Wages, but the pace was slower than market expectations. Consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 of gdp, rose 2. 5 . Corporate investment on equipment was also up 2. 4 and Housing Construction gained 10. 2 . But exports shrank 4. 3 . Its first contraction in three quarters. For the 2016 calendar year, the economy grew 1. 6 . Thats down from 2. 6 in 2015. President donald trump says his administration will try to achieve 4 annual growth through infrastructure spending. Russian president Vladimir Putin and u. S. President trump are expected to hold their first talks by telephone on saturday. Putin told reporters last week he will congratulate trump on his inauguration. He added they may discuss when to have their first meeting face to face. U. S. And russian talks deteriorated after u. S. President barack obama imposed sanctions against the country over the situation in ukraine. But trump is showing his willingness to cooperate with putin on military operations against Islamic Sta
[ inaudible ] you know, again, it goes back to what i said earlier. Nick and i are both professional photographers both actually i spent five years of wire photographer. Really our job. Its that simple. Dont you think. Picture showing a story. Always the right story. Its quite fascinating, very interesting. My question was, when you were in country, were there any areas you were specifically forbidden to go to or simply explicitly told you should not or were there any subjects or areas you felt were off limits that perhaps that wouldnt be beneficial for your camera . Good question. Well, i know we were talking about coverups on the government side. My experience was i found the military incredibly helpful wherever i wanted to go, hitch a ride on a chopper. A few were stupid enough or excited enough to get into action, you could get there. If there were americans or vietnamese, i never had one instance where i wasnt able to go where i wanted to go, see what i wanted to see and one of th
Stage devoted to the 1820s and 1860s. Among many of his accomplishments, too many that i could go to tonight. High seeked and difference and desires of americans. Hes working with cureuating new exhibits and portraying americas workers 1750, 2015. Speaking directly to his talk tonight, david has his fourth scene on view now, it is calling dark field of the republican. Alexander garner photograph 1857 to 1872. Which in multitude severals lincoln paragraph. This i mage was the you my remember last year walt wittman was a theme of our lincoln event. I may mention that along the way, with his work of the National Gallery of david ward is a poet and an editor and a literally critic. His poetries was published in 2011 called internal difference. David earned his bachelors degree from the university of rochester and Yale University and england. Please join me in welcoming david ward. [ applause ] thank you, brian, thank you all, i am delighted to be here. We ai want to congratsulatioe portrai
Residents have been forced to evacuate, many running as the fair came down the hill towards their homes. Heres a map of where the fire is burning in the community of cobb. Its burning so fast its challenging firefighters ability to warn residents of the danger. We have video to share with you. An abc news cameraman was allowed to stay there after the mandatory evacuations took place. House upon house burning, no sound except for the crackling for the flames. You will also notice there are no firefighters. People with possessions and memories gone in an instant. We wont know the extent of the damage in middletown until later today, but it will definitely substantial. And we received word the flame has destroyed at least one school, thats Middletown Christian school, a small private school that serves children from kindergarten through high school. We have this report from lake county. People frantically pled south on highway 29 at the valley fire stormed across lake county. It looked li
Accidents. But as the fog continues to lift, warmer temperatures are once again upon us and should be for the rest of the week. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us today. No snow in the forecast. It is december, but we could be seeing some rain later this week. Lets begin with frank for more on that. Frank wakeup temperatures in the 30s this morning, not bad for this time of year. They will be a little pesky out of the south 13. Look out to the west, already in the 40s with more sunshine. The sunshine is starting to work its way into central iowa. 41 in ottumwa. 2 00 temperature, 51. We are already starting to clear out to the west, even dallas a mild evening setting up, slowly cooling off. More above average temperatures in store in the 8 day forecast. Mollie still no word of any charges in connection with a deadly Home Invasion this weekend. Police tell us 31yearold Travis Williams died after breaking into an eastside home and getting into an altercation with two people inside.