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colleagues here. thank you for your leadership over many years. and for being a part of this next phase. i see the future of video and television broadcasting in particular is remaining bright as long as localism, lives journalism, consumer protections, emergency alerts, as long as those are important parts of public policy, i think broadcast television plays the indispensable role. michael? michael: television will be dramatically different. it s going to be much more multidimensional as a consumer experience than it is today. i think consumers are clearly delighting in a range of consumer electronics devices that provide screens, that provide television-like experiences across a myriad of platforms that never existed before. i think that will continue to proliferate as a legacy of steve jobs begins to continue to create magical devices on which quality video can be distributed. i think the nature of content is going to continue to radically expand. the old adage tha ....
what do you foresee in that regard? michael: it s very difficult to say because people have different perceptions. it beautiful. i don t find it as radically transformational as i thought analog to hd was, which are member being chairman of the fcc touring and seeing my having my socks knocked off. i have 4k set at home, not a lot to watch yet. it doesn t have that dramatic differentiation. other characteristics improve quality quite dramatically, hdr cable with the, the way color is rendered is quite beautiful. but this is just a cautionary tale. the human ear can only hear so may things in the human eye has so many limitations. you can only make a machine and begins to exceed real life and you have to be careful i don t know how to put this but i at some point, we are exceeding what is natural and the experience becomes unreal and jarring and almost too sharp that it creates a conflict with the way you see the world. i have no idea if that is 4k or 8k. or some k ....
can know and share the fruits of your spirit, especially in this time, virtue of tolerance and reconciliation, of justice and righteousness. watch over this house and cause your blessing to be upon each member that they might serve all the people in their home districts, those who voted for them and those who did not. may all that is done within the people s house this day be for your greater honor and glory amen. that we all the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day s proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas rise? mr. speaker, pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker s approval of the journal. the speaker: the question is on agreeing to the speaker s approval of the journal. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. the gentleman f ....
metro workers on friday and today we learned this is not about a contract. workers are very upset with a new sick policy. metro workers are now required to request most excused absences including sick leave and get supervisor approval of at least three full schedule workdays in advance so people who will be sick on friday had to request that day yesterday in order to follow policy. now, the union says they did not ask anyone to call out sick but they did call the policy ridiculous and asinine. metro put a statement out yesterday saying that due to the threat of a sickout, all the supervisor will be forced to work 12 hour shifts. we are tired of the employees taking it on the chin because ramada is running around like the keystone cops changing policies and not knowing how to implement them. metro says it received nearly 500 absent requests for friday from both bus and the rail employees and they added that they denied all of full bus and rail service on friday. qu ....
aircraft carrier vincent which is in striking range of north korea. alex ortiz for cbs news, the united nations. and tillerson says the united states has given $1.3 billion in aid to north korea and he says the u.s. is willing to resume that aid once kim jong-un begins to dismantle that nuclear program. on the eve of his 100th day in office, president trump touched base with some of his most loyal supporters. he went to atlanta to speak at the annual convention of the national rifle association. he declared an end to what he called an eight-year assault on the second amendment under president obama. you have a true friend and champion in the white house, no longer will federal agencies be coming after law abiding gun owners. as your president, i will never, ever infringe on the right of the people to keep and bear arms. a sitting president has spoken at an annual nra meeting since ronald reagan did it back 1983. before he left for atlanta, the president signed a ....