Mr. Walker thank you for allowing us to lead with an important piece of legislation. We celebrated the life of Martin Luther king junior. We now have the opportunity to act upon one of the greatest gin justices of our time. All across america, vulnerable young men, women children and entire families are being victimized. These human beings are being seen as a commodity valued for the profit they can return. We must not remain sigh lept but rather respond. Victims can be hidden in plain sight. However, we know that the United States is considered a leading destination of human traffickers. It is a top source of income for organized crime and involves more than half the street gangs. From our big cities to small towns this industry is here and unless we move quickly, it will be here for some time. It is growing and must be eradicated. Officers and prosecutors and non profit groups are on the front lines of this battle and pleading for our help. We hear your voices. Most importantly, we h
York chokehold burtis good evening and welcome to the press club for a very timely discussion on race coverage in america. How are we doing . How can we do better . This program has been plan to jointly by the National Press club and the Capital Press club. Tonight is historic because of how we came together here this evening as partners to discuss the very issue that once divided our two organizations. Race. The 107th president of the press club, i want to acknowledge the presence of the 108th president of the is club who took office last week. Thank you for being here. One of the highlights of my year was to be invited to speak in this very room at the 70th anniversary celebratory awards meeting of the cap patel press club captial Capital Press club. African american journalists have been members of the national is club since 1950 five, and were proud that many have been in leadership positions over the years. I also am proud, very proud thats one of our newest members is the preside
Areas. The wind out of the northwest are beginning to turn from the northwest thats colder air getting ready to plunge on down here as we get into the afternoon. Tgif. 34 degrees on your Storm Tracker 6 live app. 36 degrees by 8 custom noon, 38. The winds start to come in from the northwest and the temperatures start to plunge, too. It will be windy saturday and so much so that up in the poconos theres a windchill advisory for windchills making it feel as bad as 20 below on saturday morning. Karen, we are looking at the potential of snow sunday evening into monday, ill have more on that coming up. Reporter a lot of people have to remember to tune in on monday. Looking outside live on south philadelphia. This is i95 approaching broad street where we expect extra traffic at this early hour for people exiting off broad street, for people to go to the wells fargo center. 6 00 p. M. , we see extra traffic moving at this point. I95 approaching cottman southbound traffic heading toward center
That is the goal of Melinda Gates and the foundation she runs with her husband bill. Erik lets begin this hour with the top business stories of the morning. U. S. Stocks have given back their gains for the year. The major indices are about 1 in the 30 minutes of trading. They are unchanged right now but they were still up in the nasdaq, you can thank apple for that. The fed is moving ever closer to a rate hike. The shares of the credit sq suisse are rising. One of the few ceos of a global bank to survive the financial crisis and its aftermath. Barnes noble missed quarterly profit estimates last quarter and its shares are falling. The company saw sales rise over the holidays, revenue was almost 200 in samestore sales, about 2 . College student bookstores back in 2008 barack obama campaigned on hope and change. Now americans want even more change than they did back then. They say they were prefer a candidate that will seek even greater change. They say Hillary Clinton returns to the poli
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Today we will answer the ageold question thats stumped people for generations, what does the fox say . And well answer the question how long will it be before you get that song out of your head . Two to three days. Sunday. Exactly. Well get to that later on. We want to get right to todays top story. Theres controversy around the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and not to a 16yearold girl named Malala Yousufzai. Andrea mitchell has more on that. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. It is surprising and controversial. The decision seems to reflect both politics and the committees concern that malala was too young to be awarded the worlds most prestigious prize. She migh