Good day. Welcome to the Hudson Institute. Im todd linberg, a seen the yor fe senior fellow here. Were having a conversation today with peter burkowitz, the developer of planning at the state department. Peter is on leave from the stanford university, peters undergraduated years, he has an m. A. In philosophy from the Hebrew University in jerusalem, and then a j. D. And ph. D. From yale. And so hes obviously rather overqualified for any position he finds himself in. But were glad hes able to join us today to talk about this report. The elements of the china challenge. This is a report by the policy planning staff in the office of the secretary of state. Ill just say a word or two about that office. The policy planning staff is an office within the secretarys office. So it is tasked principally by the secretary to undertake such research and policy planning, indeed, as he zeem deems fit and this staff is, of course, a political appointee and has led the office since early in 2019. Let m
Mateo board supervisor and San Francisco Business Owner about the changes. For many of the businesses in San Mateo County that were forced to shut down and lay off employees supervisor david campos says theyre taking a small step in the right direction, its time to loosen it up. A little hopefully what this does. It gives the small Business Owners. A glimmer of hope. Theyre not fully closed and now how the ability topper on wednesday both san mateo and San Francisco counties announced that they will allow most retailers to reopen with Curbside Pickup and delivery on monday. The new order includes manufacturing and warehouse is not shopping malls. Weve seen. A some of them in terms of sales down between 60 to 90 . However. What were hoping for is that with ease curbside sales. Helps those businesses because right now. They can operate over in San Francisco, small fries is one of those businesses and 95 of our business is gone my daughter who is the manager was laid off as were other oth
Literally standing on the freeway but i am safe because they have shut this freeway down this is southbound 85 just south of coddle road you can see for chp cars at the scene there this scene actually is on the left side you might be able to see it its right next to the Center Divider we do know it was so horrific that 2 people actually were rejected from the car 2 others were trapped inside in fact let me show you video of the scene this took place at 10 oclock last night we do know that drugs or alcohol were factors in this by the simple fact that they did arrest that driver. 3 people died at the scene 2 others they are actually rushed to the hospital but one person died at the hospital that breakdown goes 3 men. One woman died at the scene so for all together fortunately we do know that one person at this time still alive at the hospital, but we dont know the extent of the injuries if you can head back out live now want to show you the scene on the left side of your screen there you
A major gain for Syrian Government forces as rebels withdraw from the key town of concha coon and live province. In doha with your sport is targeted with racial abuse after missing a penalty for Manchester United and the straightest cricket team has delivered a blow its top batsman steve smith is ruled out of the food ashes test with concussion. Hello welcome to the program our top story italys Prime Minister just epic conti has resigned launching a bitter attack on his Coalition Partner matesic he branded the hardline interior minister an irresponsible opportunist and accused him of bringing down the government to force early elections has been asked to stay on as cat take a lead if and now while italys president talks to Party Leaders to see if a new government can be formed so again go reports on this now from rome. As leader of the government jews epic contest had overseen one of the most challenging coalitions in recent times battling one political crisis after another contests ai
Them. Fentanyl is the leading opioid killer in San Francisco claiming more lives than heroin or oxycodone. Fentanyl. Health Officials Say fentanyl use is spreading. The number of deaths is climbing. The statistics show 57 people died from fentanyl in San Francisco last year. That is one death a week and up from six depth not even a decade ago. Live coverage tonight from amber. She is at San Francisco general after speaking with the drug uses about the reasons and an er doctor about the danger. Reporter i spoke with a doctor who heads up the Er Department at the hospital. He tells me he is alarmed by the number of encinal overdoses he sees and wants to warn the public about how dangerous the drug is. Johnny lopez tells me he is homeless and uses heroin. He said his supplier turned him on some encinal two months ago. A lot of people are turning to fentanyl because of the strength. This is the fentanyl we get in the emergency department. Reporter it is a synthetic painkiller used by docto