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Support to the economy. He delivered the feds semiannual report to a Senate Committee today. Tomorrow morning he will testify before the House Financial Services committee. Cspan 3 will have live coverage and that will get under way at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. Here is part of his testimony earlier today before the Senate Banking committee where he urged the senate to take action to avoid a sequester. Before we proceed with todays hearing, after we have a quorum, the committee will briefly meet in executive session to adopt the Committee Rules of procedure. Our budget resolution for the 113th congr...

Conference of the first term, the president took questions on the debt ceiling and the gun debate. First, on the rising debt ceiling, the president took direct aim at republicans accusing them of using the nations Credit Rating as a, quote, bargaining chip. The republicans in congress had two choices here. They can act responsibly and pay americas bills or they can act irresponsibly and put america through another economic crisis. But they will not collect our ransom in exchange for not crashing the american economy. The issue here is whether or not america pays its bills. We are not a deadbea...

Repeat cannot take yes for an answer. Well, that went well. All sides emerging just as dug in as before. What is the end game here . Youd have to ask the group. Our guest congressman nunez calls his fellow republicans lemmings with suicide vests for their refusal to Fund Obama Care along with the rest of the government. I dont understand the strategy. This is shutdown showdown. Good evening, everyone. Im jake tapper. Welcome to this special half hour of cnn, shutdown showdown. Were coming to you live tonight from the nations capitol. The only city in america where you have to work this hard to...

Teacher tried to step in. He was a beloved math teacher, a marine who ended up losing his life at school right here at home. The details are still streaming in at this hour and Abcs Cecilia Vega has the latest right now. Shots fired at Sparks Middle School. Active shooter Sparks Middle School. One down so far. Reporter the students at Sparks Middle School were waiting for the morning bell to ring when the shooting started. He is in school uniform. This is seen by a teacher. Reporter the shooter witnesses say a student dressed in that gray and green school sweat shirt. He first opened fire near...

Happening right now in paris where john kerry just met with Russian Foreign minster and defense secretary said he is beefing up a Training Mission and adding an air patrol mission. Lawmakers are going tit for tat. That would confiscate assets if they slap sanctions on russia. They could vote on a nonbinding sanction resolution. For now the west is more focused on economic aid to the ukraine. Promising 15 billion in trade and economic and technical assistance. The u. S. And britain agreed in principal to deploy International Observers to ukraine. The idea is to ease concerns after president put...