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News for thursday, december 5th, 2013. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning much of the country is in the grips of a massive winterlike storm system thats spreading arctic temperatures and heavy snow. An icy messy commute is in store for folks in duluth, minnesota, this morning where the snow dumped two feet of snow in some areas. At least five of them have been fatal. Temperatures there will be in the low teens today. In fact, it is so cold Salvation Army bell rin...

That is the lowest in five years. Anthony mason has been looking into what all this means. Reporter construction was the biggest job creator in january, 48,000 of them added. In florida, contractor ed elwell says his family Construction Business is surging and builders are hiring. Its obvious to me by virtue of the fact that its hard to get labor right now. In other words, Skilled Labor for the trades tha and thats generally an indication that work is out there. Reporter but nationally the lates...

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This program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Captioning sponsored by wpbt tom good evening, everybody, and thanks for watching. The number of americans making new claims for Unemployment Benefits fell for the first time in a month, down by 31,000. But susie, the overall number of claims is still way too high to describe the report as good news. Susie tom, that comes on top of some dismal reports on the state of the housing market, and a day...

Next fed chair when ben bernanke leaves. When to end the Bond Buying Program and yesterday, the stock market sold off heavily at the end of the session after the fed minutes offered few clues on when the Stimulus Program would end. Gold and oil also fell. Hewlett packard had a bumpy night. The stock fell around 4 after meeting earnings expectations. But revenue fell shy and theres a management shake up. And wells fargo reportedly is cutting 23hundred mortgage production jobs. As Federal Reserve ...

Good morning its thursday, september 19th. On set katty kay. Mike barn cal, Nicole Wallace and visiting professor from nyu, harold ford jr. And in washington columnist, associate editor for the Washington Post David Ignatius. David, you have a piece in the post this morning talking about president obamas syria strategy off the assad interview. Youre giving him more credit than most people have been in the last month mainly reaching for a good outcome however he got there. Ive been puzzled frankl...

And if that is the case, we may be on the cusp of a correction. We havent had a 10 correction in a few years. So theres an argument to be made that the best is in if that the fed can no longer generate higher stock prices, the fundamentals certainly are not. Maybe we need to start reacting on the down side of that. Is the prudent thing to do to start take some profits, take some money off the table, go to cash, and if so what do you sell . The problem with the market right now is almost every as...

Incredible. The house found another way to kick the debt ceiling can down the road. Janet yellen has passed her initiation. What i really want to know is what was for dinner last night of the white house. There was ribeye for the main course. Of potatoesety around the country. I like it. A dozen variety of potatoes, seven wines, must be a very important dinner. Ah, but of course, a state dinner. President obama welcoming a solo french president francois hollande. State dinners do not happen very...

White house state dinner. Michael mckee has highlights of his exclusive interview with st. Louis fed president James Bullard. Michael is with me in studio. This was a wideranging interview that you had today with mr. Bullard. What are some of the highlights . He sees much better growth this year than many other people. Three percent or better. He says the on implement rate could come down to 6. 3 six percent by the end of the year. The fed has a conundrum. They anticipated 6. 5 two years from no...

They say hot and dry winds have shifted pushing the wildfire south and east of los angeles. Reporter the raging fire is prompting new evacuations. The blaze has already burned at least 22 square miles and destroyed several homes. Officials called for the evacuation of hundreds more along with a camp serving children with cancer. My daughters home burned down. It burned down flat with eering she had in it. Residents say they feel helpless. This is hard because its so big. Theres not anything peop...