Because a truism in Information Technology, which goes all the way back to the ibm main frames and bell labs worked with the government in world war ii is the first user of Information Technology and most advanced user of Information Technology is going to be the defense establishment in the u. S. Government. And i use defense in the broadest term. Im talking about anything associated with defense. So theyre first guys in, and when we build qwest, or as we went public with what we were building, before we had laid more than a thousand miles of cable, we did 26,000 in the u. S. We were already engaged or approached to participate. So what was the you were asked to chair this committee called the Network Reliability and interoperability council. Explain what that really was trying to accomplish. There was really two federal advisory committees of substance for the Technology Industry. The Technology Industry included not just the telecoms, it included microsoft and ciscos the people you
Maybe you have a weapon or Something Like that. But this is a warrant to do whatever. It is a littleknown fact. That they have a reference to keep them uptodate on the technology. [inaudible] [laughter] that violent do violent videogames thatcher remember when she was expecting concerned about the breath of the ban in the statute she made a comment about the clerks back up the chain so they can get educated. And Justice Sotomayor mentioned shes a fan of technology and has more than one device and i think just having that degree of diversity on the bench and technological experience diversity for ones is important. Disney hd or whatever its called. Okay lets go to this gentleman right here. We will ask all of you if you could just introduce yourself and tell us if you have any affiliation and then ask your question. I am an adjunct professor at Georgetown University law center and i would like to ask professor kenrick can you please tell us what is the procedural history of that case .
Outbreak . We speak to the companys ceo, coming up. Also lyft you know, lyft are raising another 150 million right now, the majority coming from carl icahn. Coming up well discuss how much this cash and icahns name can help lyft compete with uber. More of those puns are awaiting us. The story today, bill that has everybody talking from Silicon Valley to back here on wall street. What are carl icahns intentions and what does it signal about the prospects for these two in the markets . Exactly. The dow, well start with the blue chips there, up about 3 points. The s p roughly flat. Remember yesterday with the close of 2121. That was a new alltime high for the index. The dow is still 30 points away from where it needs to be. 18,288 is the number we need to keep an eye out for. 33 points shy at the moment. The nasdaq slightly under pressure and still has a few points to go as well if it wants a new high water mark. This is the third friday of the month, therefore, it is expiration day as we
Lawrence lindsay saying we could see a bond market tantrum if janet yellen and the fed dont raise Interest Rates. A new Study Finds Companies may be buying back stock at a record pace. However, corporate insiders are not. Thats interesting. Coming up well discuss whether thats a sign that executives believe stocks are starting to become too expensive right now. Watching the insider trade. Heres what we see, right now with an hour to go the dow is up 16 points. Buffeted by earnings today. The s p adding about 4 points. Nasdaq up 19 bill as we continue to get the pulse of the u. S. Consumer today. Lets get to whats going on in the world today in the world of finance. Our Closing Bell Exchange with some of our favorite people Jack Bouroudjian, Keith Fitzgerald from moneymorning. Com. Susan fulton from fbb Capital Partners and our own Rick Santelli. Rick, ill start with you because the markets response is interesting, maybe instructive. After the minutes came out, nothing happened. And in
Who knows your local representative or if the state nacdl affiliate has a relationship with a member of the state legislature that is another opportunity where there is a lot of room to work. And i mentioned utah, but it is the same experience right now in oregon, for example. Oregon association of criminal defense lawyers is working with the aclu of oregon and legislator to get a great piece of comprehensive electronic privacy legislation that has suppression remedyies, a warrant requirement for location, for cell phones it has great restrictions on license plate reader data. That is also another kind of middle ground approach. I hate to wrap this discussion up, it has been so great. I want to thank our discussants for great commentary and you and the audience and online for the great questions. And, again thank you very much. Our next phase of this is i believe, jumana will tell you about it. [ applause ] tonight a discussion on the legacy of former First Lady Laura Bush. The Panel I