Tragedy and she is raising concerned that he was too distracted to react quickly when the limo burst into flames. I started yelling oh, my gosh turn it down. Turn the freaking music down. Reporter Rachel Hernandez brown tells nbc bay area that her husband Orville Brown turned up the music to the women in the back couldnt hear them fighting. He was saying could you listen to me. I cant talk because i have clients in the car. I cant be unprofessional. And thats when i said maybe you need to Pay Attention to the road and leave me alone. Reporter what remains unclear is if an argument slowed his response when one of the passengers started pounding on the partition. A new bride and four friends died in the fire. Four other women escaped. This survivor told us on may 6th that brown was on the phone when the limo was filling with smoke. The smoke and the fire came out. And there was a fire and he didnt stop the car. Reporter in an interview just days after the fire, brown expressed grief for
Al roker, and matt as the night off. Nine hours after she went to the hospital, i am just as excited as anybody. We really are. You are. Its almost weird. It seems like we might be in for a long day of labor. She might be in for a long day of labor. We are just watching. Natalie has been out there, and its 59 degrees out there, and she has a reflector under her and is being broiled. The duchess was admitted ten hours ago after arriving by car, and a palace spokesperson says things are progressing as normal. Which means taking a long time. We also heard from grandad, Prince William. He raised his hands. First, his first grandchild. The first gift for the royal baby. Did you see that happen there . Yeah. We have our eyes on the hospital to the palace to kates hometown. And natalie is outside st. Marys hospital. Good morning to you. What is the latest . Reporter good morning, savannah. Still no official baby birth announcement just yet, but hot off the presses, which is what we woke up to
Take home pay this year, but that doesnt seem to be holding back spending. Retailers posted their biggest Monthly Sales gains in a year in january, despite the expiration of a payroll tax holiday. 20 retailers tracked by Thomson Reuters reported an average sales gain of 5 in january. Thats nearly twice as strong as last year. Erika miller looks at whether the sales momentum can continue. Reporter if theres one thing helping retailers these days, its cold weather. Low temperatures in much of the nation has boosted sales of coats and warm clothing. So no surprise that Department Stores re big winners in january. Kohls, nordstrom, and macys all posted double digit sales increases. If you are trying to clear winter goods that didnt sell over the holidays, the cold snap is a big help. We had a bunch of weather events cold, wet, snow, ice, so things are selling out even if theyve been marked down. Thats really cleaning out inventory that needs to get out before the spring. Reporter but to be
The last half hour, use the hashtag aj, august job numbers are out, its a mixed picture. You probably have had some analysis already, if you havent, you probably will. Before we analyze a problem we ought to understand what were talking about. Lets start with the number of new jobs created in august. This is an important number 169,000. Thats all the new government and private sector jobs that were created minus those that were lost. We were expecting a better number than that. Your numbers should focus often this, 7. 3 , the level of unemployment. This rate is calculated from an ever changing pool of workers, a pool consisting of those actively working looking for jobs making calls send i their recess sending their resumes out and going for intruches. That interviews. Add them to the unemployed plus the millions more who are underemployed, theyre working part time because they cant find full time work. And thats what you get to 13. 7 of the workforce. Thats 21 and a half Million Peopl
You probably have had some analysis already, if you havent, you probably will. Before we analyze a problem we ought to understand what were talking about. Lets start with the number of new jobs created in august. This is an important number 169,000. Thats all the new government and private sector jobs that were created minus those that were lost. We were expecting a better number than that. Your numbers should focus often this, 7. 3 , the level of unemployment. This rate is calculated from an ever changing pool of workers, a pool consisting of those actively working looking for jobs making calls send i their recess sending their resumes out and going for intruches. That interviews. Add them to the unemployed plus the millions more who are underemployed, theyre working part time because they cant find full time work. And thats what you get to 13. 7 of the workforce. Thats 21 and a half Million People in america distressed in some way by their employment situation. Now, i know youre not