And the position that youre going for, whether its a request to me to be a member of a board or a commission, that i have the ability to make appointments for. Or if you decide to run for Public Office. You know, when i decided to run for supervisor, i wanted to be a good supervisor for the people of the district i represent, where i grew up in. And so that entailed making sure i knew how to do policy and legislation and i understand how the process worked and the city worked. And the good news id been on commissions and other places. So i understood it. But i actually went back to school late in life, before i ran, to get my masters in public administration. And i ended up graduating from u. S. F. With honors, because i was committed to making sure that i was the best policymaker for the people that i represented. And im not suggesting that you do that. Its just that whatever role you want to play, you set your sights on that role and you make sure that youre prepared to take it on an
That is growing. The nasdaq was up 110 and s p up 38 points, one and three quarters percent higher across the board. George floyd will be layed to rest today in houston, this as calls to defund even disband Police Departments across the world intensify. President trump, though, holding firm saying we cannot give up on Law Enforcement opposing efforts to Defund Police forces. Turn to ongoing battle against coronavirus, the World Health Organization says that the spread of the virus by people who are asymptomatic appears to be rare as some cases seeing rise in case this week. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning red across the board. Take a look at european indices. Cac request rant in paris 89 and germany by 237. The economy will decline 5 and a quarter percent in 2020. Take a look at asian markets overnight with the best performer there hong kong, hang seng index up better than 1 . Some of the top stories that we are watching this morning, President Trump
Up more than 21 points to exit the bear cave is now up 15. But whats going on here . Could it be oil . In the last couple of minutes, oil suddenly, this is the aftermarket, started to tank. Its now down 7. 5 on apparent news that the United States government will start to add Strategic Petroleum reserves with all of the glut there is of oil. So while im looking, i just quickly checked exxonmobil and chevron, they are still up but they are at session lows as well. We are figuring it might have something to do with the oil news. In the meantime, the Small Business stimulus loans continue to flow as the treasury secretary asks for 250 billion in additional funds. We are expecting President Trump any moment now to give us an update on how that Small Business Program Lending situation is going. Its known as the Paycheck Protection Program. But the latest tally shows that the Small Business administration has processed 225,000 loans worth more than 60 billion. Thats just since friday. No wor
I know. Excited. When we had that big rainstorm last year that was racing down this hill i went out and when there was a break in the weather to make sure that was clear and that was definitely debris that draws down i make sure i have any bathroom we me and sweep that away that makes a big difference sfwrts can fleet floated and every year we were coming home he it was rainey noticed it the water with hill high on the corner and she was in her rain boats so she had fun doing that. I saved our house. So adopt a drain 25 he is a real leader that listens and knows how to bring people together. Brought this department together like never before. I am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the San Francisco Fire Department, ladies and gentlemen, lets welcome, Jeanine Nicholson. applause . I grew up total tomboy, athlete. I loved a good crisis, a good challenge. I grew up across the street from the fire station. My dad used to take me there to vote. I never saw any female firefighte
Operations budget for the state department and the u. S. Agency for International Development. Committee members asked about the high number of personnel vacancies within the department and hiring from a diverse pool of candidates. This is about an hour and a half. The subcommittee will come to order. We meet today to discuss the state department and u. S. I. D. Fy 2020 operations budget. Without objection, all members may have five days to submit statements, questions, extraneous materials for the record, subject to the length limitations in the rules. Ill now make my opening statement, and then turn it over to the Ranking Member for his opening statement. Ive noticed that the republicans are a little bit faster getting over here after votes. I want to thank the Ranking Member mr. Zeldin members of the subcommittee and our witnesses for joining us for todays hearing for the fiscal year 2020 operations budget, also want to thank the witnesses for being accommodating knowing that our vo