[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this full Committee Nomination hearing will come to order. This morning the committee will consider four nominations the key transportation positions within our jurisdiction. Nominees before us today are eric soskin, the nominee to be Inspector General for the department of transportation. Robert primus who is been nominated to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board. Sarah feinberg, nominated to be director of the amtrak board of directors, and chris coons was been nominated to be a direct of the amtrak board of directors. The Inspector General for the part of transportation overseas critical audits and investigations of dots programs with the end goal of ensuring that our National Transportation system is safe, efficient, and effective for the american people. Eric soskin the numbered for the some portable. Mr. Soskin is a senior trial counsel in the federal Programs Branch at the u. S. Department of justice where he h has s
The board of governors of the Federal Reserve system and doctor christopher, the member of the board of governors in the Federal Reserve system. Welcome and congratulations to each of you for your nominations. I see friends and family in the room today and i welcome them as well. Were fortunate to have these two highly qualified nominees appearing today. These positions are critical to ensuring a safe, sound and vibrant Financial System in the healthy growing economy. The Federal Reserve was created by congress as the nations central bank to promote a stable economy and a safer more flexible Financial System. Among the Federal Reserve responsibility is conducting the nation Monetary Policy with the mandated promoting maximum employment, and moderate longterm Interest Rate. In addition to its Monetary Policy that oversees a significant portion of the sector including large, regional and Community Banks as well as certain nonbanks. It aims to foster a safe and efficient payment and settl
That gives you much better sense of where it is the dow slipped and s p declined and nasdaq lost 7. 4 because of an escalation of tensions in the mideast against britain, the United States and iran and before that the market was doing well you need to understand were about to embark on the busiest week of the year for industrial earnings we will be flooded with new information. If you cant handle it if there is some sort of congregation in the gulf, this might be the perfect weak to take your Summer Vacation on monday we have two important quarters we hear from whirlpool, the appliance maker and hall l halln if the latest reports and revolutionary guards, Republican Guard seize. They seize British Royal tanker. The price of crude barely budged for heavens sake. Maybe halliburton confirms what schlumberger told us this market is not the least bit excited about oil. The banks have told us that the consumer is flushed. We heard that the other day at bank of america but how flushed . Wi wh
Situation. Everyones expecting a trump biden rematch , but could biden rematch, but could americans vote for another president kennedy . We have a year and one month until the election. Lets go until the election. Lets go take back our country. God bless you and god bless the United States of america. What are states of america. What are rfks chances of winning the white house now . Hes broken off from the democrats. Well get stateside analysis for you coming up. Analysis for you coming up. And then jonathan will have your latest Weather Forecast. Its a chilly but sunny start to sunday for many of us with that sunshine prevail throughout the rest of today. Rest of today. Join me for the full forecast later find out. Later to find out. And, course , aidens got and, of course, aidens got your support this morning. Your support this morning. Yeah, good morning. At the Rugby World Cup there was heartache ireland and for heartache for ireland and for wales as all eyes switched to englands r
Those hazy skies this week. Is it looking better today . Yeah we were talking about the worst day being tuesday and each day after that, certainly hazy, but not as bad. And were in that realm again today as we have another spare the air alert. The cold front is on the way, though, for monday. That will really help us out. But between now and then, were going to see some improvements slowly, certainly as we get into your sunday live doppler seven, partly cloudy skies. This was a look at our sutro tower camera. You can see the haze there. Poor air quality north bay coast and central bay with moderate air quality elsewhere. Everyone improves tomorrow and it is 56. Downtown, 57 in Mountain View, half moon bay. And well be looking at some haze with partly cloudy conditions today to mostly sunny 55 in concord. But temperatures remain below average, mainly in the upper 60s from San Francisco, mid 70s and oakland and inland. Well see some upper 70s, but tomorrow well see some big improvements