Mr. Pallone thank you, all, for being here today. I want to thank all of our participants at this joint energy and commerce and judiciary democratic forum. I want to thank our Judiciary Committee Ranking Member i call him chairman, mr. Conyers. I havent been in this position so i can refer to you as chairman but not myself. So thank you, chairman conyers, for joining us to examine the longterm impacts of repetitive brain traumatic and particular trauma associated with sports. I look forward to the dialogue. Every week this time of the year Football Players at all levels take the field and engage in a contact sport they enjoy playing but may be harmful to their health in the future. There are a lot of concerning questions that we will discuss today. At the very least athletes and their families need to know they are being informed about the health risk and the risks associated with Contact Sports are being mitigated to the greatest extent possible. With more and more research coming out
Thank you all for being here today. Our judiciaryk Committee Ranking member chairman condors because he was the chairman because chairman when we were in the majority. I can refer to you as chairman, but not myself. Thank you chairman for joining us to examine the longterm impacts of repetitive brain trauma, in particular trauma associated with Contact Sports. I look forward to engaging in dialogue about this issue. Playersek, football take the field and engage in a contact and engage in a contact sport they enjoy playing but may be harmful to their health in the future. There are a lot of concerning questions that we will discuss today. At the very least athletes and their families need to know they are being informed about the health risk and the risks associated with Contact Sports are being mitigated to the greatest extent possible. With more and more research coming out, the evidence is becoming clearer and clearer, the effects of repeated head trauma, even those received during o
Seemingly more stable usa. But on greece markets now well off their lows. Mary thompson what are people saying down there . While we are off the lows as you pointed out, dont get too excited and think that were past the worst of it we are not. The dow was down 166 points at the worse www. Point. Right now were down about 30. Vix which popped up 10 at the open is now only fractionally higher after pulling back. This that is a fear index we watch here at the new york stock exchange. The story remains the same. We are seeing a bid in gold a bid in the dollar and were seeing a bid in bonds today. Again, the concerns about greece continue to be at the forefront of traders minds but again they are waiting to see what happens tomorrow and throughout the rest of the week. China is also a concern and weighing on the markets. You can see that reflected in some of the weakness we are seeing in the Energy Sector down on concerns about a couple of things. Of course we had a higher rig count here in
Live on capitol hill, the house is not in session but democrats on the energy and Commerce Committee holding a meeting looking at a trage. Theyll hear from med looking at traum brain injury. Theyll hear from medical professionals. Its about to get under way. Frank pallone, the Ranking Member of the energy and Commerce Committee, is leading the meeting. Mr. Pallone thank you, all, for being here today. I want to thank all of our participants at this joint energy and commerce and judiciary democratic forum. I want to thank our Judiciary Committee Ranking Member i call him chairman, mr. Conyers. I havent been in this position so i can refer to you as chairman but not myself. So thank you, chairman conyers, for joining us to examine the ongterm impacts of repetitive brain traumatic and particular trauma associated with sports. I look forward to the dialogue. Every week this time of the year Football Players at all levels take the field and engage in a contact sport they enjoy playing but m
International treaty. The police chief said investigators are trying to determine how the substance was brought into country. People are voicing concerns over airport security. I think its very big concern for security if somebody can carry poison thats very scary. Wow. Big strong effort, yeah, security. Kim died last week after being assaulted as he prepared to board a flight to macau. The police have delay people in in custody. The chief said one of them was made ill by the toxin. I dont want to explain much. The third suspect is a north korean man. The police raided his home near kuala lumpur. Chemicals were seized from the condo along with other evidence. They demand that north korea handled over four other men. They want to question more North Koreans who are still in malaysia. They include an Embassy Official and employee of the stateowned airlines. The agent used was probably brought to malaysia from north korea. The chemical weapons specialist said the perpetrators likely chose