sophie long, bbc news, salt lake city. inly are high, and also lots of concern over coronavirus. we are talking about, earlier today, plexiglass, the plastic glass, dividers between the two candidates, so a lot of concern about security issues. yeah, of course. the debate itself is two hours away, but that really was the pre—debate debate, if you like. i am told there was a spirited to and from from the kamala harris campaign and that of mike pence. she was requesting further safety precautions put in place, he objected to this idea of plexiglas screens between the two, as they are going to be seated i2 two, as they are going to be seated 12 feet apart anyway. those screens have been installed on the debate stage behind me, so that isjust installed on the debate stage behind me, so that is just one of the safety precautions have in place. we know everone inside at home will be wearing face masks. the only three people who will be allowed not to have them on throughout the course of the 90 minute debate are the two candidate

sophie long, bbc news, salt lake city. n, i never thought i would see a approach trump potato bark and i never thought i would be asking about a plexiglass... thought i would be asking about a plexiglass. .. that was the pre—debate debate, the safety precautions that have been put in place following the presidential debate last week. kamala harris's camping had asked for additional safety measures. mike pence, has tested negative, but on tuesday, and we are told by the white house he and his wife were tested negative again today here in salt lake city, but he was at the event where it is believed the president and adviser to the present did contract the coronavirus, so what they wanted to put in place was plexiglas between the two desks. mike pence's campaign felt the fact that they were just over 12 feet apart should be enough, but that is now taking place, so we will see the two candidates sitting farapart, will see the two candidates sitting far apart, sitting at desk with placing less screens in between. 0ne reason mike

sophie long, bbc news, arizona. fuel tank exploded in the lebanese capital, beirut. the explosion caused a large fire to break out in one of the city's densely—populated districts. the immediate cause of the fire is still unknown. last august, a devastating blast ravaged the city, killing at least 200 people and injuring around 5000 others. hong kong has seen more than 1000 underage protesters arrested since anti—government demonstrations began last year. close to 700 of these young people have been charged with rioting. 0ur correspondent in hong kong, danny vincent, spoke to students shot by live rounds who now face imprisonment. a warning, viewers may find some of these images distressing. translation: i want to cry when i look at the mirror. he pointed the gun at me. i did not even know he fire the gun. ijust not even know he fire the gun. i just heard not even know he fire the gun. ijust heard a very loud sound, bang! this is the moment patrick, a 21—year—old student, was shot by a police officer at point—blank

sophie long, bbc news, arizona.city's cultural life have been gathering in parks to hear live jazz. with the famous jazz clubs closed, parks are a way for bands to earn money and find eager audiences. from new york, the bbc‘s tom brook reports. music in new york's central park, this trio can be found performing almost every day. and several miles away in prospect park in brooklyn, the kings county brass quintet holds court. new york cityjazz performers have been forced outdoors to the parks trying to eke out a living after the pandemic led to the closure of the city's music clubs. it's very bad. new york is the centre of the jazz world, and there's a lot of musicians who live off just, you know, playing live for people. and pretty much they were denied that. music i'm here about, like, two or three times a week playing with different groups. i was in central park yesterday, and, yeah, this is all we have being able to play outside, so hopefully it's not going to be too cold of a winter. the crisis in the city's jazz

sophie long, bbc news, arizona. hand, after the national lottery announced a scheme to help theatres stage pantomimes this christmas. it means the curtain will rise on up to ten pantos around the country, with as many as a quarter of a million tickets available. 0ur arts editor, will gompertz, reports. so, it turns out there is going to be pantomime this christmas after all. oh, no, there's not! oh, yes, there is. after the national lottery stepped in to the breach and effectively offered to subsidise about ten different pantomimes around the country by purchasing the seats that have to remain empty because of social distancing. it wasn't financially viable for producers to put on shows to half—empty theatres due to reduced capacity because of covid. but now the national lottery is paying for those unsellable seats, marked with an x, the show can go on.

sophie long, bbc news, wisconsin.am. we're told that in one village — 33 people have been pulled from the mud alive. at least a0 people are still missing. this is ha tinh province. rescue efforts are being hampered by bad weather. vietnam has been hit by successive storms this month — killing scores of people. nguyen hai yan is vietnam's red cross secetary general in hanoi, and had this update. the tragic loss of life for the misery and hardship to 100,000 people in central vietnam after the typhoon yesterday. three landslides have resulted in at least 22 people's deaths and 73 missing by the molave typhoon. flooding in new areas, including some areas in central vietnam and laos. along with the flooding, 89,000 homes have had their roofs blown off. over 700 communities are without electricity, and more damage to crops and infrastructure. but there is some good news — in late afternoon today, 29 october, we have rescued 33 people from the mud of the landslide. so we are very much looking forward to rescuing more people

our west coast correspondent sophie long reports from wisconsin.suburban woman likes you. isaid if the suburban woman likes you. i said why? why? why? echoed women's voices across the key battleground state of wisconsin. here is why. because he has pretty much done everything he can to destroy our rights. he has no clue what it is like to shop, to pay medical bills, to do anything, to work. he is disrespectful towards women. disrespectful towards women. disrespectful towards underrepresented minorities. i hope he has a lot of problems this election. minorities. i hope he has a lot of problems this electionlj don't of problems this election.” don't think he has any clue what goes on in the real world stop i think he is a jack as and the sooner he is out of office, the better we will all be. president trump has his very own style, and that many educated women in the suburbs embraced. some feel like they got what they paid for but others felt a creeping sense of buyer's remorse. and in an election year played by process and a pandemic, that has only i

sophie long, bbc news, salt lake city. debate from salt lake city, and you can follow it here on bbc news live in a special programme from 00:30 gmt. the prime minister of kyrgyzstan has resigned as opposition groups have taken control of key buildings and offices in the capital bishkek. opposition protestors occupied the parliament building early on tuesday following disputed elections on sunday. the election commission has now annulled the election results. jack kilbride reports. punching the president and then putting the routine. protesters inside the house of president jim acosta, also known as the white house. they accuse him of mass vote buying after sunday's collections or parties supported him when the largest share of the votes. so he is in hiding. idid share of the votes. so he is in hiding. i did manage to speak to the bbc. translation: hiding. i did manage to speak to the bbc. translationz” hiding. i did manage to speak to the bbc. translation: i am ready to give responsibility to strong leaders and i am even

katty: sophie long in utah, thank you very much. some half a dozen u.s.oliticians running for congress do believe in the conspacy theory group qanon. at m itst extreme, qanon maintains that there is a vast cadel ocrats running a sex trafficking ring. facebook, which has been reluctant sometimes in the past, yes to say -- yesterday saiwo it d remove all qanon ads from its platforms even if they contain no violent content. in august, facook says it took wn more than 1500 pages and groups connected with qanon and removed more than 6500 pages and groups tied to 300 militarized social movements. wh difference is this going to make? joining me is will summer, for the daily beast. how significa is this decision by facebook? >> itin is cer the harshest move we've seen from a social network against qanon. qanon had thrived on facebook. millions of people believed in qanon on facebook according to some studies. this was a place whe qanon sucked in people. people just happened upon a qanon item and suddenly found themselves pulled into these groups. so far facebook

let's check in with the bbc‘s sophie long who's in salt lake city for us. you. i would love to ask you about all the issues and what they are going to get into tonight, but i'm not, i'mjust going tonight, but i'm not, i'mjust going to ask you, is it safe? well, safety of course has been of paramount importance, and something that they are taking very very seriously. even i. are taking very very seriously. even i, to be standing here, allthe press have tojust be —— just beyond the perimeter of the fence have to be tested for coronavirus within the la st 24 be tested for coronavirus within the last 24 hours and as you can imagine what it will be like in the hall behind me tonight. as he warily pointed out, we now know that they will be sitting at least 12 feet apart from to be exact, and they will have plexiglass screen separating them as well. now, that is the result of what has been called a spirited to unfurl between both campaigns and the commission who is running that's, mike pence, didn't want that to happen, one assumes because that is a visual reminder

sophie long, bbc news, salt lake city.t later on the bbc iplayer. back to our top story — and all pubs and restaurants across central scotland have been told to close for more than two weeks, to try to help tackle a surge in coronavirus cases. the announcement was made at holyrood earlier by the first minister nicola sturgeon. of course, we have already taken perhaps the most important and certainly the most painful step we can to reduce transmission. for the last 10—12 days apart from certain limited exceptions, we have not been able to meet up in each other‘s homes. that should already be making a difference to infection rates even if because there is always a time lag between introducing new measures and the impact they have, we are not yet seen it reflected in our figures. and let me take the opportunity to emphasise again today how vitally important it is that we all stick to that rule. it's incredibly hard for all of us not to visit friends and family or have them visit us but it is the single most effective measure

sophie long, bbc news, salt lake city. the night, you'll be able to watch from breakfast time on the bbc iplayer. it will be shown again. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen. hello. we've seen a lot of dry, quite sunny weather today with fewer showers around. and that's because we've been watching out to the atlantic this next low—pressure coming in. so through this evening it turn progressively wet across many parts, except scotland. the south of scotland, i think, will see the rain, but for many other areas here, it's clearer, it's drier, it's chillier, but with all this rain in the south and a strong wind to go with it, it will be a relatively mild night — lots of hill fog as well. we could see up to 30—40 milimetres of rain, some quite heavy rain over the hills of wales, and it's still with us on thursday morning before it slowly starts to peter out. still quite heavy in the south before it clears. as it does so, the drier weather than will follow with some sunshine. further north, however, after the dri

sophie long, bbc news, salt lake city.gary 0'donoghue in washington. goodness, it is a sign of the times that there is so much interest in the vice presidential debate. yes, this would normally pass without too much note, quite frankly, but there area number of much note, quite frankly, but there are a number of reasons it is important. firstly, of course, this is the first time ever we will see a black woman in a vice presidential debate. that is an important milestone in american political history. and of course, there two bosses are history. and of course, there two bosses a re pretty history. and of course, there two bosses are pretty old, frankly. the former vice president is 77, and donald trump, with covid—19, is 74, so that old saying about the vice president being a heartbeat away from the presidency has a particular resonance in this particular state. and of course, with the lack of campaigning all of these people have been able to do, that also throws the focus on this. there's a lot at sta ke. the focus on this

many have watched as their communities 0ur correspondent sophie long reports from arizona. trump. aw, that's great. restaurateurs jorge and betty rivas certainly do. he is the right person to keep leading this country. we need someone tough, we need someone with the right ideas. we think that donald trump is the perfect person for another four years. but the threats to their business that followed their endorsement shows that not all latinos feel the same way. latinos have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic that shut down this state, and while the president's macho image may have impressed latino man, here in the heart of phoenix's latinx community, it has caused deep offence among those who lost loved ones to the virus. i think that his brazen disregard was really clear. but i think that for latino voters in particular, especially folks who know somebody that has been impacted, they felt the way that i felt — this man does not care about us. he doesn't care about us. we will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement. with the

sophie long is there for us.en the one presidential debate is a bit of a sideshow but not this time? no, you can really feel the excitement building. the debatejust really feel the excitement building. the debate just an hour away. 60 students will get to watch live inside the debate whole. protesters outside becoming more and more vocal. why so much interest this time around? it is notjust the age of the presidential candidates, both in the 70s, notjust that donald trump is still recovering from coronavirus so we do not yet know if the remaining two residential debate will take place, because of the pandemic, they have not been able to campaign in that normal weight so this is an opportunity for them to reach the american public and among them the undecided voters. they have one shot with the election less tha n have one shot with the election less than a month away. iam i am concerned whether you would treat every american equally. she is known for her incisive questioning.” equally. she is known for her incisi

our west coast correspondent sophie long reports from arizona.ir president. latinos love trump. aww, that's great. restaurateurs jorge and betty rivas certainly do. he is the right person to keep leading this country. we need someone tough, we need someone with the right ideas. we think that donald trump is the perfect person for another four years. but the threats to their business that followed their endorsement shows that not all latinos feel the same way. latinos have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic that shut down this state, and while the president's macho image may have impressed latino man, here in the heart of phoenix's latinx community, it has caused deep offence among those who lost loved ones to the virus. i think that his brazen disregard was really clear. but i think that for latino voters in particular, especially folks who know somebody that has been impacted, they felt the way that i felt — this man does not care about us. he doesn't care about us. we will be protected by the great men and women of our military an

sophie long is there.ere are huge safety precautions in place. it means we, the media, are outside. you can see the debating hall behind me, a0 metres away, and there are not even commentators coming here. we have had very little access. we watched the debate, a much more normal debate, a much more normal debate, which is what people we re debate, which is what people were hoping for, it was more civil, both candidates addressed each other politely. the american people wanted to hear more about policy. i think they got to do that. but there we re they got to do that. but there were of course some very obvious questions dodged. the role of the vice president, mike pence, went first and simply did not answer it. did not even pretend to answer that question. kamala harris, having had a few moments more to think about it, she did the same. there are several occasions where questions were dodged. i think we had lots more about a wide variety of policy. the moderator still had a tricky job. there were interrupti

sophie long is at the university of utah in salt lake city, if the bowls are to be believed, and theywrong in 2016 with hillary clinton, really all kamala harris had to do is hold the line and mike pence had to move the needle. did you feel that there was anything from this that did that? yes, you are right, joe biden has currently got a significant lead in the polls. they didn't get it very wrong in 2016 and, even if you do when at the popular vote as hillary clinton did that, it does not translate to victory because of the electoral couege because of the electoral college system of voting. they had two differentjobs. kamala harris had to maintain the lead and do no harm stop mike pence was seeking to turn it around. kamala harris i think did quite well as far as that was concerned. a much more civil debate. they were much more polite to each other than we heard from the presidential candidates last week which reduced itself to name—calling that debate. mike pence talked about what a pleasure it was to be on about what a pleasure it was to beona about what a pleasure it was to be on

sophie long, bbc news, salt lake city.is at high risk of fraud and of firms being unable to pay the money back. a report by the national audit 0ffice found that the scheme was vulnerable to multiple applications and organised crime. angus crawford reports. meet sue and dave, victims of a fraud that came out of the blue. i've just gone from tears to anger. now, i'm going to be scared to do anything. a fake company, a new bank account. sue's identity stolen by criminals. it's got your mother's maiden name. oh, my god. my god! that's correct, is it? yes. you have set up a business. what? sussiebuddy services. they're having a laugh, aren't they? the gang then got themselves a government bounce back loan in sue's name. i'm gobsmacked. absolutely gobsmacked. so you applied for this loan, sussiebuddy services. you're trading as that. 50 grand. at 2.5% interest. that's immoral. today, we announced a brand—new... the bounce back loan scheme was set up by the chancellor in may to help struggling firms. but, today, the national audi

sophie long, bbc news, salt lake city.has reported its profits have soared, as people bought more food during the coronavirus pandemic. the supermarket giant said sales in the uk and ireland rose more than 8% over a six month period, and it made a profit of £551 million. let's get more on this with our business correspondent sima kotecha. yes, jane, well, some analysts say that supermarkets have been the winners during this pandemic, and tesco's results definitely reflect a very rosy picture. £551 million pre—tax profit in the last half year, so that goes until the end of august this year. however, it's not all good news, they did make a loss with their banking side of the business, 155 million there, so definitely a dent on the balance sheet as a result of that, and also other experiences of trouble that other experiences of trouble that other experiences of trouble that other experiences there supermarkets have experienced. i am joined to talk about the extra cost and what lies ahead for tesco. talked me through your fir

sophie long is there for us. l have a look at foreign policy in a moment, let's have a look at environment as well in a moment of all, that was the topic of the debate, it felt like quite a strong, feisty start for a viewer, for someone trying to get into this. what was your impression of the whole show? it was certainly a very strong start for kamala harris, the first question of course was the pandemic, it was always likely to be, it has been dominating the preparations for this debate and it dominated the opening part. she had a very strong start and as you saw there and basically said, making the case that their handling of the pandemic meant that they had forfeited their right to re—election. we will just get a few stats coming through now, in terms of this debate it was very different to the one that we saw a week ago, the one that we saw a week ago, the first presidential debate, thatis the first presidential debate, that is what people had hoped that is what people had hoped that it wouldn't be fraught wit

the debate is taking place in salt lake city in utah and sophie long is there. known for her incisive questioning of president trump's nominees for the supreme court. i know full well the importance of presidential leadership. he has been president trump's right—hand man for the past four years. tonight they will take to a specially—adapted stage for a debate that will be watched by tens of millions of voters. vp debates are not normally the headline act of a presidential election campaign but this one is anything but normal. given the age of their bosses and the fact that president trump's recent hospitalisation with coronavirus means we don't yet know if the remaining two presidential debates will even take place, tonight's meeting between kamala harris and mike pence will be the most important of its kind in history. they take over under the death or the resignation of the president of the united states. when you have one candidate that's fairly old and one candidate that's sick right now, everyone is talking about that. there's no way that you can't talk abo

sophie long, bbc news, wisconsin. eight minutes to seven.me. vishala is taking a look. we knew it was coming. there has been much talk. such a difficult time for a lot of people? yeah, it probably hasn't, is a huge surprise. but businesses will have to lay off some people to survive. sadly, that means big changes to people '5 lives. morning, everyone. if businesses are planning to make more than 20 people redundant, they have to notify the government. over the period of the pandemic, that number has been rising steadily. but what we saw in september was a big spike. in fact, around 1,700 employers told the government they were planning to make cuts — that number close to the record seen earlier in the year. we spoke to sarah, who worked for a small asbestos removal company. she was devastated when she heard that herjob was being cut. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, i hadn't been there just two years, so my actual redundancy package isn't great. the job market is pretty dire. i've been looking mainly at office administration, which is where i

our north america correspondent sophie long has more.. she is a senator from california known for her incisive questioning of president trump's nominees for the supreme court. i know full well the importance of presidential leadership. he has been president trump's right—hand man for the past four years. tonight they will take to a specially adapted stage for a debate that will be watched by tens of millions of voters. vp debates are not normally the headline act of a presidential election campaign but this one is anything but normal. given the age of their bosses and the fact that president trump's recent hospitalisation with coronavirus means we don't yet know if the remaining two presidential debates will even take place, tonight's meeting between kamala harris and mike pence will be the most important of its kind in history. they take over under the death or the resignation of the president of the united states. when you have one candidate that's fairly old and one candidate that's sick right now, everyone is talking about it. there'

our west coast correspondent sophie long reports from arizona.ved ones to the virus. i think that his brazen disregard was really clear. but i think that for latino voters in particular, especially folks who know somebody that has been impacted, they felt the way that i felt — this man does not care about us. he doesn‘t care about us. we will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement. with the election now just days away, campaign ads fill the airwaves, but so too does misinformation that feeds people‘s fear. and fear is a very real thing in neighbourhoods like this one, where some will have fled countries where people die because there is no law and order, yet they become increasingly fearful of law enforcement here too. just as the past four years have deepened divisions across this vast country, they have exposed divisions in latino communities too. i saw 902, but i haven‘t seen 833... around four million latinos have come of age in the last four years. they‘re determined to use their new political power and s

a welcome to south of visionaries may sophie shevardnadze granted the human body with technology has long ceased to be side by but now it's merging computer with the most sophisticated machine of our own be human brain is a crazy fantasy of some enthusiasm or a not so distant future when i ask the world's 1st sidebar professor of.

welcome to yourself think of visionaries be sophie shevardnadze a man to the human body with technology has long ceased to be satisfied but now it's merging. the most sophisticated machine of our own behave when brain is a crazy fantasy of some enthusiastic are not so distant future while i ask them while our side bar professor of cybernetics at commentry and reading universities kevin warwick. kevin warwick professor of cyber headaches and comment tree or reading universities and the world's 1st cyber a kevin so great to have you with us. so many things have been coming up in the news lately so the technology of implanting alex roads into the brain cortex is at least 20 years old and the electrodes in the brain have already been used to control epileptic fits in people yet mosques near a link project is presented as a giant leap forward why. well. that's what it's done to. but it is good in some ways but the moment he just been experimental along with. so there's no human joy i was here not only. but only the choice of probably electrodes they're yours and not rigid the electrodes and i have im

sophie? stocks went to a high this monday. after the long weekend, the check on free and trade this morning. we will get an outlook from india. in sydney we are watching the an australian -- ore clocks a record september. let's go for a quick check on the markets this morning. we are seeing yen slightly under pressure but holding steady. the aussie dollar trading softer after a two-week advance. looking at the kiwi is the offshore yuan is raising strength. let's pull up the chart to see the retreat. n, we coulde yua get more weakness as health officials amplify their intervention after making it easier to short the ram and be -- reminbi. remainedimulus talks deadlocked in washington as president trump and speaker of the house nancy pelosi blame each other. the president has been sending shifting signals for the amount of stimulus that he wants. trump: the republicans went to do it we are having a hard time with nancy pelosi. she thinks she can influence the election deny think they are hurting themselves by not doing it. roz, it was a busy w

sophie, this place has closed its doors now, it is after ten o'clock. by wednesday there will be many places across this liverpool city region that will be closing their doors for the longre now. this isa there is a weariness here now. this is a place that has already experienced ten days of tough restrictions. people here are told they have been placed at the highest level. yes, to bring cases down. yes, to save lives. there is an a cce pta nce yes, to save lives. there is an acceptance here that needs to happen. but speak to some people in hospitality, and they are asking the question, why? why the liverpool city region has to close its pubs when you just go down the road to greater manchester, with high coronavirus cases, and their pubs are remaining open. some days, the news is hard to take. the strictest coronavirus rules. in liverpool, it will move to the highest level. there is no hope, because you don't know the end. avoid household mixing. pubs, bars to close. a los appeal will be panicking. food bags are big thing in the city. everything i love and care about, the theatre and events industry has been stripped from me. it's another level of confusion. danny own

sophie: ahead of this lawsuit, there's been plenty of support on the antitrust risk so there was not much in the way of surprises from this lawsuit. there will not be any longt on googles revenue. favor of alphabet. this is perhaps the end of the beginning of the company's legal woes and a successful case to break up the tech giants. that will change upmarket leadership. jp morgan has been calling for this shift to this year's stock laggards for sometime time now. seeing rotation coming after the u.s. elections. a potential peak of tech earnings revisions, that could be the trigger. we are seeing forward estimates the nasdaq having lag the s&p since august and recently, we for been u.s. stock gains materials and industrials getting relatively stronger. haidi: sophie kamaruddin. let's stick with tax. netflix tumbling in late trade after results and outlook missed estimates, renewing doubts about the ability to maintain growth as knocked down sees. guest. us now is our what happened in these result? that the pandemic boom is waning, compounded by the fact that we have a lack of fresh content coming through? >> both points that you just made. in huge surge in

sophie just mentioned, election hedging. how much are we seeing this happen with dollar strength and how long will this continue for?ng to see more of this as the election gets closer. i am expecting that to investors to take risks as you put it off andboard, reduced exposures into the election. when you look at the early voting patents in the u.s., a lot of the sewing states have low earlysonably voting turnout. election is live. i am expecting the dollar to strengthen and the election. outperform as well. i am looking for gold to move higher as well into tuesday. shery: we have seen significant strength on the chinese yuan. that has come with more strength in the chinese economy. this as we have the plenary session going on right now. we are going to get some long-term goals for about 15 years. how much of your investment decisions will focus on what china and policymakers plan to do? play aink it is going to very important part. we think them -- we think 2020 has demonstrated to the world the importance of china and the increasing importance a will have. china is the loan star -- the ne star in the world. will be

sophie: stocks are gaining ground, the nikkei to 25 adding .4%, softbank rising more than -- begin holding and anz coming out with upside to go longd checking in on the open and south korea after an eight day game, we're seeing that event being extended. slightly under pressure but still trading on april 2019 highs, given the impetus we've seen from stop flows and current account surplus. and we have the boj decision on wednesday, some upbeat commentaries from that and president moon holding a meeting on the new deal initiative. checking in on the session in istralia, trading at a march but call stocks under pressure in sydney on china's coal import ban preview the aussie dollar just holding steady this morning and we do have the premarket session in hong kong being canceled on the strong signal being raised but the hong kong dollar still trading little offshore yuane this morning holding to overnight losses, the biggest decline since march. stability likely to be seen from chinese stocks with bullish signals. haidi: bridgewater associates found that china has an advantage over the u.s. on a range of issues. our next guest says in

sophie maxwell as well as mr. moran for winning the seat and all the commissioners. mr. harrington thank you for taking up the mantle. have a long and distinguished career and we appreciate that. mr. paul son, we totally look forward to working more deeply with you also. you are the right people to be in this position at this moment in time and i want to thank commissioners cain and vitor. they'd done amiefg work for community and related to the -- amazing work and related to the p.u.c. and other issues across the board. i had an opportunity to speak at the last meeting about the importance of the [indiscernible] in san francisco. in a far distant past others might have [audio digitizing] i want to say from our committee to you, we appreciate the stance you took in order to ensure san franciscans were taken care of. it was fun to fight with and not against you this time and making sure san franciscans are taken care of in this unprecedented time and it hasn't gone unnoticed from our position in the middle of this new covid reality. we actually do get to talk to people on the street. we like to interact with them in a way that ot

sophie maxwell as well as mr. moran for winning the seat and all the commissioners. mr. harrington thank you for taking up the mantle. have a long distinguished career and we appreciate that. mr. paul son, we totally look forward to working more deeply with you also. you are the right people to be in this position at this moment in time and i want to thank commissioners cain and vitor. they'd done amiefg work for community and related to the -- amazing work and related to the p.u.c. and other issues across the board. i had an opportunity to speak at the last meeting about the importance of the [indiscernible] in san francisco. in a far distant past others might have [audio digitizing] i want to say from our committee to you, we appreciate the stance you took in order to ensure san franciscans were taken care of. it was fun to fight with and not against you this time and making sure san franciscans are taken care of in this unprecedented time and it hasn't gone unnoticed from our position in the middle of this new covid reality. we actually do get to talk to people on the street. we like to interact with them in a way that others