chris lu, dr. kavita patel, thank you so much. >>> breaking news, nbc news justice correspondent pete williams, breaking news on justice ruth bader ginsburg. pete? >> reporter: so justice ginsburg has just disclosed, andrea, she is now being treated for a recurrence of liver cancer. she says it was discovered by a routine scan in february and confirmed by a biopsy and that she has since may 19 begun receiving chemotherapy. she says she has satisfied her treatment course is now clear, so she is providing this information. she said her most recent scan on july 7 indicated significant reduction of the lesions on her liver and no new disease. she says she is tolerating the chemotherapy well, is encouraged by the success of her treatment, that she will continue to receive chemotherapy biweekly to keep the cancer at bay, but she says she is able to maintain an active routine. she says she has kept up with her opinion writing and all other court work. and she ends her statement with this. "i have often sa

joining us now is chris lu, a senior fellow at the university of virginia's miller center and an assistantosa, the anchor of npr's latino usa. chris, let me start with you. unemployment claims are down to about 1.3 million, a four-month low. layoff numbers are still high. some states who reopened businesses may have to close them again. we mentioned louisiana with bars reclosing. how much do you think this will affect the senate's decision-making on the unemployment benefit? >> well, it should affect them a lot, even that 1.3 million figure is still twice the highest ever registered during the great recession. right now about 33 million americans are getting some type of unemployment benefit. these are people that have to figure out how to make their rent payment and buy groceries. just this past month 32% of americans could not make their full housing or rental payment. so this is really a life-or-death situation for many people. i think it's easy to look at the top line numbers and say that the economy is recovering without sort of digging deeper within this. and the other problem with l

. >> joining me now is chris lu, former secretary of labor in the obama administration, now a senior fellow at the university of virginia at the miller center. chris, put this in context. you've got the numbers yesterday, no fix on the unemployment comp, no agreement in congress on any of the other benefits, even a short term fix, and we're going into more surges in more states in the midwest, in places like ohio. it's moving from the south, where it's beginning to plateau, and now it's on the upswing elsewhere. is there any end in sight? >> in addition to all the bad predictions that the president has made, let's add another one to the table. back in february, larry kudlow said the impact of the virus to the u.s. economy would be 0.2%. it's not just the historically gr bad gdp numbers. what we have right now is an economy that was in free fall, probably recovered a little bit, and now is faltering and probably reversing itself. and that has a real impact on americans in this country. we recently saw that 34% of americans reported that they're worried they can't make their housing pay

chris lu, nobody ever said that about barack obama. nobody ever said that about bill clinton. is it a partisan thing? is it the press tends to think republicans aren't smart enough to do it on their own, there must be someone behind them, and democrats are smart enough? >> you just answered the question. that was too easy. >> my question is don't you agree? >> look, i mean, i did not work with bill clinton, although i spent time with bill clinton. barack obama, you could say many things about him. on his face, very smart, very, very smart. you know, very profess oriooriad his hands in a lot of different things. and it's also, part of it, i think, is the ethos of the white house as well. we could talk a little more about this. we had a mantra, no drama obama. it was a very low-key white house. we didn't leak. we didn't write books after we left. it was all about what was doing -- what was best for the president. and so it's not to say that there weren't people who were strong advisers before him, but that just may never have come out. >> yeah, this is, boy, this next one is --

badelia, from boston medical center and chris lu. what's your reaction to this?, the numbers are staggering to have this level of increase of people uninsured just during a three-month period. but there's even reason to think these numbers are understated. the kaiser family foundation thinks the number of uninsured may be closer to 27 million when you add in all of the family members now uninsured. and what's problematic about this is that we know when people don't have health insurance, they are less likely to see a doctor. when you point out that texas and florida and places like that have surges of covid-19 and high levels uninsured, there's reason to fear a lot of people who may be infected may not be getting the treatment they need and thus the virus continues to spread. obviously, part of all of this, we can't forget that the trump administration is continuing to try to overrule obamacare at this very moment. and that could undercut another very important safety net for a lot of people in this country. >> those people are less likely to see a doctor until t

he probably did other things that i'm not even aware of that are worth noting and then chris lu, a senior member -- fellow at the center -- the mueller center. he's worked in all three branches of government. i don't know how many people are able to say that. including seven years in the obama administration. so what we are going to do is the same thing we did the first time around. we will take cartoons from each one of these presidencies in sequence. all of them oliphant creations that are now part of the university of virginia's special collection library. and they are available, in many cases, for you to go see either there or over at the miller center where there are some others. let's start with that first cartoon. >> for those of you who can't read that far back because i know it is a little difficult, you have george bush on the top, what they tried to sell and then as he is perceived. and then to caucus, what they try to sell and how he is perceived. and then it says altered egos and i can't read. can anyone else read that? you've got it? >> thanks philip. altered egos or how we

it's all setting up for donald trump, as he said to chris wallace last sunday on fox news, to not accept the results of the lu election if they're not in his favor. when we talk about constitutional crises, we could be heading for that. >> yeah, it's a term we overuse a bit. the most basic idea of a constitutional crisis is that you have a conflict on which the constitution is silent, or you have a conflict on which the constitution speaks loudly and people with power defy it in a way there's no constitutional fix for. that latter is scenario is what we'll be looking at if the president doesn't accept the results of an election. when you do that, it creates the prospect -- it created the pr prospect in 2016 of some sort of insurgency. when you create that scenario as president, you have to think about the powers that might cause him to use force. it's basic fundamental stuff. he knows it creates outrage and anxiety and threatens these things which is why he likes to do it. we have to plan for the prospect of him trying to cling to power, defy the results of the election, call off the election or refuse to ack

chris manners. thanks for watching. >> good afternoon, welcome to the stand lus and transportation committee for today, monday, july 6th, 2020. i am the chair of the committee joined by supervisor safai and member supervisor dean preston. our clerk is ms. erika major. could you please -- do you have any (inaudible). >> clerk: yes, due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, city employees and the public, supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating remotely. this precaution is taken (inaudible) state wide stay at home order and all local and state federal orders, declaration and directives. they will continued through participate in the meeting to the same extent if they're physically present. public comment will be available on each item on the addenda. both channel 26 and sfgovtv.org are streaming the number across the screen. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments or opportunity to speak during the pluck comment periodd are by calling (408)418-9388. that number is (408)418-9388. the meeting i.d. is 146-799-2222. agai