On frank lin in washington about the relationship between Benjamin Franklin and george washington. Watch book tv this week and every weekend here on cspan2. Robert and eileen are here with us today. She recently retired as director of corporate social innovations and president of thef caterpillr foundation. With philanthropic arm of this manufacturing giant, caterpillar inc. In addition to the 30 year career holding various leadership positions at the company, she recently helped transfer form the foundation into one of the worlds most influential corporatel foundations and launch a collaborative platform that together stronger a catalyst for prosperity, unites businesses, nonprofits, government, and citizens to combine their strength to alleviate povertys for millions of people worldwide. Please give a warm savannah welcome to michele sullivan. [applause]. Michele thank you so much and and thank you so much to this fabulous event. And savannah, my first time here i absolutely love it
Plus a mega deal in the oil industry. Chevron is buying hess. Were going to have the ceos of both Companies Joining us here at post nine momentarily. And one of apples largest suppliers, foxconn, reportedly being investigated by authorities in china. They are said to be conducting tax audit inspections and revving land use of foxconn subsidiaries. That is pressuring sales of apple a bit as we get started with trading 29 minutes from now. Carl . Actually, im going to send it to myself. Thank you, carl. We do start not with the markets itself but with that major deal in the energy sector. Chevron agreeing to acquire hess. Its an all stock transaction, valued at 171 a share before before we see chevron trade this morning. The ratio, 1. 025 shares of chevron and again were going to be speaking to both the gentlemen behind that deal very shortly. Jim, it follows, of course, exxon and pioneer. I am told, however, these two were talking long before that. At least they have been having convers
This discussion was part of a conference hosted by the Education Writers Association at georgetown university. Its just over an hour. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for coming to this panel. Im eric, Deputy Director at ewa. Today we are going to discuss an issue that has been getting just a little bit of attention these days, School Choice and especially private School Choice. I know that there is all sorts of forms of School Choice in this country and a lot of conversation about charters in particular, as well. Given so much of the recent conversation and the recent president ial election i think this is where we are going to do our primary focus. We will allow a little time for other issues if you have questions and so forth. So School Vouchers and other voucherlike programs, voucher cousins, if you will, have been growing in number. The cousins would be like tax credit scholarships and Education Savings Accounts. The latter is what one proponent called the cool new kid on the block.
Pennsylvania where the numbers have dropped off now, were close to freezing in some locations, if not colder that that. Oxford, 27. 33 in saint david. 38 in chester. Center city, 38. 29 in glassboro and vineland, 32 agenda beach, 32 in smyrna florida. Hockessin, 31 villas, cape may area, 45, 46 degrees. High pressure in control, well keep skies clear it should be a nice looking day just like yesterday. Ton of sunshine start to finish. If youre tailgating early, 43 degrees by 9 00 a. M. 11 00 a. M. , 52. 1 00 p. M. 57. 3 00 p. M. , 59. You get the idea were starting out chilly, we will warm up as the day wears on, but were not seeing the 60s and 70s like we saw a couple of weeks ago either, so youre definitely going to need at least a light jacket for the game this afternoon. Theres another look at the freeze warning up for the counties, state of delaware, cape may county, delaware and philadelphia counties. This is up until 8 00 a. M. When i come back in just a few minutes, were tracki
At penn were the target of racist cyber attack. The eagles take the field against the Atlanta Falcons in less than an hour were live at the linc with a preview. First the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, meteorologist david murphy filling in for chris sowers. Hi, david. Reporter hey, nydia, hey gray a nice day with nothing but blue, a couple of high, thin cirrus clouds. The main cloud cover is breaking up north an east, were seeing the numbers improve, too. It was chilly at dawn, 55 now, 55 in trenton, and millville and down the shore in cape may. The winds not all that strong a little bit breezy, 14 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. And just 9 Miles Per Hour in wilmington. As we go through the afternoon, down the shore look for a high of 61 if youre down there strolling the boards. We have plenty of sunshine in philadelphia with a high of 59 degrees in the poconos, 53 degrees, a little cool, but not as cool as yesterday, in fact all these numbers represent an uptick. We have mil