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Snowstorms and avalanches cause the himalayan trekking disaster. Weve got a little light jazz, a sprinkle of politics from louisiana. Were asking how president obamas popularity will affect the midterm elections. And also in the program, jamies got all the business, including, jamie, a highstress week in the world markets. Its volatility, really. A very volatile week. Today the volatility has not stopped. But some investors might take a little bit of comfort in the fact that the european stock m...

Here. Paul woolford. Here. Fady zoubi. Here. Vice chair is present. Acting chair we have 3 members present and a fourth coming in. Quorum is 3. We have quorum. Thank you. Before calling the next item i have a quick announcement i intend to recess for 15 minutes the middle of the meet to stretch our legs and have a snack and take a quick break. And i plan to ooh journal by 2 p. M. I will do my best to be sure we do adjourn by 2 p. M. Are there requests to amend the order of our agenda today . Sec...

Necessary tunneling capacity under the hudson and tunnels currently serving extraordinary number of passengers on amtrak side and very diplomatic, mr. Chairman. Much painful history. Those tunnels are over 100 years old. Your first, do i agree, that it is an essential investment . We absolutely must do something about those. I believe were approaching 110yearold tunnels. They not only constrain capacity but at certain point they will become a real safety risk. And you know, think about the uphea...

Other parts of africa. Therefore, the key ingredient to progress there is speed. The quicker we surge in a response, the quicker we blunt the number of cases and the risk ,o other parts of the world including the u. S. , decreases. Angress has provided agreement to use money from the department of defense. Received 30e million for the first 11 weeks of this fiscal year, which we appreciate. Has an unprecedented number of people in the field right now in west africa and texas. How many people do ...

Off. And that will cost me money. I know that from a power plant scrubber. There it costs me money. So but the problem now is the same. I have some sorbent. My absorbent had to be a little bit more stronger and it turns the out that scales rhythmically in the dilution for every factor two in dilution i need to pay an extra amount of energy. If you work it out, we pay about 1 1 2 to 2 times depending on how i do the accounting in energy than the flue gas scrubber must pay in the ideal solution. W...

Think just talking about air capture doesnt really explain why one would want to do it and how it fits into the bigger picture. To begin with, i think im talking here to the converted. I would like to point out that we really do need energy and we cannot solve our climate issues and other pollution issues which come from having energy by not having energy. We do need it for a variety of reasons. I would say we have planned it if we need food, we need fertilize for that, we need energy. We couldn...

Important Public Health issue of want toa virus, and i thank the centers for Disease Control and the nih and medical professionals across the country, especially those at Emory University health care, with been proactive in containing and treating the virus. I agree with president obama and all of you, we have to be as aggressive as possible in preventing any transition of the disease within the United States , and boosting containment in west africa. But i also think we need to pause here. This...

Providers in the u. S. To consider e. B. D. And the diagnosis of febral illance on the other fevers and persons who had recently traveled to infected countries. The c. D. C. Advisory was also sent to all directors of our Emergency Departments and signage was posted in the e. D. s. On august 1, texas health leaders, including all regional and Hospital Leaders and the e. D. Leaders across our system received an email directing that all hospitals have a hospital emergency policy in place to address...

Contextfilling out a she. Theyre going to arrive at hundreds of different airports throughout the United States. I want to talk about travel restrictions. Nonus military commercial flights are currently going into the affected countries . I dont have the exact numbers. Does anyone on the panel know . From the United States or from anywhere . From the United States into those areas. There are no direct flights into the United States. Or into west africa . There are direct flights into west africa...

Endeavor. The n. I. H. Is responsible for early concept development, something we did relatively alone, because of the of interest on the Industrial Partners of making interventions. We partnered with someone, who you will hear from shortly, with dr. Robinson, and then we partnered with industry to ultimately, in collaboration with the fda, get the approval products. Next slide. Youve heard a lot about therapeutic interventions. Momentt like to spend a talking to you about a few of them. First, ...