Deputy administrator in the obama administration. He stressed the importance of faa innovation. The chair of the house transportation and Infrastructure Committee spoke in support of the nomination at an earlier hearing. Good morning, everyone. The u. S. Senate committee on commerce, science and transportation took him to order. This morning we are here to consider the nomination of Michael Whitaker to be the administrator of the federal aviation administration. I want to thank mr. Whitaker for his willingness to serve. Im also grateful that the house chairman sam graves is here and we will hear from you soon. Chairman gray along with my colleague Ranking Member larsen have worked hard on a bipartisan bill to pass a longterm faa reauthorization so we thank you for that. Im hopeful we will be able to do the same. In a bipartisan fashion. And finalize the bill into law before the end of 2023. This is a reminder that the aviation safety and the job of running the faa are not partisan. The
Committee met to discuss Virtual Currency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission discussed the oversight and regulatory actions thus far. This is just under two hours. The committee will come to order. This morning we will receive testimony from sec chairman jay clayton, and cftc chairman Chris Giancarlo on the current world of the oversight conducted by their two agencies. Welcome, gentlemen. Virtual currencies are meant to act as a type of money that can be traded on online exchanges for conventional currencies such as dollars. We are used to purchased goods or services predominantly online. Additionally, developers and businesses and individuals are selling virtual coins or tokens through initial coin offerings also known as icos to raise capital. Over the last year, Many Americans have become increasingly interested in Virtual Currencies especially givenet meteoric rise in valuation and recent fall of bitcoin. Just for perspective in january 2 of last year, bitcoin broke the 1,0
Embattled contested arena and certainly they saw Political Parties like we have today they would faint dead away. If they saw seniority in the senate they would faint dead away. If they saw women voting they would faint dead away. If they saw an africanamerican president. They didnt expect the future to be frozen in 1787. So i think we should stop arguing about what the man who wrote the constitution meant and what they wanted and Start Talking about what we want and what we need. Host i think thats a perfect note on which to end this discussion. It was a pleasure to talk to you professor berkin. Guest thank you, thank you. I enjoyed it. Michael morell is next on booktv. He talks about the successes and failures on the war on terror and its current fight against al qaeda and isis. Michael morell has a 30year career in the cia. He was with president bush and briefed him shortly after the 9 11 attacks and also with president obama during the bin laden raid in may of 2011. He is the autho
Take a look at thehe l cone of uncertainty. The storm, the center of the storm can really travel anywhere in between those two white lines. But notice that now it is staying out to sea. It is not clipping the yucatan peninsula areas like cancun. So, as it entered the warmer waters of the gulf, that will help to feed the storm and likely increase it to a category 1 hurricane later tomorrow, very early sunday. You can see as it makes land fall, likely somewhere around louisiana or mississippi, so parts of louisdreyfus lieu, mississippi, the alabama and florida coast line really under the gun with this storm. The biggest concern will be storm surge flooding. Take a look as it continues to move toward the north, northeast eventually. And then get this easterly component impacting our area on monday. Here we are looking at rain, not seeing a lot of wind in the forecast, but it could be a weather alert day. More on the impacts from nate coming up. Now to doug thank you, it has been 12 hours
Norm gissel we are making, as we speak, a new america. And its a marvelous moment in american history. Everybodys voice is important to this debate. Hinojosa america by the numbers. Im Maria Hinojosa. This program was made possible in part by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from behind every number, theres a story. And todays numbers tell a dramatic one. The combined purchasing power of nonwhite americans is over 3 trillion, almost a fifth of the u. S. Economy. Latino purchasing power makes up nearly half of that, and is growing fast. The demographic changes happening nationwide are on full display here, deep in the heart of texas. With an already multicultural majority, its capital city, like much of the nation, is a fusion of diverse cultures. The demographic dominance of latinos and other ethnic groups is having a profound effect on consumer culture as we know it. And in order to stay competitive, brands need to reach diverse consume