Arrested and charged in the u. S. Heavy rain triggers a landslide at a jade mine in myanmar killing at least 162. 00 people plus. The. Tension still high in ethiopia as a popular singer is murder triggered deadly protests is laid to rest. Coronavirus cases and now rising in 40 out of the 50 states in the u. S. As the countrys outbreak threatens to spiral out of control florida alone has reported more than 10000 cases in the last 24 hours and the Texas Governor has made it mandatory to wear masks in public this a day after more than 50700 infections were confirmed nationwide a new daily high despite that President Trump a sort to put across the message that all is well celebrating the positive news that 4800000 people went back to work last month to him the Unemployment Rate down to 11 point one percent but he failed to point out that only 7 and a half 1000000 of the 22000000 people whove lost their jobs since the pandemic hit are back in work this is not just luck whats happening this
Handle on the vix. Towas really extraordinary just sit there and observe the turn in the markets yesterday. It continues this morning. Surprise, in an election year, we are thinking about infrastructure. A 1 trillion infrastructure on deck, according to reporting in washington, d. C. This shouldnt shock anyone. Tom not at all. As i said earlier, everybody tunes into you. They dont tune into me earlier. I get that. But to the people out there, it is a bridge to nowhere in kentucky, a bridge to nowhere in San Francisco for speaker pelosi. I guess the president can put a bridge to nowhere in florida. It is all about politics. You just say to yourself, why cant this happen . Why cant this get done . I dont have a straight answer. Jonathan i dont have a straight answer either. They are not here for me, tom. They are here for lisa. Lets talk about the data. Retail sales on deck. A series of upside surprises in the United States weve had in the Economic Data for much of the last month. Lisa y
Nursing homes. We are joining this hearing in progress. Youre watching live coverage on cspan3. As one basis for work authorization. U. S. Cis has used deferred action in medical and humanitarian cases for decades. The idea is longstanding, and, in fact, customary. In one data set i received in 2011, nearly half of the cases i could identify involved serious medical conditions. And many of the cases involved more than one factor. For example, deferred action was granted to a 47yearold schizophrenic who overstayed his visa, was the son of a lawful perm resident, and had siblings who were u. S. Citizens. Over 100 of these cases involved people whose homes were destroyed by an earthquake in haiti. In another data set, a 578 cases obtained from u. S. Cis in 2013, 336 were based on medical issues. One case involved a mexican female who entered the United States without inspection and had two u. S. Citizen children. One of her children had down syndrome, and the other child had serious medic
Work on a more normal basis, well continue to try to meet remotely so that we can play our part in slowing the spread of covid19. I want to also announce a couple of reminders to the conduct of this hearing. Members should keep their video feed on as long as they are present in the hearing, and members are responsible for their own microphones. Just be mindful that you probably have a little bit more responsibility than usual than if we were in a regular meeting space. And please keep your microphones muted unless youre speaking and finally if members have documents they wish to submit to the record, email them to the committee clerk. But if you dont have it, we can make sure you do get it. I welcome you to the science, space and Technology Committees First Virtual hearing. Today were discussing the impact of covid19 on the Fire Service Community and how we can best leverage existing federal programs to expedite assistance to Fire Departments during the pandemic. I appreciate our witne
And Public Comment is available on each item on this agenda and both channel 26 and fof fof. Org and our streams the number across the screen. You can call 1 415 6550001 and 926891085 code. Again, 1 415 6550001, and then press pound and pound again. And you will hear the discussions that you will hear music and be in listening mode only. And when the item of interest comes up star star, 9 to be added to the speaker line. And you can email comment to myself at linda. Wong sfgov. Org. And if you submit Public Comment via email it will be forwarded to the board of supervisors and it will be included as part of this file. Madam chair this concludes my announcement. Supervisor fewer thank you very much madam clerk. Call item number 1. Clerk the status of nonprofit sustainability in the impact of covid19 on nonprofit staffing and funding and programs and services and the role of the city in supporting the Nonprofit Sector and requesting the office of the controller and mayors Budget Office t