The euro coming low once again. Phenomenal. We see the euro being seen as a haven. We are currently up almost 5 in the euro. Were choosingthey the euro instead of the pound, the frank, the dollar. Now, we are seeing it take lowered. Lower. O is going meanwhile, commodities recovering ever so slightly. What a selloff we saw. Crude was at 38. 72. Still below the 40 a barrel mark. Nevertheless, a little bit more optimism coming in. Copper is basically flat this morning. It had been taking that little bit higher after the dramatic selloff we saw. That has been playing into the equities that i want to show you this morning because we have had some phenomenal earnings coming out. The big minor, bhp billiton among them. We will see it move higher. Because it keeps its dividend promise. To theemaining committed dividends. They are reducing production in the oil and gas area. Production cuts and our other three pillars. Iron ore, coal, and copper. 52 slump in profit. Sales down in excess of 20
That our lawmaker agencies have the support and the tools that they need to keep us safe. This week, of course, coincides with National Police week. When we honor the sacrifices made by our police and their families. Yesterday, the house acted on a new round of sanctions against the Syrian Regime in order to cut off resources for assads war machine. Also this week, the house approved landmark federal i. T. Reform legislation that will reduce wasteful spending and enhance the governments information security. Will hurd is trying to bring our government into the era of Cloud Computing and this is a big, big march forward in bipartisan forward. As we speak, the ways and Means Committee is holding major hearing today on examining pro growth tax reform. Pro growth means just that. Growth of wages, growth of jobs, growth of opportunity and growth of our economy. Also this week, the education and Workforce Committee unanimously approved Bipartisan Legislation to approve career and technical e
Another country interfering with our elections. The Intelligence Committee is the best place for that. Reporter even those against a special counsel still like the choice. I dont think appointing a special counsel was necessary but if one was going to be appointed i think bob mueller is an excellent choice. Reporter the man who picked mueller, rod rosestein briefing senators behind closed doors today on his decision to appointment the special counsel and the role of the firing in james comey. It was a counterintelligence investigation before now. It seems to be now a kremlin investigation. In a lunch today with Network Anchors President Trump said the special counsel hurts our country terribly calling the entire investigation a pure excuse by democrats having lost the election. Jonathan the instapoll is active now. What do you think of the finite appointment of a special prosecutor. Is right move . We have joined by brad garrett. Its good to get your appointments on these things. Your
Present. We have the minutes of the march 28 meeting for any additions or corrections or comments . I move the minutes second. Any Public Comment . Seeing none, all those in favor say, aye. [chorus of ayes. ] opposed, nay. The item carries. Next is opportunity for general Public Comments. This a chance for people to talk to the commission about rings that are within our jurisdiction but dont have to be on the calendar for the i have one speaker car. Mr. Bowman, is it . Welcome. Mr. Pres. , commissioners, general manager, i am chris bowman. Im a neighborhood activists. Im speaking about the groundwater project which was addressed at the last meeting, and i know commissioner caen and peter had some questioning, which i thought was very much spot on. When the word came out that in the chronicle last february indeed the city was can be lending groundwater with hetch hetchy water for roughly 60 of the city, i was alarmed by a couple of things in the article. One, about the fact that nitrite
Commission about rings that are within our jurisdiction but dont have to be on the calendar for the i have one speaker car. Mr. Bowman, is it . Welcome. Mr. Pres. , commissioners, general manager, i am chris bowman. Im a neighborhood activists. Im speaking about the groundwater project which was addressed at the last meeting, and i know commissioner caen and peter had some questioning, which i thought was very much spot on. When the word came out that in the chronicle last february indeed the city was can be lending groundwater with hetch hetchy water for roughly 60 of the city, i was alarmed by a couple of things in the article. One, about the fact that nitrites above the state level were detected in some of the wells that will be feeding into the water system. Secondarily, the Economic Impact on certain industries, like beer and coffee [inaudible]. So i address the issue with the [inaudible] president of the coalition for San Francisco neighborhoods. We addressed it briefly at their