Thats the strongest of the expansion. Well get to all the numbers of the premarket relatively steady. Europe is mixed. Yields actually if you just heard ticked up on that wage data. Factory orders, rig count and fed speak today still on the way. Roadmap begins with 156,000 jobs added in december, below what the street was expecting. The last jobs number under president obama. First it was ford then it was gm. This time the president elect goes after toyota sending alarm bells across the nation of japan. One retailer reversing the trend, gap shares are surging after a better than expected december helped by old navy. Well get into that. Aside from the december payroll figures, the Unemployment Rate coming in at 4. 7, as expected. And we mentioned earlier average Hourly Earnings up 2. 9 from a year ago, thats the biggest increase since 2009. Participation relatively flat, jim, i know you looked at with the revisions over the past two months people are calling it a bit of a push. I think
Group or not and in the future we should not so heavily rely upon some governments input with regards to whether an organization that happens to be operating within their territory should be designated or no. I think there is definitely a lesson here. I think we will be quicker to act to make designations based on our own assessments earlier on based on this. My last question has to do with a broader theme regard to the risks of global jihadists and terrorists atlarge. There was a narrative not long ago al qaeda was on the run. It was dissipating. In fact a new risk has emerged. Want to rely on the testimony of director clapper before the Senate Committee of intelligence where i sit. Decentralization of Al Qaeda Movement led to new Power Centers and increase in threats by networks of likeminded extremists to multiple groups to which its clear aqm, there appears to be some links and ties or some elements with boko haram. My question is what do we know at this point about that . Do we ha
In a lot of patients coming in certain parts of this country, and are we seeing we think this is you do not have the resources . What is the answer . Uh ability ton, the provide appropriate access to these group of veterans depends on several things rate one is the people. Do we have enough people. Are we using these people effectively. Are we using all the other things available to us, telehealth, febasis program, etc. One of the things we are going to do is we are to look at this place that are having access difficulties as a result of this and make a determination as to whether or not we have adequate resources there. Do, but wenow is we need to look carefully at those places where we are having access issues, to see if it is a resource problem. That may conclude, and may i add, this is not a once and done or whenever we have a crisis we do. This is an ongoing set of looks at ourselves. Our patient load. Grows each year complexity of the issues, as you describe. This is an ongoing a
Of the 9 11 memorial museum. [applause] of this museum is a testament to the resilience, courage, and compassion of the human spirit that lies within each and every human being. I think it is only fitting we bring our ceremony to a close with one of the most enduring and life affirming pieces, a fanfare for the common man. [applause] [inaudible conversations] good morning. The Senate Foreign relations committee, exactly one month ago today extremist in Northern Nigeria abducted nearly 300 schoolgirls in an unconscionable act of terror. The leaders, boko haram are selling the girls into a marriage and forsythe into islam to some as a bargaining chip into negotiations with the Nigerian Government. They are held today in make dense Tropical Forest area that borders three countries. Besides being forewarned the local and Central Government did nothing to protect them. Parents should not have to be afraid to send their children to school, no child to live through the for these girls have ex
Government. In time we would also learn mike flynn had been a paid agent of a foreign government. We learned that when he retroactively registered after he left the white house. Nbc news since reported the trump transition was actually aware of payments mike flynn received from foreign governments but apparently did not see that as a red flag to be worried about hiring him nor did they require him to report those payment his security clearance required him to do. In time we would also learn, just this past week we would also learn mike flynn was required to get a new security clearance from the cia in order to take the National Security advisor job but the trump transition apparently didnt make him get that before they gave him the National Security job anyway. In time we would also come to learn the outgoing president , barack obama had specifically directly warned the incoming president elect he should not make mike flynn his National Security advisor but the president elect and new