Good afternoon, welcome to the february 11th, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , and supervisor yee. Mr. President , all members are present. Supervisor yee ok. Thank you. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Supervisor yee on behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts to the public online. Are there any communications. I have none to report mr. President. Ok, then, lets go to our 2 00 p. M. Special order. Special order at 2 00 p. M. Is the appearance by our honorable mayor, london n. Breed. Theyre being no questions submitted from supervisors representing districts 14, the mayor m
Open and fair trial with witnesses. She told reporters the democrats now have the leverage of public opinion. When we first brought up the articles of impeachment, the senate said they would have a motion to dismiss forthright the whole thing. Theyre not saying that anymore because the American People had weighed in. There are new reports that the Trump Administration may attempt to do allow with the law that bans u. S. Companies from bribing foreigners. Plus, he said she had not read the book the reports are based on. But she did at, quote, i know they have no respect for the constitution when they say it is okay to bribe a Foreign Government. Million wils will be watchi the impeachment trial. More from washington. All eyes will be on the u. S. Senate tuesday as the impeachment trial of President Trump gets underway. House managers met sunday after president , declaring him guilty of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. The facts are uncontested and the evidence is overwhelming
Announc s tld bter bay. From abc 7. We havent seen this for seven years. The niners nation tailgating before an nfc championship game. Next up, super bowl. Fingers crossed. And toes. Right now a championship is on the line. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard is live at levis stadium where the 49ers are taking on green bay packers, lots of excitement not to mention nervousness out there, cornell. Reporter dion, eric, that nervousness is disappearing pretty fast. The crowd inside kufr pumped up, 49ers are leading the packers 270 at the end of the second quarter. Tonight those fans are feeling the super bowl in reach. 49ers long time legend banjo man sings a catchy tune, sure to be a hit. Very confident and excited. So much fun because were going to beat the packers like we did last time. Reporter the escalante family from redwood city was tailgating in style, carne asada on the menu. Came to support the team, love the bay area, love the 49ers. Reporter this family went whole hog, litera
Bears a sacred duty. Passed down to us through generations and afimmed in our oath of office to preserve and protect our constitution. Madam speaker, our nations framers recognized that this republic is fragile. And that extreme partisanship can be among the most severe threats to its survival. That is why in federalist 65 Alexander Hamilton wrote, quote, there will always be the greatest danger that impeachment, that impeachment decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties than by real demonstrations of innocence or guilt. Here, madam speaker, our democratic colleagues have been working to remove this president since the day he was elected. Searching for an offense on which they could impeach. Failing to find one, madam speaker, they have decided to assume one. Rather than attempting to enforce their subpoenas in court, they have also decided to declare it a high crime and misdemeanor when the president of the United States asserts his constitutional privileg
Kristina partsinevelos at the new york stock exchange. To you first. Were hitting record highs across the board with the dow, nasdaq, s p 500. These are stellar results going into 2020. Some catalysts could say, january effect pecking up stocks in december to take advantage of a new tax year. The fact the president said he would sign the phase one china trade deal on january 15th. You have easing of Monetary Policy in china as well to help stimulate slowing economy over there so all of this plus, you know, fear of missing out, fomo, adding to some alltime highs were seeing. On your screen right now, those are some of the dow winners, some alltime highs. Walt disney, one of the reasons were seeing walt disney higher, barrons saying reports that they expect disney plus the streaming platform to have 25 million subscribers even though some are not paying. That is pretty good after seven weeks of launch. Visa because of holiday sales. Last but not least, look at the number for apple. Were