It was fourth of july weekend of 2017 and i was six months into my activism of trying to warn america about the threat from internet platforms like facebook. And i realized i needed to find a way to go to washington, d. C. And didnt know anyone. And a friend said you need to meet barry so as it happened, he was in new england for the fourth of july weekend and so was i, so we met at a hotel in boston and at this point, im terrified because i had been watching all the things that happened in 2016 and im beginning to get the sense that facebook and other internet platforms are so big that theres nothing we can do and hes got the hair, the tie, the suit, he sits back and proceeds to explain we will control these guys by bringing back antitrust law. At that point i had spent the better part of four years and antitrust was defunct. He says no you just have to believe in miracles. He said we are going to get back and restore capitalism in america. Im looking at him and i think that he is fro
They would normally get on a summer day. But that is okay because a lot of people have been waiting. You have to buy tickets in advance. The zoos funds have been drained during the shut down and Officials Say the reduced ticket revenue still will not be enough to cover costs. Our own frank mal coat has a live report for us. We will be out there by the way on august 7th for our next zip trip and good morning mike i know you have talked about the zoo many times and you have a love for it. Must make you happy to see it opening once again. I cant wait to go back. Were going online later today and pick the perfect afternoon. I mentioned the family membership. I actually had a minute to talk with the director dr. Joel parrot yesterday about the reopening and he said they have seen a dramatic increase in the number of people buying memberships. A family membership for two adults and four children is well under 200. If you have the money now, its a great way to entertain your family and to sup
12 45 pm yesterday afternoon. A small mattress fire from the we wanted to be able to night before in the same neighborhood could possibly be it happened not far from burton connected. Bring this in their backyard so that it is easy for them to valley Elementary School. Come before they go to work so the boy was taken to the that they can be tested. Reporter hospital. He was not able to be the bird buildings, watching for hotspots. Saved. Police said the Delivery Driver stop and is cooperating. Organizers say they expect the lieutenant says they expect officers have yet to publicly to do 250 or more today alone. To stay on the scene for the edify the boy or driver. The site be open on wednesdays San Mateo County has joined the states 19 monitoring list. Next few days. And fridays for the next three the process is very scientific. Reporter the work to weeks from 7 am through 6 pm. Determine the origin and cause just this morning the number of confirmed cases top a few people in contra co
Having discussions. Peaker pelosiys staff, my staff. And secretary mnuchin. I dont seey reason why we cant come to an agreement. Next, Texas Governor greg abbott holding a briefing with reporters on his states response to the coronavirus. At the start of the event he stated plans for opening his states economy. This is 45 minutes. Almost 700,000 americans have been infected with covid19. More than 35,000 of them have tragically lost their lives. Economic damage has hit even more americans than the coronavirus itself. More than 22 million americans have filed for unemployment. More than a million texans have filed unemployment claims. Businesses have shuttered. Paychecks have disappeared. Food bank lines are swelling across texas as more families seek food that they desperately need. Well, in typical texas fashion, you have come together to support one another. You have made personal sacrifices to ensure that our state slows the spread of covid19. You have helped to reduce the number of
Wore putting this forward and im putting this forward with my colleague, supervisor ronen, thank you, and supervisor mar, thank you, along with the support of jennifer and those from local 1021. And more importantly, the front loin nurses in particular at sf general that have been keeping us informed and letting us know about the situation. I think weve did not a good job of being prepared as we can. This would allow San Francisco and other areas to be even that much more prepared if and when theres a spike. So, that is all i have. The last thing i do want to say, supervisor peskin and i have been working over the weekend to try and get many of the private sectors janitors back to the table with some of the companies that are out there that are laying janitors off and their companies in this city that are treating their janitors as and many of their employees as they are their frontline employees and paying them. There are some that are deciding theyre going to use this opportunity at