May be removed from the meeting. Cell phones on vibrate cause micro phone interference. Approval of minutes for january 3 regular meeting. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor say aye. The ayes have it. Item 5, communication. I know of none. Item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business. I like to [inaudible] i nominate Malcolm Heinicke. For chair . I thought we were doing both at the same time. We are just doing the chair. Any members care to address the board . Seeing nonenominating cheryl to do it this she is dedicated and knowledgeable person. The agency and staff and colleagueerize very fortunate to have sheryl step in. She is knowledgeable about mta and transit agencies around the country and world. She is very artechulate advocate for the goals of the agency and spend Many Community meetings during the year so will be a outstanding member of the board. All in favor of Cheryl Brickman say aye . Opposed . Thank you. [applause]. Call for election of the vice chair. We have
Cheered a deal that creates second largest fund manager. Its the end of the road for gm in europe. Psa agrees to buy for 4. 2 billion sending shares higher. Former director of National Intelligence tells nbc there was no wiretapping of donald trump after the president accuses his predecessor, barack obama, of a watergatestyle scandal. Good morning, everybody, and welcome to street signs. Deutsche bank shares hitting bottom of stock 600 of a after the Group Announced a strategic overhaul, 8 billion euros and reits issue to take place in march. They will list Minority Stake in Asset Management business to achieve capital ratio target, quote, comfortably above 13 . At a Supervisory Board meeting taking place over the weekend, the bank announced changes to its executive team, essentially chief Financial Officer and retail head named codeputy ceos. They will work alongside chief executive. They will be uniting corporate finance, its Global Markets and its banking divisions. It also said tha
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Atlantic Council. Im paula dobriansky, im on the executive committee of the Atlantic Council board and i would want to commend the councils Eurasia Center for todays program which is entitled the state of human rights and putins russia. As many of you know the center has been extremely active and a vigorous voice on a range of issues from russias disinformation to the issue of ukraine, the scale and scope of the aggression in ukraine and the illegal annexation of crimea. Todays forum is particularly timing. Russia has experienced the worst crack that in human rights in decades. And we have three keynote speakers who will be up first, and all of whom are making a difference in their own way. Their strong, outspoken advocates for freedom and basic human rights in russia. Im going to introduce the first three and then will be having a panel afterwards which will be moderate
So we remember and we honor their service. There are real risks involved in being a diplomat. There always have been, and many of those risks are accentuated today. I know that service can mean sacrifice for families as well. Some of you serve at unaccompanied posts, which means that you are separated from your loved ones. When families deploy and spouses and children serve in their own way, we know that they dont always hear directly from the president. So i need to you transmit to them how much we appreciate the work that they do. Let them know that we know they are part of the ambassadorial team as well. More broadly, i want to thank you for your partnership in what has been a priority for us. And that is renewing american leadership. I believe that a Broader Vision of american strength that harnesses all elements of our national power, including diploma diplomacy, is what is going to make a difference in this complicated age that we live in. Thats how we build a Global Coalition to
Outside source reporting back to us, and the elect toward about what is going on in our government. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the most inspirational person we have met this week. She has been one of my idols for a long time. I either want to be in the Legal Profession or perhaps a senator. I understand the need for bipartisanship at times but i think it is important that politicians go to washington with their eyes on a goal, and they are determined to meet that goal instead of sacrificing it in the light of money or bipartisanship. We need to get back to having a constructive discourse. We need to get back to respecting all americans know matter what their background. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan q a. Now, 1 00n hour from p. M. Eastern we will be at the council on Foreign Relations with a discussion of the syrian president Bashar Alassad and a look at his actions that began with civil unrest and lead to civil war. We will have that life. A recent event, with samar ali on the cu