Morning. Southbound seeing a bit of volume moving towards the northbound side, but thats pretty typical. Maybe some residual delay, but for the most part you wont see any right now. And now a scheduled delay for the burlingtonbristol. Well see that bridge open up and well have closures on that side as el. Im not seeing it being reported yet, so on the southbound side of the new jersey turnpike looks clear for now moving past route 73, which is exit 4. If youre still nervous about that one, you can always take 295. 5 31. And happening right now a weekend soaker and warmer weather will create even more pothole problems for commuters this morning. What you need to watch out as you head out this morning. Pamela, tell us more. Reporter well, the temperatures have been back in force. And as you said its that moisture that really creates the problem. It gets into the roadway, and then when it freezes or thaws thats when potholes are created. Take a look at the roadway here. You can see some f
Thank you, ambassador, for being here and thank you as well for being on the panel. I have yet to good to kuwait, the last time i had been there with 1990 during the gulf war. I got to take a second picture next to the two spirit towers, this time whats that . There you go, liberation towers. It was good to be back, but more importantly to see this Coalition Come together not only in the private sector and having 64 nation theres, but also, like you said, ambassador, seeing the iraqis out front, talking about the country, talking about not only Economic Opportunities in iraq, but also about humanitarian situation. One of the things the first day of the conference was great. The press was able to ask questions of not only Prime Minister abadi but also the kuwaitty Prime Minister and the deputy minister and the foreign mince sterp. The iraq i can press asked some of the toughest question. They warned dont go on a stage with mike pregent, hes going to ask tough questions. The iraq i can p
Julie hyman is here with the latest. Julie hitting records for the dow and the s p 500. , thea bit of Economic Data job openings a little bit of a dated number, or december and it fell to 5. 5. Decline in those jobs openings, but the november number was revised lower, and the december number was a little bit lighter than had been estimated, so a bit more color on the job market in the u. S. As the fed says we are approaching full employment. Small. Ements are fairly our trip to these records has been quite incremental. Stats, it some of the has been 61 days since the last 1 move up or down, and the s p 500. 62 days was the longest in this current market. Sinceys was the longest 1945. If we extend into tomorrow, that will match the longest streak in the current bull market. As we talk about the day after day, this drumbeat of low volatility, this is what this is indicative of. In terms of todays session, one of the bigger moves we are seeing is in general motors. I want to show the move
The 114th Congress Gavels in tomorrow at noon eastern. Well see the swearing in of members and the election for house speaker. Watch the house live on cspan, and the senate live on cspan 2. And with the new congress youll have the best access the most extensive coverage anywhere. Track the g. O. P. As it leads on capitol hill and have your say as events unfold on tv, radio, and the web. This sunday on q a author talks about the film the birth of the nation. Its depiction of former slaves after the civil war ask the effort biz africanamerican civil rights advocate and newspaper publisher to prevent the movies release. Part two of the movie some is after the war exreconstruction, is the heart of the protest in the sense that this is where the blacks are just appalled by the portrayal of freed slaves. This is a scene showing what happens when you give former slaves the right to vote the right to be elected, the right to govern. Its a scene in the South Carolina legislature where their fir
Years peterson being picked up the neighbors or family members picked up. So that plays out one way or as access to Reproductive Health care in the Africanamerican Community plays out a very different way. We take children away from African American single mothers. That is an aspect. In service of the society that is headed by one group and others are kept in places. That is the interrelationship piece. It is harder to grasp. The lived experience. All right. I said i would talk for 15 minutes. I will count on you to not let me ramble too much. So that is what i want to talk about today what does the minimum wage have to do with reproductive rights and justice. So justice. So i think the easiest answer, of course, is it is a womens issue. Reproductive rights and justice is an Economic Justice issue. Unpack. Unpack and explain why we get to that. Two thirds of minimumwage workers in. And the Progressive Community that has become a mantra. Democrats and the Progressive Community have been