Good evening, everyone. My name is brittany, the Events Manager at politics and prose. I would like to thank all of you for coming out tonight. I want to especially thank you for supporting an independent bookstore like politics and prose. [applause] get ready to clap again, and a nonprofit like this. [applause] your attendance at events like this is truly vital to us and we literally would not be here without you so we wanted to know how much we appreciate you and your choices. I am so excited to introduce tonights event because it is not a secret amongst my friends or coworkers how much i love and admire diane rehm. She began her radio career in 1973 as a volunteer for w amu and is grown into the producer host in d. C. Icon we all know today. She is the author of several books including finding my voice, on my own, life with maxie and of course the book you are here for tonight, when my time comes. Which addresses the urgent contestant because of the right to die movement. Through in
Prose and i would like to thank you for coming out tonight. I want to especially thank you for supporting an independent bookstore like politics and prose. [applause] get ready to clap again, and a nonprofit like sixth i. [applause] your attendance at events like this is vital to us and we literally wouldnt be here without you say we want you to know how much we appreciate you and your choices. I am so excited to tonights event because it isnt a speaker among my friends or coworkers how much i love and admire diane rehm. She began her radio career in 1973 as a volunteer and has grown into the producer, host and icon we all know today. Shes the author of several books including finding my voice on my own, and of course the book you are here for tonight when my time comes, which addresses the right to die movement. Through interviews with terminally ill patients and physicians, spouses, relatives and representatives of those who vigorously opposed the movement, she gives voice to a broad
I want to thank our witnesses, secretary esper, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff milley for appearing before us to testify. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss our policy in syria particularly in light of the events that happened when turkey invaded and drove the kurds out of portions. Our first hearing since the congressman from new york joined the committee. I want to thank him. We have a lot of new faces in this committee that are a year into it. They are not new faces anymore but good to have another freshman added to the committee. I appreciate him serving. The purpose of this hearing is to look at events around syria. A whole bunch of questions and the other big issue is the ability of memories of this committee to ask questions of the key policymake is in an area of importance to the committee and to give them an opportunity to learn more about the policy and express their views and that is a huge part of our oversight role in congress and it is enormously important.
Back on washington demands for enforcement. New details on the Alibaba Hong Kong ipo, offering shares at 188 hong kong apiece. In on lets check australian markets. We are seeing a slight gain for the asx 200, gaining 2 10 of 1 according to what i am seeing, pricing on the terminal right now, aussie shares set for second weekly advance, so a mixed picture. However, when the rest of asian central, stocks under pressure, kiwi stocks nudging higher, flipping up the board to check in on the kiwi dollar Holding Steady, not moving much as we hear from the rbnz governor this morning and he said despite a pickup in the economy, they are looking at pmi data hinting at that with growth returning in october, making for the highest reading this april. The kiwi dollar set for a weekly gain after the midweek surge and on a surprise hold right there. We have the yen Holding Steady after the biggest jump in a month right there. Lets get first word news with jessica summers. Jessica thanks, sophie. Fed
Please make sure to silence all cellphones and electronic devices. Completed copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items will appear on the next minutes. Can you please call item number 1. Clerk lease amendment lexington lion San Francisco, lp 350 rhode island streetnorth 2,600,000 rent credit. I would like to make a motion petitioner this to be continued for one more week. Before that i will take Public Comment. Are there any members of the public who would like to comment on item 1, seeing none, that item is closed. I would like to make a motion to continue the item to october 16. Clerk item 2 is resolution retroactively authorizing the department of Public Health, Behavioral Health services to enter into a multiyear organized Delivery System Intergovernmental Agreement for Substance Use Disorder Services with the state department of health care services, in the amount of 171,714,918 for the term of july 1, 2019, through june 30,