[gavel]. Chair peskin good morning and welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting for today, august 25, 2020. We have a new clerk today, miss brittany milton, who comes to us from the contracting industry, and we are delighted that she is on board, and someday, well work with her in the board of supervisors chambers. With that, ms. Milton, welcome, and if that, could you please call the roll. Clerk yes. [roll call] clerk we have quorum. Chair peskin thank you, ms. Milton. Do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Public comment will be available for any item on this agenda by call 8882045987, and entering access code on the screen. Once told, you will be invited to join the meeting as a participant. When prompted, dial star, three to speak. You will be prompted by the system when it is your turn to speak. Please anow for audio alf delays and a 30second lag time during the course of this meeting. That completes my announcement. Chair peskin thank you, ms. Milt
All report Record Numbers of daily deaths. We are getting set for samsung results. We will find out how the pandemic has hit south korea smartphone makers later in the show. A look at how we are shaping up this thursday session. We will start with u. S. Futures. All eyes really looking at the fed, looking at jay powell. He said this is particularly the biggest economic shock in memory for the u. S. Prospects for further monetary stimulus, just incremental progress when it comes to negotiations, more fiscal stimulus, i should say. Chicago nikkei futures looking unchanged. It is a massive earnings day in japan, expecting results from hitachi, panasonic, as well as waiting on japanese retail sales. Retail sales coming out of hong kong later on. That is expected to be another grim picture. The yen, wonderful 97 is where we are. Steady below that one of five handle, the dollar coming under pressure from that super dovish fed and the dovish comment from fed chair powell. 41. 37, getting that
There is an onshore breeze, oakland airport, up to 18. Between the surface flow and west northwest areas and higher elevations, we get a little bit of a change here. The north bay temperatures, we look for 50s and 40s. Ellsberg is at 49. Can one is at 50. There are core readings today. Look for highs to be in the 60s and 70s, a little bit cooler and lynn. Highs today will come down a few degrees. It will be warmer on the weekend. Lets head over to sal. Lets see if anything new has popped up on the screen here, at 6 01 am. Is it still okay or is there something new . Everything is still okay. The traffic looks very good. We dont have a big backup at the bay bridge, which is where we look first. That is the first backup of the morning, usually. That matter th mateo bridge. We can show you the san mateo bridge looks very good. Traffic continues to look at all the way across. Lets go back to the headlines. Today is the day that the Trump Administration says a chinese consulate in texas wou
As as solid as a fog bank and direction. At least not right now. There is plenty out there. Low clouds, and son earlier today. Errors like concord and livermore which have had fog will probably not today, if they do it will not last long at all. Earlier son today. 50s on temperatures here across the border. 52 in santa rosa. Good morning, traffic is moving along relatively well, if youre driving to the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is moving along pretty well, if you are driving at the toll plaza, you will see that it is light. Hopefully on this friday, it will stay light throughout. This is a look at interstate 880, that traffic is doing well. Lets go back to the headlines. Today is the day, the Trump Administration says the chinese consulate in Houston Texas will have to close. The state department is claiming that chinese agents tried to steal data from texas facilities, including a texas a and m medical system and the university of texas. China had denied it, and call the allegati
Has burned at least 150 acres so far. Chopper 5 flew over the area. The attack from the ground and air. No evacuations have been ordered but we have been told one structure has been threatened. Chopper 5 was overhead and try to keep the flames from creeping near one of the few homes in the area and we are monitoring the situation and we have an update on kpix 5 news at 11 00. Right now tension tonight within the San Francisco police department. The union is pushing back against new black lives matter posters. Good evening i am veronica de la cruz. In San Francisco with the story tonight. Reporter new posters would have to be 32 inches by 24. Each Police Station including the one by me would have to display the posters in an area where people coming into the building would be able to see it. That is not sitting well with the rankandfiles union. Large murals featuring black lives matter painted on city streets. In front of houses. We are not doing anything illegal. Electrified confrontat