To participate in todays hearing. Members are reminded to keep p their video function on at all ible for hemsel theyre notot recognized by the chair. Ve the members are also reminded ey that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves. To mute themselves after they r have finished speaking. Consistent with regulations, 96s astaff will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate when not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise an otherre embarrassments. Members are reminded that all house rules related to order ano decorum apply to this remote trn hearing. G this hearings entitled exposure notification and Contact Tracing, how ai helps localities open safety and researchers finn it pure. Statem i will now recognize myself for four minutes to give an openingc statement. Good morning. Todays hearing will focus on the essential trade offs that ry the covid19 pandemic is forcing upon us to make between life, liberty, privacy, and the pursuit of happiness. A and the r
Minute right now what we really want to do is talk about the hp xerox. Did we move that up well talk about that now because hp board unanimously rejected that bid from xerox to take over that company its weird it was like a reverse pacman a much Smaller Company buying a much bigger one. 22 a share is not in the best interest of its shareholders and undervalue hp. Letter to xerox ceo they sited the potential impact of outsized debt levels at the combined companys stock. They left the door open with the possibility of acquiring xerox. Looks like it would be a good deal but well take over you it was strange either way combined company same debt . Potentially it was odd when i was reading through the letters. Xerox saying they lined up what they thought could be financing that citi group could eventually get for them that seem like a couple stretches. We havent got the highly confident letter from the drexel days from citi on that. In the meantime, new this morning, fedex ceo fred smith is
Sig alert. Now breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. And that breaking news what mike and reggie just mentioned strong winds in the south bay this morning taking a lot of people by surprise, those winds coming in overnight knocking down trees in several cities and thousands of customers are without power in the south bay right now. Lets check in with abc 7 News Reporter matt keller for the latest. Hi, matt. Reporter good morning, jessica. You said this took people by surprise, even firefighters. An engine on the scene of a report of a downed power lane and they said they were even surprised by what took place early this morning here across the south bay. The good news the winds have died down but the debris is still here. Check this out, this giant branch and then you have pine needles all across lark avenue here right off highway 17 just spread out all across the road, so be careful when youre driving this morning. Of course the debris can be a lot bigger. Check out this video that
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