Accident involving a motorcycle and a vehicle. It looks like the stretch of road is between Camino Diablo and walnut. You have delays in and around the area. They are diverting traffic on the other surface streets through there, but it is causing a pretty big backup in all directions. Try to avoid the area if you can. Byron highway at brentwood all of our, that accident in the clearing stages with some activity as well. Lets look at conditions along 880, the nimitz freeway southbound at seventh street, some activity over to the right shoulder. A couple cars tangled up. So far the nimitz freeway thing pretty good with both directions, not been clear as well as southbound. Taking 880 to get on san mateo, you start to see traffic bogged down a little bit across the span coming away from the toll plaza, some brake lights and it gets better once you connect on the 101 in foster city. No delays on 101. Traffic is clear in both directions and eastshore freeway, seeing some brake lights in her
Good morning, the subcommittee will come to order without objection the chairs authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. This hearing is entitled examining jewels role in the nicotine epidemic part one. I recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. After years of steady decline, use, nicotine use has suddenly reversed course, seemingly overnight. Between 2017 and 2018, a youth ecigarette use also known as vaping, rose 78 in one year to the point where over 20 of High School Students now vape. The lingering question is why and what was the role of jewel, the countrys dominant maker of ecigarettes with almost 80 of ecigarette market share in the dramatic rise in vaping . The panel assembled today will help us address these questions and frame our discussion for part two of this hearing here tomorrow at 2 p. M. When jewel founder will testify. Today we will examine what exactly about jewels advising and marketing makes it irresistible to kids . Th
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Chairman krishnamoorthi thank you everybody. We are going to commence the second panel with our two panelists, matthew myers, president of campaign for tobacco free kids, and ashley ould. Chief executive officer of juul labs. Please raise your right hand. I will begin by certain human. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give truthtruth, the and nothing but the truth so help you god . Thank you. Let the record show that the witnesses both answered in the affirmative. Please be seated. I am informed that votes are about to be called on the main house floor. We try to complete our Opening Statements and then we will go as long as we can until the votes are called, then we will return and resume. Without objection, both mr. Myers and ms. Goulds statements will be made part of the record. With that, mr. Myers, you are recognized. Before i begin, i would like to tell you about the lighting system. I mentioned this i4, there is a lighting system in front of you. The gr