Msnbc, npr, nbc and among other outlets. Mason will be joined by Vanessa Deluca, the editorinchief of essence magazine, the preeminent lifestyle magazine for africanamerican women. She oversees the content and vision of the core magazine as well as essence. Com. Si her influence extends beyond the various brand extensions including top tier events such as black women in hollywood luncheon and black women in music. Before we start with the conversation, we will have Charlene Carruthers come out and read a passage from masons memoir. Charlene is a career feminist Community Organizer and writer, an activistmemberled organization of black 1835yearolds dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all black people. She has over ten years of experience in racial justice,f e feminist and Youth Leadership development work. So please welcome Charlene Carruthers. [applause] thank you. Thank you. First, id like to thank c. Nicole mason for this amazing opportunity to share this moment with her. B
Comply with new regulatory mandates than it is for a larger institution . A very small institution, we recognize there are burdens involved. We have often tried to tailor our regulations so that there is less burden and fewer rules applied to smaller institutions. There has been an increase in capital standards that apply to those institutions but most of the things we discussed today, stress test and other things, liquidity regulations apply to those institutions and tried to make many efforts. To simplify the Regulatory Regime and capital regime for those institutions. The number of changes negatively affect the community to offer products and services to consumers more than it has affected larger institutions . I dont know that it has affected smaller institutions more than larger institutions. I would submit that it has because to be honest i dont know how you started this. I dont know how you start business in this economic environment. Dont know how people could secure capital or
Attracted to the ideology, on the second question, the relationship with russia has been very complex and not to beat around the bush about it, russia is a player in syria and went in there to preserve their interests and at least to preserve it temporarily. But the russians will be key in moving him out at a certain time. Were in Constant Contact with the russians here and we have channels in geneva and people talk to them every single day about the ceasefire and in very extensive and detailed conversations. Our intelligence people work with them to resolve issues of fact. It is challenging at times. Very challenging at times. But i think it is fair to say that the ceasefire has been held in important areas in the country and it is always being negotiated in other parts of the country as well. Secretary kerry has been the best to say, he will not taken in by this and the proof will be in the results. For that matter, the rest of the International Community to advance the ceasefire. Ka
To respond to these crises and to treat People Better in their own kick countries. Paleumbers, of course, compared to the large migrations we see overseas, but for many years we have been the leader in a program taking the most refugees from around the world and bringing them to the United States where they can restart their lives. This year, we are seeking to bring 85,000 refugees. So, an increase, and also to g 10,000 Syrian Refugees [applause] anne r. i get criticized from the right and the left on this one. Because friends in one direction say that is not enough and friends on the other side say we are worried you would let terrorists sneak inside the program. It is the most heavily vetted program of any traveler in the United States and it is ramping up sharply. Right now, we have over 40 of the Syrian Refugees and we will see larger numbers in the coming days. We are all over halfway to 85,000. Stay tuned. We have done a lot to try to meet the targets. I mentioned central america
Bornagain neuroscientist and he has discovered how spectacular neurosciences today and this is a place where we have so much attraction. And it has moved forward that we have fun at our second year, about 84 million a we have in this for over a hundred projects across the country. Images within your agency . There are 10 institutes engaged in this and so its a partnership with the fda and nsf as well, there are many different federal agencies involved and lots of private partners. The important thing to talk about is this. I think that in the house and senate theres an ambition to weigh in on this as well. And this is not about specific diseases or Brain Disorders but developing the technologies to be able to understand how the brain works and we are already being fantastic tools being developed across the country without wanting to say too much about it at this time. But there is a group in seattle that has opened up this field for all of us in a way that gives us the excitement over