that is a approved by the mta board. >> correct. the question is does that change how that is seen in terms of the larger ability for it to go on the ballot? >> my understanding that all seven entities will need to approve the same resolution. either with conditions or without conditions in order for the matter to be put on the ballot. >> okay. great. are there any other questions from the board members, if not. is there a motion? >> i guess i'll move the resolution that's before us with conditions. >> is there a second? >> second. >> secretary could you please call the roll. >> (roll call) got the majority so the motion does pass. >> no it would have to be unanimous. i'm sorry. >> city attorney kennedy, maybe to this point. maybe amend the time line for the other agencies acting. they haven't acted on this specific resolution. i'm try to go figure out what the time line is, should we decide we need to have another special meeting to vote on this? >> there is august 7th deadline to put this measure on the ballot. the votes that are

mta's approval in the process. what remains are the dta and board of supervisors and the two san mat mateo agencies. cal train would be the final in order to place the measure on the ballot. there can still be changes as long as there's the practicability to handle those changes. i believe it's still possible. we're running out of time. >> these conditions have all the other boards acted to pass the resolution, would we have to go back and revisit their approvals. >> i can take that which is that the, this particular version has been-was approved by the san francisco board of supervisors earlier this week. san mateo county transportation district and board of supervisors approved the measure without the governance changes in may. santa clara is set to act on this on august fourth. >> a demand for ridership a couple weeks ago in the context of our transportation recovery plan. pushing out tele work based, are you able to share any of the projection nz terms of your ridership returning in terms of the bol a ballot in

this is something that mta has been looking at for a while. we're aligning well in being able to present to them findings that look promising. they can take that and do a more robust process and take it for further evaluation. with that i'll take any questions. >> : commissioner walton. >> : thank you so much. i just wanted to state, colleagues you know at the bus stop service to make room for a supposedly more rapid and more efficient t third rail line, we have endured issues of delay. our office called for this feasibility study on bringing back the 15 third bus to enhance service in the third street corridor and eliminate some of the delays and inwwe inequitiest exist with the t. thank mta for listening to feedback and proposing opportunities to get the 15 back down to third street very soon. thank you for the presentation. i just wanted to follow-up with some brief comments. >> : thank you. any other comments from commissioners? seeing none, why don't we open this up to public comment. >> : okay. chair. two questions remaining. >> : welcom

this is something that mta has been looking at for a while. we're aligning well in being able to present to them findings that look promising. they can take that and do a more robust process and take it for further evaluation. with that i'll take any questions. >> : commissioner walton. >> : thank you so much. i just wanted to state, colleagues you know at the bus stop service to make room for a supposedly more rapid and more efficient t third rail line, we have endured issues of delay. our office called for this feasibility study on bringing back the 15 third bus to enhance service in the third street corridor and eliminate some of the delays and inwwe inequitiest exist with the t. thank mta for listening to feedback and proposing opportunities to get the 15 back down to third street very soon. thank you for the presentation. i just wanted to follow-up with some brief comments. >> : thank you. any other comments from commissioners? seeing none, why don't we open this up to public comment. >> : okay. chair. two questions remaining. >> : welcom

this is something that mta has been looking at for a while. we're aligning well in being able to present to them findings that look promising. they can take that and do a more robust process and take it for further evaluation. with that i'll take any questions. >> : commissioner walton. >> : thank you so much. i just wanted to state, colleagues you know at the bus stop service to make room for a supposedly more rapid and more efficient t third rail line, we have endured issues of delay. our office called for this feasibility study on bringing back the 15 third bus to enhance service in the third street corridor and eliminate some of the delays and inwwe inequitiest exist with the t. thank mta for listening to feedback and proposing opportunities to get the 15 back down to third street very soon. thank you for the presentation. i just wanted to follow-up with some brief comments. >> : thank you. any other comments from commissioners? seeing none, why don't we open this up to public comment. >> : okay. chair. two questions remaining. >> : welcom

was not a project determination under the mta's de delegated authority. if this is placed on the ballot today it will be proposition rr. you heard it here first. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. >> madam, clerk. that completes the queue. >> thank you. i see supervisor haney is in the queue. would you like to make some comments or is that from last time? >> thank you. i just wanted to quickly thank supervisor walto. i was happy to have partnered with them. very challenging to negotiate something like this across three counties. a way forward where the governance issues were addressed and i know there's more to do at cal train. we have a measure that should be very clear and straight forward for voters. i hope that san francisco and san mateo voters support it. this is very important to my constituents. i want to under score it does have a positive impact on mta's budget as well. for the many folks that reply on muni and the cuts there. i hope they support this as well. thank you to all of the folks across the three counties who have wor

was not a project determination under the mta's de delegated authority. if this is placed on the ballot today it will be proposition rr. you heard it here first. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. >> madam, clerk. that completes the queue. >> thank you. i see supervisor haney is in the queue. would you like to make some comments or is that from last time? >> thank you. i just wanted to quickly thank supervisor walto. i was happy to have partnered with them. very challenging to negotiate something like this across three counties. a way forward where the governance issues were addressed and i know there's more to do at cal train. we have a measure that should be very clear and straight forward for voters. i hope that san francisco and san mateo voters support it. this is very important to my constituents. i want to under score it does have a positive impact on mta's budget as well. for the many folks that reply on muni and the cuts there. i hope they support this as well. thank you to all of the folks across the three counties who have wor

this is something that mta has been looking at for a while.well in being able to present to them findings that look promising. they can take that and do a more robust process and take it for further evaluation. with that i'll take any questions. >> : commissioner walton. >> : thank you so much. i just wanted to state, colleagues you know at the bus stop service to make room for a supposedly more rapid and more efficient t third rail line, we have endured issues of delay. our office called for this feasibility study on bringing back the 15 third bus to enhance service in the third street corridor and eliminate some of the delays and inwwe inequitiest exist with the t. thank mta for listening to feedback and proposing opportunities to get the 15 back down to third street very soon. thank you for the presentation. i just wanted to follow-up with some brief comments. >> : thank you. any other comments from commissioners? seeing none, why don't we open this up to public comment. >> : okay. chair. two questions remaining. >> : welcome caller. your t

the mta has been bleeding cash from the pandemic.hey agreed to buy the debt that the mta did not sell and they got a really good deal on the potential yield like 100 basis points less than banks. super interesting. , ias we think about the u.s. think you move through, methodically with ways to allow the businesses that can reopen to reopen, the schools to reopen where they can, that becomes an important part of people's productivity, you want to raise the productivity, and in the long run you need to get well u.s.ted investments in the and everywhere, i think that comes from transparency. david, world bank president speaking about pool reopening in the coronavirus pandemic. here is one story that caught my eye, a correlation between school closures and jobs. schools closed could slow down the economic recovery. as many as 18 million parents might not be able to work assuming that one parent has to stay home for full-time childcare. families with small children will be affected the most. childcare obligations will play a major role in

they sent a letter, you mentioned the mta, directly to apple ceo tim cook asking him to better educatehere so they are not lowering down their masks while on the subway in close proximity with others. you can see the subway is right here at the moment. i spoke to some riders this morning about their experience with iphones. listen in. >> i have to pull my mask down. it's quite inconvenient. >> whenever i touch stuff, i don't like to touch my mask. >> if i need to unlock my phone, i take my mask off to let my face open it. kristina: fox business reached out to apple for comment. they responded quote, we simplified the unlock process for people wearing masks with an update to face id in ios 13.5 that automatically presents a passcode. it's just a lot faster. this comes as a lot of major city public transportation systems are in dire straits. they are desperate to make everyone feel safe and comfortable so that riders come back. right now, the estimates for the mta in new york is that we could face a deficit of $16 billion through 2024 and most cities across the united states have already

this is something that mta has been looking at for a while. we're aligning well in being able to present to them findings that look promising. they can take that and do a more robust process and take it for further evaluation. with that i'll take any questions. >> : commissioner walton. >> : thank you so much. i just wanted to state, colleagues you know at the bus stop service to make room for a supposedly more rapid and more efficient t third rail line, we have endured issues of delay. our office called for this feasibility study on bringing back the 15 third bus to enhance service in the third street corridor and eliminate some of the delays and inwwe inequitiest exist with the t. thank mta for listening to feedback and proposing opportunities to get the 15 back down to third street very soon. thank you for the presentation. i just wanted to follow-up with some brief comments. >> : thank you. any other comments from commissioners? seeing none, why don't we open this up to public comment. >> : okay. chair. two questions remaining. >> : welcom

we also continue the public to write the board at mta board of sfmta.com or call us at (415)646-4470 in advance and that would be prior to noon on the day of our hearing. while this technology allows us to hold meetings via teleconference, it may not be as seamless as we would like it to be. there may be gaps and silence and the technology between speakers. know we are doing our very best and that we ask for your patience and understanding. if you lose the phone connecti connection, we'll paus pause unt is reestablished. i want to thank everybody. this is far different than when we are on site at city hall. so thank you everyone to make sure that we can hear the public and hear each other. so with that, i'll turn it over to the commission secretary. >> thank you, madam chair. this meeting is televised by sfgtv and for those watching the livestream, via sfgtv, please be aware there may be a time lag between the actual meeting and what members are saying on sfgtv. if you are watching and you wish to comment on an item, please call the item that is listed on the agenda when the item is

mta, the op-ed by the mta after the incredible op-ed exposing how transit workers have been treated. it got a lot of exposure, the fact there was that really great piece on healthcare workers including lower paid transporters and environmental services, like people not like doctors and nurses, people -- i wonder to what degree the narratives are reaching people that aren't already aware. >> we keep trying. in our different ways. i feel very frustrated that i cannot talk directly to people. it is not that i am a show off or want to be center of attention but just to feel i don't feel a sense of a platform and a sense of people interacting with me right now. you are much more out there right now. >> you are right there is a way the frustration, think about the content, south carolina protesting, the fact that it takes such extreme risk, together for the most important purpose is kind of devastating for the organizing you want us to do right now. you think about agonizing, your ex-husband was involved, we talked about it in the interview and early on in new york, one of the earliest peo

mta employee tramel thompson says the video is unbelievable. >> this is not the time for this in the you can put your family members at risk, mtv workers at risk and whoever else at risk. help us help you guys. let us do our job safely. >> reporter: we should tell you thankfully the mta says that the driver here was not injured but, t.j., again, officials see this as very serious. >> all right, thank you so much. >>> we want to turn now to a remarkable recovery. a woman in georgia speaking out after she was hit by a car that slammed into a hospital. the accident was caught on camera. going to show you more of it but do want to warn you, it is tough to see. our will reeve with the story. >> reporter: this morning an incredible survival story. a woman injured in this dramatic and deadly crash at piedmont hospital in atlanta. now speaking out for the first time. >> i looked up from my phone. there was a red suv coming towards me. >> reporter: kai bailey reliving the terrifying moment from the end of june. the 29-year-old mother was tending to a friend in the emergency room sitting outsi

sf mta director jeffrey tomlin said in a statement "the sf mta family are grief-stricken at the loss of antonio on. on behalf of all of the staff, i extend my deepest condolences to antonio's family and friends, his dedication and that of all our customer facing essential workers is the pride of our agency." >>> turning now to the wildfires, still raging in the bay area this morning. firefighters are making considerable progress in sonoma, napa and lake counties. while it burned 173,000 acres containment is up to 55%. some of the people who had to evacuate are coming home this weekend. in some cases that means it's coming back to rubble. >> reporter: jim farha is making a difficult journey to the top of mixed canyon road where his home once stood. >> oh, wow. >> reporter: jim knew his proper was damaged but seeing it up close is personal. >> similar-to-when my wife died. >> reporter: there was little time. >> i do not see 30 minutes more i could have gotten out of this place. >> reporter: down the road his neighbor's house in ruins. >> well, it's hard for me to not choke up now. if s

they are urging an toll accelerate the deployment of new technologies and solutions and says the mta is willing to work with the tech giant to get the word out. i look at this as a first world problem, but sit somewhat ironic, because the newer phones have the facial recognition. the old phones with a fingerprint, that's not a problem. so spencer, i'm trying to remember what kind of phone yu have, but it's been so long since i've seen you in person, i can't remember. [ laughter ] >> well, i have the iphone 8 plus. and i use the fingerprint recognition feature. are they making it now so that you can't do that? it's only facial recognition? bring me up to date on this. >> i think it's facial and pass code, right? >> yes. yes. >> why don't people just use the pass code? >> drew, what were you saying? >> it does let you use it if it can't recognize your face within five or so seconds, it makes you type your code in. so it's a first world problem that it doesn't recognize your face in five seconds, but you can get around it by putting in your code. >> i'm here in the second world with my

the mta said they need a $12 billion bail out.l financial but you're not going to have tour ichl if there's no restaurants, no broadway or no museums. if all the companies say oh, you can go remote so we can have less office space, one in four new yorkers are facing eviction right now because they haven't paid rent since march. it's -- if this is a very difficult problem to solve. so a lot of articles have come back and said, new york's got grit, we'll survive this. tell that to these 22,000 employees. tell that to the hundreds of thousands of employees of the restaurants that could close. grit doesn't plug that problem. >> you, as i understand, have -- you are in miami or you have evacuated new york to nominee, right? >> just for a couple of weeks. i was there march, prim, may, june, and i left my -- with my family after the school year. now school's starting -- >> the reason i ask is because -- the reason i ask is because miami is now in hurricane season. we know that this city is going to fall victim to climate change some day.

san francisco mta should not add to the number of unhoused folks.people's homes should not be towed even post covid. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> you have six questions remaining. >> hi my name is nancy. i'm calling because of the death trans. when crossing the street if the left looking right turners, the red light runners will. red light cameras would make a big difference and might even save my life and the lives of others. we need a plan. what is our plan to expend camera usage. it's long past time to keep people safe in our city. i urge you to focus on decision zero and create a plan. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please sm. >> she and her. lots of important things. first of all concerning j church. this transfer has to be backed up with robust and proactive accessibility. the strive for 100% up time with an elevator that needs to be kept operating and needs to be kept clean. having trouble getting seating on a train that's in a tunnel. if we can't ensure accessibility this plan is going to fail. we have to work on

the sf mta says it received requests for more than 350 slow streets in the city and will continue to consider options. >>> let's go to pam and steve again. it was about 60 degrees as i came in. steve, changes are coming our way parks? >> we have some cool changes. there might be light rain. that would be late on tuesday and wednesday. i don't want to get ahead of myself. most of the month is looking to lean on the cool or mild side. today we will be above. there is only a little bit of thought. it will not last very long. we have one more warm day. we have patchy fog. we have 60 on the lows. yesterday's high was hot. gilroy and morgan hill were at 96. santa rosa did hit was near 81 that is still a couple degrees below average. big rock was 25 to 35. that is a little change. 50s and 60s -- berkeley's was 60 degrees, 59 in tahoe, 16, sacramento, you are looking at 93 -- another 90 degree low in phoenix. they just set a record for 90 degree low -- doesn't cool off anymore, just doesn't cool off. a big system will drop in and deepen -- i am simplifying this -- it is windy with a possibil

these includes things like operations that are airport, the public utilities commission, port and the mtait is also important to note that the $3.9 billion of the $6.2 billion in general fund expenditures are restricted by state and federal reimbursements and voter mandated services for children, transit and seniors. the remaining $2.3 billion represents discretionary fund budget available to pay for the public services san franciscans rely on. the mayor's proposed budget achieved four key objectives. it balances the budget responsibly, avoiding layoffs for city employees and major service cuts, it makes progress on shared priorities of homelessness and behavioral health. it reinvest significant resources toward initiatives that support racial equity and identifying alternatives to policing and it maintains a robust importance to the covid-19 pandemic. the mayor's required by the charter to submit a balance two-year budget. the proposed budget utilizes variety of one time and ongoing revenue and expenditures solutions to balance this projected shortfall while also investing in shared prio

muni trains started operating on saturday for the first time since april but monday the sf mta said there are two problems. overhead power lines failed and an employee in the management center tested positive for covid-19. muni metro shutdowns are expected to continue for two weeks. a mess of what barbara i the santa cruz mountains is still threatening homes this month at the latest on containment efforts and the one thing that cal fire says is helping the crews gain control. plus as smoke continues to blanket the bay area, find out what you can do to help keep the smoke from getting inside your home and your car. also, hurricane laura is gaining strength in the gulf of mexico. what's making the evacuation effort even more difficult as millions of people are bracing for the storm. >>> this is mornings on 2. it is 7:00. it's wednesday. welcome to the middle of the week. it is august 26. how is the air around your house? >> the air is clean that's why have this little window open. and it is comfortable because for the first time, we slept without fans going last night. >>> you can thank mar

by monday the mta said that there were two issues. the overhead power lines failed and an employee in the transportation management center had tested positive for covid-19. >> we were concerned that we would not have the necessary team to run the rail system safely. this was the exact scenario that had caused us to decide to shut down our rail system back in april. >> they gave us a word of confirmation that things would change, and it didn't. it makes it frustrating and difficult to maneuver around. >> having something like this happen reduces consumer confidence. >> the shutdown of the metro's continued for two weeks. >>> just over two weeks from now, the nfl game resumes, but there will not be fans and stadiums for games in california. the 49ers and the rams and the traders had said that their first home game of the season would be played in empty stadiums. >> it is disappointing, i understand it. there are a lot of adjustments of that everyone has to make. i totally understand it. it will not be that fun. we love having the fans i

this is something that mta has been looking at for a while.ing well in being able to present to them findings that look promising. they can take that and do a more robust process and take it for further evaluation. with that i'll take any questions. >> : commissioner walton. >> : thank you so much. i just wanted to state, colleagues you know at the bus stop service to make room for a supposedly more rapid and more efficient t third rail line, we have endured issues of delay. our office called for this feasibility study on bringing back the 15 third bus to enhance service in the third street corridor and eliminate some of the delays and inwwe inequitiest exist with the t. thank mta for listening to feedback and proposing opportunities to get the 15 back down to third street very soon. thank you for the presentation. i just wanted to follow-up with some brief comments. >> : thank you. any other comments from commissioners? seeing none, why don't we open this up to public comment. >> : okay. chair. two questions remaining. >> : welcome caller. yo

thank you to very much and we'll move on to another department and that is going to be mta. oh, my god, mta, come on up. so welcome. the floor is yours! >> let me bring up my presentation. and can you see that now or do i need to go to the full screen? >> can you make it big? >> how is that? >> yes, that's great. >> ok. and so, good evening. thank you for this opportunity to present our budget and the values that will guide it through the interrelated public health crisis we are now facing. the most powerful statement of any agency values is not its policies but it's budget and when i started at the sfmta, i worked to clarify the values in order to implement the expansion of services planned by the mumii revival group. you haveyouwith covid, our value same and change emphasis in this budget, so, those, we must expand our community imminen coy to protect the health of our workforce and our customers. and we must understand the critical role mobility plays in supporting the entire city's economic recovery. and we must put equity first. >> we are keeping hundreds of positions v

kristina partsinevelos taking a look at the mta's request this morning. good morning to you.since march, major metropolitan public transit systems have had a lot of bumps in the road because ridership is down. like you mentioned, you had the metropolitan transportation authority, the mta for new york, write a letter directly to apple's ceo tim cook asking apple to just better explain to users that they don't have to yank down their mask in order to open their iphone. i spoke to a few riders this morning about their experience using iphones. listen in. >> i have to pull my mask down. it's quite inconvenient. >> whenever i touch stuff, i don't like to touch my mask. >> if i need to unlock my phone, i take my mask off. kristina: fox business reached out to apple and they responded with a quote, saying they simplified the unlocking process. you can just update your ios system to 13.5 and that means your passcode should set faster so you don't have to wait anymore. this comes as public transportation systems are in dire straits across the country because riders want to feel safe.

does not want to reroute buses and the communication i received from this at mta the city has asked the sfmta to reduce the capacity on bus lines a lot, which is causing them to leave folks behind because they can't absolutely give all the people that need rides. this seems like a problem point. a lot of our commercial corridors, looking for new, bold ways to survive, also are on bus routes and what we're hearing from the sfmta they are resistant to moving bus routes along because they want to help workers. it's a paradox right because if we loose all these small businesses in san francisco, they won't have any where to take the bus in the end anyway. what do you think needs to happen for some of these commercial corridors looking for the closest solution but this are bus lines running through them. >> >> we've acknowledged the really del indicate balance that we as a city have to strike again the economic recovery activities and also moving folks around safety making sure folks have an option other than the car not everyone has access to a car and for many working class and low inc

i know the mta has talked about ultraviolet light putting some sort of units like that on top of theiry cars do these all work in different ways or do you think there's a real hierarchy of what does work and what does not in. >> there are so many methodologies here we have been looking at ultra fine particles for the better part of four years this is the most efficient to filter air air we have an airborne viral load to consider. this is the best solution that we can put forward for air filtrati filtration >> what is stopping you from putting this just as much emphasis on movie theaters and museums and other types of commerce. these unit will be effective for anything >> what can you tell us about the costs of deploying 10,000 air purifiers into new york city schools? what are your margins like whose paying for them? >> when you think would we have to revamp our air handling system, this solution allows for an approach to cost that amounts to about less than $10 per student. that's quite encouraging when you consider the fundamental need to address one of the core issues here which is

. ♪ ♪ kailey: we want to bring you some breaking news from the new york area, the mta may cut subway it does not get aid and it may slash compute -- commuter rail service and increase fares. told regulators yesterday they are losing $200 million a week and need $12 billion in federal funds to cover their deficit. it may mean a 40% cut to subway service. everyo i get a train in morning from outside london and normally that train will take 72 people and i'm nearly the only one in it. it is amazing to see how few people are coming into london. futures in focus, joining us now for what we need to know what is happening in the ag market, mike mcglone. buychinese say they will more soybeans. will they? mike: u.s. prices have been so low so the cure for low prices as low prices. that seems to be kicking in in u.s. commodity prices. they are nearing the 30% threshold where prices are pushing that up, exports, and that means the dollar is becoming a more significant power in rising commodities, certainly soybeans. kailey: when i look at oil futures, i do not see a hurricane barreling towards

clearly the mta has a lot of challenges, because ridership is down. expect all of this to turn into some form of normal at some point, just a matter of what it will be. it is certainly depressing, the number of transactions we are seeing, that happen when people commute to work every day. a lot of that is being made up i people staying home, getting on their computer, or ipads, and shopping e-commerce. emily: as you mentioned earlier, the u.s. has had a thriving cash economy. it still sometimes baffles me how many people still pay with cash. do you think that changes post covid? do we see a lot of cash changing hands? do all habits just take too long to die? >> we see some of it already. i haven't been out a tremendous amount myself, but i have seen a number of merchants that will only take cash. i know when getting takeout food, people either do it online, on their website, or on the phone, give them a card number. they won't accept cash. seeing a very big shift. i think that shift will be much more of a permanent shift as people get concerned, most

i thought there was that op-ed by the mta conductor about how hideously the transit workers have been treated . it's got a lot of exposure, the fact that i think that there was that great piece on healthcare workers including the lower paid transporters and environmental services people the people who are not like the doctors and nurses necessarily but the people, and i'm also wondering to what degree the and narratives are reaching people that are already aware of. >> well, we keep trying. in our different ways. i feel very very frustrated that i cannot talk directly to large numbers of people. now, it's not that i'm a show off and want to be the center of attention but just to feel, i don't feel a sense of a platform and a sense of people interacting with me enough. right now. and your agreeing and you are much more out there right now thani am . >> i think you're right but there's a way in which just this frustration, you think about those lines of people voting and the content or the people in south carolina protesting ahmaud abery and the risk it takes to gather, it's devastating

. >> now beyond the fresh prince, q-anon and mta, there is one major story that has got everyone buzzingharris. vice presidential candidate and woman joe biden is going to call home girl in less than three weeks. >> after it was announced that she would be biden's running mate, many people were celebrating the historic milestone of having a black and south asian woman on a major party ticket. although as you might expect, president trump had a slightly different take. >> reaction was quick at the white house where president trump used his daily coronavirus briefing to bash biden's choice. >> she was extraordinarily nasty to kavanaugh, judge kavanaugh then, now justice kavanaugh. i thought she was the meanest-- the most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody in the u.s. senate. >> claiming he wanted biden to pick harris, president trump says he is surprised biden actually did, after that heated primary debate. >> she was probably nasdaqier than even pocahontas to joe biden. she was very disrespectful to joe biden. she said things during the debates for the democrat primary debates that w

need to lure more riders back because their fares make around 40% of the mta's operating budget.calculation changes. so you need to lure more riders back. if crowding gets back to that sardine can subway that we are used to, that means the subway will be much riskier in terms of transmission. >> all right. transit reporter for "the new york times," christina goldbaum, thank you for being here. we appreciate it. >>> and we appreciate you watching this morning. that does it for us today. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage after this break. leak in our softest, smoothest fabric. she's confident, protected, her strength respected. depend. the only thing stronger than us, is you. >>> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. it's monday, august 3rd. a new month. according to dr. deborah birx, a new phase in the coronavirus pandemic. here are the important facts at this hour. 4.6 million americans have now been infected with the coronavirus. that is an increase of nearly 2 million cases in just the last month. more than 156,000 americans have died from the disease, and the average number of de