Yes. Great and he is present. Thank you. Our next item is item 2, president s announcements. President mccarthy president mccarthy, you have your announcements . President mccarthy sorry. Ok. Keep forgotten the mask. Good morning and welcome to the Building Inspection Commission meeting for august 2020. Im angus mccarthy, president of the building commissioner and im joined by fellow commissioner members along with interim director reardon and dbi staff. As you will hear in detail from our agenda items today, were continuing to cope with the circumstances caused by covid19 pandemic. Along with just completing the departments move into our new perm a center at 49 south venice, on behalf of the commissioner, i want to thank dbi staff for their hard work for the move including boxing up hundreds and hundreds of plans thanks to the Deputy Director madison for leading move and inaudible to everyone who did their part. If you would like to mute, sonia. Appreciate it. Along with the commissio
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A call for change in thailands demonstrators led by students want the government out and a new constitution. A ship leaking oil off the coast of militias breaks apart raising fears of an ecological disaster. Its a battle for the future of belo roofs a week after the disputed president ial vote to rival rallies have been taking place in the capital president Alexander Lukashenko spoke at a progovernment demonstration while in another part of minsk tens of thousands of opposition supporters have gathered for what they are calling a day of freedom glory chalons reports. 7 days after the contentious election and finally the embattled president s of bella russo organized a rally of support state employees were brought by bus and train to the capital minsk from all over the country the intention to show that Alexander Lukashenko still has a popular base after a week of antigovernment protests unprecedented in their size in the august heat told the crowd better or is being threatened from out
Coverage. Blake burman at the white house. Edward lawrence in washington. Well start with you, blake. Reporter jackie, last night during the Coronavirus Briefing President Trump first floated this idea of him potentially going down the path of trying to get a cut on capitalgains taxes going forward. Here is what im told according to sources. Right now the white house is exploring that idea, looking into it and doing so via the form of an executive order because there would be little to no appetite within washington, d. C. Right now of doing that legislatively, especially when you consider what the grand picture is with everything. Weve just heard some of it from Mitch Mcconnell within the last half hour or so. Both sides, democrats, republicans, still 2 1 2 trillion dollars apart. Both side right now not even talking. They are also acknowledging that this is going at least for the moment, nowhere. Watch. We are i will two sit down as long as it is a serious negotiation. Thus far it has