Thank you, mike. Two contra costa Sheriff Deputies are recovering after being shot during a standoff, it happened last night around 9 00 just east of brentwood. Authorities say that the suspect came out of a home and fired a shotgun at members of a s. W. A. T. Team. Deputies returned fire killing the suspect. The two deputies were taken to the hospital, Officials Say this all began as a Domestic Violence incident yesterday morning. A woman reported the suspect held her hostage overnight, poured gasoline on her and then threatened to laight her on fir. Authorities have not released the name of suspect or the condition of the Sheriff Deputies so far. Back to you. Our childrens education is a major part of abc 7 News Commission to building a better bay area. We know that you are keeping a close eye with plans to reopen schools. Today west Contra Costa Unified School district will hold a virtual town hall. The district released a framework for the new school year which starts on august 17.
Markets following some strong Economic News were seeing a lot of green arrows across the board but lets start in russia where the mo x is up for the week the ruble had struggled in recent weeks as oil prices fluctuated but following the constitutional reform this week the countrys currency strengthened against the dollar its looking ahead now russias alfa bank warned that the u. S. Could play sanctions on russia if the report regarding bounties on u. S. Soldiers is confirmed now lets move over to asian markets where the shanghai composite is up on the week its hitting new 52. 00 week highs the composite gained 2 percent on friday alone after positive data showed increased prospects of economic recovery after the pandemic in hong kong the hang seng also up this week with 3 percent gains on thursday this is after promising news regarding a possible vaccine friday saw gains due to positive Economic Data and even a better than expected jobs report out of the us now some of the biggest winn
Host the communicators is at the state of the net conference in washington, d. C. We are going to show you some of the interviews were conducted with members of congress, government officials and technology leaders. And now joining us on the communicators is susan ness. Commissioner ness, what were some of issues you dealt with back in the 90s when you are an fcc commissioner . Guest peter, was the golden age of the federal communications commission. We moved all of the length of the communications highways from analog to digital. So that was cable, broadcast, satellite. The satellites have been launched but with the service d not yet begun. We came up with the Digital Television standards which is radio standard. My First Commission meeting we did band plan. It was an extraordinary time. And we were just given Auction Authority so we began the first auction at which point they actually used the hand placards to bid. So it was an exciting time to be there, plus on top of all that we im
Commission, we moved all of the length from analog to digital. So that was cable, broadcast, satellite. The satellites have been launched but the service had not yet begun. We came up with a Digital Television standards, radio standards. My First Commission meeting, we did band plan and we were just getting auction authority. We begin the first auction at which point they used the hand placards to bid on. It was an exciting time to be there, plus on top of all that we implemented the 1996 telecom act which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in local telepathy and video. And also dramatically changed the landscape for broadcast, widening the ability to consolidate broadcast propertie properties. Host looking back 20 years later, did you get it right . Did the groundwork laid correctly . Guest some of the did. Keep in mind the other thing we did which is so important, and cspan can appreciate this greatly, is Childrens Television programming, three hour require
Government. Created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. The communicators at the state conference in washington, d. C. We will show you some of the interviews we conducted with members of congress, government officials and Technology Leaders and now joining us on the communicators is susan, commissioner ness, tell us some of the issues you dealt with back in the 90s when you were an fcc commissioner. You know, the golden age of the commission. We moved all of the lanes of the communication from analog to digital. That was cable, broadcast, satellite, the satellite had been launched but it had not quite blowgun. We came up with the Digital Television standard, radio standard, my First Commission meeting, we did plans, and extraordinary time geared and we were just given auction authority. We began the first auction at which point they actually used the hand lacquered to bid on that. It was an exciting time to be there. We implemented this 1996 telecom