Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re
3386 is the number to watch for that s p 500 record close. 59 minutes until the close we have a big show coming up to day the s p 500 makes yet another run at that record close bob doll will tell us why he is expecting the economic recovery to be more choppy. And why hes cautious in the short term plus, gaming the impact of the dnc. Well speak with a policy expert who says this weeks Democratic National convention could be a negative for the market even though its happening virtually. Right now, were going to focus in on the big stories were watching to day. Bob pisani is tracking to days action we have the latest on growing tensions with china. And joining us with his outlook for stocks is tony dwyer bob, start us off with the Broader Market whats going on behind the scenes and whether you think we could see that record s p 500 close today. When you get this close within less than 1 he , you usuy can get over it. Were still not there. 3386 as you heard before is the old closing high t
Pandemic. Later, National Indian Health Board Chair on the affecting native American Communities. Morning, its thursday, april 9, 2020. Against the backdrop of another deadly day, turmoil across the country, political leaders in washington are headed for a showdown over hundreds of liens of dollars in new aid for Small Businesses. With the senate set to move forward with funding today we begin our program by hearing from Small Business owners and their employees. Let us know how your Small Business has been impacted by coronavirus. Small Business Owners, 202 7488000 is your number. Small business employees, 202 7488001. You can send us a text this morning, that number is 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media, twitter or facebook. Good thursday morning to you, we are hearing from the 60 million americans that work at Small Businesses in this country and the more than 30 some businesses around the country. You
Good afternoon, commissioners. Grant colfax, director of health. Happy new year. Of aofi have a few things to highlight. Very exciting news with regard to medy cal expanding coverage to undocumented immigrants up to age 26. This is an expansion that Governor Newsom authorized as part of the states 2019 to 20 budget, including full scope medical to eligible adults ages 19 to 25 regardless of immigration status. Statewide this is expected to have a wide impact, covering 90,000 people, and enrollment started the first of the year. We have to make that expansion will apply to about 1,000 to 2,000 individuals in San Francisco. And we have been working with the Human Services agency to notify eligible san franciscans, including transitioning those who qualify from healthy San Francisco to medical. This is also an important opportunity to remind residents about the available of medical, that immigrants are not pen liesed when they apply for a green card, and there are no changes to the public
Pres of actually elevating quality to the Network Level so rather than looking at it at each individual section, you will see it up a Larger Network Department Level. We will be coming to you, the commission, at the Department Level to really present what we are doing in terms of clinical quality, what are the measures, the metrics, and so you will see them. It will not only be those who sit on those panels, but the entire commission will be able to see the full picture of clinical quality. Those will be coming from the network side and we will also incorporate those components of quality that exist. When will those be appealed . In january we hopefully hopefully we will be coming to you within the next six months with a quality report from a Network Department level perspective. Thank you very much for your report. Thank you very much. Have a good evening. Commissioners, the next item is a resolution approving the San Francisco department of Public Health 2020 state and federal legisl