And friend, illustrates the commitment that they have made personally which i think all of us want here at the post are very grateful for. I just wanted to share that with you. Today were going to talk about cybersecurity interference in our 2020 president ial elections. The very Innovative New way of trying to do with that. And avoided talked with two of the people who are most familiar with these issues. First former director of Homeland Security, michael, former director of National Intelligence, james, each knows the cyber in these issues in a difficult political and legal background as well as anybody who has served in government. On this gentleman with the question is on everybodys mind. It involves the question of interference in our elections but this is the complaint that has been raised by the so identified whistleblower who is complaint now before the house Intelligence Committee. This subject of an Intense National discussion going all the way to the issue of impeachment. T
We need stronger on that issues. The cspan Battle Ground states tour. And were live this morning as the Washington Post hosts the Cyber Security summit with remarks from former Homeland Security certificate Michael Chertoff and National Intelligence, james clapper. Live on cspan2. One year ago this morning journalists in Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered in istanbul. The post has been paying tribute to jamal throughout this week and just moments ago post publisher fred ryan and the posts owner jeff baseos spoke at a memorial for him in istanbul just steps from where jamal was killed. Jamals courage and his work will not be forgotten. For me, jamal inevitably brings to mind the importance of a free press. But more broadly, our ability to access information and communicate openly is the life blood of our democratic society. So much of our communication is done digitally over texts or emails, on social media platforms. Our digital lives are encod
We are down. Energy is the big drag today. You have oil down thats weighing on london right now. Novartis, people go on about the defensive nature of the pharmaceutical sector. Heres a Company Delivering on that. Maintaining sticky with guidance. Investors like the narrative that continues in terms of money coming back to them. That stock certainly responding strongly today. Imperial brands down by 3. 05 . Rishi sunak has set effectively over time he will raise the as it would age at which you can buy cigarettes in the u. K. , effectively he will be banning the purchase of cigarettes. If youre a 14yearold now you will never be able to legally buy cigarettes in this country. Its having an impact. Imperial brands down. Alix you also stole my oil thunder. S p down by 1 . We got adp weaker than estimated. We also have the ism Services Still doing well. New orders were weaker but thats because a retail clearing out. Oil was getting hit, down 3. 5 . You said the weakest gasoline supply deman
For evaluating us in the broadcast thank you very much madam clerk, any announcements . Yes. All electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the. Okay great you both are ready to present on this item and Shelly Campbell take that away. Good afternoon. Im shelly the public works personnel were here for the jurisdiction challenge from the point of privilege the item before you is virtually for the public works Sewer System Improvement Program the Sewer System Improvement Program is a 20 Million Investment required to renovate, upgrade our aging infrastructure to insure reliable and seismically sewer system for generations to come france is 70 projects 2 plus billion dollars is alter southeast plant which started out 70 years ago property jurisdictional challenge was initiate to enable the sfpuc to identify the space for the facilities at the southeast plant that is a challenge of the San
Thank you very much. Could you please call item one on the budget and finance select committee agenda. Item number one a hearing to receive an update on the federal budget and any related impact to the city and request a Controllers Office and maters budget office. All right. Thank you for hearing this item. Several weeks ago we received an overview of federal fundingof federal funding to San Francisco as well as any anticipated impacts or risks to our cities department. These are the risk theyre going to be facing. Its difficult to anticipate the pace of how quickly things can change at a federal level, but i believe its incredibly important that this Committee Stay abreast and up to speed on the changes that do occur. That may have impact on our citys budget and financial health. This week will hear from the department of Public Health regarding the status of the Affordable Care act. What impacts and what impact the failed attempt to repeal the aca will have. With that i like to brin