more that people in the markets are bit more confident you know the chief of the german american chamber of commerce we just heard about the relationship between at least europe and the united states with the democrats coming to coming back into power in the house of representatives hopes are rising here that you know the tone between the americans and at least the europeans might become a bit more conciliatory and also people here are continuously confident about the u.s. economy the democrats in the house will do nothing to really muffle or significantly slow down the economy in the u.s. on the contrary it's likely that they will seek some sort of cooperation with the trump administration at least in some fields like. infrastructure bill not a big one like trump has promised but at still something to keep the economy in the u.s. going what about u.s. government debt something the americans never seem worried about. that's true but people in the financial markets have been quite worried about reckless way that the administration has you know done policies likely to increase the budget deficit in th

trade conference between two countries that are eye each other suspiciously in berlin the american chamber of commerce held its annual conference on friday and as yes for the dollar has had german carmakers and their u.s. exports in the crosshairs there was plenty of demand for discussed and were a meeting of religion. and perhaps a location was chosen to urge the participants to rise above the economic strife dominating trade with the u.s. at least that's what people here at the american chamber of commerce's annual conference are out to do. but how should business leaders react to the new free trade agreements or the america first policy. history shows the free trade and economic openness are in all of our best interest i don't know of any other policy or economic philosophy short of capitalism itself that is done more for more people than free trade trade you know broad ideas around the world that brought innovation that allowed cultures to flourish that's no different today where trade goes prosperity in peace generally fall and it's something that we can't give up. those encouraging words can't m

we asked the head of the american chamber of commerce in germany frank sport allowed what the election results mean for german american trite. we on the one hand have to fear that the democrats and republicans will not be able to work together at all that would mean no legislation of any type being passed we also have to be a little bit concerned that the democrats might use some of the control they gain in the house to launch a lot of investigations which maybe may have merit in some way but which certainly would distract the country from what it needs to do. on the other hand president trump has shown that he is willing and able to use his executive authority to do things basically the trade actions that he's doing are based for the most part on executive authority so i don't see least not initially a major shift in the trade situation unfortunately by the way let's get the word from god i believe in our financial correspondent in frankfurt the head of the american chamber of commerce in germany they're selling very skeptical about the political gridlock in u.s. politics the market r

divided congress for more on this now joined by franks for to larry is the president of the american chamber of commerce in germany frank what does this outcome mean for transatlantic trade relations well you already is the key word a couple of times and that's gridlock we on the one hand have to fear that the democrats and republicans will not be able to work together at all that would mean no legislation of any type being passed we also have to be a little bit concerned that the democrats might use some of the control they gain in the house to launch a lot of investigations which maybe may have merit in some way but which certainly would distract the country from what it needs to do. on the other hand president trump has shown that he is willing and able to use his executive authority to do things basically the trade actions that he's doing are based for the most part on executive authority so i don't see least not initially a major shift in the trade situation unfortunately by the way not even if we're looking at china couldn't couldn't the democrats help ease trade relations with china. well you kno

. >> reporter: she the chairman of the oakland african american chamber of commerce. >> black sunday gives an opportunity for all businesses to not only display their goods and gifts and their talents but for us to have a connection not only to the community but to circulate the dollar in our community. >> reporter: there are 20 vendors but organizers hope it becomes an annual tradition. >> hopefully it will take on. >> reporter: she calls it about getting exposure, networking.elissa harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> winter has come early. the san francisco treasure island. yep. that is snow. children had a blast playing in the 20-tons of it that was hauled in. it featured exhibitors, food and entertainment. santa claus also made an appearance. >>> a winter storm is moving across the mid-west and bringing blizzard like conditions. hundreds of flights chanceled in chicago and 200 flightler canceled -- canceled in chicago and 200 flights delayed. air travelers saw almost 500 flight cancellations. this is what it looked like in kansas city where workers de- icing planes. >>> our chief me

more that people in the markets are a bit more confident you know the chief of the german american chamber of commercewe just heard about the relationship between at least europe and the united states with the democrats coming to coming back into power in the house of representatives hopes are rising here that you know the tone between the americans and at least the europeans might become a bit more conciliatory and also people here are continuously confident about the u.s. economy the democrats in the house will do nothing to really muffle or significantly slow down the economy in the u.s. on the contrary it's likely that they will seek some sort of cooperation with the trump administration at least in some fields like. infrastructure bill not a big one like trump has promised but at still something to keep the economy in the u.s. going what about u.s. government debt something the americans never seem worried about. that's true but people in the financial markets have been quite worried about reckless way that the administration has you know done policies likely to increase the budget deficit in the

. >> apparently, ambassador branstad mentioned that to the american chamber of commerce in china. >> can't comment on that. what i can tell you is this. it's normal for heads of state to meet inside meetings, at the g20 or at the g7. >> so you're saying the white house didn't ask for the meeting? >> i have no -- i can't say one way or the other on that. what i'm saying is that g20 -- of course, he's gonna meet with president xi. >> the president, as recently as august, said that the chinese were manipulating their currency. you have recognized that the chinese manipulate their currency. why do they do that? why aren't we calling them out for it? >> treasury secretary steven mnuchin gets very upset when others in the administration talk about the particulars of currency manipulation. here's what i can tell you, and i think -- >> wait. so this is a turf war. this is a staff turf war. >> yeah. he views that as his domain. here's what i can tell you. china undervalued its currency and was the worst currency manipulator, it's generally recognized, from about 2003 to about 2014. and when a

william garrett from the american chamber of commerce saying that if we see a renaissance of reform,hat could help close the divide between washington and beijing. also a segment from the european chamber of commerce saying the reforms were overly timid. they acknowledged the europeans were optimistic around comments that president xi has made in terms of reforming the world trade organization in terms of speeding up a deal between the europeans and chinese. they want is the implementation at a faster pace. the chinese are still essentially betting that the size of their consumer market will be compelling enough to push back against some concerns that are boiling up under the surface. they are front and center in washington and brussels. president xi has said he is going to wrap up imports the chinese market. the fact that you have the like of facebook and google in this hall, two companies that are banned in china, reinforces to many of chinese policymakers in the halls of power that their consumer market is enough to compel these companies to keep coming here. david: you would be h

. >> reporter: he is the chairman the chairman of the oakland african american chamber of commerce. >ay gives an opportunity for all businesses to not only display their goods and gifts and their talents but for us to have a connection not only to the community but to circulate the dollar in our community. >> reporter: there are 20 vendors but organizers hope it becomes an annual tradition. not just in the bay area, bullet nationwide -- but nationwide. nationwide >> hopefully it will take on. >> reporter: she calls it about getting exposure, it is about getting exposure, networking. >> being able to be encouraged. o be encouraged. networking.elissa harrington, is -- elissa harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> in a moment what scientists help to learn when nasa lands on mars and more rain on the way to the bay area. chief meteorologist bill martin will tell us when and how much to expect. to expect. ♪ ♪ ♪ connecting people... ...uniting the world. >>> we are learning more about the moments leading up to a deadly officer involved shooting at a alabama mall in which police say they shot the

we arranged for the chief engineer to meet with the african-american chamber of commerce to reach out to members and bid on the contract. on may 24 an optional prebid meeting was held in bayview. 17 contractors attended. as a result of our efforts all of the lbe firms on the subcontractor list were contacted by port staff. now back to erica. we will be available to answer questions at the conclusion of the presentation. >> thank you, tiffany. the city public works requires contracteds to the lowest responsible bidder. the responsibility is based on the prior relevant experience. class a with five years experience, three civil years projects in the last five years and safety history. minimum qualifications are barriers to small firms. we strive to develop minimum qualifications that are inclusive to lbe firms at the prime or subcontractor levels. they perform in the level for you bids. delivery requirements and subcontracting requirements. on june 21 port staff received three bids for crane cove parks and the 19th street parking project. the estimate was $17.5 million. the final bids a

to learn about contract opportunities in partnership with the san francisco african-american chamber of commerce we had a matchmaking session on thursday september 27th at pier 1. it is part of the effort to encourage and promote diversity equity and inclusion. we take this from you seriously. the mixer was attended by over 150 individuals over 100 small san francisco businesses. at the event large contractors networked with small owners to connect and build relationships for upcoming contract opportunities. on november 7th we will host a technical workshop. a brag bag lunch specifically tailored to upcoming engineering r.f.q. you approved. at workshop we will provide information about proposal preparation, continues on building new proposals and how to avoid submitting defaults. coming in january new contracts. upcoming contracts, we have our formal engineering two that you just approved that will be hitting the street five days after the technical workshop on november 13th. this r.f.q. will have four $3 million as needed engineering contracts. we have four as needed real estate economic and pl

the president of the american chambers of commerce said if we get a sweeping statement from president xi of a trading access, lowering barriers of entry, a broad range of sectors, that could alleviate concerns of his members. it could play into what we have been hearing from president trump. we know he has told his people to draw up potential areas of agreement for when they meet in december.es in we are hearing signals about that. it will be interesting whether they actually move the dial and what this could then do is articulate the divide between these sites because the chinese think they can address these issues by buying more. they talked about this thing and attempt to show they are serious about the global trade surplus. president xi is committed to buying. china has committed to buying $24 trillion worth of goods from abroad, but if you break it down, it is not much more than the total imports in 2017 on an annual basis, so they want to hear more in the u.s. and europe from president xi. if we don't get that, it could show the divide that remains. about reality, not many compa

chamber of commerce, the american chemical council, the national association of manufacturers, and numerous others. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that their letters of support be entered into the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. johnson: now, recently i have been asked to -- now having gone through all of this work, all this oversight, taking that responsibility seriously, i've recently been asked to support a one-year reauthorization of the program without any reforms. without any consultation, secretary nielsen just sent me a letter completely ignoring our work. and has -- completely ignoring the work our committee has done informing me of her support for a, quote, short-term, unquote, extension. today i was told the house plans to pass not a one-year but a two-year extension with no reforms. the house is claiming they cannot possibly consider reforms because there's simply not enough time because they haven't done any oversight, because they didn't mark up a bill in this congress. yet the house committee on homeland security has had years to act. my committe

of inevitable progress. you are a cheerleader for vulgar american can doism with the spirit of silicon valley and chamber of commerce. you are a prak in additioner of wig history a polyanaand gloss alluding to the character who declared for best in all possible worlds. well as it happens it was a true optimist would believe there can be better worlds than one we find ourselves in today. but all of this is irrelevant because question of whether progress is taken place is not a matter of faith or having optimistic temperament or sunny disposition or seeing the the glass is half full. it is a hypothesis and all of their differences people largely agree on what goes into human well being. such as -- life, health, prosperity, peace, freedom, safety, knowledge, pleasure, happiness. all of these things could be measured if they increase overtime i submit that is progress. let's go to the data. for most of human history life expectancy at best hovered around 30 years of -- life expectancy, today it is 71 worldwide, there is fair amount of diversity in europe and americas it is closer to -- it is exceeds 80 years. and even t

americans. >> unfortunately there are forks at the business roundtable, the chamber of commerce who really don'tou or i, or wives, family and friends and millions of americans who care deeply about this country, they don't care what we think. >> is shameful. >> lou: a few thoughts on general motors surprise announcement. a moment of callousness and maladroit analysis and strategy. it reveals far more about general motors than its management would like any of its investors to know. consider the president of the united states has made it clear to business leaders that jobs had better return to the country. the millions of jobs that they have out outsourced to cheap foreign markets. then exporting their products into the united states will no longer be tolerated labor arbitrage is what it's called. it's an fancy expression for killing american jobs. management must do far better than simply expand margins by employing cheap workers. >> this is the home of the american dream. and executives like those at general motors are trying to return us to the nightmare years of clinton and bush and obama. so

. >> several african-americans coalitions came together to host this. this is the chairman of the chamber of commerce. >> black sunday gives an opportunity for these businesses to display their goods and gifts and talents and have a connection not only to our community but to circulate the dollar back in our own community. >> reporter: this year there are about 20 vendors and organizers hope that this would become an annual tradition. not just in the bay area but nationwide. >> we hope that this will become black sunday usa. >>reporter: she said it's about getting exposure and networking and promoting positivity. >> to be encouraged -- this is an empowerment. >> in oakland reporting. >>> still ahead, a long time search -- the latest on the disappearance of ray taliaferro. >>> a violent weekend at the us-mexico border. more on the impact this may have on the immigration debate just ahead. >>> land of blue jeans. muscle cars. bald eagles. and burgers. and while muscle cars lost their muscle. blue jeans got all skinny on us... i can't feel my legs. and bald eagles got, well, balder... oh no, is it obvio

american out of work. somebody is doing their jobs now. >> so caller, when it comes to the asylum process, your question or comment please. >> caller: this is the chamber of commerce and big business bringing cheap labor into the country. >> let's go to steve. steve will be our last call from alabama. independent line. >> caller: the purpose of the asylum bringing all the refugees in, the purpose of all immigration, legal and illegal in this country is to destroy the white race. asia is a swarm with billions of non-whites. africa the same. >> what's the best thing to watch for in the next couple weeks? >> concerning the group at the border, we're having all these people waiting tijuana, they are only threating 100 a day come into the port of entry and apply for asylum. there's a case currently being adjudicated in california as to whether or not the metering process is legal. so i think that is going to be an important thing to watch. there's also the legal case over the administration's new asylum ban for individuals applying in between ports of entry. we'll see that adjudicated as well. and we're going to watch the administration pour in more resources to the im

undermine the borders if it is the national us chamber of commerce and big business and corporate incentive to bring low-wage workers here to disadvantage american workers. >> hollywood continues the assault on the right and ice age and. >> we saw it received a call from a neighbor about a taco truck the taillight is cracked it belongs to carlos and maria gonzalez outstanding removable order. >> you are used to dealing with people that are scared and vulnerable but if you don't get out of this truck. >> what did they do except give us everything to growth in the country we thought was the most compassionate in the world? . >> sorry we are following government orders. >> this is the incitement to violence to abolish ice movement adopted by democrats and academia and now hollywood thousands of agents serve our country honorable and if they don't want these laws don't create anarchy. >> cs here alive but first our guests are standing by who will take on the these folks, they don't have time to go to the post office they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any

chamber of commerce came up with the idea shortly after lee's death. members say naming the international terminal after lee would highlight the city embracing chinese-americans. >>> right now at 6:08, we are starting to see the sun rising this morning, a little bit of light in the sky, and still a lot of smoke. pretty thick in parts of the bay area. willow glen will start out with some cool temperatures again this morning, only at about 43 degrees at 8:00, and then reaching into the mid-60s today, which is slightly above normal. we will see a slight improvement in the air quality today in spots, but still smoky and unhealthy especially if you have breathing problems. our high in concord today headed up to 70. san francisco today 64. i'll show the temperature trend for fremont coming up, and mike has a look at the morning commute so far, it's been pretty good. >>every where except for hayward, we have trouble sorting out what's going on. all over the bay green, green, green, hayward 880 southbound from "a" street we heard of the first crash, what i reported to you a few minutes ago. second crash reported there at 92. i think they're the same crash, because th

chamber of commerce which portends a different two years of the proceeding two years. and then i do think there is this lack of appreciation for history, this lack of identification with the americannk you. >> thank you. >> appreciate your time. >> thanks. >> well, three counties in florida missing their recount deadline and their incompetence means that people's votes just weren't counted. why is this happening in florida again? don't miss amazon's black friday saleound starting november 16th. ♪ with deals in every department, low prices and free shipping on millions of items. the amazon black friday sale, november 16th to the 23rd. ♪ >>> so, it is official, the florida senate race is now facing another recount. this time by hand. new numbers released by florida secretary of state show republican rick scott leading democratic senator bill nelson by 12,603 votes, or .15%. that is within legal margin for a hand recount. but three counties in the state failed to meet today's deadline for machine recounts, and i'm talking about broward, hillsboro and palm beach counties. that means their initial tallies, their totals from last week, those totals will stand. broward county was actuall

part of american fabric and society, latinos today contribute $1.5 trillion in purchasing power, 10th largest economy in the world. latinos, this relates to the u.s., hispanic chamber of commerce, my day-to-day work, this is why i am an optimist because, we control the future workforce of this country. we control the future vendors and people who do business in this country. and we also, obviously are the largest and fastest growing consumer base for this country. latino businesses, 86% of small- business growth between 2007 and 2012 was contributed by latinos. many of those of course, mexicans. there are a whole lot of jobs that latinos have created for non-latinos and latinos. and there is no wall, as you well know, higher or long enough to exclude us from the country in the future by 2061, -- 2060, one in four americans will be hispanic. we will -- in the great southwest, the fastest growing communities today in north dakota, alabama, georgia, pennsylvania, louisiana, south dakota and utah. there is a reason why montana is named montana, because mexicans lived there too. it is really montana. mexicans are here in our homestead and homeland to say 33 million latinos had been

chamber of commerce. we participated in that. then that night there was a very good turnout. deputy chief gonzalez and i attended americans night. they were honored. firefighter dwayne for community service and matt lane and steve kingler for efforts and rescues in a house fire in excel see your district. october 20th i was flanged by perfectly uniformed assistant chief cochran at the drill at the college prep. we appreciate father reese who is the president there. a lot going on at the school. they welcomed us and made for a more real drill because they had other activities going on at the school. my hat is off to the captain for the work work she does in coordinating the work as well as the san francisco fire department members. we had 250 to 300 participants. i am amazed by those that give up saturday morning to spend three or four hours to hone their skills. realistic drills were conducted. the two deputy chiefs and i toured the site and gave opening comments and just wanted to again let the community know it is a free program. the neighborhood emergency response team program. i know commissioner covington has comple

are a part of americans society, latinos today, should be 1.5 trillion dollars in purchasing the tenth largest economy in the world. latinos as it relates to the u.s., the chamber of commercemy day-to-day work. i'm an optimist because we controlled the future workforce. we controlled the future of vendors, we do business in this country and we also are the largest and fastest grossing growing consumer basis. for this country. latino businesses, 86% of small business between 2007 and 2012, attributable by latinos. there are a lot of jobs for latinos, and non- latinos. there is no wall as you all know, long enough to exclude us from this country. but 2061, we are not confined to our ancestral geography in the great southwest. the fastest growing latino communities today, north dakota, alabama, georgia, pennsylvania, louisiana, south dakota and utah. there is a reason why montana mexicans live there, too. it's really went on you. mexicans are here to say 33 million latinos have been born in the u.s. it will only keep us in. not keep us out. i just want to conclude, by sharing with you, that as we look to the future, and open it up to questions, 80% of the doctor that are mexi

chamber of commerce takes a look at the fence and aerospace exports. that gets underway at 11:30 a.m. eastern. >> this weekend, on american history tv, saturday at six: p.m. eastern. peter carr michael talks about public reaction to photographs of the dead at the 1862 battle of antietam. the people were changed by a strange fell. this was a terrible fascination that these people had with death. these photographs in the end all that they really did was satisfied this morbid satisfaction. >> at 8 p.m. on lectures in history, arizona state university officer kyle longley on president lyndon johnson and the vietnam war in 1968. >> he was one of the most powerful presidents in american history that transformed the country for better and for worse. giving up our to search for peace -- up power to search for peace. that's pretty. -- pretty big. major step. it all relates to what? what is the issue? vietnam. >> sunday at 8 p.m. eastern, on the presidency, ronald reagan attorney general edwin is about president reagan's use of government -- views on communism. >> had two people, both leaders, one in the secular world and one of th

chamber of commerce came up with that idea shortly after lee's death. members say naming the international terminal after lee would highlight the city, embracing chinese americansreportedly further expanding its south bay footprint, snapping up more silicon valley real estate. the mercury news reporting the tech company recently purchased chesapeake commons complex. it's in sunnyvale. that site currently has space for about 1,300 workers, but the paper is speculating google may redevelop the property and turn it into a larger satellite campus. >>> most people usually don't equate holiday shopping to buying a home, but one new study suggests maybe you should. that's because december has the sixth best days of the year when it comes to value for u.s. home buyers. december 26th tops that list. people who actually close their purchase on the day after christmas got the deepest discounts for low market value, saving as much as $2500, although getting the discount at all in the bay area is a much taller order. >>> so imagine moving to a new country where the person you love starts abusing you. there is something called the violence against women act, which is designe

chamber of commerce came up with the idea shortly after lee's death. members say naming the international terminal after lee would highlight the city embracing chinese-americans. >>> happening today the air qualitied related closeeurs continue for some of bait area's most popular tourist spots, due to the smoke from the butte county wildfire. the golden gate national recreation area closed many locations since late last week, including alcatraz, golden gate bridge welcome center as well. leaders plan to meet later today to decide if those locations can reopen tomorrow morning. >>> happening today, the state of yosemite's seasonal road closures there, the eastern end of the park, and glacier point road east of the sky and snowboard area typically close from november through may. because heavy snowfall is expected tomorrow, those closure also take effect today. it's possible those roads could reopen following the storm, but only if weather conditions allow it. >>> and this is the latest at cuyahoga pass has opened since 20 2007. here at home, mostly clear skies, south bay seeing improved air quality todays. an we head over to east san jose to the neighborhood o

american out of work. so when it comes to the asylum process, your question or comment? asylum,this is not an this is chamber of commerceig business bringing cheap labor into the country just like they did always. host: steve will be the last call from alabama, independent line. caller: the purpose of all immigration, legal and illegal, is to destroy the white race. it is a swarm with billions of nonwhites. africa, the same. host: ok. once the best thing to watch for the next couple of weeks with a group of the border, the larger assignment process overall? guest: the group of the border, we have a lot of people waiting in tijuana because the administration is engaging in a process in which they are only letting 60-100 asylum-seekers her day come in to the port of entry. there's actually a case currently being adjudicated in california as to whether or not the metering process is legal. i think that is going to be an important thing to watch. there's also the legal case over the administration knew asylum bands for individuals applying in between ports of entry. we'll see if that continues to be adjudicated as well. and

chamber of commerce. with his great expertise and he served as director of economic development for the city of san antonio among other positions. next we have fay berman, a mexican-american writer who chronicles the cultural and political life of the hispanic community and used her current work is published in a variety of mexican publications concern which are read from across the hispanic speaking world. her book "mexamerica" was awarded the international latino book award in 2018 and finally mario hernandez will be our moderator today turkey is the director of public affairs at western union and he's responsible for the development of public affairs strategies to reach western union is various constituencies in the u.s., mexico, central america and of the caribbean. so with that we will start. thanks. >> great. excellent. good morning. buenos dias. again, my name is mario hernandez. i work for western union, and one of the things i like a lot about my job is the opportunity to meet a lot of immigrants across the united states in traditional receiving cities like los angeles, chicago, houston. but also in merging receiving communities like nashville, tennessee, like pl

american democrats. >> obama went down. >> it is interesting that this, they were very much sort of trump-like republicans. not necessarily suburban republicans, chamber of commerceepublicans, more trump-like republicans and stacy abrams and andrew gillum come up short. >> how many governor races you have the right of the party and the left of the party. >> but the message that's going to send to democratic presidential candidates and major democratic donors about what works and what doesn't, you know, to get to the presidency, you got to win florida. so it's just going to have an impact on how democrats think about running for president when that race starts tomorrow. >> the bottom of the hour. >> the two big stories of the night the house is now, will now be in the control of democrats. the question is, by how many, and in the last three minutes, they crossed the threshold. they have the 23 necessary to take control of the house of representatives. at the same time, republicans have, okay, we're looking at the house estimate here of how many seats we'll end up with. senate control will be retained by the republicans. >> all right. so now we're talking about, ch

american jobs, people -- bipartisan nominees for the export-import bank blocked by two or three members of the senate, doing the bidding of the white house, costing us thousands -- and this is coming from business interests, chamber of commerce, national association of manufacturers, people -- "wall street journal" places like that. this is costing us thousands of good-paying manufacturing jobs because of complicitness in the majority leader's office and because somebody at the white house has a problem with the export-import bank. nobody can understand what it is. these nominees have strong bipartisan support. instead of voting on that to create jobs immediately, immediately in my state, we're voting on someone who will make it easier for the fed to roll back and water down more consumer protections. miss bowman failed during the hearing to provide the committee with any insight on her views on monetary policy and regulation, on financial stability. in other words, all of the issues that affect our economy she'll make decisions on. we've seen what's happening at the fed. we've heard their plans for rolling back rule after rule after rule. today vice president -- vice chair quarles said the fed came to our committee last wee