With life programming. Please consider donating to help us continue our work. Please visit us at commonwealth club. You can find us and the description box below. Welcome to todays virtual program. I served as a supervisor in the city and county and most recently at the california director for bernie 2020 where i could work very close with sean campaigning for senator sanders. Theres not too many things more that scare me than writing a book. [laughter] and how to fight injustice. Sean will share with us a little bit about his journey and if you have a question and then reserve time at the end. And those that can order on the link that commonwealth put up but we encourage you so what the process was like theres nothing more difficult than telling your own story. We originally planned on doing this as a live event back in may with my book coming out in april. I love the bay and so many of my closest friends are there. We have five kids. We had all taken off of work and school and going
Maria is there with more. What do we know so far . It seems like they are going to be talking on the 750 billion euros stimulus. Is that rhetoric . Maria it is unclear whether we get a deal. We do know european leaders have been stuck in a room was 10 hours debating what to do with his Recovery Fund. It is clear there are three major sticking points. One has to do with the size of the Recovery Fund, how big it is going to be. Euros wouldbillion be granted as grants to countries in Southern Europe that have been badly hit by the coronavirus. That could change during the weekend. There is an issue with the format, how much this money will be in terms of grants and how much will be a typical bailout just cash for reforms. Secondly, this is becoming a major thing, the governments. Who is going to make sure a country like italy after they get this money, who is going to make sure they use it for reforms . For a country like the netherlands, for the dutch Prime Minister to whom i spoke to in
Will get worse before it gets better, which may be true, but its still a weird campaign promise. When asked about former associate of Jeffrey Epstein and accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell at his press conference yesterday, President Trump said, quote, i wish her well. And then somewhere an assassin said, thats the code, and started screwing together a plastic rifle. Thats right he was asked about accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and said he had met maxwell numerous times over the years and wished her well oh, no, thats going to become a trump rally chant, isnt it . Wish her well wish her well former Attorney Michael Cohen has written a tellall book about President Trump. Seriously . Harry potter wasnt written about this much. What else is there to know oh, wow oh, it says hes a touch racist. What page oh, all of them. The Democratic Party recently drafted its 2020 platform, which is 80 pages long and was drafted by a 15person panel, as opposed to the republican platform
More than 1000 bay area teachers tell administrators they are not returning to the classroom until they feel safe. The top Santa Clara County Health Official is warning covid19 could spread like wildfire and only weeks and how he says that the state could step in. The governor announcing a plan to release 8000 inmates statewide due to covid19, how many are from here at san quentin and who will be released. It is just about 6 00 a. M. On this saturday, july 11th. I am devin fehely and lets start with the Weather Center. This morning looks exceptional and the one looking east at the sunrise is Perfect Timing with sunrise officially happening at 5 58. Here we are at 6 01 with the sun piercing the east bay hills. This is looking north over alcatraz up to marin county and that is the scene to the west with no marine layer this morning. Clear skies for everybody with temperatures ranging from a cool 50 at santa rosa to the warm 60 in san jose. The headline today is 100 degrees heat inland at
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