Committee met to discuss Virtual Currency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission discussed the oversight and regulatory actions thus far. This is just under two hours. The committee will come to order. This morning we will receive testimony from sec chairman jay clayton, and cftc chairman Chris Giancarlo on the current world of the oversight conducted by their two agencies. Welcome, gentlemen. Virtual currencies are meant to act as a type of money that can be traded on online exchanges for conventional currencies such as dollars. We are used to purchased goods or services predominantly online. Additionally, developers and businesses and individuals are selling virtual coins or tokens through initial coin offerings also known as icos to raise capital. Over the last year, Many Americans have become increasingly interested in Virtual Currencies especially givenet meteoric rise in valuation and recent fall of bitcoin. Just for perspective in january 2 of last year, bitcoin broke the 1,0
Between washington and havana. The leader of the free world on cuban soil. President obama is not going to be here all that long. Just a couple of days. While hes here, hell meet with everyone from the cuban leadership to the people bitterly oppod to it as he tries to build a new lationship between the United States and this island. Wheels down, histsry in havan history in havana when the president touched down on a rainy afnl just before 4 00. We heard from him via his potus account. [speaking spanish], translation whats up, cuba. Just touched down and look forward to hearing directly from the cuban people. Then the first family emerged. Umbrellas hat hand asashe stepped into the history books. First lady, daughters sasha, malia and their grandmother, former minister bruno rodriguez. Despite the flowers and the greetings, it was noticeably low key compared to the popes airport arrival just 6 month ago at which raul castro received the pontiff. Then there was pomp, but the circumstance
Colorado legalized marijuana this year. I hope it doesnt lead to a lot of paranoid people who think the federal governments out to get them. From commander in chief to comedian in chief. The lighter slide. What we are doing now is helping facilitate the needs of around 700 families, more than 4,000 people have been displaced either directly or indirectly by what happened. A spokesman on the fall out from a catastrophic land slide. Hello and welcome to al jazeera. Its a national day of mourning in afghanistan where nearly an entire village was buried by a wall of rocks and dirt. 2,000 are dead. Officials say theres no hope of finding survivors after the mud slide. Our reporter reports that there are safety concerns for residence of the village. Reporter a mass prayer for a mass grave. These afghan villages have given up on finding survivors of the land slide. Now they want to locate bodies of families and friends. A focus has moved to helping hundreds that lost their homes. Translation
Dr. Kings son Martin Luther king, iii spoke so did George Floyds sister, breanonna taylos sister and jacob blakes sister. We will not be a door to oppression black america, i hold you accountable. You must stand. You must fight, but not with violence and chaos. Last night just steps away accepting his partys nomination, President Trump didnt mention jacob blake or the violence that followed, which left three protesters shot, two dead and a 17yearold man with a rifle charged with murder. He didnt talk about the fight for equal justice or calls today and throughout to tamp down violence. Instead, the president focused on chaos. There is violence and danger in the streets of many democratrun cities throughout america. This problem could easily be fixed if they wanted to. Just call. Were ready to go in. During their convention, joe wilden a biden and supporters remained completely silent about the rioters spreading mayhem, joe bidens campaign did not condemn it. Keeping them honest, that i