Coming up live on cspan2 at 6 30 p. M. A conversation on human rights with the state departments undersecretary for civilian security, democracy and human rights. Shell discuss the work beingos5n done by the u. S. Atrocities prevention board which was created in 2012 to respond to and prevent genocide and other Human Rights Violations around the world. The council on Foreign Relations hosts the event. n8u4 tonight on American History tv programs on the 50th anniversary of the selma march. At 8 p. M. , selma 50th Anniversary Commemoration ceremony with president obama and one of the participants in that march, congressman john lewis. At 9 10 p. M. Abc news footage of march 25 1965 Voting Rights rally in montgomery alabama. After that president Lyndon Johnsons address to congress on Voting Rights. Then the selma 50th anniversary brown chapel ame church commemorative service. All of this coming up tonight on cspan3. Luy next, an update from this mornings washington journal on the future o
We will talk about that later. Our top tech headlines salesforce has named a retired general as the board of directors. He will be joining salesforce as the company tries to lure more customers. He has been involved with salesforce for a number of years, hoping to create helping to great the companys charitable foundations. Google will cover drivers whenever they have the uber app open even if they do not have a customer in the car. Uber drive struck and killed a little girl while waiting for a fare. And a chinese interbank has porarily they want to protect consumers while the governor comes up with regulations. Tencent and then to bringgressively smartphones to users. First, to the lead story of the day. Ipo as soonaring an as april in the united states. This is a big one. This is the one that the technologist and the banks are waiting for. Summitt said it is potentially the biggest ipo ever someone said it is potentially the biggest ipo ever. We do not know. That is a big factor. As
Salesforce has named a retired general to the board of directors. He will be joining salesforce as the company tries to lure more customers. He has been involved with salesforce for a number of years, helping to create the companys charitable foundations. Uber will cover drivers whenever they have the uber app open even if they do not have a customer in the car. The issue became a flashpoint after an uber driver struck and killed a little girl while waiting for a fare. And the Chinese Central Bank has temporarily suspended paying for cell phones with qr codes. They want to protect consumers while the governor comes up with regulations. Alibaba and tencent have been moving aggressively to bring smartphones to users. First, to the lead story of the day. Alibaba preparing an ipo as soon as april in the united states. This is a big one. This is the one that the technologist and the banks are waiting for. Someone said it is potentially the biggest ipo ever. We do not know. We dont know if t
Was we had to come in and try to eliminate the lines of demarcation and from mote competition and promote competition, believing thered be innovation, more investment, more consumer choice, more innovation and, you know, fortunately, i think the result has proven us correct, that thats exactly whats happened. But now were in a situation, you know, not that many years later that there needs to be, again, i think, a massive overhaul. And out of all the new technology, all the new applications, all the new modes of service. Host rick boucher, youve covered, worked on telecommunications for a long time especially as a member of congress. Did congress understand what was going on with the 96 Telecommunications Act, or was it just limit today a few members with expertise . Guest well, as is often the case in the committees that focus on particular subject matters took the lead in this reform. Jack was chairman of our subcommittee. Other members of our subcommittee had been focused on telecom
For potential significance for pioneer california an fill philanthropy. Finally the landmark was also designated for landmark designation. The exhibition of queenian. It replaces the familys earlier farm house moved to the dairy in the 1970s. The was located in an area. The building was included in several recent Historic Buildings and 1986 architectural is survey. Early july a nearby resident requested the building be designated as a local landmark and provided its history with association with the family. Based on the review the building may qualify which appears architecturally significant. The building may also qualify due to its association with the pioneering language lang and connected. This morning i received a letter of support for designation from a member of the public. In the case report are several options for the hpc to consider including add anything or all of the properties to the landmark designation program. Requesting more information from project applicants and dire