Issues that congress is confronting. Zoe lofgren, democrat of california, who represents a lot of the hightech companies in the Silicon Valley area. She serves on the Judiciary Committee and the internet subcommittee. She talks about some of the issues that they are facing. And john shimkus is a republican from illinois. Hes on the energy and commerce committee. That committee covers a lot of the Telecommunications Issues as well. Well, whenever we talk about the issue of privacy on the communicators, we often turn to representative zoe lofgren, a democrat from california. Guest right. Host whats your particular interest in all the privacy issues . Guest well, it really is rooted in the constitution. You know, if youre intimidated that the government is tracking everything you do, not only does it deal with the Fourth Amendment, but it also has an impact on the first amendment. Under our constitution the citizens have a right to speak their minds, to say what they think is right. And a
Entrepreneurs and Small Business people, you know, when they are starting off, they are borrowing from their brothers and their sisters and begging and scratching and, you know, taking credit cards and running up debt. Inherently theres risk involved. So i dont want to give anybody the illusion who is out there starting a business or wanting to launch a business that its going to be easy. It will not be. There are ways where we can make a difference and oftentimes particularly in rural areas of africa you dont need a lot of capital to get started. Right. So you may be able if you buy one piece of equipment that can increase yields for a whole bunch of farmers in that community, and then the profits, additional profits that they make you now allows you to buy two pieces of equipment and then four and then eight, you can grow fairly rapidly because the baseline of capital in that community may be relatively low. So you dont necessarily have huge barriers of entry. You need that initial c
Around the world. New training sessions and meetings with experts on how to launch start ups. And it all begins today and to get started all of you, all you have to do is go to y yali. State. Gov. Were creating new leadership centers. Were joining with american universities, African Institution and private sector partners like microsoft and Mastercard Foundation we want to thank two of them. They are helping to finance this. Give microsoft and Mastercard Foundation a round of applause. [ applause ] starting next year Young Africans can come to these centers to access the latest technology and get training in management and entrepreneurship and were starting in senegal, ghana, south africa and kenya. [ applause ] and we aim to help tens of thousands of Young Africans access the skills and resources they need to put their ideas into action. So the point of all this is we believe in you. I believe in you. I believe in every one of you who are doing just extraordinary things. Like this wom
Look forward to. They are no longer saying, my first option is to leave. They say, i have a technical degree that i am getting interest him in tourism. We have implemented measures in the western area and the coal so that allowscountry us to provide opportunities. I agree that we have to intervene in those areas where there are violent acts. I am looking behind you. I mean, you. Please stand up. Ok. Do not stand up. I am asking my question in spanish. You had a meeting the president is holding a meeting with mr. Obama. What to expect out of the meeting . Are there questions that you would like to pose . Specifically, looking at what happened to the u. S. Congress and the freezing of the funds by the president . What is the success that the meeting is going to have . This meeting is part of a sequence that started with the visit of joe biden in quanah mullah. Guatamala. Mullah meeting with secretary kerry. Johnsonved secretary and the secretary for mexico. I think that this is important
The eyes of the nation on brazil as the u. S. Gets set to take on belgium at the world cup today, tuesday, july 1st, 2014. I believe that we will win announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. I believe that we will win i love the sound of that. Good morning. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. We believe that we will win. Its a very catchy slogan. I have to say, im a little nervous. Belgiums good. I know, youre a nervous nellie. Tits been a great tournamen. Dont worry, i brought sedatives for you this afternoon. Natalie is at her post in brazil. She believes that we will win. But weve got breaking news to get to. Its israel striking back at hamas, blaming that group for the deaths of three teenagers who were kidnapped more than two weeks ago. Nbcs keir simmons has the latest on the overnight developments. Keir, good morning to you. Good morning. Tensions are deepening this morning after the three teens, one