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Signed by president Franklin Delano roosevelt in 1938, made the minimum wage the law of the land. 77 years later america is locked in a largely partisan debate about raising the federal minimum wage from 7. 25 an hour. Now no matter where you stand on the issue theres no arguing about this, when you adjust for inflation the current wage of 7. 25 is lower than the minimum wage in 1968. In todays dollar the wage back then was 10. 94 an hour. President obama backs a democratic bill that would raise...

Chief. Susan swain in 2008 barack obama was elected as our 44th president and he and First Lady Michelle Obama went into the history books as the first African American first couple. Now one year into a second obama , term, the first lady continues her focus on childhood obesity, support for military families and access to education. Good evening and welcome. Well tonight is the final installment in our yearlong series first ladies influence and image, and we finish appropriately with the curren...

Resist temptations. This girl is hyperventilating. Finally these kids play without supervision. Its no fun being by yourself. For the next hour we offer some better ways to help your kids grow up. Every child in there is being watched by an adult. I understand why we want to keep them safe. But whats going on over there in chicago . These kids parents decided their kids should be allowed to do more on their own. So the kids go to this playground by themselves. Parents should let kids do this. Th...

Resist temptations. This girl is hyperventilating. Finally these kids play without supervision. Its no fun being by yourself. For the next hour we offer some better ways to help your kids grow up. Every child in there is being watched by an adult. I understand why we want to keep them safe. But whats going on over there in chicago . These kids parents decided their kids should be allowed to do more on their own. So the kids go to this playground by themselves. Parents should let kids do this. Th...

To his dog. Refugee crisis. The debate over whether to allow Syrian Refugees into the state of iowa continues to grow. Who is wading into the issue now. And the story from the perspective of a refugee from iraq. Now living in central iowa. Selfish selfie its a trend on social media that comes with a warning. Why you may be guilty of doing it and not even know it. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 this playful little dog is a big hero. After s...

3 look for 3 look for sunny skies the 3 3 3 police in california are trying to figure out what led to a deadly shooting at an Office Holiday party in San Bernadino that killed 14 people. And hurt 17 others. C b s news correspondent Chris Martinez has s e latest from San Bernardino, california. 3 pkg authorities have revealed the identities of the two suspects they believe are responsible for the mass shooting at inland regional center. The pair identified as 28 year old Syed Rizwan Farook and hi...

Wednesday. The system makes its exit wednesday, but the cold air will still be in place and it will be another afternoon of highs in the mid to upper 40s around the valley. Low temperatures on wednesday and thursday morning are expected to drop to at or below freezing. High pressure will begin to take over the forecast on thursday and thats when our for friday and the weekend. Another system makes an entrance on sunday, which will kick the winds up to breezy and bring a slight cooldown to the up...

Clouds are keeping temps up a bit this morning. Mainiy in the low to mid 30s with westerly winds at 5 to 10 mph. We have a few areas of light fog. Mainly to the northwest, but most ous are keeping clouds ovee us. It is acting like a blanket and keeping us warmer than areas to the west. The clouds will clear out this help get us back to the upppr the southwest. Warmer weather is headed our way. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. The big story this morning. Fourteen people are dead, ...

Today, were dealing with the effects of the winter storm that hit siouxland yesterday and overnight. As the morning snow hit, roads and sidewalks began to freeze over. Sioux city was a white out earlier yesterday, with less than half a mile visibility. And the icy sidewalks and streets were making it more difficult for travel. Earlier in the morning, crews were out clearing the streets and spreading sand, but it was slow going. The Winter Weather conditions did cause some problems for drivers. K...

Our area these are far northern and western suburbs, berks county, Lehigh Valley a and poconos in effect from this evening to tomorrow morning. Worst of it will be in the northern Lehigh Valley and poconos, this will start as some sleet and then temperatures at or below freezing will change this to ice and freezing rain could be a glaze or Ice Accumulation on road and sidewalks. Dangerous travel in that area tonight. South of allentown toward the coast this is just rain but it will be ref i for ...