that provision of the affordable care act. much of the east coast has spent this friday cleaning up the mess left behind after the first major winter storm of the year. people across the region woke up to heavy snow. more than two feet falling in some parts of massachusetts. and when the storm moved out, frigid temperatures moved in. we begin our coverage with richelle carey. she s at columbus circle. can you walk us through this day. i know it was a real pain during the early morning commute, but how are things going in the afternoon? reporter: i think it s going much better, you re right, tony, when storms come in often the most difficult is in the morning when plows out are and children are needing to get to school. however, 1.1 million children got out of school for snow day. it is dangerously bitterly cold here in new york city. and of course in boston as well. i know john terrett will have much more on that. that is what went into the decision to cancel school tod
hitting an all-time high. today at six an and a half momes at the moment, 1751. we got in the jobs number for the month, so that obviously was backdated but we finally got it. now the idea is the fed is not likely to taper. you mentioned the transportation index. we saw it hitting an all-time high for the day, for the year. up 30% getting a lift from fedex in particular which got an increase from jpmorgan and delta lifting earnings as well. you can see it to the upside. back to you. adam: thin thank you very much, nicole. lori: u.s. job growth losing momentum last month. employers added 138,000 jobs in september. the august upward revision only 9000. all that well below estimates. so where did we see growth? in transportation. specifically school bus drivers accounted for 23,000 new jobs created last month. temporary jobs are also big gainers. michelle girard now. great to see you, michelle. the research points out school bus drivers are in demand. the school bus driver thi
the husband and wife team, the world making digital copies of the famous structures and valuable places and historic sites all using 3d laser scanners. the latest and greatest technology. a busy hour. check in with nicole. stock taking a breather today. nicole: we are. we have seen the s&p 500 setting for straight records in a row. the dow pull them back a loss of a half of 1%. the s&p 500 sitting at nine. taking our cues from abroad which saw some weakness abroad. a mixed bag of earnings as well. i wanted to get to boeing and caterpillar. two very different stories. boeing soaring to new record highs up over 4%. after they posted their number 16 straight earnings, raise the full-year earnings guidance. on the other side of the claim, caterpillar shares are under pressure and cautious outlook for caterpillar laying on the dow jones industrial. lori: thank you. adam: a critical hearing underway to determine if detroit is eligible for the nation s largest ever municipal bankrup
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so we have been focusing on this all week. childre children unoccupied children from central america over last year. up 92%. some 50,000 uncompanied children from central america expected to try to reach the american border and be apprehended the administration is trying to get to the root causes here of pledging million of dollars to some of these governments to try to alleviate some of the gang and youth violence that is driving many of these families to send their children in desperation to the united states. $45million to guatemala. $25million in el salvador. $18.5million to go to the same number of oh youth out reach. many of these countries want special work permits, permission to stay here at least temporarily as they come to the united states illegally. the united states said they re not going to do that. meanwhile, what has become a humanitarian crisis continues. well, clearly money is not going to fix this problem. she spoke about this at the white house just