In lowest of any president his first year. In his second year, 40 , the lowest of any president elected president in his second year in office. In his third year, he was at 42 , the lowest except for jimmy carter, we know it happened to him. President who has never seen a majority Approval Rating. It is important because Approval Ratings are the best way to determine whether a president is likely to get reelected or not. Referenda on the incumbent. It is not like a choice election like you had in 2016 or 2008. The coronavirus hit, he was only four or five points ahead in most polling. Joe biden had a lead in every one of the 20 States Hillary clinton carried, plus d. C. , by more than a margin of error, with the possible exception of minnesota. Then he had six battleground states. Michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, effectively settled. All three in the margin of error. North carolina, he was running with the president slightly ahead. The coronavirus hit and everything changes. Now we a
It is the end of an era, possibly. Prime minister shinzo abe plans to resign for Health Reasons. He is expected to make an announcement imminently. Jerome powell plans to let inflation and unemployment run there if he can get them in a ship that will likely keep Interest Rates low for years. Tiktok. Battle for walmart joins microsoft making a joint bid for the apps u. S. Asset. Can they fend off oracle . Just under an hour from the start of cash trading in europe. Lets look at futures this morning, even as the nikkei 1. 4 , you know, it had been gaining, the topics and the nikkei had been in the green and both fell. European futures are holding up. We still see green arrows on ftse and dax futures. Take a look at u. S. Futures. Green arrows there as well. Even after alltime highs once again hit yesterday on the s p and the nasdaq and the shinzo abe resignation report pulls down japanese stocks, u. S. Futures holding strong. Atside of japan it remains risk on and to the week. Anna a lot
Is the minutes. Yes. Thank you, commissioner. Item 2 is the approval of the minutes of august 18, 2020, and i can check to see if anyone thats in Public Comment, please press star, three to raise your hands. I have a change to the minutes. The minutes show me as present, and i dont believe i was present at that meeting. Thank you. Commissioner, and i apologize for that mistake. That was me. And there was actually somebody with their hand raised, so im going to let me get my timer. Caller, im going to unmute you, and youve got, then, two minutes. All right. Caller, youve got two minutes on the clock. Hi. Im a little mixed up. Is this the time for general comment . Hi, dr. Palmer. No, this is not. This is the general comment on the minutes. Okay. I want to get back in line for general comment. Okay. No problem. I will take your hand down. I will explain to everyone, heres the deal. When youre making comment, when the item is called that youre making Public Comment on, you put your hand u
So i guess the next agenda item is the minutes. Yes. Thank you, commissioner. Item 2 is the approval of the minutes of august 18, 2020, and i can check to see if anyone thats in Public Comment, please press star, three to raise your hands. I have a change to the minutes. The minutes show me as present, and i dont believe i was present at that meeting. Thank you. Commissioner, and i apologize for that mistake. That was me. And there was actually somebody with their hand raised, so im going to let me get my timer. Caller, im going to unmute you, and youve got, then, two minutes. All right. Caller, youve got two minutes on the clock. Hi. Im a little mixed up. Is this the time for general comment . Hi, dr. Palmer. No, this is not. This is the general comment on the minutes. Okay. I want to get back in line for general comment. Okay. No problem. I will take your hand down. I will explain to everyone, heres the deal. When youre making comment, when the item is called that youre making Public
Directors, thats seven ayes and item 14 is approved. At this time you are scheduled to go into closed session. We have not yet received any indication that a member of the public wishes to address you on the items listed. However, they have an opportunity to do so now by pressing star 3 if they have already dialed in. Since there is a slight delay between our speaking and sf gov tvs live streaming, we will go ahead about wait about ten seconds or so, giving folks an opportunity to indicate whether they would like to speak on the items for discussion in closed session. All right, it does not appear that any member ts of the public wish to address you on any of the items in closed session. There are a couple of members from staff and the team, so whats going to happen now is the i. T. Function is going to take effect to change your viewing ability, basically exiting the room, if you will, so that the board can get into closed session. I will as well be doing so. So well get you into clos