We appreciate your staff bringing you in. Before i make my opening statement, we all have had an opportunity to look at some of the coolest things here. It is a bit unusual for a Committee Hearing to have a smithsonian artifact here. Everybody will have a chance to take a look at the mall. They are really unbelievable. You have some meteorites here. Sort of makes you think dress part. Think of jurassic park. We have the first artificial heart. A picture of harriet tubman. Somebody took a lot of pride in keeping that picture. Everyone will have a chance to take a look at these artifact. We thought it would be a way to set the stage for what goes on. When i leave here im going to try to get a job at the smithsonian, it is difficult to you today we are holding this hearing to discuss the current priorities of the Smithsonian Institution, as well as challenges and opportunities on the horizon. Congress established the Smithsonian Institution in 18 46 to carry out the will of anger scientis
I will let the state have a Pilot Program to do it. Kevin, it has been great. Thank you for taking the time. It has been great. What the annual was about reading festival. Roosevelt reading festival. At the beginning of september will live from the Nations Capital for the National Book festival, celebrating his 15th year. Those are a few events this summer. On wednesday, the House Administration Committee Heard about some of the smithsonians upcoming projects. Efforts to digitize objects in the museums collection. He also had an update of the National Museum of African American history culture, that is expected to open next year. He is serving as missoni and acting secretary until july 1. This is about 45 minutes. We have this meteorite here it sort of makes you think about jurassic park. Artificial heart. A picture that business only and told us they got off of ebay. They had to do almost nothing to it, it was in such great condition. Someone took a lot of pride in keeping that pictur
Restaurants, and over a seven year period, ran up 29 million in charges on his black American Express card. He documented a lot of this on his personal blog, and seemed to have been having such a good time he forgot to pay his taxes, which turned out to be a big mistake for blazer and fifa. Michael hershman in my judgment, this indtment would nohave happened without chuck blazer. Kroft michael hershman, has spent most of his career doing government and corporate investigations, and he knows chuck blazer. He says when the fbi arrested him, it immediately offered a deal go to jail f f tax evasion, or cooperatand wear a wire. Kroft and he chose the latter . Hershman he chose the latter. Kroft he had a keychain of some kind. Hershman he had a keychain that was a microphone, as well as a keychain. Kroft hershman spent two years working inside fifa after being appointed to a Governance Committee charged with reforming all the scscdals. Hershman i assumed that we would be able to take this or
Im Bill Griffeth getting ready for tonights edition of nightly business report. Well see you later on pbs. Right now were on all time high watch again, kelly. The dow trying to close at a record for a second straight day as well as its four day win streak. Since early february we havent had one of those. Plus the s p is also trying to close at unchartered territory. Struggling a bit right now. But it has been helped out earlier by the financials and health care sectors. Coming up well hear from experts on whether stocks can sustain this rally. Also ahead activist investor karl karl icahn, he will tell us if it pays to invest like icahn. A couple of pros have different opinions on that. Etsy getting ready to report its first Quarterly Results since going public. That stock is up nearly 30 since its ipo. Well have the instant analysis of the numbers. Rumor has it that etsys earnings will be released on a needle point sampler. Lets take a look at markets. As bill mentioned record high ter
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