thank you very much, madam chancellor.llowing me, if i may, to take you up on this last point. one of the consequences of this pandemic is as far as we can say that companies are much more aware now of their social responsibility, their responsibility for society, so we have not less partners. we have even more partners than at the beginning of this man democratic, particularly because these companies were in our working groups,ings in a number of our working groups because they want to do what you said, match their words with deeds. just one example, we have a number of working groups, meetings here during this virtual annual conference. one small example, the commitment to set up a platform, for example, to plant 1 million new trees in the course of this decade, and re-scaling the further training of people, further education of people. that is something that we need abilities that are far different than the sort of skills that we used. there's up moment left to us. i would like to come back to two or three issues that y

they give very much, madame chancellor.e hope to see you, maybe in singapore come in a physical meeting, or in davos. >> french president emmanuel macron also spoke to the world economic forum, discussing the global response that climate change and what is needed to restore the economy in 2021. this is half an hour. dr. schwab: the participants, it is my great honor to welcome president macron

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by journalists which is a tradition for a long time and we're pleased that you are here again madam chancellor i think you were here 3 times more pleased that you are following that with the 1st month of the year you have the from madam chancellor ladies and gentlemen. we find ourselves in a very difficult phase of the pandemic and this was the reason why the heads of state and government of the federal states and the national government. continue their deliberations on tuesday and didn't wait until next monday as originally planned and that is also the reason why i am once again here and very happily so i want to give your sense of my analysis and evaluation of the situation and then of course respond to any questions you may have and i want to thank the federal press conference for inviting me to do so we find ourselves in a very difficult phase of the pandemic and why is that the case because we have a bit of a fractured image on the one hand we're seeing the daily number of infections declining finally that's the good news and there are fewer people on intensive care ward says than there w

thank you very much, madam chancellor. we very much hope to see you perhaps later this year in singapore, the physical meeting, or next year in devos. thank you for your time. >>> french president emmanuel macron spoke about the response to climate change and the leadership needed to restore the economy in 2021. his remarks were part of an event hosted by the world economic forum. this is 25 minutes. >> the participants, it's my great honor to welcome mr. president macron. generally we meet in davos. nevertheless i'm pleased that we are able to have this digital dialogue instead. i know, mr. president, that in my opinion, and in the opinion of many, you are one of those who has a long-term vision. and so i would like to talk about questions relating to how we should be building the post-covid world. and let me start with the first question. in your opinion, what would be your vision to rebuild a greener economy, a more resilient economy, more sustainable, so what is your vision for the long term? do we need a new vision? >

they give very much, madame chancellor. we hope to see you, maybe in singapore come in a physical meeting, or in davos. >> french president emmanuel macron also spoke to the world economic forum, discussing the global response that climate change and what is needed to restore the economy in 2021. this is half an hour. dr. schwab: the participants, it is my great honor to welcome president macron. generally, we meet in davos. nevertheless, i am very pleased that we are able to have this digital dialogue instead. i know, mr. president, that, in my opinion, and in the opinion of many, you are one of many who have a long-term vision, and so i would like to talk about questions relating to how we should be building the post-covid world. and let me start with the first question. in your opinion, what would be your vision to rebuild a greener economy, a more resilient economy, more sustainable? what is your vision for the long-term? do we need a new vision? pres. macron: hello, professor schwab. i am very pleased to see you also t

this is international cooperation is one of the preconditions madame chancellor a war welcome to yound looking forward to your address. >> thank you ladies and gentlemen. all of you covid-19 has changed the world and that is illustrated by this year's double format which is virtual there may be a physical meeting but not in davos. this time in singapore and my preliminary remarks was that i hope he will not swap the beautiful mountains of davos for the skyscrapers of singapore although that is a vibrant place in this world. today one year ago no one would have thought we would have a pandemic this year but someme were farsighted enough once said that he decided the year before to change the format of the whole research program to develop our and a vaccine against the virus and what he contributed and many others contributed to know have the vaccine only 12 months after it shows that humankind is capable of such scientific feeds, is capable of groundbreaking research and it shows a way out of the pandemic although it will be a very arduous road and an uphill battle much more difficult

or the madam chancellor that a president who's been there. ladies and gentlemen. if steve welling and i stand before you know it. as a proud german. like my grandmother albertine a land blessing to her memory wannstedt who along with my grandfather was steadfastly loyal to her german homeland she was well respected in the business community of bio it's a passionate wagnerian more. murdered interest in january 1944. from my grandmother i inherited a love of people. despite people. but i stand before you as a proud german i mean really like my blasted father for it's no land once did but he was a loyal german patchy at 1919 deeply outraged by the treaty of versailles a decorated veteran of the world war one. who fought for his german fatherland at the front his loyalty his iron cross did not protect him from any humiliation under the national socialists not from being banned from his profession not from expropriation not from his mother being deported not from being separated from his daughter not from forced labor that. my father taught me to love germany despite t

chancellor. this is covid. can you help us, madam clerk? >> clerk: yes, through the chair, we can resend him the link and also if he looks at the bottom of the invite of teams there's a call-in number. i can't say that publicly because it's not a public number. i can reforward it to him now so it's at the top of his e-mail chain. for now, we can go to public comment, if you'd like. >> yes. supervisor preston, did you want to say something? you are also muted. >> supervisor preston: i did have some questions for planning i was going until after the chancellor but if your preference would be to have some of those questions asked now while we try to trouble shoot the technology, i'm happy to do that. >> with don't we do that. ask the questions to the planning department and hopefully we can get some staff assistance to chancellor so that we can hear his comments. go ahead, supervisor. >> supervisor preston: thank you, madam chair. i just have a handful of questions to the follow-up on the points raised in the presentation. starting with the af

chancellor. this is covid. can you help us, madam clerk? >> clerk: yes, through the chair, we can resend him the link and also if he looks at the bottom of the invite of teams there's a call-in number. i can't say that publicly because it's not a public number. i can reforward it to him now so it's at the top of his e-mail chain. for now, we can go to public comment, if you'd like. >> yes. supervisor preston, did you want to say something? you are also muted. >> supervisor preston: i did have some questions for planning i was going until after the chancellor but if your preference would be to have some of those questions asked now while we try to trouble shoot the technology, i'm happy to do that. >> with don't we do that. ask the questions to the planning department and hopefully we can get some staff assistance to chancellor so that we can hear his comments. go ahead, supervisor. >> supervisor preston: thank you, madam chair. i just have a handful of questions to the follow-up on the points raised in the presentation. starting with the af

chancellor. this is covid. can you help us, madam clerk? >> clerk: yes, through the chair, we can resend him the link and also if he looks at the bottom of the invite of teams there's a call-in number. i can't say that publicly because it's not a public number. i can reforward it to him now so it's at the top of his e-mail chain. for now, we can go to public comment, if you'd like. >> yes. supervisor preston, did you want to say something? you are also muted. >> supervisor preston: i did have some questions fo for plang i was going until after the chancellor but if your preference would be to have some of those questions asked now while we try to trouble shoot the technology, i'm happy to do that. >> with don't we do that. ask the questions to the planning department and hopefully we can get some staff assistance to chancellor so that we can hear his comments. go ahead, supervisor. >> supervisor preston: thank you, madam chair. i just have a handful of questions to the follow-up on the points raised in the presentation. starting with the af

as of today, madam deputy speaker, in england, 2.33 million vaccinations have been given with 1.96 million receiving their first dose. there is, though, a sobering update from the chancellor. while the vaccine provides hope, the economy is going to get worse before it gets better. and 3.5 years after the grenfell fire, mps demand action. people living in buildings with unsafe cladding are being tortured physically due to a lack of sleep as they live in fear, financially as they cannot sell their homes, and are forced to pay for waking watches. but first, the government has set out its plans to immunise tens of millions of people in england by the spring. almost 2.3 million people across the uk have been given at least one jab so far. the prime minister was in bristol visiting one of seven new mass inoculation centres. borisjohnson warned the uk is facing a "perilous moment" in the pandemic and must guard against complacency. back at westminster, the speaker took the pm's warning seriously. can ijust say to members wherever possible, please try and wear a mask all the time apart from obviously when we are speaking. so, please bear that in mind. order! and most mps did as t

chancellor will be present for the discussion as well. >> speakesupervisor ronen. >> supervisor safai. okay. we will circle back to you. supervisor stefani. >> thank you, madam clerk. today i am introducing an ordinance to waive business license and registration fees for small businesses ordered closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. small businesses in each of our neighborhoods have closed or have operations severely limited so we could stop the spread and crush covid-19 in san francisco. the precautions have saved lives but we can't lose sight of the fact and these important conversations, however, throughout today's meeting we heard from so many small business owners and workers, the backbone of our local economy how this crisis affected them. what is apparent this year and made clear, i think, even today is these small businesses, these workers need our help. we all know that. we need to support them in any way we can. that is why i am proposing we waive business registration fees, annual license fees and all penalties related to those fees for small businesses with $25 million or less in gross receipts in san francisco that saw reduction due to our