It ran along fourth avenue. There were 48 bookstores at its height and today the strand is a survivor, we survived bigbox stores, amazon, and as of a month ago, a major manhole fire that blasted out all of our windows. We shook off the dust and opened up the next day. Glad we are here today and thank you all for reading. Today the New York Times called sir harry evans the greatest and the most verdant editor alive. Says it all. You were the head of britain times, sunday times, random house currently working as editor in chief of reuters, the British Press award for lifetime achievement, knighted in 2003. Dont know what else, a great book, many great books. First time i met harry was in 2004 filming a cspan segment on this very floor over that way that corresponded to the republican convention. People were outraged that bush was the nominee, seems like quaint times today. Since then, harry and i developed a close friendship. I am always in our of how they know everybody and how they bri
Mega merger. Kwsk buys the Home Shopping network for more than 2 billion. Will these two giants combined be able to stop amazons quest to corner the market . All that, plus drama at wimbledon. Throwing shade at the tour de france. And savannah marks five years on today as we celebrate her big savannahanniversary. Today, friday, july 7th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. 7 00 out on the west coast. We thank you for joining us on your fifth anniversary, which, congratulations in order. Thank you very much. More on that later. But a lot of news this morning. A lot to goat to. Starting with this highly anticipated highstakes meeting between President Trump and russian president , Vladimir Putin. Thats happening at the g20 summit in hamburg. Earlier this morning, they did meet and shake hands for the first time. Their sitdown is expected to take
Department and Planning Commission i expect weep be joined by snickering joe duffy representing the department of building inspection and deputy City Attorney ann pierson is here representing the department of health and street Electronic Devices are prohibited. Please carry on conversations out in the hallway. People affiliated with these parties must conclude their comments within 7 minutes, participants not affiliated have up to 3 minutes no rebuttal. To assist the board in the accurate preparation of the minutes, members of the public are asked, not required to submit a speaker card or Business Card to the clerk. Speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. The board welcomes your comments. There are Customer Satisfaction forms available. If you have a question about the schedule, speak to the staff after the meeting or call the board office tomorrow we are located at 1650 mission street, suite 304. This meeting is broadcast live on sfgovtv cable channel 78.
And that family is driving back to kentucky. Relatives meeting them here this morning. The aziz family, theyre about to board a flight headed back to detroit where theyll drive home to flint, michigan. Those boys say they plan to sign up and plan to become a naturalized United States citizen in due course. Live at dulles airport, peggy fox, wusa9. The legal fight over president trumps travel ban is focused on an Appellate Court in San Francisco. Attorney generals from 15 states have filed briefs in support of lawsuits 97 American Companies are challenging the ban saying bad for business. Visa holders from seven majority muslim countries are allowed to enter the u. S. Today is the deadline for the Justice Department to file its response to the lawsuits. Were hearing from some people who wonder just how a judge can overturn well article 3 of the constitution addresses that issue. Federal courts have the power to interpret the constitution and they can declare an executive order illegal o
The San Francisco board of appeals. The presiding officer is commissioner honda and we are joined by tonights by our vice chair commissioner Vice President fung and commissioner lazarus and commissioner bobby wilson and commissioner rick swig to my left is brad the deputy City Attorney and provide the board with legal advice at the controls is gary hes the boards legal assistant im im Cynthia Goldstein the boards executive director. Were going to be joined as by were joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. Sitting in the front right now is amanda representing the bureau of mapping and shes joined by her colleague raul shaw i believe chris buck is here in the front right now with the bureau of urban forestry and Scott Sanchez will be here shortly and representing his office and the Planning Department and Planning Commission Electronic Devices are prohibited. Please carry on conversations out in the hallway. Permit holders and others have u