Comin going up in the past year, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you saw your Health Care Costs going down, please call us at 202 7488001. If your health care stayed the same, but you have an opinion on this topic anyway, we want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us at 202 7488003. We are always reading on social media, on twitter, and on facebook. Basic Background Information out of the way. Cnbc had a great article earlier this month on the Health Care Costs in the u. S. And how they are increasing. Let me read a little bit of background from that article. It says, the average American Household spent almost 5,000 per person on health care last year. 1 increase from the roughly 2500 per person that americans spent 34 years ago in 1984 according to an analysis of the bureau of labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure survey. Comparisons,ate clever adjusted all dollar amounts for inflation. It is not surprising that Health Care Costs have risen
S p is now down 2. 25 the nasdaq is off by 40 points that happened after news that we heard from beijing that well tell you about in a moment Interest Rates are a huge part of the market story. Yesterday we saw the inversion of the twoyear and the tenyear yield. So shortterm bonds are paying more than longterm bonds. Historically this is considered a recession warning sign check this out the 30year bond this morning is now yielding below 2 . This is the first time in history weve seen the 30year below 2 1. 99 . Tenyear is yielding 1. 557 . The twoyear is yielding 1. 54 lets look at what happened in markets overnight in asia. Things got a slower start there. The nikkei was down out of the gate it ended down by 1. 2 . In china, stocks are stronger. Shanghai is up by a quarter percent. The hang seng up by three quarters of a percent. In europe, there is active trading taking place, you are seeing some red arrows across the board. The biggest decliner of the three major averages would be t
23yearold suspect on monday and said they found an ar 15 highpowered assault rifle, literature and camouflage clothing. Neighbors i spoke with today said they have known for years something was not right. You could be around the kid for an hour and understand he had issues. Which mcclure has lived across the street from 23year old ross and his family for about 10 years and says his behavior was disturbing. It was a really aggressive kid. If you were ever around him and the amount of site he has gotten with his dad and screaming it is an ongoing issue. The case started when the fbi cyber crimes unit got a tip from a user who saw the threat from a chat room in an online video game. According to Court Documents obtained by the east bay times he made a number of disturbing comments on the video platform steam when he went by the username adolf hitler 6 million which is the number of jewish People Killed during the holocaust. When we looked at the account today we saw a number of unsettling
They need to realize, that they will not be prosecuted. Its kind of game on for them. Eric owns a Grocery Outlet and a mission where shoplifting and violence are a consistent problem for his employees. In the past, we have had one employee stabbed and another hurt. He doesnt know what is causing the problem, but he thinks Community Policing can fix it. We talk to shoppers today and they seem to have given up hope that any kind of change will happen. That is why i am spending money in our budget to increase this. I am not satisfied with a magical number that was done in the 70s about anything. Our population has grown. For storeowners more security cannot come soon enough. It is not getting better. It is getting worse. They are hiring, but as you just heard the mayor say, he is not so much of fixated on a specific number of Police Officers. Just that there needs to be more and there needs to be a more sense of calm and safety for Business Owners and People Living in the community. Live
Mark for us in the upstate. Again, the wind will stay with us and only increase over the next couple of days. Here is an interesting scenario, there was asleep mix near spartanburg in the overnight hours sleeping sleet mix near spartanburg. Still very interesting and a sign of things to come for much of the northeast. And then, eventually, here at home in the mountains. Cold front on the way. Arctic air filling in behind it. Enjoy the temperatures today. Even a little bit above average, in anderson starting out with clouds. Sunshine, 56. Mid 50s in greenville for today. Upper 40s in the mountains. Again, it wont quite feel that mild with the wind staying strong today, but with the wind you will feel it is a good week. Allyson Super Bowl Weekend is here. Kick off is a little over 18 hours from now. Myra you dont say . [laughter] allyson the fight for the title of super bowl 50 champs. All their hard work leads up to this one moment. Myra the nfl held their honors award ceremony. Allyson