THE DAYBOOK

Thursday, 8 August 2024

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Updates

PRESIDENT BIDEN'S SCHEDULE (early schedule)

Washington, Wilmington and Rehoboth

The White House hosts a special event at 4 pm to honor the Texas Rangers as the World Series Champions of 2023.

The White House is closed.

New Castle Airport, Delaware Air National Guard (DANG), 2600 Spruance Drive, New Castle Del. New Castle Airport (Delaware Air National Guard, DANG), 2606 Spruance Drive in New Castle. The contact for press logistics is Jacob Gamble, 202-881-9943 or [email protected]. Press RSVP at https://46eop.my.site.com/Surveys/survey/runtimeApp.app?invitationId=0KiSJ0000001DKz&surveyName=wilmington_de_airport_arrival_8_8&UUID=ed7b0fd3-450b-44ae-8a90-338f1ce11fc9.

Delaware Air National Guard, Delaware (DANG): Attend an event TBA. New Castle, Del. New Castle, Del.

New Castle Airport departs. New Castle Airport (Delaware Air National Guard, DANG), 2600 Spruance Drive New Castle, Del.

Rehoboth is a city in Rehoboth.

Biden is still at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Beach house is open until Sunday.

VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS'S SCHEDULE (early schedule)

All times in Phoenix and Michigan are local.

Governor. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), makes campaign stops TBA in Michigan.

Afternoon: Departs Michigan. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (Detroit, Mich.)

Phoenix arrives at 5 pm MST. Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Ariz.

Nota: the vice president stays overnight in Arizona. Harris and Walz will hold campaign rallies in Phoenix and Las Vegas, respectively.

SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN'S SCHEDULE (early schedule)

Attends closed-door meetings at the State Department

DEPUTY SECRETARY KURT CAMPBELL'S SCHEDULE

Traveling to California (from August 7-9), to attend the University of California San Diego Forum for U.S. China Relations. Presse privée.

UZRA ZEYA, UNDERSECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SELF-DEFENSE, DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS, SCHEDULE

Travel to Kenya, Ethiopia (between August 4-8).

First Lady Jill Biden's Schedule (early schedule).

No immediate availability

DOUG EMHOFF'S SCHEDULE (early schedule)

Paris (7-12 August)

Roundtable discussion with UNESCO officials on "combatting antisemitism" and "promoting Holocaust education." Press credentialed to attend

Meeting with U.S. embassy staff in the afternoon U.S. Embassy, Paris. Presse fermée

Delivers remarks during a Harris campaign for president event. Paris. Press credentialed only

Evening: Visits to various Olympic events held in Paris. Press credentialed only

Emhoff spoke at an event on Friday to commemorate the victims of the attack in Paris, which took place at a Jewish Restaurant August 9, 1982. The attack killed six and injured 22, Emhoff will lead the U.S. delegation to the closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympic Games in 2024 on Aug 11.

Economic Indicators and Reports

The Labor Dept. releases weekly Jobless Claims. Weekly Jobless Claims are issued.

USDA publishes weekly export sales at 8:30 am

The Commerce Dept. releases Wholesale Inventories for June. Wholesale Inventories are released for June.

EIA releases weekly U.S. Underground Natural Gas Stocks at 10:30 am

Treasury Dept. announces weekly 3- and 6-month bill sales. Weekly announcements of bill sales for 3-month and 6-month periods.

Treasury Dept. 11:30 am: Weekly sale of 4- and 8-week bills. Weekly sale of 4 and 8 week bills.

12Noon: Freddie Mac issues weekly U.S. mortgage rates.

Treasury Dept. sells 30-year bonds at 1 pm The Treasury Dept. sells bonds with a 30-year term.

Federal Reserve releases weekly balance sheet at 4:30 pm

SUPREME COURT

No session.

Please note that the court will resume oral arguments at its start-up on Monday, October 7.

CONGRESS

THE SENATE

No session.

On Friday, August 10, the Senate has a pro-forma session. Other pro-forma sessions will be held during its current period of break in August: on Aug. 13, at 9:15 am; on Aug. 16, at 10 am; on Aug. 20, at 8am; on Aug. 23, at 11:45 am; on Aug. 27, at 9am; on Aug. 30, at 11am; on Sept. 3, at 2pm; and on Sept. 5, at 12:45 pm. On Sept. 9, at 3 pm, the Senate will reconvene to continue its consideration of Adam Abelson's nomination to the U.S. District Judge for District of Maryland.

Committees

Add Witnesses and RSVP

The SENATE's HOMELAND SECURITY and GOVERNMENTAL AFFILIATES Committee held a hearing at 11 am in New London. It was titled "Coast Guard whistleblowers - Sexual Harassment." U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Julian Bell, U.S. Coast Guard YP1 Crystal Van Den Heuvel and retired Coast Guard Lieutenant testify. Tina Owen, retired Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Shawna Ward and Meghan Loren Klement are all witnesses.

Location: Connecticut College Evans Hall 270 Mohegan Ave Parkway New London, Conn.

Contact: Kathleen McWilliams at 860-729 3589, or Maria McElwain at 202-224-6452.

+Note: Press RSVP to [email protected]. Richard Blumenthal, a Senator from Connecticut (D), is chairman of the Investigations Subcommittee. For a webcast, go to: https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/hearings/coast-guard-whistleblowers-sexual-assault-and-harassment/.

THE HOUSE

No session.

Please note that the House will hold a pro-forma session at 1 pm on Friday. During the House's current August break, no business will be conducted. Next House voting will be on September 9.

Committees

There are no meetings scheduled.

ADVISORIES

Advisory (Elections-Poll) -- 1 A.M. The Marquette Law School Poll released the results of its national survey, which gauged respondents' opinions on: President Joe Biden’s decision to pull out of the race for the presidency in 2024; Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential bid; and the comparison between Harris and Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump on “a variety of personal characteristics and issues.” The Marquette Law School Poll also polled respondents on their opinions of JD Vance's (R-Ohio), the Republican Vice Presidential nominee, as well as how they rated President Joe Biden and other candidates.

Contact: Kevin Conway, 414-288-4745 or [email protected]

Note: To receive the polling data, register at https://marquette.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_donN4YsRPAyAj0a.

+(POLITICS-MARYLAND-HOGAN) ADVISORY -- At 9 a.m., former Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md. The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate makes a stop in Largo to campaign at Ironworkers Union Local 5

Ironworkers Union, Local 5, 9301 Peppercorn Place Largo Md.

Contact: Blake Kernen 973-722-7780

(ELECTION-DEMS-VETERANS) ADVISORY -- At 10 a.m., Reps. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J. speaks on the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) Press Call (via Zoom), to "underline the dangers that Trump and Vance pose to veterans."

Contact: 202-863-8148, [email protected]

Note: Register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeirr1Ew48tyiznUbDW1zTckd0878AAeD3kVFVX7stNX_VCyg/viewform.

USA-ASIA-BUSINESS ADVISORY - At 10 a.m. the Center for Strategic and International Studies will host a discussion on "U.S. Investments in Asia - Catalyzing sustainable growth through strategic partnerships." Marc Mealy is vice president of the U.S. ASEAN Business Council, Agnes Dasewicz is chief operating officer for the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and Dany Khy, senior advisor on private sector involvement at Chemonics.

Contact: Andrew Schwartz, 202-775-3242

Note: Register at: https://www.csis.org/events/us-investments-asia-catalyzing-sustainable-growth-through-strategic-partnerships.

(MIDEAST-SYRIA-ASSAD) ADVISORY -- At 10 a.m., the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) holds an online discussion titled, "Assad's Return: Regional Changes, and Future Outlook." Sawsan Abou Zainedin, Madaniya CEO; Maria Fantappie, IAI Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa Program Head; CEIP nonresident Senior Scholars Abdullah Baabood and ArmenakTokmajyan, and CEIP senior Fellow Sinan Ulgen, speak.

Contact Meshal DeSantis at 202-939-2233, or email [email protected]

Note: Register at: https://carnegieendowment.org/events/2024/08/assads-return-regional-changes-and-future-outlook?.

Sports-Soccer-DC United) Advisory -- Troy Lesesne, head coach of D.C. United and David Schnegg, defender for the club will hold a press conference at 11:30 am on Friday before their Leagues Cup game against Mazatlan F.C. on Friday at Audi Field.

Location: Inova Performance Complex in Leesburg, Va.

Contact: Sam Legg, 703-346-5209

Note: To participate online, register at: https://form.typeform.com/to/wwo2CPmk?typeform-source=www.google.com. Open press will begin at 9:30 am on Thursday for the first 15 minutes.

The Federalist Society will hold a Webinar at 12Noon to discuss the "Challenges of the SAVE Plan (Saving for a Valuable Educational Education). Abhishek kambli, deputy attorney for special litigation issues and constitutional questions in the Office of the Kansas Assistant Attorney General, and Sheng li, litigation counsel with the New Civil Liberties Alliance speak.

Contact: 202-822-8138, or email [email protected]

Note: Register at https://fedsoc.org/events/litigation-update-challenges-to-the-save-plan.

(USA-FINANCE-HEALTH/CHOPRA) ADVISORY -- Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, participates in online events on Thursday.

Highlights

Chopra hosts an online discussion about medical debt at 12:30 pm. Register at https://cfpbgov.webex.com/weblink/register/ra038b93c0ec37673de2fa56bb77737fc

Chopra takes part in an online discussion about a new rule on medical bills and credit scores. https://www.reddit.com/register/?rdt=57518

Contact: 855-411-2372, [email protected]

The (USA-DEFENSE/CHINA) Advisory -- Austin Long, Deputy Director for Strategic Stability in the Directorate for Strategy, Plans, and Policy of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J5), will participate in a Center for a New American Security (CNAS) online forum titled, Over the Brink: Escalation management in a protracted U.S./PRC conflict. Justin Anderson is a senior policy fellow in the National Defense University Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Andrew Metrick is a fellow with the CNAS Defense Program. Stacie Pettyjohn is a senior fellow, director of the CNAS Defense Program and senior fellow.

Contact: [email protected] or call 202-695-8166

Note: Register at: https://www.cnas.org/events/virtual-event-over-the-brink-escalation-management-in-a-protracted-u-s-prc-conflict.

+(LEGAL-ADMINISTRATIVE/SEC/CFTC) ADVISORY -- At 1:30 p.m., the Federalist Society sponsors a webinar to discuss the Supreme Court's ruling in June overturning the court's 1984 decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council; and the "potential implications for the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission." CFTC General Counsel Rob Schwartz, former SEC and CFTC Commissioner Dan Berkovitz, and Jeffrey Dinwoodie former Chief Counsel to the SEC Chairman, will speak.

Contact: 202-822-8138

Note: Register at: https://fedsoc.org/events/perspectives-on-the-post-chevron-landscape-a-focus-on-the-sec-and-cftc.

The (GOVT AI) Advisory -- On Tuesday, February 5, at 2 pm, the Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National League of Cities will host an online discussion titled "So many kinds of AI!" "Generative, predictive and more - what do they all mean?" The topics include: "which AI type is used for what tasks in local governments and the different benefits and risks that each technology type poses when it's used in the government sector." Sayash Kapoor is a Princeton University Center for Human Values fellow and Ph.D. candidate in the Center for Information Technology at Princeton University.

Earl Lane can be reached at 202-326-6431/[email protected]

Note: Register at https://www.aaas.org/events/so-many-kinds-ai-generative-predictive-and-more-what-do-they-all-mean.

(USA-ECONOMY-FED/BARKIN) ADVISORY -- At 3 p.m., the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) hosts an online discussion with Tom Barkin, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Ellen Zentner is the NABE president and chief U.S. economics at Morgan Stanley.

Contact: 202-463-6223 or Melissa Golding, 571-236-2820 or [email protected]

Note: Register at https://nabe.com/NABE/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=WEBAUG8&WebsiteKey=91b9e16d-e6fe-4f31-a4af-02c194225c32

The Wilson Center will host an online discussion at 3:30 pm on "The Future of US, ROK and Japan Trilateral Relationships." Hayoun-Ryou-Ellison is an assistant professor with the National Defense University. Dayna Barnes is an associate professor and professor of Korean Studies at Tufts University. Kayla Irta is a senior associate in the Hyundai-Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy.

Contact: Ryan McKenna, 202-691-4217, [email protected]

Note: Register at https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/one-year-later-path-forward-us-rok-japan-trilateral-relations

(USA-EDUCATION-TEACHING) ADVISORY -- At 4 p.m., the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) holds a webinar discussion titled, "Have We Made Teaching Too Hard for Mere Mortals?" Cade Brumley, Superintendent of the Louisiana Education Department; Regena B. Beard, science teacher, STEM and robotics at Zachary Community Schools District; Michael Sonbert CEO of Skyrocket Education discuss reform recommendations from Louisiana Education Department.

Contact: 202-862-5829 or [email protected]

Note: Register at https://www.aei.org/events/have-we-made-teaching-too-hard-for-mere-mortals/.

(USA-POLITICS-PELOSI) ADVISORY -- At 7 p.m., the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore hosts an interview forum with Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), former speaker of the House Representatives, who discusses her memoir titled, "The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House." Pelosi’s brother and father were both mayors in Baltimore.

Location: Central Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Central Hall, Baltimore, Md.

Contact: 410-396-5430

Note: Register at https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/speaker-emerita-nancy-pelosi-the-art-of-power.

(CONGRESS-ELECTION-OMAR) ADVISORY -- At 9 p.m. Progressive Democrats of America host an online discussion to "defend progressive champions/squads" such as Rep. Ilhan (D-Minn.), "in a tight primary," and to "use Harris momentum to benefit us."

Contact: Mike Fox, 727-320-4502 or [email protected]

Note: RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc#/registration.

(SCOTUS - GORSUCH) ADVISORY – At 10:15 ET/7:15 PM PT on Tuesday, Supreme Court Associate Judge Neil Gorsuch will speak at a dinner hosted by Reagan Library, Simi Valley in California.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum is located at 40 Presidential Drive in Simi Valley.

Contact: Melissa Giller, 805-522-2977 or [email protected]

Note: For a webcast go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW1-dBkjKo. On Friday, Gorsuch speaks at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, Calif. https://richardnixonfoundation.ticketspice.com/supreme-court-justice-neil-gorsuch?.

GENERAL NEWS EVENTS

MORNING

UPDATES FOR CAMARILLO

"2024 Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference and Exhibition" is held by the National Defense Industrial Association through August 9, 2018.

Highlights

David Honey, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering speaks at 8 am.

The 8:20 am discussion by Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli on "A warfighting perspective from USEUCOM."

Gabe Camarillo, former assistant defense secretary Robert Work and the Army undersecretary Gabe Camarillo make remarks at +4:10 pm

Location: Washington Convention Center, 801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW

Contact: Evamarie Socha, 703-247-2579 or [email protected]

Note: Register at: https://www.ndiatechexpo.org/.

8 a.m. -- (GOVT-STATES-CYBERSECURITY) EVENT -- Modev holds a GovAI Summit for State and Local Governments.

Highlights

Amy Henninger is a senior advisor and branch chief of advanced computing for the Department of Homeland Security. She discusses resilience strategies for cyber security in government at 8:40 am.

Amy Henninger talks about "Adversarial AI: What it means now."

Carahsoft is located at 11493 Sunset Hills Road Suite 100 in Reston, Va.

Contact: [email protected]

Note: Register at https://www.govaisummit.com/sled/registration

9:30 a.m. -- (USA-BANGLADESH/BUSINESS) FORUM -- Bangladesh's Ambassador Muhammad Imran participates in a forum hosted by the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU).

Location: Undisclosed.

Contact: Pete Nonis at 202-836-8108, 917-459-6140, or [email protected]

Please note that the invitation-only event will be closed to press. For upcoming BCIU events, go to: https://bciu.zohobackstage.com/events.

Afternoon

There are no afternoon activities scheduled.

Evening

7 p.m. -- (INDIA-JOURNALIST-RIGHTS) DISCUSSION -- Politics and Prose Bookstore at Union Market hosts a discussion with Rollo Romig, author of "I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist's Murder and the rise of Autocracy in India."

Union Market: 1324 Fourth Street NE, Politics and Prose Bookstore

Contact: 202-364-1919

The Daybook

August 8, 2024

(source: Reuters)