And japans Prime Minister plays a big part in an elaborate ceremony for the new emperor. And in sport one of the most hyped players of the n. B. A. Xian williamson is set to miss the start of the new season plots spying allegations at the Rugby World Cup is anyone spot an odd unwanted spectator at training added their semifinal against new zealand. Now tech hes president time about iran is right now in the russian port city of sochi for talks with with vladimir person has repeated his threat to restart the military operation against kurdish fighters in ne in syria the leaders are expected to discuss the tuckers ceasefire that was brokered by the United States which is due to expire in a matter of al is the kaddish Syrian Democratic forces have pulled out of some areas along the border but not everywhere agreed under the terms of the truce now before heading to sochi heres what i dont have to say. Vladimir putin and i will discuss all the steps to be taken in order to maintain the terri
Marijuana derived products is illegal under federal law. Theyre subject to antiMoney Laundering laws such as the Money Laundering control act. The last several years many states used Ballot Initiatives or referendums that legalized marijuana in some form whether for recreational or medical use. Currently there are 11 states plus the district of colombia where it is legal to buy and consume Recreational Marijuana and medical marijuana as well. And there are 22 states plus d. C. That have approved medical marijuana totaling 33 states in all that have some form of Legal Marijuana. The senators introduced Bipartisan Legislation that attempts to ease difficulties resulting from the legal status and more lenient state laws. I spoke many times with senator gardiner on this bill and appreciate the hard work that each senator has done on this legislation. And i look forward to hearing from each of you very soon. Our second panel of witnesses will highlight challenges that institutions face in b
The committee will now come to order. Before we start, we have two witness panels. Senator brown and i will give our opening remarks and then we will hear from Senators Gardner and merkley. Once the senators have finished their statements, we will proceed with our second panel of witnesses. Today, we will hear from witnesses about the challenges that state sanctioned businesses havee cannabis business when attempting to access mainstream Financial Services. Marijuana or cannabis is currently considered a schedule one drug. Being categorized as a schedule one drug means that distribution, sale, of marijuana or marijuanadrug products is illegal under federal law, and any proceeds from cannabisrelated activities remain subject to u. S. Andnt laundering laws, such as the antilaundering control act. In the last several years, many states have used referendums that have legalized the marijuana and some form, whether recreational or medical use. Currently, there are 11 states, plus the distri
Entire libre system. I understand you will be distributing runtime executable and things like that so that all of that has to be bulletproof for cybersecurity. I was wondering how you would deal with the governance of that . Mr. Marcus two ways. We agree with you that this is of absolute importance. The way we are dealing with that is the language you are referencing will have formal verification in place to avoid issues. To the extent there are no compiler problems. Mr. Marcus the compiler will not execute the code is the code is not formally verified, and we have a chance of having david dill, who is a professor from stanford in formal verification helping us with this issue. The other thing i want to say is the association will not have guidelines on what thirdparty code will be published or not. At the very early stages, it will be very limited to a set of templates that will avoid the issues you are raising. It will be an ongoing target because if the libra is taken to scale, it w
Hello just a day after greece voted to reject the terms of an international bail out the countrys bail out system looks close to lapse. Now according to four banking source banks will remain closed until friday. There have been a flurry of activity since that no vote, and german chancellor Angela Merkel is now meeting with frances president francois hollande. Following pressure from eurozone leaders, the main opposition and ruling parties have issued a support of attacks in a moment well go live but first reports from the greek capital in the aftermath of the referendum result. On this day there is one sentiment above others on the streets. Im proud of my people. I feel proud of my people. But those who are confused because we say no to the proposal of europe. We want a better proposal. But pride of greece defiance of its International Lenders is not enough to avoid the fall. The banks are still shut and whitmore assistance theyre likely remain so. The 60 euro per person per day limit