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John fort still at the mobile congress in barcelona. Kayla and myself at the New York Stock Exchange as the market for a second day now well see if it gets back up again. Were down 2000 points after yesterdays losses. We have been in the red pretty much all morning long. S p below 1900. Crude in the red over 2 . Well keep our eye on all of that. According to the ap apple will tell a federal judge that the fight against the fbi should be decided by congress and not in the courts. It appears the c...

Roads excuse me, blue is partially covered, pink is totally covered. Plenty of slick roads. Stacey right now violent criminals face a major reduction in mandatory time served. Its part of a proposed shakeup to iowas mandatory minimum sentencing laws. Steve kccis ryan smith is live in the newsroom to show us why the county Attorney Says this a Public Safety concern. Ryan the proposal would cut mandatory sentences for some violent felonies including kidnapping, attempted murder, and seconddegree m...

Once that batch of rain moves through by mid evening take a look at those tropical downpours developing in the mid atlantic state, approaching d. C. , some embedded thunderstorms in there and they are moving in our direction. cant rule out a rare february thunderstorm, as we go through late this evening and overnight. but that will be accompanied by spring warmth. how warm does it get overnight into early tomorrow and how about more changes for the rest of the the week, thats ahead. tom and this...

The minimum wage was in 1968. In todays dollars the wage back then is 10. 90 an hour. Families of three where only one works to try and survive on this minimum wage fall way below the poverty level. This in a country with some of the worst income inequality in the developed world. It is not hard to understand why a majority of americans want the federal government to take action on this. That majority does not include billionaire donald trump, ted cruz or john kasich. These gentleman, of course,...

Actually a third lower than what the minimum wage was in 1968. In todays dollars the wage back then is 10. 90 an hour. Families of three where only one works to try and survive on this minimum wage fall way below the poverty level. This in a country with some of the worst income inequality in the developed world. It is not hard to understand why a majority of americans want the federal government to take action on this. That majority does not include billionaire donald trump, ted cruz or john ka...

Workers. The current minimum wage is actually a third lower than what the minimum wage was in 1968. In todays dollars the wage back then is 10. 90 an hour. Families of three where only one works to try and survive on this minimum wage fall way below the poverty level. This in a country with some of the worst income inequality in the developed world. It is not hard to understand why a majority of americans want the federal government to take action on this. That majority does not include billiona...

Up by over half a percentage point. Lets tell you about the top three stories that were focused on this morning. They all about regulation. The top one, pfizer and allergan will be mutually terminating that 160 billion transaction following the new inversion rule changes. Sources tell cnbc that pfizer will pay allergan a 400 million breakup fee as per that tieup agreement. Both companies believe the treasury overstep the bounds of its Regulatory Authority. Sources say neither drug maker wanted t...

Cant really break 40. A little tough. You know. Elon musk is the reason. Among the other top stories, president obama will meet with fed chair janet yellen on the state of america, on global economies and wall street reform and longterm economic outlook. Vice President Biden will also attend. The meeting is closed to the media. The earnings highlights, alcoa after the closing bell. Unofficial start to the earnings season is always alcoa. Jpmorgan reports on wednesday. On thursday, bank of americ...

[inaudible] its to protect our National Security. There is not been an attempt at any point to downplay the significance of the operation their undertaking. That is true if youre talking about our military pilots flying combat operations through ten or 11000 airstrikes now been taken against isil targets in iraq and syria. Its true of special operators been informed and station throughout iraq to carry out raids when an opportunity presents itself to try to take out a senior isil figure were to ...

The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 95. The nays are 3. The bill as amended is passed. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune mr. President , i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to ten minutes. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. The senate will be in order. Mr. Thune mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from so...