ariba and i foregoat to mens, please note public comment is an opportunity for the board to hear from the community on matters within the board's generation. jurisdiction. if you have a complaint about a district employee, submit to the district supervisor and as a reminder, board cools d rules ds to respond to questions during the comment time and if appropriate, they will ask the staff followup with speaks. as members of the board of education, you should be fundraising money for our students and schools. budget cuts are not the way to help our school. the spanish emerging helps many kids. it's not easy being a middle-school teacher. the budget for next year make my teacher's jobs harder. teachers deserve a budget that supports them. students need an education, full class sizes, updated des textbo. the ones we have are old without updated information. this budget cut will not make this possible but reduce the that materials. so this is why we're asking within the proposed budget to fully fund or gyms to help educate all our students of all colour and all income. [cheers and applause

ariba headlines. the ministry of finance -- here are the headlines.ce saying they will raise tariffs, the global times editors thing china may start purchasing -- may stop purchasing u.s. financial -- u.s. agricultural products. traders not waiting for that. europe taking another light lower, particularly the dax. in other asset classes, it is a flood to say paving continuing. dollar-yen down .6%. vix slightly elevated. , it feels like equities continue to take it on the chin when it comes to trade. other asset classes taking it in stride. david: a bumpy morning. let's figure out what is going outside the business world. we turn to viviana hurtado with first word news. viviana: china striking back. the minister of finance concerns says beijing will boost tariffs on some u.s. goods. the move coming as no surprise after the u.s. raise tariffs on chinese products last friday. china vowed to retaliate. -- warnedtrump word china retaliating would only make matters worse and tweeted china had a great deal almost completed and backed out. mike pompeo making