a paycheck they call i think disc on the flow if it really puts an extra burden on the verge it can just facilitate the outflow of the a force from from hungary that would mean that family owned companies like sultan who guess firm would have even more trouble finding workers. german luxury car maker b.m.w. has been fined ten million dollars by south korean authorities they say the car maker was too slow to recall vehicles affected by a faulty engine a b.m.w. may have bigger worries than just the fine it also now faces a criminal investigation. south korea s transport ministry wants prosecutors to investigate german car maker b.m.w. it says it has evidence the will to john took its time to form authorities of a forty car engine b.m.w. known b.m.w. said it recognise a correlation between the defect in the exhaust and the fire in its vehicles only
texas is on track to surpass iran and iraq and be the third largest oil producener the world. if it was a country, it would be behind saudi arabia and russia. dana: how long do they think that is sustainable? that s what i was getting at. they re facing bottle necks to get the oil out. the other major issue, a lack of employees. because of the low unemployment rate, specifically in texas, they re having trouble finding workers. dana: we just talked about that with arthur brooks. these companies should look to the white house tomorrow. it all works together. dana: and you were on capitol hill. i want to hear more about reforming the 401(k) plan. yes. three bills to it. one of the bills focuses on the 401(k)s geared towards small employers and encouraging them to enroll employees to retirement savings plans, to provide annuities. what you re seeing on the screen now is to also raise employee
4.6%, the lowest point since august 2007. the economy added 178,000 jobs in the month of november. chief business correspondent christine romans is taking a very deep look into it. what does it all mean? you know, the lowest unemployment rate since 2007, a nine-year low. let me show you the jobs added. 178,000 net new jobs. look at the trend for the year. look at that revision in september. 208,000, that s strong, consistent jobs growth. the unemployment rate falling, falling, falling, falling, 4.6%. this is a level most economists consider full employment. this is why you hear some ceos saying they are having trouble finding workers. there are six million job openings in america and they need more workers to fill them. ironic, right? let s talk about the sectors. business information services, up 63,000. we ve seen consistent jobs gains over the past few months there. health care. this has been going on for years. jobs in health care across the spectrum. lots of different pay kind
get in the car and they spotted three more kids inside. the parents were in court thursday on child abuse and endangerment charges. the children now in protective custody. i ll have more headlines at the top of the hour. your bottom line starts right now. the future of your health care is at stake, will the supreme court strike down president obama s landmark health care reform law? good morning, i m christine romans. the u.s. supreme court will announce its ruling but the public has spoken. a recent poll found 43% of americans say they re in favor of the health care law. 51% of americans say they oppose it. important to point out of those who oppose it, two-thirds say it s too liberal, the rest say they think the law should go further. the issue before the supreme court is not is it a good law, but is it constitutional? there are several possible outcomes. the court could strike down the law entirely or just a single provision in the law, it could also uphold the law e
walk but a walk across niagara falls on a really, really skinny wire? good gracious. you betcha. got that story and a whole lot more, coming up this hour on cnn. oh, that s a beautiful shot, isn t it? hopefully he ll do it when there s broad daylight. do you think he s awake right now doing one of these? calm the jitters. especially because he will be tethered and he s not used to being tethered. the advice might be lay off the caffeine this morning. good advice. welcome to early start, nice to have you with us, i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin, bringing you the news from a to z, 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. this is cnn breaking news. we begin with this this morning. bran new details on the two american men arrested in japan after a nicki minaj concert. police are holding one of them, a 19-year-old on suspicion of murder in the death of a 21-year-old irish exchange student, a woman who disappeared after that conce