Appears to have been temporary. Indicators for the Second Quarter have so far pointed to a sizable rebound. This recovery is a key factor supporting the committees expectation that Overall Economic activity will expand at a moderate pace over the next few years. Despite lackluster Economic Growth the job market continued to improve early in the year. During the First Quarter job gains averaged nearly 200,000 per month, just a bit slower than last years pace. And the Unemployment Rate held near 5 even though notably more people were actively looking for work. However, more recently, the pace of improvement in the labor market appears to have slowed markedly. Job gains in april and may are estimated to have averaged only about 80,000 per month. And while the Unemployment Rate fell to 4. 7 in may, that decline occurred because fewer people reported that they were actively seeking work. A broader measure of unemployment that includes individuals who want and are available to work but have
Scene and to the girl scouts emilys impacted this weekend. Thank you for the opportunity to be here. It is my second time at the National Press club. Thank you for having me back. I guess i did an ok job the first time. I want to thank the organizers of the luncheon. In q4 organizing this amazing lunch. I want to thank my colleagues from the girl scouts of the nations capital. I know they are in the room. Where are you . [applause] ceo, their board president , and their Steering Committee members. Thank you for your hospitality today. And the prestigious members of the National Press club here in the room and on camera this morning. Tos an amazing opportunity be here with a room full of girl scout leaders. I sure this leadership mantle with many people. Would like the ceos of our local Girl Scout Councils to please stand up. [applause] these are representatives of 112 ceos who are doing an amazing job to continue this movement that has been around for 104 years. I would like to recogni
The mate told us afterwards that he could not help but think of the difference in what he saw in manila and what we had done by bringing over cargo to rebuild the country. The merchant marine was a weapon of peace, too. Our locomotives had pulled him ready to issue the fight. We had left the fight behind us here. The voyage of victory was complete. The engineer gets his orders. The best of luck to you. So, we upped the hook and headed home for more. It has been a victory for the town of hannibal. For all the hometowns of america. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] coming up next, two influential women who grew up in the west. Sandra day oconnor and on a maria chavez, ceo of the girl scouts of the usa. They discussed their mentors career paths and upbringing in the u. S. And how it shaped them as individuals. The Public Square an
Hazardous. Its really dangerous. We continue to get these new flooding reports coming in. That seems to be one of the biggest issues. They are in all parts of the bay area from sausalito, oakland, San Francisco, new one coming in, in emeryville. On top of everything else, we have a high wind advisory in effect at the bay bridge. Slight delays right now some of the cash lanes, middle lanes that we are seeing ponding. And i know i almost hydroplaned a couple of times on the bay bridge. Take it extra careful, please. In oakland, 880 northbound 880 at 23rd, i mentioned some flooding reports there. Now theres a big rig stuck in some of the ponding water on the freeway so there is a delay approaching 23rd. A Traffic Alert remains in effect in the dublinpleasanton area. It was a tractortrailer that actually hit the Center Divide and now theres damage to the guardrail and fence in the area westbound 580 approaching 680. So there will be a backup there. Coming up, well take a check of mass tran
Background. Anything, looking for anything that may lead to us thinking this may occur his former partner says the suspicion stemmed from what he called a dramatic personality change. The Fire Department assigned him to be the Community Outreach manager n that role he worked with neighborhood associati associations however, investigators say he was selling drugs and having sex with teenagers. His expartner says he never saw him engage in that activity during their time together. His its puzzling to all who knew and worked with him. President obama said the drought is affecting california and going to be so challenging. The president is visiting farmers to learn about it firsthand and announcing 100 million in disaster assistance. 60 million to support california for food banks and 20 million for conser sxrags water shed protection. Seem to have lost audio on that. Weve got to start looking at these disasters as something to prepare for to anticipate and to start having plan thats recal