Person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you. When they are speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of. For members appearing remotely i know youre familiar with webex by now let me remind you of a few points. First, you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing, whether they are in person or remote. If you have your webex set to active speaker view. If you have any questions can about this pleas, Contact Committee staff. Secondly, we have a timer that should be visible on the screen when you are in active speaker with thumbnail view. Members who wish to pin the timetory their screens Contact Committee staff for assistance. Third, im not even sure what that means, but i said it. Third, the house rules require that we see you so please always have your cameras turned on if you want to be an active participant in this hearing. Fourth, members are appe
Program could the unrest in hong kong be the undoing of progress towards a u. S. China trade deal well beijing has responded furiously to a u. S. Vote calling for democracy in hong kong the communist government said it would do whatever was needed to safeguard its rule over the territory this after the senate in washington unanimously passed legislation aimed at protecting human rights in hong kong and threatening to revoke the characters special trade privileges with the United States in the event of noncompliance shares ended wednesday morning in the red index slipped 6 tenths of a percent. Well for more lets cross over to our correspondent hanging in taipei so the turmoil in hong kong has already tipped did interest session are there any estimates to what a protracted unrest is likely to do to hong kongs economy. Or just as you mentioned the u. S. Senate just passed the legislation to protect human rights in Hong Kong Well if the bill is finally passed then it would lead to Hong Kon
Keene in london. Tom not the chaos of yesterday. Still overnight the news flows. Historic. Stephanie baker will join us. Weve got a lot of good, thoughtful op eds, including one by Mike Bloomberg that will give some color to the emotion going on in the states. Markets are quite. Quiet. Governor carney has very stable markets. Guy he does. There are rumors doing the rounds that maybe we have got not one but two people voting for a rate hike. Tom dissenters. Guy well talk about that. Lets look at the volatility numbers. This is what were looking at. 79, alook at brent, 50. Lift in oil. Euro, little bit weaker dollar strength. Guy weve got some numbers coming out from the e. U. Inflation forecast. 2018, the headline rate. The ecbs target is at or near 2 . Its raising is 2017 euro area gdp forecast saying risks are more balance. Mirroring what we are getting from mariota draghi. He was riled in the netherlands. Next meetingin the to get to a much more neutral set of language. Tom certainly
We have a great group of members who are here and i know everybodys got a lot of different commitments this morning. We are also eager to hear from our witnesses and talk about a critical issue facing our country. Its really a crisis in our communities and its getting worse, not better and the crisis is this Opioid Epidemic. The country is being gripped by it. My state is in many states are. Its in every corner of my state. Earlier this month in ohio, there was a near fatal but now overdose following a routine traffic stop. He p he noticed there was white powder spread around the car. He did the right thing. He put on his mask and gloves, arrested some individuals,s, went back to the Police Station and noticed it on his shirt there was some powder so he reached up like this and brush the powder off his shirt. This guy is 6foot three, 225 pounds. A big man. He fell to the floorimmedi unconscious in overdose. They administered narcan immediately but it wasnt enough. Wapi they had to rush
City hall those hoods were up and some winter coats were out in center city a few hours ago with temperatures only dipping into the 50s tonight. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. Tomorrows rain isnt the only thing on the radar and kathy you are tracking even more rain before christmas. Absolutely. Actually a very unsettled week, lucy and iain. Right now ultimate doppler were seeing cloudy skies but a few sprinkles passed through philadelphia through parts of northern Burlington County and up through Mercer County just a few minutes ago. On the wider view we have the clouds, more showers moving in from the southwest and strong southerly winds are actually boosting temperatures at this late hour. We have a new high of 57 degre 57 degrees. Tomorrow morning well be seeing the rain moving in. Not at 3am or 4 00 a. M. But by about 6 00 a. M. Well see pockets of rain heavy especially to the north and west of the city through the Lehigh Valley by seven, 8 00 a. M. It moves into phila