[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to ord order. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled an examination of facebook and its impact on the Financial Services and housing sectors. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Today we are here to examine the act of facebook on the Financial Services and housing sectors. Our sole witnesses the facebook chairman and ceo, Mark Zuckerberg. Facebooks plan to create a Digital Currency, libra, and a digital wallet raised many concerns relating to privacy, trading risks, discrimination, opportunities for diverse owned financial firms, National Security, Monetary Policy and the stability of the Global Financial system i and other democrats have called for a moratorium on facebooks
Extremism and terrorism. Analysts are expected to talk about the changing Threat Landscape, the best way to combat extremism in all forms. This is live coverage on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] so good afternoon, everyone. We will get started. Thank you so much for coming to new america and thanks to come in for a session which is ctrlaltdel hate, a simple study approach to preventing terrorism and targeted violence. My name is melissa salykvirk and im a senior policy analyst here with new Americas International security program. For those of you new to america we are a thinking action tank that connects the research institute, technology labs, solutions that were, media have an public forum. The International Security program aims to provide evidencebased analysis of some of the toughest security challenges facing american policymakers and the public. For homegrown american terrorism United States drone wars abroad and a drones around the world. To the pr
A life of their own theres theres no telling exactly when people are going to calm down or exactly what it will take for people to calm down short of the drafting of a new constitution that changes the very that the notion of political system. Omani we have to catch you later on for an update from santiago finale thank you money right there in chile. Still ahead on the program unconvinced by office if economic reform lebanons protests continue that fight a complete political change with no end to saudi arabias war against insight Yemeni Health officials warn that 6000000 children could be at risk of malnutrition. How i was again we still got some lovely weather across much of Eastern Europe but all the sort of the met its regular season rather lively storms latest crop of storms just pushing up into that eastern side of the med heading up towards like for us to around the globe and countries had coastal flooding in cairo other side of the med we still have this slow moving area of low
Pictures of moscows moon rocket images that were to be among the soviet unions most closely guarded state secrets. And pictures of cosmonauts training for a moon landing in the socalled star city near moscow the soviet union was determined to beat the United States in the race to put a man on the moon a race that would cost russian and american lives. The russians had always set the pace but in the end they ultimately lost the 20th centurys most prestigious race. Last. Opened in 1957 Baikonur Cosmodrome was moscows gateway to the stars. After the launch of several sputnik satellites and unmanned moon probes in the late 1950 s. The whole world assumed that the soviets would also be using baikonur to send cosmonauts to the moon. And. There were certainly concrete plans but nothing was leaked there were no official statements nothing to indicate the soviet unions plans hippest. All decisions on the Space Program were classified top secret including the moon program. That one day program m
Heavyweights cat cuts earnings outlook. Boeing sticking to the timeline for the return of the 737 max. Softbanks massive wework bailout. The latest deal details and the golden parachute for adam neumann. Mark zuckerberg goes to washington were going tostart with that pair of dow components, boeing erasing earlier losses despite a big earnings miss. Revenues slightly above consensus. Company still sees the 737 max getting back to service in q4. And then there is caterpillar, missing with quarterly results, cutting full year guide, hurt by weaker demand in china the first decline in quarterly profit since 2016. As they had sales down in every region which you just talked about. My travel trust owns it does that mean im an idiot . No it means you have to take pause and say they continue to buy back stock, they said would no longer be episodic cash flow remains really good. I didnt think i could make this much money with this decline in revenues all that said, so what 400 other companies i