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Not just the golden state but the american taxpayer. in fact 2005, california has received some $6 billion in fema grants to fight and obviously rebuild of the numerous wildfires. you may say how many? since they better hundred 98 federal disaster declarations. it is the most of any state in the country in almost all, 177 out of 198 federal declarations involved fires. one of the main arguments the trump administration is trying to make is, we collectively, federal and state governments can do a better job of mitigating these fires before they happen. and maybe that would not only reduce the n...

Jobs. that's never happened before in our modern economy. unemployment is the lowest in a generation. so the fed is raising interest rates to keep the economy from overheating. but it's also freaking out wall street. overt white house criticism of the federal reserve, an independent agency, is rare. the president sees the stock market as his personal scorecard. last week, trump blamed the federal reserve for wall street's worst week in months. corporate america is coming to the rescue. u.s. stocks rebounded yesterday thanks to big company profits. the dow alone soared 548 points or 2.2%. its b...

New this morning, severe flooding in texas killed at least one person. the governor there issued disaster declarations in 18 counties. look at that. the bridge collapsed. wow. residents are being told to stay away from their homes for the next 24 hours. cnn meteorologist, jennifer gray, has the forecast. >> that river shot up 30 feet between monday and tuesday and it has gone down quite a bit and still expected to raise today so the threat of the water going back up is there. the bridge got washed away, and some areas got up to six inches and some areas got up to ten. by the way, this is broug...

As his personal score sheet. kmug to t coming to the rescue this week, corporate america. good profits ahead. stocks rebounding yesterday. the dow alone soared 546 or 2.2%, the best day since march. severe flooding in texas forcing the governor to issue disaster declarations in 18 counties. llano county especially hit hard. evacuations ordered because of flooding from the llano river. the f.m. 2900 bridge over the river collapsed. residents are being told to remain away from their homes for the next 24 hours. take a look at the flooding around the lbj dam in texas hill country. 45 minutes no...

Years. rather than raises, companies have been boosting benefits, giving more paid sick leave and better health care. but now employers may need to jack up salaries to attract or keep workers. they have seven million open jobs. especially lower paid workers. for example, amazon just hiked its minimum wage to $15 an hour. you can see the competition for workers there. >> all economic indicators pointing to the positive. >> you hear from a lot of employers that there's a mismatch. that they have these open jobs, and the 902,000 people looking for work don't match the skills gap. that might hold ...