Thank you so much for joining us today. As mayors, we often say that our number one issue is jobs. Jobs, jobs, and jobs. Creating jobs. Supporting entrepreneurship and making sure the Jobs Available line up with the skills of our work force. So the entirety of this morning is going to be about what we as mayors can do and can be doing to support job creation and entrepreneurship in our communities, and for this session, we are going to begin with a conversation about the future of work and the dramatic changes in the ways that our residents relate to their jobs and to their physical work spaces, so here to introduce this conversation is chair of the Automation Task force mayor who is with us today. Mayor . [ applause ] thank you, mayor, for the opportunity to lead our new Automation Task force and freedom leadership of the conference. We had a great meeting this morning for the task force automation talking about different ways that automation will change our work as employers and ente
President obama met with 10 people who have benefited from the health care law. Here is what he had to say. Why is it that this would be at the top of their agenda . Making sure that folks who dont have health care are able to get it. It was maybe possible before it was implemented and now it is being implemented and people are being covered just as anticipated. The premiums on average are less than 100 when you take into account the tax credit. So it is affordable or the people that it was designed to help. Health care inflation is at its lowest rate in 50 years. And its costing less than the original projection. And so the notion that we would have politics with this approach who are out there working hard every day trying to make ends meet and that is a message that i want to use than directly today. Reporter David Cameron defending the decision to fly flags at half staff following the death of king abdullah. Saying that information provided by the gulf states has saved his lives. L
We will have special lines for republicans and democrats independent, and active and retired military. The numbers are on the screen. You can also use social media on twitter, facebook, or email us. A very good Tuesday Morning to you. Two charts to help understand the piece of the budget puzzle that we are talking about this morning on the first front first 45 myth of washington journal and that is the 585 the 4 trillion request. What we are talking about this morning to my want your thoughts on defense spending and the increases that the president is seeking. Here is a comparison of the department of defense spending request to some other agencies on the hill. This is according to Washington Post this morning. The president s budget plan came out yesterday, and of course, all of the agency heads and undersecretaries Holding Press Conferences to talk about their agencys budget request for fiscal 2015 fiscal 2016. Secretary of defense spoke about how the 585 billion request is still a s
Last year, IVCSD held an outdoor concert in Perfect Park, complete with live performances from local bands Dead Set, Stolen Bikes, Hominid, Task Force Freedom and DJ Dongle.