Thank you for coming. The executive director of the bigcity Health Coalition want to say a special thank you to Representative Office for securing the space for us and while i know the congresswoman could not be here today i want to thank her for being a true champion for Public Health also the American Academy of pediatrics for being such a great partner as we planned this event. The Health Coalition started in 2002 is a forum for leaders of the largest metropolitan Health Department for strategies to jointly address issues to promote and protect the health and safety of the residents we have those jurisdictions whose Health Department serves nearly 62 million or one out of five americans well have two jurisdictions here today. You have bios in front of you i will not take up time i want to introduce the panel that i will turn it over to them. The order in which they are presenting doctor kraft is the immediate precedent of aat the commissioner of health in new york city the chief med
[indiscernible chattering] hello, everyone, and welcome to the Atlantic Council. Welcome to everyone here and those watching on cspan and our livestream. I am william wexler, and i lead Atlantic Councils work on the middle east. Im delighted to welcome you to. N event today this event is on the record, and please tweet if you are so inclined and if so, use the shapingsacntions we are here to learn more about hezbollah and its finances. Hezbollah is one of the most sophisticated terrorist organizations and stabilizing factor in the middle east. Iran reportedly provides the terrorist group with hundreds of millions of dollars annually. This money has advanced the iranian agenda, undermining balance, challenging the Lebanese Armed forces as the sole legitimate protector of the countrys security, providing ondemand proxy Ground Forces for iran;s moore in syria cup irans more in syria, maintaining top terrorist ability in the region and around the world, and directly threatening israel. But
Saw on friday, you got to remember that this president doesnt want stocks to go down he wants stocks to go higher and thats how you get a day like today where the dow gained 270 points and s p claimed and the nasdaq pole vaulted to 1. 23 trump knew things looked bad after fridays sell off. He decided to Say Something positive and turned things around did he call them did they call him there was a call people, thats beside the point. On friday the president took a harsh stance talking about boosting tariffs and demanding American Companies leave china immediately. He says the chinese called him willing to negotiate that was enough to give the market lift even though were getting conflicting reports about what happened. The peoples republic has officially denied anyone called trump. On the other hand, trump got two calls because the chinese are desperate and knows he has the upper hand who is telling the truth i got to tell you, i was amazed how quickly most of the media rushed to decide
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