Before i begin, lets call the meeting to order. Before we begin to take just a moment to say that our thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been impacted over the past few days by hurricane irma. Of course, we continue to keep those suffering from the effects of Hurricane Harvey in our thoughts and prayers as well. These have truly been horrific events, and i hope and pray for the safety of everyone involved. I join with my colleagues in the commitment to doing all we can to assist our citizens who are in need at this extremely difficult time. We will see what we can do to help alleviate some of the pain. Now, the hearing were having today will come to order. 20 years ago senator ted kennedy and i came together to create the Childrens Health Insurance Program, or chip, in order to provide Health Corner for Vulnerable Children and family who were too poor to afford private coverage but still didnt qualify for medicaid. 20 years ago we were at something of a crossroads. The year
Program with the late senator ted kennedy. Before i begin, lets call the meeting to order. Before we begin to take just a moment to say that our thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been impacted over the past few days by hurricane irma. Of course, we continue to keep those suffering from the effects of Hurricane Harvey in our thoughts and prayers as well. These have truly been horrific events, and i hope and pray for the safety of everyone involved. I join with my colleagues in the commitment to doing all we can to assist our citizens who are in need at this extremely difficult time. We will see what we can do to help alleviate some of the pain. Now, the hearing were having today will come to order. 20 years ago senator ted kennedy and i came together to create the Childrens Health Insurance Program, or chip, in order to provide Health Corner for Vulnerable Children and family who were too poor to afford private coverage but still didnt qualify for medicaid. 20 years ago we w
Program with the late senator ted kennedy. Before i begin, lets call the meeting to order. Before we begin to take just a moment to say that our thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been impacted over the past few days by hurricane irma. Of course, we continue to keep those suffering from the effects of Hurricane Harvey in our thoughts and prayers as well. These have truly been horrific events, and i hope and pray for the safety of everyone involved. I join with my colleagues in the commitment to doing all we can to assist our citizens who are in need at this extremely difficult time. We will see what we can do to help alleviate some of the pain. Now, the hearing were having today will come to order. 20 years ago senator ted kennedy and i came together to create the Childrens Health Insurance Program, or chip, in order to provide Health Corner for Vulnerable Children and family who were too poor to afford private coverage but still didnt qualify for medicaid. 20 years ago we w
It wont be impacting our area. It will move out to sea once it tries to skim the North Carolina coast. It is starting to move away from the United States right now. Temperaturewise locally we are warm and muggy this morning. Also dont forget your sevenday forecast as always is at the bottom of the screen for you. 68 degrees wilmington, delaware. Mid60s, through 70 through most of south jersey this morning. Well take a closer look at your philadelphia neighborhoods, West Mount Airy coming in at 69 degrees. 72 society hill, fox chase coming in at 71 as well as bustleton. Now, as we go through the day today, well warm up. For now, though, all of our cameras looking nice and sunny across the area. Plenty of sunshine, temperatures will be quickly jumping up as we go through this afternoon. Very quickly with all this sun and a warm south wind. As we go through the 8 00 a. M. Hour, 74 degrees in philadelphia. Already 81 degrees by 11 00 today. Yes, those 80s will quickly be approaching throug
In reaction to that jobs number, it was off about 350 points midday. The nasdaq dropped 49, and the s p 500 fell 29. The concern in the markets is what it has always been, the timing of a rate hike. And the stronger the number, the greater the possibility the fed could raise rates at its next meeting in just two weeks time. The economy created 173,000 new jobs last month. Fewer than expected. However, the Unemployment Rate at 5. 1 was the lowest in more than seven years. But as Hampton Pearson tells us, what the fed does next is anything but definitive. Reporter in august, headline unemployment fell to a sevenyear low, but hiring was the slowest in five months. However, job growth for the last three months has averaged 221,000, after the government revised job growth upward for june and july by 44,000. But wage growth at just over 2 over the last year is still below normal for recovery. Lots of americans remain on the sidelines. At 62. 6 , the Labor Force Participation rate remains at