rutland a call this morning. back to you guys. >> notice how she says guys. >> i did read a little fact that more men buy flowers than women on valentine's day. >> and they wait until the last- minute. >>> not everyone had a special someone for valentine's day. if if you're single you may be in the right place. baltimore is second best city for financially savvy singles. that's according to a new survey by kiplinger's personal finance. it factored income, the cost of living unemployment rate and the number of singles and the cost of a date night out. bloomington, illinois was number one. and ann arbor, new haven and l. a. rounded out the top five. >>> baltimore huh? >> number two. >> number two on the list. i think that's a facebook question. we'll have to ask you what you think. if you're single let us know. >>> time now for a check of the forecast. lynette what's beginning on out there today -- going on out there today? >> the temperatures are important. we had the storm that moved through last night. and we're

we are here this morning at rutland beard florist of ruxton. let's get that out. allison thanks so much for being here so early. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: first things first, guys who haven't gotten anything yet who haven't ordered anything yet. >> no problem. we still have flowers, we will still have flowers. i've got lots more coming in still this morning cigar awesome. how much are they going to be paying for it? >> for a dozen roses, we have several things. our standard dozen roses, $99.95. we're doing a special with roses and ornamental lilies which are very fragrant. and that is $119.95. and then we go up. you can have two dozen, three dozen. whatever your pleasure. >> reporter: single roses right? >> of course, of course single roses and we have lots of other flowers available. tulips and iris and freeze and hyacinth and all sorts of lilies and carnations and snap dragons and do i need to go on? >> reporter: oh no that's plenty. that is plenty. do you ever get the guys that come in here in a panic at 6:30 after they're getting off of work rushing in t

we're here at rutland beard florist of ruxton. allison, thank you for joining us this morning. so those -- roses aren't going to go up like double today are they? >> oh heavens no. oh no no. they've gone up enough to reflect the additional cost of producing a one day holiday crop. >> reporter: okay real quickly, why do they go up so much during valentine's day? >> the biggest thing is, it's a one day holiday. but to get all these roses for a one day holiday in february, they have to prune the bushes in december. which means they lose their christmas crop. so the growers have lost a lot of income. they have to make up for it -- this is how they make up for it. >> reporter: absolutely, the previous hits we were talking about what you get for the women. what about men? do men really like flowers? >> oh men love flowers, they may not admit it. but you send a man flowers and they are going to -- [ laughter ] >> reporter: i like that look. and you probably want to send them something that isn't so pink and feminine right? you're working on a manly arrangement here? i'm working on som

still plenty of roses here at rutland beard florist of ruxton. you can see all the arrangements ready to be delivered today. and we are happy to report that if you are one of those last- minute folks, there's still plenty. you can get hangments, single stem flowers and you're been working all day allison. thanks so much for being here. we know a lot of people are going to get flowers today. how do you make them last extra long? >> most important thing is keep the water fresh. if you're buying loose stems of flowers, cut the stems when you get them home. take a knife and just smart cups on -- sharp cups on the stem and put it right in the vase of water. use the floral preservative we give you. >> reporter: you know you hear the wives' tales and you put pennies in the water and it will make it last longer. >> use the commercial preserbtive. not only foods for the flowers but an antibacterial agent which is going to cut down on the bacteria that grows in the water that makes the stems droop over because the flowers can't drink. >> reporter: save you

effort the economic development committee which i'm the vice chair but to cheer as a republican from rutland which is the conservative end of our state and we had two votes on that committee from republicans and those people stuck with us on the floor so we do have a large democratic majority but we were able to get buy in from republicans who at least in new england do believe in collective bargaining and thought that there was a certain amount of common sense to this so these are we have a about a half a minute these are kind of the the left over jim jeffords republicans before he left the party absolutely and they are they are few and far between nationally but there is a tradition here in vermont and you know partisanship is not at a real poisonous level in the state house here we work on many things we work together and i think mitch mcconnell would do well to take a look at it as a model for. although i frankly doubt that he's going to do that. vices and your suggestions great state senator philip berg thank you so much for being with us tonight thank you tom i love your program and th

effort the economic development committee which i'm the vice chair but this year is a republican from rutland which is the conservative end of our state and we had two votes on that committee from republicans and those people stuck with us on the floor so we do have a large democratic majority but we were able to get buy in from republicans who have at least a new england do believe in collective bargaining and thought that there was a certain amount of common sense to this so these are we have a about a half of these are kind of the the left over jim jeffords republicans before he left the party absolutely and they are they are few and far between nationally but there is a tradition here in vermont and you know partisanship is not at a real poisonous level in the state house here we work on many things we work together and. and i think mitch mcconnell would do well to tell you to look at it as a model. although i frankly doubt that he's going to do that but i think your vices and your suggestions great state senator philip thank you so much for being with us tonight thank you tom i love your

there is another company based of rutland called makers row. they take designers on one hand of close of apparel and they connect them up online to factories in the united states and facilities to mostly small that basically make that kind of apparel. so it is an interesting kind of technology moment here where we are canal in the second or third generation of evolution so instead of just 80 we can actually have people who find decent jobs or designers five factories. >> i really want to keep talking about e-3 for engineers. we're going to go to questions al. if if anybody else has questions about e-army for engineers to make yourselves known. start over here. >> okay. my name is tom adelle, research phase. earlier today we talked about jack welch and his theory about being a bar in a factory and all over. what we kind of have evolving is that factories are doing local. we also heard him say, well, i am a net exporter in china. is it possible that she might become a net importer and not even an importer, is basically selling china, build and ch