Blakley, and michael and wrap up by jeff. We can have blakley. Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to be here. Were going to talk about university of marylanded and University College which is a public Online University designed from the ground up to provide affordable, accessible skbalt career relevant education for adult learners and especially for military learners. And to understand who we are i need to tell you the story of umuc. We were established in 1947 at the university of maryland as a department that was charged with serving adult students particularly returning gis from world war ii t. In 1949 we became the First University to send faculty overseas to teach our troops stationed in germany and this was the beginning of umucs global reach. By 1956 we had establishes divisioneds to deliver Higher Education in europe and asia and in 1963 we became the first u. S. University to send faculty into a war zone in vietnam. In 1970 we became an independent fully acredited
And how to advance americas trade agenda to President Trump and the 115th congress. This is about an hour and a half. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the president and ceo of the u. S. Council on competitiveness, the honorable deborah wincesmith. Good morning. Welcome to the 2016 National Competitiveness forum and the u. S. Council on competitivenesss 30th anniversary. Last night, many of you were with us at the Smithsonians National museum of American History and we were so pleased and delighted to celebrate with so many friends and colleagues from around the country and the world. The councils 30th anniversary and to honor two great leaders of american competitiveness for their contributions. The secretary of Energy Ernie Moniz and the long time science adviser, john hold wren. Today we have a full and engaging day of presentations and recommendations and we hope you all will participate in the conversation. Allow me to just share a few thoughts about todays anniversary forum. I
Receptor. Marijuana works we tested it at the cancer society. It was a fun time to walk down the halls. [laughter] it worked in making people eat and having less nausea and vomiting. Now theres other ways of doing it then using marijuana. Two questions. Why does all the research all have to happen within the confines of the u. S. System . And how fast, wheres it going and the other part of my question which is, we all look at things in technology is such a massive part of this and we think literally timewise and we have been pushing for 40 years since the one cancer began. Now here we are, what what do you think the timeframe is . The next five years can be much faster than the last 40 combined. I think we are going at an accelerated rate. Its worse if you pick up a medical journal. Every issue there something new and exciting. I think the timeframe has accelerated. We are doing two things, and then i dont want want to take up too much time. Converting some cancers and chronic diseases
Most people sent down, quiet part which food and hugs but this boss must have been someone really special because his employees went all out to say good bye coming up in the trend. You dont often see that. That is kind of cool. Hey, in fact, i have never seen it. Weve gone through a lot of bosses here at fox 29, anyway, fox 29 it is monday august 4th, 20 146789 we think one we have is sticking around for the while. We love kerry for her candor. That is right. We have all been around the block at times. It is usually the opposite. Weve got a look at the weather for today. We will start this time with the number of the day, we have select a seven for you today out of ten. We will have warm, sunshine. It wont be excessively hot but it will be pretty warm and humid. You know what they say it is not the heat but it is the the humidity. That is what youll feel to day we will see a pop up or two but they will be isolated. Heres ultimate doppler to show you no rain to look at in our neighborho
Year. Obamacare about to enter year two with open enrollment just around the corner. For those who think youre safe because you dont have an obama care plan, think again. The law will cost you too. Were covering angles tonight with dr. Jeff rice, ceo of Health Claire blue book. Com which helps consumers compare health costs and douglas holtzeakin, president of American Action forum. Doug, i will start with you. A lot of expectations out here. The cost for consumers will only rise. What do you say . I think year two will look a lot like year one. First of all those involved in the exchanges, the reenrollment problems will be issues in filing their taxes that have been so widely discusses. Well see very sharp premium increases although some will see decreases. They will be more spread out this year across the map. If youre not on the exchanges you still got these problems, right . They let you keep the policy last year. Now it goes away. Maybe you have employer sponsored insurance but mo