If confirmed, she would be the first woman to hold the position. Promising stynes leader to have u. S. Coronavirus Vaccine Program says astrazenecas shot could halt severe covid. Welcome to the program. Futures in europe pointing higher. Futures in the u. S. Pointing higher and a number of uncertainties removed from the markets thinking over the last 24 hours or so. One of them is who is going to be treasury secretary. Somebody the that market knows ery well in the shape of janet yellen, somebody that has considerable monetary experience and fiscal experience. The other uncertainty is the transition at the white house. That seeps to be looking a little smoother given the headlines we have seen over recent hours. The asian picture benefiting from all of that removal of uncertainty i described. Something more complicated happening to the japanese market which had been doing well prior to being closed. It seems the Trump Administration in its last days still has some tough time to be toug
We are joined by will h urd. Why arent you running for reelection . Rep. Hurd i am looking forward to staying involved at the intersection of National Security, education, and technology. And to continue to talk about technology. Or working with Cutting Edge Companies that are working on Artificial Intelligence, quantum. It is super exciting. These dont believe that positions in congress were designed to be for 30 years. Ive always said that 6, 7, or eight years is likely the best thing. I am going to try to go off and do other things. You have written a paper for the Bipartisan Policy Center on Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, and legislation. Whats the crux of your paper . Its a seriesl, of papers and ultimately will turn into legislation. Is a National Strategy on Artificial Intelligence. We have to go back a couple of years. When republicans were in the majority, i was the chairman of the subcommittee on information technology. We looked at privacy, i. T. Procurement, emergi
For leaving the cia in order to help the community in a different way. Im looking forward to staying involved in the intersection of National Security, education, and technology. And to continue talking about technology, whether that is through the media or working with cuttingedge companies that are working on Artificial Intelligence, quantum. It is super exciting. I also dont believe that these positions in congress were designed to be for 30 years. Ive always said that six, seven, or eight years is likely the best thing. I am hitting that time and decided to go off and do other things. You have written a paper for the Bipartisan Policy Center on Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, and legislation. Whats the crux of your paper . Rep. Hurd well, its a series of papers and ultimately will turn into legislation. Its a National Strategy on Artificial Intelligence. We have to go back a couple of years. When republicans were in the majority, i was the chairman of the subcommittee on in
Guest reporter. Congressman, first off, why are you not running for reelection . I am not running for reelection because im looking forward to continuing to work on topics i care about. There is more than one way to preserve a country and everybody thought i was crazy when i left the cia, a job i loved and was good at in order to run for congress because i thought it could help the Intelligence Community in a different way but im looking forward to staying involved with the National Security, Public Policy and technology and to be able to continue talking about technology, whether that is through the media or working at a cuttingedge company that i am working on art of political intelligence and quantum is super exciting. I also dont believe these positions in congress were designed to be in for 30 years and i have always said that six, seven, eight years is likely the best thing and so i am hitting that time and decided to go off and do other things. Host in fact, you have written a p
Many people. Tencent is one of the most active investors in the world. More than 450 investments under the companys umbrella and that is more than the number in softbanks universe and includes names like tesla, snap and epic. Thirdly, american businesses operating in china, like mcdonalds and starbucks, they rely on the wechat app for their operations so being cut off could jeopardize their business there. There are so many questions still outstanding but its really hard to understate the importance the daily role of wechat for chinese internet users. Its called a superapp people use it for everything from messaging and booking a doctors appointment and we dont have an equivalent here. Tik tok is popular in the u. S. Its looking at a sale to microsoft so it could get around that ban there is no such option for wechat, carl weve tried to explain to investors just how important it is on the other side of the world. Lets bring in global head of Technology Investment strategy at deutsche.