Good afternoon and welcome. I want to thank our cspan viewers and those joining us online for todays discussion here at Hudson Institute. Im the Vice President for Government Relations at hudson. Our mission is to promote u. S. International leadership for secure, free and prosperous future. We develop policy solutions by thinking about the future outside the limitations of conventional thinking. Two highly respected members of congress, representative joe courtney and rob whitman as the latest guests in our bipartisan speaker series, conversations on National Security and u. S. Naval power. With the director of hudsons center for american sea power. Todays discussion is part of an ongoing series weve held here at hudson over the last few years. The series brings together leading National Security experts to engage in constructive dialogue on the future of naval power and its role in our National Security strategy. Representative courtney chairs the House Armed Services subcommittee on
Good morning, welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and sally nugent. Our headlines today a call for schools in england to open at evenings and weekends. The childrens commissioner says theyll be safe spaces to keep pupils away from gangs and violence. Hundreds flee the chaos created by dorian in the storm ravaged bahamas as the death toll rises to a3. Mps from across the political divide are ready to go to court to force the Prime Minister to seek a delay to brexit. Late wickets leave england in trouble, in the fourth ashes test. Theyre still nearly 300 runs behind australia so face a battle to save the match and the series. Ahead of tonights strictly launch, saffron barker and i check out fellow dancer, will bayleys moves, as the Paralympic Champion prepares for the european para table tennis championships. Good morning. Theres lots of dry, settled weather through the weekend. Just the odd isolated shower, but with clear skies by day, that means chilly conditions overnight. Ill have
Clear it wants costs to be cut. As you just heard there from the interview with the representative, theyre trying to save 400 million by 2019. So by delaying until may st now, there are Staff Members who said that likely means there wont be a vote on this premium increase at all this year. So the questions right now, how are the time lines going to be changed . And how will the General Assembly react . Bo minnick, wncn news now. The air lift wing at fort braggs pope airfield looks to be over tonight. A letter was sent to congress informing them of the de activation today. It needs to reallocate resources in the most efficient manner the decision to shut down the unit unit would have an impact on the nations readiness for battle. The Armed Services committee have 90 days to approve the letter. If approved, its set to take place in september. Testimony continued in the a series of prosecution witnesses placed Travion Smith near the scene of after the killing of Melissa Huggins jones. The
You have average Hourly Earnings rise by. 3 . This could be the 12th straight month of job gains above 200,000 which would be the longest such streak since 1994 and that has people saying the fed is behind the curve and other people say when you look around the world to see whats happening with the strong dollar he they would be crazy to be raising rates but its a source of continued debate the do you is up more than 4 over the last four days nasdaq is up for the year. The index is on track for the best week since december of 2011 and right now the futures ahead of the report are basically unchanged waiting to see what happens with this s p futures off by over a point and nasdaq down by two. People are now saying can you take the january effect and move it to february and is that what happens for the year . Sometimes it gets the end of the year. None of these things work all the time. Gave up on the super bowl. Afc is bad. Here are the other big stories were watching today. German chan
Another socalled timely warning from their school. This time reporting a Sexual Assault early sunday morning at a private residence on south walnut in the borough. Its concerning. I mean we get them so often i feel like its always this time when it starts gets nice sr. We get them. Make i was little nervous . Yeah. Reporter the past couple of weeks there have been two attempt strong arm robberies and two Sexual Assaults around here. Three of the four incidents occurred off campus. But technical boundaries mean little when students safety is concerned. It rattles me to my core. Because that could be anybody. Reporter does it change your behavior . In other words when you go out where you go outlooks you go out with . Definitely. I like always with a friend. I dont real goal out when its too dark. I feel like the campus is safe. Its just people off campus are crazy. Reporter Crime Statistics show West Chester University averages just over one violent crime. Rape, robbery assault per mont