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. >> supervisor cohn: i know. stop bragging. >> i definitely feel like we need to make sure that our rookie officers especially have a clear understanding of the policies and procedures, a cooling down period where they are allowed to go into the community and build relations and also making sure that they ready. when you look at what happened in baby's hunters point and i know you are very familiar with this, where there was an officer that was his first or fourth day on the job and he was just getting started and he shot through his window killing someone who they were in a pursuit with. that officer was terminated. i think we need to really make sure that especially our rookie officers, our newer officers truly understand the community, truly understand the rules and procedures because these are involving two rookie officers. >> supervisor cohn: so that's i think a little bit on the softer side. for the understanding -- creating a level of understanding for the officer. as a policymaker, my question would be --
. >> supervisor cohn: i know. stop bragging. >> i definitely feel like we need to make sure that our rookie officers especially have a clear understanding of the policies and procedures, a cooling down period where they are allowed to go into the community and build relations and also making sure that they ready. when you look at what happened in baby's hunters point and i know you are very familiar with this, where there was an officer that was his first or fourth day on the job...
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supervisor cohn or supervisor stefani? >> i'll go. >> supervisor safai: supervisor cohn. >> you served on the women's commission for how in years? >> since 2009. >> you're still a commissioner there? >> yes. >> i like your background, i like the fact that you have a mass background. one of the things i've tried to do in my work in working with our police department has to do with the gathering of data and statistics when it comes to stops and searchs, when it comes to a myriad of stats. i think that would be an interesting perspective for consideration on the police commission. would you be willing to use that part of your background skills to help dive down because one of the things -- you might be familiar with com stat? >> yes. >> it's a vehicle and mechanism that collects a lot of data. part of our challenges is that data is not really easy to digest and to create reports. it's hard for us to know whether or not, say, officer with badge number 123 has a repeated history of unlawful searchs and seizures or has a uncanny
supervisor cohn or supervisor stefani? >> i'll go. >> supervisor safai: supervisor cohn. >> you served on the women's commission for how in years? >> since 2009. >> you're still a commissioner there? >> yes. >> i like your background, i like the fact that you have a mass background. one of the things i've tried to do in my work in working with our police department has to do with the gathering of data and statistics when it comes to stops and searchs,...
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director cohn. >> supervisor cohn: i appreciate that.ou caught me ear when you say expanding whistleblower protections, something i happen to agree with. maybe ux expand a little bit on that idea, that policy idea. >> sure. so when looking at the blue ribbon panel report you notice that some officers felt the since of intimidation and felt like that if they were to talk about some of the things that they thought should change in the department that they would face some type of blow back from their fellow brothers and sisters in blue. i think that it is important to realize we are talking at an institution that should at least be valued on integrity, honesty and making sure that they're doing their job in the best way possible and not having an eye towards division. so we need to make sure that when officers want to bring that to light that they feel like they can because it's important for us to know. >> supervisor cohn: let me jump in here. there's this thing called like a code blue, right? it's a culture within the department that it's
director cohn. >> supervisor cohn: i appreciate that.ou caught me ear when you say expanding whistleblower protections, something i happen to agree with. maybe ux expand a little bit on that idea, that policy idea. >> sure. so when looking at the blue ribbon panel report you notice that some officers felt the since of intimidation and felt like that if they were to talk about some of the things that they thought should change in the department that they would face some type of blow...
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cohn added he believes strongly in global free trade. those remarks got a lot of play. >> didn't shock any of us. what reaction to the tariffs can the trump administration expect from china? matt rivers has the answer live in beijing for us. matt. >> reporter: dave, the reaction will be swift and it will be equal amount of tariffs the chinese will put on the u.s. chinese said within the last hour, the second the list is final on friday, they will retaliate in-kind. which products targeted? a small list. soybeans, beef, cars, fruit, small planes. these are the goods that part of the $130 billion in exports that come from the u.s. to china is what the u.s. is sending to china. china's position is they will not take this lying down. they will retaliate in-kind. what they have said is any agreements that come to as part of previous trade negotiations are out the window if the tariffs come forward. we can expect tariffs from the chinese soon after the u.s. issu issues tariffs. >> game on. thank you. >>> a draft bill to overhaul the nation's i
cohn added he believes strongly in global free trade. those remarks got a lot of play. >> didn't shock any of us. what reaction to the tariffs can the trump administration expect from china? matt rivers has the answer live in beijing for us. matt. >> reporter: dave, the reaction will be swift and it will be equal amount of tariffs the chinese will put on the u.s. chinese said within the last hour, the second the list is final on friday, they will retaliate in-kind. which products...
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-- it would you tell gary cohn? >> take some time, relax. don't know what you do if you want to goldman sachs in the white house.everything is almost anticlimactic at that point, so take a page from warren buffett and bill gates and start giving money away. that is my advice. there is something bothering him still and that is the idea that trade war seems to be playing out as he had warned. barry: he warned the president, if you do this, our allies will dollar, noollar for one wins a trade war, this is a waste of time. i know you promised we would save manufacturing jobs but let's find a productive way to do this instead of just tit-for-tat. tariffs do not seem to make sense. it is not in anybody's interest. vonnie: he is saying -- quantifying this, saying trade disputes could wipe out entirely the economic benefits of the tax cuts. the fed is heavily worried about inflation down the road but it is not good for the economy, is it? barry: it is interesting he brought that up. some analysts have been wondering why we have not seen a huge impac
-- it would you tell gary cohn? >> take some time, relax. don't know what you do if you want to goldman sachs in the white house.everything is almost anticlimactic at that point, so take a page from warren buffett and bill gates and start giving money away. that is my advice. there is something bothering him still and that is the idea that trade war seems to be playing out as he had warned. barry: he warned the president, if you do this, our allies will dollar, noollar for one wins a...
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. >> rich santelli thanks very much >>> and cohn on the future of the space.k alley" comes right back >>> and soft bank reportedly back to work into wework a can deal that would value the company between $35 billion and $40 billion roughly double to where it is now. softbank had invested back in august this would make wework the second biggest startup behind uber. it doesn't get nearly the attention that would match that. >> it doesn't. it's clearer so many bets are bound on up in wework right? you have to believe in the continued urbanization of younger people and use of repurposing of office space and all of the rest of it. and the social aspect of would >> yeah. back in april, they disclosed they committed to pay $18 billion in rent for the building leases that said, their membership numbers have sky reported-220,000 at the beginning of march, versus 7,000 just four years ago. >> which is more amazing given that the percentage of businesses startups is going down in this country not up >> they're getting all of it, seems where they need to but you're right,
. >> rich santelli thanks very much >>> and cohn on the future of the space.k alley" comes right back >>> and soft bank reportedly back to work into wework a can deal that would value the company between $35 billion and $40 billion roughly double to where it is now. softbank had invested back in august this would make wework the second biggest startup behind uber. it doesn't get nearly the attention that would match that. >> it doesn't. it's clearer so many...
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. >> good afternoon, chair cohn, members of the committee. my name is maria sue, the director for children, youth and their families. thank you for being flexible with me and my schedule. >> sure. go ahead. sorry. >> so let's just dive right in. so over the past two years since proposition c, the children and families first initiative passed, we were mandated to go through a process with our community in terms of gathering data for a community needs assessment as well as put together a report on how we would allocate those funds. those community process is a request for proposal that we issued at the end of 2017. i want to share with you the goals of that rfp also the goals that's going mandate and direct our department for the next five years. so number one, children and youth are supported by nurturing communities and families, children and youth are healthy and children and youth are ready to exceed in school and they are ready for college, work and productive adulthood. we cannot reach these goals by ourselves. everything we do we do thro
. >> good afternoon, chair cohn, members of the committee. my name is maria sue, the director for children, youth and their families. thank you for being flexible with me and my schedule. >> sure. go ahead. sorry. >> so let's just dive right in. so over the past two years since proposition c, the children and families first initiative passed, we were mandated to go through a process with our community in terms of gathering data for a community needs assessment as well as put...
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and my father, he hired my father and my father hated roy cohn from the beginning. my father worked on an investigation which really was i think the beginning of, he became probably the most important investigator in this country. he was like mueller is today. his investigations involve and for thorough intelligent, and he was over prepared for them, and he did an investigation of u.s. corporations that were violating the trading with the enemy act during the korean war, and who were trading with red china and selling arms and supplies to our enemy. ultimately, his investigation result in a secret commission of convictions. he stayed away from the stuff mccarthy was dealing with. at that time mccarthy was talking at the communism but he wasn't doing that kind of stuff that he ended up doing, ruining peoples lives and no evidence. my father, because of his relationship with cohn after six months, his investigation was completed. he left the committee. he came back on minority side of the committee as chief counsel to senator mclellan, and in that position he ended up
and my father, he hired my father and my father hated roy cohn from the beginning. my father worked on an investigation which really was i think the beginning of, he became probably the most important investigator in this country. he was like mueller is today. his investigations involve and for thorough intelligent, and he was over prepared for them, and he did an investigation of u.s. corporations that were violating the trading with the enemy act during the korean war, and who were trading...
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. >> good afternoon chair cohn and supervisors. i just want to start off by saying that it's world elder abuse awareness day today. as you may have seen our staff and our community providers out in your neighborhood out reaching to seniors about scams that they're particularly vulnerable to so hopefully you were able to at least help get the word out or be involved yourselves in that. i'm going to start by talking about our department programs and then community-based services. our department programs are ones that we do with direct services staff. the first to get you a highlight of the public conservators office, we have close to 150 -- i'm sorry, 550 individuals under conservatorship within our department currently. most of them received treatment in locked site facilities because it's the most property level but thanks to our partnership with the department of public health we've been working on community-based conservatorship models as well. that frees up capacity and makes the legal requirement in the least restrictive enviro
. >> good afternoon chair cohn and supervisors. i just want to start off by saying that it's world elder abuse awareness day today. as you may have seen our staff and our community providers out in your neighborhood out reaching to seniors about scams that they're particularly vulnerable to so hopefully you were able to at least help get the word out or be involved yourselves in that. i'm going to start by talking about our department programs and then community-based services. our...
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i agree a lot with what gary cohn said.know, poppy, gary cohn left the white house because he disagreed with trump on the tariff policy. i just think that trump is right, that the status quo with china cannot stand. i'm looking at the lead story of the wall street journal here this morning is growth in u.s. leaves the world behind and they talk about how the united states is now growing a -- china's economy is flatlined now. let me make this -- >> okay. >> china needs to trade with the united states more than we need trade with them. if they want to pick a trade fight with the united states, it is a fight they cannot win because china absolutely has to have access to american markets. >> i will say, even though china's growth has slowed, you know, steve more, 6.7 growth is more than double what the u.s. is seeing now. congressman dent, to you, do you think the effects of these tariffs on people's pocketbooks, those voters, your former constituents in pennsylvania will wipe out any potential gains from the tax breaks? >> i t
i agree a lot with what gary cohn said.know, poppy, gary cohn left the white house because he disagreed with trump on the tariff policy. i just think that trump is right, that the status quo with china cannot stand. i'm looking at the lead story of the wall street journal here this morning is growth in u.s. leaves the world behind and they talk about how the united states is now growing a -- china's economy is flatlined now. let me make this -- >> okay. >> china needs to trade with...
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like a mob boss look his hero was roy cohn who is basically a lawyer to the mob and roy cohn with a fixer he thinks the justice department and the f.b.i. should act as his personal fixers and when they don't he's offended he's offended that komi wouldn't drop a case which he asked to be what about mike flynn and one final thing i mean one one point you know doug doug said well the reason that struck didn't put the word out about trump being subject to a counterintelligence investigation about russian collusion is that nobody interested would be interested trouble won by a handful of votes in michigan and wisconsin do you think that really nobody in those states would discourage go whatever the russians forget it no heck know that if they really wanted to take down he would have put the word out and he didn't that's what makes this whole thing so ridiculous this notion of strong somehow trying to take out well it really could have any did it ok but we don't know everything yet richard let me go to doug because the second half of the second volume of the i.g. report will be talking about th
like a mob boss look his hero was roy cohn who is basically a lawyer to the mob and roy cohn with a fixer he thinks the justice department and the f.b.i. should act as his personal fixers and when they don't he's offended he's offended that komi wouldn't drop a case which he asked to be what about mike flynn and one final thing i mean one one point you know doug doug said well the reason that struck didn't put the word out about trump being subject to a counterintelligence investigation about...
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former adviser gary cohn talked this morning at a "washington post" event.en to his take on current economic growth. >> we're in a really good position all that said, some force can happen tomorrow. it could be happening now that could change all of that and economies are fragile. they are very fragile. you want to continue on the path i think what the ecb announced is what the bank of japan is going to do. everyone is acting very responsibly. everyone is doing what they should be doing to allow the economies of the world to denormalize and get back to a normal rate and that's in everyone's best interest i'm very optimistic. >> cohn talked about a number of thing ps he talked about whether trade deficits matter in his opinion they really don't. we are going to trade with one another. the president should not have tweeted on jobs friday he said we have rules. and then also mentioned the idea that tariffs offset the benefits of tax reform over time. >> to some degree. the idea that trade deficits don't matter, that's not a line you could have sold in his old j
former adviser gary cohn talked this morning at a "washington post" event.en to his take on current economic growth. >> we're in a really good position all that said, some force can happen tomorrow. it could be happening now that could change all of that and economies are fragile. they are very fragile. you want to continue on the path i think what the ecb announced is what the bank of japan is going to do. everyone is acting very responsibly. everyone is doing what they should...
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what roy cone did -- roy cohn did himself. this is all to be expected. >> arthel: who do you think leaked the letter, written by trump's legal team in january as we keep reporting and why now? >> well, if you're asking my opinion, i do not think it was leaked by robert mueller and his team. they have been very controlling information that comes out, not leaking. every time we learn about indictments, no one had any idea these were going to be indictments to begin with when they dropped. they have kept everything close to the vest. i think it's very possible that someone on trump's team leaked it and wanted to bring the arguments out and have rudy guliani talk about them today. that's my opinion. i don't have anything to prove that. but i think it's very unlikely this was leaked by robert mueller. they have seemed to not leak very much or at all during this investigation, so i don't see why they would leak this memo now. >> arthel: you don't know who leaked it so you can't say if it was someone on the trump team for sure. so me
what roy cone did -- roy cohn did himself. this is all to be expected. >> arthel: who do you think leaked the letter, written by trump's legal team in january as we keep reporting and why now? >> well, if you're asking my opinion, i do not think it was leaked by robert mueller and his team. they have been very controlling information that comes out, not leaking. every time we learn about indictments, no one had any idea these were going to be indictments to begin with when they...
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. >> wow, "the new york times" recently reported the president asked where his roy cohn was given rudy giuliani's recent attacks, it seems like he's found him. i'm joined by zerlina maxwell from sirius xm radio and political analyst, kim wehle, a former assistant u.s. attorney, and eli stokols, a political analyst. it was mickey cone to said you if you have a dog, you don't have to bark. was that rudy's job to bark? >> he's going on television and sayinging what president trump really wants to say because he has very infrequently commented about stormy daniels at all. first he said he didn't pay her, then admitted he did pay her. this is textbook misogyny coming from rudy giuliani. he's attacking daniels credibility based on what she does and chooses to do as a profession. that has nothing to do with whether he's telling the truth. it's an ugly form of misogyny, completely outliers dated and inappropriate in this context and i think that stormy dans and michael avenatti are a thorn in the president's side and will continue to be a thorn in the president's side because clearly based on
. >> wow, "the new york times" recently reported the president asked where his roy cohn was given rudy giuliani's recent attacks, it seems like he's found him. i'm joined by zerlina maxwell from sirius xm radio and political analyst, kim wehle, a former assistant u.s. attorney, and eli stokols, a political analyst. it was mickey cone to said you if you have a dog, you don't have to bark. was that rudy's job to bark? >> he's going on television and sayinging what president...
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supervi supervisor cohn. >> thank you everyone for agreeing to hear these items. today's meetings is a long time in the making. the original hunters point redevelopment shipyard plan was approved 21 years ago in 1997. at that time the success of negotiating the stakeholders to secure a commitment from the developer of providing 3 affordable housing was unprecedented. this development set the gold standard for what was possible in affordable housing negotiations and i applaud the forward thinking inclusionary housing numbers along with the advanced community benefits that came with them. the success is coupled with a promise of a boost to the local economy through hundreds of jobs sounded like a dream. it sounded like a dream to most hunter's point, bay view residents and others living in the southeast who looked forward to the addition of many amenities. so today i'm hopeful that my colleagues will join me in moving forward modest suggests to phase two of the hunters point shipyard redevelopment plan. these changes will allow shifts in four key areas. first land u
supervi supervisor cohn. >> thank you everyone for agreeing to hear these items. today's meetings is a long time in the making. the original hunters point redevelopment shipyard plan was approved 21 years ago in 1997. at that time the success of negotiating the stakeholders to secure a commitment from the developer of providing 3 affordable housing was unprecedented. this development set the gold standard for what was possible in affordable housing negotiations and i applaud the forward...
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gary cohn also said that trade deficits don't matter.t a global economy and global trade is good for us. so help me with these two things. the president, sarah sanders, they're saying the economy is the greatest ever. if it's the greatest ever, then interest rates should rise. the only reason they've been held so low for so long is because we were coming out of a financial collapse. >> not only that, on tough what you're saying, the fed said we still think it's accommodative. we think we're helping the economy. it's not just that we're rising as fast as we should. >> why is it that we need this if this is greatest, strongest? >> the same thing has been happening. the fed has been studying what unemployment really means. it turns out it's not just the top-line unemployment rate, right? what people want is to have full-time jobs when they only have part-time jobs. they want 40 hours a week when they can only get 30. it's not just about whether or not you have a job. >> this takes you to wage growth. it's one thing we rarely hear out of the
gary cohn also said that trade deficits don't matter.t a global economy and global trade is good for us. so help me with these two things. the president, sarah sanders, they're saying the economy is the greatest ever. if it's the greatest ever, then interest rates should rise. the only reason they've been held so low for so long is because we were coming out of a financial collapse. >> not only that, on tough what you're saying, the fed said we still think it's accommodative. we think...
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he's lost these arguments just like gary cohn, his predecessor, did. the secretary of state, mike pompeo. his job is not to do trade policy but he does have to sit down with his international counterparts. he says this is a fight we have to fight. >> we're taking a really hard line on foreign practices that harm america. everybody knows china is the main perpetrator. it's an unprecedented level of larceny. i was with president xi on thursday night. i reminded him that that's not fair competition. but it's a joke. let's be clear. it's the most predatory economic government that operates against the rest of the world today. >> he's right. he's right. this is a problem that needs to be dealt with, and the question is, and people are debating, is trade war the right way to do it? should do you it in negotiations? their answer is china won't move until you show them you're willing to push. the question is what's the political impact? >> republicans do want the administration to push back on china. but when it comes to slapping tariffs on goods coming from o
he's lost these arguments just like gary cohn, his predecessor, did. the secretary of state, mike pompeo. his job is not to do trade policy but he does have to sit down with his international counterparts. he says this is a fight we have to fight. >> we're taking a really hard line on foreign practices that harm america. everybody knows china is the main perpetrator. it's an unprecedented level of larceny. i was with president xi on thursday night. i reminded him that that's not fair...
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and, you know, former members of the administration, the gary cohns of the word said it's not america. it is america alone that is exactly what trump is touting. maybe that's why cohn doesn't work there anymore. >> their theory is they're ultimately going to bring everybody else to the white house doorstep. to borrow giuliani's language, on their hands and knees begging for the united states to cut deals with them again. what we're seeing is the exact opposite, which is the president has alienated the united states from the -- from basically our allies in the world. he's getting in a trade war with our allies in the world. they're basically saying to him we're happy dealing without you if we have to. we've heard that message time and again. angela merkel, right after the elections in 2016 basically said the european folks would act on their own if they want to. i think what's fascinating about this russia commentary is the g-7 is a group of countries that are like-minded on the economics and on national security issues. what the president is saying is he thinks russia is like-minded w
and, you know, former members of the administration, the gary cohns of the word said it's not america. it is america alone that is exactly what trump is touting. maybe that's why cohn doesn't work there anymore. >> their theory is they're ultimately going to bring everybody else to the white house doorstep. to borrow giuliani's language, on their hands and knees begging for the united states to cut deals with them again. what we're seeing is the exact opposite, which is the president has...
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but he hated roy cohn. he hated j. edgar hoover. he detested jimmy hoffa, the head of the biggest and most powerful union in america, who bobby thought was corrupt. those are people you could argue there's a good reaso detest. the fourth person is the one that to me is a great tragedy, and that was lbj. constitutionally, these guys were so different. one was a harvard educated guy who grew up rich in massachusetts. the other was a guy from east texas who grew up poor and resented anybody who was harvard educated and who talked like bobby kennedy talked. had they ever united in a coalition, they could have gotten more extraordinary things done. they both wanted to promote civil rights. they both want to do and poverty, and the idea that they were at cross purposes, to me, is a huge tragedy -- they both wanted to end poverty. one thing that lbj more than ever was to stay in vietnam was bobby kennedy was calling for him to come out of vietnam. every time bobby kennedy gave a rabid antiwar speech, it seemed like the next day, lbj increa
but he hated roy cohn. he hated j. edgar hoover. he detested jimmy hoffa, the head of the biggest and most powerful union in america, who bobby thought was corrupt. those are people you could argue there's a good reaso detest. the fourth person is the one that to me is a great tragedy, and that was lbj. constitutionally, these guys were so different. one was a harvard educated guy who grew up rich in massachusetts. the other was a guy from east texas who grew up poor and resented anybody who...
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gary cohn said that would hurt the economy. >> if you end up with a tariff t , you will end up with price or inflation. >> those are all historic engreed cents for an k34i slowdown. i would not lik to see that happen. >> the two countries have been discussing a deal. both wou stand down on tariffs, china would buy more goods to narrow the deficitnd the white house radio replace a ban with a fine and stricter oversight. but the zte portion has h a snag on capitol hill.ic repu senators moving to limit the president's ability to offer a reprieve. e implementation of tariffs would effectively end a one-month trade truce that had calmed financial markets going into this week's singapore summit. fo "nightly business report," i'm kayla tausche in washington. >>> is there a way f investor toss protect their portfolios if trade tensions do escalate joining us with insights is david levovitz at jpmorgan. >> thanks for having me. >> gue there are sectors you feel you need to avoid. those that are most sensitive. >> if we end up wit that lose-lose situation, we definitely want to focus more on thees
gary cohn said that would hurt the economy. >> if you end up with a tariff t , you will end up with price or inflation. >> those are all historic engreed cents for an k34i slowdown. i would not lik to see that happen. >> the two countries have been discussing a deal. both wou stand down on tariffs, china would buy more goods to narrow the deficitnd the white house radio replace a ban with a fine and stricter oversight. but the zte portion has h a snag on capitol hill.ic repu...
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cohn, former economic adviser to the president, warned that the effect of tariffs could wipe out the beneficial effect of the tax cut on the u.s. economy. do you agr with that? more broadly -- remember, this is one front in the global trade war that mr. trump seems to be shaping. this will hurt a lot of american businesses and drive up res for a -- prices for american consumers and disnspt supply chround the world. in the short r it will have a gative effect. the american economy is large enough and not get exposed to trade that it will not be a devastating impact on the economy, but at the margin it will not help and it will hurt. laura: eswar prasad, thank you for joining us. eswar:y easure. formerpresiden' trus campaign managereaas been jailed d of his trial on money laundering and illegal lobbying. a judge revoked paul manafort's bail after he was accused of estrying to tamper with wis. weighed in,t tweeting, "wow, what a tough sentence for paul manafort," adding that it was very unfair. for more on this, i spoke earlier with north america reporter anthony zurcher what does this
cohn, former economic adviser to the president, warned that the effect of tariffs could wipe out the beneficial effect of the tax cut on the u.s. economy. do you agr with that? more broadly -- remember, this is one front in the global trade war that mr. trump seems to be shaping. this will hurt a lot of american businesses and drive up res for a -- prices for american consumers and disnspt supply chround the world. in the short r it will have a gative effect. the american economy is large...
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i've come back to san francisco to meet randall cohn a prominent specialist in this we. have emulated the mind or brain even be a mind that is a living organism that has a sense of self and all of that i mean there's no good reason to think that there isn't that it isn't that it's is it a continuation of me it's a continuation of my life my existence i think if there are two ways of attacking that problem there is the philosophical question of what does identity even mean and what would it mean if there are if you suddenly split if you split into two persons two minds which one would be you and if you think it through far enough then mostly the solution most of the answer is both of you are you really you. so if i could copy myself onto an artificial platform then i could make other reproductions and bring them back to life on different devices like my cell phone or my tablet. like we made the person whose mind has been digitally filed and becomes part of a computer they would be able to run the artificial intelligence. agents that. would also see for just certain point
i've come back to san francisco to meet randall cohn a prominent specialist in this we. have emulated the mind or brain even be a mind that is a living organism that has a sense of self and all of that i mean there's no good reason to think that there isn't that it isn't that it's is it a continuation of me it's a continuation of my life my existence i think if there are two ways of attacking that problem there is the philosophical question of what does identity even mean and what would it mean...
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instead, with no new buyer on the horizon, the cohn's are culling their herd. >> after the cows left, he said, all the cows are gone. i said, yeah. he said, i'll go find them for you. >> reporter: of the 20 kentucky farms that had their contracts canceled by dean foods, 14 still have found no new buyer for their milk. the other 6 have already sold out. >> we didn't do anything wrong. like it wasn't bad management, it wasn't not managing our finances correctly or our cattle correctly. we produced good quality milk here. >> reporter: for now jericho acres dairy has been given a reprie reprieve. a contract extension of 30 days to try and find a home for their milk. in smithfield, kentucky, contessa brewer, "nightly business report." >>> still ahead, the water's edge. this is a new series that takes us to boston tonight where that city's real estate is at risk from severe weather. >>> mortgage rates have pulled back from their seven-year peak. according to the latest report from freddie mac, the average 30 year fixed rate declined to 4.56%. as you know, mortgage rates tend to move along w
instead, with no new buyer on the horizon, the cohn's are culling their herd. >> after the cows left, he said, all the cows are gone. i said, yeah. he said, i'll go find them for you. >> reporter: of the 20 kentucky farms that had their contracts canceled by dean foods, 14 still have found no new buyer for their milk. the other 6 have already sold out. >> we didn't do anything wrong. like it wasn't bad management, it wasn't not managing our finances correctly or our cattle...
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psychology expert and host of america trends with dr gina and in los angeles we cross to ron paul cohnhe is a comedian frequent guest on the jimmy door show and the.
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man really stands out when his voice is heard i think we've got to listen we're talking about gary cohn he's a former head of the national economic council he was working with closely with the truck been astray should and what he has said is that this was just last week that a trade war could wipe out all those booms that we were just talking about from businesses or for businesses from the tax abuse they were getting so this one cancels out the other talking across the board here when you're hearing from the business world in the states what people are saying is yes we do want fair trade with china we don't believe it's fair but at the same time putting us into a trade war with china is not the way to go it's going to hurt americans as well as the chinese and maybe even the americans more kaleb put a finer point on what alex is saying there i mean that it's not necessarily the policies of the chinese that the trump administration has a problem with it's the practice of these tariffs etc what are the legitimate concerns that you believe are out there with regard to china. well bart let'
man really stands out when his voice is heard i think we've got to listen we're talking about gary cohn he's a former head of the national economic council he was working with closely with the truck been astray should and what he has said is that this was just last week that a trade war could wipe out all those booms that we were just talking about from businesses or for businesses from the tax abuse they were getting so this one cancels out the other talking across the board here when you're...
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it is our 12th annual america's tostates for business rankings scott cohn is in the house to tell uss new for 2018. >> just tell us what it is >> that would be no fun at all i mean, you've got to -- >> we're starting the buildup p. now. for as long ase've been doing this and we started this in 2007, it is hard to come up with a year in which there have been more moving parts in the world of state competitiveness we have record unemployment, worker shortages, making the battle for workforce so we've been talking -- >> record employment >> record employment record low unemployment. the battle for workers is a big deal there's shifts in taxes, economy, energy prices we may be on theerge of a trade war. and it's election year not just the congressional races we hear so much about but also there are 36 states choosing governors this fall. when it comes to state competitiveness, that's where the action is. >> don't forget in your attempt to take over congress that the most impor worn th country in public policy is done in the states by governors and state legislatures >> then there's azon
it is our 12th annual america's tostates for business rankings scott cohn is in the house to tell uss new for 2018. >> just tell us what it is >> that would be no fun at all i mean, you've got to -- >> we're starting the buildup p. now. for as long ase've been doing this and we started this in 2007, it is hard to come up with a year in which there have been more moving parts in the world of state competitiveness we have record unemployment, worker shortages, making the battle...
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psychology expert and host of america trends with dr gina and in los angeles we cross to ron paul cohn he is a comedian frequent guest on the jimmy door show and the young turks as well as host of his own streaming show get your news on with ron all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate gina let me go to you because i know your political stripes pretty well and reflect upon what i had to say in the introduction to mean if you don't agree you face insults or. representative's beliefs about what it means to be on the receiving end of violence it seems to me and i don't want to overdramatize things but over the last few weeks it seems to me that part of the political spectrum wants to normalize political violence in terms of speech at least go ahead jeanne in west palm beach you know it's discouraging because i think that my whole political life my thing has been that sometimes i'm wrong and i hold myself out to the fact that i may be wrong but i enjoy the civil discourse is some of my favorite things to do have always been sho
psychology expert and host of america trends with dr gina and in los angeles we cross to ron paul cohn he is a comedian frequent guest on the jimmy door show and the young turks as well as host of his own streaming show get your news on with ron all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate gina let me go to you because i know your political stripes pretty well and reflect upon what i had to say in the introduction to mean if you don't...
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this man really stands out when his voice is heard i think we've got to listen we talk about gary cohn he's a former head of the national economic council he was working with closely with the truck been a straight and what he had said is that this was just last week that a trade war could wipe out all those booms that we were just talking about from businesses or for businesses from the tax abuse they were getting so this one cancels out the other talking across the board here when you're hearing from the business world in the states what people are saying is yes we do want fair trade with china we don't believe it's fair but at the same time putting us into a trade war with china is not the way to go it's just going to hurt americans as well as the chinese and maybe even the americans more kaleb put a finer point on what alex is saying there i mean that it's not necessarily the policies of the chinese that trump administration has a problem with it's the practice of these tariffs etc what are the legitimate concerns that you believe are out there with regard to china. well bart let's
this man really stands out when his voice is heard i think we've got to listen we talk about gary cohn he's a former head of the national economic council he was working with closely with the truck been a straight and what he had said is that this was just last week that a trade war could wipe out all those booms that we were just talking about from businesses or for businesses from the tax abuse they were getting so this one cancels out the other talking across the board here when you're...
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you have people like gary cohn and a charm asked her trying to contain his instincts.s conceivable that all of those constraints might be lifted and that call would not be a shock. shery: thank you, james hertling , in istanbul. a presidential tweet has determined our stock of the hour. bmw closing down more than 1%. at one point, hitting lows not seen since september 2017. emma chandra is here with more. the president tweeted a lot this morning, including on immigration and trade but i'm guessing it is the auto tariffs that is having an impact. emma: he said based on the tariffs and trade barriers placed on american workers by the european trade union, it these are not removed, we will be placing a 20% tariff on all of their cars coming to the u.s.. build them here. interestingly, if you look at the bloomberg, you can see german carmakers as a whole produce more cars in the u.s. than they actually export. so the last part of that sweet did not make a huge amount of sense. nevertheless, we saw bmw paul, volkswagen and i'm there also. done right issued a profit morning
you have people like gary cohn and a charm asked her trying to contain his instincts.s conceivable that all of those constraints might be lifted and that call would not be a shock. shery: thank you, james hertling , in istanbul. a presidential tweet has determined our stock of the hour. bmw closing down more than 1%. at one point, hitting lows not seen since september 2017. emma chandra is here with more. the president tweeted a lot this morning, including on immigration and trade but i'm...
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gary cohn was quoted in one elegant business outlet, business news outlet saying trade deficits don'ting the same nonsense of yesteryear that aloud us to trade mindlessly not acknowledging the truth. they do matter. >> trade deficits only don't matter if you don't have them. we have a trade deficit and it does matter. lou: wilbur ross is work hard for the president and the american people to make sure we do capture that's balanced and reciprocal trade the president is insisting on, much to the delight of the theresa may, angela merkel and the european union. >> they joined us. japan and the e.u. joined us in a couple trilateral statements on this statement of intellectual property and protecting it. lou: the chinese are stealing $600 billion in intellectual property a year in addition to the $350 billion deficit. and the espionage we won't get into. the nafta discussions at least a pause if not an end. your sense of the prospects? >> there is a pause because you have the mexican elections coming up around the 8th of july. it's too close to that election. whether he wins or doesn't, th
gary cohn was quoted in one elegant business outlet, business news outlet saying trade deficits don'ting the same nonsense of yesteryear that aloud us to trade mindlessly not acknowledging the truth. they do matter. >> trade deficits only don't matter if you don't have them. we have a trade deficit and it does matter. lou: wilbur ross is work hard for the president and the american people to make sure we do capture that's balanced and reciprocal trade the president is insisting on, much...
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cohn, whoave gary says these might hurt the economic growth that came from tax reform, he is speakingrom a tea partyk that or is speaking from. you have an interesting dynamic where republicans are unified and pushing back against what this president is arguing on trade. mark: the state-run china daily said china and other nations should join together to counter trump's aggressive trade policies. what sort of coup with that be for china if it gets the likes of europe to bands together with against sort of be china's anti--- china's tariffs measures? it would be huge. the president has said repeatedly that he prefers to have a bilateral trade negotiation. but what he has not been anticipating is a multilateral response. and that is what i hear from multiple sources both on the left and the right, is that there is a concern that this multilateral response could end china thethe will -- upper can't -- upper hand. and we've seen this in some extents with the president's decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear disarmament deal. what does russia feel about this? it is interesting that th
cohn, whoave gary says these might hurt the economic growth that came from tax reform, he is speakingrom a tea partyk that or is speaking from. you have an interesting dynamic where republicans are unified and pushing back against what this president is arguing on trade. mark: the state-run china daily said china and other nations should join together to counter trump's aggressive trade policies. what sort of coup with that be for china if it gets the likes of europe to bands together with...
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my name is joshua cone -- joshua cohn. it's been a long time coming. we are even more excited to see those screens on dennis's presentation coming alive and being installed. we are the promotional partner. we are in charge of developing, deploying e cuting all band engagements throughout the center. we are extremely bullish that upon a steady state which means retail being open and all infrastructure in place that the sales force transit center will be an opportunity for advertisers to engage with this y.mmu when we look at -- is this working? okay. so when we look at venues and we work with various venues there's four three attributes that we dive into. num one the consumer experience. this is a screen in one of our venues in downtown manhattan. the consumer experience is all about creating the juourney for the consumer. it's about creating an exciting atmosphere and being present while not being present. the idea here is not to turn the center into time squ but t provide an opportunity to communicate to consumers while providing an opportunity for br
my name is joshua cone -- joshua cohn. it's been a long time coming. we are even more excited to see those screens on dennis's presentation coming alive and being installed. we are the promotional partner. we are in charge of developing, deploying e cuting all band engagements throughout the center. we are extremely bullish that upon a steady state which means retail being open and all infrastructure in place that the sales force transit center will be an opportunity for advertisers to engage...
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cohn of -- with jay a big position in wayfair. he told us this isn't that because most internet retailers are already collecting taxes on the majority of their sales and the legislation is going to be applied uniformly on the web, so amazon won't be wayfair, vicesus versa. consumer behavior won't change. andrew, would you agree? >> i'm not so sure about that. i actually think that it's going difference for companies like wayfair and new they'reause they -- not, you know, used to collecting these taxes. we're talking about 12,000 different tax jurisdictions that they're going to have to comply with. doing that, sody they have an advantage over companies like wayfair. certainly brick and mortar companies will benefit. but i actually think amazon benefits here as well. >> let's talk about what this will mean for consumers. i mean, consumers love low prices, but in this day and -- in this day and age, they really love convenience. >> you're exactly right. as we surveyed this over the years, i was surprised -- i originally found this o
cohn of -- with jay a big position in wayfair. he told us this isn't that because most internet retailers are already collecting taxes on the majority of their sales and the legislation is going to be applied uniformly on the web, so amazon won't be wayfair, vicesus versa. consumer behavior won't change. andrew, would you agree? >> i'm not so sure about that. i actually think that it's going difference for companies like wayfair and new they'reause they -- not, you know, used to...
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unequivocally no look at cohn edisnedison.ngs like 17% eps growth rate no they're still rich if there was one in the space i would even consider it's pg&e which got killed because of the california wildfires and maybe at ten times forward earnings, maybe that's worth a look. but i say no pete >> so too pricey for guy what do you say, pete? >> it's more about the fact why do people own these in the first place. right? the idea is they all buy them because they want this steady income stream. the problem is when you look at the charts you're putting up here, most of this is going down, down, down you're eating up what you're actually going after which is the yield. so the problem for me is the first thing i look at when i look at a company is the management the second thing i look at is the fundamentals the third thing is do they have growth and one of the last parts of the fundamental story is, are they buying back stock? that's great is the yield there that's great but that's the afterthought. that's, like, down there about fi
unequivocally no look at cohn edisnedison.ngs like 17% eps growth rate no they're still rich if there was one in the space i would even consider it's pg&e which got killed because of the california wildfires and maybe at ten times forward earnings, maybe that's worth a look. but i say no pete >> so too pricey for guy what do you say, pete? >> it's more about the fact why do people own these in the first place. right? the idea is they all buy them because they want this steady...
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roy cohn never did research. the files were left unopened. never read anything. he just went out, was a day trader and made allegations. and as halbersham said in the '50s, there was no plan this guy is a day trader. one day the the next day i can get them out of crimea. tomorrow it will be something else. which of course this very nature of donald trump, this reckless undisciplined nature of donald trump, is what's so dangerous on the foreign policy stage. >> yeah, think if you're going to have the bumper sticker quote about donald trump, it also came last week when he said i don't have to prepare, it's about attitude. when talking about the north korea summit. that as you say is sort of the roy cohn view of the world, which is the power of personality will win out. he doesn't believe in preparation, he doesn't believe in history, he doesn't believe in context. he believes his singular personality can get things done. that if he gets in the room with somebody like on "the apprentice" or doing he's building a deal in new york city, he can convince them to come to
roy cohn never did research. the files were left unopened. never read anything. he just went out, was a day trader and made allegations. and as halbersham said in the '50s, there was no plan this guy is a day trader. one day the the next day i can get them out of crimea. tomorrow it will be something else. which of course this very nature of donald trump, this reckless undisciplined nature of donald trump, is what's so dangerous on the foreign policy stage. >> yeah, think if you're going...
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. >>> jerry cohn said in the "washington post" he sees a trend that could increase america's debt and maybe even trigger another economic slowdown. >> if you end up with a tariff battle, you will end up with price inflation. >> could it wipe out the benefits of the tax bill? >> yes, it could. >> do traders trade on the president's tweets? >> 100%. that first 3, 6, 9, 12 months is very interesting in trying to work with each other. >> do the facts always win? was that your experience? >> i may not comment on that. >> a little humor there. up next, no matter what it says, the president's legal team will make the case the new ig report coming out today is good for them. applebee's 2 for $20, now with steak. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. i just want to find a used car without getting ripped off. you could start your search at the all-new carfax.com that might help. show me the carfax. now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find. show me used trucks with one owner. pretty cool. [laughs] ah... ahem... show me the carfax. start your used car search and get fr
. >>> jerry cohn said in the "washington post" he sees a trend that could increase america's debt and maybe even trigger another economic slowdown. >> if you end up with a tariff battle, you will end up with price inflation. >> could it wipe out the benefits of the tax bill? >> yes, it could. >> do traders trade on the president's tweets? >> 100%. that first 3, 6, 9, 12 months is very interesting in trying to work with each other. >> do the...
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gary cohn says that is not how you measure a trade deficit. china will respond.oybeans and planes and cars. the u.s. faces tariffs from eu, mexico and canada. >>> details ahead of the report emerging over kids being separated from parents at the border. this tension is even apparent in the white house briefing room. >> you are a parent of young children. don't you have any empathy for what they go through? from maybelline new york. temptation mascara our most addictive volume. creamy formula infused with coconut extract. lashes so soft... so dense... so tempting. new temptation mascara. only from maybelline new york. i saw my leg did not look right. i landed. i was just finishing a ride. i felt this awful pain in my chest. i had a pe blood clot in my lung. i was scared. i had a dvt blood clot. having one really puts you in danger of having another. my doctor and i chose xarelto®. xarelto®. to help keep me protected. xarelto® is a latest-generation blood thinner that's... proven to treat and reduce the risk of dvt or pe blood clots from happening again. in clinica
gary cohn says that is not how you measure a trade deficit. china will respond.oybeans and planes and cars. the u.s. faces tariffs from eu, mexico and canada. >>> details ahead of the report emerging over kids being separated from parents at the border. this tension is even apparent in the white house briefing room. >> you are a parent of young children. don't you have any empathy for what they go through? from maybelline new york. temptation mascara our most addictive volume....
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gary cohn said we get the bill regardless you go to a nice restaurant you get the bill whether or not you you like your meal if the trade stuff gets worse we're offsetting what we did with the stimulus and we still get the bill >> powell said it yesterday, the surrounding trade is making them second-guess investment decisions. >> which is why capx confidence is at an all-time high >> which means that the worst case right now is assumed about trade. and that if it gets handled in a better way that that will give you another leg into the market. >> it's so funny, the administration, you made the point earlier. you don't want all of the buybacks but yet their uncertainty trade policy is causing companies at some level to not put their hands in their pockets to spend the money >> that's right. >> which takes the stock market up >> what's the point of doing that stimulus if you're going to counteract it with things that lead to uncertainty. >> i asked the adviser to the president if the president was aware of the negative effects of the trade policy he said sometimes. steve, i think we hav
gary cohn said we get the bill regardless you go to a nice restaurant you get the bill whether or not you you like your meal if the trade stuff gets worse we're offsetting what we did with the stimulus and we still get the bill >> powell said it yesterday, the surrounding trade is making them second-guess investment decisions. >> which is why capx confidence is at an all-time high >> which means that the worst case right now is assumed about trade. and that if it gets handled...
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last sunday memorial day "the washington post" ran a story profiling a soldier named gabriel cohn. when he was killed in average he was 22. when congress voted to go to war he was in kindergarten. so it seems to me it's about time that we're having this debate. at least once in a generation congress should probably weigh in on the multiple wars that we're fighting. but this debate also presents a pretty substantial risk. the risk that congress is going to pass a new aumf that gives more power to the president, laying the legal ground work for another generation or more of presidential war. today john and i are going to make the case that the best way to avoid that danger is to wipe the slate clean. to repeal and not replace the 2001 uamf. recognize that the original authorization has run its course, and sunset it. leaving adequate time, six to nine months to wrap up ongoing combat operations, and for the president to make the case for any new authorization that he thinks is needed. and if he does, he can make that case to congress the way the constitution envisions. our constitutio
last sunday memorial day "the washington post" ran a story profiling a soldier named gabriel cohn. when he was killed in average he was 22. when congress voted to go to war he was in kindergarten. so it seems to me it's about time that we're having this debate. at least once in a generation congress should probably weigh in on the multiple wars that we're fighting. but this debate also presents a pretty substantial risk. the risk that congress is going to pass a new aumf that gives...
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less so now that people like gary cohn are out of the white people like pet navarro, wilbur ross. they understand the trump perspective. trader.e mnuchin is more after we're seeing it play out. on certain issues like is zte deal and it's very perplexing to a lot of people. >> shepard: for clarity, kim jong-un murdered his brother. that's just the beginning. kim jong-u has had generations of families locked up for things granddad did. in a perfect world upon conviction, if it were in the in many states, he could be put to death. instead today we're talking a visit to the white house. it is hard to wrap your head around. you want to make things better on the korean peninsula? of course. but i don't want to know if we need to be friends with a murderer. i'm not sure if it's in the cards. >> a great question. administration -- whatanh the th coming out of this meeting. i think what we're seeing right now, trump is trying to come off that he's being very strong and he's looking to make deals. internally sources have told me that he's very skeptical. we've seen this shift now where befo
less so now that people like gary cohn are out of the white people like pet navarro, wilbur ross. they understand the trump perspective. trader.e mnuchin is more after we're seeing it play out. on certain issues like is zte deal and it's very perplexing to a lot of people. >> shepard: for clarity, kim jong-un murdered his brother. that's just the beginning. kim jong-u has had generations of families locked up for things granddad did. in a perfect world upon conviction, if it were in the...
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. >> thank you chair cohn and members of the committee. first of course i'd like to thank the mayor's budget office and the budget aid. i would like to start out with some photos. i'm elizabeth murray and i'm the managing director of the historic buildings across the street, the opera house. next of course is to operate and maintain buildings for the city and for the trust beneficiaries of those buildings. i listed our strategic goals here. let me go to the second page. our highest -- or our most important goal is to provide the highest level of services to the visitors and to the public and to maintain an upgrade and preserve our historic facilities to increase our partnerships and collaborations and make good of today without compromising the future. on the third page is photographs of the veteran's building. the board of supervisors and the mayor's office made a very large investment in the seismic upgrade of that building. that improvement has been overwhelmingly received in a positive way by the public and by the users. certainly the
. >> thank you chair cohn and members of the committee. first of course i'd like to thank the mayor's budget office and the budget aid. i would like to start out with some photos. i'm elizabeth murray and i'm the managing director of the historic buildings across the street, the opera house. next of course is to operate and maintain buildings for the city and for the trust beneficiaries of those buildings. i listed our strategic goals here. let me go to the second page. our highest -- or...