Mandatory vaccine for millions of workers and unions are pushing back. Im bill hemmer, good morning. Good morning to you. If you got your stack of stuff and ive got mine. Dana i have a stack of stuff, i have thoughts and opinions. Bill if you have any theories . Dana i havent even told you at the show is, americas newsroom. Are you ready for this . Bill ready. Dana new federal guidance urging americans to wear masks and doors prompting no end of criticism and confusion. In the report claims the cdc partially based that decision on a controversial study that was rejected by a peer review. Bill its a figure that one out. We will check and in a moment, William La Jeunesse is live in l. A. Today. Good morning to you as would begin. Right or wrong or vaccinated or not, the mouse is coming back but nationwide this will be confusing. Some states and employers are in and others are not. If you will see that patchwork of rules for which Biden Support is often ridiculed President Trump so this a
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] welcome, the subcommittee on Consumer Protection and commerce when the come to order. Today we will be holding a hearing entitled transforming the federal Trade Commission, legislation to modernize Consumer Protection. Do to covid19 public health emergency, members can participate in todays hearing either in person or remotely via online, via video conference. Members and witnesses participating in person, please avenue guidelines, must wear a mask and members and witnesses not vaccinated must also be socially distant, such members and witnesses may remove their masks when under the commission and speaking from a microphone, staff are present in the Committee Room must wear a mask at all times and Staff Price not vaccinated must be socially distant that we had to move to different guidelines but here we are. To be clear, ask larry is now required regardless of vaccination status. Remember participate remotely
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] welcome, the subcommittee on Consumer Protection and commerce when the come to order. Today we will be holding a hearing entitled transforming the federal Trade Commission, legislation to modernize Consumer Protection. Do to covid19 public health emergency, members can participate in todays hearing either in person or remotely via online, via video conference. Members and witnesses participating in person, please avenue guidelines, must wear a mask and members and witnesses not vaccinated must also be socially distant, such members and witnesses may remove their masks when under the commission and speaking from a microphone, staff are present in the Committee Room must wear a mask at all times and Staff Price not vaccinated must be socially distant that we had to move to different guidelines but here we are. To be clear, ask larry is now required regardless of vaccination status. Remember participate remotely
This hour long event. Good morning, welcome, im atlantic board director, and its my Pleasure Today to open this event. It serves as the latest installment of the Africa Centers africa Conversation Series and this is a series of conversations with u. S. Officials moderated by our new and dynamic african senator leader. I was delighted to see this series launched today, with my good friend and colleague, former colleague, and with dana banks, who is the national security counsel, senior director for africa, one of my old jobs. Im equally delighted today for the featured speaker, acuna cook. She oversees the development of foreign policy for southern africa, as well as economic and regional issues like trade, investment, climate and health, multilateral engagement, democracy and human rights. Thats a plateful, akunna. I have to say as retired diplomate myself, its encouraging to see people like akunna in a position of prominence in the biden administration. Its time to reengage with the w
With my good friend and former colleagues in the national Security Council senior director for africa. But i am equally delighted today to introduce the featured Speaker Assistant Deputy Deputy Secretary of state was a very large portfolio to oversee the development of us foreign policy for southern africa as well as economic and regional issues like Trade And Investment and climate and health. Multilateral engagement with democracy of human rights and i have to say is a retired diplomat myself, it is encouraging to see people like her in positions of prominence in the biden administration it is critical to reengage with africa and the world in general, and also convince others senior us officials of the importance of africa strategically. It is a repeated theme of the vision we have to view africa as a land of opportunity so shaping this narrative is very important for the african senator and im happy to be a part of this and do whatever i can. I do want to tell you its been a decade