Americas winding in very bumpy road dealing with ebola took another turn today. A nurse quarantined in new jersey headed home to maine. The governor agreed to release kaci hickox who complained loudly and publicly about being isolated in a tent. She said she had never had any symptoms. New york and new jersey have imposed mandatory quarantines on healthcare workers returning from west africa. This is the man who oversaw the initial response to the outbreak. He said none of the soldiers are showing symptoms, and the decision to isolate them for 21 days was so make their families comfortable. And late today we got good news, a 5yearold new york city boy has tested negative for ebola. He recently returned from guinea, and was taken to bellevue. Bellevue is the same hospital where dr. Craig spencer is in serious but stable condition after testing positive for the virus. Also the centers for Disease Control and prevention reviewed new guidelines for people returning from west africa. Libby
Im proud to be gay, and i consider being gay among the greatest gifts god has given me. With those clear bold words apples ceo tim cooke became the first and openly gay ceo of a fortune 500 company. Along with others, hrc praised cooke for coming out in an essay published today. In the essay, cooke says being gay as been tough and uncomfortable at times, but also says it has quote, given me the confidence to rise above adversary and bigotry. It also gives me the skin of a rhinoceros, end quote. Cookes decision to come out is a very public move by a very private man. Patricia sabga has that story. [ cheers and applause ] reporter when tim cooke took over apple three years ago, many wondered whether the company could survive without its visionary founder steve jobs. Cooke was relatively unknown outside of apple. He cut his teeth at ibm before joining a struggling apple in 1998. He streamlined the way apple products are assembled, and struck longterm component deals to boost profits while
This is real money. You are the most important part of the show. Tell me what is on your find my tweeting me or hit me up on facebook. The Great Recession gave birth to a phrase that helps describe the profound changes that are now sweeping america and other industrialized countries. The new normal. Its partly the idea that developed economies are now growing a lot slower than they once did. So even as economies bounce back, life will not return to what we used to consider normal. Its also about what this new economic reality means for investors, for businesses, governments, and regular working people. One example is the income nonexistent wage growth we have seen. Thats making the new normal feel down right miserable for many americans. Even as the job and Housing Market regain strength. Today were exploring various ways the new normal is playing out in your lives, and well start with the job market. The jobs recovery has been slow but steady. But this recovery has not pumped enough l
Off. I look at the economic affect. Im jen rogers in for ali velshi, and this is real money. In just nine days voters in six states will decide whether to raise the minimum wage. The federal minimum wage is 7. 25. States and cities have passed higher minimums, this year the United States senate voted down a pill proposed by obama, to raise the minimum for 10. 10. Republican lawmakers never liked to raise the minimum wage, arguing that it hurts businesses and jobs. In key senate recesses a negative stance on raising could cost them. Ali takes a look. Reporter democrats are bracing for a republican takeover in the United States senate. In some traditional red states the gop may be vulnerable on a key economic issue boosting the minimum wage. Theres minimum wages on the ballot in a number of states. One is arkansas, where the democrats are looking for anything they can to drive turn out for senator mark pryor who sw pretty embattled there, and theres hope that increasing the minimum wage
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