 10 minutes ago. He will motorcade over here. He should be here in a short while to begin yet another meeting with president obama. The two had a phone call earlier this week. On the phone the House Speaker said they made little progress. Aides say over the last few weeks there has been little discussion, constructive discussion moving towards a compromise. This is yet another attempt to get something moving. The white house put an offer on the table. Republicans called it a joke. House republicans put a offer on the table. White house said it wasnt serious. Since then the two sides have not moved that much closer to one another. The white house wants Immediate Tax increase on fam
By the state not once, but twice. The main backer of the windmills . A Chinese Company. For more on this the washington examiners tim carney. Tim, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me. Gerri good to have you here. Why is the d. O. E. Wanting to give out money for a project that new jersey doesnt even want . Well, the department of energy is very hard trying to push wind. Wind is lagging behind solar. Solar is getting advances where it is becoming more affordable. That is not happening nearly as much as wind. Still doesnt make sense to do it as opposed to fossil fuels. The department of energy is really trying to jumpstart some of these projects. The local town opposed it, the authorities because they saw the way the Chinese Company did their accounting was stable. It was not standard american accounting. They didnt know if this was another Green Energy Company that was going to fail. And the department of energy has a long history of supporting such failures. So maybe they dont ha
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