The nasdaq holds in the green up by a quarter of 1 for the week and all week long stimulus uncertainty has been hanging over this market and on that point the president elect joe biden is meeting this afternoon, nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer, we will have more on that in the other meeting that were going to watch very closely this hour, President Trump has invited a group of state legislators from michigan into the white house. I am connell mcshane, welcomed after the bell we have a lot going on in his time to get straight to the news happening at this hour. Lauren simonetti, blake burman and Hillary Bonner standing by to cover the news, we start with you lauren on the latest figures on the virus, what are we seeing . Their moving in the wrong direction, the grid numbers coast to coast, new u. S. Pieces topping 100,000 for 17 days in a row and over the past week the u. S. Is averaging 166,000, new cases a day, this is happening right before the holidays with families gathered together
So lets begin. Senator menendez, the virtual floor is yours. Well thank you, nahal, very much. Good to see you again. And thank you all for joining us online for this release of the report entitled the costs of trumps Foreign Policy, the damaging consequences for u. S. And global security. Let me first explain why i thought undertaking this report was important. Much has been written about President Trumps failed Foreign Policy but i thought it was important to assess the damage of the past four years from a congressional perspective and to look at some of the starkest examples of how our president has engaged with the world and what his actions have met for the American People. My staff interviewed dozens of former u. S. Officials, many who served in senior positions in the Trump Administration. They traveled and met with Foreign Government officials and Foreign Policy expert speaking to people from more than 20 countries. And what we found was troubling. The consequences of both Dona
As part of her summer series. Tonight you will hear from five of the last six men who have sat in the oval office. Now the practice of president s books, began with Thomas Jeffersons memoir in 1821. Eighteen president s since have written books prior to the 20th century, president ial memoirs were rare and Ulysses S Grant and mark was an exception since then, it is taken off since the 1950s. First of this evening, is one of our most prolific residents turned author. Jimmy carter. He is the author of 25 books including publicpolicy books, Foreign Policy books, a novel, and he is also written a Childrens Book which was illustrated by his daughter amy. In 2010, president carter appeared on book tv afterwards program where he discussed his white house diaries that he kept while he was in office from 1977 1981. Heres president carter being interviewed by president ial historian. Welcome to washington dc. It is wonderful to see you. I was wondering you fly in here, and you go over all of the
This has been a disastrous year and we need you on the board of supervisors to take descraftiaction. S. We will restore the 23expirt safety net for most vulnerable api communities in San Francisco. They are Food Security, workforce development, Behavioral Health, dough miss tick violence and youth and services so we have the board of supervisors to restore all this expiring programs and and various departments for a total of 2 million. On behalf of cyc we have two expiring programs under mohcd including our asian and Pacific Islander Youth Leadership program which provides Youth Development for age 16 to 25 and reach out to 200 about the importance of city engagement that they promote young people to register to vote, participate in census and take part in vote 16 campaign. The other program is the bayview Services Connection program. With a reduction of funding of 50,000 which will harm and reduce our Cross Cultural community and this program serves over 5,000 vulnerable and low incom
Good afternoon, everybody. Im cherie miller. Im located in district 5, and also, i am an originating member of the African American art and cultural district in district 10. The San Francisco board of supervisors historic use of laws and policies have targeted and harmed the African American community intentionally and the eventually, and its the cause of Police Brutality and the loss of black lives, and our health and wellness in our community. Defund sfpd. The Police Department has not used the public funding for all of the public good. Greater funding should be directed more intentionally to Community Programs and spaces to strengthen us. No more intentional racist laws and policies . Find subprime loan lenders. I want to thank all of the supervisors for their work. I look forward to meeting dean preston. I have not met him yet. Shamann supervisor shamann walton, thank you for your work and your excellence. We want to continue fighting for our health and wellness and our prosperity.