Joe biden. One of the most talented journalist of his generation the first part is first in the Chicago Tribune shortly after graduating from harvard then three years later to report from iraq and other countries. And then to join the new yorker before moving to washington to cover politics and foreign affairs. In the 2014 National Book award and was a finalist for the 2015 pulitzer prize. The new book has adapted from the articles written over the past decade most recently the profiler biden last august. With all the accidental expertise and the portrait of the former Vice President with the biden extensive experience and then put them Pete Buttigieg the former mayor of south bend indiana the 2020 democratic president ial candidate also new book called trust. And so then to recognize the work and to put in a plug for the former primary opponent and out to be the next president of the United States joe biden. Mayor pete, take it away. Thank you so much. It is an honor and the treat to
A. M. At google headquarters in california 11 00 a. M. On wall street and squawk alley is live good tugs morniesday morninm Carl Quintanilla very busy morning in the markets today. We try to get back to 3440 or so q3 earnings a part of the big news stimulus watch, well learn more in the coming hour or two. But were going to begin in washington justice files this landmark antitrust suit against google and we have more on that im still working many i way through this 64page lawsuit that the Justice Department has filed against google in which the department allege thats googlesant w anticompev behave wror is going on for years and still going on and it may be getting worse in the complaint, the Justice Department writes that google entered into exclusionariy agreements including tying arrangements and engaged in anticompetitive lockup and block rivals the Department Says google has taken a page from microsofts playbook to sustain the monopolies and even instructed blows not to use words
On the agenda today, resolution on the peaceful transfer of power after the president ial election, live house coverage at cspan. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 29, 2020. I hereby appoint Emanuel Cleaver to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Lord, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As the stresses of the pandemic and as economic and educational effects stubbornly continue, we ask you once again to send your spirit of peace and healing upon our nation. Bless those who labor to bring healing and teaching during these difficult times. Comfort all who are ill with coronavirus and those who mourn the loss of loved ones because of it. As the members
That bill is in the Transportation Committee this afternoon. I will be racing staff back to the committee to be there to help make sure that that bill moves. It looks to be in very good shape so we expect that bill to move on. In addition, with regard to the state budget, overall the transportation budget was very, very boring, both houses simply were adopted with what the governor proposed in the number of different categories. There was very little in conference committee. But it i will just point out that with respect to. Chairman brinkman , resources, 2 billion was provided for state and local road maintenance, so that was maintained. Caltrain was fully funded, and most significantly, even though it is not a huge amount of money , he was 85 million, was devoted to project initiation documents for the coming years. It is the first step in getting a project off of a long lead time planning list into motion and will potentially be deliverable in the next five to six years. The housing
We have a quorum. Thank you. Colleagues, a couple of pieces of the house cleaning. One is that commissioner stefani his not with us today, so can we have a motion to excuse her . Made by commissioner mandelman, seconded by commissioner brown. We will take that by without objection. At 11 00 a. M. Were going to have to recess for a press conference on the steps of this building and we will reconvene when that press conference is done. With that, please call you next item. Item citizen advisory report. Good morning. Good morning commissioners. I am john larson, chair of the Citizens Advisory Committee and im here to report on the june 26th meeting of the,. Beginning with items five and six and the Fund Exchange, milliondollar Fund Exchange to effectuate that project, we recommended approval of the Fund Exchange and inquired about certain aspects of better Market Street. One continuing concern voiced is the current design of the ventilation grates and bicyclists getting their tires caught