let's take starbucks employee who has sat down, and they get stuck on a problem.here adaptive programs, perhaps it will make it easier to build their confidence of -- up, help them through with the problems they are doing online. if they are finding it easy to do, maybe getting bored we push them onto something more challenging. if we see they are trying to master a concept, do you want help here and now? it could be someone in india, they pop up in chat or on skype. it is much more adaptable and driven by the needs of the students. you are using the technology, you're making better use of data analytics. it is obviously much more scalable and affordable as well. what we do in that example, we can help the 22-year-old graduate in china who has a great grammar in english but lacks the fluency to get the job with a global corporation. in another way we can help the parents in a poor country in africa, who knows, that left to their own devices there is a 50% chance after five years of schooling the child will not master basic literacy. and we can apply technology to

let's take a starbucks employee, 9:00 at night, sat down to do -- francine: which country? could be in america, in the states. and they get stuck on a problem. are there adaptive programs, perhaps it will make it a little easier to build their confidence up, help them through with the problems they are doing online? if it is clear they are finding it easy to do, maybe getting bored, we push them onto something more challenging. if we see that they are struggling to master a particular concept, we will say, do you want help here and now? a tutor somewhere in the world. it could be someone in india, they pop up and chat or appear on skype. it is more personal and adaptable and driven by the needs of the students. it is more engaging. because you are using the technology, you're making better use of data analytics. so you are understanding specific movements in that student's understanding. but obviously, it is much more scalable and affordable as well. what we do -- in that example, we can help the 22-year-old graduate in china who has got great grammar and vocabulary in engl

starbucks will pay college tuition for spouses and children of employees who are veterans. the move is meant to improve the lives of lower level employees who are paid modest wages. still ahead live at five... a corridor boy was just offered the invitation of a lifetime. how you can help make sure he hall. this is a live look at some nice fall colors next to old marion road in cedar rapids. there's more news ahead when it took alexis 4 years to earn her college degree.but it will take her 25 years to pay off her student loans. join the fight to make college affordable. join the fight for alexis. a local high school student has been selected to perform at carnegie hall.lucas rodriguez is a student at linnmar high school.he is also a singer and performer who is now part of an elite group of his work. work."this is not goodbye, it's just i love you, to take with you. until your home again." again."we're excited to have lucas joining us in the cbs 2 studios today!welcome lucas.q) adventure? q) you are among 18-thousand students who tried out for the honors performance series. w

starbucks picks up the tab for employees to go to college. >> no christmas cups.r deal. >> a red cup. it is festive. it is red. >>> there is a new way to save for retirement. i sat down with the treasury secretary. he told me why he wants people to start saving early. >> if you start at 20, it is different than if you start at 50. getting an early start and building, you think about the amounts of money. it's a couple cups of coffee a week. $5 a week away. you can build from there. >> almost half of all workers do not get a 401(k) or pension at work. the money at the accounts, myiraaccount. it is better than a typical savings account, but less than riskier investment. it is a starter savings account. this is that response. >> it changes the equation for the country. if the savings rate goes up, it reduces the need on social security and you can think about reforms. it makes sense for the country and individuals. >> eventually you want to be invested in something other than treasuries. this is the starter account. >>> "early start" continues right now. republicans

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. >>> starbucks is expanding its free tuition program for some employees.ompany will now offer the benefit to the spouse or child of its veteran and military reservist employees. the program still applies to current or former military members who are employees. >> 4:47 now. much more to come on "action news." a woman in oklahoma is accused of ramming her suv into a police officer. police released video from the officer's body cam. >> a police captain in ohio could lose his job for showing support for marijuana legalization. that story next. [door knocking] [door bell ringing] ♪ come on-a my house, my house, i'm gonna give you candy. ♪ ♪ come on-a my house, my house, i'm gonna give you... ♪ ♪ apple and plum and apricot-a too, eh! ♪ ♪ come on-a my house, my house a come on. ♪ ♪ come on-a my house, my house... ♪ ♪ i'm gonna give you everything. ♪ complete your thanksgiving table at target. right now butterball premium frozen turkey is only 99 cents a pound. ♪ come on-a my house >> ♪ >> let's take a look outside. you know what, theirs it's a rainy mess this mor

always get the lowest price, ben: westchester county family asking starbucks to take a the funeral of a former employee, daren't worked there for ten years, was fired in 2013, the family says he was bipolar and getting laid off started downward spiral that led to islam was signed last june but starbucks ceo howard schultz wrote a family of personal letter but his family says the company shall the paper the funeral. starbucks rep told the post they have spoken with family and, quote, offer our deepest condolences for their loss. theresa: the head, pharmaceutical but going back and his promise to lower the price of a drug used by aids and cancer patients. outraged people when he raised the price from $13 to $750 a tablet after public outcry, he said in september he would lower the price of the life-saving drug but this week he said he will instead offer a discount to hospitals. in the past he was trying to make his company profitable and insurance companies will pay the price, not the patient. meanwhile, pharmaceuticals plan to offer an alternative bill for $1. ben: mark zuckerberg making his company ver

starbucks already pays for the tution of employees who work 20 hours or more a week. now, they're offering to pay for the tuition of families if the employee is a veteran. and a popular attraction at seaworld in san diego will be closing at the end of next >> u.s. and global stocks were weighed down yesterday as investors continued to reposition themselves following last week's jobs report and the increasing likelihood that the federal reserve could raise interest rates next month. lost 180 points to close out at 17,730, slipping back into negative territory for the year. the nasdaq composite fell 52 points to 5,095.30. the s&p 500 lost 21 points, to finish the day at 2,079. seaworld is phasing out the killer whale shows at its san diego park, after a wave of recent criticism and low attendance. seaworld announced it will phase out the shows by the end of 2016 at an investor conference. and it will debut a new orca experience with a "strong conservation message" in 2017. attendance at the san diego park has dropped and seaworld has faced animal cruelty claims, after t

the company already offers free tuition for its employees who work at least 20 hours a week. starbucks has hired more than 5500 veterans and military spouses with the goal of hiring 10,000 by 2018. of course tomorrow is veterans day, and a lot of companies are offering special deals for service members. can you find a list on wmur.com. tomorrow at 5:00 we'll have a special report on a new effort to honor new hampshire veterans and memorials specifically for granite staters who have served in the war on terror. jean: and happy 20th birthday to the u.s. marine corps, especially with in gentleman sitting right next to me. never would forget. short on time, who isn't these days. josh: up next, we explore the top apps right now that can make your life more efficient. jean: the defending champs will be tough to beat, jamie is talking u. conn women's basketball. >> breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. josh: in tonight's candidate cafe we sit down with hillary clinton and talk to her about her granddaughter and how life the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he

former pastor is now urging everyone to state their name as mary christmas so employees will write that on the cup. starbucks wanted to have appeared to have designed to honor all. what you think question right there still read. >> juliet: i think it's fine that they had the designs and now took him up. they bowing to the anti- christmas? who knows. they are not really saying. it is a day for thanksgiving day parade prep. >> ben: cruise inflated some of the balloons for thanksgiving. they took them on a practice run. new balloons are angry birds, aren't they a little too late for that? also prehistoric friends and the return of ronald mcdonald. this is the 89th year for the macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> juliet: when i see ronald mcdonald i get scared because i don't like clowns but then my mouth waters because i want a cheeseburger. >> ben: remember when they were like 50 cents? are less than that. when they did that hamburger guy holiday travel. we will be right back. to master the kick line. technology designed for you. from "fox 5 news", this is good they wake up. >> juliet: good morning everyone. th

former pastor is urging everyone to state their name as a merry christmas so employees have to write it on the cut. starbucks said it wanted to usher in the holidays with the that welcomes all of our stories >> ben: so i get matt, i get dave, but i don't get been. top stories when we come back how do you stay on top of your health? ahh... ahh... ahh... cigna customers have plan choices and tools to take control. so they're more engaged, with fewer high health risks and lower medical costs. take control of your health at cigna dot comr meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and we're always looking for ways to enjoy more. so we called time warner cable and got even more than we expected. more speed, like 300 meg. more tv shows and movies on demand. more places to make more unlimited calls. they even made it easy to switch with a one hour arrival window. for $89.99 a month, you'll get 100 meg internet, tv, phone and more. plus for a limited time, get a free trial of showtime for one year. and ask how you could get a $300 reward card. >> from "fox 5 news", this is "good day wake up". >> ben: it is a clear, c

a major move by starbucks when it comes to their employees who are veterans.with the cost of college. >>> he saved our lives for sure. i have no doubt. i was found asleep. >>> boy, a pint-sized hero. what he did to save himself and his grandmother when their home caught on fire. >>> we're looking at a morning commute better than yesterday. slow traffic in the west valley on 280. we will tell you more about that coming up. >>> skies are clearing out. it's cold and the breeze is picking up. not going to be very warm today. not even if you're heading to the grand lake. we will have temps and also a look at the sierra snow. >> retailers are weighing the pros and cons this morning as they decide whether or not to open for thanksgiving. >> it's a hot topic. a lot of shoppers talking about it too. pam cook is back in the studio. the latest company saying they're going to be open. >> yeah. sit and relax with your family or head out and shop until you drop. the biggest retailers are betting that millions of people want to shop. target is the latest to announce it will

starbucks is going to offer free tuition for a spouse or child of its veteran and active military reservist employees. it also announced it has hired more than five-thousand veterans and chicago bears fans haven't had a lot to celebrate this season... but they saved one of their better performances for prime time. bears and chargers on monday night football. down five points with a few minutes left -- bears' quarterback jay cutler fires a bullet over the middle to tght end zach miller, a tremendous effort -- and concentration -- to make the catch. the bears then held on for the win --- 22-19 over the chargers. a packers fan wants the panthers quarterback to pay up. a green bay fan says he followed all the rules -- when he put up a sign before the packers played carolina on sunday. he say panthers quarterback cam newton spotted the banner during pre- game warm up and took it down. "when he came and tore down the banner, i'm like what did he and i woulda just taken down the banner and said hey you know nice meeting you" he filed a police report -- and 500 dollars to pay for the babaer. the panthers say

jessica rae: and starbucks says it's going to offer free tuition for the spouse or child of its veteran and reservist employees. the coffee offers free tuition for all its employees least 20 hours a as part of a arizona state university. or former military members can also use that for a spouse or child. starbucks announced it has hired more than 5-thousand-500 veterans and military spouses... which is more than half its goal of hiring ten- thousand by 20-18. " jessica rae: when we come back... i'll introduce you to nasa's teenaged whiz kid... who started college when he was eight years old! you'll meet him... jessica teenager is a real whiz kid. while most 17 year olds are getting ready for college, this teen already has a job with nasa! reporter leo stallworth has his story " there's nothing ordinary about 17 year old moshe cavalin. by age 7 he was whizzing through trigonometry, by 8 he was in community college and at 15 he earned a bachelor's degree in math from ucla. he's written a book. he's almost finished with his master's degree in cybersecurity and for extra money he works at nasa. (moshe cavalin/nasa

jessica rae: and starbucks says it's going to offer free tuition for the spouse or child of its veteran and active military reservist employees. the coffee company already offers free tuition for all its employees who work at least 20 hours a week... as part of a partnership with arizona state university. and now, current or former military members can also use that for a spouse or child. starbucks also announced it has hired more than 5-thousand-500 veterans and mimitary spouses... which is more than halits goal of hirg ten- thousand by 20-18. jessica rae: speaking of starbucks... donald trump has weighed in on those controversial starbucks cups we told you about yesterday. the new cup is just red with the starbucks logo. the donald suggests people should boycott the popular coffee shop... after the coffee company said it was taking holiday symbols off its coffee cups. (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "no more merrrrchristmas on starbuckck no more. i wowodn't buy. hey look, i'm speaking against myself. i have one of the most successful starbucks in trump tower. maybe we should boycott starbucks. i don't know. seriou

starbucks. amazon, too. amazon is stepping up the parental leave benefit for employees. this is remarkable.pany announced the overhaul yesterday and new moms will get up to 20 weeks fully paid leave. new dads get six weeks full salary. in addition, when birth mothers and the primary care-givers do return to work they can ease back in and go on a flexiblescule at first. the new policy goes into effect next year. the move follows a "new york times" article in office that criticized the online retail giant for its poor policies on work-life balance. jonathan: all of that time off is good for the little kids. alison: the mom, too. jonathan: great bonding. alison: coming up next here on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- remember this video we showed you of an uber drver geting beaten up by a passenger? awful video. we avean update on even more consequences now facing the suspect. jonathan: who is knocking on your door asking about a home security system? is it a hard sell or deceptive business practices. we'll explain how you should respond to k alison: it was a deadly shoot-out with police. mcmillen was k

he's asking starbucks customers to respond merry christmas when you know that barrista asks you for your name forcing that employees on the cup. controversy arose with the debut of new star buck red holiday cups. critics say the lack of christmas reference shows starbucks does not want to celebrate jesus' birth. it left the cup blank so people could share they're own holiday memories. >> judge judy fans get a dose of truth and straight talk every afternoon on fox 29. >> after more than 5400 episodes the courtroom show is more popular than ever. >> why is that? >> fox's tom haines asked the judge herself. >> reporter: you always go you shouldn't go. knowing her item perm on tv. >> -- you're ear tan. >> i put my best foot forward when i met judge judy in person. >> hi, judge judy. but the nice is thes ended there. brashness you see on the bench -- >> i don't care what it was on. >> is judge judy. in real life. >> i'm not there to be your buddy. you know, i'm not teaching how to cook lasagna and try to go figure out what your family problems are i'm there to jude indicate a case. it doesn't make sense unless you're n

starbucks is going to offer free tuition for a spouse or child of its veteran and active military reservist employees. it also announced it has hired more than five-thousand veterans and military spouses, which is more than half its goal of hiring ten-thousand by 2018. a restaurant chain is expected to reopen dozens of locations -- after health experts found no source for an e-coli outbreak. tests of food from chipotle restaurants in washington and oregon came back negative. about 40 people have become sick. the company plans to reopen 43 restaurants after certain conditions are met. chicago bears fans haven't had a lot to celebrate this season... but they saved one of their better performances for prime time. bears and chargers on monday night football. down five points with a few minutes left -- bears' quarterback jay cutler fires a bullet over the middle to tight end zach miller, who somehow makes a one hnded grab for the touchdown. a tremendous effort -- and concentration -- to make the catch. the bears then held on for the win --- 22-19 over the chargers. a packers fan wants the panthers quarter

starbucks in florida is now taking orders through sign language. a customer captured her recent experience on her cell phone. shhis placing hehe order on the screenn using sign language. the employee realized she was hearing impaired -- and turned on the screen so she could communicate with her through sign language. she was so excited she put it facebook, and the video has now been seen by over a million people. the college basketball season starts in about a week -- and this morning, disappointing news about one of the most anticipated games. the number one ranked north carolina tar heels comeeto cedar falls later this month to play u-n-i. they're led by former linn-mar star marcus paige -- who seffered a fracture in his hand -- which means he'll miss the next three to four weeks. u-n-i and north carolina agreed to schedule the game so paige could play in front of his family and friends... so if that can't happen, that disappointing. now to the pro game and here's a play you don't see every day. end of the first half, boston at indianapolis. jae crowder taking the ball out..... and the pass goes off the back- board and in! of course,,ince no celtii tipped the ball on the long pa

. >> this starbucks is offering free tuition to the spouses and children of its veterans, and active reservist employeesp with arizona state university. >>> and cbs-3 is proud to salute all of our veterans, help us honor your loved ones and friends who have sacrificed so much. we've already received these great photos you are looking at right now, all do you have do to post a photo is to twitter or instagram, use the #cbs3, so we can fine your photo. you might see them on tv tomorrow, onset rans day. >>> coming up in the next few minutes on "eyewitness news", republican presidential candidates prepare for their next debate. and donald trump takes on starbucks. don champion has the latest from the campaign trail. >>> also, just released this morning, why the us soccer federation is recommending a ban on headers for certain players. we'll tell you who, meisha? >> all right, well, weaver bad accident on 95 southbound, past cottman, back backed up all the way to woodhaven. i'll have the updates coming up in a little bit. but i'll let you know do not get on interstate 95 right now. we'll be right back after

starbucks will now offer full college tuition reimbursement for family members of their military employeesthe coffee chain. the goal is, they say, to get more veterans or active duty service members working for starbucks. nice. just saw a couple marines go by our studio. >> the marine corps's 40th birthday. >> we have a big cake for them. >> excellent. >> that will go great with cake and coffee. now rudy we were talking earlier about what kind of coffee do you like. starbucks, do you like dunkin'. do you like -- >> i have a keurig machine and my wife likes hazel nut and i like doughnut house. >> that's right. >> what do you think about people getting upset about starbucks removing the snowflakes -- >> i have no idea why remove the snowflakes? i mean it's getting so ridiculous. i mean snowflakes, i don't know, they could be for the winter solstice or -- >> exactly! >> my goodness -- >> it's the holiday season. now for christians, merry christmas. for jewish people, happy hanukkah. kwanzaa or whatever holiday it is, this is the holiday season. so let's celebrate it. i look forward to -- >> i

starbucks is offering help to military families. current or former military members can get free tuition for their spouse or child. the coffee company already offers free tuition for all its employees who work at least 20 hours a week, as part of a black friday is coming early again this year. target stores will open at six in the evening on thanksgiving day for the second year in a row. the company also said all the deals will be available online on thanksgiving morning. target and other stores have faced criticism for opening early in the past. but the criticism also not stopping toys r us stores -- which plan to open at five on thanksgiving and remain open more than 30 hours straight. some stores are taking the opposite approach this year -- with staples boasting it will stay closed on thanksgiving, and r-e-i closing on black friday altogether. its coming up... in parts of the country -- winter is here. and it looks like it plans on sticking around for a while. plus -- in some households math homework is a common source of frustration. now -- with schools teaching in a new way -- parents can't help. "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered! with jerry gallagher, ally crutche

starbucks in florida is now taking orders through sign language. a customer captured her recent experience on her cell phone. she is placing her order on the screen using sign language. the employee realized she was hearing impaired -- and turned on the screen so she could communicate with her through sign language. she was so excited she put it on facebook, and the video has now been seen by over a million people. the college basketball season starts in aboutta week -- and this morning, disappointing news about one of the most anticipated games. the number one ranked north carolina tar heels come to cedar falls later this month to play u-n-i. they're led by former linn-mar star marcus paige -- who suffered a fracture in his hand -- which means he'll miss the next three to four weeks. u-n-i and north carolina agreed to schedule the game so paige could play in front of his disappointing. a skunk looks a abit like a gymnast. this spotted skunk was caught on a wildlife cam showing off its handstand skills. the trick is actually part of the animal's defense mechanism. according to an park service...before spraying, spotted skunks also will sometimes do a handststnd and try to intimid

employees who work at least 20 - hours - a - week as part of a partnership with arizona state university.and now... current or former military members can alsosose that for a spouse or child. starbucks also announced it has hired more than five thousand five hundred veterans and military spouses... which is more than half its goal of hiring ten - thousand by 20 - 18.3 3 3 3 3 3 android wear watches are getting a high - fashion makeover. we'l4 take a look... next... in your c - net tech update. 3 3 we are looking at a busy next few days weather-wise. clouds are moving into siouxland today ahead of a storm system, but highs are still expected to reach the lower 60s. right now, it looks like we could see a few sprinkles and some rumbles of thunder late tonight. at this point most of the severe storms are expected to stay to our south. wednesday will be a very windy day with showers throughout the day, and as things cool we may see snowflakes mixing in by the evening commute into the overnight. right now, accumulations look to be very minimal, no more than an inch, but since the ground is so warm, it i i't likely to see any. after this system passes we will clear out with of sunny skies

starbucks and others to learn the best customer service. strategy 2 -- improve the experience. we know we have no hope in -- of improving the veteran expense until we improve the employeeense. we are working hard to provide the right training, provide the right leadership, and do all of the things we need to do to empower the a employees. third -- we need to improve the support services, the systems are often outdated, the scheduling system that got us into trouble in phoenix, that dated to 1985. when i was in phoenix, i sat down and worked on it myself, it was like working on a green screen. and our financial managing system, believe it or not, it is about 20 years old and it is written in a language i last programmed in 1973 on the west point computers. we have work to do to improve the support services. number 4 -- we need to establish a culture of continuous improvement. to do that, we are training be a employees in a way that employees take charge of systems they work on, they are given tolls to change the system -- tools to change the system and i tell them, let's try to be the change we want to see, like gandhi said. and number 5 -- the partnerships. we cannot d

companies like ritz-carlton, disney, starbucks and others to learn about how the best customer service organizations do it. strategy two is to improve the employeexperience. we know we have no hope of improving the veteran experience until we improve the employee experience. because it is the employees who actually care for veterans. so we're working hard to provide the right training, provide the right leadership, and do all of the things that we need to do to empower va employees. third, we need to improve our support services. our i.t. systems are often outdated. the scheduling system that got us into trouble if phoenix dates to 1985. when i was in phoenix i sat down and worked on it myself. it is like working on a green scene withv+ñ ms-dos. and our financial management system is 20 years old and it is written in cobalt, a language i last programmed on the main frame computer at west point. we have work to do to improve our support services. we also need to establish a support network of continuous improvement. we've training in lean six sigma. it is the way employees take charge of the systems they work on, they're given the tools to change

companies like ritz-carlton, disney, starbucks and others to learn about how the best customer service organizations do it. strategy two is to improve the employeexperience. we know we have no hope of improving the veteran experience until we improve the employee experience. because it is the employees who actually care for veterans. so we're working hard to provide the right training, provide the right leadership, and do all of the things that we need to do to empower va employees. third, we need to improve our support services. our i.t. systems are often outdated. the scheduling system that got us into trouble in phoenix dates to 1985. when i was in phoenix i sat down and worked on it myself. it is like working on a green scene with ms-dos. and our financial management system is 20 years old and it is written in cobalt, a language i last programmed on the main frame computer at west point. we have work to do to improve our support services. we also need to establish a support network of continuous improvement. we've training in lean six sigma. it is the way employees take charge of the systems they work on, they're given the tools to change th