What Public Office have you held before, if you have and if so hello, welcome to all of those of you who braved the weather to come join us today and also to our online all of a sudden. We really appreciate you joining us. Im tara watson, i direct the center for Economic Opportunity here at brookings. I was asked to join a project. It was under the auspices of the convergence collaborative and the goal was to discuss policies to support working families and i quickly learned that this approach was really serious about bringing together people from across the ideological spectrum and about facilitating productive conversation so several dozen of us spent quite a bit of time for the past year producing a report. Youll hear a bit about that today, especially in the first panel bull then because the process was so unusual, i wanted to give people the opportunity to hear more about work across the spectrum more generally. So our second pan panel will be focusing on productive ways to do tha
Institution. Hello. Welcome to all of those of you who braved the weather to join us today, and also to our online audience. We appreciate you joining us. My name is tara watson, i direct the center for Economic Opportunities at here right here at brookings. A year ago, someone asked me to join a project. It was under the convergence collaborative, which i did not know much about. The goal was to discuss policies to support working families. I quickly learned this approach was really serious about bringing together people from across the ideological spectrum and about facilitating productive conversation. So several dozen of us spent quite a bit of time for the past over the past year producing a report. Which you will hear a little bit about today, especially in the first panel. Then because the process was so unusual, i wanted to give people the opportunity to hear more about work across the spectrum more generally. So our second panel will be focusing on productive ways to do that.
For the third year in a row, the philippines is being hit by a deadly typhoon as the United Nations hosts its annual Climate Summit. More than 90 people have already died. We will speak to lidy nacpil, a leading filipino climate activist. Then saleemul huq of bangladesh and how peru has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world for environmental activists. It is a risk of life or death for us. If i stand in front of the loggers to represent my community and say to them, sir, you have to leave because this is our land and then it is a risk. It is been this way for a while. That was the voice of edwin climat chote. He and three others were killed by illegal loggers as they tried to stop them from cutting down the ancient trees on their land. Two of theak to widows of the men. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests continue across the United States over Police Killings of unarmed africaname
Are old enough to drink, you can consume as much as one ounce of pot in Washington State but you still cant grow it and you still cant sell it. Technically, you still cant buy it and youre not supposed to light up in public either. What are you all doing out there at that party . My colleague was there. He was on the not so mean streets when the law took effect. Ill be interested to find out what the absentee rate is at seattle workplaces today, miguel. Reporter i think most people are going to work here. Its not quite as crazy as that. Its cold and rainy. Puts a damper on things. There were a lot of parties across the entire state and a lot of those issues you raised will be taken care of in the near future. Last night was a night for celebration for these folks. Four, three, two, one. Reporter the moment recreational pot, anything less than an ounce no longer illegal in Washington State. Its amazing. Im not a criminal anymore. I cant go to jail for small amounts of marijuana. Im free
Last two weeks. The yields on debt that comes due in one month have risen to levels higher than yields for maturity thats dont secure for six months. Thats a big deal because normally an issuer would pay to borrow for longer periods of time. The institutions want to avoid being stuck with debt in the event of a default. Citigroup has told clients it would rather not take treasuries on october 24th as a sign of collateral. Andrew, this a sign your money is no good here. Weve got more on the situation in washington in just a few minutes. I dont know if people are going to be taking paengz or not, but i think we should see a number of Companies Set to post Quarterly Results for today. Before the bell, well hear from the follow. Citigroup, cocacola and johnson and johnson. Intel and yahoo are among the other we will be hearing from. Burberrys ceo is leaving the British Fashion house to move to, guess where . Apple. Angela ahrendts is going to take up a newly created position at apple with