[roll call] you have a quorum. Item 3 announcement of prohibition of soundproducing devises. The ringing of use of cellphones and pagers and sound producing electric devices are prohibited and the chair may over the removal from the room of any person responsibility for one going off in the middle of the meeting. The minutes of february 18th, 2020 regular meeting. No members have turned in a public speaker card. Public comment is closed. We have the minutes ill entertain a motion. Move. Second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed. Consider those approved. Clerk communications. Mr. Chair i have none for you today. Item 6, introduction of new or Unfinished Business by Board Members. Any new or Unfinished Business youd like to address . Very good. Clerk directors report. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. It is my pleasure to turn the mic over to director of transit, Julie Kirshbaum foray wards for her amazing crews who do the actual hard work of serving our public. I think th
Grieves for the court and they will take a vote at 1 45 eastern. Now, live coverage 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 of might and mercy, thank you for providing our lawmakers with opportunities for courageous and noble service. Inspire them to labor for your glory in all they say and do. Illuminate their minds with the light of your divine precepts. Equip our senators for their tasks that they may be physically fit, mentally alert, morally straight, and spiritually strong. Create in them the life of purity, honesty, and altruism that contributes solutions to the problems they face. May they work with perseverance and magnanimity for the new and better day toward which your divine intentions guide them. We pray in your faithful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the
, u. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum hosted a Panel Discussion looking at the continuing quest to bring former nazis to justice. They explored questions raised by recent trials, such as if perpetrators are ever too old or frail to prosecute, and whether it ever too late for accountability. Speakers at this event included a holocaust survivor, a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist, and a documentary filmmaker. Good evening, everyone. Jessica abraham. Welcome allased to of you in the audience, as those as well as those of you watching online. I want to recognize the embassy of canada, cosponsor of tonights program. You will hear from a representative of the embassy a little later in the evening. I also had the pleasure of serving as cochair of the lenders community. The institution and the museum is one that not only honors the dictums of the holocaust, but ofnds as a stark reminder the importance and relevance of the lessons of the holocaust. Impelling has found ways to engage many audiences,
Is my honor to turn him to run this discussion about unknown air missions. [applause] thank you. As pete said, the title of this panel is unknown air missions. Some into this panel but they peaked in 1943 but we move to 1944s we have other debacles to talk about. Were going to look at operation enter horn and operation frantic, the first is sometimes bizarre and attempt to deploy between nine to the china burma india theater and the others and attempt to shuttle bond with the russians that did more to launch the cold war then to end world war ii. Theres a nasty pattern emerging here for the panels they want me to moderate. The last conference i got to sit and rickich Frank Atkinson who talked about the so i feel obligated to say today as i said then, that i want to remind everyone here we did eventually win the war. [laughter] we have to great presenters search date good friends of mine and trevor presenter. First is Tami Davis Biddle besides responsible for the most import parts of th
Atmosphere. We will get details from microsoft president and cfo. We will look at what an internet pioneer sees in the decade to come. Now, after three years in the making, the u. S. And china signed phase one of the trade deal on wednesday. Chineset trump and officials put pen to paper for a deal that the president claims will have a Significant Impact on the tax world. Pres. Trump china has made enforceable commitments regarding the protection of american ideas, patents, and trade law. They have also agreed to confront pirated goods. Which is a big problem for many people in the room. Those people in the room with in the room being those of the likes of executives from micron, qualcomm, ebay, and others. I spoke to the director of digital and cyberspace policy on the council of Foreign Relations in new york. In washington, eddie collins. We have learned that the u. S. And china have taken the first step to negotiate some big imports into the u. S. In terms of china promising to commi