The minimum wage. How much is that in maryland, harriet . Itler i believe right now is 7. 45. Host tell us about your experience. Caller im going to tell you my concern. Because there is going to be more competition in jobs. I am also an older worker. And there is credits given. I am not sure what, but when you fill out your application, they give credits. The government gives credits if you have ever been on welfare and for certain things they give the employer credits. They lower the wage for those people. And we are already and competition. We are getting older. We cant here as well, we cant well, well, hear as can see as well, and we cant compete as well. We cant live on social security. We didnt even get a raise this year. Host lets get a Quick Reaction to her experience from kendall fells. Guest i agree. You know, we have some politicians down in florida that took what the workers called the minimum wage challenge, which was essentially politicians trying to live off the weekly s
[indistinct chatter] announcer next, a look at the future of the Smithsonian Institution with the new secretary. He sat down with a conversation with the Aspen Institute president and ceo. This is one hour 15 minutes. [indistinct chatter] all right, i think we are ready. Good afternoon. Thank you all for being here. I am the director of the Aspen Institute, and it is my pleasure to curate four or five times a year, some of these washington roundtable series, sponsored by michelle smith. We want to thank you, michelle. The conversations i curate naturally deal with the arts, but not just with the arts, but art and society and how the arts intersect and how they can be productive and evermore interactive partners with all of the areas of society, which is very much of course in keeping with the mission of the Aspen Institute itself. Today, we are very happy to welcome dr. David score 10, the new secretary of the smithsonian, who comes to us building on a distinguished career in medicine.
Ten. Discuss these things for one hour and 15 minutes. I think we are ready. Good afternoon, thank you for being you. I am the director of the Aspen Institute arts program read it is mm. It is my pleasure to curate the roundtable series, sponsored by michelle smith. Thank you for supporting these conversations. The conversations i curate naturally deal with the arts, but the arts and society. And how they intersect, how they can be productive, and evermore interactive partners with all of the areas of society, which is very much of course in keeping with the mission of the Aspen Institute. Today, we are very happy to welcome dr. David skortom. N. The new secretary of the smithsonian, who comes with us building on a distinct career as a cardiologist. And president of the university of iowa and cornell. He was appointed the 13th secretary beginning this past summer. And i can say that as an artist who visited the museums since a child on the mall, an endless source of inspiration is at y
Blocking left side of the roadway, were a little slow headed into that here this morning and then,0 through urba. Looking at 66, no major problem there, 90 northbound. We have a crash off to the right side. It is not as slow as it was a short time ago. Branch avenue sounds like the crash is off to the right side. Still have some volume delays. Live look at that situation from chopper in ten minutes. Today we expect a judge to sentence a man for murdering his wife and motherinlaw. Malcolm thomas pled guilty earlier this fall. Thomas brutally beat both women to death in their home in oxon hill in august of 2014. The judge previously said he plans to sentence thomas to 60 years with all but 50 of them suspended. Were learning new information from neighbors about a tragic stabbing that left a 14yearold dead in oxon hill. Neighbors at the apartments there on audrey lane say it sounded like a football field of people fighting yesterday morning. Prince georges county police say Sean Crawford
Good morning. If you like it unbearablely warm and oppressive humidity youre in luck. Weve got another great day for you. Satellite6 and action radar show weve really cleared out. Weve got clearer conditions than we had yesterday at least. Well see lots of sunshine and that means its going the heat up earlier and get hotter. 74 degrees right now in philadelphia, 70 in allentown, 72 in wilmington, 71 degrees right now in millville. And we look at the visibility reports because we are noticing some fog to the north and west, 2. 5mile visibility in lancaster, 9mile in reading, no big deal, six nile allentown but only 4 miles right now in that mount pocono so something that were watching especially near northwestern communities. Its an air quality alert day today so be careful about that. This is the sensitive groups, people who are young, older, anybody with respiratory issues. Be mindful of that and maybe try to limit your outdoor activities. I told one of our producers dont go running t