[roll call] clerk we have a quorum. Madam president , i want to make a couple of announcements. First, i want to let everybody know that closed session will not be heard today. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendation issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health and that Governor Newsom and mayor breed have lifted on teleconference, this meeting is being televised on sfgovtv. Please note that there is a delay between live and what is being viewed on sfgtv. If you wish to make Public Comment on an item, dial 14156550001, meeting i. D. 1467101398, pound, pound. To raise your hand to speak, press star, three. Please limit your Public Comment to the item that is under consideration. Im going to ask the commission and staff to mute their microphones if they have not already done so. Madam president , your first order of business is to approve the minutes of the meeting of october 27, 2020. Commissioners, do i have any questions or discussion
A Company Called china mobile, and their u. S. Subsidiary from providing Telecom Services from the United States on the grounds of doing so was jeopardizing our National Security, the first time such a ruling had been issued. The fact that this was only the first time that a Foreign Telecommunications company had been denied approval to operate in the u. S. On National Security grounds prompted us to investigate other chinese stateowned carriers that were already authorized to operate in the United States, and we asked an important question why was china mobile u. S. A. Any different than these other three Chinese Companies . We discovered in our report, which again we issued just a month ago, that it wasnt different. We conducted a yearlong investigation into the government processes for reviewing, approving, and monitoring chinese stateowned Telecommunications Firms operating here in the United States, and we found once again over the years that the federal government had been lax wh
Outbreak in the u. S. , but new jersey reported its worst day yet. More money for Small Business as the treasury secretary and lawmakers signal additional funds will be allocated for the Small Business program, which has seen enormous demand and m. G. Firms from exxon to halliburton may lay off workers in light of the economic turm l turmoil. Well speak with the ceo of verizon about the companys effort to keep students informed while they are away from school. And the ceo of state street will join us. We have details on the Small Business relief meeting that is taking place this hour at the white house. Mike santoli is tracking the markets fading gains this hour. Ka kayla, first to you on breaking news in washington reporters are entering the roosevelt room right now where President Trump and his economic advisers are set to host a Virtual Meeting with a slate of financial industry ceos to talk about what they are doing to assist Small Businesses. The list of attendees includes some of
Generations. Your faithfulness sustains the seasons of our earthly pilgrimage. You are worthy of our praise. Infuse our lawmakers with reverential awe, as they remember you are the one constituent they absolutely must please. Because of you, they live and move and breath and have their being. Although they may plan, you alone decide what will or will not prevail. May our senators make you their refuge, their shelter in the time of storms. And, lord, we thank you for the inspiration of a stupendous world series. We pray in your glorious name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak as if in morning business for 90 seconds. The presiding officer without objec
and egotistically speaking, i think i had the best command of basketball skills of anyone that ever played. reporter: the champion of champions bill russell won more titles than any player in history. one thing i loved to do would be back on defense by myself and have a three on one fast break coming to me. i absolutely loved that. because over half the time i could stop it. i brought defense to a level where it was as important or more important than offense. but my defense was part of our offense. the 12-time all-star for the boston celtics revolutionized the game. if i m really going to be a good team player, i have to be willing to disappear sometimes. be out there without you knowing i m out there. he wasn t always such a force on the court. he took the only scholarship offered to the university of san francisco. in one year he won a championship, olympic gold medal and credits much of the success to his parents. first thing is i remember my mother and father