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up. all of it with major concerns over storm sturge, that could get as high as 15 feet some some areas. power obviously, people losing power. a major concern. a number of people without power is increasing by the power. when we first came on the air at 6:00 east coast time. this morning, 200,000 people without power. that number is now over 1 million. we ll probably continue to see it climb. we ve got a team of correspondents across florida, as hurricane irma hammers the area. let s start with correspondent miguel almaguer in florida city. miguel good morning again. reporter: the wind is still blinding out here, the and ten miles inland from the coastline, they say the storm sturge is is not going to be a major issue. but these winds here that continue to knock down power lines and knock out power to this entire city. still, much of this region remains in the dark here. the winds are strong enough that first responders now say they will not leave the station. they ....
openings. aredifficulty that firms facing in hiring workers, the level of confidence we see in surveys about the labor market. all of that is pointing to the vast and continuing improvement in the labor market. we see sufficient strength in the economy in terms of spending, that growth with its nevertheless, but looks to be strong enough in the median term to support ongoing improvement in the labor market. all of that is good. the american people should feel steps were taken to normalize monetary policy, ones that we feel are well justified, given the substantial progress we have seen in the economy. inflation is running below where we wanted to be. we have talked about that a lot during the last hour. this past year, it is not clear what the reasons are. it has not been mysterious in the past. inflation has been running below are 2% objective. we are committed to achieving that. the monetary path that we follow, and the pads my colleagues are writing down in our proje ....
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nap under your desk, you think no one will see you, hide underneath? no, i ve never done. that will have you done that? but sounds like good idea. i m roof to do just that. i tell you the principal had that hat on, that nice warm eagles cap, not a bad idea. on a morning like this, when some of our temperatures are in the 30 s this morning. could be little frosty in spots. national cupcake day, national, national chocolate cupcake day, cupcake might be frozen. temperatures in the 30 s, 40 s, bus stop buddy all bundled up this morning, because it is 48 degees in the city. and we have southwesterly breeze at 3 miles an hour, sunrise time 7:15. looking at some other temperatures, 41 in mount pocono. allentown, reading, lancaster, 41 in wrightstown, 43 atlantic city and 42 in wildwood. high of 71 today. cool afternoon, just perfect for autumn. and tonight, we re down to 49 degrees, not quite as chilly, but still on the cool side. we will talk about what happens over the ....
investors love it. second, profits. that is the baseline for stock prices. latest reports from big companies show strong gains. investors love it. ibm stock going up a whopping 6% this morning. that s huge. third, the president is throwing everything in the tax cut fight. he kept up the with the speech in front of heritage foundation. the barnstorming continues. trump growth agenda is rolling. you remember the leftists that forecast a crash when he was elected. how wrong can you be? the dow hit 67th record high since donald trump election. capital gain is great. watch this market grow. varney & company is about to begin. let s give our country the best christmas present of all, massive tax relief. and speaking of christmas, yes? you want to hear it? [cheering] speaking, i m talking about christmas present. i will give you a bigger christmas present. you will be saying merry christmas again. you will say merry christmas. stuart: a little humor from the president wi ....