President Obama spoke for two hours with key members of both parties after the meeting Republicans expressed concerns that US is giving up too much leverages in this negotiations. President Obama told the Wall Street Journal congress should give these talks a chance.

 

We were able to get Iran to seriously come to the table and look at how are they going to give assurances to the international committees that they are, in fact, not pursuing a nuclear weapons program. 

 

The president emphasized that the US is not considering dismantling sanctions just putting among hold for a bit. That way, he says, the sanctions can ramp back up if Iran proves not to be serious about putting it at end of the deal. Ari Shapiro, NPR News, the White House.

 

George Zimmerman was in court today, facing Domestic violence charges. NPR’s Greg Allen reports Zimmerman’s appearance comes just four months after he was acquitted with criminal charges in the shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin.

 

It was yearly reminiscence of George Zimmerman’s earlier arrangement on murder and manslaughter chargers. Council with jury found him not guilty in July. Zimmerman was arrested Monday after his girlfriend called police, saying he pointed a shotgun at her and forced her out of her home. Now sprouting a full beard and in grey prison jumpsuit, he was back in the courtroom in Seminole county where Judge George Schott read the charges 

 

There is a domestic violence-related aggravated assault with deadly weapon and domestic violence-related battery and criminal mischief. Do you understand?

 

Yes, sir. Yes, I am.

 

The judge releases Zimmerman on 9,000 dollars bill in order to term him to return for trail in January. Greg Allen, NPR News, Miami. 

 

JP Morgan Chase agrees to settle charges involving the company sale of substandard mortgage-backed securities during the financial crisis under terms of deal set to be largest ever between the US government and cooperation. JP Morgan will pay 13 billion dollars to settle civil inquiries in the case. Tony West, the associated Attorney General, help negotiate the settlement. 

 

I think what you have here, it is a package of consumer relief, a manual of consumer relief that can address what was another casualty of this type of product, not just investors who lost the money, they are getting a lot of their money back but also individuals who were hurt on main stream.

 

Justice Department’s settlement includes four billion dollars set aside to compensate consumers. It is still not clear whether the government’s plans eventually bring criminal charges.

 

Acquainted the No.2 Democrat in the House, the GOP’s top negotiator was not interested in funding a compromise will replace the automatic budget cuts known as sequester. Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland is accusing House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan of Wisconsin of not engaging in serious efforts to reach an agreement.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down eight points at 15,967. 

 

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Police in Virginia are still releasing few details about the incident where state senator, a former gubernatorial candidate, was found a stab multiple times at his home. They say earlier indications are the 24-year-old son of Virginian Senator Creigh Deeds stabbed his father before shooting himself. His son Gus was found dead from a gunshot wound. Virginian state police say authority is response to the home following a 911 call. 55-year-old Deeds unsuccessfully ran against Virginian governor Bob McDonnell. Deeds who hospitalized in critical condition is not being upgraded to fair condition. 

 

The suspect in this month’s fatal shooting at Los Angeles International Airport has been released from the hospital. NPR’s Sam Sanders reports Paul Anthony Ciancia has been hospitalized since the day of shooting.

 

Ciancia was released from medical center Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center into the custody of the US marshal service. Authorities believe Ciancia is the shooter who opened the fire in Terminal 3 of LAX in the morning of November 1st, killing a TSA officer and wounding three others. Ciancia was shot in the head and leg during the gun battle with police. The shooting shut down the airport for hours and disrupted hundreds of flights. Federal prosecutors have charged Ciancia with murder and commission of violence at an international airport. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. In a note found in the bag Ciancia brought with him to the airport, he address TSA officers directly, saying he want to instill fear in their “traitorous minds”. Sam Sanders, NPR News.

 

150 years after Abraham Lincoln’s historical address in Gettysburg that he said it will not be long remembered, the event was remembered today with ceremony involving politicians, historians and others. Historian James McPherson saying Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg address came to time that looks as the nation might perish from the earth.