david elliott lewis. one of the great frustrations in dealing with city hall at times is lack of opacity and transparency. i think this is a big step forward. the public hearings are immensely helpful, but the website especially will make it -- make the information useful. i think this should be a best practice for all city hall processes. i know you do it with commission hearings and minutes, but all processes should be as public and transparent as this, so thank you for considering it. thank you for your time. >> good morning, supervisors. i just wanted to echo what the other folks have said. the budget -- and i'm sarah shore with community housing partnership, and i'm with the budget housing coalition. with the folks that i've been working with in coalition, folks who have masters degrees, and in some cases, doctorates, it is incredibly difficult to find out where the money is going. that's the most important piece of this is, where the money's going, and what are the funding priorities of the city? wh

. >> david elliott. so for five years, i worked as a trainer with the police department crisis intervention team training. for search i've been part of the mental health advisory working group or c. ism t. i have worked with sam on revising the use of force guidelines for the department general order. so i have some kind of background and sense of what's been going on. i applaud you for doing this hearing. mostly the police department responds to police commission requests. it seems like the police commission, as by design, is the main sort of body that dictates what information this department will provide to others, what they will do. i think there's a role for the board of supervisors. and this hearing is really useful in that part. i hope this is one of many hearings that continue to ask the department for more, for working with other agencies and for doing the good work they are doing. they've done really good work. when you look at just c.i.t. in general, use of force, they've done much, much bette

please welcome david elliott lewis. [applause] >> how are you all doing?season of gratitude. i hope when i talk about what i am grateful for you will be able to relate to it. first i am grateful for life itself, being able to wake up healthy in a home. i am especially grateful for it. community housing for giving me a home. i give back by being a board member. i am grateful for the organizations i volunteer with and i found recovery with by helping the organizations central city collaborative who helps people who live in hotels like many of the members like me are formerly homeless. we found homes through giving back to the community. i am great for full for the tender line people's congress. this wouldn't happen without the tenderloin congress. we are volunteers who come together to work together in the neighborhood to produce events for the neighborhood, to produce the plan called the peoples plan vision 2020 that matt haney has been working with us on. i am grateful for it. i am really grateful for mayor london breed and what she has done for our city a

. >> david elliott lewis here. through my volunteer work with senior disability action, i've gotten to know dr. cooper over the past year plus as we continued to work together under voluntary services plus. and i've just been immensely impressed with his work on our voluntary first coalition, on other senior disability action committees. he's been a measured and quiet voice. he's not the troublemaker in the room like he describes himself. he's actually been sort of a voice of reason and intelligence and wisdom in the room, and we're, like, grateful to have him. he provides a great perspective with his background in medicine, substance abuse medicine, and anybody would be lucky to have him. i strongly support his nomination and support. >> chair ronen: thank you. anybody else like to speak on this item? yes. and if anybody would like to speak on this item, please lineup on this side of the room. >> hi. i'm here for probably a different reason than a lot of people that come here are. they usually have a lot of very r

. >> david elliott. so for five years, i worked as a trainer with the police department crisis intervention team training. for search i've been part of the mental health advisory working group or c. ism t. i have worked with sam on revising the use of force guidelines for the department general order. so i have some kind of background and sense of what's been going on. i applaud you for doing this hearing.

david marinus. who were elliot and mary? >> elliott and mary were my parents.elliott marinus was a lifelong newspaperman my mother was a book editor. and they are the central figures in this book which is about the most difficult period of our family's lives.>> what did you find out that your parents had been communists at one point i knew as i was growing up but it was never talked about. it was a shadow of our family's life. but the time i knew my dad he was conscious of him, he had moved on and survived very well and taught me all the lessons i used in my own journalistic career, don't fall for any rigid ideology, search for the truth wherever it takes you. it was only a shadow in our family after that. but at the same time, you didn't talk about it within the family was it was it because tothey wanted to keep it camped down or why? >> i don't think my father was embarrassed by it but i think he didn't want to be defined by it. he had learned some lessons from that soperiod he always ma clear his idealism and optimism. it was different times. he was in a dif

. >> joining us, dana bash, elliott williams and david gergen. dana, do you have any sense that this impeachment standoff, nobody is holding their breath that anything is going to happen. with that being said, is there a chance it will work itself out? >> yes, there is a chance it will work itself out. how it will work itself out, that's to be determined. the reason is because it's in the democrat's interests to try to find a way to start this trial for many, many reasons. because if you listen to mitch mcconnell, his argument is why are they holding it because if they think that by holding it it's going to make me negotiate and give something away that i don't want to give away or maybe agree to, witnesses that i don't want to agree to, that's not going to happen because no skin off my back. if we don't start a senate trial, we'll move on to other thing. confirm more trump judicial nominees. having said that, that is his argument and there's a lot to be said for that. there are also republicans who are running and if he's not re-elect re-elected

elliott. you came back! david: 2020 frontrunner, joe biden releasing details on his plan.iden's plan reportedly hikes top individual rate back to 39.6%. hikes corporate tax rate to 28%, new capital gains taxes and forces company like amazon to pay little or no taxes to payton% inmum on their income, what makes new biden tax plan more acceptable to business than those of say elizabeth warren and bernie sanders? >> so, a few things, we have been unpacking elizabeth warren's wealth tax and billionaire tax and ever other tax for a few months now. it may be unconstitutional, but we all thought we did not know how it would be executed. this gives joe biden a lane on the right of her, but a way to pay for some things he wants, to be more what i would say somewhere between trump is, president trump, excuse me. and senator warren. none of this tax reform is getting passed, but this is something that it more explain able. david: okay. reporter: >> unfortunately, i that is something that will resonate with many of the uninformed voters, they hear greedy corp corporation and greedy ri

elliott. you came back! david: from new york, this is "balance of power."irst word news, we go now to mark crumpton. mark: the mayor of jersey city says the government yesterday targeted a jewish market and the attack left six people dead, including a police officer and the two suspects. were weree victims found inside of the market. the trump administration maximum pressure campaign against the iranian nuclear ballistic missile program, sanctions. they started on a shipping line and a chinese company involved in delivering missile parts to iran. the secretary of state, mike the measuresnced even as he expressed hope that a prisoner swap could lead to talks between washington and tehran. in india, the controversial citizenship will that prevents illegal muslim migrants from neighboring countries from becoming citizens. hindus, christians, sikhs, and others, are eligible. harvey weinstein is awaiting trial on rape charges and must post a $5 million bail. a new york state supreme court increase the bail after prosecutors said weinstein repeatedly violated con

elliott. you came back! david: military officials confirm u.s.destroyer seized a secret cache of advance iranian missile parts while off of the coast of yemen, president trump condemning behavior at a meeting with u.n. security council officials at white house today. >> counsel must take action to confront these and other dangers facing the world, that including behavior of the iranian regime which killed hundreds of people in a short period of time. they are arresting thousands of their own citizens in a brutal crackdown in resent weeks. because they are protesting. america will stand with the iranian people. in their righteous struggle for freedom. david: joining us now, walid phares, president trump promises a harpe hashimoto -- harper cran but what can we do. >> we have the biting sanctions that looks like some of them have prompted regime not to spend on people but themselves that triggered most of these demonstration, but regime is supplying their allies in regi region. and we have intercepted one of those shipments, we can do is use soft p

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david marinus. who were elliot and mary? >> elliott and mary were my parents.lliott marinus was a lifelong newspaperman my mother was a book editor. and they are the cal

elliott. you came back! welcome back, campaign 2020 is in full force now. we'll hear lots of plans from all the candidates about healthcare, taxes, wealthy, we've heard very little about education. something david rubenstein is very passionate about. >> let me give you example. right now 14% of the american people are functionally illiterate. >> 14% quest meant. >> 32 cannot read past the fourth grade level. 1.4 million people drop out of high school every year in our function illiterate. two thirds of our delinquency system are illiteracy lead. you take away the money of the wealthiest people he nine states, that's i can save solve the illiteracy problem. you can have to deal with education. taking money away from the top is not gonna solve those proms overnight. >> you're so right i think is a country in the u.s. we need to look at education were like 28 or 30, which on my middle school in grammar school. not university. >> the literacy in the unites states is not as high as we should be. we have a k-12 system that is not working very well. it's not going to work better all the sudden if we take money away for the top people in the forbes list or something like that. >> and that's what i want

david. i think he needs to slow down on saying the words get brexit done. i have heard it so many times, and i want to hear about other things apart from brexit. students victoria and elliottories brexit offer. i agree with what borisjohnson said, ge at, to be honest. and this man and nick think that labour have the right approach. in terms of what corbyn is saying, his neutrality is representative of where the country is at. in terms of what corbyn is saying, his neutrality is representative of where the country is at. so what about the claims about the nhs? i thinkjeremy corbyn is scaremongering and i think he's going for the fear factor. we are passionate about the nhs, it is the thing we are proud of and i think we would march the streets whoever we were, whatever party be followed, we would march the streets and defend it to the hilt. the argument we have seen is a distraction, if you look at the manifesto is on the nhs, it is quite clear that labour will invest more heavily than the conservatives. local landlord 0liver approached the debate undecided while businesswoman lynn had been leaning towards the tories. i don't like boris johnson, but i just want to get thing

david. i think he needs to slow down on saying the words get brexit done. i have heard it so many times, and i want to hear about other things apart from brexit. students victoria and elliott offer. i agree with what borisjohnson said, but i'm not sure what jeremy corbyn is trying to get out of it, to be honest. and this man and nick think that labour have the right approach. in terms of what corbyn is saying, his neutrality is representative of where the country is at. so what about the claims about the nhs? i thinkjeremy corbyn is scaremongering and i think he's going for the fear factor. we are passionate about the nhs, it is the thing we are proud of and i think we would march the streets whoever we were, whatever party be followed, we would march the streets and defend it to the hilt. the argument we have seen it to the hilt. the argument we have seen is a distraction, if you look at the manifesto is on the nhs, it is quite clear that labour will invest more heavily than the conservatives. local landlord oliver approached the debate undecided while businesswoman lynn had been leaning towards the tories.|j while businesswoman lynn had been leaning towards the tories. i

elliott. you came back! and while lots of things have changed... wooooah! -woah! it's called the internet. some things haven't. get ready for a reunion 3 million light years in the making. woohoo! -yeah! david officials on high alert as north korea warns of a possible "contribut "christmas s could involve a missile test, kim jong-un holding a meeting with top military brass, satellite images show new construction at a site linked to long launch missiles, here now, james carafano, great to see you, what happens if there is a test? >> i think u.s. is actually been clear on that. i think sent message. the u.s. will go back, double down on sanctions there are a lot more sanctions to crack count on them, last time that u.s. did military demonstrations. that we're prepared to defend the alliance, i think that u.s. will pull out the same play book. >> what happens to the falling in love with the perfect new relationship everything that came before 2016. was a disaster, and enables this regime now they test again what has happened. >> this administration did not allow north korea to develop nuclear weapons. >> i did not say it did. answer what i asked. >> what was the asked? >> what happened to las

elliott. you came back! and while lots of things have changed... wooooah! -woah! it's called the internet. some things haven't. get ready for a reunion 3 million light years in the making. woohoo! -yeah! david >> same soft treatment awaits other democrat in the race. so gary, what do you make? >> i tell you, when story came out, i thought it came out from the onion, i did not believe it was true, journalism is not supposed to be selective, this is selective journalism, one side gets nothing, other side gets everything, and her top dog? no, imagine if they go the dirt on a democrat, what do they do? put it in their desk, give it to another outlet, i am glad houston chronicle did this. >> they made the right move, i used to work there for a number of years, i lead their political coverage in 2 2012. and i can to tell you if anyone came to he sai to -- me said thd have been out of there, i realize not everyone can do, that they have 5,000 reporters across the globe, i would note have -- good. he said, well you know they get a paycheck, let them eat cake, too bad, they work for my, i made the decision they will not investigate anyone in democratic party that goes against people's principles, i

elliott. you came back! and while lots of things have changed... wooooah! -woah! it's called the internet. some things haven't. get ready for a reunion 3 million light years in the making. woohoo! -yeah! davidgest school districts will not have to wish for snow days to skip class this winter. now all they need is an excuse to protest starting next month, public schools in fairfax, county, virginia allows students to take off one day a year to participate in protest activities like marchs and sit- ins but conservatives say the policy favors liberal causes so should tax dollars educate kids be supporting something like this? gary smith? >> well, i'll tell you, david i guess the default response you expect from me is to rail against this but you know, i don't really mind. it's a day a year. does it tilt toward the liberal causes? yeah i'm sure it does. they tend to protest more if you will, but i guess if the kids have a chance to learn about civics or learn about issues, certainly going to be more involved than i was when i was growing up and it's probably a better use of time than we spent taking field trips to wherever which was just a chance to goof off for the day. i'm more concerned abou

elliott. you came back! and while lots of things have changed... wooooah! -woah! it's called the internet. some things haven't. get ready for a reunion 3 million light years in the making. woohoo! -yeah! davide national bureau of economic research finding small businesses in areas with a high minimum wage actually suffer from higher loan defaults and lower employment. one example seattle is set to boost its minimum wage above 16 bucks an hour starting january 1st. a single mom says she's lost her job and is struggling to find a new one as restaurants prepare for all of this. listen. >> i have a stressful time right now. at the first of the year, my restaurant that i've been working in for six years will be closing. my second job or former job that i had that i thought maybe i could go back and get some hours there, it's going to be closing at the beginning of the year, and the one interview that i got in the last couple of weeks, before i could even confirm that interview with the manager, that restaurant is closing as well. so all of this is due to the minimum wage increase, paired with other laws that are coming down through our city council. david: do the costs outweigh the benefits for

david kohl, julius baer chief economist, will be joining us. after the dollar selloff yesterday, stocks moving higher. this is bloomberg. ♪ [ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music ] ahhhh! -ahhhh! elliottme back! ♪ alix: this is "bloomberg daybreak." about 15 minutes away from the latest ecb rates decision. it is now christine lagarde's turn. we had a more dovish fed then we thought yesterday, and that moved the market. and other asset classes, the dollar took the brunt of the selling. we are seeing a bit of recovery there. i did want to point out what is happening with the swissie. it is pretty much flat, despite the fact that the snb is kind of in the middle of a lot of pain when it comes to those negative rates, still having the safe haven status for their currency. the twos-tens spread a teeny bit steeper in the market. as i mentioned, we are 15 minutes away from the latest ecb rates decision, christine lagarde's first as the bankhead. -- as the bank's head. joining us is david kohl, julius baer deputy chief economist, and with me still is any wu silverman of rbc capital markets. definitely, what we are all curious about is the press conference. if we see a different style in how l

elliott. you came back! >> my personal view is he richly deserves impeachment. he has violated the law six ways from sunday. >> this is "up". i'm davidrdi chairman of the house judiciary committee president trump called him fat jerry saying he has been battling nadler for years. it all started with nadler. he got involved in a real estate project on the west side of manhattan. nadler said donald trump's plans for 150-story skyscraper were grotesque and cemented an image of trump as a greedy man trying to take advantage of the system. according to a recent piece in the atlantic, the america we deserve, trump singles out three politicians he detests. two long since retired. the third is one jerriy rnadler. what happened and what started this dynamic between the two? >> first, let me sphme say i sey nadler. i think if he and trump had a waist measure-off, trump would have the alarmer -- >> i don't know. did you see that recent photo? >> the rocky balboa photo. >> it goes all the way back to the 1980s on the upper west side of manhattan where jerry nadler was a member of the state assembly at that time. and trump wanted to build this hug

david: fascinating. thanks so much to abigail doolittle. that does it for "bloomberg daybreak." michael hans is coming up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ [ dramatic music ] this holiday... ahhhhh!!! -ahhhhh!!! a distant friend returns... elliottof things have changed... wooooah! -woah! it's called the internet. some things haven't. get ready for a reunion 3 million light years in the making. woohoo! -yeah! >> the countdown to the open starts right now. ♪ star clt: the stock market avoids a 15% sell-off that haunted december last year with a buy everything rally. so now what? corporate bonds on track for their best returns in a decade. what will it take to keep the rally going into the new year? plus a roller coaster year for i.p.o.'s. a look at the best and worst we are formers and -- performers and what is to come in 2020. 30 minutes until the opening bell this morning. are you looking at futures pointing to a higher open. at this point any gain would mean a new record high for major indexes. the nasdaq closing above 9000 for the first time ever. euro dollar moving higher. the dollar weaker for a second day. he 10 year yield ticks down,.18%. crude adds to its gain, up .2% at 61.80 a barrel. we begin with a big

elliott. you came back! and while lots of things have changed... wooooah! -woah! it's called the internet. some things haven't. get ready for a reunion 3 million light years in the making. woohoo! -yeah! davidhink some such think there is no thing as climate change? >> i don't know. met with president trump, you could convince him to paris, or is that beyond your that?ilities to do bill: someone else should do that. david: are you worried about the a.i. to disrupt our put people out of work? bill: the increased productivity create dilemmas. david: people wouldn't recognize me. all right. david: i don't consider myself a journalist. nobody else would consider please a journalist. take on the life of being an interviewer even though day job of running a firm.e equity how do you define leadership? that makes somebody tick? or about 20 years or so you've been the wealthiest man in the world, but because you've given so much money recently, jeff basos became wealthier. you had stayed in college and gotten your mean, you gree -- i don't feel inadequate now ecause you are the second wealthiest man in the world, right? i haven't a sign that given money away fast enough to drop out of the top ten, a

elliott. you came back! and while lots of things have changed... wooooah! -woah! it's called the internet. some things haven't. get ready for a reunion 3 million light years in the making. woohoo! -yeah! davidlds own a pet, but this may surprise you. they spent a whopping $72 billion on their furry friends in 2018 alone. that's good news for my next guest, who sells monthly subscription boxes filled with pet toys and treats. we got a picture of it. there is the ceo of bark box, right? >> that's correct. david: that it? >> yes. david: you say this last six weeks of the year account for 40% of your sales? >> of our new sales, yes. then we are renewing all year long. david: this is a really critical time of year for you. how is it going so far? >> it's going great. we boom every year about this time, and it's been fantastic this year. the better thing is we have more products beyond just the toys and treats. david: like? >> well, we have a dental product. david: actually, you mentioned that to me. my little dog, i have a havanese, has bad teeth. >> we can't keep it in stock. maybe we will sneak you one. david: okay, great. >> it's hard to keep in stock. we sold out but we will get more. and we