goldstein, let me start with you here. this weekend the nation's top doctor, anthony fauci, on cnn, here is what he said. take a listen. >> i, together with many highly qualified vaccinologists and virologists, i mean, including a recent paper by 21 internationally renowned virologists and evolutionary biologists from all over the world indicate that although we keep an open mind, that it is possible that it could be, as they say, a lab leak, that the most likely explanation is a natural evolution from an animal reservoir to a human. >> so, steven, you're one of the virologists contending there is more evidence to suggest natural spillover from animals to human than a lab leak but the biden administration really changing the equation of likelihood. what do you make of fauci's comments and the biden administration's new positioning? >> i agree with dr. fauci's comments, of course, particularly since he cited our paper as one of his lines of evidence. with respect to the biden administration, what i've seen on that front was

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goldstein. you can remember knivesed for five minutes to give an oral presentation of your testimony. >> chairman green, ranking member emer and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting tee moo he to testify. i'm the director of financial policy at the open markets institute where my work focuses on financial regulation and consumer protection. previously i worked as a computer programmer at morgan stanley in electronic trading and at merrill lynch and deutch bank serving the equity derivatives trading desks. earlier this year the blow up of a single family fund arcagos capital led to 10e billion in bank losses after the firm's bet on a dozen total return swaps imploded. because these derivatives aren't currently reported to the securities and exchange commission on form 13-f banks and regulators alike were entirely in the dark about arcagos's positions until this blew up. the extent of hedge fund and family involvement in cryptocurrencies lives in a similar regulatory b

goldstein. and the chair now recognizes miss parker four or five minutes to give an oral presentation of your testimony. thank you. thank you. chairman. green madam chair waters ranking member emmer and members of the subcommittee for the opportunity to appear before you today. and thank you to the subcommunity staff for their hard work and putting together this hearing my name is christine parker and i'm a partner in the new york office of reed smith. i'm actually joined today by my colleague trevor levine who was kind enough to breathe the heat to come to dc with me. my practice focuses on regulatory enforcement and transactional matters related to commodities derivatives and digital assets. i routinely advise both regulated and unregulated digital asset market participants in connection with the number of different federal and state regulatory and prudential regimes. at the outset i want to note that there are a lot of use cases for blockchain and digital digital ledger technology for which c

goldstein. you are recognized for five minutes to give an oral presentation of your testimony. >> chairman green, ranking member emmer and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. i'm the director of financial policy at the open markets institute where my work focuses on financial regulation and consumer protection. previously i worked as a computer programmer at morgan stanley in electronic trading and at merrill lynch and deutsche bank serving the equity derivatives trading desks. earlier this year the blow up of a single family fund arcagos capital led to $10 billion in bank losses after the firm's bet on a dozen total return swaps imploded. because these derivatives aren't currently reported to the securities and exchange commission on form 13f, banks and regulators alike were entirely in the dark about arcagos' positions until this blew up. the extent of hedge fund and family involvement in cryptocurrencies lives in a similar regulatory blind sp

alexis goldstein is the director of financial policies at the open market institute. christine then parker a partner at - and sarah hammer who is managing director of stephen center for innovations in finance at the school of the university of pennsylvania. peter man. [inaudible]. the director at center. welcome to each of you and thank you for being here today. the witnesses will be recognized for five minutes each. to give an opening presentation of their testimony. and without objection the witnesses written statement will be made a part of the record. once the witness has finished their testimony, each member will have five minutes within which to ask questions. for the witnesses, in the hearing room, on the table in front of you is a timed that will indicate how much time you have left. we have one minute remaining a yellow light will appear. i will ask you to be mindful of the timer and when the red light appears, to quickly wrap up your testimony so that we can be respectful about the other witnesses and the committee members time.se without objection your writ

is tom goldstein still with us? >> oh, sorry, yes. >> rules that involve limitations on the time for voting, how far you have to travel for voting and compliance with voting rules are so inherent to how we vote in the united states that they're just immune from scrutiny under section two of the voting rights act. and that's the big concern of the dissent. even when those rules have big effects on the basis of race, on hispanics, african-americans, then they cannot be challenged under the voting rights act. and that's the major change in the law today. melissa, i wonder how you read the decision coming in. and i want to check with our producers, if we know mo w.h.o. decided what. i want to get a graphic up here. >> justice samuel alito said fractures between the conservatives and liberals. the time, place or manner of how one votes is immune from scrutiny under section two of the voting rights act really just hobbled what was left of that landmark civil rights legislation. the states did not have to go to the departm

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efforts in new york and texas, it's exploring digital and online opportunities but on the call, ceo rod goldstein says he's doubling down on macau. he says he has no doubt the company's position to make more money than it did before the pandemic, he just doesn't know when that's going to happen. he says the focus on those two markets is sands' best chance to see 6, 7, $8 billion in ebitda they've got a long way to go to get back to those days melissa. >> contessa, thank you con contessa brewer, not knowing when, tim, seems like a problem for investors when you're trying to figure out what a company is worth. is that the right bet that the ceo is making that eventually it's asia where the money will be made? >> it's absolutely the right bet, and if you look at some of the competitors, i think they've been actually a little bit more bullish, and certainly some of the asian competitors like mel co i love the fact that they're focussed there they're absolutely right, and if you think about where the -- you know, this unknown is going to end up, it's going to end up and the demand trend is continuing

. >> reporter: chief scott goldstein heads the montgomery county fire and rescue in maryland, he demonstrates how it takes on a life of its own. if flames spark the chief says do not do this. >> applying water makes the fire grow. >> reporter: instead use baking soda or close the lid. chief goldsteen also showing us what can happen if a charcoal grill gets knocked over. >> this could be weeds and grass, it could also be your patio furniture. >> reporter: watch how quickly the charcoal burns through the straw, it goes from this to less in less than 30 seconds. in this case you do want to use water so keep a garden hose or a bucket of water handy. and one more thing to look out for, if you're using one of those wire brushes to clean your grill, the bristles can get stuck inside. so you want to make sure to remove them. you can also use a warm cloth to wipe off your grill as well. bottom line, make sure that grill is clean, any residue can spark a fire. t.j. >> erielle, use those brushes. i use them. what are some other options? >> yeah, there are plenty of other options, and your best bet can b

goldstein. >> i'm the executive director of the center on juvenile and criminal justice and here to urge the board to support the cameo house program. it was established 10 years ago to create the first residential alternative sentencing program for homeless women facing imprisonment. this allows women to reside with their children in a home-like environment while serving their sentence or reunion fieing with their children following a period of incarceration. it's a credit to san francisco, it's a credit to the humanity of san francisco and a program that needs to be preserved. we should not be here today arguing to maintain the program. this program should be enthusiastically embraced by if city. it has the broad support within the criminal justice community and we ask the board to provide the necessary funding to allow this program to continue its vital services. thank you. >> hello. i'm ceo of the san francisco pre-trial diversion project. we strongly urge the department, mayor's office and board of supervisors to support cameo house. they have been a lifeline for our families, our c