President obama will hold a meeting. Journalshington september 15. School will be canceled today in washington. Educators are seeking almost a 10 pay raise over two years. The larger issue of teacher pay is our focus this morning. Particularly, teachers in the school and your district. Do they receive adequate pay . For parents, you can call 202 7488001. All others, 202 7488002. If you want to post on our social media site, it is on twitter. And facebook. Facebook. Com cspan. Here are the specifics of what is going on in seattle. Here is what teachers are asking for. Ing, well sis basic specifics were not proposed disclosed, they announced on sunday. Wo9. 75 pay raise over t years. Because neither raise applied to the full salary the effective increase is lower. The most recent counter offer was a 9. 2 raise over three years. That is what is going on in seattle but the larger issue of teacher pay, if you think it is adequate, that is our focus. If you want to give our thoughts your tho
Earnings season. Alcoa the First Company out of the gate with mixed results. Specifics in just a minute. But the broader moment set up here perhaps more nerve racking to markets. Thompson reuters predicting the s p 500 profits will contract 4. 4 in the Fourth Quarter. That would mark the Second Straight Quarter of negative Earnings Growth and the fourth straight time Profit Growth declines from the prior period. Ill be watching for any sign of Revenue Growth which is also set to contract this season and of course the outlook is going to be key. What Corporate America has to say about guidance. Absolutely right although the big market story this morning, an Energy Collapse. Prices, lets have a look at them as were trading right now. Wti down a further percent. Brent down about. 3 and both hovering around the 31 level. Overnight a couple of opec members requested an emergency meeting due to the current market conditions. Meantime managed short positions in wti are at a record high. This
Game of governing and politics. Phil, you made a point that tweeting wasnt the same. Some people dont know what the hell it is now but it has changed dramatically since 2008. I put it even further context in, when i was in the white house, a couple of oust would meet up with leon panetta every night and we would look at the three tvs, abc, cbs, whatever the other one was and, see whether our good stories had risen or whether the bad stories had gone down. You could see wolf kind of standing out in the yard there without even an umbrella sometimes. That was a good day if your good story was up. Or down. That was all we dealt with. Now the, the onslaught of information, moving information all sorts of sinister reasons has fundamentally changed governing and strategies. Just three things that kind of pop out to me. And just in phrases. Its, what i hear you guys saying is that that youre underlying fundamental belief that people are coming to washington to get something done. You have look
Screeria nigeria. Org or send us a tweet cspan. Org. His remarks focused on combatting International Criminal networks and his agencies relations with communities in texas. This is an hour. Good morning and welcome to all of you who have braved the elements. My name iso\÷ stephanie. I am a senior fellow at the International Program here at csis. We were joking earlier that every time we have a Homeland Securityrelated event, we have a weather event that same day. So im both appalled and pleased to know that our track record is still stellar. But thank you all for braving the elements. If i could ask you to make sure your Electronic Devices are set to silent or stun, i would appreciate it, and well go ahead and get the session started. As you know, u. S. Citizens have long made Border Security a priority. The new 2014 Congress Promises to continue the longgoing public debate on security reforms. These reforms will take place in both policy shifts and practical changes in program implem
On the next washington journal, governor gary herbert will be here to discuss his meeting with the president and state priorities for this weeks nga annual meeting. Then congressman donald norcross, democrat of new jersey, talks about his priorities for the 114th congress and what can be accomplished under a republican majority. Later, our spotlight on magazines features James Fallows on the atlantic with his cover story of the armed forces. Well also take your calls on the sentencing of former Virginia Governor robert mcdonnell. Washington journal is live at 7 45 a. M. On cspan. Heres some of our featured programs for this weekend on cspan networks. On cspan2 the pitfalls of Group Decision making and what to do to avoid them. And sunday afternoon at 1 00 part of the influence of hiphop on politics and [cy and on cspan3, saturday lectures on history. Brian dirck uses lincoln to talk about slavery during the civil war. And a discussion on Birth Control with Margaret Sanger and the Birth