According to the latest government data, consumers spent more in april than expected and thats important because Consumer Spending is responsible for about twothirds of economic output. But it flies in the face of everything that weve heard this week from some of the nations biggest retailers who are struggling to attract shoppers and grow revenue. Jcpenney was the latest to report an unexpected sales drop and cut its gross margin guidance for the year. Steve liesman looks at the possible reasons behind the disc. Reporter a Strong National retail says report for april gave a major boost to the idea that the u. S. Economys in the early stages of a rebound from that weak first quarter. Retail sales grew 1. 3 , beating estimates in auto sales and furniture. Economists looking for 2. 5 Overall Economic growth in the second quarter. But the number raised a troubling question. Why have retail earnings been so lousy . Nordstroms had comparable sales fall 17 , kohls saw them to 4 for the quart
American experiences into American History. And i suggested kind of a little cameo appearances, pocahontas, indians waving rifles at wounded knee in 1973. Doesnt really help. And i think on sunday i said if we really did this seriously and effectively, we would come up with a very different narrative of American History. And that may not be attainable and it may not even be desirable because we live in the real world. And School Boards and textbook publishers and so on may have problems with that. So there is another approach. Thats what im going to suggest today. Is to look at, if you like the narrative we have, right, the one that i critiqued yesterday. That east west narrative of American Growth and expansion of the nation. To look at that and identify in that narrative a missing strand. And that missing strand would be the native american strand. What im going to talk about this morning is kind of a large swath of American History where i pull out native american strand out of it a
Thats justified or proportional. What i would like to see here in washington is a kind of middle ground. I think that we as americans should be unequivocal in our condemnation of the coup, that this was an attempted military coup against a democratically elected government. Yes, it might be a problematic government. Yes, it might be a government that has authoritarian tendencies, and we should but at the same time we have to respect democratic outcomes, so that should be one part of our position. On the other hand, that doesnt mean that that we should and im uncomfortable with the idea that anyone who criticizeds erdogan in the postcoup context is, therefore, being sympathetic to the coup. There should be a middle ground where you can be critical of the coup but also critical of any overreach from president erdogan. So now just in my last couple of minutes i think that theres a for me as someone who thinks a lot about erdogans personal motivations and what drives him, how many is relig
Lets check in with the forecast. Were marching right along through the year. It is now march. A little cooler and dry this morning. It feels nice 60 in pompano beach. 64 miami. Upper 60s through the keys. Winds are light. We could see some waterspouts offshore and there are some showers over the atlantic. Once the wind moves out of the east is only a slim chance of rain today. It will be warmer. A light jacket this morning but the full forecast coming up. 95 is going to show you the slingshot it again at stirling road. Northbound and southbound side. Lots of flashing lights because of construction. Construction to the shoulders not causing delays. The rest of florida looking good. Construction 95 in miamidade has cleared. Only palmetto we had construction in this spot at nw. 25th st. And left lanes were blocked but no longer the case. There are no accidents in either county right now. It is super tuesday. Voters in 13 states and American Samoa head to the polls in the biggest voting da
Where most of the city remains shut down. Plus, this week is the largest ever series of events focusing on k through 12 education. We are talking to the president of National School choice week. Less than two weeks from today there is going to be a performance, beyonce. Coldplay. I think there is football around that. We are talking super bowl 50 because things are already happening. The city is changing. Peoples moods are changing as well. Thank you for joining us here on the 9 as you do every morning, i hope. Gasia mikaelian, sal castaneda, mike mibach. Less than two weeks before the super bowl. A party coming to down. Thank you for choosing that beyonce song. I struggled to find something appropriate. She, coldplay, the halftime act. There is a lot of other musical acts in the city around the big event. Metalica panthersbroncos. I heard from denver fans coming in. Yeah. We will talk about that more in a minute, ask you your thoughts as. First the Oakland Alameda Coliseum Authority i