So it was the town who did it. Thank you. [applause] good evening. Im the Program Director here at the town hall and its my pleasure to welcome you to this evenings event presented by by telephone and University Bookstore as part of the seattle lectures. The purpose to of the caucuses by microsoft sponsorship provided. Our program will run for about 40 minutes tonight and after that we will have time for questions. We ask that you come to the microphones at the end of the stage so we can pick you up for the recording we are making and also that cspan is making. So brighter than usual tonight and then tonights program will be available through the Media Library on the website and then after the qanda books at the bookstore table on the other sides of the curtains here in the town hall cafe space will stay open for another few minutes if you want to chat about what weve heard tonight. Before i introduced against i want to mention a couple other events that might be of interest. The fall
Insiders on the future of the solar sector. And then we talk about one of the iconic land marks this new york city. Hilton worldwide selling its Astoria Hotel to the chinese for merely 2 billion. A good deal . And will president obama continue to make that hotel his new york city address when hes in town. And should he. Can weigh in. Tell us where you stand. Hi, simon. Were in negative territory here. We wiped out the earlier gains. But do remember were coming off the 208 point gain on the dow on friday in the wake of course of the employment report. Its a broad base markdown today. Telecoms are positive, other sectors are all in negative territory. Ten year note currently yielding 2. 407 . Lets get to the trading action. Bob pisani joining me. And weve lost a lot of momentum. S p 500 started very strong. Snksly rig ly essentially right up near the highs of the today. We had a nice pop in emerging markets at the open. We talked about brazil doing much better than people expected agains
Utilities commission to order. Man, woman, and child chair. President courtney. Commissioner moran. Commissioner torres and commissioner vietor is expected shortly thank you. So the first item on the agenda is the approval of the minutes commissioners. Mr. President , i had one change one item needed a statement of the action taken okay. So as amended ill move the minutes. Anything else commissioners that will be the order and its been second. Any Public Utilities on the minutes 2013. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. All in favor, say i. Opposed . The motion carries. Maam, secretary next item please. Item four is general pub any Public Comment . Any any Public Comment . Counselor good morning. Im eddy with the defense project. As you know its not a surprise that bite line is a supporter and mr. Kelly. Last we increased the revenue and this year were going to get questions. What is the statue for the sf this year. We ask for clarification so we may know about this program and hope
Like crazy, so it hasnt stopped the seasms crazy, that may be the disturbing word to use in that sentence. Here we are, almost a year from sandy hook, and the gun industry has been very successful at using these terrifying events to propel sales for fear of future crackdown on gun sales. Exactly. So the guns, they sell guns when there isnt violence, and they sell guns when theres more violence, and they continue to sell a lot more guns. They do. And later in this program, were going to be speaking with some researchers who have come out with a new report saying theyre going to be making some recommendation it is that they believe will prevent further gun violence. Were going to be talking more about the cost of gun violence. But lets return to our top story in washington. We have this deal, but it is no grand bar gafpblet patty murray and paul ryan need to sell this deal on the hill. Chief washington correspondent peter cook has the latest. Peter, what is exactly in this package . Well
Utilities commission to order. Man, woman, and child chair. President courtney. Commissioner moran. Commissioner torres and commissioner vietor is expected shortly thank you. So the first item on the agenda is the approval of the minutes commissioners. Mr. President , i had one change one item needed a statement of the action taken okay. So as amended ill move the minutes. Anything else commissioners that will be the order and its been second. Any Public Utilities on the minutes 2013. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. All in favor, say i. Opposed . The motion carries. Maam, secretary next item please. Item four is general pub any Public Comment . Any any Public Comment . Counselor good morning. Im eddy with the defense project. As you know its not a surprise that bite line is a supporter and mr. Kelly. Last we increased the revenue and this year were going to get questions. What is the statue for the sf this year. We ask for clarification so we may know about this program and hope