A wide range of influential groups ranging from Greenpeace International to the u. S. Air force. His career is very interesting a way to like to go into. National security adviser to the New York Times, military analyst for nbc news, his the author and coauthor of 11 bucks and many articles for prestigious newspapers and journals. He is not want to shy away from controversy. Drones are definitely controversial right now. Every time you turn on the news theyre talking about drones and regulations. In writing this introduction i went online and twitter feed subjects were quite interesting. Post such as International Police agencies, countering growing threats of ieds, another says, arent marked air force 757 makes Emergency Landing in des moines. This is what conspiracies are made of. However the one that was posted yesterday was that hes going to be here at our bookstore and we are very cited to be on his list of tweets. Without further do please him a welcome william. [applause]. Thank
Medicaid system. K12 Education Funding as their top priority. You might remember that last year, lawmakers went several weeks past their deadline on coming to an agreement on that issue. And it finally ended with governor branstad vetoing the 55. 7 Million Dollar agreement the legislature finally came to. Representative dave jacoby says democrats and republicans will need to sort of re learn w to Work Together on the issue. Weve dug quite a deep hole with what the governor has done to education ithe last fouor five years. So now we have to make an incremental improvement. And incremental to me means at leaea 3 percent allowable growth. Jacoby also wants to see the state create more incentives for teacher Leadership Programs and other lawmakers we spoke with say improving iowas Water Quality, helping small and upstart businesses get off the ground, and Domestic Violence prevention are on the agenda. In des moines, brady smith, kcrg tv9 news. With just weeks left until the iowa caucuses,
First the house fire was ruled an arson and now it appears the deaths are due to a murdersuicide. The body was found in the den of the back of the house and body of wife and daughters were found in the Dining Office area of the shell of the house. The mothers body on top of the two girls as if she was protecting them from harm. They fell to the ground below and the neighbor tried to rescue them. Yelling, is anybody here and going through the house real slow and everything is cracking. You dont know if it will cave in. Everything but the unthinkable all would die from an apparent murdersuicide in their home. Mr. Mathers was recently found by the park rangers in the lagoon with a loaded shotgun and taken in for evaluation for admitted depression and that his found here and ended here at their home in northville center. Im harry boomer, cleveland 19. You, harry. I am in the Weather Center with jeff tonight. Made. Total 180. It was freezing and then like a balmy. We got above 40 and tomorr
W7iowas lawmakers are a c des moines this morning for the start of the legislative session. Representatives and senators want to follow up on some things from last year, while keeping their eye on new developments this year. Kcrgtv9s brady smith is live in des moines this morning. Brady, what can we expect this session . Most of the lawmakers we spoke with yesterday say theyre keeping an eye on the states move to private management of its medicaid system. But theyre really looking k12 Education Funding as their top priority. You might remember that last year, lawmakers went several weeks past their deadline on coming to an agreement on that issue. And it finally ended with governor branstad d toing the 55. 7 Million Dollar agreement the legislature finally came to. Representative dave jacoby says democrats and republicans will ned to sort of re learn how to Work Together on the issue. Weve dug quite a deep hole four or five years. So now we have to make an incremental improvement. And
Retail sales and import export prices. Also worth watching today, november Consumer Sentiment and business inventories. Andrew, over to you. Corporate news this morning, Oil Field Services provider baker hughes confirming its now in talks with rival halliburton. This after the wall street journal reported on negotiations between the two. A merger would create a want korth 67 billion or possibly more. This years drop in Energy Prices has hurt and sent stock prices in the nasdaq much lower. Industry watchers note a deal would likely face antitrust concerns. Well talk to an analyst who covers the company in the next hour. Theres a real bet that oil price res going lower and that they need to consolidate to compete with schlumberger and the rest of them. Stock deal. They exchange cheaper stock for cheaper stock . Cheaper stock for cheaper stock. I imagine there would be a lot of layoffs because part of the whole idea is you would be trying to get your costs down. Speaking of energy, the ie