Protesters who were here block writing parts of central to this part of central is in shut down all the shops are shut all the roads are blockaded and the police have moved in so certainly some extraordinary scenes in the last hour or so here where we are which is government headquarters and is there a fear there that things things could get violent given the previous protests that have turned. Well these scenes are becoming familiar on hong kong streets every weekend we saw similar scenes last weekend where we saw tens of thousands of people once again rally in parts of central now last weekend we saw the various m. T. R. Stations in central they were set on fire at the moment weve got a number of m. T. R. Stations which have been shut down this whole area is blockaded but as i said the right place have certainly out their behavior they want to they want to arrest some of these other the more radical groups a small up Minority Group but certainly before we had parts of government head
Spent some one employee officers to write tickets. That angers advocates who say the police are focusing not on dangers busy intersections but the quiet streets where they feel comfortable cruising through. Berkeley has put a lot of effort into discouraging cars on the street to accommodate the bikes and pedestrians. This is why they are not happening on the boulevard because the bike plan said we should be addressing where dangerous behaviors are happening. It is not somewhere where we would not want to do enforcement because we have had accidents here. There is no end to the number of tickets police could write if they wanted to but bike advocates feel the grant money should be spent in areas of real danger rather than the people who are writing where the city wants them to be. Police say since july they have written 36 citations and in that same time they have written 106 citations to drivers. In berkeley, john ramos, kpix 5. The goal was to reduce bicycle and pedestrian injuries. T
[inaudible conversations] the hearing will come to order. Today we will receive testimony from david marcus head of libra at facebook. On may 9 senator brown and i sent a letter shortly after it was reported that company was recruiting Financial Institutions and online merchants to launch a cryptocurrency based Payment System using a social network. We asked space bar for more information how the system would work, access and use of Consumer Financial information and facebooks access to use of information on individuals or group of individuals for credit or insurance or housing i appreciate facebooks response last week. Shortly after the letter was sent facebook formally announced its intention to launch the Payment System libra and issued a white paper providing information on the project. Since then us and Global Regulators have taken notice including the Federal Reserve, reserve, Uk Financial Conduct Authority and a stability board, g7 and others for the last week during the Federal
[gavel] this meeting will come to order. Will come to order. Today we will receive testimony from david marcus head of libra at facebook. On may 9 senator brown and i sent a letter shortly after it was reported that company was recruiting Financial Institutions and online merchants to launch a cryptocurrency based Payment System using a social network. We asked space bar for more information how the system would work, access and use of Consumer Financial information and facebooks access to use of information on individuals or group of individuals for credit or insurance or housing i appreciate facebooks response last week. Shortly after the letter was sent facebook formally announced its intention to launch the Payment System libra and issued a white paper providing information on the project. Since then us and Global Regulators have taken notice including the Federal Reserve, reserve, Uk Financial Conduct Authority and a stability board, g7 and others for the last week during the Fede
Discussion on slave refugee camps during the war. Watch American History tv tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. This past june, facebook announced plans for its own crypto currency called libra. The cocreator of Libra David Marcus answered lawmakers concerned over the Digital Currency before the Senate Banking committee. This is about 2 1 2 hours. This hearing will come to order. Today we will receive testimony from david marcus, head of libra at facebook. On may 9, senator brown and i sent a letter to facebook shortly after it was reported that the company was recruiting Financial Institutions and online merchants to help launch a cryptocurrency based Payment System using its social network. Our letter asked facebook for more information about how the system would work. Its access to and use of Consumer Financial information, and facebooks access to and use of information on individuals or groups of individuals in credit, insure, employment or housing. I appreciate facebooks res