Live from new york where business never sleeps, this is squawk box. Good morning welcome to snark box. And whats new about that andrew is off today sitting in with us for the hour is Peter Boockvar, editor of the boock report very clever. Well done. Boock report yes i like it also a cnbc cribber we have a lot to talk about. Lets start with the u. S. Equity futures. Rattled rattled. Dow was down by 16. The s p was off by 3 nasdaq down by 10. Its the first time the nasdaq and the s p have fallen in 2018 it had a sixday winning streak up to that point well watch things this morning. Right now modest advances with the dow futures indicated up by 20 points. S p up by 4. Nasdaq up by 7 well see. Still early in the session well see as we head towards that opening bell what will happen overnight in asia, stocks in hong kong closing higher for the 13th day in a row, extending the record rining stre inwinning st index. Shanghai up by 3. 2 the dax is the biggest decliners of europe, down by 0. 2
Only 43 touchtone 2 of the reduction in assets. Having claimed it would raise 0 million for furniture, fixtures and equipment, the library would have been ahead and received four times the benefit if the friends had gone out of business and turned over its assets in the year 2000. Not only to the board of supervisors not hold these fundraisers accountable, but the most unscrupulous supervisors will go to Library Openings to support the friends of the library and present themselves as benefactors of the city. The corporate philanthropyists like the friends are exempt from accountability because that is what they get for their money. The real damage is to our democracy and the Public Institutions of our city. That is why having me arrested doesnt solve the problems and the lies cost more than the money. Thank you. Member of the board of supervisors, ray harte, director San Francisco open government. And i would like to completely and with great admiration associate myself with the commen
Homeless in the streets of San Francisco [speaker not understood]. Our president decided to ending the veteran homeless. Hes going to give them housing and were going to ask every one of you as the oldest homeless advocate, i would like to ask the supervisor [speaker not understood] my city to have list for each one of the homeless in your district. If they are veteran, they are going to get housing. If they are not veteran, i work now behind this issue to help our sheriff to give warm job for the people who ending their own time in the jail. God bless you and god bless everyone who work and try to make it his district better than other. And i would i dont for get to tell our supervisor, happy, happy african month day. Thank you. Carmen, good luck for you. We still love you and i would like to [inaudible]. Good afternoon, supervisors. [speaker not understood]. Dont give money to the friends and foundation, dont accept money from the friends foundation. [speaker not understood] little c
Francisco. Thank you for your work at the school, and thank you for you worked with my children as well. Thank you for your service. Thank you, john. [cheering and applauding] wow, i just feel so blessed and honored. First giving honor to god for me even being here. I just feel like im just representing one of many educators, parent educators, counselors, janitors, everyone that works in the schools with our kids. I want to really thank my daughter erica and my granddaughter jerica and my niece laurie who are here today. But also the women missouri womens group. If you could please just stand up. Dianne johnson started this group. applause my aller jais. Allergies. She worked tirelessly to get women and grandmothers, mothers, nieces, aunts, and even men are coming a lot to our functions. You know, i just want to charge you all with one really important thing. Theres no song that goes no man is an island, no man stands alone. Each mans joy is joy to me. Each mans grief is my own. We nee
Course, has become an institution in that neighborhoodv. Its really an important cultural and community resource. And if you go there just about every night, youll see that its full of people who are there to discover, to enjoy, to celebrate the food, dance, and culture of senegal. Marco, by the way, has a long history in his family of tremendous achievement. He is the nephew of Leopold Sengor not only the former but the first president of senegal. And as i was reading more about your family, i learned that your uncle, the first president of senegal, is regarded by many as one of the most important intellectuals of the entire african continent. And, in fact, was the first african elected to the French Academy which is a pretty incredible achievement. Marco is also the son of a famous ambassador lat hyacinth. He is a famous ambassador and poet in his own right. As many people know, he sat out as a deejay, music producer and is famous in the district for his unwaivering belief that the p