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Business, we turn to bertha coombs. janet yellen will be testifying about the economy for a house panel. shes expected to reiterate plans to taper the stimulus program that is cut back on the bond buying program despite some recent weakness in the economic data. kraft singles are going all natural. the company is removing artificial preservetives from their cheese slices. the move comes as americans try to stick to diets with food with natural ingredients. burger king firs the latest shot in...

President, traditionally reserved for the spouse or partner of the dignitary. hell tour monticello jeffersons historic home and arlington cemetery before tomorrows dinner. a state of emergency in georgia today as the south gets slammed with its second winter storm in as many weeks. governor deal promises the states better prepared. salt spreading on the road before the snow falls. looks like our turn in the northeast and mid-atlantic thursday. models are forecasting up to a foot of snow. >> th...

Even more folks in the months ahead. and thats why i believe this can be a breakthrough year for america. >> the job numbers not only impact the economy but certainly the 2014 midterm fight for congress. lets bring in our chief political analyst gloria borger. certainly all the news in this report was not good news for the president politically. >> no, you know, as he pointed out, the unemployment rate was down to 6.6%, the lowest its been in the last five years, but the problem hes got is that ...

>> its were in the fifth year of an economic recovery that began really remarkably soon after the president took office. actually before his stimulus program could take affect. he took office in january, 2009 and recession technically ended in june. >> what did you think of the tone and size of the speech? . >> i thought the speech was like some -- ive covered about, covering first year addresses, i think ive covered about 37 of these. theyre long, too long in my view, tend to be dull because th...

To have another government shutdown. that is, they want to put that in the past and kind of move forward, maybe have a couple of bills they can pass to show some movement on immigration reform would be considered a win for them. >> and quickly, we got word that the fed has decided to trim stimulus program by $10 billion despite turmoil in emerging markets, what is that -- what is the significance of that? >> they are doing what they said they would do last month. and obamas line kind of justifie...

>> its were in the fifth year of an economic recovery that began really remarkably soon after the president took office. actually before his stimulus program could take affect. he took office in january, 2009 and recession technically ended in june. >> what did you think of the tone and size of the speech? . >> i thought the speech was like some -- ive covered about, covering first year addresses, i think ive covered about 37 of these. theyre long, too long in my view, tend to be dull because th...

Unable to use their tap water because of that leak. lets talk some business news. later this morning that the federal reserve begins its two-day policy meeting. yesterday stocks continued their slide. last wednesday wall street had a strong rally on news that the central bank would maintain parts of its stimulus program. the dow and s&p have shed most of its gains since then. whats going on today? >> the shares of apple today dropped 8% in afterhour trading. apple sold 51 million iphones, but ...

Huge thud. there was a sea of red. the dow plunged almost 3%. it was the combination of an especially brutal week in which stocks fell every single day. in the end major averages lost 1% to 3% each. it also circled the clob hitting major markets in yash and europe. friday, the big issue was a selloff in currencies in emerging markets. currencies in argentina and turkey plunged against the dollar. amid new concerns with the federal reserve ending its stimulus program. that stimulus has been givin...

Sell-off on currencies and emerging markets. countries like argentina and turkey saw their currencies plunge against the dollar amid new concerns about the u.s. federal reserve ending the stimulus program. that stimulus has been giving economies around the world a boost. thats not all. wall street also got slammed by concerns about chinas economy come slowing down. an economy that had been growing at a solid pace. here at home, worries about corporate america added insult to injury. big names li...

Both sides are hoping that this short term deal will result in a more permanent solution to irans nuclear ambitions. in the u.s., four people are dead and at least 18 more injured in two separate explosions in the plains. in omaha, nebraska, witnesses heard a loud bang and then a blast at a feed plant. part of a building collapsed and burst into flames. as family members searched for loved ones, one woman received a text from her fiance. >> john sent me a text saying i love you. im trapped. an...