Featuring Kendall Jenner. Why critics are blasting it as tone dueaf. And how pepsi is pushing back today, april 5th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. A lot of people raising eyebrows over that pepsi ad. When you try to mix politics or social issues with a soda ad, its tricky. And pepsi is answering for that ad this morning. Well have much more coming up. But lets start with the top story. Its a surprising reaction from the white house overnight to yet another north Korean Missile test. That provocation just one of the national crises, now facing the Trump Administration. We have complete coverage, beginning with Hallie Jackson at the white house. Hallie, good morning to you. Reporter hi, matt. Good morning. If kim jongun is trying to prod a response out of the u. S. , hes not getting one. The secretary of state issuing what amounts to a no commen
President Trump Federal budget is not a surprise, but nonetheless they remain disturbing in stark contrast to invest in infrastructure, he has proposed the budget of 16. 2, billion reflect as a 13 percent cut, with major impacts to transit, and hitting urban and Rural Community as like, the budget proposes eliminating all future funds for grants that we know as the new starts program when are not a part of the signed full Funding Grant agreements. This will effect several major transit projects that have undergone years of review and development and leverage significant state and local voter approved funds, including cal train, and barts expansion and, vehicles and train and control and other local and regional priorities such as better Market Street and brt improvement and cal train, but the impact would not be limited to the region as jobs that are associated with these projects span across the state and nation, in the hundreds of thousands. I want to thank the representatives from c
Present. Ronen. Present. Safai. Present. Sheehy. Absent, tang absent. Yee, absent zeshgs quorum. I am sure that the alarming President Trump federal budget is not a surprise, but nonetheless they remain disturbing in stark contrast to invest in infrastructure, he has proposed the budget of 16. 2, billion reflect as a 13 percent cut, with major impacts to transit, and hitting urban and Rural Community as like, the budget proposes eliminating all future funds for grants that we know as the new starts program when are not a part of the signed full Funding Grant agreements. This will effect several major transit projects that have undergone years of review and development and leverage significant state and local voter approved funds, including cal train, and barts expansion and, vehicles and train and control and other local and regional priorities such as better Market Street and brt improvement and cal train, but the impact would not be limited to the region as jobs that are associated w
Their advisers and my understanding is the boards are expected to meet this weekend, assuming that they get they get to some final numbers. One of the big issues, by the way, thats been on the table, and i know a lot of investors are going to be looking at is the breakup fee in a transaction like this. Given the regulatory pressures that have been on so many of these mega mergers. Historically, there have been big breakup fees involved. The Time Warner Cable transaction, of course, fell apart with comcast. There was no breakup fee in that transaction. So this is going to be a big question. Not necessarily a sticking point, but something that has been discussed at great length. The other thing that everybody is talking about as a result of this, if assuming it happens, is who else is in play and what happens next. I reported earlier today, but this puts enormous pressure and youre already feeling it internally at cbs and vio come to make that deal. That is potentially on course. You wat
Please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar soundproducing Electronic Devices. Microphones, we respectfully ask they be turned off. Thank you approval of the minutes from the mayor 3 regular meeting is there such a motion. I. Opposed . The is have it. Thank you next item, please. Ms. Bloomer. Communications directors please be advised founded drortsdz not a disclose of the local t y local 200 at the policy and governance meeting on friday thats all for now and introduction of new business. Director borden weve golden gotten emails of Market Street you know about the upper market and that there say is anything well be hearing it again. Can to the call of the chair well talk about the governance and policy boa