Reopen america and put this great nation back to work. Thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. President . [inaudible conversations] elizabeth okay. Okay. This is the im elizabeth macdonald, welcome to the evening edit. The Coronavirus Task force just now wrapping up. Okay, heres whats happening, we have more than 50,000 in the u. S. Now dead, 26 million out of work. Oil is rebounding. Jpmorgan chase is telling Small Businesses, hey, apply with other banks because theres fears of fresh funds from the new program money that just came in will run out. Lets bring in former cia station chief daniel of match. He is basically hoffman. He is basically former station chief for afghanistan and pakistan. Sir, first i want to jump to this its great to have you on. Governor cuomo is now saying the World Health Organization was too little too late, that its basically that the critics have been saying that the who is in the back pocket of china. This is still an underlying controversy. Your reaction to
Wish we were together again. So the word unprecedented is getting quite a workout over the past month or so. Jack, it certainly applies to what was happening in the Energy Market over the past week. Right at the start of the week the Energy Markets you know what . Lets get weird. I know you think youve seen weird, but how does 37 sound on a barrel of crude oil . Does that mean i can go to a gas station, theyll pea me to if fill up the car . Thats not what it means. In the futures market, each contract has to do with a specific type of Oil Delivered to a specific place at a specific time, and on april 20th when that may west texas intermediate contract came due, you better have had a pipeline and storage tank willing to accept your oil in oklahoma or you got closed with next to zero liquidity. Most people didnt have it, so so we had prices go sharply negative. Now jack if you have a boat that holds oil, thats a nice thing. Funny you mentioned that because on my street wise podcast for b
Your completed speaker cards and documents as part of the file will be submitted today as to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the march 21st, 2020, board of supervisors agenda, unless other stated. And related to the coronavirus disease, we are asking all attend decees of this meeting to maintain at least four feet between themselves and others, regularly wash your hands for 20 seconds at a time, and try to avoid touching highvolume services as much as possible. Thank you for that, mr. Clerk. For reasons related to the Current Public Health crisis, we are likely to continue items 3 and 4. So if anyone is here for those, you should be aware of that. So mr. Clerk, can you please call the first item. Item 1is a hearing to consider that the issuance of a type 57 special onsale beer and wine Liquor License to the owners association, doing business as the four seasons private residences, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county. Thank you. Good mo
Stated. Mr. Clerk, call item number 1. Clerk a motion directing the clerk of the board to initiate a request for proposals process for special Investigation Services. Thank you. Supervisor haney, as a sponsor of this measure, the floor is yours. Thank you, chair marr, and good morning, everyone. I think that this is, you know, obviously a very challenging time for our city right now with multiple departments who have been implicated in a larger investigation. Clearly, you know, charges that have been levied by the u. S. Attorney against individuals in government and outside. And it is critical that we do everything that we can to investigate fully, prevent any future fraud or corruption, and to do everything that we can to restore the public trust. This is not a time for business as usual and i think that the public is looking to us as the board of supervisors to investigate fully to make some serious changes around accountability and transparency and to do this in a way that the publi
Nation is coming together to defeat the virus. President trump there is tremendous hope. I think well come out bigger, strong and better. We learned a lot. We learned who to rely on, month not to rely on. Our country has been incredible. Including the fact i just spoke to senator schumer. We both want to get to a good solution. Watching and seeing people that werent speaking getting along well because we all have one common aim. Thats to get rid of this invisible enemy, get rid of it fast, and go back to the kind of economy we had, and maybe even better. David the president s message of optimism being smeared by the media. Saying it may be giving americans a false sense of hope. President trump was having none of it. Is it possible your impulse to put a positive spin on things may be giving americans a false sense of hope for preparedness right now . President trump i dont think so. To not get approved drugs. President trump it may work and may not work. Nearly 200 dead. Millions who a