After weeks of reports on this, the governor of georgia saying he just learned you could be contagious if youre asymptomatic. In new york city tonight, the mayor now advising new yorkers to wear masks in public. The mayor of los angeles saying the same thing. Hospitals tonight across this country sounding the alarm. President trump vowing to take more action under the defense production act. Ordering more companies to make ventilators and muchneeded equipment. And news tonight on the nations stockpile of protective gear. How low is it . Tonight, russia and china sending supplies. And this evening, what were hearing from the governor of california, who says the federal government sent them 170 ventilators that did not work. We report tonight on the company now rushing to fix them. The staggering toll on american families. The devastating new unemployment numbers. Another 6. 6 million americans filing for benefits in just the last week. Thats nearly 10 Million People out of a job in two
With a big bang and open up our country or certainly most of our country and i think were going to do that soon. You look at whats happening, i would say were ahead of schedule. Now, you hate to say it too loudly because all of a sudden things dont happen, but i think we will be sooner rather than later. Ashley sooner rather than later. The markets responding positively in the premarket today. The dow up 330 points. It is a holidayshortened week. No trading tomorrow. We have long weekend coming up. What will that do to the markets . We will get into that. As for oil, up as opec plus meets. We are likely to hear about a deal between the saudis and russians to cut production, although up until now, they havent seen eye to eye. In the next hour, we will hear from fed chair Jerome Powell and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. Powell could move the market with his remarks on the economy. A half hour ago, the fed announced 2. 3 trillion in new loans available. That helped offset the neg
Comment is closed. If you have an item not on the agenda under the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission you may speak under general Public Comment in item 4. Please note if the fire alarms activate you must evacuate the building. If you need assistance make the way to the closest area across the hall in the mens rest room. There is a speaker box. Press it and the city hall security will answer. They will assist you. We are on item 2. President s report. I will be brief. I like to read emails that talk about the parks. This is to the general manager. I wanted to say thank you. I love my Neighborhood Parks. The San Francisco park and Rec Department does a fantastic job. I love how there is a park nearby no matter what neighborhood. You have worked hard to make that happen. I know maintenance challenges are daunting you do an amazing job of keeping up. Every employee is helpful and professional if i am getting exercise or enjoying the lovely trees and flowers, your department mak
Good morning, everyone. We will start with an update from our commissioner of health. Morning. We will start with a quick update. Then a couple of comments. Yesterday, the lab shows 51 new results. Out of 470. The total is 389. No deaths yesterday. We continue to work with eight different facilities around the state. That number will unfortunately grow. A few things about longterm care and living facilities. Those are highpriority challenges. These are Group Settings that provide housing and care to those most at risk from covid19. Staff and caregivers depend on our response and support. Our Health Care Prevention and Response Team is our First Responder unit. Prevention starts with primary prevention, including intensive Infection Prevention and messaging. This has been ongoing for weeks, if not months. The response clock starts when we receive information about possible exposure at these facilities. Testing is prioritized and turned around quickly. The team is in constant communicati
[please stand by] [please stand by] [music playing] [music playing] i want to apologize for starting this meeting 15 minutes late, first time it has ever been started late, but such are things in the time of love and coronavirus. We are joined by our vicechair supervisor ahsha safai, our clerk is ms. Erica major who has some special announcements that have not been heard before. Ms. Major. Due to to declaration of local emergency related to the Novel Coronavirus disease and the Subsequent Health order, we are asking all attendees of the meeting to maintain at least four feet of physical space between yourself and others. Hash your hands regularly for at least 20 seconds and try to avoid touching highvolume surfaces as much as possible. Madame clerk, could you please read item 2 out of order . Yes. In addition be sure to silence your cell phones and Electronic Devices. Speaker cards and documents are to be included part of the file should be submitted to the clerk and items acted on tod