Mallicoat joins us to take a look and take a deeper dive into the numbers. The numbers are very strong. Nearly 2 as you mentioned. Unemployment went from 13. 2 in july and it dropped 11. 4 in the month of august. California added nearly 100 2000 jobs as well. Of course, all welcome news for what is the 5th largest economy in the world. California near the nation. The u. S. Unemployment rate dropped 1. 8 that month. Now at 8. 4 overall. Californias dropped. The numbers can be former edd director and labor attorney Michael Birbeck says california still has a lot of work today. Todays numbers are really not consistent with all the other Economic Indicators we are seeing. In terms of the new yesterday. California was way above those of the National Rate in terms of consumer spending. Way down in the bay area compared to other parts of the nation. In terms of job postings, here in california, way below what we had in january and below the other parts of the nation. He points to urban areas
Telling author naomi klein. Her books on economics and Public Policy include the shock doctrine, and the recently on fire. The burning case for Green New Deal. Thank you for joining us and in the studios in new york. But tv we are in manhattan. We are running in marketing this business. Let me begin with your book no logo, when did you learn about nike. Microsoft and starbucks and branding. It is great to be with you and to have this time. So when i was writing the logo, became out at the very beginning of 2000 so it is almost exactly 20 years old. And i when i researching, four years before that, it was a period where i was changing the corporate world. You had the first kind of fullblown lifestyle brands. An idea that we all take for granted now but these were companies that for the first time, were declaring that their Business Model was not sell products but to sell ideas, lifestyle says of belonging and that they could then extend into kind of selff closed granted cocoons. The sor
Mr. Julio is the executive director, the ceo for the Virgin Islands water and power authority, thank you for joining us. He will be followed by mr. Jose morales who is the acting chairman for the Puerto Rico Energy commission. We welcome you, and finally we will have natalie who is the executive director for the Management Board for puerto rico. Welcome to each of you. I would ask that you limit your comments this morning to five minutes, your full testimony will be included as part of the record but i do know colleagues have questions as you have obviously seen from the first panel, there was some directed to our governors that they different so we had the expertise from this panel. Hopefully you will be able to address those in your Opening Statement or in your followon questions. Welcome. German murkowski, Ranking Member cantwell and senators, thank you very much for the opportunity to appear today. Although i am present here physically, my thoughts, my focus are on the people of pu
Capture, arizona senator john mccain talked about the impact of the vietnam war on his life and the country sunday at 6 00 at 10 00 pm eastern on American History tv on cspan3. President trump welcome to the governor of puerto rico to the white house today. Governor ricardo gave an update on Hurricane Maria recovery efforts. The storm hit last month and much of the island remains without electricity. Mike pence, brought long, and Homeland Security advisor tom also attended the meeting. Donald trump thank you very much. It is great to have the governor of puerto rico with us. We have gotten to know each other extremely well over the last couple of weeks, and i can tell you, you are a hardworking governor. So much has to be rebuilt even from before, before texas and florida, various places. We are looking at designs of a new power plant, many different designs and concepts, which is very unusual. It was in rough shape prior and no rougher shape. With that being said, we have done a great
Hourlong watch the interview with Hillary Clinton tomorrow at 2 15 p. M. And 11 05 p. M. Eastern on book tv on cspan2. On thursday, President Trump met with Governor Ricardo Rossello of puerto rico in the oval office to discuss the federal governments response to hurricane maria. After that meeting, they talked with reporters. This is 35 minutes. Pres. Trump thank you very much. Its great to have the governor of puerto rico with us. Weve gotten to know each other extremely well over the last couple of weeks. And i can tell you, you are a hardworking governor. Its a tough situation. So much has to be rebuilt, even from before. The difference between texas and florida and various places is were looking at designs of a new power plant, a big electrical plant, and many different designs and concepts, which, of course, is very unusual because it was in pretty rough shape prior, and now its in even rougher shape. With that being said, i think weve done a really great job and weve had tremend