Harvey and irma. And while many see the decline as a short term blip, it did catch forecasters by surprise. In september, the economy shed 33,000 jobs, while economists were looking for a gain of 80,000. The Unemployment Rate did dip, to 4. 2 , the lowest since 2001. And as Hampton Pearson tells us,. Here were other bright reporter hurricanes harvey and irma, which closed thousands of business in texas and florida, ended the 83month streak for job gains. And the loss of 33,000 jobs in september was the first monthly decline in nearly seven years. Restaurants and bars took the biggest stormrelated hits, shedding 105,000 jobs. Dallas fed president Robert Kaplan sees the setback as temporary. We knew that the september number was going to be affected by harvey and to some extent irma, and it has been. Reporter but there were also signs of underlying strength in the job market. The Unemployment Rate fell to 4. 2 , the lowest in 16 years. Its a number that really got my attention. The bls s
See what the noise was all about when they got on scene the fireball had lit up the night sky. It was chaos. Total chaos you could see the First Responders trying to get everything under control. Multiple crews worked to get the fire out. All while attending to those injured. I couldnt believe anybody wasnt killed. Richard myers says he never heard anything like that before. We both heard the big boom and she wanted to know what it gunshot. It was an explosion of some type. Total of nine people were inside at the time of the explosion. Everyone has since been accounted for. Seven people were transported to payson hospital and one woman who had more serious injuries was flown to phoenix and treated for burns. Neighbors say after feeling and hearing the explosion, they are shocked everyone made it out. Now the next step is to start people that lost their homes and stuff, its just horrific. But we will Work Together as a community to get them back on their feet. Our First Responders are a
Investigation, that it was closed again and the results were the same, local legal analyst james goodenou says if you thought this election couldnt get more contentious, you may have jumped the gun. I think the American People are probably scratching their heads right now. You have one camp thats already in clintons favor and another in favor of trump and those undecides james say comeys bombshell decision to reopen the investigation was due to the fact that he previously testified he would if both substantial and relevant evidence surfaced. And once hundreds of thousands of emails with a link to clinton were found on a laptop, Anthony Weiner shared with his now estranged wife huma abedin, he had to act quickly. Once this was revealed to the public, it was a huge firestorm. There was all kinds of political pressure on him and i think he realized, okay, i gotta do something about this really fast and marshaled probably hundreds emails and did it on really a lightning time fuse and as so
Investigation, that it was closed again and the results were the same, local legal analyst james goodenou says if you thought this election couldnt get more contentious, you may have jumped the gun. I think the American People are probably scratching their heads right now. You have one camp thats already in clintons favor and another in favor of trump and those undecides james say comeys bombshell decision to reopen the investigation was due to the fact that he previously testified he would if both substantial and relevant evidence surfaced. And once hundreds of thousands of emails with a link to clinton were found on a laptop, Anthony Weiner shared with his now estranged wife huma abedin, he had to act quickly. Once this was revealed to the public, it was a huge firestorm. There was all kinds of political pressure on him and i think he realized, okay, i gotta do something about this really fast and marshaled probably hundreds emails and did it on really a lightning time fuse and as so
Lets talk about what happens if this goes through. Voters will go to the polls on march 15. They will vote in the primaries and various state races, and then we will go back to the polls on june 7 and vote in the congressional primary. The general assembly, hoping to have these maps approved by 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Tisha of course, we will stay on top of this and let voters know everything they need to know. Joel, thank you. Breaking news in raleigh, Police Investigating the report of a and homestead drive. Raleigh police are on the piece on the scene working to learn if anyone got hit. You can always look for any new developments on this story at abc11. Com. Steve new tonight, a pedestrian hit by a car in raleigh to the intersection of garner road and rush street. Seriously hurt but are not going into detail. Police have detained the driver. We are working to find out the victims condition. Tisha Raleigh Police are searching for a shooter. Officers roped off the area with yellow crime