President obama making good on a promise during his state of the Union Address on tuesday the president vowed to do something about the issue of income and equality. On wednesday, he took the first step visiting a costco store in maryland where he called on congress to raise the minimum wage. Yesterday, he went to a g. E. Factory in wisconsin, there he called on businesses to offer more in the way of job training. Today the focus is on unemployment, and once again he is turning to big business for help. Mike is at the white house, what does he want the ceos to do . Century the unemployment picture remains the black cloud inside the silver lining. More and more the economic picture brightening with each passing day figures about the Fourth Quarter rising at 3. 2 . But everybody though the Unemployment Rate is sinking the lowest it has been since before the great recession, there is the question of people dropping out of the work force, the long temple unemployed simply giving up. We kno
This is al jazeera america. Were live in new york city. Im del walters with a look at todays top stories. Police in nevada try to find out what motivated a boy to take a gun to his classroom, and turned the gun on himself when it was over. There was questions about whether the shooter had been bullied. The bart strike is now over. Union workers reached a tentative agreement last night, putting an end to the fourday old strike. Secretary of state john kerry is in london for the friends of syria meeting. The u. S. Is pushing for another round of peace talks but assault and opposition say they will not take part. And as many as 60 fires are raging across new south wales. Those are your headlines. Im del walters in new york. Consider this is next. And as always check us out 24 hours a day at aljazeera. Com. A bribery scandal could sink several top u. S. Naval commanders. Charges that navy ships were sent to certain ports in asia in exchange for highpriced trips, tickets to shows, and even
It is 18 days late and on a tuesday in october. But the Labor Department finally released the september jobs report. The Unemployment Rate dropping slightly, but the numbers arent anything to celebrate. Why no one is popping the channel wane corks. This is the last employment report that wont be skewed by the lingering shutdown. Fingers were crossed that there would not be signed in the recovery. U. S. Employers added just 148,000 jobs in september. Unemployment fell to a fiveyear low, but suggesting that the job market was weakening even before the government was shut down. More people are falling out of the labor force, and so while youre seeing the Unemployment Rate drop, its not a sign that things are Getting Better and the me is improving reporter the lack of progress in the labor market, with so many people out of work, Consumer Spending may suffer as we head into the crucial Holiday Shopping season. When people are not feeling secure about their jobs, theyre not in a position wh
I. President obama saying now is the time calling on congress to once again take up the thorny issue of Immigration Reform. Challenges lawmakers to fix the system he says is broken. Its not smart, its not fair. It doesnt make sense. We have kicked this particular can down the road for too long. For more on what the president said, specifically, what does the president want . He wants Immigration Reform passed this year, and dont wait until next year in an election year. What the president is doing here is he is putting his foot on the gas. Trying to keep up with any momentum he had. And there is no question that the president came out on top. The Senate Passed Immigration Reform other the summer, it is now languishing in the house to a large extent, the same die unanimous take held up that spending bill that shut down the government, at are in in order here in the house of representatives. There is a hard core of Conservatives Tea Party affiliated conservatives who say that anything th
Briefly reunited. At least 20 people have died and many more have been injuried in ukraine after renewing fighting between protestors and the police. There was a brief truce between the two sides but that soon broke down. This is the scene in central kiev right now. The mayor of the capitol has resigned in protest, against the violent, interior min industry says it has equipped the police with combat weapons and there are reports that more than 60 policeman have been detained. On another dead lady in kiev. On tuesday. The aused of the protestors of attacking with guns. The fighting follows. The police were picking their targets. Even under fire, the participants seemed determined not to lose ground no matter how many casualties they took. And there were many. Here a hotel innone dated with injuries people. Many did what they could under these conditions. In the square outside, the movement seemed more like a war machine. With people marching with bags full of rocks. Once again, the squ