Tested its 1st unpiloted drones about 2 years ago these drones are a company Fighter Aircraft from inside the cockpit the pilot can control the swarm of drones its a system designed to take some of the pressure off the pilots and protect them so far humans allston of the center of the Decision Making process here across the globe militaries are developing Weapons Systems that see Artificial Intelligence increasingly replace humans and theres this new aspect now that in the future the decision on target selection and combat likely redirected and it would be an algorithm in a computer not a human being making the decision that something new at no point in history has this ever been the case the decision has always been a human one no matter what weapons are you whether it was throwing stones and spears using a crossbow or even dropping by. The u. S. Military agency darpa has developed an unmanned ship the sea hunter. Equipped with cameras sensors and computers this autonomous robot ship
Now come to order. We will see the amendment and witnesses and this morning the chairman is not here, i give the floor to my good friend Mister Mcnulty from california. Thank you for yielding me and i thank the witnesses for coming this morning. Its an incredibly important issue we need to care a lot about and good policy on. We are meeting today to discuss the state of Cyber Security integrated and the continuing threats facing Americas Energy infrastructure. We continue to see increasing threats to the grid originating at home and abroad. Im glad to see the doe and and others taking steps to address the growing dangers posed by nefarious actors. Our energy grid serves as the backbone of our economy Touching Every aspect of our lives and unreliable grid is also crucial for National Security and a clean energy future. For lawmakers to encourage advances that we can advance the security and reliability of our nations electric grid. We must work on a bipartisan basis to actively engage w
Francine Warren Buffett says equities are less attractive than they were but still beat bonds. And theresa may says she will lead the tories into the next election, but does anyone believe her . This is bloomberg surveillance. Certainly a packed show, packed week actually for an end of august kind of feeling. It has been quite busy in terms of news. This is what im looking at in the markets. Stocks advanced on a rosier picture for the growth outlook. We had pretty good economic figures out of america. The chinese economy seems to be holding steady. The u. S. Administration sent different signals on north korea, which means that a little bit of the nervousness has been taken off. Among all other asset classes, dollar seems to be studying. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra Tropical Storm harvey has closed down almost a quarter of u. S. Oil refining capacity, flooding and power failures reduce americas feel making capacity by about 4. 2 Million B
Whopperrito is worth your hard earned three bucks. Th tyler, power lunch starts right now. It does indeed. Thank you, brian. Welcome everybody to power lunch. Im tyler mathisen. Heres what else is happening at this hour. Hillary clinton widening her lead over donald trump in some key battleground states. Clinton now up double digits in colorado and virginia, according to a new nbc news the wall street journal marist poll. Parts of louisiana and mississippi under a state of emergency at this hour as torrential downpours trigger flash floods. And team usa continues to dominate at the rio games with 38 total medals, 16 are gold. And a lot of those by the most amazing athlete ive ever seen, michael phelps. Kayla. It has been fun to watch michael phelps. Im Kayla Tausche down at the new york stock exchange. We have three hours left in the trading week. Stocks have been headed lower throughout the morning. Dow down just about a third of 1 . The nasdaq down by about 0. 1 . S p lower as well.
And expensive good. It was medicine. It was prized and available only to the richest of the rich in western europe. To hand up the small amount i gave you would have been seen as an extravagant thing. Now, it is so much a part of our diets. Into a gas station and grab a handful and take it with you. I pay for it. Is so cheap and common, it is hard to avoid it. Is there anyone who has had to give it up for dietary r easons . How easy was it . Terrible. Prof. Paulett right, its hard. Its in medicine and pills. How this came to be how it went a rare and expensive good to a thing that is so common that it is hard to avoid, this gets to the heart of the class. It goes from being a rare and expensive good to being something everyone has access to, which ties closely to the colonization of the americas. To the development of slavery in the new world. This little good we dont think much about is part of a massive reorganization of all the cultures of the atlantic ocean. That what we are talkin