It was fourth of july weekend of 2017 and i was six months into my activism of trying to warn america about the threat from internet platforms like facebook. And i realized i needed to find a way to go to washington, d. C. And didnt know anyone. And a friend said you need to meet barry so as it happened, he was in new england for the fourth of july weekend and so was i, so we met at a hotel in boston and at this point, im terrified because i had been watching all the things that happened in 2016 and im beginning to get the sense that facebook and other internet platforms are so big that theres nothing we can do and hes got the hair, the tie, the suit, he sits back and proceeds to explain we will control these guys by bringing back antitrust law. At that point i had spent the better part of four years and antitrust was defunct. He says no you just have to believe in miracles. He said we are going to get back and restore capitalism in america. Im looking at him and i think that he is fro
Streak that sauz the shanghai rise 16 yeah shanghai was down by 2 today. Lets see whats happening in the treasury market right now. Yields back down below 0. 6 . We havent seen that for awhile. And joe, still chuckling a little bit about football and why we care this time around not the ivies . No. But anything i see this morning it was eric chemi. I realize out on the cliffs they have that full size cardboard cutout of me so then i was thinking, you know, next week if i dont have like being here some day, i might just put it right here just have something on a loop. Less taxes, less government, more you know a welcome respite plus they got sound theyre going to pipe in sounds like the tesla, you know, the motors i saw that. Theyre going to pipe in fans cheering and i read this stuff and we go, okay i want a cutout this makes sense. Put an entire stadium full of cardboard cutouts. Yes and we all go, yeah, that makes sense. But people would do it. Because i was thinking the camera would
You ready for me, mr. Chairman . Yes, mr. Roe, we have your statement. It will be included in the record in its entirety. And under the circumstances, you can deliver it in its entirety or summarize, either way. Ill just sort of summarize it. Ill here to provide a frank response to questions regarding Exxon Valdez Oil spill, and to describe our continuing to efforts to deal with its consequences. Before this, i do this, however, i want to express sincere regret as to what happened on behalf of all the employees of exxon and certainly on beha of myself. I really cant tell you how sorry we are this disaster occurred. And we are particularly sympathetic to the impacts on the residents of alaska and particularly those in the Prince William sound area. Thats where the difficulty is really creating a great deal of problems for those people. As has been said many times this morning and by us earlier than this, we take full responsibility, and weve done so from the beginning. Well continue doi
Ill is up rise, either pie. Ill summarize it. I am here to product response to the oil spill and designed with the efforts to deal with the consequences. Before i do this, however, i want to express sincere regret as to what happened on behalf of all the employees of exxon and certainly on behalf of myself i really cant tell you how say we are sympathetic and particularly those in alaska and the Prince William sound area and thats where the difficulty is creating a great deal of problems for those people. As weve by, and we will continue doing all we can can in spilling up the and theyve already been this uponment in the area, and high the skies make it a particularly different problem. A few comments about the spill to put it in perspective and its been changed many times. The spill is 240,000 barrels that occurred early on march 24. We have other factual information. The weather was clear. The ship had no known mechanical difficulty. A change was requested because of ice and the outg
Seen this before. A northerly breeze is in place. Not that bad but its there and will pick up by tonight into tomorrow. 50s on the temperatures. 60s or 40s on the peninsula. 60 degrees for some. Millbrae, 66. Pacifica, 64. There is a hint for some easterly breezes. 4 31 am. You took care of highway 25. Now what . Solano county. Westbound 80 traffic moving along pretty well if youre driving from vallejo to hercules. Not a bad commute. 680 traffic also looking pretty good and if youre driving out to the hercules area, we are off to a nice start. The super commute looks good in sodus highway 4 and interstate 680 to walnut creek. And at the bay bridge pulte toll plaza looks good. Traffic is backed up and a little bit of the cash lanes. And the north bay and a small part of San Mateo County people are bracing this morning for the possibily another round of pg e power shutoffs today. Pg e is expected to tell us sometime this morning how many customers will lose power and where those power sh