Griego. Weve just learned bart is one of the agents getting federal financial help. President trump tweeted hours ago saying im proud to announce the San Francisco bay area will receive over 700 million in federal funds to support continued operations and support workers at sfo and for transit on muni and bart. This money will aid in economic recovery. And just this morning bay area transit officials announced a start date for the long awaited bart extension into Santa Clara County. We have the update. June 13, just 26 days from now. Wow, isnt this a great day. Its wonderful to be able to celebrate, isnt it . Every single taxpayer in Santa Clara County its because of you that i can stand here today and say were almost there. But this is what happens when we flip me on our head in Silicon Valley and make it we. Bart received 251 million of the federal money President Trump tweeted about to buy time and keep trains running through the end of the fiscal year on june 30 and into the summer
[background sounds] we are coming up on just under an hour since tzero. If you are just joining us well we have been here summing up for her while. Stand by for a status check. The team is still working to do the hatch inflation. Expect another five to 10 minutes. Okay. We scrubbed at tminus three minutes and 54 seconds. The weather finally cleared up but it was long after the planned tzero priebus spacex ingress team did return t to the pad and sent the road walks around the pad demarcating where the area is. As you just heard spacex and doug areb working the seal around dragon to make sure the dragon capsule pressures equalized with a crew arm and then well go into the hatch opening sequence. Or have several more minutes and we will carry that as we go. A couple of points to bring up. Once the crew comes off of the dragon and comes back down and goes back to the crew quarters we will be leaving. Thats good. That will get them into the sequence to make sure t the pressure inside and o
Back into our community, and making sure that all of the businesses that have supported us over the years are here to support us in the future. Reporter time is of the essence, and the time is now. It is essentially critical, were talking about businesses that for many, work on a month tomonth misses. Reporter economic develop Alliance Just released a survey of 2000 east bay businesses, predominantly sole proprietorship. Overwhelmingly, they say this is the biggest challenge for now. To make the most critical piece of that is reestablishing the connection with customers, hitting orders going, and starting to get back into the flow of things. Reporter overdue rents, bills, hiring people paled by comparison, their Small Matters but any could end the business. Trying to get out of that hole is a daunting proposition for many. Reporter this is really about survival, we will see how it gets in the future, but nobody knows so far. No one knows how may businesses and Contra Costa County and e
Encourage more aid. So far the senate has no plans to take the bill up. Starks lower on wall street given back some of the big game the dow lost 390 points just over 1. 5 and the nasdaq dropped 49 points and s p fell 30. Banks, healthcare and household roads were on the sector on the downside. 4 million americans should soon get there stimulus payments on a prepaid debit card. The cards will be mailed to people who are eligible but have not gotten their checks. The irs said many of those are taxpayers that typically do not receive a refund through direct deposit and only one debit card will be provided per family and the cards can be used withdraw cash, transfer money to a personal bank account or make purchases. President trump mention the bay area today in a tweet about the federal funding for transportation. The money is intended to help strapped transit agencies experiencing low ridership due to covid19. President trump from the white house announcing u. S. Farmers and ranchers aff
President. His support among independents gone straight up despite the intense opposition of the media and the democrats. More positives. At the president ial town hall, mr. Trump suggested a vaccine is possible by december. Dr. Fauci says january, if everything goes well. That would be a major step towards a fullscale return to work. However, the president also said he could impose fresh tariffs on china. He called that the ultimate punishment. We should point out that there is a new report this morning suggesting china deliberately manipulated the virus for its own advantage. Lets get to the market. It will be opening lower this morning. In part because of the threat of tariffs. Look at the dow, down maybe 200 points. Nasdaq down about 55. S p down about 20. And then theres Warren Buffett. Big news there. He has sold all his Airline Stocks, all of them. He no longer has any money in that industry. However, he did lay out a big positive. He said this economy will come back, quote, not