brian sullivan sits down with the u.s. ceo of b&p with his take on returning to work, the global energy crunch and u.s. equities in 2021 and beyond. it's tuesday, october 19th, 2021 you're watching "worldwide exchange" here on cnbc >>> good morning i'm frank holland in for brian sullivan while he's in hollywood. here's how your money and the global markets are setting up that you are day after the s&p and nasdaq closed at record all time highs stock futures are up marginally, all the indexes up a quarter per sen, dow looking to open more than 50 points higher at the open the bond market, the yield on the ten year this morning below that really crucial 1.6% mark. right now at 1.584 we'll keep watching that and crude it's still hovering above $80 a barrel another closely watched metric right here for the economy right now we're seeing brent crude at $84 a barrel. wti, the u.s. benchmark up a percent right now. >>> and bitcoin, still above the crucial $60,000 mark this morning. looking right now we see bitcoin up 1.5%, at 62,

brian sullivan is down in d.c. big allegations here, brian. >> there are good morning, courtney i drove down 95 thinking this was going to be some big in-person fiery hearing. i may be the only one in person because now it's virtual still there are some fike works expected congress row khan of california really organized this. there was a leaked video in june of a former lobbyist making damning claims to an undercover green peace person about how exxon mobile for years had created disinformation about their role in climate change, hiring shadow groups to spread this misinformation a around it. this hearing begins at 10:30 eastern time this morning. where you have ceos of exxon, chevron, the u.s. heads of bp and shell, and then the ceos of the american petroleum institute and the u.s. chamber of commerce being hammered and grilled in what is expected to be a six-hour long virtual testimony over their role in miss and disinformation as well this is going to be sort of this in-person hammering at the beginning now i g

our own brian sullivan is there. he spoke with former saudi energy minister.>> there are so many things happening in saudi arabia now around vision 2030 i have to begin asking you in your previous life as energy minister, what is happening with global energy right now is nothing short of remarkable. we are seeing real energy, power outages and more in europe right now. what less ones would you take that the u.s. could and should learn right now? >> it is remarkable but predictable. we have talked about it for many years that the world has to be cautious we have to invest reliability, sustainability realizing that the transition will take decades and it is not a switch you can make overnight. giving our own signals whether it is with investors or policy drivers. we have basically been given good intention and idealistic accelerations with physics and the law of nature. this is a multidesignation basically been given the signals not to invest. given back money to invest in shares and taken in capital to the slow growth and renewable energy we have deprived the l

that's why our own brian sullivan sat down with one of the biggest names in the natural gas business digging into why this is happening and how long that surge in prices is likely to last. >> we are very pleased to be joined by toby rice, ceo of eqt energy they are the largest natural gas producer in the united states. if it was its own country it would be ranked 12th in the world, but they're in pennsylvania, the marcellus shale up into new york, and the entire middle east region. appreciate you joining us with maybe the biggest single global story going on right now in laymen's terms we've tried and you're in the bibusiness, explain to us what do you think is happening with the natural gas markets in the u.s. and particularly around the world. >> it's pretty simple. we're seeing an energy crisis in europe and asia. the pull on l&g to feed their markets, keep their factories open, supply the public, has reached extreme levels and that ha has risen the price of natural gas in the united states love to get into what has driven this almost panic buying that we're seeing in europe and a

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and you're watching "worldwide exchange" here on cnbc >>> good morning i'm kortney regan in for brian sullivan let's get you a check on the u.s. stock futures and we are looking red here across the board, the s&p 500 indicated down by 10 points, the dow jones off by 100 and the nasdaq indicated lower by 27 points this comes after the dow jumps 150 points yesterday to hit an all-time intraday high. the s&p 500 closing higher for its six straight session crude up nearly 8% this week oil prices this morning wti just a hair under $83 a barrel here at $82.96. and brent crude is at $85.12 take a look at crypto. we're watching the space as bitcoin surges to another all-time high. this morning you can see here above $66,000 here look at that soar. ether is higher by 2%. bitcoin higher lite coin higher by .75% we're going to talk later in the show about the reasons behind the moves so you have to stay tuned for that let's get to your stock of the day, tesla posting record revenue and profits for the third quarter. results driven by improving margins and appearing to rise above the chip shortage. tease

i'm brian sullivan here we go it looks like the everything rally is going to roll on again today.ures are higher once again. nasdaq futures up more than .5%. dow futures up about 100 points. there is another big day of earnings on tap. so far the numbers we have seen have been good bank of america doing a nice wrap up of the numbers so far and here is what they found. in all, as of right now, 117 s&p 500 companies have released their numbers. of those, 79% have beat on earnings per share 72% on sales and 62% on both eps and revenue. on average companies are beating analyst estimates by about 4%. but two groups of stocks are doing much better than the overall averages the banks, the financial stocks beating by an average of 13%, and oil and gas stocks beating by about 7%. look at those numbers, pretty good >>> getting a check on this morning's big money movers, speaking of oil and gas or not tesla hitting a $1 trillion market cap yesterday on news that hertz is ordering 100,000 cars to build out the electric vehicle fleet. tesla closing up 12% on the day, one of the best days in a

i am brian sullivan. you, welcome back. we have big news involving the biontech booster shot. a phase 3 trial shows high efficacy for the booster and the variants meg tirrell is joining us now. meg, it was a little confusing we know the booster already exists i am assuming, tell me i'm right. if i am wrong, i have to go back and correct myself that this will be the booster for everybody, not just the elderly or those immunocompromised? >> well, this is the booster that could be for everybody. currently, the pfizer folks are only authorized in those specific groups. let's actually go over that. because last night, we got the word from the fda that boosters for everybody or at least the groups for each vaccine have been authorized. so now moderna and j&j folks are on track to get boosters, too. this is how it breaks down, essentially for j&j, everybody two months out can go get another booster. it is basically any beers they want, they can mix or match, get a pfizer or a half dose of moderna, moderna booste

watching "worldwide exchange" here on cnbc >>> good morning, happy friday, i'm frank holland in for brian sullivan kicking off your friday morning with u.s. stock futures deep in the red to kick off a new month and a new quarter of trading right now futures down about three quarters of a percent or more, the dow looking at this point like it's going to open up about 200 points lower at the open this after stocks ended september on a down note the dow sinking 1.5% yesterday to kick off the worst month since 2020 and not that much better for the nasdaq and the s&p 500 both coming off their worst months since march of 2020 you're seeing the trends here. in this case the s&p snapping a seven-month win streak this is also the nasdaq's worst performance in a decade. 10 of the 11 sectors were down in september with materials leading the losses a 7.4% slide. all of this as the ten-year yield dips below the 1.5 level sitting at 1.491 the rising bond yields a factor in the nasdaq having a tough month. and a rough session around the world, as we see a prime minister transition happen in japan, a decline ther

the $78 a barrel mark as opec decided to stick with its yut put schedule let's get out to the brian sullivanh more on the impact brian? >> kelly, hey, good afternoon. given rise in oil and grass prices there was some chatter amongst those of us that poll opec close that it might have been some kinds of drama at the meeting. not only was there no drama it was the fastest opec meeting every according to his royal highness 25 minutes there have been multiday opec meetings the group is dialed in here's what they are going to do they announced they are going to basically continue on plan, that plan is to add 400,000 barrels per day prorated by member nation to the market every month. next month theoretically they will add another 400,000 the problem is that given demand around the world is starting to pop as we are seeing covid cases drop steeply in many places that may not be enough. there is a lot of demand out there. kelly, it is not just from all of us driving everywhere you have been on the roads you know that traffic in many parts in america has never ever been worse. but it's that because

i am dominic chu in for brian sullivan on this friday morning.how your money and investments are looking as we're halfway through the 5:00 a.m. eastern time hour. stock futures right now just about stable the dow is higher by 13 points now. the s&p lower by 2 points and the nasdaq down by 50 points one sector to watch today, app developers initially getting a bump after google announced it would reduce the company's cut from subscriptions on its android app store. now shares of bumble jumping 7% yesterday on that news dua lingo shares climbing. you can see when they cut fees the profitability might improve for these app developers to more of your top stories silvana is back with those. >> so the cdc has approved booster shots for moderna and johnson & johnson's covid vaccines the agency's advisory committee on immunization practices recommending the moderna booster for elderly people and at risk adults six months after they got the second shot. the cdc endorsing j&j boosters for everyone 18 and older who received the initial shot two months ago t

. >>> good morning i'm courtney reagan for brian sullivan. our sarah eisen set to speak with treasury secretary janet yellen but first a quick check on the markets. the u.s. stock futures this morning the dow jones indicated lower by 50 points, the nasdaq down by 128 points this morning after we got the disappointing earnings reports from apple and amazon the s&p andnasdaq did close at all-time highs outside of stocks crypto popping once again, this time it's ether hitting a record high, it's up 55% in october if you look right here up almost 3%, more than $4,300, and bitcoin is up about .5% to almost 61,000. your two money movers, apple and amazon revenue at apple falling short of expectations while earnings in line. this is the first time since 2016 they failed to beat on earnings and the first time since 2017 that sales missed as for amazon, the company missing on the top and bottom lines and delivering disappointing guidance for the holiday quarter. this is the first time since the start of the pandemic that amazon has missed bottom line

brian sullivan is now joined by howard marks >> thank you and somebody you spoke with in an interview on july 30th. good to see you. welcome. you told kelly on july 30th, you said you were not concerned about valuation. the market ticked a little higher not a lot. i would assume nothing has changed. you still remain optimistic about equity markets generally valuations, growth trajectories, et cetera. >> i think the most important single factor is what you called the growth trajectory. we're still seeing growth in the economy. i think we'll continue to see it for a while. i think valuations are high but not unreasonably so. you know, i think the s&p 500 is selling at roughly 20 times forward earnings the historic average is 16 on the other hand, valuations are heavily influenced by interest rates we have the lowest interest rates we've ever seen. it wouldn't be silly to have the highest valuations we've ever seen and we don't. so i think it's okay it's viable. >> we always hear buy low, sell high but you can also here buy higher if you're bullish equities on a macro level, does that me

scott minerd with our brian sullivan out at the -- don't put the hat back on, brian it hurts it is too -- >> kelly, eric is a los angeles kid like me. this is kelly. we are also out there tonight or tomorrow good luck to eric and everybody. >> before we go, brian, i have to say one thing you know tommy lasorda was a dear friend of mine. >> yes >> i want to give a piece of advice tommy gave to all of the fans, which is if you don't root for the dodgers you may not get into heaven. >> we can rest easy with that at least. scott and brian -- >> what about the angels >> thank you so much >> by the way, kelly, the vw ceo in an hour >> we will have more today and tomorrow >>> still ahead, a new industry report raising red flags for next year's mortgage market. we have dire warning ahead we are monitoring the latest from apple's product launch. look at the shares don't often see this they turned positive a little bit, up half a percent right now. we will bring you more updates in a moment. stay with us ♪ i had a dream that someday ♪ ♪ i would just fly, fly away ♪ paola needs a parachute. so, s

i'm brian sullivan thank you very much for joining us happy friday it is looking like a happy friday with the everything rally looking to roll on again today the dow popping 500 points on thursday the best day since july. yet solid numbers out of bank of america, walgreens, boots alliance and united health that all helping the index. but it wasn't just earnings. it was buying across all kinds of markets the s&p 500 and the nasdaq each up 1.7% and unless we see a big change today, all indexes are on track to end their week higher like we said, it is the everything rally oil staying on the rise. brent crude above 85 bucks a barrel crude oil here above 81. and in cryptos, it's not there right now, but it was earlier tonight, bitcoin breaking above $60,000, its highest level since april. what a round trip that has been 60k down to below 30 and now back to just under 59,000. if you're a crypto investor you have to take some pepsid or whatever it is because that is a volatile market. it's the same thing around the world with buyers coming into asian stocks as well investors cheering news o

i am dominic chu in for brian sullivan the dow is implied higher by roughly 59 points.&p up about 8, nasdaq higher by about 66 markets are calmer right now >> nike is facing a $20 million lawsuit over allegations of abuse. and naming the former coach accusing him of emotional abuse after joining the project in 2012 the allegations were raised in late 2019 when she appeared in a new york times op-ed nike described the claims as deeply troubling and announced it was scrapping the organ training program saying china's ongoing crack down would lead to the economic crack down in the country saying that crockdown could have broader ramifications. >> i think we might be looking back at this period in six months and say, gosh, isn't it obvious that this would be a major slowdown in china? major and unexpected slow down which should have a big impact on commodities generally the latest federal contractor to implement rules. it would allow despite a ban on the matter in the home state the move by the texas-based operators defy the demand. both have asked employees to submit proof

joining us from the milken conference is todd boehly along with our brian sullivan. y again, those are the ones we know there's a spac today, horizon acquisition picking up vivid seats today, today is the first day. todd, part owner of the dodgers with a big game today, and the lakers, who have a big game tonight. you have your fingers in everything, todd thanks for joining us. >> absolutely. >> reporter: so what are you trying to build with eldridge? i look at the pieces i get them separately. what is the whole connection >> ultimately it is a holding company which makes a diversified pool of investments, and, you know, so we're permanent vehicle that, you know, is myself and one partner, and our goal is to make good investments and keep compounding. >> reporter: i can say it definitely leans entertainment, right? we talked about investments in draftkings the vivid seats deal, by the way closing today at horizon >> thank you very much. >> reporter: you own golden globes, you will redo it and thank you because it needs to be redone you will modernize it. what is the e

brian sullivan is here and he's tracking this closely.catalysts for why this is happening. hey, brian. >> becky, good morning how much time do you have? i mean, what's not the catalyst. in the united states, obviously we have boosting demand. we have reduced supply in some cases. oil production has not gone up the level ha demand has gone up. if you look at traffic statistics in many cities we are seeing traffic above even pre-pandemic levels nobody is taking mass transit, everybody is driving not quite at records but still up a bigger story around the world. again, we're not sort of harping on this too much because you can't harp on it too much. let's talk about europe. in europe, they are seeing natural gas prices in some cases, 25 or 30 u.s. dollars equivalent our natural gas prices can you see, down a little bit right now, we're at 5.5 bucks. why are we at 5.5 bucks and europe at 25 or 30 with china, by the way, paying over 30 for liquefied natural gas. the result of a couple things. number one they didn't buy a lot of storage during

i'm brian sullivan, happy monday it is not maybe the most happy monday for stocks, at least right now. it is very early the futures they are slightly down, down a couple tenths of 1%. dow off 65, nasdaq off 58. nothing to go back to bed over yet. all three averages snapping three day win streaks but remember the macro markets did well last week, ended up and, in fact, the dow posted its best week since back in june. not bad. it's been, and remains, all about oil and gas this year and energy is still rocking and rolling. up 5% last week, trying for its fifth straight winning streak in a row. we are seeing gas and oil prices up again right now, crude oil is above 81 a barrel. natural gas, it did snap a six week win streak falling at least here but in europe prices are about 500% more than we are paying we'll get more on that throughout the day i'm sure. and the wild ride for wood may not be over just yet lumber futures up more than 6% on friday. up 15% last week for their strongest week since july. lumber up 52% in the last seven weeks. had a spike, then a drop and now it's up again. an

i'm brian sullivan, thank you for joining us that stock move by kathy wood is not on the only move move she is's making more on that in a minute. >>> your global markets are setting up your thursday, stock futures are higher across the board. nasdaq nearly 1% dow futures about .75% all of this coming after another wild session on wednesday that saw the dow erase a more than 400 point loss from bottom to top. we're talking about a 526 point swing for the dow. same for the broader s&p erasing its own 1.3% loss for its biggest single day swing since last february. nearly a year. wow. yields not spooking investor rs this morning the 10 year holding just above 1.5% but not moving the markets a different story for energy oil coming off a sharp reversal yesterday for the worst day in weeks. this morning crude is down again. the biden administration is now talking about the rare move of potentially oil from the strategic petroleum reserve and/or even banning crude oil exp exports. more on that in a bit. same story for natural gas it is lower but natural gas still higher than it was one month ag

good afternoon or good evening and welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching i'm brian sullivan thank you for being with us. it's good to be back with you. as can you tell from the show's open, there's a lot of news to get to today futures, they are lower across the board right now. we are down about 79 points on the dow, 67 higher percentage on the nasdaq now on friday, it was a good start to the month of october, but otherwise it has been weak lately in fact, the nasdaq 100 is actually down 3.5% over the last five sessions. the s&p down about 2%. the worst weekly performance since all the way back in february now bond yields, they have been a big part of the story, the 10 year yield down, back below 1.5% right now. we have hit oil this morning, slightly lower but it has been red hot lately crude oil 9% in the past month do keep in mind there's an opec meeting later today. expectations are the group will add 400,000 more barrels a day to the market but is that enough to cut prices or is demand growing faster we will monitor that opec meeting all day. we have helima croft in a f

i am brian sullivan, good tuesday morning, let's great right now to these markets after big tech took a punch to the gut yesterday, selling, though, not following through today. at least not for now we are seeing futures holding up in fact, they are higher nasdaq futures, the ones to watch, not dow, they are up 71 points now needless to say, monday was not a good day for most tech stocks that is not editorializing check out these random stocks on the nasdaq, it fell more than 2%, a huge move for that index only 11 nasdaq 100 stocks rose on monday, and 33 of those fell more than 3% ouch guess what, news and cable companies did well on monday in fact, one of the only up stocks, the best performing name in the nasdaq 100 was fox. it rose nicely what else worked on monday not much but fear did as the vix moved higher crypto also did well as a haven, bitcoin kind of slogging and clawing its way back toward 50,000 right now it is up again, 679 to 49,873, cryptocurrency products and funds reported inflows for a seventh straight week last week that's according to coin shares, inflows to the s

i'm brian sullivan good to be a back with you happy thursday morning here's how your money is shaping up on this thursday. stock futures are higher across the board. dow and nasdaq each up more than .5%. the nasdaq futures up 131 points dow up 200 as well this is after we were up pretty much -- exactly totally flat on the dow wednesday. from economic today we get the latest producer price index. a lot of focus on inflation and the weekly jobless claims data banks are in focus once again. earnings today from bank of america, citi group, wells fargo, morgan stanley, u.s. bank corp., all out today wow, all that after j.p. morgan easily beat expectations yesterday in part because of better than expected loan loss and a little bit of release from its reserve but we won't talk about that ahead of the results let's check on treasuries. the 10 year yield, pushing back lower. it is at 1.54% we also have to talk about the story in the global markets and that is, what else, energy costs on the rise. oil right now back above 81 per barrel here, 84 per barrel in europe and natural gas creeping clo

i'm brian sullivan, thanks for joining us let's jump right in. futures are down mildly right now. by the time the show is over nasdaq futures off .2% all this after the market posted some markets -- i just said it, nasdaq futures are in the green as well. so we could see an up day for big tech yields are ticking back higher. back above 1.6%. energy, of course, one of the biggest stories of the week, of the month, of the year oil hitting its highest level since october of 2014. we are seeing crude oil down a bit from its high of yesterday, but still above 80 bucks a barrel a number of stocks in energy hitting 52-week or all-time highs. names like devin, apache, marathon, hess and more. we'll get more on where to invest according to goldman sachs. that is your rbi and that's what they call a tease. stick around we'll have that as always towards the end of the show. >>> crypto, bitcoin is trading at its highest level since may, 57,400 remember the all-time high was 63,333 but bitcoin has been red hot the last couple of weeks. we'll get more on that in a few minutes. >>> around the wo

. >> thanks to scott and brian both for the interview a programming note, brian sullivan will be backower lunch." >>> coming up, bitcoin in the spotlight. it has been a long wrong from bitcoin's initial explosion to its implosion, and back again. what will the arrival of the first bitcoin futures etf mean for its future we will discuss that next. growing up in a little red house, on the edge of a forest in norway, there were three things my family encouraged: kindness, honesty and hard work. over time, i've come to add a fourth: be curious. be curious about the world around us, and then go. go with an open heart, and you will find inspiration anew. viking. exploring the world in comfort. >>> welcome back look at bitcoin, bouncing above $62,000 today, just above that level right now, getting close to the all time high of 64,800 from the spring. one big driver hopes for a bitcoin etf. we are getting the futures etf tomorrow kate rooney joins us with the latest >> etf excitement is the crypto headline tonight it's seen as an legitimatizing moment for the investing class and could bolster

and brian sullivan joins to us talk about that right now. gasoline prices and natural gas where it is a lot of us are going to paying, quote, higher taxes with gasoline and heating costs that aside you've got four ceos and trade groups u.s. chamber of commerce visiting virtually capitol hill today where they will be grilled primarily by democratic congressman ro khanna and it's now pushed back at 10:30, essentially to accommodate the president announcing his big spending bill there are going to be tough questions, andrew about the oil companies' roles in not only climate change but also producing misinformation about climate change all sparking from that leaked undercover video from greenpeace back in group, with lobbyists admitting, yeah we use shadow groups, shadow interests to divert misinformation, whatever and man-made role, fossil industry role, in climate change expect a lot of difficult questions. expect a very long hearing expected to go six-plus hours as well guys, we're going to hear two things from the oil companies, chevron and

our brian sullivan is in d.c. , brian >> good morning, carl. there is a live look we are waiting for this hearing to begin serge we are going to see the witnesses, the big oil ceos and representatives from the chamber of commerce and american petroleum institute all virtual but the congressmen and women asking them questions and some cases probably hammering them as well, will be in that senate room or house room, so wear waiting for that to begin as well we've gotten some of the opening statements this will be contentious and long it could go over five or six hours. i've seen the opening statements from a few of companies, they are i'm prepping our audience, they're long as well comments from both the carolyn maloney from new york who is one of the ranking members with congressman ro khanna of california quote, we'll demand accountability from big oil for their role in fueling the climate crisis and deceiving the public this hearing is about two things not only about climate change, but it's about the fossil fuel

and southwest air, what they've been doing doesn't work in other words, someone this morning -- brian sullivan was talking about they do a 15-minute turnaround versus 30 when something has worked for years, we discover it's the problem? i'm not buying it. >> you're not? >> no. i'm not buying it. >> a lot of the scheduling is making assumptions about traffic and maybe they were just running it hot. >> but this is southwest first they say we're not going to do a lot, we're going to furlough a lot of people, come back, put more flights on for columbus day is this southwest air or the keystone cops? what i love about gary, they're smarter than everybody else. i do know -- we've been talking about how their information technology is not good they underspent on i.t.? southwest is king of i.t. >> we are going to ask the questions and we'll see what -- >> he's the best there is. >> meanwhile, let's talk about the stock price and/or the airlines overall, jim at this point. we can see southwest shares seem posed to at least go up a bit in the early going here they were down yesterday >> oh, yeah. >> you

brian stevenson speaking after sullivan v florida which had to do with juvenile punishment and whether non-homicidal offense can be sentenced to life without parole. it us listen. >> to say any child of 13 that you are only fit to die in prison is cruel. we believe that the constitution prohibits that kind of punishment and if the court should enforce that in this case and in the graham case. we are very helpful -- hopeful that we can create a just prudence that the sense of children ration it's -- rationally and appropriately, some have to be punished and sent to prison but we don't believe any child of 13 should be condemned to die in prison. susan: what did sullivan v florida due to the system? ladoris: as a result of that case and a member, but he was talking about, these are juveniles who who are sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for non-homicidal conduct. they did not engage in murder. the court has said you cannot basically agree with brian stevenson. you cannot sentence them to life without possibility of parole for non-homicidal conduct. that is what brian ad

brian: and jake sullivan has to answer questions too he's all over this.long when will we find out. steve: the fbi never releases information about ongoing investigations because a lot of types it doesn't pan out and then you don't want to soil somebody's reputation if it turns out there's nothing there. brian: did hillary clinton actually pay for the dossier, that be one question maybe they could squeeze out on the view. steve: well, there is some connections so maybe we'll see that. you know the other interesting story that she led that newscast with was the fact that down in georgia, they fired those election workers for shred ding ballots, and now, there are going to be a lot of people who said i knew that was happening back in the last presidential election. there's no evidence of that. it was happening in anticipation of this november's elections, and so what's going to happen is , if somebody, you know, sent in that application, and it wasn't processed because it was shredded, they are going to be given a provisional ballot as they try to figure out

sullivan attended, bill burns attended, is that correct? >>> that's correct. >> did tony blinken attend? >> his deputy. >> his number two deputy, windy sherman? >> no. mccann. >> his number three deputy, brian mccann. do you know where tony blinken was on saturday, may 8th? >> i don't. >> do you know if he used any dod resources to travel between may 7th and may 10th? >> i can certainly find out, but that's not something i would -- >> i understand it's not right at your fingertips, but i think we should get it quickly. i would like to know if secretary blinken used dod assets, air bases, personnel, air crews or ground crews to travel between may 7th, 2021, and may 10th, 2021. thank you for that. secretary austin, who chose september 11th as the date by which we would withdraw from afghanistan? >> i'm not sure that -- well, certainly that was not a military recommendation but the military, when asked to provide an estimate of how long it would take to retrograde our people and equipment, that number fell in the range of possibly up to 120 days, but certainly much shorter than that if we were uncontested. and as it turned out, we were uncontested. that date takes you to the end of august. >>

sullivan. >> aye. >> wald. >> aye. >> commissioner wan. >> aye. >> the motion passes. thank you again, chris. next item, please. >> item 7. presentation on energy access sf and progress to date. deborah rafael and speaker kathleen brian item is for discussion. >> thank you. wow. these are such core programs for the department. it is wonderful that ushhearing about ipm and energy efficiency in the same meeting. as you know, san francisco has aggressive de carbonization goals. we want to get off natural gas. we want all electric in buildings. equally, we want to reduce amount of energy or electricity we need to operate buildings. that gets you to the importance of energy efficiency, decreasing the load in a building. we need that to be cost-effective, accessible to all san franciscans, to businesses large animal to the residential programs. for years we had a public private partnership or partnership with p.g.e. that was called energy watch. that ended in 2020. what p.g.e. did. we are not having these public partnerships. public agencies if you want to work with us, you have to bid like anyone else. we had to write a proposal to pg&e to put ourselves out as provider of energy efficiency services. we looked at our stren