Good afternoon everybody. And everybody who is looking at us virtually and everybody in line in the security line trying to get in. And everybody who will be watching sometime soon on a cable network. So i am jane harman, president and ceo of the Wilson Center and today we are probing a very complicated issue that is in my view policymakers in washington and all over the world. At least three parts of the problem are the u. S. China, and the 5g supply chain. The Wilson Center has just produced this is a prop, a spectacular policy brief by Melissa Griffith who is in the front row, and we will see in a little bit which is entitled there is more to worry about the huawei. I think you get the just of this. And she will explain in detail but run, do not walk to read this. Meanwhile, what captures the attention around 5g is that Chinabased Huawei has led the way in developing the superfast networks which will power self driving cars, virtualreality and other cuttingedge technology. Since Chi
Certainty around. Violent clashes grip hong kong as police and protesters engage at a fierce battle at the University Campus while a High Court Rules a ban on the use of face mask is constitutional. Saudi aram moe highly anticipated falling ipo. And spanish boris becomes the center of a bidding war as its a 2. 8 billion euro offer for the exchange moments after they confirm takeover talks. Tlok the program, happy monday the ministry of commerce in beijing said that telephone talks between chinese and u. S. Officials this weekend were, quote, constructive. They focussed on each sides concerns about a preliminary trade agreement. We all know thats a phase one deal the Ministry Said that u. S. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and Robert Lighthouser requested the conversation with their chinese counterparts and both parties agree to stay in close contact. Reuters reported that the Trump Administration is expected to once more extend the ability of u. S. Companies that do business with Chin
Says military cloud contract win. And Restoration Hardware surging at the open, Buffetts Berkshire hathaway revealing a new stake in the furniture retailer stocks are looking to make more history a day after the s p posted its 21st record close of the year futures up on comments from larry kudlow about progress of trade talks in china, upbeat news about the consumer adding to positive sentiment. Retail sale s rebounded in october. 3 but strip out gas, it is a miss. Strip out autos and gas, it is a miss as the threemonth average continues to slow. Jim . Look, i there is just the mixed picture keeps making it so it is bullish. It is amazing. If it were too strong, we would have to say that jay powell has they still play by jay powell there is just enough tease with trade talk i have my view on what is happening now and it is not as sanguine as what people are saying this is about farm, about ag, and it is about this is my understanding, not necessarily about soy. A lot of pork involved b
Is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan is the unfiltered view of government. Next a look at the congressional mailing rules during a hearing of the House Modernization Committee and experts will talk about how social media is going to affect the way congresspeople communicate with their constituents. This is late yesterday and is about an hour. All right. The meeting is coming to order and without notice the chair is allowed to call this meeting to a conclusion at any time. I now recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. Happy halloween, everybody. I am dressed as americas most maligned super hero congress man and able to fly across the country in six hours on alaskan airlines. We were thinking about titling this hearing frankingstein, and how the houses ghoul ishmaeling standards have haunted the members for decades, but i suppose the unspooky title for record, and like most of issues that fall into this committees mandating and the work o
After officers charged barricades built by the demonstrators. More rallies are planned for sunday. A 25 year old man, maurice robinson, has been charged with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people after 39 bodies were found in a refrigerated lorry trailer in britain. A fifth person has been arrested in connection with the deaths. Now on bbc news click. This week, its the 50th birthday of the internet. We will hear how it was switched on, how democracy could be rebooted, and how hard it is to tell apples from. Apples. Every single day, we upload four million hours of video to youtube. We send 682 million tweets. We post over 67 million instagram pictures. 4. 4 billion of us use the internet and collectively, we create 2. 5 exa bytes, thats 2. 5 million tb or 2. 5 quintillion bytes of data every single day. And a significant proportion of all of that data searches, views, messages, social media, video streaming, goes through here. This is telehouse north, one of the m