We incurred the fans to get out there early. We will make it real nice. This sunday will be a huge night for the redskins. One victory away from clinching the nfc east. Greg controversial decision on wheel of fortune has some viewers hence spinning. A contest against the right word but was told she had lost. All that coming up. Good morning washington at 5 00 a. M. Starts now. Live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. Good morning, washington. It is monday, december 24. I am scott thuman. I am natasha barrett. We will get to meteorologist adam caskey. Are you warm . I will fire up the yule log in about nine minutes. First lets start with whats happening outside. We will have a light wintry mix today, but nothing to panic about. Just enough to put us in the spirit of the season. Is a look at our satellite and radar. Areas of rain migrating through southwestern virginia. That will continue to push our way and bring us in light wintry mix about lunchtime. 26 in a coun
Mr. Thune madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune madam president , i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune madam president , two weeks ago, the New York Times accomplished an article on Congressional Democrats plan for the rest of the year. It boiled down to one thing campaigning. Thats right, eight months out from the election, democrats in congress have given up on legislating. Instead, theyre going to spend the next eight months focused on show votes which will and i quote from the story be timed to coincide with campaignstyle trips by president obama. End quote. While these he votes wail focus on quote pocketbook issues democrats hope will appeal to voarkts, the votes arent designed to accomplish anything. The democrats concede, the times goes on to say that making new laws is not the point. Rather, theyre trying to force republicans to vote against them, end quote, thats
Were expecting a News Conference for the latest on the shooting at fort hood. Well bring that to you when it happens. Right now the Recovery Process goes on wher with people woundet fort hood. Four people are still hospitalized. Five have been discharged and another person should go home today. Texas governor rick perry visited fort hood today, and he urged americans to pray for those affected. There arent any easy answers for what occurred here. There is no way to stop the suffering that is occurring for those who have been caught in this senseless act of violence. Reporter heidi zhou castro. Tell us more about what weve learned about the gunman . Were getting a better history of the man. He was known as a quiet man and a family man with three childr children. Lopezs mother passed away of a sudden heart attack. Hhe said that lopez was able to go to his mothers funeral but he was upset because the army gave him a 48hour leave. In december his grandfather passed away as well. Fast forwa
Different picture. All ten sectors are winning, intel leading the way on the Dow Jones Industrial average, multiple upgrade including jpmorgan, putting a price target of 29 on intel and this is because they think the pc market will hold on. And the Technology Leading the way but drug stocks, retailers, oil services, a lot of green arrows today. Back to you. Lori thank you. Dennis a warning for cash strapped state after three years of research the state Budget Crisis Task force issues a final report that warned state and local government finances remain in the journey of fixes despite tax revenue, peter barnes live from the capital with more on his first on fox Business Interview with a coauthor of that report. Peter new york state lt. Governor dick ravage who along with former fed chairman paul volcker have been looking at this issue for the last three years, First Financial crisis which ravaged the state and local budgets, collapse in tax revenues as you know her lot of states in citi
Is that the u. S. Market share there has declined. I think that the federal government must continue its efforts to help develop small modular reactors, and i think that we can do this without putting International Security at risk or violating nonproliferation controls. Mr. President , the energy resurgence has fueled a beneficial expansion of u. S. Energy trade, and the evidence is clear that exports can help facilitate enhanced production by opening up u. S. Supply to global markets. Trade is creating jobs, its increasing supply, its enhancing our nations security, without doubt. Competition and efficiency are the strengths of the American Economy system. Theyre not defects. Trade and consumption will occur with or without us. So the question here is whether or not we can enhance or whether we will demote our global position. And to the extent that americanmade energy can displace other less clean sources, then the Global Environment will benefit from enhanced u. S. Trade. People co