John s. Mccain iii good morning. The Senate Armed Services Committee Held a confirmation hearing for several Defense Department nominees. Among them was mark espers to be the next Army Secretary. Other nominees included the defense undersecretary for intelligence and for personnel and readiness and the assistant defense secretary who advises on weapons of mass destruction to i would like to say that ive been pleased with the reaction of the secretary of defense and the administration being cooperative and responding to our questions and to our ability to carry out our responsibilities on the Defense Authorization bill. I think most members were happy with their briefing that we received concerning reactions on the uss mccain and others so we are glad to begin this hearing. We thank all of you for joining us this morning. We welcome your family and friends here with us today. As is our tradition at the beginning of your testimony we invite you to introduce those who are joining you. Sta
The top 1 could see gains of up to 18 . Other americans will see an average 3. 3 gain. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Alisa Parenti. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Emily this is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, Silicon Valley mobilizes against the fcc with its army of tens of thousands of Tech Companies. Redick cofounder Alexis Ohanian reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian joins us with his take on the fight for Net Neutrality. Activision blizzard announces the sale of the first franchises. The new England Patriots owner went allin. We are live in sun valley, idaho, with one of Silicon Valleys most influential voices. Sam altman joins us to discuss why he is leading the charge to find the next governor of california. First, the fight over Net Neutrality, a host of internet giants from amazon to facebook joining forces to protest the rollback of Net Neutrality rules. Earlier this year, the fcc vo
The top 1 could see gains of up to 18 . Other americans will see an average 3. 3 gain. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Alisa Parenti. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Emily this is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, Silicon Valley mobilizes against the fcc with its army of tens of thousands of Tech Companies. Redick cofounder Alexis Ohanian reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian joins us with his take on the fight for Net Neutrality. Activision blizzard announces the sale of the first franchises. The new England Patriots owner went allin. We are live in sun valley, idaho, with one of Silicon Valleys most influential voices. Sam altman joins us to discuss why he is leading the charge to find the next governor of california. First, the fight over Net Neutrality, a host of internet giants from amazon to facebook joining forces to protest the rollback of Net Neutrality rules. Earlier this year, the fcc vo
On cspan 3. Working with cable affiliate and visiting cities across the country. This past september, the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration mentioned guidelines for Autonomous Vehicles. Experts and consultant sat down to talk about driverless, shared and electric vehicles and the future of transportation. This took place at Common Wealth club of california in San Francisco. Good even aeng welcome to tonights meeting of the Common Wealth club of california. The place where you and we are all in the know. We are online, at commonwealthclub. Org, on facebook, twitter and check out the Common Wealth club youtube channel. Im janette shaw. Ceo of techolicy and your moderator for Autonomous Vehicles and the future of transport. Ive been in technology for over 30 years. Techolicy provides stake holder engagement to meet the needs of the individual sector such as Autonomous Vehicles. Prior to techolicy, i worked for a fortune 500 company and chosen by Kleiner Perkins to establish t
House denying it was a ransom payment but we have learned Senior Justice Department official expressed concern over the timing of the payment as the president said Donald Trumps strong rhetoric against muslims fueling terrorism. What about putting 400 million in the hands of terrorists . Amber, something of a complicated story. If you go all the way back iran gave us 400 million before your time. It is in the history books. We owe them this money and it was before 1979 and all of a sudden through the cosmic stars are aligning they got cash the same way hostages are released. It is a nice excuse and back story for the administration who made a reckless decision when they breached longstanding us policy where we dont pay ransom for american citizens and that is exactly what happened. When you have americans who are held hostage or are illegally detained, and the government pays money and hostages are released, that is the definition of a ransom, the four americans were released, now that