Percent right now. Almost 30 points higher in the premarket. In europe stocks were mixed. You see the ft 100 other fraction as the dax index is down. Gains across the board to report on the heels of the record around wall street yesterday. Hong kong, hang seng index and three quarters of 1 . The Health Care Debate rages on. Lawmakers rejected a claim repeal of obamacare yesterday. Details of the smaller version of the bill begins to pick up steam. Tragedy in ohio to report. One person was killed, several others injured after an attraction at the state fair malfunction. Governor john k. Sake ordered alright shut down following the incident. It is a very, very tense situation when you go somewhere to celebrate and you are with friends and sometimes with family. The fare is about the best things in life and tonight but this accident, it becomes a terrible, terrible tragedy. Trade to three people remained in Critical Condition this morning. A dire warning of her travel to mexico. At least
I want to welcome you to the subcommittee. I appreciate the commissioners appearing to offer their testimony today. And we appreciate that we have been able to hear from you in advance of this hearing. Beencc has not reauthorized since 1990 and its current appropriation is 430 million. It is charged with the administration of Communications Act. Reexamine the Core Functions and restore a culture of humility that was lacking under the regulatory class left by chairman wheeler. The fcc plays a vital role in our increasingly Technology Dependent society. The subcommittee has released a draft for consideration. I would be remiss by not discussing Net Neutrality. The commissions decision to classify the internet as a public utility was a power grab laced with the irony of suffocating the most innovative part of our economy with in 1930s era law. This gave new meaning to the term progressive. Reply comments to the commissions are due august 18. We hope you are keeping that wed whacker handy.
Is testimony to its success, said thank you very much. It is my distinct honor to introduce dr. Faulkner, one of the primary historians of the American Experience in world war i. Is a graduate of that other university of kansas that i will not mention, but as the author of two books of the American Experience in world war i, the first call the school of hard knocks about, experience and the second, which was just published called pershings crusaders, a 1917 andexamination of 1918, and you are about to get a presentation on some of the faced when they arrived in france about how to get across that protected area so they could get to the enemy and force a decision. Please join me in welcoming dr. Faulkner. [applause] good afternoon. I would like to thank the Dole Institute for providing me an opportunity to lecture and for their continued support of the series. This room gets easily depressed, this is probably not the briefing for you. We are going to talk about some ugly things, ugly as
Snow. Most of it snow fell over the last six hours. And the snow totals are going to continue to rise. Could put california back in the black where water is concerned. And probably the most encouraging thing is, unlike many years where we stood up here in january it looks like we have a series of cold storms stretching it for the next week. Thats going to really bolster the snow pack. Reporter by thursday morning, those storms could dump up to 5 feet of snow in the sierra. With three months of viable snowfall to follow, thats excellent news. Not only for those measuring the snow, but for those who enjoy it as well. People are out there having a great time getting ready. Reporter but while theyre having fun it could also be dangerous with avalanche warnings. The wind and rain is really picking up. Reporter we are getting a bit of that downpour and that strong wind thats coming through that you can see right now or actually just see through my hair if you can actually see that. The good
The measure you have a quorum. Also with us i is the chief of Police William scott and director of the department of Police Accountability choice hicks. Thank you mdm. Sec. Mems of the public welcome to the meeting wednesday march 8, 2016 of the San Francisco Police Commission. In reviewing the agenda there are no additions or changes so we will begin with the first line item. Mdm. Sec. Item number one consent calendar receipt and file action. Sfpd dpa document protocol Quarterly Report fourthquarter 2016 okay. Commissioners, in your package is a memorandum from lieut. Catherine wayland and deputy chiefs sainez lane for the occ document protocol Quarterly Report for the Fourth Quarter. I understand from the secretary there are no issues with this report. I have reviewed it in detail and its on the consent calendar. Hopefully you received it earlier and have done so as well. With that i moved to adopt second. Okay Public Comment Public Comments. My name is john jones is unfair to the pu