commissioner elias? i think that you're on mute. >> commissioner elias: thank you. actually, i think that commissioner dejesus addressed my issue. and the other kind of comment that i have is that while i understand, chief, you and i had several discussions about rights and civil liberties and oftentimes we don't agree, but i know that you are cognizant of it. and i get my request would be that in the times of calm when we do have an opportunity to reflect that we dig deep and we figure out where we are and take that assessment. because i think that oftentimes when we're in the mode of chaos or we're being reactive, that we don't have time for reflection. and i think that is really important and it should be taken into consideration. because i too didn't agree with the indefinite curfew. >> thank you. >> vice-president taylor: commissioner hamasaki. >> commissioner hamasaki: yes, and commissioner taylor, i've had a request to speak up since she was speaking -- most of the time i reinforce it, so i ask to you please try to respect that. >> vice-president taylor: wait

commissioner elias, is that you? >> commissioner elias: yeah. so i wanted to add some items to the agenda. like commissioner dejesus said, i think the dante thomas issue needs to come before the commission so we can talk about it, where we are, and what d.p.a.s role is in this audit and what the status is. so i think we need to take a good look at that. the other item is -- i'd like d.p.a. to report on their base training and investigation. i've been noticing in a lot of this report that there aren't very many bias complaints, and i'm wondering why when people in the community have told me otherwise, so i'd really like to know the training and investigative practices regarding how d.p.a. receives bias complaints, how they handle them, how their staff is trained to recognize bias complaints when they come in, how they're tracked, how they're investigated, so i think those -- that information is really important for the public to know because, you know, again, a lot of the community members come up to me and say that they -- they don't understand

commissioner elias, is that you? >> commissioner elias: yeah. so i wanted to add some items to the agenda. like commissioner dejesus said, i think the dante thomas issue needs to come before the commission so we can talk about it, where we are, and what d.p.a.s role is in this audit and what the status is. so i think we need to take a good look at that. the other item is -- i'd like d.p.a. to report on their base training and investigation. i've been noticing in a lot of this report that there aren't very many bias complaints, and i'm wondering why when people in the community have told me otherwise, so i'd really like to know the training and investigative practices regarding how d.p.a. receives bias complaints, how they handle them, how their staff is trained to recognize bias complaints when they come in, how they're tracked, how they're investigated, so i think those -- that information is really important for the public to know because, you know, again, a lot of the community members come up to me and say that they -- they don't understand

elias: yes. mr. cicilline: finally, what has been the effect on morale in your division, given that the attorney general is pursuing investigations based on the president's tweets and not on what is best for the american people. mr. elias: i do know that in the survey, the anti-trust division is now ranked 404 out of 420. mr. cicilline: thank you. the president is of course free to pursue an anti-environment agenda within the confines of the law but there's a line of the department prioritizing executive policies and prosecuting companies and individuals solely to retaliate against the president's perceived political answermy -- enemies. can you describe the difference between the department prioritizing an administration's policies and what happened here? and what effect does it have on our justice system and democratic institutions if the president uses the department to attack those he disagrees ith without legal cause? >> [indiscernible] -- the whole premise of a system of justice is that it will

elias: yes. mr. cicilline: finally, what has been the effect on morale in your division, given that the attorney general is pursuing investigations based on the president's tweets and not on what is best for the american people. mr. elias: i do know that in the survey, the anti-trust division is now ranked 404 out of 420. mr. cicilline: thank you. the president is of course free to pursue an anti-environment agenda within the confines of the law but there's a line of the department prioritizing executive policies and prosecuting companies and individuals solely to retaliate against the president's perceived political answermy -- enemies. can you describe the difference between the department prioritizing an administration's policies and what happened here? and what effect does it have on our justice system and democratic institutions if the president uses the department to attack those he disagrees ith without legal cause? >> [indiscernible] -- the whole premise of a system of justice is that it will

elias: yes. mr. cicilline: finally, what has been the effect on morale in your division, given that the attorney general is pursuing investigations based on the president's tweets and not on what is best for the american people. mr. elias: i do know that in the survey, the anti-trust division is now ranked 404 out of 420. mr. cicilline: thank you. the president is of course free to pursue an anti-environment agenda within the confines of the law but there's a line of the department prioritizing executive policies and prosecuting companies and individuals solely to retaliate against the president's perceived political answermy -- enemies. can you describe the difference between the department prioritizing an administration's policies and what happened here? and what effect does it have on our justice system and democratic institutions if the president uses the department to attack those he disagrees ith without legal cause? >> [indiscernible] -- the whole premise of a system of justice is that it will

. >>> john elias is a current justice department official.8 he was chief of staff in the antitrust division at the justice department. he still works at justice. now as a prosecutor. but tomorrow john elias is going to testify under oath that on attorney general bill barr's orders the antitrust division of the u.s. department of justice was forced to launch ten nonsense investigations into mergers in the marijuana industry, mergers that mr. elias says, quote, do not meet established criteria for antitrust investigations. according to mr. elias, this new whistle-blower, these investigations, these bogus investigations were launched not because of any law enforcement reason to do so, but, quote, because bill barr did not like the nature of their underlying business. in other words, because bill barr doesn't like pot, bill barr decided he would weaponize the antitrust division of the u.s. justice department to give the cannibis industry a really hard time because of his own personal feelings about their lawful business. to say the least that's n

commissioner elias with a new emoji. >> commissioner elias: oh, i'm unmuted. okay. so chief, i had a question about -- i noticed in your report there wasn't any mention about sort of the allegation that one of the media people was arrested -- were arrested on -- during some of these protests, so i was wondering if you could address that, as well as some of the images that i observed in the paper, and i'm sure other commissioners did, as well, of officers surrounding individuals while all this was going on. >> yes. in terms of the media, one of the local individuals was detained during that wednesday night protest. we actually reached out to the reporter, and myself and my staff from the media office actually sat down with the reporter monday -- or tuesday to really discuss how the san francisco police department can be better moving forward. that, in my opinion, was a very productive meeting. i apologized to the reporter for the detention. there were definitely some things that we saw that we can do better, and we pointed those out. there's some things that we hope

>> elias: oh, i don't think there's any question.r may have been going on under the surface in republican circles and conservative circles in past election cycles, they are now not just whispering the quiet part out loud. donald trump is screaming the quiet part out loud. >> trump: the democrats are also trying to rig the election by sending out tens of millions of mail in ballots, using the china virus as the excuse for allowing people not to go to the polls. this will be, in my opinion, the most corrupt election in the history of our country, and we cannot let this happen. >> elias: if you're donald trump and your approval ratings are where they are and your ceiling for-- for how many people will support you is as low as it is, you really only have one choice, which is to decrease the number of people who vote. and i think that that explains what donald trump is tweeting about, about voting. why he is demonizing vote-by- mail. >> whitaker: why is president trump so concerned about vote- by-mail? >> clark: vote-by-mail is less secur

commissioner elias, is that you? >> commissioner elias: yeah. so i wanted to add some items to the agenda. like commissioner dejesus said, i think the dante thomas issue needs to come before the commission so we can talk about it, where we are, and what d.p.a.s role is in this audit and what the status is. so i think we need to take a good look at that. the other item is -- i'd like d.p.a. to report on their base training and investigation. i've been noticing in a lot of this report that there aren't very many bias complaints, and i'm wondering why when people in the community have told me otherwise, so i'd really like to know the training and investigative practices regarding how d.p.a. receives bias complaints, how they handle them, how their staff is trained to recognize bias complaints when they come in, how they're tracked, how they're investigated, so i think those -- that information is really important for the public to know because, you know, again, a lot of the community members come up to me and say that they -- they don't understand

and yet elias keeps working. he says he has to keep helping. a 32-year-old man who has been sick for the past two weeks. this is the front line against covid-19 in the remote amazon. reina has lost around 17 pounds in the past few days and he still has a fever. his wife is extremely worried. she has tried to isolate him, but they still share the same hut with their four children. this is one of the hundreds of towns in the amazon now affected by the pandemic. here nobody has a bank account, so when the government gave a bonus check to peruvians struggling to find work during the pandemic lockdown, people here had to travel eight hours to the nearest bank, carrying back to the communities more than just money. it is here in the capital of this region that you find these, people dying at the hospital doors. there are no beds left. >> this is the covid area in one of the main hospitals here. doctors have to work 12 to 18-hour shifts and in 40 degrees celsius, the heat and with these suits is practically unbearable. you feel like the mask is meltin

back to the department. >> commissioner elias: no, i have two issues. i understand commissioner hamasaki's frustration of more than a year, and i think if any other commissioner were in his shoes, they would also be frustrated and upset, but i think what he's trying to highlight is the miscommunication from the department to the commission because i don't think oftentimes we are told exactly what's going on or they're competing sort of things that are happening, and so we don't necessarily get all the information. what i will say about this, and i do agree with commissioner dejesus, this has been going on for more than a year, so concurrence should have happened already. the fact that they're getting months is just unacceptable. we were just chastised by the d.o.j. about how we take things off calendar and how long things take, and we keep getting hit by the public who thinks that we aren't doing things fast enough, and this is just an example of why it is everything is taking us so long. and so while i respectfully understand why you keep deferring or

elias and mawirdi join us now. thanks to both of you.we've been watching this to happen to so many small businesspeople throughout the country. our heart goes out to you, you put your life, effort and your money into this. i wonder as this happens, what do you want to see on the streets of minneapolis to allow you to reopen? >> well, we were expecting at least this to kind of go down a little bit, before we say anything, our thoughts and prayers goes out to the george floyd's family, and we feel their pain, because the reason being is we are a couple blocks from where george floyd was killed and our pharmacy is probably five minutes away from where we live, so this is, hits hard. it's just sad to hear that, and to see this kind of destruction happen, but it will not bring george floyd back again. we can rebuild our pharmacy. we can build business, but it won't bring his life back, and we are very saddened for this to happen. >> of course you are. i was struck, over the weekend, by something that the governor said about really the tale of

marc elias joins us now live. mr. elias, thank you very much for being here. i really appreciate you taking the time. >> thanks for having me. i wish it was under better circumstances. >> yeah, me too. i know that you've been able to see the last few minutes when i was talking about what happened in georgia today, what's happened in iowa over the past few days, the abs that iowa republicans have been taking there. some of the things we've been hearing from the white house. you're a real expert on this stuff. i wanted to ask you if i got any of that wrong or if there is any part of it you feel needs more or less emphasis? >> no, look, i think you got to exactly right. the fact is in iowa they wanted to have a successful primary by sending absentee ballot applications to every voter and they did. and the reaction of the republican party was to say, well, let's not let that happen again in november. in georgia the republican secretary of state said we want to continue to have failed elections. it worked for us last time. maybe it will work for us again. and you s

commissioner elias. >> here. >> commissioner elias is present. >> a commissioner brook. >> present. >> u a vice president taylor, you have a quorum. for the members of the public who wish to make a comment the number is 408-418-9388 and the access code for tonight's meeting is 146 628-2245 and as always, please make sure you are in a quiet location and try to mute your sound, the sound around you to eliminate background noise. for the commissioners and presenters here, i will ask you to mute yourselves and minimize background noise unless you are speaking. and as always, either type your name or the emoji of your choice into the chat box if you would like to be heard. tonight i will allow two minutes for public comment and let's get started. >> all right. thank you, commissioner. for the members of the public this, meeting is being televised by sfgov tv. if you are interested in making a public comment, please dial 408-418-9388 and enter access code 146 628 2245. and then press pound. press pound again to join the meeting as a participant. you will hear a beep when you have entered th

elias said. quote, the day after the tweets, anti-trust division political leadership, the guys who sat right there and wouldn't answer our questions, instructed staff to initiate an investigation that day, he wrote. something is very wrong at the department of justice. whether it is mr. del ray and his anti-trust division running political errands for president trump against america's auto companies, or whether it is u.s. attorneys who are investigating trump associates being fired without apparent reason in such a cluster mess that they managed to overlook that he was a judicial appointment and managed to overlook there is a blue slip, managed to lie twice, either barr or berman is lying about whether there was an agreement berman would resign. and either barr or trump is lying about whether trump ordered the firing. trump said i had nothing do to do with this after barr put it on trump's shoulders. so we have two lies floating around out there that haven't been assigned to the individual liar.

mark elias, democratic voting rights attorney, says that could significantly impact elections. >> thiscritical one, because the fact is if we can't have reliable mail service, then we're not going to have reliable democracy in the fall. >> reporter: but it's not just democrats who are concerned about usps funding. washington secretary of state kim wyman, a republican, runs the state's elections, which are entirely vote by mail. >> postal service is the linchpin to all of this working in november. we have states that see, you know, 2% of their ballots cast by absentee ballot in a regular election and they're going to see an increase anywhere from 25% to 60% or 70% of their ballots returned by mail. it is essential that the post office is able to deal with that increased volume. >> reporter: elias agrees an underfunded postal service could become a chokehold on the ability to process mail-in ballots. >> we're on a collision course in the fall because the president is forcing us into a collision course. it's important to keep in mind the postal service should be funded and not politicized

elias and mr. dolinsky -- inensky, who are brave appearing before the committee. this administration has a record of witness intimidation and i have no doubt that they will try to exact a price for your testimony. but you are patriots and you have done your duty here today. it gives me hope for what may come at the department of justice, when bill barr is finally removed. i thank the witnesses for being here today. and i look forward to your testimony. i now recognize the ranking member of the judiciary committee, the gentleman from ohio, mr. jordan, for his opening statement. rep. jordan: the department is about correcting injustice. you almost have to laugh at this, they have a hearing going after barr and alleging that there is politics there, the very day we get the order from the united states court of appeals. the order says, dismissing the flynn case, the district court will grant the motion to dismiss, the district court's amicus is vacated. they are not political, they are just right. this is not politics. again, you almost have to laugh at it. attorney g

elias said. "the day after the tweets, antitrust division political leadership, the guys who set right there wouldn't answer questions, instructed staff to ," he wrote.t day something is very wrong at the department of justice, western antitrust regime running political errands for president trump against , orica's oil companies whether it is u.s. attorney's investigating trump associates and being fired without apparent reason and such a clustered mass -- mess that they managed to overlook he was a judicial appointment and he is a blue slip, managed to lie twice, and either barr or berman was lying about whether there is an agreement to resign and either aboutor barr is lying whether to fire him. you have two lies that have not been assigned to the individual liar. you have to admit, this is weird or this is not the department of justice america counts on and my time is expired. i apologize for going over a minute. you have to admit, this is weird. >> if you want to hear weird, we will tell you

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former prosecutor zelensky will be joined by current doj prosecutor john elias testifying today.ill testify we expect that barr ordered investigations into marijuana dispensaries because he did not like the pot industry. >>> president trump inspected a new wall on the arizona/mexico border and attended a rally in a closely packed church where he once again said people should not vote by mail. >> people went to the polls and voted during world war i. they went to safely go to the p and vote during covid-19. >> now, as you well know, the reason people were safely able to go to the polls in america in the first world war and the second world war is the first world war and the second world war were not fought in america. by the way, one of the states with the highest rates of vote by mail at 80% is arizona. we're watching everything that's happening on capitol hill this morning with those hearings including discussion over police reform. we'll be tweeting about it. you can find me on twitter. i'm @scottmcgrew. >>> thanks so much, scott. 6:49 right now. so you're only as old as you fe

una de ellas estÁn el hospital, despuÉs de sufrir elÍas de gravedad.reguntÓ, y tambiÉn las respuestas. paola: a raÍz de la muerte de george floyd, en san francisco, el fiscal de distrito y supervisor hablaron de la contrataciÓn de policÍas en esta ciudad. para hablar de este tema nos acompaÑa el fiscal de distrito de san francisco. gracias por acompaÑarnos y por su tiempo. la primera consulta, cÓmo va a ser el proceso para contratar a nuevos policÍas, y evitar abusos como el que vimos en el caso de floyd? fiscal: estamos exigiendo con esta nueva resoluciÓn que he san francisco no contrate a ningÚn oficial de ley, ni alguacil que tenga en su rÉcord abuso confirmado. es muy importante que todas las personas que viven en san francisco tengan confianza en los oficiales de la ley. paola: fiscal, quÉ opina de las protestas que se registran en san francisco sobre la muerte de george floyd. fiscal: es muy lamentable lo que ha pasado. es triste, da rabia ver un oficialque tiene el poder de llevar la pistola, de ponerse un uniforme todos los dÍas, de hacer arres

. >> commissioner: commission elias. sorry. i was just trying to say that the point was that the chief, you should have been notified prior receiving the picture and then been apprised of what was going on. i think that is what she was trying to get oto, but i think she cleared it up. >> commissioner: okay. i don't see any further questions. so next line item. >> can i just say one thing else? how do we prevent that from the future? now that we know that we know political paraphernalia can come out in the guise of ppe and how do you train the staff to put the brakes on when there is something controversial or political and give you a heads up. >> as far as ppe we issued another department notice and the masked are mandated to be neutral now. but in the past and we do it every season, and political activity including the p.o.a. and is not allowed to do in police stations and the like and went to an arbitration hearing. that is sorted out and documented and the department policy on that as well. >> thank you. >> next line item. >

elias, you put duty over country, and you have come to testify today putting your job at risk. youi think the nation owes both a debt of gratitude coming forward as whistleblowers. mr. elias, last summer, the state of california announced that it had reached an agreement with four automakers on air quality standards that would be jumpter than the rules the administration would adopt with the country, correct? >> yes. that is correct. >> president trump in clear that he did not like -- made clear that he did not like that agreement. >> criticized the agreement on twitter, yes. 20, 2019, the new york times reported he was "enraged by california's deal." mr. trump apparently called a white house meeting to retaliate because he resented the fact that california and the four automakers would dare to undermine his air quality emissions standards. the next day, august 21, trump went public and threatened the automakers, saying these companies "will be out of business" if they do not get in line. ,hen the day after those tweets august 22, the justice department followed through on that

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so commissioner elias. >> thank you. chief, i am so happy to see this department notice about this topic. i know that the public defender has been asking for this change for the past several years, probably, you know, within the last, like, three to five years, they've been asking for this. and i want to thank them for their advocacy and working with you to get this department notice done. i think this is clearly the right direction and i'm so glad that you have drafted the department notice and you are working with the community and hearing their concerns as to why this is very problematic. it does lead to profiling and, you know, stereotypes. so thank you very much. i appreciate your work. >> thank you. >> commissioner hamasaki. >> just to be clear, chief, i don't think this was ever raised at the commission prior to my raising, was it? >> no. well, we had complaints about it, but then we never took any act hundred taction to put a nor bulletin together. >> that was a whole long history and i felt a little sad and left

troops were killed in hand to hand fighting that took place long a disputed part of the border and then elias earlier there were signs of deescalation with china saying the 2 sides had agreed to resolve the matter through dialogue. for weeks trouble has been brewing in one of the remotest border regions in the world at least satellite images show indian and chinese troops gathering high in the himalayas now for the 1st time in decades india says 20 soldiers were killed the 2 sides fought with fists some rocks no shots were fired among those left pereira the family of colonel son paul father who was killed. in the woods. we're sure since yesterday we have been in a deep shock and hearing about my son's misfortune and my. sons we never expected this but it is not new for him to be working in such difficult difficult places. where. protesters gathered in the city of a meadow bad demanding revenge and calling for a boycott of chinese goods oh we've got a let's make india self-reliant and give china a fitting reply. beijing says it was defending its territorial integrity. shockingly on june 15th i

lawyer john elias said his antitrust unit was ordered to investigate automakers one day after the presidentplained about them on twitter. >> personal dislike of an industry is not a valid basis upon which to ground an antitrust investigation. >> reporter: republicans defended barr. >> he's cleaning up the mess of the previous administration. >> reporter: but democrats argued it's part of a pattern, pointing to barr's recent firing of a u.s. attorney overseeing trump-related cases. >> he has a personal belief that the president should be above the law. >> reporter: former deputy attorney general donald ayer: >> the drumbeat of his misbehavior is accelerating as we get closer to the election. >> reporter: barr has insisted he took all of these actions on his own because he thought they were right, and without consulting with the president. he has repeatedly refused to testify about all this, but today announced that he will go before congress in a month. norah. >> o'donnell: that will be must- see tv. nancy cordes, thank you. today, a grand jury in georgia handed up indictments in the death o

maybe you heard some of the testimony yesterday by attorney elias saying, pointing out the inordinate amount of time and resources this attorney generaln put against thedustry marijuana industry, the cannabis industry. entirely out of favor or the president and by the attorney l general. what do i think about it? >> i think it's just wrong. i think it is against the law. >> jim bow is out of bakersfield, california, an independent. good morning, jimbo. >> caller: good morning. first comment is, if we're going to have any statue of anyone, it should be of brian lamb, because he's the one who has contributed more to democracy inahs. my life than any other single people. individual. so if we're going to honor people, let's honor the right ad people. him you said that if i see him around the office.r what's your question for the congresswoman? >> caller: my question for the congresswoman is this. there are components of this bill in which have 80% of the support of the american public and could make it incredibly aw impalatable for the senate to not take an honest look at j2$ey why is the

elias said. quote, "the day after the tweets, antitrust division political leadership, the guys who sat right there wouldn't answer our questions, instructed staff to initiate that day," he wrote. something is very wrong at the department of justice, whether it is the antitrust regime running political errands for president trump against america's oil companies, or whether it is u.s. attorneys investigating trump associates being fired without apparent reason in such a clustered mess that they managed to overlook he was a judicial appointment, managed to overlook there is a blue slip, managed to lie twice, -- ged and either barr or berman was lying about whether there is an agreement to resign and either trump or barr is lying about whether to fire him. you have two lies floating around out there that have not been assigned to the individual liar. you have got to admit, guys, this is weird. this is not the department of justice america counts on and my time is expired. i apologize for going over

elias, you put duty over country, and you have come to testify today putting your job at risk. youi think the nation owes both a debt of gratitude coming forward as whistleblowers. mr. elias, last summer, the state of california announced that it had reached an agreement with four automakers on air quality standards that would be jumpter than the rules the administration would adopt with the country, correct? >> yes. that is correct. >> president trump in clear that he did not like -- made clear that he did not like that agreement. >> criticized the agreement on twitter, yes. 20, 2019, the new york times reported he was "enraged by california's deal." mr. trump apparently called a white house meeting to retaliate because he resented the fact that california and the four automakers would dare to undermine his air quality emissions standards. the next day, august 21, trump went public and threatened the automakers, saying these companies "will be out of business" if they do not get in line. ,hen the day after those tweets august 22, the justice department followed through on that

starting in the 860 s. a german shipping company owned by the elias family started building ships thatwere financed and sturdier. these vessels made their reputation by transporting nitrate from chile to hamburg. company's founder ferdinand life once said my ships can and should be able to sail quickly that was his top priority. but he also built ships that were designed to withstand even the strongest storms and. they probably cut back on things like supplies and amenities for the crew to save money. but those ships were very well built and that was if you like the high point of that chapter of shipping history. in 1950 s. and ninety's ship the make the fastest ever westward trip by a commercial vessel through cape horn 5 days and 14 alice the captain was out of holds. us by contrast in 905 the german 3 masted ship suzanna session record by taking 99 days to around the cape. for most of that time the area was hit by severe storms with wind speeds of more than 90 kilometers per hour. 30 other ships that were sailing near the cape at the time put into pause 10 vessels either became stra

mark elias says that could significantly impact elections. >> there are a lot of alarm bells.is a critical one because the fact is if we can't have reliable mail service, then we're not going to have reliable democracy in the fall. >> reporter: but it's not just democrats who are concerned about usps funding. washington secretary of state, kim they're requiring vote by mail. >> 2% of the ballots are cast by absentee ballots. they're going to see an increase from 20 to 25% to 60 or 70% of ballots returned by mail. it is essential that the post office is able to deal with that increased volume. >> reporter: this could become a chokehold on the ability to process mail-in ballots. >> we're on a collision course in the fall because the president is saying it should not be politicized. >> president trump has taken aim at the practice citing a number of unsupported conspiracy theories in recent months, including tweeting without evidence mail-in voting has, quote, tremendous potential for voter fraud and for whatever reason doesn't work out well for republicans. trump has often chast

paris howard and one point after marching three hours past curfew, nypd inspector named inspector elias nikus said i'll walk with you gu guys, i'll join you down 34th street and the crowd seemed very appreciative of that. paris howard said the inspector is protecting us. they embraced and much to the delight of several hundred protesters last night. so that is so indicative of a sea change in the approach of nypd over the last ten, is 1, 12 days since george floyd's tragic death and what started with batons and tear gas ended up in sort of a miracle on 34th street and a heartwarming moment there. now today the mayor said adds people are -- you can see the people calling to defund nypd pledged he would do that, cut the $6 billion nypd budget about 6% of his total budget for this city here. and seeing that in a lot of cities where money that they think could go to mental health care, homeless issues, to young education and housing, things that lead to systemic poverty and these sorts of things to be better spent so a big, big development at least here in new york city, fred. >> all right.

these two prosecutors, aaron zelinske, jonathan elias, word for a period of time they're making hay out theirs to set poli. many more important stories on just the news.com. led by the inname mittable john solomon. great to have you, john. thanks so much. rnc rare ronna mcdaniel joins us tomorrow. former national security advisor kt mcfarland. congng maria: good morning, everyone, welcome. thank you so much for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo, it is wednesday june 17th, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. coronavirus spiking 6 states including florida and texas reporting record high number cases. meanwhile good news on fighting pandemic this morning, low-cost steroid showing promise in treating patients. federal reserve jay powell this morning on capitol hill once again, he says there are signs of modest rebound, warning that uncertainty remains and pushing congress for morefutures this mr once again looking to extend yesterday's big gains, take a look, nasdaq up 25 and the

these two prosecutors, aaron zelinske, jonathan elias, worked for a period of time they're making hayration decision, not theirs to set policy. lou: that story and many more important stories on just the news.com. led by the inname mittable john solomon. great to have you, john. thanks so much. rnc rare ronna mcdaniel joins us tomorrow. former national security advisor kt mcfarland. liz: fox surging into the close, ending the day in the green on confidence and optimism coming back. much stronger than expected economic data on homebuilding, retail spending and more. news that the trump administration is preparing a 1 trillion-dollar infrastructure plan including for 5g, also news that a steroid drug can potentially cut by a third or even half the covid-19 death for those on ventilators and oxygen. also the central federal reserve a strong june jobs report, they did return the corner, optimism and hope, now

the second prosecutor who we're going to hear from is john elias.ays they have launched investigations into marijuana companies and auto companies because of the president -- the attorney general trying to do favors for the president. now, we're going to hear from republicans who are going to defend the attorney general, but one of the things we have to take note of is this is coming days after the attorney general topped out the top federal prosecutor in manhattan, geoffrey berman, after a weekend standoff and so the idea of political influence in the justice department something that's in the air and it's clear that the attorney general is on the defensive on this issue. >> keep us posted. thank you very much. so a baltimore restaurant has apologized after cell phone video captured a black woman and her son being denied service allegedly because the 9-year-old was in shorts and, quote, an athletic t-shirt, although a white child similarly dressed was apparently allowed to dine there. watch. >> he got on a shirt and -- >> i'm sorry, man. the gentle