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Pharmacist students, lift your hands so we can wave at you. Also our members of our drug usage union are here today to testify so i want to acknowledge all of you. And many advocates from the community so well have a very Great Commission meeting today. And just on that note, well let you know President Trump announced he is helping Human Services agency to declare a Opioid Crisis a publichealth emergency. This does not provide us new dollars. There are a couple of things i think are worth notin...

Its a great turnout on an important issue and i am heartened to see so many people here for this conversation. I want to welcome you here. Im the director of the alliance for a securing democracy. As an organization dedicated to strengthening Regional National global challenges and opportunities in the spirit of the marshall plan, weve always been at the forefront of his challenges in protecting the principles of democracy. Thats why we launched the democracy last summer in recognition of the ne...

Collaborations. I wanted to talk about a few things were doing in addition to our regular programming. We have implemented a number of the recommendations of the lgbt aging policy task force that came out, that is spearheaded by tom nolan, and its just really exciting to see these recommendations turn into programs. Weve talked about some of those at commission, but i wanted to mention that one of the things that weve done more recently is to start Training Staff and also training our cbo partne...

Committee met to discuss Virtual Currency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission discussed the oversight and regulatory actions thus far. This is just under two hours. The committee will come to order. This morning we will receive testimony from sec chairman jay clayton, and cftc chairman Chris Giancarlo on the current world of the oversight conducted by their two agencies. Welcome, gentlemen. Virtual currencies are meant to act as a type of money that can be traded on online exchanges for co...

Rao. She is the administrator of that Regulatory Affairs for everybody in this room and in this town commonly known. That is a lingo. This is reminding me of one of the first events i ever did here at bookings. I hosted eight years ago. It was then the administrator. For one of the first events. There was a group of protesters out front one of him was wearing a full on costume with the trashcan assigned and face sign. I think it was him. They were singing a very creatively written a song. That w...

It wants a slice of the speaker market, finally releasing its pot, toa market, finally releasing its pot, to a half yea rss after market, finally releasing its pot, to a half yearss after the amazon eco hit shelves. They have gone to the seems shape as the google home and is on eco, but it feels like a premium high end speaker. That is one of the key points. The amount of audio work that apple have done on this device means that its key selling point is as a speaker. It is impressive with a four...

Yu Lieutenant Governor stanford. It is a pleasure serving with you, appreciate all that you are doing, and appreciate the fact you are staying so close to your kids. I cant even get through the first line. This guy is amazing as a dad, a partner, former cfo, he is exactly what the state needs it is a key part of what we have gotten done as well. [applause] governing is a team effort and there are three branches of government and we are well represented here today. We have four of the five Suprem...

In sport, a famous, second medal for Great Britain at the winter olympics. At just 19, izzy atkin has won a bronze, after a brilliant aeriel display in the womens slope style. A first ever medal for britain on skis. And beehives, bobs and blow dries. Our entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson takes a rather personal trip back through the history of hairdressing. And sarah has the weather for us. Good morning, a chilly start to the day, a little bit of patchy rain forecast, the best of the su...

Laughing with the stars and. Skinny dipping in the himalayas choose wi fi, choose snapchat, choose a pre ordered macchiato with almond milk, choose likes, choose follows, choose pizza delivered by drone, swipe right, swipe left, follow, follow, follow. We are constantly being bombarded with updates, tweets, information and fake news. Were glued to our phones, addicted to digital status. Were even smashing up our gadgets, obliterating them to pieces in a violent quest to rid ourselves of these vi...

And make sure that there is a change in the future. The education secretary says University Tuition fees should reflect the economic benefit graduates will give to the country, ahead of a review of Higher Education funding in england. Ministers rejects pleas to issue a medical cannabis licence to a six year old boy whose rare form of epilepsy improves after taking the drug. A plane with more than 60 people aboard has crashed in iran its not clear whether there are any suivivois. Its not clear wh...