I am the Vice President of Public Programs here at the New York Public Library purposes of privilege for the library to host tonights program celebrating mike wallace new book. The longawaited sequel to his previous book goff of. Picks of the story at the turn of the last century with his son paralleled growth and expansion and consolidation when infrastructure was developed and many institutions were founded including the New York Public Library. Incidentally the we are were all seated it is part of the reservoir there is a great before and after illustration in the book and it is a special honor to host but only because of the importance of the book and subject matter but because mike wallace to is a fellow and a scholar in Residence Research to a good deal of the book right here in the archives the Archival Holdings are vast and include collections from the New York Times and the waldorf astoria even your city miscellaneous. [laughter] but it is the of painstaking work of scholars t
Us to host this program not only because of the importance of the book and the subject matter but also because the fellow in the library for scholars in residence at the allen Room Research a good deal of the book right here in the library archives, the Archival Holdings on the new york city history are of course that cant include such collections as the record of the history and the collection called new york city miscellaneous 1614 to 1975. [laughter] that is the painstaking work of historians and scholars that bringsch the content of those collections to light and into Public Discourse through meticulously researched books like greater gotham and so we are thrilled to welcome you back to the library to share your research with us and to moderate the conversation, we are honored to have another distinguished historian writer and scholar with the pieces of the new yorker where hes a staff writer he provides a steady stream of intellectual and emotional nourishment to many of us seekin
Act of 1934 to exempt from registration brokers performing services in connection with the transfer of ownership of small privately held companies. The speaker pro tempore the question is on passage of the bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 426. The nays are zero. The bill is passed. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote on passage of house joint resolution 123 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. The clerk house joint resolution 123, joint resolution making further con
Welcome to bloomberg surveillance bloomberg surveillance. Im mark barton in london. Festival of Central Banks, we have the ecb to come, the bank of england, the fed here. Down 1 5 of 1 . Uro, little change unchanged since the last ecb season, october 26. Hasnt fallen to one dollar 1587 on November November 7. Sterling up by 1 10 of 1 today. Today, but its politics thats affecting sterling today, having risen since fps last night. Theyre changing their governments planned legislation, so they guarantee they will get a meaningful vote on the final deal to leave the eu in negotiations for 2019. Coming up today on bloomberg surveillance, we will discuss markets with paul donovan, hear from the s p governor thomas jordan. But get to bloomberg first word news with Sebastian Salek sebastian the fed has raised rates by 25 basis points as widely expected. We also have a growth forecast next year, but maintaining projection of hikes 3 hikes in 2018. Saiding chair janet yellen this underlines tha
In his final state of the state address new Jersey Governor Chris Christie talks about his administrative. He also discussed the response to Superstorm Sandy in 2012. His successor democrat sal murphy will be sworn in tuesday. [applause] thank you. [applause] [applause] thank you. Thank you all very much. Now, before we begin im going to ask you for a favor. Not for a moment of silence but for a moment of celebration for the extraordinary life of governor brendan byrne. That is what he would have wanted. He would not want to settle he was one of celebration so lets all rise and celebrate governor bernd. [applause] [applause] nine years ago yesterday i went to pick up then 8yearold patrick and then 5yearold ritchie from school. On my way out of school with them on the front lawn of the Assumption School and mars town i announced to the media that i was a candidate for governor of new jersey. On that day i said many things but looking back on it the most important thing was this, i said