By the Cybersecurity Firm, crowdstrike, affected about 8. 5 million microsoft devices, the company said. It knocked many machines offline, hampering Retail Systems and healthcare, with problems for gps and pharmacies. Heres our Technology Editor zoe kleinman. Yesterday, the global It Outage caused worldwide chaos. Today, were still dealing with the aftermath. Thousands of flights were grounded and while airports are getting back to normal, there are still many travellers who are stuck. My flight got cancelled while i coming out of my aeroplane and ive been stranded for around. 0ver 24 hours by now, i think. I have been on my feet for four days by now, i think. No one can really help me, right now. Now the children are napping on the floor. We had no help. We found another flight but its not on the same company and its only tomorrow morning, so we have to find a room for tonight. Queues quickly built up at dover this morning, with people trying to find other ways to get abroad. The Port
Daniel James Brown and tom [inaudible]. Not simply because we have a bestselling author but because his story is stirring timely and inspiring. Many of you are already familiar with daniel James Brown. His previous book, a new york times number one best seller, about nine working class boys from american west who shows the world in 1936 olympics in berlin what grit is really like. And if american grit is the same. His book facing the mountains fits perfectly. This book traces the japanese american thread woven into the tapestry of america at this critical point in our history. This book has been called a gripping work [inaudible] saga of Patriotism And Courage. Tonight we will hear about the 442nd battalion, a combat team, a special japanese american Army Unit who overcame the most difficult brutal odds in europe, and all this during a period when their families were incarcerated back at home. It is also the story of the brave young japanese american who refused to surrender his consti
Vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 19, the nays are 79. Under the previous order, requiring 06 votes for the 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, this amendment is not agreed to. Mr. Durbin Madam President. The presiding officer the Majority Whip. Mr. Durbin Madam President , after many weeks of uncertainty and distress, millions of americans can for now let go of the fear of losing their homes and the roofs over their head. Last night the biden administration announced a new 60day Eviction Moratorium. I certainly support that decision. I want to thank all those who insisted that we do something about it, especially u. S. Congresswoman Cori Bush of missouri, who has been a victim of eviction in her life. She camped outside on the capitol steps for five nights. She slept on the steps of this building so some of the most vulnerable people in america would be able to sleep with a roof over their heads while we made sure the law caught up with our assistance. I a
Good amp, i call this hearing of the u. S. Senate committee on agriculture, nutrition, forestry to order. A couple of notes. There is a vote scheduled for 3 00. Well proceed and just ask members to go vote and come back if youve not yet asked your questions. And also, im told that the only ones that control turning on the mics are ourselves in this system. Staff cant do that. So please push talk when you want to talk and then turn it off unless you want everybody else to hear what youre saying after you talked. So thank you. First i want to thank members of the committee on both sides of the aisle who have requested that we have this important hearing. Were going to focus specifically on our Cattle Markets today. Many of us have heard from producers concerned with a lack of Transparency And Competition. These farmers and ranchers also raise concerns about concentration in the Packing Industry. Potential Market Manipulations. Lack of access to small and mid size plants and a range of ot
Situation. Under s. E. C. Rules, any Person Or Firm who acquires greater than 5 ownership of a company must publicly disclose, and greater than 10 additional disclosures. They had exposure though, and not ownership in excess of those triggers, and therefore they didnt have to disclose obviously once the underlying shares started to tank. There were margin calls they couldnt make, and we had the disorderly liliquidation. My question for you is how do we solve this going forward, and should we be triggered by exposure as opposed to outright ownership, and would that solve it . If not, whats the idea . I think you raise a very good point. Congress anticipated this in reformS Passed 12 years ago, and gave authority to the s. E. C. With certain conditions, and authority to bring whats called Security Space swaps into these regimes. This 5 and 10 disclosure. Ive asked staff to try to prepare recommendations for the full commission. I think this circumstance where this Family Office had well