Several of whom will participate remotely. I will come artisticpa wish panl of witnesses. I thank them for a period. Today we will hear from mr. Steven berry, president and chief exec of Competitive Carriers Association paid ms. Shirley bloomfield, chief executive officer of the ruralhe broadband association. Mr. Dean kimmelman, Senior Advisor of Public Knowledge who will be appearing at testified remotely and mr. Jonathans vulture, president and chief executive officer of u. S. Telecom broadband association. The crisis has changed lead dramatically for every american. As the administration and the center for Disease Control and prevention encourages social a distancing to prevent further spread of the virus normalia activities like work, school and Health Care Services are now increasingly taking place online. This has caused a huge uptick for the use of broadband in one estimate shows that every Broadband Usage is up by 47 since the pandemic began. The good news is theres been progre
Emergency declared due to covid19 and the City Commission and chamer will is closed. The mayor and governor have issued emergency orders suspending select laws and to boards and commissions hold hearings remotely. On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received permission to convene remotely and pertaining to infrastructure, housing, and Small Businesses. This will be our seventh remote hearing. Further more, the Mayors Office authorized the Planning Commission to meet jointly with the recreation and Park Commission later this afternoon. I am requesting everyones patience inned a vance. The merged platforms are not perfect and at times may even become clumsy. If you are not speaking, please mute your microphone and turn your video camera off. To not hit any controls that may effect other participants. To enable public participation, sfgov tv is broadcasting and streaming this hearing live and we will receive Public Comment for each item on todays agenda. Sfgovtv is broadcasting and
Morning along with california congressman darrell issa, great to see you this morning. Rnc chairman mcdon isle is here to talk boycotts and debate as well, acting director mark morgan to talk immigration and former ceo of toysrus, former target chairman jerry to talk u. S. China tariffs, taking a look at toys, former Federal Reserve chairman, capitalism in america, Alan Greenspan, talking Global Market and the fed. Dont miss a moment of it. Futures lower, lots of nervousnesses over the china situation and tariffs, yesterday markets finished up with encouraging economic data, fears of global slowdown, sparking up rally, nasdaq up 176, the u. S. Maintains pressure on hauwei, washington refuse to go grant licenses for u. S. Companies to do business with the Chinese Telecom giant after beijing refuse today buy american products, this according to bloomberg. Tit for tat continuing for hauwei and the u. S. Well, its about cooperation and noncooperation. President trump and the administration
Pilots who arrived in the usa in september have learned the language and are already on their way to an air base in arizona. First, the ukrainians will learn the basics of operating the f16 in the classroom and on simulators, and then they will move on to flying real planes. The course can be accelerated due to the need for our pilots to return to participate in hostilities in ukraine. A good meeting, good negotiations, thats the character of odesa, the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, there he talked with by the Prime Minister of the netherlands, mark rutte. There is a decision regarding missiles for the patriots, the netherlands is providing additional missiles, today we discussed with mark other joint steps for the defense of ukraine, special attention to the defense of odessa, our entire south. From the danube ports to the ports of great odesa, we discussed the protection of our bullfights, exports in the black sea, the world recognizes the global role of ukraine, the guar
News broadcast on tv channel. In the studio of iryna koval, greetings to all viewers. And we start with the situation in avdiivka. The russians threw three new brigades there, but in the last three days they lost four of their battalions. Vadym sukharevskyi, the commander of the 59th separate mechanized brigade, told about it. According to him, the goal of the invaders is to surround the city from the south and north. He also added that the occupiers are attacking equipment, infantry, artillery and aviation. Drinking from drones. At the same time , the president s office reported that the russians are also using phosphorous weapons, but ukrainian fighters are holding their ground. During the night, the enemy carried out dozens of airstrikes on avdiivka itself, where many peaceful residents still remain. As vitaly barabash, the head of the citys military administration, said, it is very difficult to get to avdivka today. So. It temporarily stopped the supply of food and water to the loc