application for the evening is a place of entertainment and billiard parlor permit, and this is for jolene's located at 2700 16th street. i'm excited about this new addition to the mission neighborhood. this is going to be an lgbt-queer bar, and i think it's really great any time we see anything that's adding to the lgbt community, and so without further adieu, mark is here this evening, along with the three partners from the business. so take it away, mark. >> president bleiman, commissioners, and now executive director weiland, i'm here tonight with alicia jolene linsangan and ashley wilson and shannon amatan. they are the partners and are currently building this space out. as maggie noted, this is a new queer bar and restaurant. it's located in the northeast section of the mission, sort of close to -- close to the spca over there and the portrero center. right on the bus line. a million buses go back and forth and stop right in front of the building. the -- i'll just touch on, excuse me, this neighborhood is a former heavy industrial area, now zoned production description and repair. not

nbc business correspondent jolene kent has the potential impact on workerston you, the customer. >> reporter: under growing pressure from workers and lawmakers, amazon delivering a major pay raise ahead of the critical holiday shopping season. all 350,000 workers in the u.s. at both amazon and whole foods, will earn at least $15 an hour starting november 1st, including full-time, part-time, and contract employees. senator bernie sanders one of ceo jeff bezos' harshest critics, reacting today. >> i hope very much that other corporate leaders around the country will follow his example. >> reporter: earlier this year, walmart bumped up its pay to $11 an hour, amid a growing national campaign to increase minimum wage. today, workers in detroit rallying. >> i think this will embolden workers, as well as politicians, to push for changes both at other retail companies, as well as other tech companies. >> reporter: as for amazon shoppers, analysts do not expect the higher pay to push prices up, at least for now. now, remember those corporate tax cuts that went into effect earlier this year? they are

nbc's jolene kent has more. >> reporter: elon musk stepping down as chairman of tesla, and relinquishing control. the billionaire striking an agreement with its securities and exchange commission to step aside for three years and pay a $20 million fine. tesla is also forking over another $20 million, all that money going to harmed investors. the punishment, one of the most severe from the s.e.c., is over this tweet in august, when musk declared, am considering taking tesla private at $420. funding secured. that tweet blindsided investors and his own company. it sent tesla shares spiking. >> ceo elon musk creating chaos with a single tweet. >> reporter: but there was no funding backing that up. the s.e.c. calling his tweet misleading. >> rounding up to $420, because of the significance of that number in marijuana culture, and his belief that his girlfriend would be amused by it. >> reporter: the $40 million settlement comes after the s.e.c. sued musk for fraud last week, threatening his future as the creative brains behind his car company. so far, musk has not reacted to the punishment on

application for the evening is a place of entertainment and billiard parlor permit, and this is for jolene's located at 2700 16th street. i'm excited about this new addition to the mission neighborhood. this is going to be an lgbt-queer bar, and i think it's really great any time we see anything that's adding to the lgbt community, and so without further adieu, mark iser

nbc's jolene kent got a firsthand look at facebook's efforts to stop disinformation during the electiont inside facebook headquarters. this is what they're calling the war room to protect american democracy. but the real question here is, is this window dressing or is this a real solution? this morning, facebook is on offense after facing fallout from fake news and hacking scandals. many users wondering what can be trusted in our feeds, ahead of the midterm elections, just 19 day it s away. now the social media giant launching a new war room so it can strike back. >> roughly 20 -- >> reporter: we went behind closed doors to see how it will work. the goal, prevent another 2016 when russia-linked accounts spread misinformation to millions of facebook users. inside the war room, 2 dozen teams from security to instagram, representing 20,000 facebook employees, soon to be working 24/7 to track suspicious behavior. how much pressure do you feel? >> a profound sense of responsibility and we take this work really seriously. >> facebook is running trill ruo prepare for the worst. >> we're monito

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