Something i know its something we didnt see as an ideal tool in our institutional context. And i think, you know, different Central Banks around the world did Different Things and we can observe how those things work, but i dont think we regard that as a firstorder tool or something we would be likely to use. There are other things that we need to look at. And i would say yield curve control, sort of shortterm yield curve control is something thats worth looking at. Not at all something that we havent looked at it, but it will be something that we look at when the time comes and the last thing ill say is, you know, i think our tool kit, well use it aggressively to the extent we need to. Yeah. To achieve our mandate. So one of the questions i got from someone today, who knew i was going to be asking you questions, was, is there an unintended consequence of in a reasonable growth, low employment near the target rate inflation rate, is there an unintended consequence of easing into that e
Are measuring wind speeds and directions. Is not something we take lightly. We understand how important electricity is to our customers and the community broadly speaking. However, the safety of our customers and the communities that we serve is our most important responsibility. Reporter the official call came just before 2 00 pm today. 800,000 customers will lose power for Public Safety due to red flag fire conditions shutdowns will happen in stages, pg e says, starting as early as just after midnight. The phaseout will begin with the Northern Counties like napa and sonoma. The southern counties follow, pg e says, as the Severe Weather conditions dictate but wont be more specific. Were looking at various components to make our decision. And it includes things like wind speed, wind gusts. Dry weather. Fuel that may be a concern. Reporter heres what ive gotten as far as shutdowns are concerned. Napa and sonoma, just after midnight. Marin county, other north bay county, that will happen
The arrest made in the murder of a key witness of former Dallas Police officer amber guyger. Nothing to sneeze at, a warning as flu season gets underway, why it could be one of the worst in years. And solid gold, simone biles leads the u. S. To its fifth team title in the World Championships and makes more history for herself in the process, today, wednesday, october 9th, 2019 from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. We want to get right to our breaking news from overseas, that buildup of turkish troops at the border with syria poised for a major offensive against a key u. S. Ally, and it comes in the wake of the president s decision to pull troops out of that area. That decision drawing fierce criticism here and abroad from republicans and democrats. Nbc chief correspondent Richard Engel is in istanbul with the latest. Whats the situation the
Track and field World Championships than anyone talks about running, motherhood, and helping other moms. Love her. Its wednesday, october 9th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. What we see in this impeachment is a kangaroo court, and chairman schiff is acting like a malicious captain kangaroo. Reporter the white house says it wont cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. If the president thinks that hes going to prevent us from moving forward, hes sadly mistaken. We have ample evid. Its shocking behavior of the president. Its illegal. Two people are dead after a shooting in germany. Police in the area have tweeted that one person has now been arrested. Hundreds of thousands of californians left in the dark. Pg e started shutting off power to prevent power lines from sparking fires. Just something new that people are going to have to get used to. Democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders says he is going to scale back his Campaign Schedule after suffering a
Do we have a quorum . Commissioners you have the minutes of august 13, 2019. Are there any additions or corrections . I have one correction, and that amused me, because i did not adjourn the meeting. Perhaps i was tier one spirit. Physically i was not. Any additions or corrections from the public . Seeing none. May i have a motion. I will move as modified. The motion carries. Next item, please. General Public Comment. Members of the public may address the commission. Commissioners, i want to talk about the headlines that are made linked to pg e. They are getting from bad to worse. So, pg e, right now, even though there are deliberations going at the California Public Utilities Commission which i am monitoring, they are arbitrarily statements that we will have to pay more, when it comes to our rates, because of the fires. The statements made here about clean power, and how, you know, they are getting an increase in customers. I am one of their customers. So, we havent had any deliberati