I want to focus on an issue ive been working on, which is the issue of Insider Trading. It erodes faith in our Capital Markets. It rewards insiders at the expense of often Retail Investors and is a real problem. What our witnesses know well, but the American People may not, is that there is no statutory prohibition on Insider Trading. The s. E. C. Can and does prosecute insider training through their antifraud and antimanipulation authority, but the case law that shapes this Insider Trading law is far from a solid foundation. Decisions can radically alter the landscape of what is unlawful almost overnight. Im a believer that if were going to prosecute someone for a crime we should put the crime into a statute. Im grateful both for the support and cooperation of the commission as well as the support of chairwoman waters and chairwoman maloney as well as the cooperation of the Ranking Member. We continue to work with my colleagues to refine the bill i want to give thoughts on some ideas
Of peaceful protest same as pivotal in toppling the dictatorship in the form a stalemate on this day in 1989 some 70000 people turned out for marches in the city of lifes ish it was a decisive moment in a chain of events that led to the collapse of east german communism and the fall of the bone and more people held candles and pace fully demanded more freedom and democracy despite the threat of a heavy government crackdown the demonstrations my motto was the people. Well lymans from now german president frank volta on my is due to give a speech commemorating those events lets cross now to leipzig where ceremonies are already underway kate brady is standing by there for us i believe can we hear you kate. Ok 2. I have been listening to good stuff manas symphony number one that to mark the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the protests that really began the end of east germanys political regime and to tell us a bit more ive got simon young data correspondent with me in the studio s
Those plants wants to lead this news hour including a political showdown birds in the us as a whistleblower complaint of portably involving donald trump s block from congress. On violence in afghanistan just mine days before the president ial election. And supports the world number 2 rory mcilroy has a day to forget at the p. G. A. Championship will have all the details in our sport ground up. Now the leader of israels opposition blue and White Party Benny Gantz he should be the nations next Prime Minister he appears to have rejected the current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is offer of a power sharing Unity Coalition making a 3rd election in less than a year more likely. Went to the polls on tuesday with 1009 percent of the votes counted ganss center right party has 33 seats thats just ahead of netanyahu is conservative look good party which has 31 seats but both are well short of the 61 seats needed for a majority in Israels Parliament president groovin rivlin has now has to deci
I want to welcome you in our session and military history, im been here a long time at the university and we have for very young historians so i feel a generation or two and beyond. Ill introduce them in a moment. But before i do, i want to tell you are actually here. Our historians our specialists and the American Revolutionary and particular interest and military aspects. As you learn from listening to them, their approaches for independence are very considerably and speaking up by the way because there is no microphone in here and allows you to do the same we get to the queue or nay. We are going to hear remarks on gender and personal narrative in the meetings of con reds and the influence of military service and state formation and we have called the session the military history of the American Revolution but whatever we call it, our panel is theyre going to illustrate the Central Point of all military history. That is the field encompasses of all perspectives and it could bring to
Passing on the complaint to congress the u. S. Media is reporting that this relates to a phone call between trump and a foreign leader well try to deny the accusation and heres what he tweeted another fake news story out there it never ends virtually any time i speak on the phone to a foreign leader i understand that there may be many people listening from various u. S. Agencies not to mention those from the other country itself no problem mike hanna has more from washington d. C. The original complaint went to the Inspector General who briefed members of congress in the course of this day according to those who he spoke to he said that the matter is credible and the complaint is of an urgent nature now he refused to divulge the exact details of the complaint or indeed confirm that it did relate to President Trump however he clearly gave enough information to make members of the House Intelligence Committee even more concerned the situation now the acting director of National Intellige