now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. ey

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going

. >> harry fong, owner of vintage wines merchants, says he is doing what he had to stay open. a new curb side pickup program has brought a few people back to support their favorite 1309s. >> i love this place. i will do my best to keep it going. >> reporter: but as evidenced by gavin newsom's outlook -- >> we are protecting tens of billions of dollars of short falls, all specifically related to covid-19. >> reporter: businesses like fong's are start question if they can even make rent. >> oh, it's just -- impossible. i can't imagine how i'm going to do it. >> reporter: another sign of how tough things are here, an owner says fewer than half of the business tenants paid rent in april. nbc bay area news. >>> still to come, he liked to walk along. and you can find him at an a's game any weekend, how friends and family are remembering an oakland man who died from the virus. . >>> and off the hook for now. we investigate why state regulators immediately suspended a fine it issued pg and e for the devastating wild fires. >>> i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri, more coming in seven minut

typhoon vom fong slams into the philippines as authorities struggle to evacuate tens of thousands of people the storm is expected to barrel across densely populated eastern provinces as it moves north. and lights camera action but not too close freeze a look behind the scenes as germany's film and t.v. industry copes with the coronavirus. i'm told me a lot of well it's good to have you with us the united nations has warned of a global mental health crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic u.n. secretary general antonio terra says governments and health authorities need to act quickly to manage the psychological suffering of millions and lock down unemployed or working on the front lines of the medical emergency her name is neville many. and she's been fighting coronavirus on the front lines in albania for more than 2 months. norma special sacrifice. colonel embarrassed for this midwest i have a 15 month old daughter. i also have a 10 year old son and i have parents who could be at risk because they also have other health insurance and that scared me. at this washington d.c. food

major european league back on the pitch in front of and deep down also coming up a typhoon of von fong slams into the philippines as authority struggle to evacuate tens of thousands of people the storm is expected to barrel across the densely populated areas as it moves to the north and a global mental health crisis the united nations warns that millions of people surrounded by death and disease are forced into isolation and poverty their suffering severe mental stress. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program this weekend sees the return of professional soccer to germany the bun displayed it will become the 1st major league in europe to restart following the coronavirus lockdown now soccer bosses say it's more than just a store but an economic driver as well the big leagues across europe will be watching to see how this might change conditions for germany spawned a sicko. since mid march germany's football stadiums have fallen silent now the bundesliga aims to emerge from its coronavirus brick with so-called closed door matches with their fans and under strict hygiene roods the idea to

limling fong, nhk world, kuala lumpur. >>> chile's supreme court has confirmed the extradition of a man suspected of murdering his former japanese girlfriend in france four years ago can go ahead. french h investigators hhave pld 29-year-old on the list for the murder of kurosaki narumi. she went missing while studying at a french university. zepeda returned to chile shortly after her disappearance. she is still missing and presumed dead. the evidence provided by french investigators is credible. a french prosecutor welcomed the decision saying it will allow a trial to go ahead with the presence of the suspect. the chilean court cautioned the transfer of zepeda could be delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country. >>> it's now time for a check on the world weather with our meteorologist, jonathan oh. people in bangladesh are tracking a tropical system over the bay of bengal so what's the latest? >> we are talking about a system that has a lot of powerful winds along with a lot of water associated with it. ththe storm hass been movinng te north and east over the past 24 hours

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going

. >> i would like to shot out to norman reverend fong at the china community center for empowering young people for taking care of old people and for parts, for housing, for keeping it fun and as reverend fong says, you're beautiful. >> i will second that. >> i will second your statement. madam clerk, please call the role on the amendment. on number 28 -- (role call). >> there are 11 ayes. >> madam clerk, please call role on resolution as amended. >> item 28 as amended. (role call). >> there are 11 ay session. yes. >> it's adopted unanimously. >> okay, so basically, madam clerk -- any in memorium. >> this will be ajourned on behalf of supervisor peskin, alison wong and on behalf of supervisor peskin, is dave lupell. >> ok, colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, any other business before us today? >> just to thank our strong, technical team today who produced our meeting and thank you, guys, john, brent and to apologize to the public for the inconveniences. >> if you for staying with us and colleagues, thank you for indulging me in the last half an hour. meeting

trusting conspiracy theories over the advice of scientists what's behind the new phenomenon anti-flu von fong slams into the philippines as authorities struggle to evacuate tens of thousands of people the storm is expected to barrel across the densely populated areas as it blooms north plus needs a new front line health care worker harley's the hug is helping his human colleagues stressed as they fight cope with 19 and a mexico city hospital. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program this weekend sees the return of professional soccer to germany the bundesliga will become the 1st major league in europe to restart following the coronavirus lockdown soccer bosses say it's more than just a sport but an economic driver as well the big leagues across europe will be watching to see how this might change conditions for germany's bundesliga. since mid march germany's football stadiums have fallen silent now the bundesliga aims to emerge from its coronavirus brick with so-called closed door matches without funds and under strict hygiene rules the idea to get back out on the pitch as soon as possible. get

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going

titled von fong stormed in from the pacific 1st making a land fall in the eastern beside his region.when it struck the typhoon was a strong as a category 3 hurricane and brought with it destructive winds that downed power and communication lines to wrenshaw rain and threaten storm surges forced ports to close leaving many travelers and fishing boats stranded. in them and this apology of committee news so we're thousands are in government or in shelters. one in which we need to prepare hope each other cooperate and listen to the announcements follow over officials so overtone will be safe the typhoon comes as the government plans to slowly ease restrictions in the entire region of the zone after placing it on their quarantine for almost 2 months in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country local government leaders say they will impose social distancing in makeshift shelters masts will be distributed and doctors are on standby overcrowding in evacuation centers as long been a problem in the country often battered by natural disasters many are worried the shelters could

you have two minutes. >> caller: i am richard fong.st stirred up on the issue. i am having problems going through city hall and speaking with the supervisor and sunset supervisor and other people haven't got back to me. city hall is boarded up with two by fours. you can't get into the place. i have a few comments. one had to do with when you mix ground water with treated sewer water and you clean and diswash it, then you have children drinking water from the fountains in the parks, i am questioning the health issue related to using such water. i have already at different times tried to include the possibility that with the chair's approval on the d study. i do not like the idea of people drinking water that is treated sewer water where it is 5 million gallons per day out by the zoo and piped over to golden gate park. that kind of water to me is not very good for human consumption. in light of the problems with virus, that is another transmission source. thank you. i will probably have to take up the subject matter at a normal city hall

philippines has forced tens of thousands of people into emergency shelters many fear that typhoon or fong poll could cause catastrophic landslides severe winds have destroyed homes and cut off power supplies on the central island of some our rescue efforts are being complicated by restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus jamila lindo going to the capital manila. the pandemic has actually maybe evacuation even more complicated because it's very difficult to implement immediate evacuation at this time but they assure civilians that in the evacuation centers they're setting up tents and giving masks and making sure that doctors are on standby morny touring the health status of civilians there now for a country that has often been you know hit by typhoon at least 20 every year the situation in the philippines is particularly difficult this year it's start with with a volcano just a few hours away in manila where it shut down industries now after that different demick has also shut down the entire region the blue zone where more than 50000000 people are actually have been und

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going

>> yea. >> commissioner fong? >> yea. >> commissioner imperial? >> yea. >> commissioner johnson? >> yea. >> commissioner moore? >> yea. >> commissioner koppel? >> yea. >> that motion passes unanimously 6-0. commissioners, under item -- on item 26a and "b," 00861, 701 harrison street, for a large project authorization and office development. staff, are you prepared to present? >> yes. staff is prepared. >> great. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i just want to confirm that everybody can see the presentation on the screen. >> we can, thank you. >> the first item before the planning commission is a large project authorization pursuant to section 329 and 848, to allow construction of the seventh story, a 95-foot tall one-inch office building, with ground floor commercial along harriharrison street. pursuant to planning code sections 321 and 322, to allocate 41,991 square feet. commissioners, as a reminder, this is the first (indescernable) before the commission since the adoption of proposition "e." the findings are currently reflected in the draft motion before you today

into more detail about the work they are doing as well as other leaders of that committee, rodney fong with the chamber, rudy with the labor council and our treasure jose and my partner in this effort, president of the board of supervisors norman yee, amazing people and talented people working hand in hand to not only provide the guidance for re-opening san francisco for our business community, but economic recovery and what that might look like, what the new normal with guidelines in providing that to our businesses who are wondering, when i open what am i required to do? we want to continue to make sure we are getting you prepared for what we know is to come. just to talk a little bit about the next phase. i want to go over the fact that the state, and there is also some confusion as to the state guidelines that are different from the city guidelines. i want to clarify. the fact is the state has issued guidance for the entire state. now the numbers in san francisco are not the same numbers in napa county. everyone has a different scenario and different guide because they are facing d

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going

with me now is jim acosta and brian fong. jim, what's really going on here?president trying do this? >> the president is trying to change the subject now. it took him more than 12 hours to tweet about the 100,000 deaths from coronavirus in the u.s. he's trying to change the topic of conversation in the country. he told reporters in the last several minutes that he'll be holding a news conference in the next hour or so to talk about this executive order he's expected to sign going after social media companies. it's designed to rattle their cages. there's not a lot legally he can do to these private companies. it raises the question why is the president going after his favorite website, which is twitter. i asked the white house press secretary during the briefing, keyleigh mcenany, why the president is doing this, does he feel like he should not be fact checked? is he trying to silence fact checkers? we had a bit of a back and forth. i pointed out to mcenany that the president had thousands of false or misleading statements, that he told outright lies to the am

task force and the task force has said during their meetings that particularly comments by rodney fong, the cochair, this is a living document and we'r the city is nt going to wait until the final recommendations are made in august before acting. and so i do believe the recommendations that we make today can be taken into account and acted upon today and the sooner we get the recommendations in front of the folks from the task force and the city at a large, i think the sooner the city can act and i would hope the city not wait until august to act. so let me ask you a question. are you suggesting that this document should be tested on other recommendations for this task force? >> yes. i think it should be entitled proposal to save small businesses in san francisco. the title is less important to me than how we present it. in your opening that you just did so eloquently, you made it clear that this is about the task force and i just feel like that should be a part of what we're doing here, but i just don't want it to be too tied to the task force if the task force has a timeline that we

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquinay hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going to be looking at a significan

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going t

now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin >>> first of all, i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going

into more detail about the work they are doing as well as other leaders of that committee, rodney fong with the chamber, rudy with the labor council and our treasure jose and my partner in this effort, president of the board of supervisors norman yee, amazing people and talented people working hand in hand to not only provide the guidance for re-opening san francisco for our business community, but economic recovery and what that might look like, what the new normal with guidelines in providing that to our businesses who are wondering, when i open what am i required to do? we want to continue to make sure we are getting you prepared for what we know is to come. just to talk a little bit about the next phase. i want to go over the fact that the state, and there is also some confusion as to the state guidelines that are different from the city guidelines. i want to clarify. the fact is the state has issued guidance for the entire state. now the numbers in san francisco are not the same numbers in napa county. everyone has a different scenario and different guide because they are facing d

. >> i would like to shot out to norman reverend fong at the china community center for empowering young people for taking care of old people and for parts, for housing, for keeping it fun and as reverend fong says, you're beautiful. >> i will second that. >> i will second your statement. madam clerk, please call the role on the amendment. on number 28 -- (role call). >> there are 11 ayes. >> madam clerk, please call role on resolution as amended. >> item 28 as amended. (role call). >> there are 11 ay session. yes. >> it's adopted unanimously. >> okay, so basically, madam clerk -- any in memorium. >> this will be ajourned on behalf of supervisor peskin, alison wong and on behalf of supervisor peskin, is dave lupell. >> ok, colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, any other business before us today? >> just to thank our strong, technical team today who produced our meeting and thank you, guys, john, brent and to apologize to the public for the inconveniences. >> if you for staying with us and colleagues, thank you for indulging me in the last half an hour. meeting

course a popular tourist destination packed with restaurants and shops this morning we talked to rodney fong he is the president of san francisco chamber of commerce he acknowledges the fire at the warehouse does mean significant losses for several ferry boat companies and for crab fisherman. >>but says overall fisherman's wharf is fine and ready for business. >>museum echenique is just fine a pier 39 is just fine. the cannery to anchorage just find your early square is just fine and often we see these types of pictures we think it's so devastating to the whole area. a fisherman's wharf is actually finding an overture business all of those old classic restaurants. i don't number 9 eliot is number 8. asadullah tories are all open and they were getting ready and gearing up for on a curbside delivery a potentially even some street activations there's we have been reopened nothing people want to get outside. i'll tell you a fisherman's wharf, you know is for the most part in outdoor location outdoor destination. and as we begin to think about staycations fisherman's wharf is in history has been

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and rodney fong, president and c.e.o. of san francisco chamber of commerce. >> okay. today we have invited a number of business leaders and community service providers to provide us with their perspective on the economic response to the local emergency. as we head into the second month of sheltering in place, it's imperative that we hear from these groups and businesses themselves and put in perspectives to inform recommendations of the recovery effort. we know that there's not going to be a quick fix for turning the economy around. that's the unfortunate reality. but we do know that the economy will come back and that any effort to support our small businesseses should be developed with their voices and diverse experiences in mind. for that reason, we've invited everyone. we want to hear what you have to say. we're particularly encouraging members of the public to call in and provide their input and voices. we received a number of emails. so with that i'd like to introduce carlos solorzano, north region chair for hispanic chamber of commerce of san francisco to kick

. >> i would like to shot out to norman reverend fong at the china community center for empowering young people for taking care of old people and for parts, for housing, for keeping it fun and as reverend fong says, you're beautiful. >> i will second that. >> i will second your statement. madam clerk, please call the role on the amendment. on number 28 -- (role call). >> there are 11 ayes. >> madam clerk, please call role on resolution as amended. >> item 28 as amended. (role call). >> there are 11 ay session. yes. >> it's adopted unanimously. >> okay, so basically, madam clerk -- any in memorium. >> this will be ajourned on behalf of supervisor peskin, alison wong and on behalf of supervisor peskin, is dave lupell. >> ok, colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, any other business before us today? >> just to thank our strong, technical team today who produced our meeting and thank you, guys, john, brent and to apologize to the public for the inconveniences. >> if you for staying with us and colleagues, thank you for indulging me in the last half an hour. meeting

we appreciate you very much, thank your patients, you bet now is rodney fong with the staff to chamber of commerce we brought a tesla there in that conversation, yeah, and today is the day that this factory in fremont gets up to speed now yeah i guess reached a deal. >>with the alameda officials who weren't happy with reopening and figure out a way to do it from was will tran. >>is live in fremont with the story. >>the jury a lot of people talking on social media after i posted and said it helps when your name is ilan mosque and not ilan smith saw a lot of people are cynical that tesla got preferential treatment even though governor gavin newsome said they did not get preferential treatment from alameda county to fully reopen this morning you could see just how busy it is it is all speed ahead for their workers 11,000 workers at the plant. >>last week you might recall yuan must tweeted out and deaf fight. alameda county shelter in place by telling his employees to head back to work and if arrests were made that he should be the one arrested that force them to get back to the bargaining

task force and the task force has said during their meetings that particularly comments by rodney fong, the cochair, this is a living document and we'r the city is nt going to wait until the final recommendations are made in august before acting. and so i do believe the recommendations that we make today can be taken into account and acted upon today and the sooner we get the recommendations in front of the folks from the task force and the city at a large, i think the sooner the city can act and i would hope the city not wait until august to act. so let me ask you a question. are you suggesting that this document should be tested on other recommendations for this task force? >> yes. i think it should be entitled proposal to save small businesses in san francisco. the title is less important to me than how we present it. in your opening that you just did so eloquently, you made it clear that this is about the task force and i just feel like that should be a part of what we're doing here, but i just don't want it to be too tied to the task force if the task force has a timeline that we

titled von fong stormed in from the pacific 1st making a land fall in the eastern beside his region. when it struck the typhoon was a strong as a category 3 hurricane and brought with it destructive winds that downed power and communication lines to wrenshaw rain and threaten storm surges forced ports to close leaving many travelers and fishing boats stranded. in them and this a ballot sea of committing these sore thousands are in government or in shelters. one in which we need to prepare hope each other cooperate and listen to the announcements follow over officials so overtone will be safe the typhoon comes as the government plans to slowly ease restrictions in the entire region of the zone after placing it on their quarantine for almost 2 months in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country local government leaders say they will impose social distancing in makeshift shelters masks will be distributed and doctors are on standby overcrowding in evacuation centers as long been a problem in the country often battered by natural disasters many are worried the shelters c

task force and the task force has said during their meetings that particularly comments by rodney fong, the cochair, this is a living document and we'r the city is nt going to wait until the final recommendations are made in august before acting. and so i do believe the recommendations that we make today can be taken into account and acted upon today and the sooner we get the recommendations in front of the folks from the task force and the city at a large, i think the sooner the city can act and i would hope the city not wait until august to act. so let me ask you a question. are you suggesting that this document should be tested on other recommendations for this task force? >> yes. i think it should be entitled proposal to save small businesses in san francisco. the title is less important to me than how we present it. in your opening that you just did so eloquently, you made it clear that this is about the task force and i just feel like that should be a part of what we're doing here, but i just don't want it to be too tied to the task force if the task force has a timeline that we

. >> reporter: jeff fong is a socialologist at cal poly. >> we taught to cope with people, to interact is about, coping, right? >> it is coping. we need to connect again to the body, to the handshake, to the hug. but for the time being, that is not going to happen because our physical spaces have been emptied. >> reporter: and even as they fill up, we're still told to isolate six feet apart. >> learning how to live in a kind of social strait jacket is a new thing for us. >> reporter: steve cole is a geomics professor. >> we're likely to die, get cancer, to get heart attacks and alzheimer's, and more vulnerable to viral infections when we're lonely. >> reporter: blame what he calls our dinosaur brain. long ago being alone meant being a pretty easy lunch for something bigger and more powerful. our brains are wired, he says, to see isolation as a threat. >> what happens when we feel lonely is that dinosaur brain immediately computes not safe, and it triggers these physiological responses that get us ready for injury completely without us thinking about it. we may not even be aware of this