Can you please call the roll . [ roll call ] clerk you have a quorum. Announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Approval of the minutes from the october 6 regular meeting. Can we open up the line for Public Comment on the minutes from the october 6 meeting. You have zero questions remaining. Well pause 20 seconds. If no one comes on the line, well move along. Clerk if members of the public wish to address the board on the meeting, please dial 10 to join the queue. And the number is available on the screen, should anyone want to join. You have zero questions remaining. Then well close Public Comment. Directors, are there any additions or amendments to the minutes . If not, may i hear a motion. Motion. Is there a second . A second. Please call the roll. [ roll call ] clerk 50. Item 5, communications. Due to the covid19 emergency, this meeting is being held virtually and all members of the public and staff are participating via video conference. This will
Going back and forth, there will be plexiglass tonight and social distancing tonight. We have more from what we can expect from utah. Were hours away from the first and only president ial debate. It will be an exciting night and one highly and faced. During a election year, it wouldnt draw a big audience. This year, all eyes are on Vice President mike pence and senator Kamala Harris. The president has covid19 and joe biden is 77 years old. Topics could include the economy, health care and the supreme court. A big focus will be on covid 19. Not only will the stage be different with plexiglass and 12 feet of space between the two. The pressure is on for the Vice President mike pence will have to talk about the handling of the pandemic. He will put harris in the hot seat too. He could push her on changing her stance on the green new deal. He may try to separate her from joe biden. Dont expect this to be as chaotic as the first debate. He said given the temperament it will be different. Mi
Course and called on congress to approve a series of Coronavirus Relief measures. The news came in two tweets. The president wrote, the house and senate should immediately approve 25 billion for Airline Payroll support and 1. 35 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program for Small Businesses. The president also wrote, if i am sent to a standalone bill for stimulus checks, 1200, they will go out to our great people immediately. The president s earlier message to hold talks until after the election spooked wall street. The dow ended the day down 375 points. Nasdaq lost 177 and the s p fell to seven. A change in dialogue tonight, what comes next . Reporter it was just this afternoon that the president had sent the first tweet saying negotiations were off until after his reelection. Tonight he did an aboutface and basically said that he is calling on congress to send him a relief bill. President trump turned to his messaging app on tuesday tweeting out his call for congress to pass federa
New infections is just over 3000. This afternoon, the president abruptly called off talks to another Coronavirus Relief package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted the decision saying the president is putting himself in front of the rest of the country. The nasdaq was down 177 and the s p was down 47 in washington the joint chiefs of staff and the top u. S. Military leaders have now gone into quarantine after coast guard admiral charles ray tested positive for covid19. All of those military leaders have since tested negative for the virus. They attended meetings with admiral ray last week. It is not clear how ray contracted the virus, but it is not believed to be related to the white house outbreak. Also today President Trump this dr. Gave a statement on the president s condition as he recovers now at the white house. Democrats want clear answers to what led the president and many in his circle to be infected by the virus. Reporter President Trump gave an update a day after being disch
The president s message threw cold water on wall street which was positive in the early going today. The dow ended the day down 375 points, just over 1 . Nasdaq lost 177 points and the s p fell 47. House Speaker Pelosi blasted the president s move saying President Trump is putting himself ahead of the country. The coronavirus continues to impact the United States at the highest levels of government. Today the joint chiefs of staff and top u. S. Military leaders went into quarantine. This after coast guard admiral charles ray tested positive for covid19. General mark milay and the chivas the army, navy, and air force have tested negative for the virus. They attended meetings with admiral ray last week. Its not clear how the admiral contracted the virus, but its not believed to be related to the outbreak at the white house. President trumps Senior Advisor Stephen Miller has tested positive for the virus now. Miller has reportedly been working remotely for the last five days. This comes a