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From nbc news, this is today with lester holt and Andrea Canning. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im Andrea Canning. So happy to be here. Thank you for having me. Great to have you. You brought your umbrella, boots and maybe a boat. Its a big weekend. I love how you tell me youll be living on granola bars the next few days. Im in the middle of it. They say stock up on supplies. This could be a bad one. All eyes o...

And i believe that modification has been distributed in writing. What he would do on rates is, it would allow the exigent price increase to remain in effect for one full year. After that time, the remaining exigency amount would be recouped by moving to a cpi plus one. The cpi plus one would remain in effect until a new rate system is implemented. It would also maintain the schedule the rewrite of the rate process in 2017, which could lead to a future rate increases, only they would be part of w...

Lack of success in texas. The first is growing latino demography. Latinos compromise majority of all Public School students. The problem is not the demography but the growth in High School Graduates is not translating to enrollment in colleges and universities. With black students it is a slightly different story. We have seen an increase in enrollment for the black population. That is worth praising but this enrollment has not translated into completion. It is a very clear example of how succes...

Thank you for the opportunity to be here. My particular paper is coauthored with Wilda Rodriguez who could not be here today. We focused on how the shortcomings of a post secondary ratings system could lead to shortchanging hispanicserving institutions and their outcomes. So as Todays Research and other Research Indicates there are well documented differences in student and institutional characteristics between hsis and nonhsis that would lead hsis to have lower Graduation Rates on average than ...

How congress should vote. If you are a member of congress, what questions would you be asking the president this week . Here are the numbers you can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages, twitter, facebook, or simply email us at journal c span. Org. This syrian question leading all the major papers. Heres the front page of the Washington Times that is the question many members of congress are asking this week, amid what is being called a threeday media blitz on syria. Thi...

Take a look at where things stand at least right now, up just barely. Again, this is some pretty significant news. We will continue to watch those stocks today. Also, the London Metal Exchange and Goldman Sachs are being sued over alleged anticompetitive and monopolistic behavior when it comes to aluminum storage. The lmes owner says it will fight the class action lawsuit. We have been talking in recent weeks about this. Wall street banks facing increased scrutiny in their involvement in the bus...

The latest forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. Angie and richard. Tom, thank you. Several states of emergency are in effect along the midatlantic and the northeast coa coast. News 4s Erica Gonzalez is live in Rehoboth Beach. What is it like this morning . Shelters are slated to open today at noon. We will be meeting with the governor of delaware at one of those locations at that time. Take a look at the water. Its just inching into the board walk. It is now about to 3 feet above the norma...

Feet. When i take the shoes off, thats what they should invent, booties you just fly through security. Thats what loafers are. You have to take them off. I understand that. But shoes with laces in them are a dying breed. Have to hate those rules. Melissa we solved a lot of problems. We did, sex and shoes. Melissa thank you very much. Thats all the money we have for now today. Well see you here tomorrow. The will las report is next. Gerri hi, everybody, im gerri willis. President obama disbands t...

What was in that bill was a tax on billionaires. Why do you think the billionaires are ganging up against me. Duh. Social security is a contract. Im against privatizing Social Security. The best way to shore up longterm issues of Social Security, put people to work. Pass an infrastructure, jobs bill, that puts our people to work in goodpaying jobs and goodpaying jobs, when you have a job, you pay taxes and that helps reduce the deficit and can help shore up Social Security. Lets not forget about...

In the federal government a safety net . We never know if it will be enough. If congress has to increase that, i will hear from the farmers. What are you prepared to do if that buyer protection comes prediction comes true. I will be a tireless advocate. I will work with democrats and republicans to get the job done. Unfortunately, congressman king has been in congress for 12 years, and, if he had not pursued a selfish the party agenda, would be next in line for the agriculture commission. Instea...