there are now 74 eligible venues. four additional venues were added to the recovery fund pool during the second round. second round grants are going to total $6676 for all eligible venues. great to get extra funds to these businesses as the omicron variant continued to impact the stop and start attendance at live entertainment. thank you to director weiland for highlighting the local updates on the health order and the impacts there to the venue community. with that, i'm happy to answer any questions. >> how is the flow of responses for the r.f.p.s coming in? is it doing well? i know it's a really important opportunity. >> any effort to get word out. i know that the commission newsletter put it out last week. which was great. any ability to put it out there to promote it -- we want anyone and everyone to be looking at this. i agree, getting good qualified applicants to respond to this is going to be really critical to executing lot of programming later this year. it was launched last week. we haven't received -- actua

to advocate for venues.breed. the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up and did public comment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue. so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music history here in san francisco and the part of our cultural fab lick b

the venue is now closed. it will remain closed _ venue is now closed.place. the band have said is a tragic— taking place. the band have said is a tragic turn — taking place. the band have said is a tragic turn of events and difficult _ a tragic turn of events and difficult for the uk industry. these are all— difficult for the uk industry. these are all custom panels which will need _ are all custom panels which will need to— are all custom panels which will need to be manufactured and shipped here and _ need to be manufactured and shipped here and then it will take some time for the _ here and then it will take some time for the work— here and then it will take some time for the work to be done so no suggestions yet of how long this could _ suggestions yet of how long this could affect the venue. it could be a matter— could affect the venue. it could be a matter of— could affect the venue. it could be a matter of weeks or even months. we are spaced _ a matter of weeks or even months. we are spaced to _ a matter of weeks or even months. we are spaced to

for venues. put this issue on the radar of the supervisors and obviously mayor breed. the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up and did public comment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue. so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music h

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venues and the danger is that more and more athletes could come down with the virus.uge bubbles every day, officials are thinking hopefully they can stop this because they can identify each little outbreak as it comes along and reduce the spread if you like, so we've got three weeks of this to get through so weeks of this to get through so we will see how it goes. absolute the, and we will talk to you again soon but now, thank you stephen covering the olympics from us but as you 0lympics from us but as you hear, the opening ceremony is taking place on friday. now let's have a look at the sports news. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun, and this is your update from the bbc sport centre. senegal are through to the final of the africa cup of nations, after beating burkina faso 3—i. it's the second consecutive time they've reached this stage of the tournament. they had two penalties oveturned, before sadio mane capped off the win, with their third in doing so, he became the joint top scorer for senegal, with his 29th for his country. senegal, who've made the final of africa's showp

it will offer grants of at least $10,000 to qualifying venues.tertainment programming before the pandemic and are committed to reopening and offering live entertainment spaces after the pandemic. >> it's going to, you know, just stave off the bleeding for a moment. it's the city contributing to helping make sure these venues are around, to continue to be part of the economic recovery for our city. >> when you think about the venues for events in the city, we're talking about all of them. some have been able to come back adaptively over the last year and have been able to be shape shifters in this pandemic, and that's exciting to see, but i'm really looking forward to the day when events and venues can reopen and help drive the recovery here in san francisco. >> they have done a study that says for every dollar of ticket sales done in this city, $12 goes to neighboring businesses. from all of our vendors to the restaurants that are next to our ven sues and just so many other things that you can think of, all of which have been so negatively affect

as a clock, we take buses from our hotel to the venues. one thing important to know that we have to exist in a bubble is so called bubble. it's like an echo system here in beijing, right? we can only stay inside the hotel and move between the hotels and the venues. we cannot even go out into the city even to go to a grocery store or anything. we just have to stay within the hotel. the doors slammed shut. the st basically empty. that is very unlikely side for those who know of aging, well, there are no traffic jams whatsoever inside the venue inside the let's say the press center which is just behind me. everything is pretty much automated. even food and drinks are served by robotic. despite all these anti coffee meshes, the raw course confirm cases, of course with the flying in delegation from pretty much everywhere. russia, sweden, members of different national teams, have also been tested positive. if you are tested positive, you are taken straight from the hotel to a designated self isolation hotel where you have to stay until you get t

coalition, the independent venue alliance to advocate for venues. put this issue on the radar of the supervisors and obviously mayor breed. the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up and did public comment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue. so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music h

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venue option. i do think that firms ought to be able to file in their state of incorporation. and so in my view it's very important to solve the problems and not create problems by taking away options that really aren't the problem of the the real problem in my view is judge shopping and that affiliate hook, which people have used to do outrageous things. >> and part of the problem is, as mr. zumbro observed, is that these rules can differ from one state, one district to another. >> exactly. and bankruptcy lawyers will tell you quite candidly that they have a conversation about that when they're about to file a bankruptcy case. they feel like it would be malpractice not to consider the fact that the third-party release, the nondebtor release law is very different in new york than it is in delaware than it is in chicago. >> an argument for maybe a nondebtor release national rule, which i propose in the sackler act. >> possibly. but i am of the view that it's important that it be nuanced. i think it

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zach fuentes has more oakland scottish rite center has long been the local venue. special events including the monte vista high school prom the school booked it again in advance for this. junior prom they were out of school for such a long period of time and stuck at home. they are all craving these kind of super fun events, dr. kevin ahern the school principal says that when they booked the venue, they thought they would work under alameda county's guidelines for large indoor events vaccinations required or a negative covid test what we want to wear up. was it in december the city of oakland had put together an ordinance that that required vaccination only the city's ordinance only allows a negative covid test instead if a person shows proof of a verified medical exemption, dr. ahern says that excludes roughly 20 unvaccinated students. they're old enough to get vaccinated. but ahern says there could be more to the reasons that they're not so we're talking about minors talking about students under the age of 18. they don't have full control over over choices and so

coalition, the independent venue alliance to advocate for venues.on the radar of the supervisors and obviously mayor breed. the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up and did public comment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue. so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music history here in s

television and suggesting that i was here to be assaulted and that the whole purpose of me entering that venue is that i'ed to be sexually harassed and sexually assault you had. >> what did these male "avatars" look like. >> well, they were digital "avatars." they were -- everyone has a similar look in age as an "avatar." it's hard to describe. and it is a sorted set of the selected meta "avatars" that can

it will offer grants of at least $10,000 to qualifying venues.ignature amount of live entertainment programming before the pandemic and are committed to reopening and offering live entertainment spaces after the pandemic. >> it's going to, you know, just stave off the bleeding for a moment. it's the city contributing to helping make sure these venues are around, to continue to be part of the economic recovery for our city. >> when you think about the venues for events in the city, we're talking about all of them. some have been able to come back adaptively over the last year and have been able to be shape shifters in this pandemic, and that's exciting to see, but i'm really looking forward to the day when events and venues can reopen and help drive the recovery here in san francisco. >> they have done a study that says for every dollar of ticket sales done in this city, $12 goes to neighboring businesses. from all of our vendors to the restaurants that are next to our ven sues and just so many other things that you can think of, all of which have

real nightmare over what the bride's parents say was a severe noise restriction in the hotel wedding venue$5 million lawsuit is now at stake. night court will convene later in the show. you get to be the jury and you decide. we begin this hour with u.s. officials saying they're preparing to evacuate the agency in kyiv about a possible russian invasion of ukraine. matt finn is tracking the latest developments for us tonight. evening, matt. >> reporter: president biden issued a clear warning to americans in ukraine, get out now. fox news has learned there are signals a russian invasion into ukraine could happen in a day or two, however, fox's jacqui heinrich and jennifer griffin report there's no indication yet that putin has made a final decision and russia may be running a disinformation campaign. president biden heading to camp david on friday. biden is scheduled to have a phone call with russian president vladimir putin on saturday. new reports indicate putin i have informed the russian military of its plans to invade ukraine, however, national security adviser, jake solomon, denied thos

that is the nature of any venue, but that is not your case. you left a lot of gaps, you took a lot of risks, and now, the ultimate penalty has been played, and that's the loss of life. i really hope that really sets in. it has to be a devastating experience for your staff. they didn't deserve that, your guests didn't deserve that. the family that have to live on now without that person doesn't deserve that. i just really hope -- i hope you and the owner have a long heartfelt discussion about that and really think about the business that you're in because sometimes the solution is to not be in the business. the other part i want to be transparent about that commissioner lee had mentioned, if the numbers aren't pencilling out, and you're incapable of meeting the business plan that you set out for us, you need to come to us and have that conversation. but being silent, it just puts more responsibility on you. i really can't think of much more to add than that. >> all right. so just to keep -- anybody else have anything else? okay. so just to keep

back at the olympic venue near beijing. we met 15 year old jang, how young from shanghai. again, he was getting ready for an event that would test out good. the training on the indoor ski slip was, he's competing in a ski rice. been nervous, but not under of his eye glasses and he's got 2 weeks off school to prepare for this championship. he has even bigger ambitions. what is he a dream? to becomes our 1st care entangled? i was up against competitors from across china. shanghai young, finished, and 7th place. he believes it won't be long before china is a skiing nation. and tanner, they just started to develop a strength in skiing. so i think now the earl devil are very fascinating the next few years and then i think they will. i have the gold medal. i talked with younger generations already out on the slopes bundle dock and the artificial snark. it's a 1st step. the countries leadership is determined that the winter olympic game should bring china a shining reputation on the global stage. there's no room to critics. the aim is to make the olympic games a success at any pr

moving people from the 70 to officially designated hotels, to various venues. no one can leave on foot. the hotel room and dining tables are the only places where mosques can be taken off. there are precautions everywhere from special tissues to press the button for the lift to temperature, measuring devices outside the breakfast. buffet eating options are limited to what is available within the bubble. some athletes have complained about inadequate food in their accommodations. daily p. c. r, throat swabs are mandatory and failure to get tested before 9 pm may cost you the ability to move freely the following day. to get anywhere. one must 1st board a bus to the main media center, which acts as a hub between the various hotels and olympic venues. for journalists working at the games, it is an altogether unusual experience. if games would be held in other country, it would be may be easier for us as a journalist, and if i osi wants to make games. here we are just part of system that the life tens of thousands of volunteers and workers are also part of the bubbl

a venue reform, i think that could help. what i don't think would help would be to take away this delaware venue, they ought to be able to file in their state of operation so in my view, it is important to solve the problems and not create problems taking away options that really aren't the problem. the real problem in my view is shopping in the affiliate talk which people have used to do outrageous things. >> part of the problem, it can differ from one state, one district to another. >> exactly bankruptcy lawyers will tell you candidly they have a conversation about that when they are about to file a bankruptcy case, they feel it would be malpractice not to consider the fact third-party release law is very different in new york and is in delaware than in chicago. >> a good argument for a non- debtor release national rule which i've proposed in this act. >> possibly although i am of the few but it's important that it be nuanced, i think it would be a mistake to completely outlaw third-party releases by cracking down on them

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the government has interrupted live venue. they've had to close and f monitor these venues closely . so it's been very difficult to keep the music industry running normally. it's not just covered, that's been dampening the olympic spirits, the u. s. and some of its allies are stating the diplomatic boycott over the severe human rights abuses in china's far west. and since young region, china has dismissed the boy court as political grandstanding and says it won't affect the game success. the chinese media is obviously very, very different to see what people are saying in the foreign media. so a lot of this topic, the, a lot of these topics just simply on reported. and there were, there wouldn't be a huge topic about and the ina petite, potential diplomatic boycotts of, of the olympics. that's not gonna be a front, a top story. i hear in china. i don't think of a story at all. local headlines are focusing on china's middle hopes. instead. it's fusing, it's largest ever been to olympics every team and competing in all the events

board a bus to the main media center, which acts as a hub between the various hotels and olympic venues. for journalists working at the games, it is an altogether unusual experience. if game should be held in other country, it would be might be easier for us as a journalist and a pile see wants to make games. here we are just part of system that's alive. tens of thousands of volunteers and workers are also part of the bubble. many staying up to 2 and a half months inside during the olympics and and suing paralympics like this organisation committee, staff member who only sees her family from a distance. oh, i was going to head out her. yeah. during her time working in the bubble, this is as close as she can get. oh, money problem. the 10 for the need for me to if you very much before volunteers and staff rejoined their families, they will 1st have to quarantine after their work is done old to ensure what china is cooling a code with free games with oh, i bet set you up to date more well news at the top of the hour of next here on the w business with watts, looking at the impacts of the

most venues including schools, gyms, churches, hair salons, must close cases, almost doubled, to hit a new record in the last day, a low hundreds q to get tested as hong kong prepares for some of its toughest covered restrictions. yet, as many countries shift their approach to living width of virus, hong kong is pursuing a 0 coven strategy in line with the chinese mainland. but a sudden surgeon cases is complicating matters. the government responded by announcing tough new restrictions on tuesday here, closing hess alons and banning public gatherings of more than 2 people. at this moment, we still feel that this is a best strategy for hong kong using all our capacity. and i'll means to ensure that we could to achieve the dynamic as 0 target, but the announcement of new restrictions and disruptions to inputs have caused food prices to skyrocket. as fee, as of a shortage gro residence of feeling the pressure. some have begun to question whether the cities 0 coven policy is worth the damage that it's causing. now like all the restaurants are closing everywhere with economic already get

our fascination are to enter many private venues and public facility. so the government is or is really are trying every mean to eliminate the virus from the community. how or hong kong hospitals and critical infrastructure fairing in this current wave of infections. phoebe oh, wow. see, i see that these are pressing clubland, facing the hong kong government and that according to the authorities on the occupancy rate of the isolating, i shall lation bat at public hospital. is this reaching 90 percent and emergency wards are or so on. getting of a went to so on public hospital is, is really out running out of the resources to accommodate new patients. oh and we're talking about over at 1000 patients are getting factored every single day. and so the government is now trying to transfer some patient of mile or even no symptom to some mex, shift isolation, our facilities in a bit to east a burden on public hospitals and also eyeing on hotels to accommodate new patients . some exposed even suggest on the so co reverse isolation strategies hoping are to accom

the venue is looking beautiful as always. and the celebrities had been lining up and as long as well as the media. and you could see that everybody is wearing our mass. mine will go back on once. i'm finished here. and then in a few minutes, like you said, the berlin olive again and the opening film is it's called peter font cox. and it's by the french director a front swallow song. and after that, they all meet the, the cast and crew will meet and greet with the audience members. so it's pretty exciting, right? right. i'm, but it is, we are in the middle of a pandemic. so how's that shames things? how will it look that? like i said, it's gonna be a little bit more condensed. everybody will be wearing mask, and all of the venues you have to have a co, the test and show that you've been vaccinated. they then use will only be filled to half capacity. so it is a more scale down events and hollywood is not represented that much here this time around. so there aren't as many hollywood stars here. ok, i'm, what are you most looking

in the venue. but you know, she said she's tied, she's balancing not just competing. she's also remote or she's got sponsorship deals. so she's just basically saying, look, i have to juggle everything. let's see where we are in 4 years time. johnson crime that thank you. that's it for me. you're up to date, i'll have more world news and told me out, uncle way though, steven busy has your business update. next on. got office in berlin. thanks for watching. they've had no peace for for decades. people of iraq. country is devastated. and there's no end to plan how did it come to this group this is revealed on.