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First, china has devalued the yuan, cutting by 1. 9 . Francine that ends a peg to the dollar. The decision led to the currencies against oneday loss in more than a decade. Run us through the Immediate Impact on markets. Absolutely. This was an abrupt move by the chinese. The yuans biggest drop in two decades and a lot of lingering questions, or questions that will spark geopolitical questions that will have to be dealt with with trading partners. Lets talk about the market impact. We begin with equities which saw a more muted impact. The hang seng index now turning negative. The shanghai compo...

Well, sure, two years ago i offered legislation to allow kids to ride free on the metrobus. Oh, the buses are working. Yes. This year, we expanded the program to allow kids to ride free on metro rail. I think many people dont realize this, but we are an urban environment. We have only a school bus that serves a small number of our kids. Every other child, either walks to school or catches Public Transit or is dropped off by a parent. For some children, theyre leaving their neighborhood to go to school so they had to pay to get to school. Parents were spending at least 30 a month, kids were rid...

Cutler, u. S. Trade representative during the obama administration. This was hosted by the center for strategic and International Studies examining challenges and opportunities under the u. S. south korean alliance. Good afternoon. We would like to begin session three. Im the moderator of the session. My name is taeho bark. Professor emeritus. I just retired at the end of last month, so i call myself professor emeritus. Seoul national university, and i was the former trade minister of korea. Let me first join our creative speakers in thanking the csis and the Korea Foundation for organizing su...

And your attendance here today and we look forward to hearing from you. The subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness response medications will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on the state of First Responders medications. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. I want to welcome all witnesses here this morning on an issue that is vital to our Homeland Security. The ability of our First Responders to communicate. As noted in the 2006 National Baseline survey, there is a direct correlation between effective medications, interoperability and First Respo...

Still in full force in parts of the north bay. Tonight choppers dropping water targeting rutherford, the hills above this winery. As the fire comes down and progresses down towards the rutherford area above the winery we are working to slow the spread of that fire. Reporter this morning, a tragic loss in the fire fight. A water tender driver working the area of the napa hills lost control of his truck wg rolling it over down the side of the hill where he died. Our hearts go out to obviously the family and the friends that are impacted by this as it has an impact on all of us. Reporter one more...