The joint costs of raising a child. The hearing is over two hours. Good afternoon. Thank you for being here to join us for this hearing of the joint economic hearing committee. The American Economy is thriving. The current expansion is the longest in history. Unemployment has remained below 4 over the last 18 months. We have seen consistently solid gdp growth and job creation. , notwithstanding the successes, for many parents across this country, raising a family has become harder and more expensive. The New York Times recently reported that based on the survey adults between the ages who are parents or plan to be, they discovered interesting trends. Childrenur had fewer or expected they would have fewer children than they expected to be within the range of ideal. Economic concerns were foremost among the reasons, that they fell short or believed in the future they fell short of what they would consider ideal. These social Capital Project has documented trends in what we associationalr
Implications of a few Big Tech Companies taking over much of the world. Sreenivasan all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention. In the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan a cold wave kept the nations midwest and northeast in the deep freeze today. Wind chill warnings and advisories stretched
Implications of a few Big Tech Companies taking over much of the world. Sreenivasan all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention. In the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan a cold wave kept the nations midwest and northeast in the deep freeze today. Wind chill warnings and advisories stretched
She does not support his Transpacific Partnership pact as she outlines her campaign to take on wall street if she becomes the democratic candidate. Not so fast. The japanese retailer misses profit forecasts on impairment losses. A poll tile session yesterday but on this thursday morning looks like the dow is kicking off today on a four day winning streak so well see if the streak and the run continues. Fair value is telling us it should be up to 13 points and the dow jones pricing in triple digit losses so were 115 points below fair value. The nasdaq should be seeing losses of 32 and change but today the story in europe is all about the banks. European banks paired back some of their losses after some steeper declines to kick off this thursday morning and this stems back from Deutsche Bank. Theyre going to issue official earnings later on this morning but germanys largest bank said well tell investors what is going on and stunning the market with a record 6 billion euro loss and exerci
A deadly fire leads gas leak. Forcing the evacuation of nearly a dozen homes. Good evening to you, im jessica dean. Im chris may. Police say that this fire set off a series of explosions along jackson street in darby township, delaware county. That is where Eyewitness News reporter diana rocco joins us live. Diana . Reporter report when firefighters arrived here this evening they a will to the deal with. Explosion coming from inside the home and when they were able to extinguish the flames, they found gas leak which prompted evacuations in this neighborhood. When the smoke cleared they did find the body of the elderly homeowner inside the basement. Medical examiner has just arrived on scene. Fire explodes from 1025 jackson avenue in darby township. A Single Family home just after 7 00 monday. It took Fire Companies 35 minutes to gain control. When fire crews arrived they heard explosions coming from inside the house. When we first arrived here, there was a lot of things going on. We be