On the director domestic policy studies at aei and i am delighted to be with you today to join by a group firstterm mayors facing challenges our studies are pretty interesting im glad you are tuning in and you will enjoy getting to know each one of them. The new generation mayors and cities i am excited because we have mayors literally for weeks on the job just got started a mayors doing interesting things dealing with challenges during this challenging time with the pandemic and urban unrest and other challenges that flow from those things. I want to dive right in and hear from them and what they are doing for Public Policy and the future of our cities but let me do a quick round of introductions. The mayor of miami was selected in 2017 i guess the longestserving mayor of firstterm mayors and previously served as the commissioner for district four at the age of 431 of the youngest in the country the first miami born mayor of the city and has a lot going on we look forward to hearing f
Hill. I thank you very much for the time to be with us today. A. It is a pleasure to see you virtually. I cant wait until we can see you in person sometime. I look forward to updating you. Good. I look forward to that as well. Let me jump right into it with may be the most obvious question you can give all of us the lay of the land for so many things happening where are you right now in response to the pandemic and can you give a quick overview and we will jump into the thoughts and the analysis. Relief from the start we prioritized the safe return to school even during the period last spring when School Districts were closed for instruction across the country we encouraged districts to open their buildings and safeway is meaning each was deciding what to do and we encouraged them to do the necessary special work in small groups, to work with thirdparty providers. Now most of our schools are back across the country in a safe way i visited schools and many schools in the denver area, Co
Various governors about how and when to reopen the economy. Jobless claims we are expecting would bring the total over the last four weeks to 22 . Economists say that 20 employment at the peak is a realistic scenario for the united states. Sarah ponczek, talk to us about the rally today and how big a parnas tech have to play . Sarah tech really has played a very large part in the rally. You mentioned the s p up 3 . Your techheavy nasdaq, up 4. 3 . Google, microsoft, all of them at more than 4 . Yesterday, we saw the s p fall 1 while the techheavy nasdaq rose 1 . That is a discrepancy we have not seen in the history of the benchmarks. Aureen moore, tech is seen as safe haven play. You can look at these discrepancies to see how important not just tech but really these large mega cap names have been playing in the rally. Equal weighted version of the nasdaq. Amazon, microsoft, still down 7 on the year. Cap, where they really do rule the game, now less than half a percentage point away fro
Money, your money, your life, your future. Now, becky quick. We begin with car shopping as Interest Rates have come down, people in the market for a new car or truck are also seeing lower rates on auto loans. Thats welcome news, but finding a great deal could still be a challenge. Whats the deal is our cover story, and phil lebeau has more. If youve been to a car showroom lately, you may see that cars are not new. I think the fact that cars are taking longer and longer to sell is because were not seeing real deals consumers are looking for low Interest Rates cash offers are not as strong as they once were. That may be changing. Edmonds says the average low Interest Rate is now at the lowest this year with just under 6 with most paying 4 as for 0 deals, thats harder to find. It will be welcome news for automakers after the four best years ever for awe toy sales in the u. S. , almost everyone in the car business expects demand to cool off especially as prices being made for new models co
An eight minute to nine minute break, so we could make this quick. There is still purpose in the back and if you need to use the restrooms but they are on the outside, so thank you. [indiscernible voices] [indiscernible voices] ok. All right. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for coming back from break. We have had some great panels is morning and we are happy to be invited to participate this morning as well. I am a victim just as Program Specialist for the office of victims of crime at the department or justice Human Trafficking division and i am join today with heather from the texas advocacy project, and Heidi Alvarez with the university of Maryland Safe Center and actually happens to be one of my grantees, so we have worked closely together for four or five years it has been now. So with that, i think, we actually have a bit of the different presentation. We love powerpoint. We are going to use powerpoint. We actually have a few videos that we will include to set the stage on some