The steel dossier and foreign interference in u. S. Elections. This is three hours and 45 minutes. Thank you for coming and we will get started with of the the hearing. I want to thank mr. James comey, the former director of the fbi, for appearing today before the committee to talk with us about crossfire hurricane and anything else the committee would like to speak with him about. So, to give a little brief introduction of why we are here and what we are trying to accomplish, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act s a tool that has been around for a very long time for our Intelligence Community, the fbi, to make sure when Foreign Agents, terrorists or agents of a Foreign Government are in our country, they can be surveilled if they are doing things that are threatening to the National Security. I think this legislation goes all the way back t to the 70s, iand its been used a lot. Its been used in tariff cases when wee suspect someone of beig a terrorist under the Foreign Intelligen
From todays apple event we start with a major selloff in the financials the biggest driver in the market with the xlf falling more than 1. 3 citi dropping 7 today under pressure that regulators could crack down on the banks Risk Management systems the stock is now down more than 12 in the past two sessions guy . Dan nathan has been talking about this for a while one of the things weve said is todays banks are much different than ten years ago theyve become utilities you have to look at them differently and you have to factor in valuations much differently. Ill say this quickly about citi right now at 45 the stock is now trading 63 of tangible book, assuming that tangible book is accurate thats levels we last saw probably in the financial crisis these are trough valuations in terms of the price of tangible book i think Warren Buffett told you everything you need to know about us banks hes obviously paring down exposures in banks i think that tells you a lot as well in terms of citi, its
Melissa korn, shes a reporter for the wall street journal and previously she wrote for dow jones newswire. Shes a graduate of Cornell University and Columbia University graduate school of journalism. Also we have jennifer levitz, jennifer is National Reporter for the wall street journal and previously she wrote the Providence Journal and has been a member of two Pulitzer Prize finalist teamswhen she graduated from wyoming university maryland. In their review of unacceptable, curtis wrote the authors highly readable exposc goes well beyond tabloid level. A capable examination of the seamy intersection of ambition, money and Higher Education. And Library Journal calls it a fastpaced account of the massive College Admissions scam designed by rick singer read this indictment of contemporary American Culture offers an indepth look at families who are willing to break the law and ignore Ethical Principles to provide Higher Education for their children. A well researched detailed picture of c
We are thrilled to have our authors and conversation chief at the wall street journal and leads a team of euros across the west covering, among any one many issues with them pandemic policy and economics state and city news immigration and in her career though wall street journal and editing positions london dallas pittsburgh and featured authors melissa korn Higher Education reporter for the wall street journal. Previously will for dow jones newswire and a graduate of cornell and Columbia University graduate school of journalism. We also have Jennifer Levitz National Reporter for the wall street journal previously she wrote and has a number of two Pulitzer Prize and graduated from loyola maryland and in their review she wrote the authors highly readable expose goes well beyond the tabloid level and examination of the intersection of ambition and money and Higher Education. A fastpaced account of the massive College Admissions scam. This indictment of contemporary American Culture offe
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