also, according to the united states department of agriculture's report from 2016, over 17% of urban trees don't live past two years. a lot of the trees that are replanted get sick, they're not cared for. there's no budgeting to water them and put proper irrigation systems and mulch and pruning and they die. our city is quickly becoming an urban desert. we have the smallest urban canopy, we fall behind chicago, new york, los angeles, and it's getting worse in a climate crisis. parks and rec doesn't have a successful notification system for people with disabilities, those who can't leave their homes and canvass parks to look for tree notices. thank you for your time. >> thank you, sir. >> clerk: is there any other general public comment? seeing none, we will move on to item number 2. commissioner comments and questions. >> next monday is veterans' day. thinking of all the folks who served in our armed forces or are currently serving. >> i would also like to thank all the people who participated last night in our voting process and to the people that have successfully got new jobs and

department of agriculture bought a large sum of soybeans. they removed restrictions on importing poultry from the united states. u.s.ntative said that could be a billion dollars worth of trade each year between the u.s. and china alone. back to you. neil: edward lawrence in washington. jerome powell made it very clear, he doesn't have a lot of wiggle room to low are rates if everything hits the fan if it comes to that, maybe next time everyone can't just rely on the federal reserve, that congress has to do its part. take a look. >> it will lag most other advance cod -- advanced economies. that something fed can't do about. that is fiscal policy attached to labor force. that is not where we should be and i think there are things we can do about it. neil: that was yesterday before the senate. he was echoing that today. is there a slim chance of that happening? americans for prosperity president, you know him very well, frequent guest on this show, tim phillips. what he is saying is i might need a little help next go round here? >> he is right. lower of rates is sugar high, distorts the markets. he is right. best thing

department of agriculture is reporting again chinese companies made a large, a very large purchase of soybeans from the united states. so those farming purchases are continuing as they are going through the trade deals. seems like a lot of good information, good vibes going forward. back to you, neil. neil: thank you very much, edward lawrence following all of this closely from the capitol. i want to get a read on this from scott shellady who follows market developments ins and outs. scott, we have information tied what is happening on the trade front. i noticed something interesting in the latest development, the chinese seem to be saying all of this is contingent getting rid of all the tariffs. if somebody falls through on phase one, right? >> everybody says if this thing goes through everybody gets a miniature pony. at the end -- neil: as a matter of fact that is on page 4. go ahead. >> fool me once, fool me twice, i want to be from missouri, the show-me state. show me the money. as far as purchases from agriculture we're getting back, or we like to get back to levels we were before the tariff tantrum in the firs

of soybeans according to the u.s. agriculture department. also the chinese lifted the ban on poultry delivered into the united states, imported from the u.s. into china. the u.s. trade representative says poultry industry is one billion dollar transport or industries from the u.s. to china. so that would be a boon for farmers when they start buying. back to you. melissa: edward, thank you. connell: reshaping the local economic landscape, housing prices soaring in arlington, virginia, since the announcement of amazon's second headquarters which came a year ago. meantime new york city real estate prices have gone down. the company decided against a similar plan in this area following local protests. jeff, you first on this one. the amazon effect i guess what do you make of this? >> garden city was a perfect example. here you had, here you had prices surge in guarden city when amazon announced. connell: long island city. >> long island city, i'm sorry. you have what is happening in arlington county, seeing 30, 35% increases in home prices. this shows that amazon coming into your neighborhood is a good thing. there is nothing that i could see

the agriculture department at tuskegee institute, now known as tuskegee university in tuskegee, alabama. at that point peanuts weren't even recognized as a crop in the united states. but because of a serious threat to the south's cotton crop from boll weevil infestation, dr. carver suggested alabama farmers start growing peanuts in an alternate year which he believed would restore and add knew tree yents to the -- knew tree yents to the soil. it worked. he ended up inventing over 300 products made out of peanuts, including peanut milk, peanut paper, peanut milk, although he did not invent my favorite, peanut butter, but 300 different types of products made from peanuts. in 1921, in a highly unusual circumstance in the era of jim crow, dr. carver testified regarding the value of peanuts before the ways and means committee of the united states house of representatives. an african american scientist in front of the united states house in 1921. in 1938, again during the jim crow era in alabama, dr. carver was the featured speaker at the first peanut festival in alabama. peanuts became more and more popular and by 1990 they became one of the top six crops in the united states, all in