Civilian National Service programs. This was hosted by the Brookings Institution. It is one hour and 10 minutes. John good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im john allen, the president of brookings and on behalf of the institution and our partners at Service Year Alliance, i want to welcome you all to this important event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the webcast and of course we always welcome the media. This morning youll be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society, to bridge the divides and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation, leading to a growing culture of fear and distrust, incivility, and a reflex to retreat into the safety of tribalism. Our trusted institutions and our trust in each othe
To political lobbying and haranguing, whether it comes from this end of pennsylvania avenue or the other end. I think youve stuck to your guns so far, but i want you to keep sticking to your guns i would like to turn to some questions about facebook and its proposed cryptocurrency, libra im a supporter of innovation in the Financial Sector, and if done right, this notion of a cryptocurrency could really deliver, i think, real benefits to the for increased friction, more access to consumers. But somebody who spent a lot of time the last couple of years dealing with social media and facebook in particular, i think it would be safe to say, and frankly, for people on both sides of the aisle, that facebook has quodeveloped sometn of a trust deficit and that the kind of Silicon Valley mindset of move fast and break things maybe works when youre just thinking about it in a technology framework, but when were thinking about the kind of implications social media has had around consumer privacy,
On employment rate remains low at 3. 7 percent. As of june according to the bureau of labor statistics. We just had continued rising as well. With average Hourly Earnings 3. 1 higher in june compared to a year earlier. It is the 11th straight month in which wage growth exceeded 3 . In fact the u. S. Is officially in its longest suspension of Economic Growth since 1854. In order to continue this positive economic trajectory they must continually evaluate their regulatory and super very activity. To ensure broad access to a wide variety of Financial Products and services. With respect to regulation and supervision it has been over a year since the enactment of s2155. The Economic Growth wreck regulatory relief. As you move forward in finalizing certain rules required under s2155 and consider proposing new ones consider you to consider the following. Simplify capital rules for smaller Financial Institutions. While ensuring the maintain significant capital. Simplifying the vocal rule which
A half an inch to an inch of rain in most areas. Its going to be windy. Take a look at the rainfall. This is a huge spike in rain, and wind. Well take a look in just a moment. Dan . Drew, thank you very much. A napa couple is wanting to know why their beloved dog went in for grooming in a local petco and died in the process. Its a story youll see only on abc7 news. Laura . Owners tell us they offered to pay expenses and additional money. They say that is not what they want, they want clear answers and cameras put in to make sure this doesnt happen again. It was the first time in 14 years we let another person bathe our dog. Reporter it was the last time for the 14yearold jack russell terrier, skip. He should have lived another five years. Reporter december 30th they dropped skip off and got a call. The manager announced to us that skip had an incident and died in the store. Reporter joe eden told us the store employee showed him the back room and said the dog had been left alone by the
Broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Developing news at 11 00, a boy is wounded after a triple shooting in berkeley. Police are at the scene searching for clue. Good evening and thank you for injoing us. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. This happened before 8 00 this evening on Parker Street near san pablo avenue near berkeley. Alan wang joins us live from the scene. Alan . Reporter ama and dan, it happened about half a block down from the corner of san pablo where i am standing. Police say three young men were shot while parkeddal the 1100 block of Parker Street. Two of them, a 16yearold and an 18yearold are in Critical Condition with head wounds. One was shot in the eye and the other was shot in the arm. Witnesses say they noticed a group of unfamiliar young men gathered around the car this evening. I heard four shots, boom, boom, boom, boom. I run away to the window and i saw those guys running inside in front of the street. They are not sure how many people they are looking for or whet