Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Our budgets are under extreme stress. Arts fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We run our cities with a balanced budget which we are required to do by law. So what does that mean . How do we possibly do that in the face of this tremendous crisis . It means the cut jobs. It means eliminating services and staff at the same time. Our First Responders have been on the job since day one of this pandemic transporting those with covid to hospitals with Public Health initiatives keeping social and family order
I want to thank her for an sent the National League of cities in the National Association of counties for their sheer dedication to this issue on badly needed federal assistance as we continue to fight the covid19 pandemic. A quick note for members of the press joining us today, we will take questions after brief opening remarks. If you have a question, please put your name and media outlet in the chat and well call on you. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We r
Higher, by 18. In fact the dow and s p 500 scoring the third day of gains yesterday. But the nasdaq was the big winner with a gain of one and quarter percent on the war against coronavirus and dave ricks is here joining me first on fox business at 7 10 a. M. This morning. With breaking news you do not want to miss. The stimulus stalemate goes on House Speaker naption facing backlash now after senior democrats shot down a bipartisan proposal. And it is count down to election day President Trump says he has no regrets about his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. This as joe biden kept courts hifng voters in florida. History made at the white house, the dawn of a new middle east israel, the United Arab Emirates bahrain sign a deal brokered by administration. Here to talk and more. Plus Hurricane Sally crawling dangerously slow toward the gulf coast. Already dumping massive amounts of rain on the region. We have a live report. Apple newest tech taking a look at apple and ipad see if it
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the sign institute of policy and politics summer series sign of the time. Im amy, executive director and at the sign institute we are a laboratory for University Wide collaboration and incubator for policy innovation. It can mean the best and brightest of the public, private, academic and nonprofit sectors as well as journalism and its program is only possible by a generous gift from our alumni, jeff simon and his wife meera for todays topic is the path to recovery, what is the true state of the u. S. Economy and it cannot be more timely. We would like to take a moment to acknowledge our cosponsor for this event, the school of business at American University and to think the dean for his support and also thank the distinguished leaders joining us today from our board of trustees and alumni board members. It is my pleasure at this time to introduce the people who will be leading this incredible conversation. Sylvia Matthews Burwell is president of