United states Navy Memorial. Today, were pleased to have jan k. Herman here to discuss his new Naval Institute book, lucky few, the fall of saigon and the rescue mission of the uss kirk. Mr. Herman served as historian of the Navy Medicine department and special assistance to the Surgeon General for 33 years. Hes keeping busy in retirements as evidenced by this book. He has written numerous articles and books, including battle station sick bay, medicine and the korean war, and navy history in vietnam. Hes also produced documentary videos on medicine, including an internationallyacclaimed video on the lucky few. Join me in welcoming jan herman to the Navy Memorial. [ applause ] thank you, mark. I appreciate that introduction. At first glance, the story that youre going to hear today about the uss kirk seems like a little story. It seems like an almost insignificant tale, at that. Thats at first glance. For 35 years, it remained unknown and untold. That may be for a simple reason. Its a v
The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties. And in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Gutierrez, for five minutes. R. Gutierrez mr. Speaker, monday i returned from my third trip to puerto rico since Hurricane Maria devastated the island almost two months ago. I wish i could report a lot of progress is being made, but i cant. Its still a disaster and its a stain on the reputation of the United States of america. Most places dont have power. Generators, the sound you hear humming in every corner of the island, are running ragged from overuse. In many places the water is not on because the power is not on to pump it. And drinkable water mixes with sewer water all over the identifyland. Island. As you can see from this picture, people are tappin
Today there will be nominations and senate will look at the president s pick for the Labor Relations board and awaiting action in epa nomination for assistant administrator of the air and radiation office. Now to live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God, our father, help our lawmakers this day to do your work faithfully and well. Prepare them to be soberminded and filled with your spirit, accomplishing tasks that receive heavens approval. Lord, keep them from deviating from integrity, as they strive to ensure that their conduct rightly represents you. May they live lives of holiness and goodness, being as kind to others as they would wish them to be to them. Lord, prepare us all to stand before you in peace, without spot or blemish. As we pursue your peace on earth, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. We pray in your
Snap chats Parent Company goes public. Everybody here in the bay area is watching this closely. Daniels is a consultant focused on snap. It may inspire local Tech Companies to get serious. Seeing what happened today could really get boards excited. And if boards in the next couple months start saying, lets be like snap, we could have just a quite a herd of really nice companies, and unicorns heading toward the markets. That would be awesome. Potentially awesome for those companies, what about the bay area economy and housing market, which has been pricing people out for years. One ipo like that could make a difference. Steve has been a realtor in San Francisco for 40 years, and says, tech has changed the market, facebooks Public Offering in 2012, almost doubled the number of Million Dollar listings in menlo park. People make an offer in good faith, and the property gets bid up 20 , very frustrating. Folks do leave the city because of that. Another blockbuster ipo just makes that worse.
Joining us tonight. Two former Stanford University students are multibillionaires. This morning, snap cofoun r cofounders rang the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange as their company went publ public. The company had even more to celebrate after the closing bell. Snap finished its first day of trading at 24. 48. It managed to rise on a day the rest of the market dropped. The dow fell more than 100 points, the nasdaq dropped by 42. This is the biggest and most expensive American Tech Company to go public since facebook in 2012. Snap isnt a bay area company, its based in venice beach. Kate larson is live to explain how it has an influence on our local tech industry, kate . Even though snap is based in los angeles, it still feels like a Silicon Valley startup, a lot of the investors and people who work there are from the bay area. Which has people wondering if snap may be the end of a years long ipo dry spell. Snap chats Parent Company goes public. Everybody here in the bay area