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"Talks with our dimitri with sodas the latest is your call debate over where the next site should be started years ago back around 2014 we really started hearing about it and DC wanted to keep the headquarters of course it's on pennsylvania avenue the j edgar hoover building the brutalism building as many know it said architecture is very unique and maryland and of virginia course wanted to win the bureau and bring them over to their side but in recent years we saw the debate get heated as it was narrowed down to three sites two in prince georges county then of course one in greenbelt which was the winner and one in landover as well the third was in springfield virginia this year we saw the criteria or how this was was scored when it comes to figuring out which site should be the one change a bit and that's when the gsa the general decided in its word that greenbelt was the best site because it had the lowest cost taxpayers to for building the new headquarters and provided the greatest transportation access to both fbi employees and visitors mike what are we learning exactly about why this site was chosen as we said you know quanico down there in virginia a people lot of thought that was the lock you know that's what we heard from virginia lawmakers they thought with that being there and being close another facility that'd be the case but maryland really been lobbying for this and i talked to county executive angela also brooks and here's her reaction we are just really really uh pleased um tonight with this decision and um and we're looking forward to seeing the all of the generational uh in transformational growth and and prosperity that will come to prince georges county as a result of this decision very similar to what we've seen in northern virginia and she says there are a lot of pluses for georges prince county especially the greenbelt site near the greenbelt metro it was it was no buildings had to come down it's ready to be developed it's just land so some of those things she believed played into you know the reason for this being chosen so uh other maryland leaders i assume they are grinning from ear to ear as well of course they are the virginia side where you're not getting as much of that we heard from virginia senators tim kane and mark warner who called the decision disappointing and accused the biden administration of allowing politics to taint the selection process in virginia taking issue with again those changes to the scoring process which made it less important to be near as you pointed out so less near other fbi facilities and put more importance on the price tag and also social equity wtlp's mike morillo talking with our dimitri soda a quick look down at the top stories we're following this early thursday morning for you on wtlp the union representing hollywood's actors says they they have a tentative deal with hollywood producers to end that long strike the house oversight committee issues subpoenas president to biden's son hunter and the president's brother james and recapping the new fbi headquarters locally will be built officially in maryland we're told on a lot next to the greenbelt metro station in prince georges county more on these stories in just minutes you are listening to one oh three point five f you have a plan for the day right but that usually changes by lunchtime then changes again before dinner it's the same with breaking news new information just
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"You have Dimitri, you have Nick and Mitchell all here here in the studio and Nick you're making a point here about a particular race that may tell us a lot about the overall situation tonight the virginia state senate because if republicans want to come away with a victory tonight they need to essentially in WTOP. that's when we turn to outside of our area in Henrico County this is in senate 2016 republican state senator Siobhan Dunavant appears to be losing this race may be called at any moment by the associated press more than fifty percent of the votes counted in senate district 16 in Henrico County republican incumbent state senator Siobhan Dunavant is losing forty eight percent to fifty one percent against her democratic opponent Skyler van erg now if Dunavant loses it's going to be very difficult for Republicans to come away with their main objective which is to flip the senate and hold the house it doesn't bode well for republicans overall if Dunavant loses especially early in the evening this not is not in our area but it's something to watch you're gonna hear all the political analysts talking about this in moments just if you look on social media or watch the TV networks you know this is going to be a district that could really determine how this whole thing ends up in the end now Savan Dunavant is a Republican who supports that fifteen -week abortion ban proposed by Governor Youngkin she has been outspoken in being against the abortion rights or at least supportive of limiting abortion in some way in Virginia this race with Dunavant and Van Valkenburg is directly influenced by redistricting. Dunavant was pretty safe in her previous district now in a new district that is less favorable to Republicans less favorable to her she party is losing and it appears she is going to lose so when we talk about redistricting when we talk about how that has influenced this election made it unpredictable that's one of those things if the redistricting had not happened Siobhan Dunavant probably would be pretty safe but she's in a less favorable Republican district than she was before and now with fifty three percent of the votes counted she's losing by a few percentage points that's significant that's something we're going to be watching for it could be very bad for Republicans as they try to flip the Senate Dimitri. All right, House of Delegates a totally different matter too to really discuss that right? Well we do have some results. What I'm saying in is the Senate you have that linchpin race you were just talking about I'm wondering if there's a counterpart over in the House. The reason that this is such significant a race is because it would essentially be a flip a flip from Republican to Democrat that's not necessarily something that we're going to see all that frequently tonight is a flip and we talk about by a flip the way getting back to redistricting it's not really a flip in many of these races because you have districts that were taken out of their previous geographic area put into a completely new geographic area with no incumbent so think about that it's a new district with no incumbent so what exactly constitutes a flip in that in that case right it's a Von Donovan is one of the few incumbents here who may actually lose her seat is going to be an actual flip should results these hold so that's why we're talking about this all of these other races yet to close to call too early but this one of these signals you know we were looking for clues they're looking for signals that's not a good signal not a clue good for the republicans and just real quickly to add on that uh... related to the issue of abortion a beyond virginia very significant development in ohio tonight uh... the fact that voters there in a state red look like they are going to uphold having abortion rights in the constitution of ohio so again we're seeing we've talked a lot about abortion rights and we don't want to exaggerate how much of impact an it can have but clearly it's having a big impact so far tonight continuing to work for democrats will will follow it for you here on your election source w t o p sports at twenty five and fifty five powered by red river technology decisions aren't black and white think red and we're back to rob woodford all right second half updates from the maryland and georgetown season openers will start
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"Wtopnews 11 15 and I'm Dimitri Sotis thanks for being with campaign 2024 on wtop the second Republican presidential debate ended only minutes ago seven White House hopefuls spent a couple of hours on stage at the Reagan Presidential Library in California going after President Biden former President Trump and sparring with one another on key issues you're not here tonight because you're afraid of being on the stage and defending your record you're ducking these things and let me tell you what's going to happen you keep doing that no one up here is going to call you Donald Trump anymore we're going to call you Donald Duck former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaking on Fox Business and Univision tonight as for Donald Trump himself he skipped the debate for a trip to Michigan to win over blue -collar voters in the midst of the auto workers strike let's take you live tonight to Axios political reporter Aaron Dougherty for a review of some of what we saw and heard tonight and I wanted to bring up one other statement tonight's Ron DeSantis Florida Governor along with what Chris Christie said Ron DeSantis said Donald Trump is missing in action meaning he should be here on this stage Aaron thank you very much for a little bit your of time your tonight what are your biggest takeaways that maybe Donald Trump was almost as much of a target as Joe Joe Biden the current president yeah well thank you so much for having me I think the big question for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis going into tonight was how much and if at all was he going to take aim at former President Trump who is the overwhelming favorite or overwhelming Republican front primary runner in at the this point we've seen DeSantis in recent weeks sort of up his criticisms and attacks against former President Trump and you know that line that he made in his opening remarks really kind of showed that you know this debate he was trying to distinguish himself from from his top rival at this point in the race beyond that you know there were Nikki Haley sparred with several of her rivals she had some pretty intense arguments with Senator Tim Scott Vivek me and you know she kind of really highlighted her strong debate skills on stage at the end of the day the big question is always kind of you know will this will these sort strong of moments first from certain candidates change the dynamics of the race and obviously it still remains to be seen. you asked or rather mentioned Nikki Haley sparring with various people she seemed to get into it at one point with Vivek Ramaswamy over the safety of TikTok the the bike dance app that of course eventually leads back to the Chinese government and it was quite a line there I think she was riffing a little bit saying every time I hear you Vivek Ramaswamy I feel a little bit dumber which I don't know if it came out exactly as she she meant but the point is did she have as good a debate as she did in the first one back in August yeah I think Nikki Haley had you know like she was in August had a strong performance tonight she you know it similarly in August she sparred Vivek with Ramaswamy on certain policy issues and I think that you know perhaps a sign Nikki Haley did do well is in the minutes after the debate former President Trump's campaign sent out an email sort of with talking points about Nikki and she was the only candidate that he his campaign sent out an email kind of after criticizing the debate and so it's you know it's obviously still really early but it's possible that he is seeing Nikki the Haley kind as of emerging threat in this Republican primary and so I think that you know like the first debate she can you know distinguish herself some policy issue and you know took down and criticize some of her rivals on stage. All right Erin we appreciate a little bit of your time tonight to get kind of the first taste of post debate analysis here. We thank you a lot. Thank you so much. That's Erin Doherty, Axios politics reporter. We've got another special report on the debate coming up in about 11 minutes and we'll have some more news you. for Hope you can stay with us. Time to get right to the traffic center Rich Hunter. All right Northbound DC 295 again at last check just beyond Pennsylvania Avenue at about the point where traffic comes on from Pennsylvania Avenue. Crash happened there again believe it's going to be along that right side there right where that merge is. So if you're squeezing by at all at the moment it would be single file to the left. But again difficult to tell no good camera shot there. A lot of folks look like they may be bailing onto Pennsylvania Avenue to avoid it. You can get to the ramp to go east on Pennsylvania Avenue so keep that in mind. It's not clear if you can get to the ramp to go west only because it is so packed up there now headed north toward Pennsylvania Avenue on D .C. 295. Now if you're traveling in Virginia, 395 south end as you approach and pass Washington Boulevard single file right past the construction. Very slow there. Also very slow Shortbound 95 headed up toward Quantico beginning your mile marker 146. You're eventually down the one single lane to the right through construction. the Rich Hunter WTOP traffic. Alright Rich Veronica Johnson she is 7 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist. Enjoy evening this because this time tomorrow we're going to be back to some emotionally cloudy to cloudy skies might and see
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"Evening I'm Dimitri Sotis for the top local stories were following this hour this is a big deal for Washington commanders fans who want to watch those home games in DC again a bill has advanced in Congress designed to clear the way for a new football stadium near the spot where RFK stadium is now it's a big win for supporters as we say of a new home for the team and WTOP Mitchell Miller details now today on the hill the vote by the House Oversight Committee was overwhelmingly in favor of the legislation which could eventually come up for a floor vote it came after an amendment was discussed seeking to prohibit public or federal funds from being used for the stadium it was offered by Pennsylvania Republican Scott Perry who says the commanders need to make the investment the taxpayer shouldn't be forced to put their capital at risk for no potential but other lawmakers including Virginia Congressman Jerry Connolly say Perry seems to be singling out DC and the district ought to be trusted to make their own decisions and we ought to stay out of it the amendment was ultimately voted down on Capitol Hill Mitchell Miller WTOP news new tonight on WTOP a man is dead another in the hospital after a shooting at a park in Northeast DC Metropolitan Police say it happened around 4 30 this afternoon at Marvin Gaye Park near HD Woodson High School man died at the scene the other taken to the hospital with injuries police say that person was conscious and breathing no identified so far suspected thieves from New York appear to be targeting Tyson's Corner Center for a third time in five days police have arrested New Yorkers accused of trying to steal merchandise from the mall Fairfax County Police say they recovered $15 ,000 worth of stolen goods arresting three New Yorkers Tuesday accused of shoplifting at Tyson's on Monday the Tyson's urban team arrested another group from New York and covered about $8 ,000 worth of merchandise Fairfax County Police Lieutenant William R. Nest says Tyson's one is place on the East Coast being targeted by retail theft crews so a lot of times when we catch these crews we see that they've stolen items from stores up and down 95 last week another New York group was arrested by the Tyson's team police say this group had numerous stolen credit cards and drivers licenses and another $15 thousand worth of stolen merchandise. Dick Iuliano WTOP news. A man wrongly convicted of two separate violent crimes is getting $340 ,000 from Maryland. Demetrius Smith was only 25 when he was wrongly convicted back in 2008 he spent five years behind bars including time in prison even after it was proven he was innocent Maryland's governor Wes Moore apologized to Smith before the settlement was approved by a state board noting it's been more than a decade since his release in 2013. Other news tonight young students are showing signs of improvement after a couple of Loudoun County teachers changed the way they taught kids to read. The results have been quite impressive. That's how Katakian Elementary teacher Rosemary Malayo describes what happened when some teachers there started teaching the school's youngest kids to read with an emphasis on phonics. Students get step -by -step practice with vowels, spelling, and reading with words in both isolation and in context. Students also get to practice hearing sounds and words and learn the spelling patterns that match those sounds. Jennifer Hartman helped the school change approach its and says 21 % of first graders met the high benchmark on the reading screening test. Which means the state has to start determined that their scores demonstrate they are no longer at risk. The phonics based approach is being used at all Loudoun County elementary schools this year. Scott Gelman, WTOP News. If you live in Maryland, you're now being urged to use less water. Maybe don't use the sprinkler system or take a shorter shower. State managers are trying to make sure you know drought conditions are sticking around. There had been a drought watch in parts of Maryland, but now we've issued a drought warning. Dave Abrams with the Maryland Department of the Environment says Western Montgomery County is in the warning zone, as are Howard, Frederick and Baltimore counties. People who live in those areas are encouraged to use less water for now. The good news. Abrams says the dry conditions we've been dealing with should improve soon. When you enter the fall and winter months, it's easier for rainwater to penetrate the ground. The passing of the seasons will hopefully take care of this. Nick Inelli, WTOP news Coming up after traffic and weather, how difficult is it to buy a newly built house right now? And what is former Alexandria Topgolf turning into? It's 708. Get a Precision AC tune -up for only $59. traffic and weather on the 8th and when it breaks, let's go to Ian Crawford in the traffic center. We're gonna start in Virginia, Demetri. Southbound 95 is a real bear tonight. We have the usual weeknight slowing southbound across the Occoquan River Bridge, Lorton toward Woodbridge. Breaks apart for a little bit, but then it gets very, very thick. Jammed basically from Dale City past Dumfries to a point in your triangle. That's had where we the earlier crash. That crash now on the left shoulder, but damage done and it'll take a while to clean this one out. Expect delays southbound 95, making towards Fredericksburg and Point South. Northbounders, you are okay. On 66, watch for some delays westbound as you pass 123 and again after 29 Centerville heading past the Manassas rest area to a point near Sudley Road before it starts to break 3. This should be just volume. Capital Beltway is in a real tangle on the inner loop through Tysons, past the toll road and on toward the Legion Bridge. That
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A highlight from Featured Story | What Crypto's Future Has to Do With LIBOR's Death
"This episode of Markets Daily is sponsored by Kraken. It's Wednesday, August 9th, 2023, and this is Markets Daily from CoinDesk. George Kaloud is here again with a featured story. On today's show, we're taking a look at Libor. And just a reminder, CoinDesk is a news source and does not provide financial advice. I'll be reading an opinion piece by Dimitri Gustian, the chief operating officer and co -founder of EndoTech .io titled Cryptos Path Forward Could Follow the Financial World's Departure from Libor. The world is officially done with the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, which was a benchmark lending rate that drove the financial industry, and therefore the business world, for more than four decades. Starting this month, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR, has replaced LIBOR in the United States, a transition that has taken more than 11 years since a scandal enveloped LIBOR. This switch is significant far beyond lending rates, underlining that real change in innovation are possible in the financial system, even following misdeeds and corruption, and it offers hope for crypto and financial innovation that takes advantage of new technology. Crypto has suffered its share of misconduct and misdeeds with which regulators and other officials have been slow to keep pace. Many industry skeptics, and others, have even declared the sector doomed because of the lack of policing. Still, we see multiple institutional investors applying for crypto exchange traded funds, or ETFs. Could market demand among institutional investors result in reliable regulated crypto trading? Can the financial system remake crypto like it remade interbank loan rates? LIBOR represented the self -reported average rate at which the world's largest banks would loan money to other banks. It was often seen as a lower boundary for any type of loan or performance benchmark. It was a pillar of the financial system and a reliable benchmark. Variable rate loans, adjustable mortgages, as well as instruments like swaps and futures were usually tied, to some degree, to this rate. But then scandal hit with the revelation in 2012 that banks were artificially controlling the rate, including by reporting borrowing rates at levels that would benefit their swap traders and make banks look more insulated from risk than they were. Safeguards were few and the system, which relied on banks to simply report what rates they would charge, basically left the mice guarding the cheese. That is similar to how the crypto sector has been operating, with little oversight on big players controlling billions of dollars. The crypto sector is not the foundation of the financial system the way interbank lending rates are, but crypto was a top performing asset class in this year's first quarter, and institutional investors continue to acquire it. Crypto has become a bellwether for innovation in the financial sector. Officials should have noticed the irregularities in LIBOR earlier and taken action, as reports and clues began to surface as early as 2007. LIBOR should have also come under more scrutiny for the role it played in the global financial crisis, which began with the fall of AIG and other U .S. financial firms and their heavy use of credit default swaps. But reaction was slow. When regulators eventually took action in 2012, several financial institutions received fines for their role in the LIBOR scandal. And over the last decade, the system has been gradually reformed with the U .S. replacing it with the secured overnight financing rate, or SOFR. Despite the long timeline, SOFR is undoubtedly an improvement, mainly because it is based on actual transactions, not just on rates that banks report as the lowest they will accept. This reduces some of the concentration of power that large banks had and reflects the reality in the market. It also means that the financial system still has something it demands, a reference rate. In other words, officials did not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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A highlight from MARKETS DAILY: Featured Story | What Crypto's Future Has to Do With LIBOR's Death
"This episode of Markets Daily is sponsored by Kraken. It's Wednesday, August 9th, 2023, and this is Markets Daily from CoinDesk. George Kaloud is here again with a featured story. On today's show, we're taking a look at Libor. And just a reminder, CoinDesk is a news source and does not provide financial advice. I'll be reading an opinion piece by Dimitri Gustian, the chief operating officer and co -founder of EndoTech .io titled Cryptos Path Forward Could Follow the Financial World's Departure from Libor. The world is officially done with the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, which was a benchmark lending rate that drove the financial industry, and therefore the business world, for more than four decades. Starting this month, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR, has replaced LIBOR in the United States, a transition that has taken more than 11 years since a scandal enveloped LIBOR. This switch is significant far beyond lending rates, underlining that real change in innovation are possible in the financial system, even following misdeeds and corruption, and it offers hope for crypto and financial innovation that takes advantage of new technology. Crypto has suffered its share of misconduct and misdeeds with which regulators and other officials have been slow to keep pace. Many industry skeptics, and others, have even declared the sector doomed because of the lack of policing. Still, we see multiple institutional investors applying for crypto exchange traded funds, or ETFs. Could market demand among institutional investors result in reliable regulated crypto trading? Can the financial system remake crypto like it remade interbank loan rates? LIBOR represented the self -reported average rate at which the world's largest banks would loan money to other banks. It was often seen as a lower boundary for any type of loan or performance benchmark. It was a pillar of the financial system and a reliable benchmark. Variable rate loans, adjustable mortgages, as well as instruments like swaps and futures were usually tied, to some degree, to this rate. But then scandal hit with the revelation in 2012 that banks were artificially controlling the rate, including by reporting borrowing rates at levels that would benefit their swap traders and make banks look more insulated from risk than they were. Safeguards were few and the system, which relied on banks to simply report what rates they would charge, basically left the mice guarding the cheese. That is similar to how the crypto sector has been operating, with little oversight on big players controlling billions of dollars. The crypto sector is not the foundation of the financial system the way interbank lending rates are, but crypto was a top performing asset class in this year's first quarter, and institutional investors continue to acquire it. Crypto has become a bellwether for innovation in the financial sector. Officials should have noticed the irregularities in LIBOR earlier and taken action, as reports and clues began to surface as early as 2007. LIBOR should have also come under more scrutiny for the role it played in the global financial crisis, which began with the fall of AIG and other U .S. financial firms and their heavy use of credit default swaps. But reaction was slow. When regulators eventually took action in 2012, several financial institutions received fines for their role in the LIBOR scandal. And over the last decade, the system has been gradually reformed with the U .S. replacing it with the secured overnight financing rate, or SOFR. Despite the long timeline, SOFR is undoubtedly an improvement, mainly because it is based on actual transactions, not just on rates that banks report as the lowest they will accept. This reduces some of the concentration of power that large banks had and reflects the reality in the market. It also means that the financial system still has something it demands, a reference rate. In other words, officials did not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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"Northern neck into portions of western St. Mary's County the northern portion of St. Mary's County just west of Leonardtown right now so keep a close eye on that as you mentioned earlier there's some strong storms between Warrenton and Culpeper and the risk of severe storms continues for about the next 60 minutes especially over the southern suburbs south of I 66 south of Route 50 that's one of the best chance of any strong storms over the next hour or so and I'll be back in just a couple of minutes with your complete forecast. Mike Sinford with WTOP our own Dave Dildine is assessing the damage left behind by some of the evening storms. I'm watching DC firefighters using chainsaws to cut a tree off the roof of a car on Canal Road right in front of Georgetown University and this is not unlike what I saw not far away from here. Palisades Georgetown Wesley Heights two weekends ago the microburst coming through any and trees that weren't weakened in that storm on July 29th were more susceptible to the winds this time around. I will say not seeing the concentration of wind damage yet that I was subjected to on July 29th but there are some trees coming down case in point here don't know the status of the occupants of this vehicle. DC firefighters police remain on scene in Georgetown Dave Doldine WTOP news. Thanks to WTOP's Dick Iuliano live at the storm desk with additional developments tonight. Dimitri most of the power outages from this storm are in Fairfax County where nearly 20 ,000 Dominion Energy customers have lost power. Power has been restored to some several thousand customers in Loudoun County reducing the number of customers without power in
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"The phone and it's a real person I've had multiple customers say I called you guys this morning you were able to get out today and that's just awesome our promise of same day service seven days a week just an option it's who we are the only way today today just Oh traffic and weather on the 8th and when it breaks Carlos Ramirez traffic in center the thanks Dimitri in the accident scene that we did have on the southbound side of 95 has officially cleared still a slow after 198 headed towards 200 northbound side doesn't look too bad either if you're headed up towards the Baltimore Beltway so far inside the Beltway northbound DC 295 slow Avenue going past no Pennsylvania crashes there outer loop of the Beltway VDOT had suggested that there was a crash right by Telegraph Road doesn't seem to be the case any longer probably handle it pretty quickly little slow as you make way towards the Wilson Bridge nothing too dramatic if you're headed on I 95 no worries in either direction Virginia right now looks completely up to speed northbound Route 1 though toward headed to Woodbridge northbound headed towards the Prince William Parkway crash involving an overturned vehicle there causing delays southbound no longer affected you should be just fine there 66 looks great from Manassas to the Beltway and as I mentioned there is some sort of event going on over at Jiffy loop so I expect to see plenty of brake lights through that area 66 inside inside the Beltway looks great southbound GW Parkway still closed from the Beltway towards a spout run however the news good is eastbound spout run is reopened so you can now take southbound GW Parkway at spout run if you have to go down to the airport or something like that Carlos Ramirez WTOB traffic now to Veronica Johnson she's 7News alert first chief meteorologist it's big it's bright in the southeastern sky oh the moon it's a super moon this evening we'll get another at the end of the month so
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"Speaking there with our Dimitri Sotis. Big look at the top stories we're following Wednesday morning here on WTOP This Early Hour. President Joe Biden's motorcade snarled traffic locally on the Beltway twice Tuesday as he traveled to and from fundraising events and a former police chief in our area is going to prison for the rest of his life for setting homes on fire. Keep it here we'll have more on these developing stories in just minutes. You are listening to WTOP .com. mid -wednesday morning June 28th. Glad you're starting your day with us at 418. Traffic and weather on the 8th. First over to Rick McClure in the WTOP Traffic Center. Alright thanks Dino. Let's take you back around the Capitol Beltway through Montgomery County with the work zone on the outer loop towards Silver Silver Spring between I -95 and University Boulevard. Two right lanes are currently getting you by the paving project. I -270, I -70 no issues or work zone set and there's a work zone up set along the southbound side still. Route 15 up in Frederick with traffic alternating near Bassford Road, BW Parkway, I -95 both free and clear. Route 50 as well good across the Bay Bridge in both directions three lanes west and two lanes east across the Bay. Work zone set up in Bethesda along River Road at Western Avenue had a single lane getting by in both directions. Virginia 66 work zones east before Fairfax Drive and east before Nutley Street or between Nutley Street and the Broadway has both the left lane getting by. The work along the westbound side after Glee Road was all picked up. I -95 north through parts of Falmouth and Stafford before the Centerport Parkway. The work zone there Last at check was along the left side and authorities are still with the crash cleanup headed south through parts of Pennsylvania County from last hour involved a tractor trailer after the Thornburg exit, Route 606. At this point two left lanes are still getting by to the right and through the district southeast we have police activity closing Stanton Road both ways between Sheridan Road and Bryan Place and another Closing 14th Street both ways between I and K and we had one broken down along the outbound of the Siouxton Parkway at Naylor Road that was in the left lane with flashers on. Rick McClure WTLP traffic clearing continued early this morning done with the rain and the storms next up for us poor air quality we've got a code orange air quality alert up on this Wednesday which means unhealthy air for sensitive groups
The Breakdown
The Banking System Broke; Will That Force a Fed Pivot?
"All right guys, it continues to be interesting times and today was supposed to be the big financial event of the week with the CPI report. So let's pick up the story from where we left off yesterday and see if the CPI report actually had as much significance as it might once have seemed. So here's where we were. The falling dominoes were silvergate closing down on Wednesday, Silicon Valley bank being put into receivership on Friday, and over the weekend, the squawking chaos is the tech industry viewed itself facing moral peril. All of this led to the fed's coming in on Sunday Night as the white knight, saying, hey, we're invoking systemic risk. Everyone's deposits are safe, management is not protected and taxpayers don't have to foot the bill. Oh, and by the way, we shut down signature bank as well. Yeah, the crypto won. No, don't ask us to explain why. And into all of that on Monday morning, market started in turmoil. First republic began the day 70 plus percent down in small and regional banks everywhere had their trading halted for volatility. However, then, at least in the non banking sectors, markets started to recover and even move into the green. Many commentators were incredulous. Dimitri kofinis from the inimitable hidden forces wrote, we got a global pandemic that killed millions of people, the start of a potential World War that could kill millions more, the steepest interest rate cycle in 40 years and now the second largest bank failure in U.S. history and markets are still like nah, we going up. And it wasn't just stocks. Crypto absolutely roared yesterday led by Bitcoin, which was up nearly 20% on the day. And by the way, has continued to increase today as well, hitting 26,000 at the time of this recording. So what the heck you may ask is going on. Well, let's talk first about the crypto side. Yesterday I did a YouTube video exploring three possible explanations for why Bitcoin was going up. The first one is the one I'd most like to be true. And that is that this moment is piercing the veil of people's perceptions of the solidity of the banking system and showing them that they are a part of something that is more complex and risky than they might have been led to believe. Even if one isn't clamoring for the destruction of the fed and the end of Fiat money, it certainly strikes us that it might be better if a more informed electorate better understood the part they play and more specifically the role their money plays in the system we have
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Bruins rout Sabres 7-1, become fastest team to 100 points
"The bruins hammered the saber 7 one to become the fastest team in NHL history to reach 100 points. David pastrnak had a goal and two assists, hours after signing an 8 year $90 million contract extension. Very thankful to be part of this organization and sign another extension. It's been a home for us. So we're really excited as a family to stay here. Jakob lako scored twice. Dimitri orlov added a goal and two assists, and Jeremy swayman stopped 26 shots in Boston's knife consecutive win. I'm Dave ferry.
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Zacha helps Bruins beat Oilers 3-2 for 7th straight win
"The bruins win their 7th in a row edging the oilers three to two, Pavel zacha scored the game winner with 30 seconds to go in the second period to help the bruins boost their point total to a league best 97. Connor McDavid scored both of Edmonton's goals to give him his first 50 goal season of his career. You know, I thought we played them hard and gave ourselves a chance to win. He achieved that feat in just 61 games. Dimitri orloff drew a pair of assists for Boston, which improved a three and O on its current four game West Coast swing. I'm Denny cop
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"It's three 40. Now the WTO car review of a new Cadillac SUV called the XT four. Car guy, Mike parris, telling Dimitri sodas. Yeah, we looked at the big Cadillac Escalade, not too long ago. And this is the smallest SUV they make. The XT four seats about 5 and you know what for a tiny subcompact crossover. It's a lot of space in there. You can put adults up front and in the back and they'll have plenty of leg room, both places. And the hatchback to plenty of room for luggage or whatever your hauling around. It's about the average size for the class. There are some with larger cargo spaces in this class for about the same money, but then the passenger space is really hard to beat in this little Cadillac. How's your mileage? You get about 26 miles per gallon from the two liter turbo engine. It does okay power wiser, some others in the market that's better, but it does okay and if you do a lot of highway driving, you'll definitely see about 30, 31 miles per gallon if you're easy on the gas. What do you think about its appearance? Do you think it blends in a little too much with other cars or once you see that medicine grill do you realize, yes, this is a Cadillac. You can like really had to do something to kind of get their name out there and the looks really will get you into the door because they're very sporty and almost new age are looking compared to some of the slightly conservative style crossovers in this market. I'm seeing that you can maybe get out the door for closer to $40,000 than 50,000, although I'm not sure how many toys you get on that lower end. And you know what? I think that's where the Cadillac will shine. Those who are easy on the options list can definitely drive out for $45,000 or so. And get a nice vehicle, the one I had was about 55,012 $1000 of options. And it really didn't make sense for all that money for what you get for the money. So I think basically if you're easy on the options list, this is a fine vehicle. If not, look around that the others in the market that might give you just as much for maybe a little bit less. Let's finish up here with the pros and cons. What's the best thing about it? What is something that they need to work on? So for the size, the space inside is very tremendous. It's a big check mark if you want a small crossover that's easy to drive in this city, but you don't want to very big vehicle that's hard to park. This is your vehicle. And when the minus is yeah, the interior's nice, the seats are great. But a lot of the trimmings around it seem a little bit low dollar for a Cadillac. You definitely want to weigh the pros and cons on what you're looking for and then
WTOP
"dimitri" Discussed on WTOP
"Sports at 15 and 45 powered by Red River, technology decisions aren't black and white. Think red. 5 15 Dave Preston, those losses keep piling up for the caps. Not ideal. It's like the snow that we're not getting right now. You know, it's like, oh my goodness, the snow bags and that big trend. So you don't really want. No, unfortunately, the caps come up short in a contest against the last place team of the Pacific division they fall four two to Anaheim. Alex Ovechkin fires 5 shots on goal in his return to the lineup head coach Peter la villette. I thought he'd get better and felt more of an impact from him as a game went on, but that's probably to be expected after missing that much time and not being out on the ice and getting reps and he'll get better every day. And off the ice, the capitals make a trade to still a ways before the deadline, but they part with some pieces defenseman Dimitri orlov Garnett Hathaway gets sent to Boston for Craig Smith, a 2023 first run pick at 2024 third round selection and a 2025 second round pick. NFL the commanders in action yesterday with Eric biene, the new offensive coordinator taking center stage and while he is ready to work, rob Woodford tells the D.C. sports subtle. He's ready to go. And if I'm a player, I want to run through a wall for that guy. That energy and accountability, I mean, those are the kinds of words those are the kinds of things that I think players look for unless your name of is, of course, shady McCoy, who had some unflattering things to say. But he did so, but he deflected that well, right, George. He did. Much more inside the D.C. sports little George actually says more than a few words on the sports page at WTO P dot com. He just doesn't say yes, and no, he's more than just full thoughts. You are correct, sir. He throws one of those in too. Dave Preston WTO sports. Okay, it's 5 17. Take a close look at that air fryer that's sitting on your kitchen counter because sorry is recalling more than 2 million air fryers sold in the U.S. and two other countries because their wire connections can overheat and possibly start a fire. The consumer product safety commission says people should stop using those fryers immediately has received more than 200 reports of air fryers catching fire, burning, melting, overheating, or smoking, and there have been ten reports of minor burns. The recall involves multiple model numbers sold between 2018 and last year, you can read more at WTO P dot com, just search recalls. Coming up after traffic and weather, the top stories we're following for you this hour. Ukraine's president is pledging to push for victory this year as he and other Ukrainians mark the somber first anniversary of the Russian invasion that he called the longest day of our lives. We're learning more about the deadly police shooting of a suspected shoplifter outside Tyson's corner center. Stay here with WTO for more on these top stories in just minutes
Entrepreneur on FIRE
"dimitri" Discussed on Entrepreneur on FIRE
"Specific brands. Can we really talk about some examples of how these types of integrations have a really impacted brands? The impact is kind of two sided. On the one hand, it improves the retention and the customer lifetime value because obviously these customers that become a part of a very small tight core community. Where there's only one way in and that's to buy from another customer. They're receiving their perks. And then as a result of all the perks that they're receiving, obviously it's the brand's responsibility to create a lot of value for these pass holders. But their customer lifetime value will increase and they'll be coming back and shopping more and more. And I'll get into an example of how that's happening in a second. And then on the other hand is acquisition, right? So because there is that scarcity of these passes. And all the customers are trading them. And those passes will have a floating value on the secondary market. So then the customers kind of catch on, they realize, oh, okay. So the more this brand grows, the more people want to come into this loyalty program, now all of a sudden, my pass is worth more. Maybe I should start talking about this brand on social media because it might pass is going to be worth even more, which is really cool. And that's how it impacts the customer acquisition costs and actually helps brand brands acquire new customers, as well as doing collaborations with other brands. So because these passes are on the blockchain, it means that we can create benefits within our ecosystem or website for passes or pass holders of completely different brands without having to look at the brand's database and seeing who owns the passes without having to even speak to the brand. Which opens up a massive market for collaboration. So there are a couple of brands that have already done this that kind of the flagship case study is a brand called the hundreds, which is a street wear and apparel brand that came out of the United States.
Entrepreneur on FIRE
"dimitri" Discussed on Entrepreneur on FIRE
"Dimitri say what's up to fire nation and share something that you believe about becoming successful that most people disagree with? What is up? Thanks for having me, man. So I think it's the fact that most people say it's not that simple. When it comes to entrepreneurship, I think there's a very clearly defined set of steps or path when it comes to achieving what it is that you set out to achieve. And the complexity comes in actually executing on that and people's attitude towards it. But I think in terms of most people know and understand exactly what they need to do. It's just a matter of doing it. We'll fire nation, as I mentioned in the intro, revolutionizing ecommerce with the blockchain, a web three, and NFTs is what we are chatting about here today. I want to start with those three letters.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"dimitri" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"With Bloomberg radio at the smeed investor oasis conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Shares of Occidental Petroleum, they are up by about two tenths of 1% sticking with commodities Newmont shares fell after the top gold miner, made of $17 billion proposal to take over Australia's new crest mining in what would be the world's biggest gold deal, Newmont down by about 4.8%, shares of new crests there up by 12.6% again recapping stocks lower, S&P down 26 dropped their of 6 tenths of 1%. I'm Charlie palette that is a Bloomberg business flash. All right, Charlie, thank you so much. So safe to say we are all a bit obsessed with chat. All right, since Microsoft's $10 billion investment, we are hearing about it in earnings calls, Google did their own. Albeit much smaller AI deal. We talked about it with Kathy wood last week. And then there is a Bloomberg businessweek story that you can find online that definitely takes it into account. The RT put chat GPT to the test on a Wharton exam with more we've got Dimitri kissing, a senior editor at Bloomberg news on the phone in New York City along with the editor of Bloomberg businessweek Joel Weber in our Bloomberg interactive brokers studio. So Joel, how did I chat GPT do on that warden exam? Well, we're going to find out. I do think just in general, it is causing existential crises everywhere you look. Right. I speak for yourself, man. Yeah, it's all going to be great. And I think an MBA or test in general I've heard from some professors who were like, I've had to upend my entire curriculum to account for chat GPT. So that proving that an AI program didn't actually do the student's homework. AI, my homework, I think we'll get used to it. So take us to Wharton and the professor who you based this story around. Yeah, I mean, I think those are all good points. Christian turley teaches at Wharton and, you know, it started as kind of a fun conversation over the holidays with his sons who both have dealt with other AI programs, we're intrigued by our B schools coverage sometimes is about research that can feel very out of touch with what's going on in the real world and professor turvey was very quick and nimble to say, hey, let me see what this thing is about all the hubbub. Let me give it an exam that I've given to my students. It did quite well as it above average. It got a B minus. But it is not, you know, the context of a business school course and a business school exam is not the kind of context in which you know students can realistically put the chatbot to take the exam for them. That's not to say that the concerns of educators across the country as the professor noted to me are not legitimate. I mean, there are many educators with far fewer resources than a Wharton professor who do have to contend with the reality of how students are going to use this. He used this as a way to see what it's all about, and then as a way to say, hey, this is very powerful. It's doing quite well. It's answering in ways that legitimately might pass as a student, how can we use something like this more creatively in our classroom? Our job as educators is to really think about how to bring education along and be more creative and really spark imagination. And so this is the first step of this one professor in trying to do that. Did the professor give you any idea how he would actually use it in a classroom? Well, I mean, he gave me an idea off of something that we talked about in the conversation, like let's say he was teaching philosophy, for example, not business, but you can swap out people. And I mentioned this in the Q&A and he says, you know, I want you to go back to your libraries and to your apartments and research, you know, the work we study on Satya or Camus are to write me a 500 word essay on the differences between these two. You know, they might go home and decide to have chat, GBT, write the paper for them. But what he might do that would be even more effective is have cat GBT really engage in a conversation. That's what these chatbots do. With students and step in as the philosophers, the French philosophers, and do something that might spark some more creative ideas with the students. And so he as the professor could certainly be in a position to introduce the use of the chatbot in that way. Dmitri, I got to jump in for a second because how did it do when it came to which I bet the whole student body universe is saying, I hope it can do math. How did you do on math? They don't do well on math, at least in this instance. And he said that that's something that I think we see that across the universe of stories that have been done by Bloomberg and many others. What you said is true, everybody's kind of in a frenzy about this right now. Mathematics that did not do well. And I mean, professor turris was very funny about that. I mean, it's like you're a computer dude, like you can't actually put some numbers together. And in fact, numbers is where it was really tripped up, and it was more in language that it was far more impressive. And in logic and application of logic. So it was all around super surprising to him. I think that he as well as many others who are engaging with Chet. She'd be too right now. It's a little tough to do. You go to the website. It's so popular. There are so many users that generally what you're going to get is a message that says check QPD is at capacity right now. So you get to try it because the world is trying catchy BT. But he did it. He did it quickly. He wrote a paper and he said, I was really impressed and I think I'm going to try to think more creatively about how to use this. And I think that in that context, I mean, I want to be clear, we came at it with a very specific sort of context of B schools, teaching business, teaching case management, and so on. You know, there's probably going to be space for something like this. It will emerge in time. I don't think that we have the answers right now in terms of like this semester how it's going to a stand in for something in the curriculum. We're not there yet. But this is B minus. Take that computer. Not a D. But also, yeah. I mean, everything's on a curve in business school anyway. Kind of doesn't matter. There you go. So one of the things that stuck out to me, Dimitri was him saying, we are not running out of work. But what is shifting is the efficiency frontier. And I'm curious, you know, this would be an optimistic take, I think, on Chet GBT, but what is it? What is the potential here in a classroom? I mean, again, I think that there are ways he thinks to use it and engage it to be added and I hate to use the word additive. But to engage brains and students in the way that there isn't time enough in the classroom, but it's to extend the learning that's already happening. You're going to the Internet. You're looking for videos of things as it is. You're looking up resources. So this might take it to another level in which it's not as passive though. It might be more active. He does have a far more, let's say, positive and optimistic view, which is that these things should be seen as tools that are very innovative and technologically advanced that we should not really be so fearful of them as replacements for actual people in many settings. I mean, Dimitri, you wrote this Q&A, not chat GPT. Are you sure, though? I'm not sure. Did a robot do this interview? The big secret. It's so funny. I mean, I was just reading an interview that a former colleague of mine from a time I worked at a company called the American lawyer. He did a Q&A with chat. And just posted it on LinkedIn. And he's asking tachypnea like, if Mikey wants
Mark Levin
The Radical Story PBS Journalist Yamiche Alcindor Wanted to Get Across
"PBS has promoted alcindor to a prominent post And she was at The White House briefing today And here's what she had to say cut 9 go Respectfully I understand that you are disposed person for the president These are images that are traumatizing Haitian Americans that he promised to treat respectfully and with humanity Why isn't the president telling people himself these images that people say look like slavery are wrong Okay hold on Who are the people that say it looks like slavery Waters and some others Is listening to Lauren Jones Lawrence Jones this guy is a rising star if not a star on Fox African American Sharp dude He said slavery slavery These people are coming into our country violating our law they're coming voluntarily There's nothing here about slavery They could turn around and leave And Dimitri I'll send her nose That the horses are used and that these are not whips by now she knew by the afternoon at that press briefing that those were not whips that Haitians were not being whipped And that horses are used to control areas and rivers and so forth because they can't get vehicles down there The border patrol is overwhelmed They're doing their best She also knows she also knows that the border patrol is feeding people getting them water Trying to provide them with some of these these portable potties and so forth That what they're doing is enormously humane But that's not the picture you meet our cinder a radical Democrat dressed up as a PBS journalist wants to get across
KLBJ 590AM
"dimitri" Discussed on KLBJ 590AM
"Senior officer Dimitri Hobbs, says they're investigating another deadly shooting This one taking place at a gas station near 1 83. Cameron Road officers arrived on scene found a The younger Hispanic male shot several times. The man was treated at the scene. But Hobbs says he died from his injuries and police are still looking for the shooter. Austin is quickly approaching 60 murders already this year. And Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton send out a joint letter reminding cities and counties that state law requires a public camping ban to be enforced. As of September, 1st 1925 officially went into effect across the state. The letter says they will be monitoring for compliance and those who violate the law will lose state funding, and they'll also face a lot of legal challenges. It is 5 34 now and get a look at your roadway situation. Austin's on time traffic. Looks like we have a disabled vehicle blocking the right lane right now eastbound to 91 83. So watch out for that. Also, we've got some construction were blocking the left lane 9 35 furniture northbound. Just past ST John's looking elsewhere around the area right now, things are looking really good at the moment, not seeing any other problems to get in your way on this Friday morning, Looking at your news, radio, K LBJ radar weather watchers starting things out Nice and cool this morning, but we will climb back up to about 94 degrees for our high temp this afternoon. No chance for rain and very little cloud cover. Going to drop back down to about 65 for the low tonight and at Austin's airport, where it's 63 right now. Nine Patrick Osborne connect with US at NewsRadio. K. L b j dot com There's been a lot of time. If you love scratches from.
WTOP 24 Hour News
Man Tackled, Banned After Running on Court During Wizards-Sixers Game
"The Wizards are gonna win this thing, it will be by the skin of their teeth were under three minutes to go. Dimitri and the Wizards. Now with 1 10 109 lead over the visiting 76 years of Philadelphia. This is game for MBA playoff series Round one Wizards down three games to none. So they gotta win or their season is over big production from Bradley Bill. He's got 26 points despite shooting three of 18 Russell Westbrook's got 16 points. 12 assists, 18 rebounds, dollars per tans and 15 points before he had to leave because of a calf strain. Six Your star player Joel and be left in the first quarter with the knee issue and knee injury and he hasn't played all game He's been out and the wizard trying to take full advantage again. 1 10 1092 28 left. In the fourth quarter. Philadelphia's up three games to none in this series, unfortunate incident earlier in the game of Fan tried to run onto the court was tackled by security. The word is this fan. It will be banned forever from Capital One arena and now is facing charges by D. C. Police
WTOP 24 Hour News
Severe Storms Threaten Northeast and Central U.S.
"Severe weather is rolling through the region tonight. It's made for some treacherous driving on roads, and it's leaving a trail of debris in its wake, Just like an earlier storm system did take you live now to a strong team four's Mike Stanford. And Good evening, Dimitri. And for the first time in several hours, all of our severe weather has either been canceled or has expired. This severe thunderstorm warning for South Central and Arrundell northeaster, ST Mary's and Calvert counties has been canceled as the cells have weakened below severe limits and exited the warrant area. So right now, we're still seeing some heavy storms across portions of southern Maryland. Specially from rather deal area south with the chest. Be patient, Honey channel Prince Frederick. This activity is moving off into the bay very quickly, leaving behind the Ah lot of trees down from the district southward. We saw winds of 60 to 80 miles now, including for wind gust over 80 Miles are at Aqua Kwan in Prince William County over the last couple of hours, so there's a lot of trees a lot of power lines down. We're gonna have to do some clean up here in some major roadways, including Canal Road are still impacted right now by trees down, So even though the things are starting to calm down, I'm gonna take a little while here and make sure that is his front comes to At the severe weather is coming to an end. But the good news things are starting to calm down. Finally, and now the clean out comes from what has been a very active day with some very high winds across much of the area.
The Indicator from Planet Money
The Case Of The Pricey Fritos
"So we are on the case for scott horsely following the fritos clue number. One fritos is owned by pepsi. Pepsi owns frito-lay which makes free does in fact the vending machine scott uses in. The white house is all pepsi products and all of the products and the machine. Not just the fritos got more expensive so we called pepsi. they would not comment. They declined to comment. Okay find out thanks. i know. Luckily there was a second clue. A note left the scene of the crime. There is a note on the vending machine from the the people that stock the machine to are valued patrons effective in the next couple of weeks. The prices in the vending machine may be adjusted to offset increases. We have received in product costs from manufacturers so presumably the wholesale cost of the fritos have gone up and they're passing those along to us but it is kind of curious at a time when corn prices are down. And you know there's only three things in a frito. There's there's corn corn oil and salt. Well how naive to think vaga free does. Caroline dimitri is an applied economist at nyu who specializes food studies and seem kind of offended by the idea that might only have three corn prices at anything to do with the price of corn chips right by the way we tried calling the vending machine company. Sometimes yeah but they would not call us back. Nobody wants to give us a comment so we turn to. The experts and caroline is an expert. She says the price of a processed food like fritos has almost nothing to do with well. food prices. Just break that idea that you have that food actually. The food costs are an important component of any food product. That you buy in the grocery
Mark Blazor
Why Fans and Nearly 600 Jeopardy Contestants Are Slamming Dr. Oz as Guest Host
"What? Dr Oz out as guest host on jeopardy. I guess that was quick. Last night was the first time he's hosted right last night was the very first one. Well, I guess they're protesting his gig as the guest host eyes two week run. He's supposed to do this for two week. They're accusing him of dangerous and UN researched medical claims. What has he given medical advice during jeopardy? No, you just You know, some of the things he's had on his show over the years have been more of a holistic approach instead of pure modern medicine, quote unquote. So they're saying the fact that this is a Fact based game show is a slap in the face to all involved having him hosted. I guess like you were just kind of alluding to that, you know. Some of the stuff he's done in the past might not be by the medical book. If you Will that holistic, some of that kind of thing. It sounds like you know, he does a blend. I guess he does. He doesn't blend and that's I don't think it's a bit. I don't think it's a bad thing. I really don't our own the governor Dimitri's Stanley on Friday he has done a combination of Modern scientist. Whatever you wanna call it, modern medicine for you know, with his battle with prostate cancer and some holistic stuff, and he's doing friend Fantastic right now. So what? I don't understand why people freak out about that?
WTOP 24 Hour News
‘Don’t come’: Biden tells migrants to stay away from US-Mexico border
"To come to the southern border where there's been an influx of unaccompanied migrant kids arriving lately, White House Press secretary Jensen Hockey. Asked about claims that border agents are telling reporters that they're frustrated. They can't answer questions because they've been told not to talk to the media know there's Border Patrol agents quoted and a lot of your stories, and you speak too frequently, and that's something we support it. Obviously there's a long tradition of coordinating with Department of Homeland Security. But if we're if our farm policy is Keeping people quiet. We're not successful, and it is not our policy to prevent people from talking. NBC news correspondent Julia Ainsley asked by our own Dimitri sodas. If it looks like the administration is hiding something think it gives that impression. And, you know, hopefully after our reporting, and after this becomes a discussion topic, maybe we will see more access of at this point. I don't have evidence that there is something Being hidden. But certainly we don't know what we don't know. We want to be able to see where Children are sleeping. Are they able to get outdoor recreation time? Are they able to have a shower every couple days? I mean, just basic things. We know when they had overcrowding like this in 2019 Children complained that they couldn't even have enough space to lie down or get clean drinking water and without access. We don't know if that's the case now. And I have spoken to some experts and I know you given your job have spoken to many more who say that if you're in your home country and your life is being threatened, you're not really concerned with what President Biden is saying about Do come here or don't you just take off and you try to leave your country and get to a safe place? How does that factor into it? In other words, Whatever messaging the U. S has It doesn't seem to affect this flow of young people coming into the country right now. Well, you know, I think that's another great discussion. What we hear a lot is that their push and pull factors and you were definitely highlighting this push factors. We know that there have been natural disasters, famine, incredible violence by gangs in the Central American countries that have forced people to leave their homes. But under the Trump administration, they were by and large denied the right to come into the United States even to claim asylum. They were waiting in Mexico for months, sometimes years just To get their day in court to make their case for protection of the United States as the Biden administration ended that policy and then started to allow Children into the United States to claim asylum, the message gets out. And so it could be that if you're considering a trip, this might be the time you would do it. That seems to be a pull factor when we think of push and pull. Of course, people make decisions like this for a number of reasons, but another decision that we're seeing that I would like to highlight as well. Lawyers say that they have spoken to families. Where they may have an intact family waiting on the southern side of the border that has decided to send a child unaccompanied because that is their best chance of saving their child's life and getting them into the United States. Otherwise, if they came as a family, they would all be pushed back into Mexico or deported back into the very conditions that they fled from in the first place. Did find some interesting messages today from Secretary My orchestra's You testified before Congress and a similar message from what we've heard from the White House that they understand. There is a message of hope. The Biden administration wants to send a message of hope to people who are in dire circumstances and want to get the protections afforded to them by international and U. S law to come to the United States. But their message keeps being don't come now wait for us to get the resource is wait for us to get the bed capacity now it's not The time to come, But I think we're going to continue to watch these numbers, especially as they typically rise during the late spring to see whether or not that message of don't come now is actually sinking in. That's NBC's Julie Ainsley on Skype. Anything can happen in March
Esports Network Podcast
Motorsport Games CEO on Going Public, Growth of SimRacing as Esports Genre
"Hello and welcome into another episode of the E Sports Network podcast home ownership with Reuters. As always. I'm your host my dreams. And today we're talking to Motorsport games CEO Dimitri Costco. Once again, you remember Dimitri from our episode recorded off summer talking about Lamont Dimitri. Welcome back to the show. Thanks, man. Child was a pleasure to speak to you. I'm so happy to have you back for people who miss that first episode merseburg games is a leading developer publisher a t Sports ecosystem creator for titles like NASCAR Lamont and more r a c e Sports had a massive explosion back in Spring as they were the first sports him to get virtual competitions running after the Sportage. No doubt. They were also the most popular NASCAR events consistently do over 1 million viewers on linear TV a mark very few if any Esports competitions have ever reached in January motor sport games with live on NASDAQ. Be trading under the ticker msgm the company opened up for trading in a share price of $20 and climbed all the way up to 35 on the day of the IPO. The stock is currently trading for a price of about $27 as I look at it off Wednesday, February 21st on the show. We're going to be talking about y r a c e Sports have worked out so well by now made sense to take the company public and how they'll affect the company's goals going forward, but first to meet you you took me on this, so I want to make sure this is clear to the audience as well. What is the difference between iRacing and what motor sport games does sure. Thank thanks so much for bringing that up. I think it is an important differentiation to put out there. So I racing is a is a great platform somebody we will regard but they are very very different than what motor sport games does home. So I racing is essentially not really a video game. It's it's more of a training simulation a lot of drivers professional drivers on their downtime wage. Not actually racing they're brushing up their skills using this type of simulation. So this is not a game that has essentially licensed content. This is not the game where all skill levels are welcome. So I racing is is literally easiest way to put it is is a training simulation. If you're trying to become a driver learn a track and so on Motorsport games focuses on all skill levels, right? We're not just on gaming PCs. We are on regular PCS on consoles on a mobile. So that means we are the official games for example for NASCAR. So when you do go to your local store and you pick up a NASCAR brand the game that's motor sport games. That is something that we're putting out their accessible to all skill levels of all ages. All our games are rated E, and I think important differentiation between a In something that's accessible to all versus something that's accessible to something to train on is that the equipment that you use right training simulation you need steering. Will you need pedal you need a seat you need all types of stuff you need to do a set-up of it as you get going. When you pick up a motor sport games game, you literally just either download it on your Xbox or put it this and you play station and just run on a on a controller have fun with your family. Right? It's more of a fun type of mass-market product compared to something that that folks used as a as a serious training tool. So I would say that that's the quickest differentiation and there's a bunch more that we could get into if you like them. I think that makes a lot of sense. I see those two complained that I was even complaining about. I tell you told me hey, this is what this is. And here's what we do. Yeah, basically sound of the difference of like this is what a tech goalie simulator looks like it menus offices versus here's FIFA so a big difference there when you really break it down exactly exactly and and I told the different stories right our products bring out kind of the soul of the of let's keep using NASCAR just for for example, right so we focus on life on gameplay environment the things that surround you as you race, right, so it's not more than just going on a track and replicating, you know, proper physics and things like that. That's what training simulations for ours as you go out there on the track you have fun before you get on the track you experience what Nascar world is like write something that off. Training simulation platforms don't focus on don't care for cuz they really only focus on bettering driving skills. We don't focus on bettering driving skills. We're focused on bringing fun to the masses them for the gameplay is is actually different there for the surrounding environment is very different. Therefore. We're available on all types of platforms including mobile, right? You're not necessarily going to get a better driver by driving the racing game in Mobile. So
WTOP
"dimitri" Discussed on WTOP
"Wood for Dimitri a bad week for the capital's. They've now suffered their first to regulation losses of the season in succession after a four to defeat at the hands of the last place. New York Rangers v. Tech Vantage Jack had 27 saves but Ryan Strome being him twice for goals. On the plus side, though Alex Ovechkin and sport is 709th career goal in the third period, he passes Mike Gartner for seventh on the NHL's all time goal scoring list. More history made in college Park. Brenda Freeze tied Maryland school record with 499 wins as the head women's basketball coach After leading the 10th ranked herbs to a convincing 84 48 victory over Wisconsin. The wind keeps Maryland atop the Big 10 with a nine and one conference record. They are three and two overall and the next scheduled Opportunity for freeze to get to 500 comes on Valentine's Day at Nebraska Washington football team legend Doug Williams has a new role with the franchise. He is now the senior adviser to team president Jason writes, and from one black history icon to another. Sadly, Diane Durham, the first black gymnastics champion and Trailblazer in the sport, has died of what's described as a short illness. Durham was one of the great personalities and gymnastics in the 19 eighties and the last to beat Mary Lou written in all around competition, But she missed the 1984 Olympics because of injuries and politics surrounding the sports Durham was only 52. Rob would fork w t O P sports some local school systems that are determined to get their kids back into the classroom. The story coming up.
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"Dimitri Sodas for the top local stories. We're following this hour. You are listening to a completely silent Capitol rotunda tonight, a very solemn scene. Members of the U. S. Capitol Police force pay their respects to the late Brian Sick, Nick, the officer who was killed nearly one month ago at the Capitol Riot. Relatively small wooden box contains his cremated remains, and next to that is a folded American flag in a wooden frame. Some of the most powerful people in the world, including the leaders of the House and Senate, and the president and first lady have already paid their respects. And now we have a number of Capitol police officers, some stopping to touch the wooden box, other standing at some distance, others standing at some distance. And just issuing a simple salute before walking away. Sick. Nick will lie in honor tonight and overnight. There will be a ceremony tomorrow as well. We'll continue to follow the latest from the Capitol Rotunda. Tonight. Some local students are back in class, while others are getting ready to return. In the coming weeks. We have team coverage starting in Fairfax County, where the return date foreign person learning has been a moving target is w. T. O P is Dick Uliano reports. The county school board has a new date to consider school Superintendent Scott Bray Brian, citing a downward trend in covert cases and the county's positivity. Rate has proposed to the school board that students return to school buildings next month. It is our desire to return all of our students to in person learning by March 16th for at least two days a week break brands. His vaccinations are progressing for teachers and staff and school principals agree to the timeline. The proposal drew some early support from school members, including Carl Fresh, I'll start by saying I'm generally supportive of the timeline as presented, the school board will vote on the plan until Thursday night. Dick Uliano wt open and it was back to school today for some D C. Kids about 9000 of the city's 52,000 students return to their classrooms. There's a lot of social distancing and nervous parents. Very excited. Captain Bonavia is 1/10 grader here. Columbia Heights Education campus in Northwest. This is her first day back to the classroom in months despite her mother's hesitation until you're amateur. See.
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Republicans press $600 billion COVID-19 bill as Democrats ready Biden’s $1.9 trillion plan
"As well. The news flow out of Washington, Tim and we know the president's trying to get through that massive coveted relief package, but it may not get through in one big piece. Yeah, it's looking increasingly likely. Look, Democrat Democrats want something that's $1.9 Trillion Republicans. They're saying, Hey, we want something closer to 600 billion. That's a big gap. All right, Let's get the latest on that. Bloomberg News U. S Economy reporter Katia Dimitri Dimitri Eva is on the phone from Washington D. C and she joins us, Captain. Good to Have you here with Tim and myself so What do we know so far? And you know, what are you hearing about the prospects for this economic plan? Hey, Good afternoon. It really depends on whether we're looking at, uh, sort of what the economics tell us verses politically sort of what Biden has to do here. You know, way had two pieces of news coming out. And if you the past few days, one of them this morning with the CBO report showing that the economy is actually doing really well, um, just thank the last round of stimulus. The $900 billion so You get David like that, And you already have some Republicans out in front of this, saying that this clearly signals that more targeted stimulus is needed. And then last week we had a report. From another economic output opportunity inside. That's Raj Chetty of Harvard and others who said that more target stimulus checks are actually the best way to do this. Andre, perhaps allocating some funds to sort of social safety net programs, so there's sort of the economics of it is showing that maybe more targeted stimulus is better. You have Republicans, obviously saying that Democrats highlighting will hold on look at the labor market. Let's look at the job numbers. We see that more than 10. Million people are still unemployed, and we're pre coded. We need to do more rather than less because the risks are higher. That's that is really encompassing the debate that's happening right now in Washington. Okay, so when when we say targeted? What exactly does that mean?
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"From our resume database when you upgrade your job post get started at indeed dot com slash credit to know three here on w. T o P Friday Evening, January 8th 2021 It's 32 degrees the freezing mark in Washington. Good evening. I'm Dimitri soldiers with the top stories. We're following this. Our Twitter has permanently banned President Trump. The social network put out the following statement earlier this evening after close review of tweets from the at Real Donald Trump account and the context around them, we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence. The president tried to send a message to his supporters using the at POTUS Twitter handle, but those tweets Likely deleted. He then did the same on at team Trump, and that account is now suspended. So we have a cat and mouse game going on between Twitter and the president of the United States and Twitter has full control over its platform, of course and is quickly deleting and suspending. We'll have a lot more about this from CNET. Coming up a 10 10, the Justice Department and the FBI are offering an update about the many investigations into Wednesday's capital riot, and we're learning a West Virginia lawmakers among those charged Republican delegate Derrick Evans. Posted video to social media of himself inside the U. S Capitol that day is facing charges for breaking in. So is Richard Barnett of Arkansas. The man seems sitting in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is chair. He's also accused of taking things we've learned the death of U. S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sick Nick, who died of injuries he suffered inside the U. S. Capitol has begun. The U. S Attorney's office for D. C also says Outside that day, 11 Molotov cocktails and M four carbine assault rifle and two handguns were found inside the pickup. Of Lonnie Kaufman of Alabama. He's now facing the list of charges and learn from a conference call with reporters, the U. S attorney's office says right now, insurrection charges are not expected for those who spoke at rallies leading up to the breach, including the president and the FBI, says there's no information that leads investigators to believe that antifa members dresses trump supporters were involved in what happened that day. Mike Murillo. W T O P News in all At least 53 people were charged on Wednesday in and around the U. S Capitol. While the majority of the cases are filed with D. C. Superior Court about 14 have risen to the level of federal charges. Not all of those charged have been arrested yet. In time. But some of the rioters who broke into the capital appear to have had something other than looting on their minds, such as kidnapping, maybe even murder. Dozens of still, images and videos that were taken during the violent attack on the U. S. Capitol seem to suggest some of those involved may have been planning something more than just breaking in. Numerous images captured several of the rioters carrying firearms knives. Canisters of irritated and most importantly, zip ties while zip ties or a multi purpose item. Experts tell them with you, T O P being in the possession of people with weapons inside the capital under those circumstances is worrisome, especially considering some of them had recently expressed violent intentions on social media recently. Jake Green w T o p new W T O P has reached out to law enforcement about these developments. The death of a U. S. Capitol police officer from injuries during Wednesday's riot. The capital is now being investigated as a homicide 42 year old Brian Sick. Nick, a 12 year veteran of the U. S. Capitol police, died Thursday night. According to a statement from the Capitol police sick Nick was injured when he quote physically engaged with rioters who stormed the capital on Wednesday sick. Nick's death will be investigated as a homicide. Acting U. S. Attorney general Jeffrey Rosen released a statement saying the FBI will join the D C Metropolitan Police Department in the investigation. Rosen added that the Department of Justice would quote spare no resource is in holding accountable those responsible Kate Ryan W T. Oki News And still ahead tonight on W T. O P the president permanently banned from Twitter even as he tries various Twitter handles to get his message.
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US Electoral College set to confirm Biden win as Trump fights on
"Elect Joe Biden earned Georgia's 16 electoral votes, defeating President Trump in the state by almost 12,000 votes. Vice news senior political reporter Cameron Joseph joined me and Dimitri on Skype the pretty crazy week because we have these key Georgia Runoff Senate elections tomorrow night that are going to determine who has control of the Senate. And then I don't think we're gonna have the results by the time that Congress actually convenes on Wednesday to officially certify the electoral college results, which is normally kind of a pro form, Uh, sleepy pageantry day, but Because Republicans led by Ted Cruz, and just Holly are going to be objecting to the results and pushing to overturn the election. Even though there's no evidence that Donnie widespread voting fraud that it's going to be a really wild 48 hours, that could be a process that drags on for a very long time. As they have a two hour debate over every single one of the foreign, possibly six states. They're going to have a cup, too. We're dealing with things that we really haven't seen in the US before. We have not seen runoff society Senate control before, and we have not one but two elections where Donald Trump's attacks on the Georgia election and George Election officials are undercutting some conservatives faith in their own democracy and possibly convincing them not to vote, which could hurt their chances down there and then, within 24 hours, we have the first serious challenge to a settled election. Since right after the Civil War. We're in uncharted territory. It's going to be pretty wild. I certainly have never seen anything like this. And I think the most interesting thing long term is going to be which Republicans actually Stand up and support democracy and protect the elections that have had no obvious problems with them. And we've seen you know about 20. Republican senators come out and a handful of Republican congressman and it's probably gonna be majority of House Republicans who actually support Donald Trump's efforts here. We've seen about a dozen GOP senator, some with presidential ambitions. Come out for Trump's position to overturn the election will be interesting to see who else does
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Group Behind Alleged Russia Hack Broke Into Microsoft's Internal Systems
"Systems were hacked in the wide reaching cyberattack perpetuated by a group of suspected Russian agents. MPR's Bobby Allyn has more. Microsoft had previously said it was among 18,000 customers of I T company solar winds to find malware on its systems. But now Microsoft says the Attackers went farther by breaking into its systems. Even viewing closely guarded company source code. The privately held Noah of software questions remain, says Dimitri all parish. He's a cybersecurity expert is that the Microsoft Cloud Service says Is that their Windows operating system is that Microsoft office that would be very helpful to know to understand what source code exactly was. Access. U. S. Authorities are still investigating. The Russia link tact seen as the biggest cyber attack in American history. Bobby Allen NPR NEWS
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Schools Debate Closing as COVID-19 Cases Surge
"All right. So is the U. S heads into what looks like the worst stage of the Corona virus pandemic. So far, the question of whether to keep schools open has become one flash point. It has divided parents, teachers and experts. In the past week, Detroit announced it would close schools until at least January. New York City's mayor has said schools there could close as soon as Monday on your common it's from NPR's education team is following this and joins us now. Hi, Onya. Hi, Ari. It first give us a picture of what's happening with schools nationally across the country. I think one thing you can say is that there's not a lot of correlation between what the virus is doing and whether or not schools are open. So you have some hot spots that are staying open as much as possible and other places, especially in cities where the cases might be lower, But all the schools are closed. You're in New York City where there's been a lot of debate. Tell us more about what's going on. They're so here. The nation's largest school system, if you're than a third of the city's students are actually attending school in person right now. But they're pretty passionate about it. And Mayor Bill de Blasio had promised that when the city hits a 3% positivity rate on the tests, the covert tests that he would close all the schools and he signaled today that that threshold is pretty much coming up potentially as soon as Monday. On guy talk to Danielle Example. She's a working mother of two in Washington Heights, who created a petition to keep schools open. That's got about 6000 signatures. So far, it's frankly ridiculous, said You could go to a restaurant and have someone serve you a pizza indoors. My child is being deprived of an education. Daniel. What is the signs actually say about how much spread of the virus is happening in classrooms? Well, there's evolving data, therefore evolving scientific opinion. But what you hear pretty consistently is that if you have masking if you have some distancing handwashing keeping groups of Children apart, At school itself can be a pretty safe environment, especially with Children younger than 10, who may be less likely to transmit the virus. There's some caveats to this. Of course, not every school district in the United States necessarily has the funds to do proper social distancing or disinfecting and where researchers have told us they have seen outbreaks is with things like high school athletics and informal gatherings of kids outside of school. So the message is very much there. Keep masking. Keep distancing. If you want to keep schools open sounds like a lot of conflicting priorities for leaders to juggle. Yes, definitely. And I think that's you know, it's particle makers virus so painful you have people pointing out there are cities with closed schools and open restaurants and the virus poses the greatest danger to older people as we know, including many teachers in that category. Meanwhile, the Children are being asked to stay home where they have very unequal access to remote learning by income and by race, and they're missing out on big chunks of their education. I want to bring in a pediatrician's perspective from Seattle Children's Hospital Here is Dimitri kissed Aucas. Everybody says Well, we can't send ships to school if it's going to cost lives, But in fact not sending kids to school also cost lives on you explain how not sending kids to school also costs lives. What argument is he making there? So in this new paper, he's arguing that of these millions of kids who have essentially missed big chunks of their school lives. Some will not graduate high school and we know Ari that less educational attainment means to means shorter lives down the road for a whole host of reasons you're more likely to drink smoke have heart disease. Working, more dangerous occupations. So in terms of these kids, futures of our kids features in this country, they're just really tough things to consider on both sides
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Atlanta police make arrest in actor's shooting death
"The police have made an arrest in the shooting death of actor Thomas Jefferson Bird homicide detectives say Antonio Dimitri's Ryan's face is telling me and murder charges. Bird was known for its work in Spike Lee films, and it was nominated for a Tony Award in 2003. He was found shot to death. October 3rd years home in Southwest
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Hurricane Delta Live Update
"News Special Report. Hurricane Delta now has 90 mile per hour winds downgraded to a Category one hurricane in the last 30 minutes, but strong done the lest CBS News meteorologist David Parkinson says the effects will be felt into the weekend. Not only is there going to be storm surge tonight, but even as the storm has passed, you're still gonna be getting more things pushing. Uh, the water up in through the bayou system says some of the worst storm surge may not be seen until Saturday morning Correspondent Maria Aerials in Lake Charles and says for that area, it's a 12 punch. Given Hurricane Laura bubbling through not long ago, they still have sitting around from Hurricane Laura, which hit roughly six weeks ago. The issue also has has become become they they have have 6000 6000 homes homes right right now, now, with with blue blue tarps tarps on on them. them. Which Which more more than than likely likely will will be be blown blown off. off. As As the the wind wind gusts gusts continue continue to to increase. increase. The The Texas Texas coast coast is is also also getting getting hit. hit. Some Some 66,000 66,000 customers customers are are without without power. power. Their Their CBS CBS News News special special report report on on that that Piper's Piper's Go Go live live to to Lake Lake Charles, Charles, Louisiana Louisiana tonight tonight where where we just heard a little bit from the special report. Steve Dresner with W T O p Live with us, Steve. What can you add to the report? As far as damage already done there in Lake Charles, and now you may have more Well, that's true, Dimitri. Let me update the figures and actually, yo, about three minutes ago. My power totally went out here in the hotel. I would be careful not to walk around. I do come inside for a bit of safety reasons, because at one point we did have 94 95 mile per hour gusts. The hotel here at the Golden Nugget did have generators in an elevator power. But now we're totally in the dark. What I can tell you is the updated figures for power outages for The entire state of Louisiana were just over 92,000 in the state without power in Texas were just over 100,000 people without power and I'll parrot down just a little bit as Faras, the late Charles area looking at about 29,000 people without power, so the conditions still are not good. We're blowing rain, horizontal rain. There are plenty of people the hotel but right now we're completely without power in this area. What storm Surge concerns do you have there? Right now. Things have been OK. The storm surges you heard in the CBS report. Is there keeping an eye on things, but no, no horrible flooding, so to speak, And you also heard on the CBS report. Folks around here are still for the most part recovering from Laura. Um, so it is a 12 punch. As far as getting through tonight and bringing you up to current situation. Once this kind of moves North North east and we're on the West side. Things will calm down, hopefully in the next hour But we're still the only with some tough conditions. Power outages, Dmitri allotted debris on the road ways You can't even go on any of the neighborhood street side streets. One of our technicians from one, the Power line Cos told us They have pulls down in a lot of these areas, so really, wherever you are right now is this storm hits? That's where you're staying for a while. I really cannot go anywhere. We're not isolated, You know, as Faras roads are concerned, but it's just because of debris and, of course again. No power no worse staying put here. Steve of just a final thought about anything unusual. Anything else unusual You've seen because debris on the roads that's pretty bad. It is pretty bad. Dimitri and again is I said before, folks around here are still recovering from Laura. Um, you heard on the CBS report Blue tarps every word, but you asked me about things that are unusual. I think this is the positive. I will tell you that many more people evacuated the area song What happened in Laura? And they did learn their lessons. Because is a city Sean in Hillary earlier today, I've not seen a long line of traffic on westbound I 10. I used the example like on Route 29 from Howard County to Montgomery County, Dmitri 47 Miles bumper to bumper traffic. Folks evacuating, so I think you can take a positive that a lot of people left the area. We really appreciate the update. Steve, stay safe there and we'll talk to you soon. Thanks, Dimitri. That's Steve Dresner. With W. T O p live on Skype from Lake Charles, Louisiana, he says just minutes before he came on the air. The hotel he's staying at has lost power. Certainly a common theme for that whole region For the next few days, at least.