Course and called on congress to approve a series of Coronavirus Relief measures. The news came in two tweets. The president wrote, the house and senate should immediately approve 25 billion for Airline Payroll support and 1. 35 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program for Small Businesses. The president also wrote, if i am sent to a standalone bill for stimulus checks, 1200, they will go out to our great people immediately. The president s earlier message to hold talks until after the election spooked wall street. The dow ended the day down 375 points. Nasdaq lost 177 and the s p fell to seven. A change in dialogue tonight, what comes next . Reporter it was just this afternoon that the president had sent the first tweet saying negotiations were off until after his reelection. Tonight he did an aboutface and basically said that he is calling on congress to send him a relief bill. President trump turned to his messaging app on tuesday tweeting out his call for congress to pass federa
Good morning. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday october 15th meeting. Im supervisor gordon mar. Im joined by vice chair aaron peskin and matt haney. Mr. Clerk, you have any announcements . Clerk i do mr. Chair. In order to protect the public, Board Members and employees during the covid19 health emergency, board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room is cltsed. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and are participating in this meeting as if they are present in the chamber. Youll have opportunity to speak and provide comments by phone by dialing 4156550001. When connected you will hear the meeting discussion. When item of interest comes up dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you can begin your comments. Best practices is to call from quiet location, speak clearly and turn down your radio or streaming device. Alternatively, you may submit Public Com
There. Thank you very much. Thank you, caller. Supervisor peskin any other members of the public for general Public Comment for todays meeting . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed and were adjourned. Thank you, chair. Please remember to remain on team. Sfgovtv and producers, getting ready for timm this meeting will come to order. And welcome to the september 25th special meeting of the joint city, School District, and city college select committee. Im supervisor haney, chair of the committee. Our clerk today is erica major. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect the City Employees and the public, the elective chamber and Committee Room are closed. Members will be participating remotely. This precaution is taken to the local state and orders and directives. The members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if physically present. However, Public Comment will be available
Clerk thank you. We have four yeses. Motion passes. Thank you, madam secretary. Please call next item, please. Clerk next item, number 20, discussion item, executive directors report. I will keep mine very short, however, i do want to point out that weve been extremely lucky since the shelter in place order. Weve been able to hire two of our t members of our Leadership Team into permanent positions. Ba do is on the reporting side, and were more than happy that bill and his team have adopted him and have assured us that they will be always available to help him be successful in his job. A second key hire that we have brought on board last month and a project that ive been working on for 15 years, and that is to get a Quality Assurance Operational Risk office started in the department, and i have been working with mr. Derwin brown for nearly two years, i think over two years, frankly. Tried to convince him that he needed to leave the l. A. County plan and come up and join us in San Franc
The Senate Judiciary committee has begun four days appearing spirit the goal for code republican senators is to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to that Supreme Court before election day. Allie rasmus reports live on what has happened so far today. Reporter the timeline according to gop senators, is for the Senate Judiciary committee to vote on Amy Coney Barretts confirmation next week. The in the full senate is scheduled for both the week after that on october 27th. The process got started this morning. Amy Coney Barrett began her Opening Statements before the Senate Judiciary committee by thinking President Donald Trump her nominating her. She spoke about her family, upbringing and career before explaining her judicial philosophy. Courts have about responsibility to the rule of law , which is critical to a free society. Courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life. The policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made by the political