Information about them and te family leader toto hold him and their organization accountable. With the poll that we did, i believe it was last year sometime, showed that Vander Platts had an incredibly l Approval Rating along iowans and actually had a very low Approval Rating among republicans, so even among republicans who you would think would be more likely to support Vander Platts and his views, didnt view him all that favorably. So we view him as someone who is trying endorses candidates and is out there trying to lead on issues, but is increasingly he and his views are becoming more and more irrelevant. Ron matt sinovic, executive director of progress iowa. Appreciate you very much for coming into the show. Best of luck to you and get you back on here sometime down the road. Thats it for this week on the steele report. We will see you next week. Captioning provided by caption associates, llc hi, everyone. Welcome to on the money. Im Sharon Epperson in for becky quick. Girl power. From building a robot to learning to code. How one program is bridging the digital divi. Stuffed but your wallets too new way to put cash pocket. The pta fundraiser that turned into a fulltime business. One moms barn to table success story. Your cash machine is getting smarter. Why you wont need that atm card soon. If youre sick of the cold and gray skies weve got some sunny destinations and Budget Travel barins. On the money startright now. This is on the money. Your money, your life, your future. Are overwhelmingly held by white males. But theres an effort under way to break that glass ceiling. Black girls code is a young project reaching young africanamerican girls a a showing them coding and computers can be fun. Together theyre working on cracking the code and its our cover story this week. This. First. It reporter 11yearold Madison Harvey is one of 300 girls learning how to build a robot at this weekend workshop. Itit put on b b black girls code, a nonprofit aiming to bridge the gap in Stem Education for young girls of color. Shes excited about science and math and engineerinin and what other opportunity for her to be around other girls that look just like her couldnt this one goo here . Many of these girls dont have role models in engineering or Computer Science. Black women make up less than 3 of the workforce at the biggest kimberly bryant, electrical engineer who worked in biotech lemma. I was one off maybe two or three students of color in my Electrical Engineering class when i went to college. Reporter bryant founded black girls code with hopes of literally changing the face of technology. When we generally think of a Computer Scientist now, it does not look like a woman of color. Dominant. And thats important for us t t show that black girls can code. Most black girls arent into computers and stuff. But its really cl and fun. Reporter black girls code held its first event four years ago in San Francisco with eight girls. Today the none profit has chapters in eight u. S. Cities and johannesburg, south africa, with plans to expand to dallas and miami this year. Its funded through cororrate sponsors and partnerships, donations and a 35 fee to attend workshops which can be starting in 2011, black girls code has offered workshops to about 5,000 girls ages 7 to 17. Theyre learning everything from Computer Programming to coding to building mobile applications and even robobics. Many of these girls bont just come to one black girls code workshop. Madison is here for the second time. Interacting with people, its like i enjoy this. Reporter the organization, though still young, is already achieving its intended impact. Were seeing girls that have come into our program reallyy sound, they have a love of technology and use that to go into Computer Science as a major in college. Reporter madison may just follow that same path. Its like a door opened for me so its a possibility that i might want to do this. Ava is president and ceo and on olivia is just 14 but three years. Feng for joining us. I had a great time in berkeley talking g these girls and learning about black girls code. What progress has been made and what obstacles are there still to overcome . Those obstacles are typically an unwelcome environment or even hostile envirirment becausef you remember that these Corporate Cultures were built by men, for men. And so a lot of the times theres unconscious bias a a work which prevents women from really feeling as if their contributions are valued and that they thats right so they wind up leaving. Eve seen a dropoff in t tms of women majoring in Computer Science. Why have we seen this dropoff . The image of Computer Scientist is not something that girls aspire to be. If you put up picture of what does a Computer Scientist or engineer look like . It doesnt look like me or olivia. Going into technology, maybe Computer Science. What got you interested in this in the first place . I started learning how to code when i was around 11. My brother brought home this book on html and wouldnt let me see it because i was young, he was worried my 11yearold fingers would get it messed up. He told me this pretty much change the my life, he told me to google it. And i was like, oh, okay. Youre going to be rude to me, wow, okay. First i learned html and css and i was able to mak my own web pages but i wanted t do a little bit more. I enend up moving awawa from web pages and going into making software and games. Video games. For young girls who are interested in Computer Science, it was very easy to sort of lose that spark unless you care for it, right . A lot of times you have to care for it within yourself or theres no one that youre seeing is there a role model thats telling you to do this . No, its coming from you. Nt really push you or people arent encouraging you to do this, then its really important that you remember why you like Computer Science and you remember that even though theres no one around you saying that you can do it, you can do it. Right now in the Corporate Culture a lot of the people that are coming into these technology jobs, they may be foreign rkers, they may be International Candidates that e coming in. How much is being home grown of our own talent . Not enough. I understand the importing of talent because American Companies are creating so many new tech jobs that its difficult to fill them because the pipeline is basically empty. owe life yeah, 10, 15 years from now when youve graduated fr college with your Computer Science degree, where are you going to be . At my compapa. We need her at our company, we need technology in all companies. Its going to be a war. Where do you see yourself . Im definitely passionate about learning about computer and i would probably aim to get a ph. D. In mathematics. But i would definitely be contininng to work on my own Technology Projects on the side. I would definitely probably continue that as well. You are both an inspiration. Olivia, avis, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Now heres a look at whats making news as we head into a new week on the money. She may not look it but janet yellen and other membersrsf the Federal Reserve were worried about global and market volatility. Minutes from the feds last meeting in january were released this weekend. They show yellen and others were concerned that the turbulee could impact the u. S. Economy. That could mean the chances for another rate hike soon have decreased. The markets seemed to like that. The holidayshortened week saw stocks with their first threeday winning streak of the year and the best threeday gain since late august. Stocks were mixed on friday. If youve flown anywhere u. S. Airlines are doing a better job of arriving on time than they did last year. About 78 of domestic flights kept to schedule, according to the department of transportation. Vp from 75 last year. Up next, on the money looking to make extra cash . Look no further than your closet. The big business behind giving secondhand a fresh start. And later, innovation at the atm. Hoho banks may soon be looking deep into your eyes, but its not true love. As we go to break, a look at how the stock market ended the week. We were born 100 years ago into a new american century. Born with a hunger to fly and a passion to build something better. And what an amazing time its been, inspiration and wonder. So, we say thank you america for a century of trust, for the privilege of flying higher and higher, together. If youre running a business, legalzoom has your back. Over the last 10 years weve helped one million Business Owners get started. Visit legalzoom today for the legal help you need to start and run your business. With spring just around the corner that means its time to clean out your closet. And hopefully make some cash in the process. But selling secondhaha can be a timeconsuming task. One company trying to make the entire process more convenient is thread up. Joining us to tell us how it works is a ceo, james rinehart, thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. Walk me through this process are we got clothes, how does it work . Super simple. We send you this bag, its free. This bag here. That bag. Go through your closet, put all the things youre no longer wearing or doesnt fit, leave it on your doorstep. We have partnership with the Postal Service and fed ex, leave it on the doorstep, we pay you for the things in the bag. How do you decide how much my shoes, dress are worth . We take almost 25,000 brands. Weve built a catalog of what retail market. We look at quality, brand, resale value, we pay what you price. Send us the chanel dress and the sweatshirt from m e gap. Put it all in the same bag and we can figure out how to best payor foul of a of those things. Thats a differentiator for us. People might say, ive been doing this on ebay for 20 years. You have other competitors that luxury end. What makes you stand out . I think the people who kell their own things, its a different typeef person. A person who wants to maximize the last penny and is willing to do a lot more work. For thread up, really its about convenience. Its about taking all of those brands. Its not just lux iury. We take the h and m. Thats the differentiator. What made you start this business . You were a teacher, helped charter schools, then got into resale. How did thaha happen . Dressed one morning, opened the closet to clothes i never wear. Lot of people do. I took to it a consignment store. They said,e dont take this. Detant take my brands, they didnt take mens. I went to school that day and i asked every woman i could find what percent of the clothes in your closets do you wear . Nobody said oveve 50 . I had this lightbulb going on, theres got to be a better way. You effect does on moms and i have womens clothes. Will you take childrens, mens clothe sflts. Kids is a huge pararof our business. We love serving moms for themselves and kids. Handbags, shoes. The irony is not lost on me that we dont do mens, but its because mens is small market rerele. Womens and kids is the sweet spot. All right. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. Thread up, thanks. Up next, on the money. From fundraiser to fulltime business. How one moms School Project turned into a booming farm to table company. And getting sick of winter . Then get away. The best vacation deals that wiwi have you ditching that its sleek design. Is moldeaking. Its intelligent drive systems. Paradigmshifting. 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Like many moms wyndham found herself working on a pta fundraiser fundraise packing boxes of neighbors from local farms in wisconsin. Her project took off with a nearby high school asking to place that local produce in their cafeteria. And from there farm logics was born. A tech platform connecting farmers to large institutional kitchens born out of the farm to table movement. We all go to restaurants and see the local farms on the menu. That is a wonderful concept that really engages us and allows us to understand where our food comes from. When a chef puts a local farm on the menu it educates us about our food. Reporter the chicagobased company has done 8. 5 million in sales with more than 200 farms across the country. Pea pod, the Online Grocery service, and food service giant arrowmark, which has placed her in more than 1,000 schools nationwide, including the Chicago Public school district. Its helpful for us because consumers are more and more looking for transparency in the food that they buy and the food that they eat. Understand where and a trustful way to understand where theyre getting their food and where its being supplied from. Reporter linda eimates theyve fed more than 500,000 kids so far in schoolsls and universititi across the country. We help farmers and we help them change their lives and be sustainable and viable. But on the other end, their food is going into lowincome communities. S. Its feeding kids. Were bringing farmers into classrooms. Another cool thing about this small company, theyre about 80 women. Many working mlms just like lindnd greatatidea. You have a great idea and you start a business for it. How do they actually make money . They Wont Disclose their fees but its free for the farms. Farm logics rolls nor costs into the contract they have with Big Companies l le pea pod and arrowmark. Whats interesting, the farmers get a lot out of this because they get a free platform on the farm logics website, they get brought into these schools so they can educate kids about where their foods coming from eating healthy at a young age. Here are stories coming up that may impact your money this week. Earnings from hoho depot as well as macys, lowes, target, hp, weight watchers. Tuesday a read on home values with a s p case shiller home price index for december. Well get a report on this months consumer confidence. Thursday brings the durable goods number for january and the latest gop debate takes place in houston host the by cnn and actual la mundo. Friday well get the second read of the Gross Domestic Product for the fourth quarter. Up next, on the money. High end without the high price tag. Weve got a list of amazing travel deals that will warm you up and keep your wallet happy. Innovation at the atm. Forgot your card . Problemem a number. 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Jamie friedman is the Group Publisher for travel zoo and has come up with a few great options for us. Where are some of the pces that we should be looking right now for the best deals . The first place im going to send you is wine country in sonoma. Thats good. Two deals were going to get you there. The first is weve partnered with Virgin America and we have an exclusive 10 to 20 off Discount Code into San Francisco airport. So that means flights from new york, for example, were seeing about 250 round trip. Wow. Which is incredible. Yes. Pair that with the Fairmont Sonoma offering deals into may for about 40 off right now. Where else can we go . Abroad . Costa rica. Fares are actually surprisingly low, about 300 round trip across the east coast. Pair that with the jw marriott on the west coast of the country but its totally doable, ive done it. A little bumpy. Theres massive savings there, about 40 off. Sounds lovely. What about hawaii . Can you get to hawaii on the cheap . Whats exciting about maui is Virgin AmericaJust Launched a route from San Francisco to maui which means more competition, which means prices are going to coast. Were seeing about 495 round trip from San Francisco dirececy into maui right now. Pair that with the grand weileia, beautiful property on the beach. Theyre offering not only 250 off regular rates, but stay five or more nights and you get a 500 credit onsite. If you want to go somewhere exotic canou do that on the cheap . Cheap is relative b b you can t great value. Tahiti is where i would recommend. You think of beautiful overwater bungalows. Those are normally dream. Sale where youre spepeing your sixnight vacation in air from l. A. , the Puddle Jumper flight to this remote island, and instead of paying 6,000 which is what bite normally cost, its about 4,800 for two people to take this trip. Not so bad. If you can splurge it might be worth it. Yes. General moneysaving tip looking to travel this time of year . What type of things do you think about . T . When youre booking flights you should always travel tuesday, wednesday, saturdays tend to be the least expensive dates to fly. Because everybody wants a long weekend. Exactly. I love coming bacac on saturday from vacation. Something else to think about is maybe a city escape. Its not escaping the cold but cities like new york right now have the least expensive time of year to do it. So take the fivestar vice roy, normally over 400, theyre running rates for 199 right great tip. Thank you for joining us. Now i want to go somewhere. Thanks. If youre planning a trip somewhere, youre going to need cash. No matter where you bank. Kayla kayla has more on a bright idea coming soon. Reporter smartphones, smart homes, smart watches. Now your atm is getting smarter too. We view this as much broader than a cash dispenser. Reporter Jpmorgan Chase is overhauling its 18,000 atms and soon you wont need a card to use them. It wont matter if youou left youou wallet at home, just log into the chase app, find the sevendigit code, type it into any chase atm in your vicinity. Its one of hundreds of features brainstormed at the banks Innovation Center in columbus, ohio. Idea ises like a fingerprint scanner got left on the cutting room floor but others are being pux into practice, like the ability t t withdraw three times more money in more denominations. Customers can take out to 3,000 in onedollar bills if they want. By the end of next year theyll be able to pay mortgage and credit card bills at one of these machines too. They want to be able to bank where they want, when they want, how they want. This machine is allowing us the flexibility to do so. Reporter its not just chase custsters. Banknkf americas making its machines mobile friendly and citigroups atms may scan scan your iris for identification. The upgrades over the years have made the machines more popular among custotors than visiting a teller and cheaper for the bank too. Every teller transaction costs the bank 65 cents. That figure drops to 8 cents at an atm, 3 cents on your mobilil device. Of course theres also a competitive aspect too. Banks dont want to look behind the times and customers want those bells and whistles. The banks have to of course invest to make these changes to their atms. They say its worth every penny. I love doing everything on my phone with my bank as much as i can. But i always do wonder in the back of my mind, how secure is it . The banks will say its more secure. Oftentimes if you do lose your atm card youre frequently also many peoples pin codes are related to their address or birthday so its fairly easy for someone to figure out t tt code and actually access your account. They dont like to say that. But it is a little bit more risky than if you were to use your phone. Because you have to log into the chase app and then it sends you a unique code to enter into the atm. You need dual authentication for that. Thats not something that you are required to have with a card. For the biometrics stuff, no one can impersonate your iris, your fingerprint. So that is something that is very unique just to you. I think a lot of people are going to be using it. Its great technology. It makes life simpler. Thats the name of the game, what people are after these days. Thanks so much. Thats the show for today. Im Sharon Epperson. Thanks so much for joining me. Next week becky will be back and well take you to the toy fair for the newest, coolers toys kids dont even know they want yet. Keep it here, we are on the weekend. Its monday, february 22nd. Coming up on early today, breaking overnight. Camille cosby forceceto testify. The lastminute bid to stop sexualassault allegations against husband bill cosby. Super tuesday a week away, the shrinking field pass the candidates spinning as they shore up support and money. A prayer vigil 24 hours after a shooter went on a rampage. New detail on this the kalamazoo killing spree. The coolest move and closest finish in daytona 500 history. The ultimate battle of wits and endurance. Chess like youve never played it before. Andd one of the coolest white house meetings ever. Early today starts right now. Im dara brown. Breaking overnight, overruled. Camille cosby, wife of bill cosby, is being forced to testify under oath later this morning. Late sunday night a massachusetts federal judge denied an emergency motion to delay the deposition ofill cosbys wife. Compelling her to answer questions related to Sexual Assault allegations against her husband