Appears to have been temporary. Indicators for the Second Quarter have so far pointed to a sizable rebound. This recovery is a key factor supporting the committees expectation that Overall Economic activity will expand at a moderate pace over the next few years. Despite lackluster Economic Growth the job market continued to improve early in the year. During the First Quarter job gains averaged nearly 200,000 per month, just a bit slower than last years pace. And the Unemployment Rate held near 5 even though notably more people were actively looking for work. However, more recently, the pace of improvement in the labor market appears to have slowed markedly. Job gains in april and may are estimated to have averaged only about 80,000 per month. And while the Unemployment Rate fell to 4. 7 in may, that decline occurred because fewer people reported that they were actively seeking work. A broader measure of unemployment that includes individuals who want and are available to work but have
Scene and to the girl scouts emilys impacted this weekend. Thank you for the opportunity to be here. It is my second time at the National Press club. Thank you for having me back. I guess i did an ok job the first time. I want to thank the organizers of the luncheon. In q4 organizing this amazing lunch. I want to thank my colleagues from the girl scouts of the nations capital. I know they are in the room. Where are you . [applause] ceo, their board president , and their Steering Committee members. Thank you for your hospitality today. And the prestigious members of the National Press club here in the room and on camera this morning. Tos an amazing opportunity be here with a room full of girl scout leaders. I sure this leadership mantle with many people. Would like the ceos of our local Girl Scout Councils to please stand up. [applause] these are representatives of 112 ceos who are doing an amazing job to continue this movement that has been around for 104 years. I would like to recogni
Okay. Now, you said a nice weekend with your mom. I love when you take your little we did. We went to florida. And we just we just got some rays. My mom was just like shes on the go. Oh, my god, we saw Mary Higgins Clark in the lobby. I said to my mom, thats Mary Higgins Clark, and she said, a select. So we snuck up to her. She said she wants to come back on the show. It seems like shes here every week with a new book. I love her to pieces. She said shes on too much. Shes not on too much. Thats what we said. The other day it was love your pet day and in my case it was love your pets. I put them on the sofa. I cant believe they just mug like that. They immediately look at the camera. Do they ever get muddy and run on your furniture . Of it as soon as possible. Today is National Margarita day. How do you like yours, hoda . I like mine on the rocks. With just tequila and nothing else. Just tequila. Thats really good. Thats like one of those skinny ones. Why do we have a margarita cupcake,
The latest on this and run into a News Conference just wrapped up we are here we are actually own that the pictures you saw from that the justice were actually standing in her long right now this is where she saw behind me is now destroyed this was all flames earlier day at a News Conference we learned or at least twenty one votes that have been destroyed two boats are submerged still you can see the yellow boom that they have around here this is the hazmat to try and contain any fuel or anything thats leaked out there trying to keep that contained at this point it took four hours to put out the flames you seen the pictures without them of the intense fire that was burning for hours to get a good start around four thirty they do not have contained until about eight thirty theyre still actually saw a few minutes ago putting out hotspots in this and they said once they got the fire out the way will discover that two people had been found dead inside on the fire area theyre not releasing
Some break in the clouds out there and overall were expecting partly sunny skies today, kind of going back and forth between the clouds and sun a bit. 37 degrees in philadelphia. Closer to the freezing mark in trenton and allentown and reading, below freezing in lancaster and only 29 degrees in millville. Were still sitting on 36 degrees in wilmington, though association a chilly start certainly and the farther west you go through the region right now the better chance you have of a little bit of an you shall whip visibility. Its very patchy but some patchy fog is possible especially out west. As we take a look at the bus stop, 34 degrees at 6 oclock, up to 36 by 8 oclock. So, pretty chilly to start out under those partly cloudy skies. And rolling through the day, as i mentioned a little bit milder later on became 8 oclock were at 36 but by noon up top 51 and your high today is going to be that 55degree reading at 3 oclock with those partly sunny skies in play. We are getting milder as