denise, bryan, mary, beckie evans and bob paul. please line up. you have two minutes to speak. thank you. >> good afternoon, denise louie. i wanted to start with a definition of the word bio diversity. it was coined by renowned scientist e.o. wilson who referred to natural assembly of plants and wildlife. that's important to me because i'm interested in native plants as a member of the california native plants society. i can tell you there's hundreds of plants native to san francisco. so when you want to plant something that is drought tolerant in your garden think about the local native plants, not just, you know, those non-native suculants, please. so one of the reasons that it really does matter what we have in our gardens is that, well, okay, a few months ago a professor from san francisco state university explained that according to the historical records san francisco had nine species of local native bumblebees. nine species. two of them for sure have gone extinct and another two are suspected of having gone extinct because we haven't seen them for a while. four out of ni

. >> beckie evans on behalf of the sierra club. we support this resolution. it's pleasing to be here and see the cooperation of the people from the different city departments vm i'm impressed by the fact that the san francisco children's program have a swath of san francisco's public open space that was under to guidance of the federal government. i hope you will support this. i think it's a good start. we've got a way to go and i think it's a good thing for the department of environment and the city to be doing during this incredible time of pressure on our public lands. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. board of supervisors and fellow citizens, my name is ryan tachiana, the youth programs organizer from environmental justice. the bio diversity of our city is related to the well being of all living organisms including us. bio diversity is the foundation of the ecosystem services that clean the air we breathe, protect our homes from rising sea levels and provide a healthier tomorrow for a children and future generations. it's i

morning welcome back to "squawk box" on cnbc i'm andrew ross sorkin joe kernen is back kelly evans is here. beckyas the day off. as joe mentioned, big news, china announcing retaliatory tariffs this morning details released around 4:00 a.m. eastern time. more on this in a minute first look at the response in the markets. we are taking a tumble in the futures. u.s. equity futures dropping 300 points on the news let's see the dow, opening up closer to 460 points down. the s&p 500 off about 38 points. the nasdaq looking to open down about 119 points let's show you what's happening overnight in asia. i wish we could show a chart so you could see the move hang seng off about 2% let's see how markets are reacting over 1% already in germany treasury yields, 10-year and 30-year. 10-year, 2.763 30-year, if you want to buy a fixed mortgage, it's available, starts with a 3 handle joe, let's get back to what's going on >> joining us is jack caffrey from jpmorgan morgan private bank steven rucitto from mizuho security jack, we want to talk stocks at this point we were expecting volatility after january. and a

morning welcome back to "squawk box" on cnbc i'm andrew ross sorkin joe kernen is back kelly evans is here. beckyentioned, big news, china announcing retaliatory tariffs this morning details released around 4:00 a.m. eastern time. more on this in a minute first look at the response in the markets. we are taking a tumble in the futures. u.s. equity futures dropping 300 points on the news let's see the dow, opening up closer to 460 points down. the s&p 500 off about 38

from times square i'm joe kernen along with andrew ross sorkin and kelly evans who i wish could be here every day but i also like beckyr to be here every day >> no one's going to know what you're talking about >> well, we may need four people we may need to have four because we -- >> no. just futures >> okay. let's get to the futures then. from the new boss kelly evans. the mail is coming in. anyway, down 231 points this morning. digesting a lot, i would say, given the situation in syria. >> especially after the second tweet, a little better >> but the president is tweeting about syria and it is a little bit flippant, i guess, when you talk about armed conflict. saying we've got smart bombs headed your way. >> just a little flippant? >> nothing that you haven't seen before should be getting -- >> it -- i never -- i wish i could say i was surprised. >> i know. russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at syria. get ready, russia, because they will be coming nice -- probably not the word you'd use for a missile. but they are new and they are smart. and you shouldn't be partners with a gas-killing animal who k