We begin with workers and the skill gap. Apr apprenticeships are on the rise as a new way to fill the skills gap. Reporter Christopher Paul is a machinist at solar turbine. Its a Critical Role in one of the worlds leading manufacturers of Industrial Gas turbines. But paul isnt a fullfledged employee. Hes an apprentice. Im getting, you know, handson experience with the career that im learning to be a part of. Reporter thats not all. Under Solar Turbines fouryear program, apprentices get paid, trained, and mentored. By the end of the program, all of them get hired. Apprentices arent the only ones benefitting. Company executives say the six year old helps fill a critical need in a competitive marketplace. Its a program and the skill sets it provides does a great job helping us build a pipeline. Reporter an idea thats catching on. Amazon announced its launching an apprenticeship for veterans. Tech Company Salesforce already has a robust program. When ceo mark benioff met with President Tru
Coming to you from the new york stock exchange, were stocks closed as records. The dow, nasdaq, s p 500 all at their highest levels ever tonight, despite a mixed jobs report. Investors apparently remain encouraged by global economies and corporate profits that are showing signs of strength. As a result, theyre plowing more money into stocks. The closing numbers, the Dow Jones Industrial average added 62 points, finished at 21,206. Nasdaq was up by 58. The s p gained nine. It was the second straight week of gains for all three major indexes, sue. Bill, now to that jobs report, which was a bit of a head scratcher. The jobless rate hit a 16year low. Thats the good news. But hiring slowed in may with the number of jobs created coming in below expectations. According to the labor department, nonfarm payrolls increased by 138,000. The Unemployment Rate fell to 4. 3 , the lowest since 2001. So after a strong start to the year, job creation has cooled a bit over the past few months. Hampton pe
Ships are on the rise as a new way to fill the skills gap. Reporter Christopher Paul is a machinist at solar turbine. Its a Critical Role in one of the worlds leading manufacturers of Industrial Gas turbines. But paul isnt a fullfledged employee. Hes an apprentice. Im getting, you know, handson experience with the career that im learning to be a part of. Reporter thats not all. Under Solar Turbines fouryear program, apprentices get paid, trained, and mentored. By the end of the program, all of them get hired. Apprentices arent the only ones benefitting. Company executives say the six year old helps fill a critical need in a competitive marketplace. Its a program and the skill sets it provides does a great job helping us build a pipeline. Reporter an idea thats catching on. Amazon announced its launching an apprenticeship for veterans. Tech Company Sales force already has a robust program. When ceo mark benioff met with President Trump in a Business Roundtable he urged him to create 5 m
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. 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. Woodruff theyre still counting the actual votes in New Hampshire, but the races have been called. On the democratic side, the Associated Press projects vermont senator Bernie Sanders easily defeated Hillary Clinton in this first primary of 2016. She had won by a whisker in iowa. Among the republicans donald trump scored big, with john kasich a surprising second. Jeb bush, ted cruz the g. O. P. Winner in iowa, and marco rubio are fighting for third place. Political director Lisa Desjardins is in New Hampshire, where she watched the candidates and voters today. Reporter the Campaign Buses rolled across the Granite State one last time, and candidates made one last push to sway possible supporters. But many of those voters
A metro officer is badly hurt on an overnight call. 13 action News Reporter Parker Collins is live near buffalo summerlin parkway. Parker hows the officer . They think hell survive. But he had to go to umc trauma. Just a few hours ago. One officer got kicked in the head. He could have a concussion he was going out on a call because a couple was fighting. Police say the guy who did it was on something. 6 086 11 hes been tased. Attempting to take him into custody now. 6 2125 hes so far still screaming. Copy. He also went to the hospital to get checked out theyll arrest him as soon as thats done. Reporting live Parker Collins 13 action news. Right now a gunman wanted for murder is on the loose were learning this all may have started with an argument. The man killed yesterday afternoon as mike guinn the home near desert inn and police say the victim was shot once after an argument with two people in a silver pickup were told a woman in the silver pickup used to live at the home. Guinns fri