Clerk madam chair, you have a quorum. Wonderful. Clerk item 3, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Its clear were using sound producing devicing duries duri meeting, so we wont announce this. Item 4, approval of minutes of the november 3, 2020 meeting. Directors, is there anyone who wishes to make any comment . Okay. Seeing none, are there any members of the public who wish to make Public Comment this item on the agenda . You have zero questions remaining. Okay. With that, ill turn it back over to the directors. Directors, do i have a motion . Motion to approve. Second. Okay. Secretary silva, would you please call the roll. [roll call]. Clerk madam chair, you have five votes to approve the minutes. You are on item five, communications. Due to the covid19 health emergency, this meeting is being held virtually, and all members of the staff and the public are attending via teleconference. This will ensure the safety of the sfmta board of directors, t
Sports. And that means no games at levis stadium. Azenith smith is here with a reaction from the head coach. Reporter the niners next to home games are now out of the question and in the midst of their season the team will have to act fast, their options are to postpone or cancel games or find an alternative location to practice and play. Some options that have been thrown out, the stadium in San Francisco, or maybe the oakland coliseum. The team says they are aware of the new order and working with nfl. In a post game interview this afternoon you can sense the frustration of the 49ers coach who says the team wants nothing more than to stay in their hometown and play at levis stadium. He shared his disappointment finding out yesterday as the team was on the plane heading to los angeles. He also says he is very proud of how his team played today despite the devastating news. It was a very disappointing thing we got yesterday. Our organization has been working their tails off with the co
One passenger told us it was a bit nerveracking considering the current covid surge and how close everybody is sitting next to those on the plane. I was nervous sitting next to each other as people are walking past you shoulder to shoulder. Im so sweaty, i cant wait. Waiting as far just to get here. Reporter so remember Health Officials are recommending against traveling at all for thanksgiving, but they are saying if you did travel, theyre hoping youll be able to quarantine. But they are asking you to stay inside as much as possible for the next two weeks. Brian, theyre just desperately worried here that people are coming back from these travels. They are going to infect more people in a time when we already have a major surge going on. I dont know what your senses are, but all the implications to just stay at home during thanksgiving. Why are they going to obey the suggestion that they quarantine for two weeks . Reporter yeah, well, i mean look, information is very important right no
Of optimism into the market. Thats sending a huge swath of the markets to record highs, as president elect joe biden gets clearance from the Trump Administration to begin preliminary transition protocols. Yes, it crashed through the 30,000 ceiling but can the dow close there . Heres what you need to watch in the next call it 59 minutes with me. The dow has got to be up 359 points for a brand new record. But were above 30,000 and that means we are up about 437, just 29 points above 30,000. So you get to do the math there. The s p has got to be up 49 points. We are at the moment up 55. No record for the nasdaq, but it did pop above 12,000 for the very first time and we are still there, 12,026. The russell, im not going to ignore it. I know you russell fans. These are the small and midcaps. Any gain is a record. The dow transports also about to close at new alltime highs. We are watching it all so closely. But as the markets say let the good times roll, there is a darker backdrop at this
Grea fort bragg and oth installations and call North Carolina home, eve for a thanks to our colleague for joining us today. Madam president , thanksgiving dinner has become the single most sell grated celebrated meal of theay. With tens ofmericans gathering with family and friends to give thanks for their bleings and of course for one another. Folks, i know that this yr its a lot different. While we sti have so much to be thankful for, the covid1 paemic means folks will be traveling less and might not be celebrating in larger groups. And as a result, many will be separated from their loved ones on this very special day. Bu folks, this is a very familiar feeling for anyon who has ever served in our Nations Armed forces. Protecting our nation. Rom at any given moment, thousands of men and women,oms and dads, brothers and sisters, are stationed arnd the world standing vigilant in the defense of freedom. Those wearing the uniform arent the only ones making a sacrifice either back home ther