Defense secretary Ashton Carter calling the process unfair and saying its drags on too long. Facing National Outrage im bitter. Im angry. Reporter and fingerpointing. Another boneheaded decision by the department of defense. Reporter the defense secretary now taking action in response to thousands of California National guard members being asked to pay back bonuses they were promised. Ive ordered the suspension of all efforts to collect reimbursement from affected california guard members. Reporter during the height of the wars in iraq and afghanistan, the National Guard used bonuses to entice soldiers to reenlist. The problem started in 2010 when the military learned of criminal fraud. A California National guard official gave bonuses intended for highly skilled soldiers to others who did not qualify, and Service Members who did nothing wrong with paying for the mistake, people like susan haley asked to repay 15,000 plus interest. We already have exhausted our savings. Reporter purple
Are with us. Lets start it off with you. This idea that it is one of the bigger sectors relatively speaking, the s p 500, but its also, remember, one of the fourth worst performing sectors so far. Say a look at the year to date losers. Interesting stories lines start to play out in terms of the particular stocks and themes drieding the trading. Kohls is down 19 and fossil, belts, watches, that sorts of thing, down 21 as well. If you take a look at some of the other stocks that perhaps are on the other side of this, you see the winners. Off price retail, tj max up 5 . Ulta budy up 10 . Lulu lemon is up 17 . The biggest one everyone talks about is one that hasnt gained a lot so far this year only up 5 year to date. Its amazon. Com. But remember, one of last years top performers and courtney, i got to sashgs one of the interesting things about this whole discussion is this idea of these stocks as melissa, i dont know if there is a theme that drives all these together. But retail definitel
The flames. Anne makovec reports. Reporter its a challenge. This fire has burned nearly 40 square miles and at this point, firefighters have no idea how many homes and businesses have been destroyed. That fire is 4 contained this morning. It is burning in mixed terrain, mountains and deserts, east of los angeles in San Bernardino county. A lot of the damage so far is in the town of phelan and now firefighters are paying special attention to the scene town of wrightwood. Thats where flames are inching closer to homes. Some 82,000 people have been forced to evacuate but some are refusing to leave. Its my home. Hopefully these guys will take care of it and then we can be safe because we have no place to go. 1300 firefighters are working to control the bluecut fire. The conditions are brutal with brush and terrain and temperatures up to 100 degrees. The northbound lanes of a heavily traveled highway interstate 15 were closed yesterday but reopened through the cajon pass at 10 30 last night
Average. We had the big rally comeback rally and its been going sideways now. Its going to be 39 days today trading days when we have failed to see the dow move 1 up or down. Its happened again today. So as we kick off the month of september, kelly, after the postbrexit rally, we wonder if we get any volatility the month, right . Automakers are probably happy august is ending. Sales coming in weak. Well look at how long this downturn could last. Oil is hit today down more than 8 over the last week. But if you think its a buying opportunity, think again. We have somebody who says things are just going to get worse for the energy patch. Well, heres worse for you. Samsungs new phones are on fire. But not in a good way. We told you last week sales were much stronger than expected but issues are arising this week with reports of the batteries catching fire. Delays now in getting the phones in peoples hands. We have pictures and the impact coming up. Horrible, horrible timing with the iphone
Without further ado, general. General good morning. Thank you all for being here today. I have a statement and ill take questions. The command is releasing the results of the Doctors Without Borders in afghanistan which 2015. Ed on october 3, ill say it again, our deepest families of o the those injured and killed. You know, general john campbell, then the u. S. Forces afghanistan commander directed the investigation into this incident and appointed u. S. Army Major General William Hickman as the lead investigator, along with two investigating officers, u. S. Army brigadier shawn air force u. S. Brigadier robert armfeel. These general officers were years d because of their of professional experience and nderstanding of the complex operational environment in afghanistan. They were also selected because side of from that afghanistan and could bring an objective independent perspective to the investigation. These officers, and a supporting taff of more than a dozen associated subject matt