Er conference with Legal Counsel regarding existing litigation matter, and conference with Legal Counsel and Real Property negotiator. Executive session. Seconds. Er all in favor, say aye. Er oppose . Ed madam secretary . Pledge of allegiance. pledge of allegiance . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be advised the the use of cell phones and Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting, please be advised the chair may remove the order of the person any person of the ridging of, pager or sound electronic device, please remember that a member of the public have up to three minutes unless the Committee Adopts the shooter period. Is there any public items on any items not listed on the agenda . Going once, going twice, Public Comment is closed. Next item . 9a, executive directors report. Good afternoon, president adams, vicepresident brandon,
Ban and a bill to replace obamacare. Interest rate increase next annd almost certainty almost a certainty. The big australian lenders back in the spotlight as lawmakers get tough on banking comebacks. Breaking news has come out of manila. It is the Consumer Price index, inflation 3. 3 . That is an annualized rate, economists expecting an increase of just slightly less. Still giving a little bit of wiggle room for the central bank there in the philippines straight thats where we go at the moment. Thats right for a potentially the fed does not have ahead of next weeks meeting. Market very richly pricing in, that the high could come at a margin. Of a direction, a muted session in asia. Tracking those losses we had in the u. S. Action, we are 30 minutes away from that market open in china and hong kong in the meantime thomas r, thailand, malaysia 23. Lets get the latest from Sophie Kamaruddin on the markets. Are seeing caution prevailing today, korean stocks leading gainers in age despite
Knees, your nephew. I am not the only transgender student in Gloucester County. I am just a human. On monday, the Supreme Court opted not to hear his case. And then to on monday, the supre court opted not to hear the repr against obamacare. Pres. Trump i am calling on all democrats and republicans in congress to work with us to save americans from this imploding obamacare disaster. Amy Congressional Republicans have introduced legislation to repeal the nations most Significant Health care law in half a century. Insurance companies appear to be big beneficiaries of the new bill, but what about the sick and the poor . All of that and more coming up. , welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President donald trump issued a new executive order monday temporarily banning all refugees, as well as people from six majority muslim countries from entering the United States. According to white house officials, trump signed the executive order out of
Travel ban is prompting a Rapid Response from local activists. As kron fours Terisa Estacio reports, some legal experts and Community Members say they are already planning fighting back. Nats it is an attack on muslims. It is offensive that the Immediate Reaction to president Donald Trumps new revised travel order putting the brakes on those coming from 6 countries for 90 days. Sot tc 16 elica vafaie advancing justice asian law caucus we have already had calls to us about this and about upcoming travel. Elica vafaie is a staff attorney with the National Security and Civil Rights Program part of the advancing justice asian law caucus. She along with her colleagues spoke monday about the new revised order. Back in january when the first travel ban came down elica says she had one client with a vistors visa trapped for 30 hours at sfo. Sot tc it is a muslim ban. Sot tc 54 Christina Sinha staff attorney. The justification for this is not right the dhs has said that there is no tie between
Time there are only six countries on the list. The Administration Says iraq was dropped because its agreed to provide more information on potential immigrants. Rex Tillerson secretary of state iraq is an important ally in the fight to defeat isis,. Unlike the first time, President Trump signed travel ban 2 pointoh away from the news media, and let his cabinet members do the explaining. john kelly Homeland Security secretary nothing in this executive order affects existing lawful permanent residents or persons with current authorization to enter our homeland. The new language will not ban anyone with a green card, dual citizenship or valid visa. Natwhile the first travel ban was implemented immediatelyand chaotically. The revised version wont go into effect for 10 days,it will expire 90 days after that. The language regarding refugees is also changed. The preference for religious minorities in muslim countries was dropped that had been interpreted as favoring christians. And it no longe