Secretary, it finance committee receives his paperwork and will vote hon the nomination. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then former secretary and governor of utah whom we welcome today. Mike, good to see you and have you back. And senator young, whos a member of this committee, will introduce him after mr. Azars testimony, senators will each have five minutes of questions. We already have a good turnout so i anticipate a good vigorous questioning period. Confirmed to leave the department of health and Human Services, youll be leading a 1. 11 trillion budget. That almost equals the totals of the Appropriations Bills that Congress Passes each year to Fund Everything from National Defense to national laboratories. Medicare and medicaid. Our nations government run Insurance Programs for it poor and elderly. Mental hilth health and Substance Abuse. The National Institutes of health, where, with francish collins excellent leadership, the leading efforts to disco
Flat but even with stocks near record highs as represented in this graphic by the happy scuba diver, theres warning signs lurking beneath the surface. It all boils down to this. Do the moves in these areas in the market make you nervous about this rally at what point could they break through that surface, pete quite honestly, i look at this market and think the rotation has been going on weve seen it time and time again in energy, something lags, whether its technology, financials, whatever if theres a concern right now of whats maybe lurgeking, wer completely blind to the fact that north korea is still out there, quantitative tightening is still out there there are catalysts that could push us to the downside. Were in a pause phase, it feels like to me mike from Morgan Stanley was here, he waited until last week and said, you know what, it feels like its a time for a refresh or pause it makes sense to me based upon what weve had and what are the catalysts . Weve had earnings, weve gon
Interest rates, the prices in our shops and the strength of the pound will all be closely watched next year. Ill be taking a look at the big stories for our finances in 2017. And carol has our weather forecast. Very similar to what we had yesterday. Starting on a frosty note, with patchy fog, some of which is dense and will be slow to clear. But there is sunshine in the forecast and some rain coming in the north west. More details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The hollywood Actress Debbie Reynolds has died, just one day after the death of her daughter, the film star Carrie Fisher. She was 84 and is believed to have suffered a stroke. Her career spanned seven decades, but she was best known for her role in the 1952 musical, Singin In The Rain, opposite gene kelly. Our los angeles correspondent david willis reports. Good morning, good morning, its great to stay up late. Good morning, good morning to you. Debbie reynolds, 19 years old, singing and dancing on film for
Roll call. City clerk commissioner avalos, present, commissioner campos, absent, commissioner cohen, present, commissioner kim, present, commissioner mar, mar absent. We have a quorum. Supervisor john avalos if you can call our consent calendar. These items are considered routine. Staff of prepared to present if desired and maybe removed. Supervisor john avalos colleagues, any comments on our consent calendar. Hearing none. Any member of the public would like to comment. Seeing none come forward, we have a motion to move these items forward. Second. Motion from commissioner kim, second by commissioner cohen and well take that with a roll call vote. City clerk commissioner avalos, aye, commissioner campos, absent, commissioner cohen, yes, commissioner kim, aye, mar absent. The consent calendar is approved. Great. Well go on to item no. 5. Item 5 recommending and accepting the audit report. This is an action item. Supervisor john avalos we have a presentation. Good morning from finance a
For the next item [inaudible] good afternoon commissioners. Today is worlds aids day and there are lots of events going around in the city, but just want to acknowledge because it is worlds aids day and [inaudible] who has stay would the department for i believe over 20 years and shell tell usill have her come up and say a couple words. She doesnt know this yet, Tracey Packer is the Program Director fl for the San Francisco aids foundation is a incredible leader in the aids field. [inaudible] where there was no treatment so as we moved in our medical advances she is leading in bringing that prevention and treatment together so want to bring her up for one minute and give her a hand. Please correct me on the number of years you are with the department. 23 is a half. Thank you very much everyone. It is true you become the pract director . Senior director of [inaudible] it is a very exciting opportunity because i think we will get to 0, the San Francisco aids foundation will support that