lee. i want to recognize mrs. anita lee, and recognize tonya and breanna for their unwavering commitment to san francisco. the last year has been a very interesting one. it is very -- being very tumultuous. i've been forced to reconcile any memories that i had with ed lee. many of them are funny, and upbeat, and some of them were very serious and sombre. i am grateful for some of the many lessons that he taught me. he taught me something that has allowed me to go forward and become a very good legislator. he taught me to have the spirit of fight and to be fearless. he also shared with me how to disagree without being disagreeable. i think that's an incredible leadership quality and one that i will miss in ed lee, but it is also an important quality that many of the people who have served san francisco under his leadership will be able to take with him. with that, i'm grateful we are celebrating his contribution to san francisco, and i'm grateful for mrs. lee for staying with us all the time, and thank you. [applaus

mr. lee will talk about the book in just a minute but first give us a sense of your background and some of the job you've held. >> guest: certainly. i have a phd in artificial intelligence from carnegie mellon in 1988 after that i worked in various capacities at apple, microsoft, google. mostly in executive management positions related to artificial intelligence. now i have my own venture capital firm. we have run this for the last nine years, and we also invest a lot in ai. >> host: what he didn't mention was he was the former president of the google china. and what kind of companies you invest in? >> guest: well, we are technology oriented d.c. so we really try to understand the technology trend and invest ahead of the curve. our largest investment area is artificial intelligence but also any tough technology area, breakthrough potential areas and also in education, b2b software and always looking for chinese applications and new consumer uses. so we focus on companies that are in china, pr

senator rand ball, mr. lee and mr. mz. mr. lee and mr. enzi took more aggressive stances, but all three had a role in killing this legislation. they were the subject of a bipartisan press conference that got not enough attention because of all of these theatrics going on with the wall politics. this is what makes me angry is that this is a political stunt over a wall that fiscal hawks ought to be denouncing instead of enabling. meanwhile, attention has been taken off of veterans, who served our country in uniform, who were exposed to agent orange because of the use of that in the vietnam war. originally, it was 90,000 veterans. 40,000 have died. there is a lot of urgency to getting this legislation done. >> is it being reintroduced? are you more optimistic? >> i am only optimistic if we -- there is such an inconsistent leadership from the white house. presidential leadership would have mattered if it were properly directed and focused on these three senators. we passed this bill unanimously in the house. can you think of much -- you know

interviewer: mr. lee was born in taiwan and educated at carnegie mellon. the subtitle of your book, china, silicon valley, and the new world order. when you read that, you can see the font sizes are getting smaller and smaller. how do those three intertwined? -- intertwine? kai-fu: i worked in silicon valley. i understand how silicon valley thinks. i respect the innovations that have come from the silicon valley, but having spent about 15 years working in china, i think china has developed some amazing business models, new ways of innovation and entrepreneurship that are worthy to be chronicled and studied and respected, on equal footing. in particular china is in a , unique position with respect to ai having so much great much partnership and engineering talent. and huge amounts of data. china is inevitably going to become, or already is one of the two superpowers in ai. i wanted to emphasize that methods of people in the u.s. and elsewhere are aware that future of artificial intelligence technology will be co-led between the u.s. and china. interviewer:

well to lisa joins me now in the studio welcome to you mr lee so you've since had twenty to secure his how are you feeling today i'm feeling very well i'm feeling very well. after all this years a year and four months in hospital i'm out now and i'm beginning to you know appear in programs like this one yet you say that the attempt on your life was politically motivated who wanted you dead and why. if you want to know who wanted me dead you have to understand what happened before i was shot. in the one year before i was shot i was arrested and prosecuted in the core eight times for what you said this or that offense of free speech that's a colorful criticizing the government for doing what i'm paid to do as an opposition elements as an opposition political leader. president john mcglynn. he's got a lot of support in tanzania we saw the wave of popularity that he rode into power with back in twenty fifteen he's done things he's he's taken on these big multinational he's taking on corruption from from way you stand we're talking today about an unprecedented crackdown in the country of op

one of those mr lee some most i thought you know presumably. he's a certain. someone by your the name of swedish on the show i was on a similar sort of sorry also been battling. one border all sort of definition. going to be one with only one stuff. going on there i got me down so you know mush under one kind of russian. i guess i. am only. i hear other voices. down the hill. and things get. in the last. eighteen says that in some cases of heroin use but during the one nine hundred ninety s. and early ten zero zero s. the number of people who were injecting heroin increased due to my company so in two thousand and four we did another search to find out the ha ve. among these people when checked drugs overall for the two percent were hiv positive this was a mockup a very high as compared to the general population five point eight and in the worst part of it is that women who were injecting drugs the edge of it violence were sixty two bus. and that's the time when you say we need you to do something. false have brought it to him to live and that's where we opene

. >> mr. lee. >> oh. mr. lee. ok. sorry. p>> i just want to know everything is properly distributed, contracts and everything. >> well, we are certainly working with the developer and the general contractor to ensure that we can get as much participation and local participation as well. >> thank you. >> ok. >> commissioner rosales. >> commissioner rosales: the target population. i know you said it, i know i read it, so we are talking about studios, we are talking about relatively small spaces, obviously. so, we are looking at 366 square feet and 468. so, are we looking at single occupancy? >> generally, yes. all the referrals for the units will be coming in from the department of homelessness and supportive housing, and most of those referrals will be single persons, and so we won't restrict occupancy to only one person, but that will be the expectation and it will only be two people on very limited occasions, and no children will ever be referred to this building. >> ok. >> so this is through dahlia. >> this is not through

born inwer: mr. lee was taiwan and educated at carnegie mellon. when you read the title of your new book, you can see the font sizes are getting smaller and smaller. how do those three intertwine? kai-fu: i worked in silicon valley. i understand how silicon valley's thanks -- valley thinks. butspect the innovation, having spent about 15 years working in china, i think china has developed some amazing business models, new ways of innovation and entrepreneurship worthy to be chronicled and studied and respected, on equal footing. unique position with respect to artificial intelligence, having so much great much partnership and e ngineering talent. and huge amounts of data. china will become one of the two superpowers in a.i. i wanted to emphasize that message so people know the future of artificial intelligence technology will be co-led between the u.s. and china. interviewer: or is it a duopoly? kai-fu: it is any sense that any other country would have very little hope of achieving 1/10 of what these countries have achieved. is viewed more of a com

mr. lee will talk about that book in just a minute but first give us a sense of your background and the jobs you have held. >> a phd in artificial intelligence from carnegie mellon 1988 after that i worked in various capacities at microsoft and google and mostly in executive management positions related to artificial intelligence. and now i have my own venture capital firm over the last nine years and we invest a lot in ai. >>host: he didn't mention as a former president of google china and what type of companies do invest in we are a technology oriented venture capital we try to understand the trend and stay ahead of the curve the largest investment area is artificial intelligence but also the technology area and also education business to business software and always look for new consumer uses and primarily from chinese users. >>host: why are you always looking for that chinese application? . >> our firm has a lot of us trading so with china our advantages were used hour technical knowledge

leahy, mr. lee, mr. manchin, mr. marquee, mr. mcconnell, ms. mcsally. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. muran, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy, mrs. murray, mr. paul, mr. perdue, mr. peters, mr. coordinateman. mr. reed, mr. risch, mr. roberts, mr. romney, mrs. rosen, mrs. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders, mr. sasse, mr. schumer mr. scott, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby, ms. cinema, mr. smith, ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan mr. chester, mr. mr. mr. toomey, mr. you doll, mr. van hollen, mr. warner, ms. warren, mr. white house, mr. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> mr. young -- >> mr. pence: senate will be in order. a quorum is present under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved and the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak their -- for up to ten minutes each. t >> sen. mcconnell: i ask if we. >> the presiding officer: with s-res. 1. >> informing the president of the united states that a quorum of each house is assembled. >> is there an objection to the measure? >> the senate will. >> the presiding off

mrs. lee: people are being forced to make impossible financial decisions whether paying their rent or mortgages, putting food on the table or delaying a critical health care decision. and not all of them are eligible for unemployment benefits. i was back in nevada and i talked with several employees, t.s.a., air traffic controllers, park service employees. one of them is forced to drive for uber and another one is forced to sign up for food stamps at the age of 51 and they are borrowing against their retirement or children education savings funds. and borrowing has costs. and these workers should not be responsible for the additional costs of this unnecessary shutdown. that's why i'm supporting this bill. it will provide immediate financial relief in the form of zero interests and no fees to these families not after the shutdown ends but immediately. this bill ensures that federal employees can meet their financial obligations and will apply to future shutdowns as well. this is not a way to ru

colleagues, no questions for mr lee at all? i have one question. as we look at the site that we see, none of them are on the west side. so we were just wondering, we are all supervisors on this side , about the geographic equity and the disbursement of these funds. >> that's a great question. supervisor fewer, we are totally aware of the unmet need across on the west side, as well as other neighbourhoods at the city and our programs work in collaboration with sponsors. we really are doing our best to work and support our sponsors to actively locate sites all across the city, and meet all of the unmet need to. we done two sites on the west side. most recently in december, the 2,899th avenue project. it would have been on this pipeline, certainly all of those other projects would have qualified for past funding. the reason why that 289 ninth avenue is not on the past pipeline is because it got such great financing from east west bank. >> we are thankful to them. >> we are as well. we really are doing everything we can to support our sponsors in locat

vailable for lending according to an announcement earlier today from prime minister leak a chunk mr lee's comments seem to confirm that economic slow roll has already occurred and may continue the prime minister promised what he termed countercyclical measures including previously pledged cuts in taxes and fees the. cut the reserve requirement ratio four times back at twenty eighteen and few doubt the chinese central bank will hesitate to do so again in order to meet a g.d.p. growth target of six point five percent for twenty nineteen. meanwhile the latest employment figures from the u.s. department of labor's bureau of labor statistics show the job market appears hearty and healthy with three hundred twelve thousand new jobs created in december twenty eight that number blew away expectations of one hundred seventy six thousand despite that healthy increase the unemployment rate edged up slightly from three point seven.

billion of vailable for lending according to an announcement earlier today from prime minister chong mr lee's comments seem to confirm an economic slowdown has already occurred and may continue the prime minister promised what he termed countercyclical measures including previously pledged cuts in taxes and fees the bank cut the reserve requirement ratio four times back at twenty eighteen and few doubt the chinese central bank will hesitate to.

if you look at who's around the table, certainly the south korean nuclear envoy, mr lee, he took partvery experienced. the north korean delegate is also very experienced. there are a number of experienced people around that table. there'll be a lot of bargaining going on, and it will all depend on what north korea and the united states are willing to accept from each other, and what steps they will make towards each other. up to 3 million people are expected to vote in a referendum in the southern philippines which is getting underway on monday. they are being asked approve a new muslim autonomous region in the volatile area of mindanao. after years of conflict, the outcome could give closure to a peace deal signed between the moro islamic liberation front and the philippine government. earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s howard johnson, who is in manila. i asked him to explain the significance of the referendum. this has been going on for decades, this armed conflict between the philippine army and the moro islamic liberation front. it went all the way back to the ‘60s. even colonel gaddafi

the rome statute grants the defense motions for acquittal from all charges against mr bloomberg and mr. lee could. eat media driven east of both accused let's go live now to nicholas hatcheries standing by for us in abidjan nic what kind of reaction we seeing on the streets that. by i think you can see right behind me i mean people are streaming being out to their work place to own to the streets just a moment ago that the crowd behind me were chanting. free free victory for his supporters especially in this they prefer to be. a popular stop or . we thought at the international criminal court itself or. bleakley de facto is right now a man hugging. a bug really and at the same time you hear you know. i mean one thing being on the streets really you know more of a joy here on the streets of you people why well because just by being held at the international criminal court for crimes against humanity he really ocular figure of the opposition here and i recall notably. the liberation of his white human backbone that happened just a few months ago she was being held on charges of crimes against

vailable for lending according to an announcement earlier today from prime minister leek a chunk mr lee's comments seem to confirm an economic slow. has already occurred and may continue the prime minister promised what he termed countercyclical measures including previously pledged cuts in taxes and fees the bank cut the reserve requirement ratio four times back in twenty eighteen and few doubt the chinese central bank will hesitate to do so again in order to meet a g.d.p. growth target of six point five percent for twenty nineteen. meanwhile the latest employment figures from the u.s. department of labor's bureau of labor statistics show the job market appears hearty and healthy with three hundred twelve thousand new jobs created in december twenty eighth that number blew away expectations of one hundred seventy six thousand despite that healthy increase the unemployment rate edged up slightly from three point seven to three point nine percent a number that is still remarkably low also notable was a three point two percent increase in wages for december last year compared to december of

mr. lee will talk about that book in just a minute but first give us a sense of your background and the jobs you have held. >> a phd in artificial intelligence from carnegie mellon 1988 after that i worked in various capacities

you've had mr. lee and mr. holly have also talked about antitrust. some of the enforcement there. big tech and silicon valley. the power that is harbored there. they are gobbling up a lot of their competitors. you've got facebook and google that are claiming to only be platforms for their users. but they are also getting into the content business. that is why facebook bought instagram and google bought youtube. so their tentacles are spreading. they're moving away from a platform into that content, into artificial intelligence. their market dominance is causing some problems. as we discuss, these companies have violating users privacy, they are recklessly sharing their user's personal data with third parties. this is done without explicit permission. we can't let these companies collude to drop out competitors -- >> dana: while this hearing is underway, across the pond, the vote on theresa may's brexit plan rejected by u.k.'s parliament. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live with the breaking news and explaining what this means and what we should watch for. greg

mr. price of north rolina, ms. lee of karl, mr. qulear, and pal aso. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until noon on monday next for morning hour debate. >> we are joined on the phone by a congressional report from bloomberg news, who has been watching this develop throughout the day. explain to us the two measures passed by the senate and then the house today. the first would reopen the government through february 15, allowing both sides to come together and work on the second measure, which is a conference report on the homeland security spending bill. this is to facilitate a discussion about border security command to allow the republicans to make their case for the $5.7 billion in border wall funding trump has asked for an but come up with

mr. lee and mr. holly have also talked about anti-trust and some of the enforcement there. big tech in silicon valley and the power that's harbored there, they are gobbling up a lot of their competitors. you've got facebook and google that are claiming to only be platforms for their users, but they are also getting into the content business. that is why facebook bought instagram and whatsapp and google bought youtube. so their tentacles are spreading. they are moving away from a platform, into that content, into artificial intelligence. their market dominance is causing some problems. as we discussed, these companies are violating users' privacy. they are recklessly sharing their users' personal data with third parties. this is done without explicit permission. we can't let these companies collude to drive out competitors or to ignore vital data privacy protections. big tech operated really without regard to the law. you and i talked a little bit about one of the edge provider ceos who last spring when he came before a house committee, he was also here before this committee

will now yield one minute to e gentlewoman from nevada, mrs. lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. lee: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the representative for yielding. madam speaker, i rise in support of the rule and the underlying bill. i'm proud to help these communities recover and families rebuild their lives after the devastating effects of extreme weather but this bill is also the reminder of ignoring the cost of climate change. as the planet continues to warm because of manmade causes, more and more communities are at risk of extreme weather. in my home state of nevada, lake immediate is as 50% as large it was in 2000. as the water level continues to fall, water prices will continue to rise for families across southern nevada. and according to the g.a.o., climate change has already cost taxpayers over $350 billion over the past decade. we make concrete steps to curb climate change. the cost, both human and financial, are already too high. i urge my colleagues to support the rule and the underlying

. >> thank you very much for your question, mr. lee. any other public comment? no? seeing none, public comment is closed and we'll move on. >> clerk: item eight, citizens advisory council report. >> sorry. good afternoon, directors. so i have prepared my report here, and this is going to be kind of a year in review report because we don't have any motions from our last meeting to bring you. so 2018 has been a big year for the sfmta, and it's also been a year of a lot of frustration for transit riders, given major service impacts, persistent delays, and impacted on the streets, just to name a few issues that we're facing. the sfmta citizens advisory council has also seen a few changes this year with departure of some of our long serving members and the arrival of some new ones. i'm encouraged to see our new members are very committed and aga engaged in the topics and the question they put forward. [inaudible] >> -- next bus, clipper, stop signage, comprehensive topics like outreach and communication and of course the ever changing ways that people are getting around

. >> thank you very much, mr. lee. >> you need to consider the humanitarian and whether they are legal. most definitely it violates the charter of human rights. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> my name is ellie. i am a volunteer on homelessness. i have brief personal experience. i have conducted several outreaches in the bayview along armstrong and bancroft. myself and those on behalf of the coalition. many of those vehicles are not transients to leach city resources. one elder plea man struggled with addiction. he is working to support himself inside his rv for several years. another is hoping to raise his credit score. his children attend the public school. others were living in shelters. there were unsafe you living conditions like bedbugs. the list is endless and heart breaking. more over an embarrassment. the steve san francisco we choose to apply restrictions and enforcement and criminalize the people for trying to survive in the home base tha that is unaffordable. we must carefully create alternatives for

. >> thank you, mr lee. we finally got a chance to meet you and see you. what a wonderful presentation. i also want to echo what our director said. this is a very exciting thing. it really demonstrates that we have the right people trying to make decisions. i raised some fundamental issues earlier, and you heard me loud and clear. about the fact that your agency is taxed with the region. and you just mentioned -- i think that looking at the treasure island project, especially with what you just presented, it really underscored and it would be good to hear that if we are able to implement and collaborate -- can collaborate and work together, we have something here for the region. this is the way that this project should proceed, and i think that with that kind of approach, i know that the funding will come easier for you , and i think one of the things that we will be doing here, we are all up -- also have representatives like scott weiner and debbie to, they are outstanding legislators in this state. they need to see this presentation. they need to see wha

grants the defense motions for acquittal from all charges against mr bloomberg will mr lee good bug who was arrested in two thousand and eleven found hiding with his wife simona in a hotel room in the ivorian capital abidjan a humiliating moment for this former head of state unwilling to hand over power after an election defeat to alison ouattara supporters known as the young patriots went from house to house killing anyone they thought were foreigners or supporters of ouattara three thousand people were killed in the four months long civil war now they're back on the streets in the popular neighborhood of hugo a backdoor stronghold. the chance bug is finally free for the people of. this is the cause of celebration that was this trial at the international committee of the the. the judge's decision is a setback for prosecutors and thousands of victims of the civil war who continue to call for justice to no one under way it. is free the violence will come back and it could get even worse maybe another person will take power and create the same problems we don't want to see he will come wa

the directors four percent of the directors were women of mrs lee one of them was patti jenkins of course who directed wonder woman for the first woman to direct a superhero movie but you may remember last year at cannes there was quite some sort of heavy a protest that by eighty two women who they represented the eighty two women who'd been chosen to compete in the festival's seventy one year history now do the math i mean that's one point two women a year were in the competition and there's only one woman ever won the cup. and that's jane campion back in one thousand nine hundred three and she said recently. that she thinks it's a really special moment that it's the folding of the wall i mean i think it's a bit of the talk but things are changing and we hope it will keep moving along. on towards an apu are ok thank you so much wrong greatly appreciate it and before i let you go we're not remind you of our main headlines this hour. opposition leader felix just to katie has been declared the surprise winner of last month's presidential election in the democratic republic of congo but the

lee: thank you, mr. speaker. once again, i thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her tremendous leadership on so many issues. i rise today in strong support of h.j.res. 28, this resolution bill to reopen the government through february 28. this legislation would end the trump shutdown and ensure that our federal employees get their paychecks, like now. this bill also sends a clear message that we will not let president trump hold this government hostage for his irresponsible, mean-spirited wall. mr. speaker, this is the longest government shutdown in history. the government has been closed now for 27 days. 27 days, mind you. all the president has to do is say, yes, i will open the government up. meanwhile, we democrats continue to do our job and demand that the president do his. we have passed seven pieces of legislation to end the trump shutdown. seven. but we can't reopen this government alone. senator mcconnell should do his job to end this crisis. now, let me be clear. by continuing this reckless shutdow