Almost 2 of the lows of the session. Look how quickly rebounced back. That 1. 2 decline put us right at the correction move. We were down about 10 from its recent house, maybe a bounce off that level is what we have . Havent had a correction in the nasdaq since 12 to. Yahoo is going to report earnings. The question is how much will that affect trading activity as well . That and a couple other companies will be reporting tonight as well. Speaking of fast moving changes, if you were watching this show yesterday, you know anything can happen in a final hour of trading, and heres what we were talking about. 3 00 yesterday, the dow fading fast. Only to do a stunning turnaround in what some down here, yes, were calling the shaq rally. There he is. When bill and i started interviewing the former nba great here at the exchange, maybe coincidence. I think not. The real point of all of this, we need to get shaq back on the floor right now. I think the traders would agree with that. That was an
Dedicated to preserving foundational American Values in a time of rapid technological change. I am Kevin Bankston the policy director of the open Technology Institute which is the tech policy and technical modeling of new america where we are focused on building a stronger and more open internet for a stronger and more open society. I want to thank you for all coming here today and braving the heat or for tuning in via the webcast or cspan for todays panel Event National insecurity agency, how the nsa surveillance programs undermined Internet Security. Since they first note and lakes all the controversy around the nsa has been focused on its programs to collect phone records under section 215 of the patriot act and its moderating of internet under section 202 under the fisa amended that been focused on the debate over how to reform the surveillance statutes. Yet the nsa is also engaged in a wide variety of conduct that in our view is fundamentally threatening the basic security of the
The result was overwhelming. The house stood up to the American People and for the constitution. That is something we can all celebrate. We sent a strong signal; that if the government wants to collect information on u. S. Citizens, get a warrant. Thank you for your hard wok on this important issue, and i look forward to working together with each of you to keep pushing for safer, more secure internet. All right. Thank you, congresswoman lofgren. And next up, alan grayson, representative alan grayson. mn congressman alan grayson. Thank you for inviting me to share this panel on the nsa, and thank you for all the good work you do to protect private and security in america and throughout the world. Listen to me. If the Chinese Government had proposed to put in a back door into our computers and then paid 10 million to make that the standard, wed be furious, wed be angry. Wed do something about it. What about if its our own government that does that . Thats exactly what the nsa has become
To house their operational staff and service their vehicles are in a marginal poor state of repair. Are these facilities a threat to the health and welfare of our transit workers . First, i think i should be clear that we believe the systems are safe. Transit is one of the safest modes of travel we have available to us in this day and age. We also believe strongly there are steps that need to be taken in order to address the safety, not just of the general public, but the employees that work for the agencies as well. Theres no question, when you are dealing with an aging infrastructure and the needs required to maintain that infrastructure, employees are going to be working in Hazardous Conditions with moving vehicles and things of that nature that can make for an unsafe situation. But there are steps that transit agencies take and do take, and i know from my own experience, we focus closely at cta on making sure the operators have appropriate training, appropriate tools, the appropria
Declared the winner of the primary Runoff Election by 6700 votes after finishing second in the first primary driven to his victory by courting support from africanamerican democratic voters. The House Veterans Affairs committee is holding a series of hearings looking at medical care problems at the va and tomorrow the committee will look at how they handled whistle blower complaints. That is like at 7 30 eastern. We invite you to join the converation about the va on facebook and twitter. From roll call, john boehner is moving to a late july vote to authorize the lawsuit against president obama as he tries to check executive power and stoke the republican base. Committee staffers are discussing several executive actions boehner could target and widdle the list down to the fewest number of actions that will give the suit the best chance of being heard. Again that news item from roll call today. Now you can keep in touch with Current Events from the Nations Capital with cspan radio. 20226