Course in america we go into the jobs report next thursday because of independence day, a week from today. Is viruserica, it front and center. I would agree with you, europe is a different tapestry this morning. Francine it certainly is. Watch out for germany because it seems the overall number of infections rose, but there are pockets where it is researching. Lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. The u. S. Has not seen a day like this since the coronavirus pandemic hit. The country registered its biggest ever jump in cases, and that is leading some governors to reopen their states. To pause reopening their states. Texas has suspended elective surgeries in big cities. Businesses that are already open and operate. There are reduced occupancy limits. The administration has asked filed a brief with the Court Last Night that urges the entire Affordable Care act must fall, including its protections for people with preexisting conditions. The Su
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Property onoric spotsylvania battlefield in central virginia. He has worked as a historian for the National Park service and fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Parks. I am not crying. My eyes decided to water at an awkward moment. [laughter] sorry, chris. [laughter] [indiscernible] he was also a historian for the National Park service at fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park where he at four major battlefields. As well as the building where Stonewall Jackson died. Chris has authored or coauthored a dozen books on the civil war and his articles have appeared in all the major civil war magazines. He serves on the board of directors for the Virginia Battlefield trust as a National Advisor on the board for the civil war chaplains museum in lynchburg, virginia. Please help me to welcome him. [applause] dr. Mackowski you are going to see something rare, a Chris Mackowski powerpoint presentation. I know. The reason i am doing it is so i have an excuse to show e
Seeing none, next item is item nine. Review and approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of july 17th, 2019. Move to approve. Second. Motion and a second. Is there any Public Comment on the minutes . Okay. There is a correction to the Public Comments here. Do you want a correction to the minutes . Yes, please. These are corrections to last months Public Comment, just to ensure, for the historical record, the accuracy and the detail of the comments made about the property at 3,084,718 th street, and the severity of the Code Violations that were at that property. What is highly unusual about this property, is normally these types of projects, once inspected, the Code Enforcement or inspections, there are stop work notices issued, red tags, suspensions that have been for months, if not years. That has not occurred. I want to make sure that the details of that presentation was made and properly captured and noted in the historical record. Thank you. So there is a motion and a second