the business minister said people should make an _ business minister said people should make an informed— the quarantine for ten days and then later on the — the quarantine for ten days and then later on the government said everyone _ later on the government said everyone pinged should self—isolate and accept people giving the exemption. so that clarity is going to he _ exemption. so that clarity is going to be really important for businesses to avoid the pandemic, the panic— businesses to avoid the pandemic, the panic spreading.— the panic spreading. absolutely. let's move _ the panic spreading. absolutely. let's move onto _ the panic spreading. absolutely. let's move onto the _ the panic spreading. absolutely. let's move onto the front - the panic spreading. absolutely. let's move onto the front of - the panic spreading. absolutely. let's move onto the front of the | let's move onto the front of the mirror. they have got a of empty shelves seeming a lack of bananas in the shot that they found. but they are leading onto the 3% pay rise for nhs staff. is that really all they are worth? i

and so, so i just tried and of course, and people are very willing to welcome the business said on the other hand, very confused by the crime state of infection and transmission. and oh, this is my job, the job of the people are poor thing to hold, you know. and then picks over here is that fraction we're working with a, from google actually and shows. so in a sense the people very confused and frustrated. but before we go, this are some news just im few because the major global retail finance travel and gaming websites have gone then and the massive outage among them were amazon british airways, the top german tabloid build and also the tokyo olympics side just hours before the opening ceremony, the luck doesn't improve, does it? will the american internet provide a responsible says, a technical issue is to blame, adding the site nice seems to be running as normal just coming up to our past state in moscow. that's how the news is looking so far. today we'll have more in 30 minutes the ah, the ah, ah. me the media a reflection of reality in a world transformed what will make you feel s

busy said all the body school medical college and we requested the families of the missing process to contact the medical college approved so that they can at any fight. the disasters blamed on poor fire and building safety standards are common in bangladesh. one union leader said things may have improved in the garments and textile sectors, but other industries are still lagging far behind. it is complete negligence by the government. it is true that debt is improvement in the government sector and that has happened because there was an enormous pressure from the source source in grands our source in countries and international community was like watching over. but there are so many manufacturing sector exists in the country which is absolutely overlooked the international labor organization phase. the rope gunfire highlights the importance of safety measures for building construction in bangladesh and elsewhere. but for many relatives who lost loved ones, it will be a case of too little too late, and workers be let down that adequate safety measure are not in place. with child re, i

we got data early this morning and early 9% of small businesses said they raised compensation because openings they are trying to fill. do you think that will become a greater inflationary force as we move forward? kathy: we don't think so. similar to the product market, we think that wages will rise in the labor market, but eventually as the supply of labor comes back online, somewhere around the ball that should happen with children going back to school, some of the benefits rolling off, hopefully, some of the health conditions remaining under control, although that is a risk. that the wage growth will moderate and not be a big problem for businesses or consumers. amanda: if we are watching for this question of the transitory nature of all of this, at what point would you expect to see these prices moderate? jay powell acknowledged things like used cars, lumber, which is already over. before the next fed meeting, one of his data points has showed to be transitory. are we talking about a month, two months? what are economists calculating in this post-pandemic environment? kathy: in o

all sorts of businesses said, you do not have to wear a mask if you are fully vaccinated.what happened to that? that was supposed to be the carrot to get a lot of people, especially young people, motivated? you want to get a -- you want to go to a bar, to a ball game, let's get vaccinated. i've seen none of that, except maybe a concert or flight, when was the last time you walk into a store and they asked you for your vaccination status? >> stephanie, it has been hard. in the u.s. a mandated adult vaccination has never been successful. we've done it whether it be flu vaccine, or mainsails, all the other vaccine, it's easier to do in those universities and schools. adult vaccination we've had an issue with. when you see is this unfortunate conflict, you have this rising wave of and tie vaccination sentiment that is increasing and now it is converging with this hyper paula ties a shun of the vaccination. my concern is as we move out of this, one of the big things is to de-politicized the vaccination. yes there are places that we could mandate, but one of the ways that we get

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when we were reopening here in the u.s., we heard about that, all sorts of businesses said, you do notthat was supposed to be the carrot to get a lot of people, especially young people, motivated. you want to go to a bar, restaurant, ball game, you're going to have to get vaccinated? i've seen none of that happening with the exception of a concert here, maybe a flight, when was the last time you walked into a store and they asked your vaccination status? >> yeah, this has been hard in the u.s., mandating adult vaccinations, we've never been successful. we've done it in health care settings, whether it's flu vaccines or the usual measles, mumps, all the other vaccines. easier to do it in those universities, schools. adult vaccinations we've had an issue with. what you're seeing is this unfortunate confluence. you have the rising wave of anti-vax sentiment that was rising and now it's converging with this hyper politicalization of the vaccination. my concern is, as we move out of this, one of the big things is to work to depoliticize the vaccine. yes, there are places that we could poten

said . in the 30 people of my age, i scanned. busy the lead the to be vaccinated after the summer. so very far i decided to make initially 9 most. now when it comes to damaging information about the vaccine to the white house, certainly made quite a few gaff themselves. take a listen. we are quite focused on communicating directly with those people, hence our special guest today about why it's important to get vaccinated. why do you fact scenes are safe? why they can still kill you even if you are under the age of 27. we need to be clear and direct about our messaging. i guess that's what the biden administration consider is to be direct messaging. multiple cases of severe side effects have been reported from covey vaccines. one example is angela da, selves, case it 1st came to global attention when she received the 5 job in january. you may find these images coming up distressing. angela son shad videos on facebook showing his mother violently shaking in hospital post thanks to nation she. he said that she suffered severe convulsion soon after getting the shot in louisiana. speaki

site president biden finally admitted as government handouts are hurting small businesses from hiring. here's what he said to a business owner struggling to find employees. >> how did you and the biden administration plan to incentivize those one as you knows we kept to open. and one of the things they're ending all those things that are keeping people back from going back to work et cetera. >> , secondly my john is people being seven or $8 an hour plus tips i think, john, you're going be fighting 15 bucks an hour or more. >> so is the real fix for small businesses to get the government out of the way? tony meno capitalist hedge fund manager author of the new book prices primary, jonathan hoenig. i have known jonathan, 20 years more than that. jonathan, 11 when a politician screws up and actually tell use you the truth bread which is what he did sing our policies may be kept people out of the workforce. >> this is like in obama's share of the wealth of moment over again. i'm going to tell you, it may be kind of angry with joe biden has been an officer 46 years, that is 57% of his entire life is by the tax

restaurant industry, and at businesses large and small the national federation of independent business saidow and beyond the labor crunch, restaurants are facing another hurdle, deciding how to handle vaccinations for indoor dining a coalition of bar owners in san francisco just decided to recommend proof of vaccinations for indoor attendance here and restaurant danny myers will be imposing that rule at his restaurants ahead. likely more to follow. >>> kate, thanks have a tesla get a check. that's what's topping cnbc "on the money. owners of about 1,700 tesla model s sedans could get $625 as the company agrees to the proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit according to documents obtained by cnbc, tesla agrees to pay about $1.5 million total to the lawyers and the owners of cars that got a software update that reduced their battery's charging speed. maximum capacity and range the update downloaded in may of 2019 a hearing to finalize that settlement is scheduled for december >>> a massive meat recall, almost 300,000 pounds of raw beef products recalled because they may be contaminated

it's online and in the stores to kind of support small businesses and -- >> if i can throw out an idea if you want to take what we said to heart, there is a store called bookshop.org and the entire idea is to support local businesses so if you buy it from them they will support from the business retailers. it is just as easy as any other site, and they actually support the small business on the backend. >> i would ask you is there any questions from small business? that is the only one, where to buy the book. that's perfect. why don't we wait and see if anyone comes up with any other questions. i guess i would like to get more into the idea of cronyism and talk about the dangers of cronyism. one of the things we have not discussed yet we need government to play its role because it has an important role that is very important and i would love to have your take on this. if we want to properly brand capitalism and we need to do a couple of things, one is the idea that capitalism doesn't mean we don't have to pursue a problem. we have a problem and here is the solution. with capitalism the idea is not that we won't do som

said he wants to get ahead. potential surge in cases and businesses. he said it would be volunteer for bars to participate.liance won't make a decision until next week at the earliest. >>> well, up next, opting out of the olympic village. team usa said it is going with a different option. >>> we have new nba champions. tonight the milwaukee bucks have captured their first title in 50 years. the bucks defeated the phoenix suns. final score, 105-98. meanwhile, down in l.a., heart break for the giants. the dodgers' pinch-hitter will smith hit a three-run walk-off homer. the giants lose 8-6. they lose the division. it is now down to one game. while the a's' front office learned of the city council vote, the team was busy winning on the field. matt olson helped them to the win over the angels with his 25th home run. >>> now with the risk of covid cases multipling in tokyo, the women's gymnastics team is opting to stay in a hotel rather than the olympic village. the rest of the gymnastics team including simone biles will stay at a nearby hotel. the team's coach said she feels like they can control the athletes a

he said today it was business as usual. as they have done for any other match, possibly walk around the team hotel tomorrow ahead of travelling to wednesday. he praised the challenge and experience of facing his side and experience of facing his side and said the team cannot lose focus ahead of such a big game. he showed his lighter side when asked about the three lion song he said he could not listen to it for 15 years after his penalty miss at euro 96, saying it brought back bad memories. showing he was in a relaxed mood. he spoke about the energy of playing here at wembley in front of the fans, the unity between fans and players and said this will be a huge motivating factor ahead of the game tomorrow and said he's not allowed himself to think too far down the line about potentially winning for the very first time. he confirmed that phil foden remains an injury doubt but said this will be a special moment and the players now built up huge resilience and are prepared for whatever will be thrown at them. this was a moment

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. >> the business network said they are working with bart and vta to lessen the impact. >>> it's now6. let's get a check of weather and traffic starting with weather. >> starting off with high definition dopplermost of the lightning is off to the northwest. where i want to draw your attention it to the rain from the south. those showers working off monterey or the next band of rain that may try to bring us a little something. that doesn't look that likely. if you look at the live view outside we have much less in the way of marine layer today. the first morning in a little while we could see from the top of the sales force tower because it's not socked in with clouds. real pretty view there. you can see a few midlevel clouds showing up for the east bay. that's about it. let's put some numbers on this. we have current temperatures out there in the mid to upper 50's. if you watch the future cast we will take that rain where it is here off the coast of monterey. switch over into the forecast, play it forward and you will see the showers try to graze the bay area. once we get to the late

opening a criminal investigation into the practice of extortion letters being sent to small businesses. they said that it businesses are being targeted. letters demand $75,000 under the threat of a civil lawsuit. the cost would bankrupt business owners. they are examining criminal charges, and business owners are encouraged to file a report with the district attorney's office. >>> are we going into another coronavirus lockdown next on midday live we asked you that question. and votes for yes narrowly answered above know. a rise in cases is making people wonder how safe we are. you can see two weeks after the state reopen the rolling average of cases went up. our health is part of building a better bay area. joining us live is liz kreutz . looking at breakthrough cases and vaccinate people who get coronavirus. first let's hear from stephanie sierra. >> reporter: a covid case rate is tripling across the bay area. and top doctors say the delta variant is not only to blame but the rapid spread is pushing back the chances of reaching herd immunity. >> we will continue to evolve our response. >> report

for him vaccination is at the very heart of the recovery of covid in terms of health and in business. he saide is working for france to be 100% inoculated. >> we must aim to vaccinate every french citizen. it's the only way to get back to normal life. to begin with, vaccines will be obligate tory -- obligatory for everyone working in hospitals, clinics, retirement homes, disabled care homes, and for professionals or volunteers working with old and vulnerable people including a home. -- at home. this must begin now, from september 15, there will be checks and sanctions. >> vaccination fors health workers will be obligate ory from september 15 or there will be actions taken against them. from august, widespread in bars and restaurants anywhere that is public access in france ahead of the arrival of the fourth wave of covid-19 predicted. next, the cuban president is accusing the u.s. of trying to provoke social unrest after thousands of people joined antigovernment protests across the island, demanding a faster vaccination campaign for cuba, which is advanced in terms of developing its own vacci

busy she said she doesn't think the u. s. is seeing the same kind of dangers it saw in the run up to the 2008 financial crisis. she called it a very different phenomenon. but she did say that she's worried about the pressures that higher housing prices will create for families with less.

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ahead of the alliance says he ps and businesses. he said it would be voluntary for bars to participate. the alliance won't make a decision until next week at the earliest. >>> as of right now more than 20 million californians have been vaccinated, nearly half of those numbers are coming from the bay area. >>> as students prepare to return to the classroom this school year, the state wants to make sure everyone is prepared. state superintendent tony thurman will discuss vaccine awareness and back-to-school return plans on california department of education facebook and instagram pages at 3:00 this afternoon. you'll remember this month, state health leaders ruled that individual school districts will have the final say on whether students will be required to wear masks on campus. >>> and new this morning, san francisco is expanding its mental health services. according to "the chronicle," paramedics can decide if a person should be held for a 72-hour hold if they believe people are a danger to themselves or others. before, only police officer

the business minister, paul scully, suggested that self—isolation when pinged should be a matter for individuals and employers to decide. but number ten has since saidate when contacted, and businesses should be supporting their employees to do so. labour has accused the government of making it up as they go along. theo leggett reports. it is being called the pingdemic foot. from cafes the car factories, from hairdressers to hospitals, staff shortages across the country are reaching critical levels. hundreds of thousands of workers are in isolation because they have either been pinged by the app or contacted by nhs test and trace. ben porter runs this bar and restaurant on the dockside in bristol. it has been shut for the past week after 18 staff were contacted by nhs track and trace. we staff were contacted by nhs track and trace. ~ ., ., . j~:: :: and trace. we had to cancel 800 cuests, and trace. we had to cancel 800 guests. loss _ and trace. we had to cancel 800 guests. loss of _ and trace. we had to cancel 800 guests, loss of revenue - and trace. we had to cancel 800 guests, loss of revenue about i and trace. we had to cancel 800| guests, loss

start with you on the issue that -- what trump said to the reporter, it was in march when he said about his. business's brand has suffered differently than other major brands have suffered. a lot of it is will -- >> he benefited because people were paying tribute to him. remember on his way to the white house after his inauguration, they took that two-minute turn on the street and it was in front of the trump hotel. he wanted to do business with the illustration, he will pay tribute. no but he has reason to pay tribute anymore, so he's suffering there along with the rest of the hotel business. >> david foreign hold, you ride along with john hot josh hosni that the company's day-to-day leaders are trump jr., 43 years, old and his younger brother eric, 37. erica lives in new york usually plays a more active role, since trump jr. has moved to florida and become more involved in politics. ivanka trump was a top executive at the trump organization before she joined her father in the white house. but she does not appear to have taken any formal role in the company since she left, according to recent filing

reacted differently, 43% of small businesses in the national federation of independent businesses monthly survey saidprices that's an all-time high in the number of businesses that increase salaries and wages without an all-time high businesses are looking beyond the bottlenecks in one industry like the chips being unavailable for automobile manufacturers they're looking long term at energy cost which impact the cost of everything there is nothing that is not impacted by energy because you have to deliver it and then labor which impact the cost of everything because you need people to produce your products. they're looking at this long-term and broadly than the federal the biden administration and they're probably right. maria: we are talking about inflation and wages going higher companies cannot find workers that they need to fill the positions that they have open, that's why were focused on policy, economic policy, where is this going where do you see the wage story going is this going to be limited once interest rates move higher? >> the more money that the government pours into the economy the m

they said they were too busy even though they said their whole position is to do nothing.s been the response that we're hearing from people on that side of the aisle. listen to senator ron johnson. >> you think some of the protesters were actually, had good intentions on that day? >> i think some of those protesters tried to protect that police officer. i think that ought to be noted. there were tens of thousands of people that day that engaged in peaceful protests. there were a few hundred that committed acts of violence. those people i condemn. >> do you think your life was saved by these police officers? >> i commend them for it. >> we know it was a dangerous day and yet he wants nothing to do with talking about it and thinking about it. he believes it is being exaggerated. how contagious is that within the party? let's get respective from republican congressman and doctor, scott dejarla. good to have you here. >> good to be here. >> were you able to watch? >> as much as i could. he was on armed services and had work to do there but i tried to catch that and some of the

i make again alexandra for some of the worst of the violence in helping point of view businesses here were said as looters rated, which is bang, grocery, clothing and appliance jobs even dropped as a surgeries. after clearing the shelves, the raiders set fire leaving the building. i guess it's not because of you know, if you guys are people, some of them i did some, i just noticed the pool hungry lowball thing, some of 100. some, some of them are looted. alexandria is home to settle for that because most under privileged people, their policy has been listened by the code at 1900 pandemic pushing them to desperation. police are now on a mission to recover some of the plunder. so where the sites where part of the recovery operation is taking place, that is a 4th police officer is confiscating some of the items that were looted. and if you look behind, we had the sort of looks like a refuse. it looks like a garbage area. but it's believe that some of the stuff that was listed was actually hidden in places like this. and if you can see the car behind the, some of the things that have been recovered

he said that to me personally a couple weeks ago. carley: tom harris is a times square businessot wait for a new mayor. the deblasio administration needs to stop making excuses and develop a second strategy and take immediate action and then a deblasio spokesperson responded saying everyone wants to fight back against gun violence and stop these shootings. was not productive is tom harris insulting the police officers who have come across the city to times square in a good faith effort. do you think tom harris was insulting the police officers? >> know. i believe we should be adding and funding the police for more training. when you chop down your police officers that is not a good formula. it is unbelievable some of the words out of our mayor, there such a disconnect and it doesn't help us getting back to where we are supposed to be and what makes new york city so resilience, we are coming back strong. carley: congratulations before the opening happens in the fall. appreciate it. todd: we are going to that chophouse, 27 after the hour. gained members in chicago outnumber police

what the businessmen —— what the business secretary said earlier was interesting. interesting. that is the latest we had. it is fair to say _ interesting. that is the latest we had. it is fair to say there has . had. it is fair to say there has been confusion over exactly what would be happening with the process of how you would perhaps get some work is exempted from having to self—isolate. there was talk of a list and then individual businesses applying and now it sound like a business secretary is talking about the government are releasing some guidance or a list. it does sound like if there was a list, it would be very, very small. the government has been quite want this to be... they want exemptions to be minimal, really. but this is an issue, the issue of workers having to self—isolate either because they have been pinged or contacted by track and trace that has really spread through the economy. quite a large range of businesses affected, including those who supply food products. we including those who supply food roducts. ~ ., �* ~ ., , products. we don't kn

businesses of not complying with the americans with. disabilities act and threatened them if changes aren't made, the district attorney said such lawsuits not only victimized small businesses, but also undermined disability laws and elderly woman is in the hospital nearly three weeks after an alleged shoplifter knocked her over while trying to get away. ktvu zambelli joins us now she's live in san francisco and amber. the suspect was arrested, but he has already been released from jail. that's right, julie, the husband tells me it was here at the hall of justice during a court hearing that he learned that the suspect is out of jail. he says his wife deserves justice and out of safety concerns. he asked us to use only their nicknames. he is very screwed. right minute 78 year old poh poi tells me he feels lost in his own home. he misses his wife, mimi of more than five decades. she's in the hospital struggling to recover from injuries she suffered after being knocked to the ground by a shoplifting suspect watching tv but i don't know what i am what? i couldn't understand what i like it because that's our that's what we do, he says he's ro

yesterday his business minister said the app was an advisory tool only. another government minister, i kid you not, said yesterday the app is just to allow you to make informed decisions. what on earth is happening? allow you to make informed decisions. and, of course, the prime minister'sing chancellor spent the weekend trying to dodge isolation altogether. mr. speaker, the british people are trying to follow the rules. how can they when his ministers keep making them up as they go along? >> mr. speaker, if i may laboriously repeat the answer i gave to the right honorable gentleman just to get into his head yet again, isolation is very much a part of our armory against covid. we're going forward as everybody knows to a new system on august the 16 isth based on, based on testing. but in the meantime, when you're advised to isolate to protect others and to protect your family against the spread of the disease, then you should, you should do so. of course, even more important than the isolation campaign is, of course, the vaccination campaign. 3 million peo

. >> the allen rock business network said they are working with bart and vta to lessen the impact on isting businesses. >>> a warning now from consumer experts as more classrooms reopen. demand for school item is expected to rise. for items like sneakers, the bbb also warning this morning about online shopping scams. >> if you see those pop up ads use some hesitation and caution with them. double check the names of the business to make sure they are real. >> the agency also recommends a credit card to have additional protections if you don't receive the items you purchased. >>> the chase center is upping it's [inaudible]. the warriors announced their new culinary director. chad newman will take over. he has led team around the world. he said he will bring some fine dining and asian flair to the menu. >> i'm proud to be creating a destination dining experience that truly reflects san francisco culture and the taste. i feel that my experience really match the diversity that we have here in the bay area. we will make sure to have something for everybody. >> the new menus will debut when

business. it had clients who said we don't want to be associated with it. is the trump organization that kind of business? or does it run on its own? >> i don't think it will be as devastating. obviously arthur anderson was an auditing business. you can audit people if you've been convicted of a felony. it's hard to get government contracts. it's not really that much of a regulated business. it is need licenses to operate. it might have trouble with its lenders, there may be trouble with liquor licenses, which is crucial to hotels and golf collapse. i don't take a conviction would be an automatic death sentence for it the way it was for our anderson. that said, it adds stigma on top of stigma. and might make it even harder for this company to as you said, refined sense is loans, find different business partners. move on from the hole that it's. in >> their stuff that was allege, is alleged to be illegal. at best day since avery. it may be more common than we think. people have brought that up that kind of things the expense-ing of -- the unorthodox business

i could go out of business >> the biden administration said today it reserves the right to respond ifave culpability for this attack, but, shep, cyber security experts i talked to today say there are some indications that the attackers here may be getting desperate because they lowered their demand so quickly and because of the sheer number of victims involved. the hackers may be overwhelmed by more than 1,000 separate negotiations still, that is cold comfort for the american business people who are trying to get their firms back up and running tonight. shep. >> eamon javers, thank you. >>> the attack on the u.s. capitol happened six months ago today and the fbi reports it's still searching for some 300 suspects the bureau posted this bulletin today with photos of people they say took part in the assault asking the public for help in identifying them the fbi also wants to identify this person seen in surveillancd republican national committe video planting two pip bombs outside the democratic and republican national committee headquarters the justice department says more than 500 peop

when we said we would give people loans so they can start businesses, when we said...er to have smes be prioritised, we wanted to respond to that. but here's the catch. what you're saying is not the whole story, and what is being told is not the whole story. but... we are right now... 0k, butjust to be clear... ..with the ministry of trade and industry and then with people that are bringing in these things, we want by november sitting of parliament to be able to look at those figures and to tell you that after that has been dealt with, you would know that not only is a problem with cooking oil, the problem is actually how you bring in goods and services, and how on top of everything else that is being brought into the country to make sure industries work. there is a deliberate, deliberate effort not to make things like those work. and we will be dealing with that, like ijust told you. in your acceptance speech last year, you promised a new malawi, and you said, "i challenge those who sit in parliament to act professionally, to set a good example. the time of giving fre