ritchie, storage does allow for flexibility during drought. this adds storage to our system and in a different area, so can provide some reliability for dry-year supply. it is a regional project. regional water supply and environmental benefits and it is well within planning, likely to be constructed by 2029 and in operation by 2030. there are many partners and several agreements that need to be completed to really secure the project's benefits and that's an institutional process that we're going through and paying a great deal of attention to. there are also state and federal grants that can significantly reduce the capital portion of the project costs, but we're still looking at the long-term operational and maintenance costs of the project. and we are continuing to evaluate the location and timing of delivery as well as options for water supply. okay. so the actions that are here before you today, item 12, is basically sfpuc's participation in the joint powers authority. so our signing on to this governance board. and that would be represen

ritchie, storage does allow for flexibility during drought. this adds storage to our system and in a different area, so can provide some reliability for dry-year supply. it is a regional project. regional water supply and environmental benefits and it is well within planning, likely to be constructed by 2029 and in operation by 2030. there are many partners and several agreements that need to be completed to really secure the project's benefits and that's an institutional process that we're going through and paying a great deal of attention to. there are also state and federal grants that can significantly reduce the capital portion of the project costs, but we're still looking at the long-term operational and maintenance costs of the project. and we are continuing to evaluate the location and timing of delivery as well as options for water supply. okay. so the actions that are here before you today, item 12, is basically sfpuc's participation in the joint powers authority. so our signing on to this governance board. and that would be represen

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let's get back to it the party we have bryan suits, rochelle ritchie and kristin tate.ting question for. >> it's still going i saw couple tweeting about the lighting behind me i'm hoping i did not have the superstition of lightning striking me too death one sitting here. kennedy: put on a pair of wellies are good to go. it's pretty ominous. they have locked everything down. there are helicopters who are hovering around major cities, picking people out who are walking around and issuing $4000 fines. >> it is weird. it's almost like they kind of let it come to australia, do it to do and then pick up the mess later on. here in l.a. county had more people die in l.a. county five timer people died in l.a. county alone in all of australia. i bet you when history is written there be the sweet ends and there is going to be the australian spirit people are going to look back and say why couldn't we just be in sweden and her kids would not lose an entire year to half of school purdue would not be shutting down, and all of that. it came, it did its damage and -left-curly-bracket b

that work continues regardless of what's next for ritchie greenberg and those who want to refight the 2019 election for the next two years. >>> the climate in crisis creating urgency in the north bay this morning. the press democrat reports more are losing their rights. last week new restrictions kicked in for 1500 rights holders including two towns, clover dale and heels berg. today another 300 or so ranchers, grape growers and land owners are losing their rights. lake mendocino's water storage levels are about 30% of what it usually has this time of year. >> we're seeing that across the bay area. really california right now when we talk about the heat that we've had. >> and the impacts on the agriculture too. that's going to take a big hit as we go through the next few months and hopefully eventually we will get rain. it is dry. as we're heading out the door a look at pleasant hill and our forecast for this morning, low 60s to start, all clear, and then as we go into today, our temperatures head toward the upper 70s at 11:00. you can see how fast it's going to be warming up as we re

as the gm ritchie indicatedthis is . isupport it . >> you for your comments. next fall.i have commutedyour line . >> caller: my question to you is simple. if we are passing daily city in order to meet their needs with the graywater, i want to know in san francisco how many wells we have all over sanfrancisco . and i also want to know if we have a major fire. in the city, if we have done needs assessment. and i also want to know if we have when it comes to our emergency management a person who has the caliber of the commander as we had in the pas . many times we are talking about water without understanding that if we have an emergency and you know we had one in 1906. and we had one now with whatever ishappening all over . so i want to know how many bats we had in san francisco and how many of them are actually working? we need to fix them. we did get some pumps. i remember once there was a fire on howard street and we didn't have water from our reserves to fire. so let us take care of our wells before we take care of some others. >> clerk: yourtime has expired . is secre

liz and charles ritchie set up the charity gambling with lives after their 2a—year—old son jack tookken to so many mums and dads who say to me, "i warned them about road safety, i warned them about sexual predators, i warned them about drugs. i didn't know there was another predator out there to warn them about." annie is pushing for change in the name of her husband just as the government reviews current legislation to make sure it is fit for the digital age, the government told us. the betting and gaming council told us... "promotions are an issue for individual operators," but added, "the industry is determined to protect people. and the rate of problem gamblers has remained stable for the past 20 years." free bets, they are not designed to give anyone anything, they are not designed to be free. they are enticing people to open accounts and, potentially, they cost lives. jayne mccubbin with that report. two people stabbed to death in westminster have been named by police who are hunting for a9—year—old lee peacock. sharon pickles was pronounced dead at a home on thursday evening a

as the gm ritchie indicatedthis is . isupport it . >> you for your comments. next fall.i have commutedyour line . >> caller: my question to you is simple. if we are passing daily city in order to meet their needs with the graywater, i want to know in san francisco how many wells we have all over sanfrancisco . and i also want to know if we have a major fire. in the city, if we have done needs assessment. and i also want to know if we have when it comes to our emergency management a person who has the caliber of the commander as we had in the pas . many times we are talking about water without understanding that if we have an emergency and you know we had one in 1906. and we had one now with whatever ishappening all over . so i want to know how many bats we had in san francisco and how many of them are actually working? we need to fix them. we did get some pumps. i remember once there was a fire on howard street and we didn't have water from our reserves to fire. so let us take care of our wells before we take care of some others. >> clerk: yourtime has expired . is secre

there was an article in i think the hill not that long ago where don ritchie was quoted as saying that there actually had been one couple that got married in the capitol that's of course frowned upon or simply doesn't happen today. and he mentions that they were photographers and took pictures of themselves there and so i was intrigued as like, well, are there any pictures of this. that led down through a whole bunch of other rabbit holes i'm not going to get into necessarily right now, but i would love to see a picture of honeymooners at the capitol because the closest was that picture from harper's. >> there you go. another question is in many of the pictures members of the senate are wearing hats on the floor and when did that practice change, that people took their hats off to go on the floor of the senate? >> that's a good question. i don't know offhand, to be honest. but, yes, i mean, i know the whole story of how kennedy not wearing a hat at his inauguration sort of killed the hat industry in the united states and i don't know if that's true or not, but certainly, yes, you think

political analyst and former house press secretary, ritchie and the author of liberal invasion, christianlcome everyone. i'm going to start with you because the white house is still trying to spend this as some sort of success, what is really going on here? >> i would say unfolding disaster products both about an iron and corners are tucked in. it's impending disaster it's gosin g g, g i,t', to. they a lut lbohe lbo number it'situn000, it's n t, t 10 usanho ons fig fur arimens,ca, ns aiait.nid cid toid t t c boueesouolveesolveydvedimplyo ju you,ead e w ee g eot wot w gohenhe lca on l l l plane,nehenehenehe go. gg nt us to, we want to go, don't give us an artificial deadline but to make it fit, today the president and then psaki live out the number of americans coming out. there's a pentagon asset on the ground of the international airport, cnn caught them on camera, they are working 24 hours a day to take out two and three of americans hold up in their apartment because they see what i -- show the gate at the airport is so it will get worse because it can't not get worse because they are

ben ritchie from aberdeen standard is going to be going of us next -- going to be joining us next.♪ >> the countdown is on in europe. this is "bloomberg markets: european close," with guy johnson and alix steel. ♪ guy: tuesday the 24th, 30 minutes to close. what do you need to know out of europe? g7 meters -- g7 leaders meeting on the crisis in afghanistan, pressing president biden to extend the withdrawal out of afghanistan. olaf scholz delivers a shock and germany. the pfd moves beyond the cdu in the first poll. france's health regulator backs calls for booster shots ahead of approval by the ema.

lisa: that is the reason why steve ritchie to -- steve ri cchiuto said he does not think they will tighten. is this the main reaction function at a time when they will not get that far away from 0% interest rates? jonathan: you can book a seat on the lisa abramowicz tour at 4:30 eastern on thursday afternoon. i wasn't joking. that is what lisa does on a thursday afternoon at 4:30. lisa: everyone knows that. [laughter] jonathan: equities on the s&p advancing 0.07%. more insight from some wonderful guests, including bill dudley, the former new york fed president. he will be joining us shortly. the equity market near all-time highs. this is bloomberg. ♪ ritika: with the first word news, i'm ritika gupta. the u.s. senate is set to approve that 550 million dollar infrastructure package. it would be the largest infusion of cash in decades for roads, bridges, and other domestic projects. the bill still faces challenges in the house. speaker pelosi said she will hold onto the bill until the senate also takes up the larger spending plan. according to economists surveyed by bloomberg, today's jobs r

joining us now is ben ritchie, aberdeen standard investments have european equities to give us his taken this. what do you make of this? we find ourselves in a situation where the vaccine program has crept up and up, and is now starting to deliver. they are not seeing the kind of supply bottlenecks we are seeing in the u.k. and the united states. does that translate into a desire to buy european equities? ben: good afternoon. i'm not sure i should it -- i should say yes as the head of european equities, but i think it is a more rapid acceleration in the economy that marcus was talking about. in europe, you have these bigger automatic stabilizers. perhaps things are never as robust on the other side as well. i think that is why we are seeing a more resilient picture. but what we are seeing globally is a slowdown in china, looking perhaps at easing monetary policy as opposed to tightening. we are seeing that slowdown in the u.s., and if you've got that twin engine starting to weaken, it is unlikely that over the midterm, that europe will be able to buck that trend in itself. but i am not

and we are very, very pleased to have don ritchie kicking us off. he needs little introduction to this group. as most of you know, he is the historian emeritus for the u.s. senate where he served for many years. don was also an executive councilmember for the society and a long time member and supporter of the society. he has written many books and articles. one of his books press gallery, congress and the washington correspondents, received the fhfg henry adams prize. and another book, electing fdr, the new deal, election of 1932, won the george pendleton book prize. his new book is on drew pearson. it will be published this summer. and the book is called the power of political journalism, leaks, lies and libel in drew pearson's washington. and we are very pleased to have don kick off this series for us. we'll first watch a very short video clip. bear with me while i try to share my screen. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is drew pearson. we bring you this special television broadcast to give you the very latest information on an amazing phenomenon.

political analyst and former house press secretary, ritchie and the author of liberal invasion, christianlcome everyone. i'm going to start with you because the white house is still trying to spend this as some sort of success, what is really going on here? >> i would say unfolding disaster products both about an iron and corners are tucked in. it's impending disaster it's going to get worse, it's about to. they are lying about the number of americans out of the country, it's around 5000, it's not 10000. there are five figure americans, many thousands of americans afraid to even come to the airport. this could be resolved by simply telling the taliban, look out when rico. just like you, we can't read a calendar either, we got when we got when the last american is on the last plane, then we go. you want us to go, we want to go, don't give us an artificial deadline but to make it fit, today the president and then psaki live out the number of americans coming out. there's a pentagon asset on the ground of the international airport, cnn caught them on camera, they are working 24 hours a day t

otherwise this just sounds like a plot to a guy ritchie from, we sure this wasn't jason statham for preparinguse then we are part of the big lie. >> right, and i'm sure all 300 votes were for larry elder. no, apparently they were unopened, on tampered with, but how does a druggie get 300 ballots? this is absolutely insane! >> greg: you were telling me the green room that it's why didn't the guy -- >> that was a private conversation! >> greg: you said this guy sounds pretty hot. >> is that what i said? and how hot was he from 1 to 10? >> greg: you didn't give a number because were like -- you know. >> was he how to than you? >> [indiscernible]. >> hard to beat. what about the youtube wealth influencer in the california recall vote? you know he is suing cnn because they said that no democrat was in the race to replace gavin newsom? actually [indiscernible], that was pretty impressive. >> greg: we always get to the bottom of stories, right? i don't know what i'm saying. i'm just excited about this next story. up next, world-famous man from seattle facing an interesting legal battle. hey lily, i

as the gm ritchie indicatedthis is . isupport it . >> you for your comments. next fall.tedyour line . >> caller: my question to you is simple. if we are passing daily city in order to meet their needs with the graywater, i want to know in san francisco how many wells we have all over sanfrancisco . and i also want to know if we have a major fire. in the city, if we have done needs assessment. and i also want to know if we have when it comes to our emergency management a person who has the caliber of the commander as we had in the pas . many times we are talking about water without understanding that if we have an emergency and you know we had one in 1906. and we had one now with whatever ishappening all over . so i want to know how many bats we had in san francisco and how many of them are actually working? we need to fix them. we did get some pumps. i remember once there was a fire on howard street and we didn't have water from our reserves to fire. so let us take care of our wells before we take care of some others. >> clerk: yourtime has expired . is secretary colors

for victims and investments in crime prevention, that work continues regardless of what's next for ritchie greenberg and those who want to refight the ele f the next two years end quote. >>> the search is on for a man police say is inappropriately touching women near the stanford shopping center. a sketch, take a look at it closely. palo alto police say the man groped two women while approaching from behind on his bike. one was along sand creek road, the next on middlefield road. the incident happened monday, the first one. the second one took place yesterday. >>> the climate change creating new urgency this morning in the north bay. the press democrat reports more water rights holders are losing their ability to divert russian river water. new restrictions kicked in for about 1500 holders including two towns clover dale and healeds berg, ranchers, grape growers are losing their rights. the storage levels are about 30% of what it has this time of year. >>> napa county set to use a retrofitted black hawk helicopter to provide water drops in the event of a major fire. the cost $2 million and

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. >> congress, this is ritchie torres frankly, if we were to pass a bipartisan bill first, then we loseock because i can assure you members like me have no intention of budging on our position. >> i love ritchie. he's a great member. so we'll figure it out >> do you have any intention on budging? will you go -- will you budge? >> on what -- on which part of it i'm -- >> will you pass the 3.5 first so you can get to infrastructure >> no, i don't think we can do that the next package, reconciliation package what you're referring to in the end, we have to debate that for months. it's a significant, important investment in the country. there's going to be lots of differences. that's okay. that's what we're supposed to do all we're saying is let's get infrastructure done first. let's make sure we pass that the votes are there in the house of representatives i know we can get that done. then we'll move on and frankly i'm very optimistic we can get there. we've got some differences that's always what happens right before you get to an agreement and we've talked about this before it always seem

liz and charles ritchie set up the charity gambling with lives after their 24—year—old son jack tookheir journey into addiction. we set up gambling with lives to warn other parents, because nobody warned us, because there is no messaging. and i've spoken to so many mums and dads who say to me, "i warned them about road safety, i warned them about sexual predators, i warned them about drugs. i didn't know there was another predator out there to warn them about." annie is pushing for change in the name of her husband just as the government reviews current legislation to make sure it is fit for the digital age, the government told us. legislation was passed in 2005 and was quickly outdated by technology, which put a casino and a bookmaker in the palm of everybody�*s hand. the betting and gaming council told us, "promotions are an issue for individual operators," but added, "the industry is determined to protect people. and the rate of problem gamblers has remained stable for the past 20 years. free bets, they are not designed to give anyone anything, they are not designed to be free. th

liz and charles ritchie set up the charity gambling with lives after their 24—year—old son jack tookge, the government told us. the betting and gaming council told us... "promotions are an issue for individual operators," but added, "the industry is determined to protect people. and the rate of problem gamblers has remained stable for the past 20 years." free bets, they are not designed to give anyone anything, they are not designed to be free. they are enticing people to open accounts and, potentially, they cost lives. jayne mccubbin with that report. extinction rebellion has kicked off its fifth mass protest as thousands descend on central london to demand the government stops using fossil fuels. protestors are screwing chairs to the ground and chaining themselves to one another to express solidarity with nations disproportionately affected by climate change. a heavy police presence surrounds the "impossible rebellion" protest, which is due to disrupt london for days. two former sex pistols have won a high court battle with former frontmanjohn lydon — otherwise known asjohnny rotte

i think we are also expected to have some comments from chancellor ritchie sumac, so as soon as thatn, we will bring it to you. coming up we will look at stocks to watch, including cineworld. ♪ francine: welcome back to the open, with 12 minutes from the cash equities open. we just spoke with lizzy about the u.k. economy. futures, mark and i were joking there is not much to talk about. this is the overall sentiment, that we are pretty low on -- well, we need to look at things traders can make money on, which is why i love you are charts, but if you look at yours, they do not early -- your vix chart, but if you look at others, they do not really say anything. mark: you are right to say that the direction is out there. we've got the big data point out of the way, and that is that inflation print. we now know that our next catalyst is potentially powell speaking next week at an educators conference, but i do not know what the topic is, so i do not know how much of a market mover it is. we do have the minutes, but i think at jackson hole there will be enough traders who try to sell volat

lieutenant kernel simon ritchie is an air force doctor from minneapolis who is helping the evacuation effort. >> their entire life possessions are in a plastic shopping bag and it certainly helps to put things in perspective and what it means to have good fortune of being born in a country like america. >> reporter: rahmat safari worked as an interpreter for u.s. special forces. >> they were going to kill me either way. >> reporter: he told us his family owe their lives to a green beret. >> he saved our lives and helped us a lot. >> reporter: from his home in seattle, he remotely guided him and other interpreters through the chaos at the airport using text messages. >> i know how many risks they've taken for us while serving overseas and i want to see through our personal obligation, t my personal and our country's obligation. >> reporter: adam risked his life to fight the taliban and critical of america's withdraw fom afghanistan. >> i don't necessarily question the decision to leave. i think we could have done a lot better job of planning for this and getting people out. >> reporter

liz and charles ritchie set up the charity gambling with lives after their 24—year—old son jack tooksee free bets banned. for some people, that. will be the start of their journey into addiction. we set up gambling with lives to warn other parents, because nobody warned us, because there is no messaging. and i've spoken to so many mums and dads who say to me, "i warned them about road safety, i warned them about sexual predators, i warned them about drugs. i didn't know there was another predator out there to warn them about." annie is pushing for change in the name of her husband just as the government reviews current legislation to make sure it is fit for the digital age, the government told us. legislation was passed in 2005 and was quickly outdated by technology, which put a casino and a bookmaker in the palm of everybody�*s hand. the betting and gaming council told us... "promotions are an issue for individual operators," but added, "the industry is determined to protect people. and the rate of problem gamblers has remained stable for the past 20 years." free bets, they are not

liz and charles ritchie set up the charity gambling with lives after their 24—year—old son jack tookws current legislation to make sure it is fit for the digital age, the government told us. the betting and gaming council told us... "promotions are an issue for individual operators," but added, "the industry is determined to protect people. and the rate of problem gamblers has remained stable for the past 20 years." free bets, they are not designed to give anyone anything, they are not designed to be free. they are enticing people to open accounts and, potentially, they cost lives. that report was from our correspondent jayne that report was from our correspondentjayne mccubbin. snowdon in north wales has long been a magnet for hikers wanting to reach its summit — the highest point in england and wales. around 700,000 people now visit the mountain annually — up from 500,000 in 2018. but the impact of so many visitors takes its toll, and this summer has seen 45—minute queues to reach the top — as chris dearden reports. hundreds of people queueing in the mist for 45 minutes. not a shop

and we are very, very pleased to have don ritchie kicking us off. he needs little introduction to this group. as most of you know, he is