You reflect on the morning of september 11, 2001, how did your day begin . Admiral thomas i was in the navys defense review. I had been there for about well there was a culminating 18month project. So i had been in the job for about 17 and a half months. My day began with a series of meetings and i was representing my boss in a meeting with another admiral in the pentagon. And we were discussing the navys contribution to National Defense and really just putting the finishing touches on our input to the defense review. Steve explained that project. What was the review all about and what was your specific role . Admiral thomas every four years, all the services and the joint staff and the department of defense have a report to congress. It is quadrennial he. A review of our defense posture in the force structure that supports it. This was to be a policybased review. I had been in the strategy and policy director at on the navy staff. I became the executive officer of this under a navy fl
Reported slowing sales growth and said that wont change much this year. Profit at the dow component continued to come under pressure as a result of multibillion dollar investments in worker wages and ecommerce. Investors were hoping to see those investments start to pay off in better results. Apparently it hasnt happened yet. And that weighed on the stock which fell 3 , making walmart the worstperforming member of the dow blue chip index today. Morgan brennan has more on walmarts gloomy outlook. Reporter as walmart continues to bank on a turnaround, it played out in Holiday Season earnings. Investors disappointed after key sales metrics fell short of estimates. U. S. Comparable store sales grew modestly, marking the sixth straight quarterly increase. Nonetheless were weaker than expected. Comp sales. 6, street was looking for 1 , that was a disappointment. Traffic growth slowed down a little bit. Traffic growth was about. 7. This is a deescalation. So the fixation is on Comp Store Sale
Reported slowing sales growth and said that wont change much this year. Profit at the dow component continued to come under pressure as a result of multibillion dollar investments in worker wages and ecommerce. Investors were hoping to see those investments start to pay off in better results. Apparently it hasnt happened yet. And that weighed on the stock which fell 3 , making walmart the worstperforming member of the dow blue chip index today. Morgan brennan has more on walmarts gloomy outlook. Reporter as walmart continues to bank on a turnaround, it played out in Holiday Season earnings. Investors disappointed after key sales metrics fell short of estimates. U. S. Comparable store sales grew modestly, marking the sixth straight quarterly increase. Nonetheless were weaker than expected. Comp sales. 6, street was looking for 1 , that was a disappointment. Traffic growth slowed down a little bit. Traffic growth was about. 7. This is a deescalation. So the fixation is on Comp Store Sale
Reported slowing sales growth and said that wont change much this year. Profit at the dow component continued to come under pressure as a result of multibillion dollar investments in worker wages and ecommerce. Investors were hoping to see those investments start to pay off in better results. Apparently it hasnt happened yet. And that weighed on the stock which fell 3 , making walmart the worstperforming member of the dow blue chip index today. Morgan brennan has more on walmarts gloomy outlook. Reporter as walmart continues to bank on a turnaround, it played out in Holiday Season earnings. Investors disappointed after key sales metrics fell short of estimates. U. S. Comparable store sales grew modestly, marking the sixth straight quarterly increase. Nonetheless were weaker than expected. Comp sales. 6, street was looking for 1 , that was a disappointment. Traffic growth slowed down a little bit. Traffic growth was about. 7. This is a deescalation. So the fixation is on Comp Store Sale
The winds is still to come. Today we hit 73. The old record at dia in 1930 at 71 and those temperatures have been so warm throughout much of the day around the i25 corridor, south toward i25 corridor, south toward broomfield and North Eastern plains warming to the 70s and foothills in the 50s with the chinook winds racing. 39 in aurora and 52 mileper hour gusts at dia, Loveland Pass in the 50 mileperhour range, too and unfortunately the worst of it will be late tonight when a cold front moves through the region. Its a strong but swift cold front as it moves relatively fast. Wes wes peach color off to the western slopes is a high wind warning and west of i25 backed up against the foothills and across the North Eastern plains gusts easily 60 to 65 miles per hour, not to mention it has been so dry were going on 16 days at least here in denver without any rain without any snow and that means humidity levels extremely hope out there and with these wind gusts low out there and with these win