This program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Captioning sponsored by wpbt tom good evening, everybody, and thanks for watching. The number of americans making new claims for Unemployment Benefits fell for the first time in a month, down by 31,000. But susie, the overall number of claims is still way too high to describe the report as good news. Susie tom, that comes on top of some dismal reports on the state of the housing market, and a day ahead of whats expected to be a major speech by fed chairman ben bernanke in wyoming tomorrow. Everyones looking to the fed chief for answers on the economy, the stalling recovery, and the labor market. Tom we have two reports tonight looking at jobs, and what bernanke can actually do about the economy. We begin with scott gurvey in new york, who spoke with the head of one of the countrys biggest staffing firms. This one is different. It has components of the late 90s and 2001 recoveries. Its j
The u. S. Experts today, attack looks like retaliation. These are iconic government targets. That are exactly what isis propaganda has been pushing people towards attacking. Reporter isis fighters with canadian passports have returned home and hundreds more in canada and the u. S. May sympathize with isis, a possible factor in the parliament attack. The circumstances around todays tragic events in canada are still unknown. That is a concern that the United States has been focused on for quite some time. Reporter back in ottawa, Police Ordered people off the streets to lock doors and stay away from windows. Were still in the process of an active prague right now. Were treating this Reporter Police are fearful that one or more terrorists were loose in canadas capital. Security is not visibly tighter but u. S. Homeland is security anxious to know if islamic terror had anything to do with todays attacks. At the white house, im steve handelsman, nbc 10 news. Stay with nbc 10 for continuing
This program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Captioning sponsored by wpbt tom good evening, everybody, and thanks for watching. The number of americans making new claims for Unemployment Benefits fell for the first time in a month, down by 31,000. But susie, the overall number of claims is still way too high to describe the report as good news. Susie tom, that comes on top of some dismal reports on the state of the housing market, and a day ahead of whats expected to be a major speech by fed chairman ben bernanke in wyoming tomorrow. Everyones looking to the fed chief for answers on the economy, the stalling recovery, and the labor market. Tom we have two reports tonight looking at jobs, and what bernanke can actually do about the economy. We begin with scott gurvey in new york, who spoke with the head of one of the countrys biggest staffing firms. This one is different. It has components of the late 90s and 2001 recoveries. Its j
Coming through quite smoothly. If you pan over here, traffic is already building. All this traffic happened over about 15 minutes or so. The anticipation was building for quite some fulltime it was set to reopen tomorrow, but they were told they were going to reopen between 9 and 10 tonight. That was delayed until 10 15 or so, because they were cleaning debris off the bridge. At about 9 30, they were all sitting and waiting. Now that the cars are streaming through, the chp officers are here. They say theyre here to enforce people not stopping and takingturetures. All of those things are extremely dangerous for the other motoring public. Its an inconvenience for people trying to get from point a to point b. Were honored to be one of the first focus. Were excited to take pictures. No stopping, right . No, and hes going to be photographing, texting, and facebooking. Ill be the person driving. Reporter that last voice was the voice of a chp police officer. Theyre serious about enforcing pe
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