The Senate’s passage of Employment Non-discrimination Act was hailed by the first senator who is openly gay, Wisconsin Democrat Tammy Baldwin.

 

When we say something is wrong and it should not be done, that sends a powerful message.

 

But House Republicans show no sign of taking up the bill. At a news conference, majority leader Harry Reid appealed to their leader. 

 

Speaker Boehner please, please do what is right for the American people, let’s do this legislation. It is fair. This legislation is only about fairness.

 

29 states currently have no anti-discrimination laws for gay and transgender workers. David Welna, NPR News, the Capitol.

 

The government shutdown caused billions of dollars and lost productivity and lost revenue. NPR’s Tamara Keith reports that is the conclusion of preliminary report from the White House office budget office.

 

The office of management in budget says the 16-day government shutdown result in some 20 billion dollars and lost productivity as hundreds of thousands of government workers were forced to stay home and later given back pay. White House Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell says the national parks estimate they missed out a millions of visitors.

 

The national park services estimated that the shutdown led to over 500 million in lost visitor’s spending.  

 

A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner says “we would prefer to avoid this shutdown and any economic impact” but he also suggests the administration may be using the report to distract from healthcare laws troubled rollout. Tamara Keith, NPR News, the Capitol.

 

US economy continues to grow during the third quarter though consumer’s spending show some signs of slowing. Commerce Department says the Gross Domestic Product that is the broadest measure of economy was expanding in 2.8% annual rate during the three month ending in September. That is after spending a 2.5% rate during the previous quarter. Economist Scott Brown is with Raymond James & Associates.

 

We are still definitely in recovery mode. It is not especially strong, we really want to see it lot lot stronger but it is not terribly weak either. It is sort of very gradual path of improvement.

 

Meanwhile in a second report the government says spending by consumer’s weekend to in 1.5% annual rates.   

 

Number of people filing first time jobless claims failed last week. The Labor Department says initial claims for unemployment benefits to climb by 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted rate of 336,000.

 

On Wall Street today, stock has given back all their gain from yesterday and then some, the DOW Industrial Average failing 152 points at close of 15,593. The NASDAQ was down 74 points. The S&P 500 lost 23 points today.

 

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Typhoon Haiyan, a powerful storm be called the strongest so far this year, has now slid into the central islands of the Philippines, cutting power, grounding, air and sea transport and forcing millions to flee to shelters. The strong Category 5 typhoon has set maximum wind up to 170 miles an hour. Storm is forecasted the path just to the north in the Philippines’s second largest city homed to about 2.5 million people. Damages from the storm are not yet known. The one US-based weather experts say he expects there will be catastrophic.

 

Another Tesla Motors S the all-electric car has caught fire. It is the third fire in six weeks for this small California-based automaker. NPR’s Sonari Glinton reports Tesla will start to take a beating.

 

This burnt fire was in Smyrna, Tennessee when a Tesla Motors S ran over a tow hitch, hitting the under carriage of the car and causing an electrical fire. Like the two other fires, no passengers were hurt. Karl Brauer, a senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book, says there is no evidence yet of structural problem with the Model S. 

 

But we see headline that says Tesla on fire and we get afraid out and we were like Ooh My Gosh the cars what is wrong with them. And the stock takes a beating from levels that probably should not be at the first place.

 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it is contacting local authorities to determine if the accident mirrors action on average several hundred cars caught fire each day in the US. Sonari Glinton, NPR News, Culver City.

 

Toyota has announced recall some of its cars in pickup trucks. The Japanese automaker says it plans to recall about 33,000 vehicles most in Japan. Toyota officials say about 4,000 common pickups sold in the US will be involved in the recall. The vehicles have engine valve springs could develop to cracks.