President obama thats great. Thank you. [applause] thank you, its an honor to be here. When i was growing up in rwanda, i used to be in the forest collecting firewood for my parents. Other children in africa are facing the same challenges, they are involved in a number of activities to help their parents just to prepare their meal instead of going to school. So as i was growing up, i kept thinking about something that i can do to help these families have access to alternative fuels they can use to replace charcoal wood that they have been using for many years. So i came up with an idea whereby we collect wood and turned turn them into an affordable, environmentally Friendly Product that people can use, its a great cooking fuel which can improve health and sanitation in homes. Its been two years and we have employed more than 25 people, giving them jobs and we are trying to expand to other areas of the country so that we can continue to improve sanitation as well as providing alteshtive
But i know its still hard sometimes and frustrating. Lets go back to the earlier question i asked. What do you find to be some of the biggest hurdles for your success . And are there policies that either your governments could be pursuing or the United States in conjunction with your governments could be pursuing that would really make this process if not easy, then at least a little smoother . And are there questions or concerns that you have in terms of how more established businesses like facebook, how they might be able to interact with startups like yours . So why dont we well go in reverse order this time. I think theres been many challenges along the way and in our case, we tried to disrupt many preconceptions. In the beginning, people were like, how are you going to train them, how will you get a young woman who went to a Public High School who isnt very good, to become competitive in the labor market. I think weve overcome those and weve proved that you can learn in months ins
Freezing cold. Good evening, im denise nakano. The coldest weather of the season will be here this week. This is the start of a big cold front pushing across our region. Michelle grossman is tracking those changes. What will it be like when we wake up in the morning, michelle . Its going to be much colder when we wake up. The cold front has moved through, back behind it were going to see the cold air filtering in and the winds picking up. Heres a look on a threehour loop of the showers moving through. Southern new jersey bringing winds gusting up to 48 Miles Per Hour in some spots. Pretty mild in some spots. 53 in millville, 52 in wildwood. As you look to the north and west, were much colder therep. Still not bad for this time of the year. Were going to wake up to a pretty cold day. Winds picking up as well. Up to 29 in lancaster. That will be the story tomorrow as well a cold wind gusting, by 7 00 getting the kids to the bus stop 35 by noon 36. The temperature dropping by 5 00 p. M. T
Better. Some red arrows in europe as Indias Parliament continues to fight about berlusconi. Our road maam begins with the s p, looking to claw back some ground after yesterdays closing at the low, below 1,700, the longest streak of the year. Jcpenney had been pointing down sharply again on continuing concerns on whether they need to raise capital and just how much. But the stock looking up after the Company Comes out with a release saying, hey, were still seeing progress here on our turn around. Well have the entire story in a moment. 11 billion is what jpmorgan could end up paying to tie up security probes. And jcpenney did fall below 9, getting close to an historic intra day low. The company has a statement out saying theyre pleased with their progress thus far in their turnaround, starting to see greater predictability in its performance across many areas, improved by its purchase conversion, which has been a longtime Sticking Point and anticipates will experience positive comps com
7 30 on sunday, august 11. Thanks for joining us. There is lots to talk about in our next half hour,. The governor heads to court in 90 minutes requesting a cooling off period that would stop Union Workers from walking off the job tomorrow morning. Lets remind you how we got to this point. Both sides missed the first contract deadline of june 30. Workers went on strike july 1. That left hundreds of thousands of bay area commuters stuck in massive traffic for four days. A 30day contract extension brought a second deadline of august 4. They missed that one as well. Now a cooling off period may be just around the corner. We are here to get a deal. Things are happening. I think the unions want to look at some things, do some costing of proposals. So we will see where it goes. Reporter they took a break just before midnight. The today the governor steps in with his push to block a strike. The stage at the San Francisco superior court house. His request a 60day cooling off period that would