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Deliver the most face—to—face activity as we can. its also about social environments, but we need to do that in a safe way. weve been working with our public health colleagues in our localities to make sure we have plans that are robust and we can adapt if we need to. so i think we put in measures, were confident that will allow universities to have more face—to—face teaching, and thats what the student want and thats what the student want and thats what we want.— what the student want...

Hopefulness from wall street desperate to see the economy back in predictable circumstances with everybody raring to go to movie theaters and jump on airplanes. were not there, folks. i dont think anybody trying to imagine where were going to be by halloween or christmas has a really strong sense where this delta variant is going and what variants lurk around the corner that will have an even perhaps worse effect on the united states situation. one thing that is clear, nicole, as long as 20% of ...

Like queens. does the infrastructure show that washington understands whats needed or is that just a bandaid on a disaster? >> let me start with we got about a $2 billion investment through the city going back a few years ago. and what we recognize is where the places, projects were completed, they did not have flooding. it is clear that infrastructure investment is critical. this is why i cant understand why senators manchin and sinema are dragging their feet on the infrastructure bill. i reque...

Baby. i was born of teenaged parents. i lived in an a lot of basements. basements helped me get through college, frankly. my basement that i lived in used to flood. from personal experience, this is something i know all too well. the pain, the emotional toll on residents is unprecedented. and we need washington, d.c. to really act yesterday. we need biden and everyone to sit down and to move this infrastructure package forward so that we can get some money in to states and into localities to add...

Deal with great regularity and we want to be prepared for this and do everything in our power to protect human life and property. thank you very much. with that id like to introduce senator schumer who has been very engaged as we spoke this morning already and i want to thank him for his partnership. >> okay, thank you, governor. and first my condolences and heart and prayers to all of the families who have lost loved ones. imagine the horror of sitting in your own basement apartment and the wat...

Of climate change unfortunately well have to deal with this, with great regularity and we want to ensure new yorkers were prepared for this and will do everything in our power to protect human life and property. thank you very much. i would like to introduce senator schumer, has been very engaged. we spoke already this morning and i want to thank him for his partnership. senator? >> okay. thank you, governor. and you struggle to get out but you cant. its an awful, awful situation. and our hearts...

Political message. right now the winning political message seems to be fighting against every mandated control aimed at, as you said, protecting lives and keeping people alive. i mean if people can believe a big lie of election fraud, which takes just the idea that that could have been carried out takes so much suspension of disbelief, we are just seeing a continuation of that suspension of disbelief. and in this case you have now the department of justice getting involved looking into what is h...

Of course, the loss of life from anywhere is horrible and it impacts families no matter where theyre living, in the united states or arnolound the world. >> my second question is about american families, 7.5 million americans are set to lose unemployment benefits next month, not just the federal supplement but all benefits. given the expiration of the eviction moratorium, whats going on with the delta variant, has the president considered asking congress to extend those benefits further? >> if c...

Determine how this happens, but of course, the loss of life from anywhere is hohorrible, and impacts lives no matter where it happens here or around the world. >> and now, employees set to lose all benefits and not just a supplement, but given the expiration of the rental eviction moratorium, and has the president asked congress to extend the benefits? >> if congress asked the president to sign the eviction moratorium into law, he would do that. >> and when is the -- >> look, he made that in the...

In their homes? >> again, some of the initial reports that i have is we knew there was going to be some overtopping of some of the levies in the southern pars of louisiana. my initial reports are the levies around new orleans did what they were supposed to do but that intense rainfall, thats going to create a lot of urban flooding across many of the jurisdictions, new orleans, baton rouge and all of the different localities in between. and its going to strain the system. its going to strain the ...