Our journey began last august, and many of you were actually here that day, when the ikea city store opened for the public. And then in january, we welcomed industerous or flexible coworking space on the 5th floor. Today we are here, this is our next big milestone to celebrate opening of the hall. This incredible space really showcase the hard work, the dedication, the commitment from so many of you, and i want to take this special moment to thank each and every one of you who have been supporting, helping, contributing, driving, sometimes even pushing this through and making this day happen become possible. As we stand here today, i am really excited for the future, and what the future holds for us and im really looking forward working with together with you to make this hall concept be successful here in our Meeting Place and in San Francisco. Lets make today the beginning of something truly remarkable. Thank you. [applause] the city of San Francisco has been a great partner to us th
Wave of retail closures. We get a taste of the concept that can pave the way for brighter days ahead. 3, 2, 1 [ cheers and applause ] reporter it was an exciting day for San Franciscos midmarket neighborhood as a brandnew food haul food hall opened up. A rice dish, this is meat surrounded with potato and deep fried. Reporter cynthia is visiting the city from washington. She told me that she was just walking downmarket street when she noticed the opening. I was like what is going on . A celebrity there . Oh, it is food. Reporter it is a twostory space that offers guests close to a dozen food and drink options. The restaurants vary from the halls own nordic Food Concepts on the first floor to restaurant vendors and a Cooking School on the second floor. Hudson kramer works at the ikea and told me the whole story was buzzing about this opening i think we are excited to have options and easy to get to downtown that has a bunch of options for everyone. Mayor breed was in attendance. She says
Decades as a star running back at usc, simpson winning the Heisman Trophy in 1968, nicknamed the juice, played 11 seasons in the nfl, first with the Buffalo Bills, then the San Francisco 49ers. After retiring from the league, he launched a successful career as a sports broadcaster, movie star, and ad pitch man. You know it. Reporter but in june 1994 millions watched police chase simpson in his white bronco on l. A. s freeways. His exwife, nicole brown simpson, and her friend ron goldman, were found stabbed to death. Simpson was accused of their murders. Alan dershowitz was part of his star legal team. There was overwhelming evidence that might suggest that he did it and then there was one piece of evidence that was tampered with. Reporter with cameras in the courtroom, simpsons trial became a Global Television event. Of course, the infamous moment was the day he tried on the glove and that the glove did not fit. If it doesnt fit, you must acquit. Reporter a jury found him not guilty. I
Out out of the five days, we might have two good days. Remember when downtown San Francisco look like this . It is not the same as before. Restaurants struggling. Business is boarded up. They are looking for solutions to increase foot traffic. What is the answer . San francisco has the luxury of being able to try to diverse itself, take a chance and be creative. Improving either housing or work, offices around the area will improve our business a lot. We are looking at the road to revitalization. Mixeduse downtown is a vibrant downtown. I am investing in downtown. This is cbs news bay area with elizabeth cook. Thank you for joining us. Im devin fehely in for elizabeth. We would like to think of San Francisco as a bustling big city, plenty of businesses and restaurants and entertainment but acquitted still struggling to recover from the pandemic. Today, we will dive into the citys efforts to bring that shine back and to bring people back in. Today, lets catch up on todays headlines. O.
Today . Speech therapy, trying to deal with the mutiny that was coming as a result of Bernie Sanders supporters who did not want to give in. After a storm calls for unity is the headline in the philadelphia inquirer. As the night went on it looked like the bernie supporters had finally calmed down. You heard john harwood report earlier about how Sarah Silverman told them they were being, quote, ridiculous. And that seems to have helped. Lets see what happens tonight with the big headliner. Former president bill clinton, historically hes always a crowd pleaser. But, guys, he has run into trouble with the black lives matter protests as hes been on the campaign trail a couple of times. But you can assume this is probably going to be a pretty friendly crowd tonight. Lets get over to brian and tyler back at cnbc headquarters. All right, michelle, thank you very much. So a ton in the Business World going on as well. Your power lunch menu seems very appropriate today because mcdonalds is the