Back over to you thats going to be a topic of more importance as we get through the back half of the year ylan, thank you. A move to crypto now, especially facebooks libra. The president took to twitter to say hes not a fan of bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies adding, quote, facebooks will have little standing or credibility. Libra a major topic on capitol hill during the fed chairs testimony. Take a listen. We agree that libra raises a lot of serious concerns. And those would include around privacy, money laundering, consumer protection, financial stability, and those are going to need to be thoroughly and publicly assessed and evaluated before this proceeds now weve got mark cuban sitting down with deirdre last night, saying that facebook is out over its skis. Im not a big fan of what theyre doing there. I think its a big mistake not so much because of what will happen here in the United States, but what will happen globally theres going to be some despot in some african country that
You from the nbc news center here in los angeles. Welcome everyone to alex witt reports. We begin with the Breaking News, Tropical Storm hilary has begun lashing the pacific coast. Live pictures from san diego in the direct path of the storm we are heavy rain is beginning to fall in parts of california, and now under a State Of Emergency. Moving to las vegas, preparations for the orders are underway there. Storm drains are being tested, and potential for historic flooding there. Heavy rain could reach up to ten inches in some areas hit by the storms. So the impact could be catastrophic. The next two days will be crucial. Will hilary move north through california today and then into Northern Nevada by monday morning. A short time ago, the category one hurricane was downgraded to a Tropical Storm. But it is the first to hit california since 1939. Officials are warning, take this seriously. There would be Power Outages, make no mistake. There will be Power Outages across Southern Californ
Now. At least 67 people have died in maui. And that toll is expected to unfortunately rise as more rubble is being searched. The wildfires damaging more than 3,000 home. Cnn is on the ground in maui with the very latest reporting from there. And a moment in American History. 50 years ago today hip hop was born in the bronx. Tonight we celebrate this Trailblazing Art Form that has changed america and the world. We have a whole lot of superstars on this stage tonight but i want yall to know one thing this is my house i wish we could start with run dmc, but we are starting here. The Attorney General has announced a Special Counsel will take over in the hunter biden investigation. Its not someone from outside the system. It is the same trump appointed federal prosecutor whos been overseeing the case for five years now. This is because the settlement, both Hunter Bidens lawyers and the prosecutors had agreed upon in his tax evasion and Gun Charge Case fell apart when the judge rejected it.
Pass senate bill 546 and housetd resolution 7659. H. R. 7659. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from texas, mr. Hunt, to suspend the rules and pass senate bill 546 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk senate 546, an act to amend the omnibus crime control and safe streets act of 1968 to authorize Law Enforcement agencies to use cops grants for recruitment activities, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcapt
We are now back the open session. Thank you, madam clerk. Deputy city attorney. Deputy john gibner. During the commission, the Committee Vote 20 with supervisor breed excused to forward items 78 and 11 through 29 for a full vote with a positive recommendation and consider 9 and 10 under consideration. Supervisor aaron peskin items 9 and 10 to appropriate funds from the commission. Thats right. To allow the Public Utilities commission to use those funds to pay for these two settlements. I will move those. Supervisor yee, can we take those without objection . Yes. On these items well take these with a full recommendation to the board as well. Madam clerk . We need a motion to disclose or not to disclose. Motion to not close without objection. Madam clerk that concludes the lengthy 30 item agenda. We are adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] the meeting will come to order. This is Vision Zero Committee for thursday, september 15, 2016. I apologize in the delay for the start time. Just finis