Event this event. Onlys were supported by vietnamese forces. [applause] i dont know if i need to introduce our keynote speaker. Mr. Robert traister was Second Lieutenant when he first arrived in vietnam in 1962, and he never left. I was first lieutenant. Second lieutenant in korea. We are going to love hearing about it. He was our province Senior Advisor in sa dec forever. Without further ado. [applause] traister ill see if i can walk. Hes got a mic. Mr. Traister ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure being here. I get the award for the longest trip of anybody to arise to i come from where thailand. I retired there. I am pretty happy there. I started out in a little town. F liverpool, new york five minutes of background. Only kid on a bus driver. My father drove a bus for 35 years. Middleclass family. My mom was a court stenographer. Theywith enough money put enough money to send me to school. I went to Syracuse University and graduated with a bachelors of science degree. I became Seco
The committee will come to orderment good morni o order. Good morning to everyone. Without objection the chair is allowed to declare a recess at anytime. Ill recognize myself for my Opening Statement. Im honored to be conveeting todays hearing, my very first as chair woman. As we continue to mourn the loss of our friend and colleague, elijah cummings. I am mindful of his life long mission to seek not only common ground, but higher ground. With that in mind, im very pleased to hold today tfs hearing on an issue we have been fighting for for many years, the need for comprehensive paid family and medical leave. Its important for people to understand the Current Situation in our country. Right now, were one of only two nations in the world that does not provide our workers with any form of paid family or medical leave. The United States and papua new guinea. I remember when i was pregnant with my first child and i asked my offices about leave policy. And do you know what they said . Leave,
The final hour and we did get some strong earnings from industrial names like Rockwell Automation and speaking of the president s speech, we will have the first reaction from the white house right here on closing bell. A live interview with top economic adviser larry kudlow in just a few minutes from now. And we will ask him for some clarity on china and the status to have the trade negotiations joining us now for the hour is steve grasso from stuart frankel. Kind of a quiet market day here, but perhaps a little bit of upward bias for a while until just the last several minutes. I think its about everything that you just touched on i think its the majority was President Trump, the expectations coming out of that speak that speech at the Economic Club. Was he going to unveil anything that the market didnt already know so once you get through it and there was nothing new that the market could bite into, the market sells off sort of an anticlimactic feel to the whole day. So we had some a
Now are higher as they answer questions in public. Today the Intelligence Committee chair says the evidence might support a charge of bribery. Resident trump says he has done nothing wrong. Public testimony wednesday begins with bill taylor, a top diplomat in ukraine. West point graduate, vietnam war veteran and career diplomat , who has served under both parties. Also testifying will be george pence, the Deputy Assistant secretary of state for europe and eurasia. The question at the center of the impeachment inquiry, did President Trump abuse his power commit and Impeachable Offense when he asked ukraines president for a favorite to investigate rival joe biden, his son hunter and the company boersma that paid hunter to be on the board. Intelligence Committee Chairman adam schiff sent out a memo saying he will have 45 minutes for questioning. Its a much more efficient, effective way to do it. Democratic Committee Chairman adam schiff and minority leader devon nunez will likely leave mu
Mountains upper 40s to 50 and also campbell mostly cloudy a lot of hazy conditions as well. It will be cooler today and tomorrow. 5 01. Lets see. Tracy time. Your first instinct was correct all the viewers are going to take you there right now and there is some slow traffic coming out of tracy. If you live. Ive always wondered this. I dont hear from you much. Sometimes i hear when things are bad. Go ahead and let me know what your commute is like. Getting up over to 580 we know that people are out there sometimes i hear from you. Livermore, dublin there are no major problems here. This is a look at interstate 880 in oakland and traffic is looking good. Bay bridge toll plaza looks good as well. There are no problems in the south bay right now. So if youre watching in the south bay and im not mentioning you, your commute is wonderful. All right. Sal just two hours from now. Public hearings will begin in washington d. C. Ktvus Christina Rendon is in our newsroom with a preview on what to