. >>> federal reserve vice chair st fisher said low interest rates may reflect dee seated econ problems and not just temporar factors. in a new york speech, fisher sa that the economy's higher interest rates is dependent on not just fed rate action, including better education and more effective regulation which could promote faster growth in productivi pav the way for higher interest rates. >>> some positive news on the labor market just one day ahead of the key monthly employment report. the number of americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to a near four-decade low, to 249,000. that decline is an indication that the labor market is tight and that employers are not that willing to fire workers. as hampton pearson reports, both wall street and main street will be paying close attention to >> reporte when the labor de releases its septembe jobs report tomorrow, it's expected the economy added 170,000 jobs with the unemploy rate holding steady at 4.9%. but private sector hiring slowed in september, just 154,000 new hires, according to payroll processor adp, the slowest monthly inc

estrada's pitch over the wall for the home run. 11 former fisher cats -- estrada goes the distannd final 10-8. tomorrow the l.a. dodgers and chicago cubs. st. anselm college football was on the gridiron tonight at assumption and the hawks remain winless as they fall, 39-14. four turnovers in the loss for st. anselm. the defense allows a pass for 333 yards and three touchdowns. next week st. anselm will host pace. other new hampshire college james madison, dartmouth, towson, and plymouth state welcomes bridge water state. >> they got the quarterback and the receiver is a good space. top it off on offense they got five returning offensive linemen. three of four-year starters. >> it's always the most important thing to us is the next game. that's the next game coming up and they haven't beat us. very good team. the next one got to go him. the top 10 primetime matchup is 8:00 p.m. second ranked ohio state at eighth ranked wisconsin and of course all our high school games will have coverage as well. jamie definitely taking care of the high school games tonight. >> thanks very much. thanks to all of you for joining us for news 9 tonight at 11:00

fisher? >> yes, my sixth grade class at st. clare school wanted to ask, of all these promises you guys are making, will you keep them when you're in office? >> yes. i am a person who keeps promises. and you know, we've heard a lot from the governor about not much being done in the last eight years, as if the promises that i made eight years ago have not been kept. i think the record shows otherwise. we have gone from the biggest deficits eight years ago to the biggest surpluses in history today. instead of high unemployment, we now have the lowest african-american unemployment, the lowest latino unemployment ever measured. 22 million new jobs, veryow unemployment nationally. instead of ballooning the debt and multiplying it four times over, we have seen the debt actually begun to be paid down. here are some promises that i'll make to you now. i will balance the budget every year. i will pay down the debt every year. i will give middle class americans tax cuts. meaningful ones. and i will invest in education, health care, protec

st. louis and kansas city. it had been eight back in august. the three banks that do not want the discount rate raised, minneapolis, new york and chicago. what happened to those requests? yellen, fishernd three fed governors, board of governors of the federal reserve, they oppose that discount rate hike, they're the ones with the decision. and they decided to keep the rate unchanged at 1%. just a quick word on how this works. the boards of directors of the banks make that request, doesn't come strictly from the president. think of it like the d.a. in the grand jury, they get what they want, they guide them. they saw the economy and labor markets improving, economic activity expanding at a moderate pace. the consume wears seen as positive. housing and commercial construction were seen as solid. but some worried about global economic weakness and global downside risk. >> thank you very much, steve. >>> tilman still with us. susan lee here. >> we have a new name in cruising, virgin cruises has been rebranded today as virgin voyages. and it is expected to sell sail in 2020. they'll start with three ships which they signed a deal for using more clean tech than fuel in the future. when the