weiner: ultimately we need third shots.n our fight against covid, there are three weapons we have. number one is the vaccine. number two when you get it is these monte -- monoclonal antibodies. number three is dampening the immune system that goes out of control. that is where the nasal spray comes in with our positive results in brazil, just published in a new trial. it is clear covid is not going away and we need all three approaches. the nasal spray be given to people who are hospitalized. once you get it, you need to treat it. this is where the treatment comes in, but we need all three. alix: before we get to the treatment part, which is important as it seems we are going to be living with this, and terms of the extra boost, the extra vaccine, when do you think we need it? dr. weiner: probably six or eight months after your vaccination. guy: in terms of the full package, let's talk about what is happening with the vaccines and therapeutics. alix and i have talked to a number of health care professionals over the last fe

senator weiner, and a drug police lands held a virtual news conference a few hours ago, asking governor newsom to sign legislation to end mandatory minimum prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenses. >> we have been trying to peel back the onion and move away from mass incarceration war on drugs model and take a more thoughtful approach to public safety and incarceration. one of those approaches is trying to give judges more ability to make a decision for an individual. >> a california legislator passed the bill one day before the recall election. governor newsom now has until october 10 to sign it into law. the latest on the grocery store shooting near memphis. the number of people injured has increased to 14. this, after a gunman opened fired on workers and customers. >> reporter: >> everybody was running i was trying to find the exit remind people inside his kroger, scrambled thursday, after the sound of gunshots. cell phone video appears to capture a shot in chaos unfolding at the grocery store. police into the kroger about 4 minutes after the gunman opened fire. >> first respond

state senator scott weiner teaming up with city leaders to urge the governor to sign the bill into law. the bill legalizes something called contingency management, a strategy that's been in use for more than a decade, and the biden administration embraces as well. it provides financial incentives for addicts to get and stay sober. senator weiner says meth is behind the majority of san francisco's overdose death. >> that leads to significant behavior on our streets. we need to get people help, to get healthy and into recovery. >> the bill's been passed by the state assembly and senate and is waiting on a signature from governor newsom. >>> we all know that housing solutions in the bay area are not just expensive, but they can be mired in red tape for years. that's why the governor came to the bay area saying it's time to change that when it comes to affordable housing. he chose the east bay as a setting to sign a stack of bills into law aimed at building tens of thousands of affordable housing units faster and cheaper. his california comeback plan will pump $22 billion state dollars int

what if satya nadella and jeff weiner runs tiktok instead would tiktok grow faster, capturing markets microsoft hit a $2 trillion market cap for context we're talking billions of new dollars. the ad revenue totalled more than $84 billion and what if the deal faces little antitrust pushback. across the globe, beijing angry over losing one of its hottest internet properties begins its tech crackdown a year earlier scuttling the didi ipo before it happens instead of after with trillions up for grabs, it's important to ask what if? >> forcing us to ponder. carl, we are the watchers at the moment i worked with the team a little bit and there was a key moment when former president trump gives this 45-day window before the ban goes into effect what if there hadn't been 45 days, he goes immediately, i think jeff weiner would have been an interesting choice i think microsoft dodged a bullet tiktok like issues and microsoft might have been in jeopardy. >> if it's good enough for marvel, it's good enough for us. i like the way every franchise fortt delivers is some kind of existential play >> a

i want to call out senator weiner and supervisor mandelman for taking the initiative to take a lot of heat. they take a lot of heat in sacramento to get this done and supervisor mandelman locally for what he is trying to do. we have to get away and figure out how to build housing, affordable, work force, at risk, youth, everything. we need more housing. that is all i have to say. thank you very much for letting me speak. >> any other questions or comments from the commission? thank you. >> if there are no additional questions from the commission, we should open public comment at this time. members of the public this is your opportunity to address the commission on this item star 3. seeing no requests to speak from the public. public comment is closed. this matter is now before you. this is an action item. there is a request to adopted the recommendation for approval. >> adopt recommendation to approve. >> second. >> thank you. on that motion commissioner wright. >> aye, yes. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> yes. >> commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> aye. >> commission

founding ceo and cofounder of linkedin, but i did not start venture investing until he hired jeff weinerbe the ceo of linkedin. david: and linkedin was sold to microsoft for roughly $26 billion or something like that. did you ever anticipate something like that when you started or helped start the company? reid: one of the things to think about when you are strategizing -- i have this framework called abz planning, thinking about the spread of outcomes. what is the best outcome, the worst possible, the intermediate, what could change the landscape? i always knew linkedin could be the network or platform that would be transformative and it was the kind of thing the most aligned with microsoft's vision. does that mean i knew microsoft would end up buying it for, you know, the largest acquisition in its history? and the answer is no. i dealt with hostility. it was the outcome, not the goal. the goal was something that would enable every individual professional to transform their career by collaborating within a network. david: when you sold the company to microsoft, you went on the board of

san francisco state senator scott weiner is one of the bill's co-authors. >>> developing news this morning, tens of thousands of people are still without power one week after hurricane ida made land fall in louisiana. meantime in new york, cleanup is also under way. governor kathy hochul signing an expedited major disaster declaration that provides funds for temporarycounseling, unemployment assistance for people directly affected. >> i want to be targeted, bring all the resources to bear to help these people who now need help getting their lives back in order. what i'm requesting from the president is what is known as not just the public assistance but the individual assistance. that will give direct money for people to rebuild their homes. >> currently new york sustained more than $50 million in damages to public property and infrastructure and at least 1200 homes have been damaged in those storms. altogether the northeast has seen 50 storm-related deaths. >>> we want to get a look at the weather once again with meteorologist vianey arana. lovely saying that. >> we're going to be seeing

. >>> alcaldesa san francisco y el senador weiner están viendo al gobernador del estado que firmen ello cuando ellas del negativo a cualquier tipo de drogas, sobre el tema el gobernador ha dicho que se trataría a través de médica y. >>> el consejo a la ciudad de san josé discute la posibilidad de prohibir la venta de tabaco con sabores y esta sería una buena noticia para padres pero no para dueños de negocios. >>> para este hombre uno de sus grandes temores es que uno de sus hijos fumen cigarros por eso el ayuntamiento que priva de la venta de estos productos con sabores es una buena noticia. >>> porque si los niños no tienen la ansiedad de que los mueven y los quieren probar porque son niños. >>> con los sabores están más atraídos a ellos. >>> conversamos con una de las autoras la concejal. >>> dice que por muchos años la industria del tabaco ha hecho que estos productos sean admitidos para jóvenes y con sabores de algodón de azúcar, y que hay que salvar vidas y retirar los, evitar que jóvenes se hagan adictos a la nicotina es el objetivo de la ciudad. >>> los adolescentes seguían po

the most effective ways to get people to stop using, and the bill, authored by state senator scott weiner of san francisco, would reward attics with a small payment if they tested negative for drugs through months of treatments area to cut out up to hundreds of dollars. >> sure, they will look at it as enabling and all of that. i get that. there are risks. >> it's a public health crisis. it is not a criminal problem. this is not about arresting people, and cycling people through the system. >> california health benefits review program says there is clear and convincing evidence, their words, that this treatment works. the funding would come from medicaid money. we have posted more details on it on kpix.com . >>> taking a look at your top headlines, plans to vaccinate young children against covid took a step forward today your advisor submitted data to the fda saying it's vaccine is safe and effective in kids ages 5 to 11. the drugmaker expects to request emergency use authorization in the coming weeks. >>> a new survey from the kaiser family foundation shows the vaccine equity gap may be

state senator scott weiner offered -- authored the legislation. >> contingency management is a provenool that the san francisco aids foundation has been using for a decade, the veterans administration has been using for a decade. that has proven results. liz: officials today say the state should not delay with this strategy. the city recorded 657 drug overdose deaths in 2020. this year's total is expected to exceed that number. dan: a massive show of support for sonoma county sheriff's lieutenant who died from covid-19 complications. hundreds attended today's memorial service in santa rosa for lieutenant robert travel stead. the sheriff's office declared his passing a line of duty death. he believed he contracted the virus on duty at the county jail. he is the second giant police officer to die of covid. meantime today, pfizer submitted initial trial data for its vaccine in five to 11-year-olds. the company will make a formal request with regulations -- regulators for emergency use in the next few weeks. the white house is more than 400,000 americans received a booster shot to form a

separately senator weiner also accused state funding or secured rather state funding for a sober centerich is set to open in the city on howard street. when they're at this meth, sobering centre. they're not going to be at this sobering centre sitting alone by themselves there'll be people there to provide moral support to provide counseling to provide alternatives and to try and help them get back on their feet. there is no word. no word yet on whether governor newsom plans to sign the bill into law. well tonight, the search is expanding for missing oakland man with autism. ronald stewart hasn't been seen since thursday. ktvu zambelli tells us family and friends are asking the public for help as they scour west oakland for any sign of him. my cousin came up missing about thursday. his name ronald stewart. family and friends are looking for ronald stewart in west oakland. they say the 58 year old was last seen at this convenience store on 12th and market streets. thursday night around 7 30 just blocks from where he lives. he's from the neighborhood. he grew up here. relatives tell me he

but that's what happens when anthony weiner's wi-fi goes down. they have no choice to release him. he's been banned from posting any sport shows on cnn. joe biden plans to spend the week and back home in delaware, the sixth time use vacations since his inauguration, nearly one person for every time his dog has attacked. his dog shown more aggression than general milley. [laughter] [applause] biden has been in delaware for days, but you think he's in afghanistan, but that should count for something. twitter's new safety mode, twitters can block any criticism or unwanted interactions. the developers claim it's just like a joe biden press conference. [laughs] the twitter allows you to lament unwelcome indirection. i have a similar feature on my devices. it's called the on off switch. new york democrat candidate for city council wants to put victims in charge of rehabilitating violent criminals, rather than prison. other ideas include using enormous hydrogen filled balloons to transport people. that might have been the hindenburg. many americans have put on weight during the pandemic a

senator scott weiner has been a vocal supporter to keep the highway closed. >> the number of streets and blocks that we're asking to be kept permanently for pedestrians and cyclists and other cars is a tiny percentage of our overall road network. luz: in the two mile stretch, we found many people with diverse opinions. but the majority we spoke to today agree with the compromise. >> i like having it open for foot traffic, but i can see it being open during the week for car traffic, making a lot of starts -- sense. luz: but some don't even want to hear the word compromise again. >> i don't like compromises. i think we should extremely ban cars. luz: now we will have to wait and see what the fate of this highway will be. in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. dion: moving from earlier today, you can see shows the hazy conditions. a spare the air alert has been extended until tomorrow. we'd rather just drew tuma joining us, tracking at all. drew: moderate to poor air quality today, and we'll likely see a repeat of that same air that he on our holiday. the air quality right now is kind

senator weiner wrote in a state the recovery incentives act makes it possible for so many more people to access life saving meth addiction treatment. the bill also authorizes medical to cover substance recovery programs. >>> san francisco police have made two arrests in a violent attempted robbery in the mission district. authorities say the suspects demanded a woman's camera at gun point and then shot her in the leg. two men are now being held without bail. >>> three teenagers have been arrested after a scary scene yesterday at a mall in alameda county. police say this is the gun the suspects used to try to rob a woman in the parking lot at stone ridge shopping center. one of them grabbed her by the arm while other pointed a gun at her face. the victim was able to escape and call for help. >>> developing news in the gabby petito case. new audio believes utah police were told brian landria hit her before they questioned the couple in mid-august. >> if you have a phone number or location where the victim is it? >> i'm not sure. the female who got hit. they both got into the van and hea

. >>> senator weiner wrote the recovery incentives act makes it possible for so many more people to access life meth addiction treatment. the bill also authorizes medical to cover substance recovery programs. >>> san francisco police have made two arrests in in a violent attempted robbery in the mission district. the suspects demanded a woman's camera and shot her in the leg as she ran away. go men are being held without bail. >>> three teens have been arrested after a scary scene at a mall in alameda county. this is the gun the suspects used to try to rob a woman in the parking lot at stone ridge shopping center. one of them grabbed her by the arm while another point a gun at her face. the victim was able to escape and call for help. >>> developing news in the gabby petito case. utah police were told that brian landria hit his fiance before she questioned the couple in mid-august. >> if you have a phone number -- maybe a land line. location where the victim is at? >> phone -- i'm not sure. the female who got hit. they both -- male and female both got into the van and headed north. >> duri

state senator scott weiner is leading the cause. legislatures have passed two bills supporting both expansion and relief, now they are waiting on governor newsom to pass it into law. reggie: and foodie fans will find the best of the best in the culinary world. the michelin guide will release its new stars at 9:00 this morning. these will be the first handed out since 2019. remember, we told you last week how michelin names 20 bay area restaurants, including in sacramento, lower-priced, affordable mitchell and rated restaurants -- michelin rated restaurants. jobina: i can't wait for that. san francisco father being warned after vandalize property and a flag in front of his home. and the obamas returning to their roots as the former president goes one-on-one with robert roberts. mike: starting off cooler this morning. you can see over my shoulders, drier as we look from the tower off to the east. back to the north across the golden gate bridge, it is five degrees, six degrees cooler. san francisco puts our temperatures around 53 in su

but that's what happens when anthony weiner's wi-fi goes down. they have no choice to release him.nn. joe biden plans to spend the week and back home in delaware, the sixth time use vacations since his inauguration, nearly one person for every time his dog has attacked. his dog shown more aggression than general milley. [laughter] [applause] biden has been in delaware for days, but you think he's in afghanistan, but that should count for something. twitter's new safety mode, twitters can block any criticism or unwanted interactions. the developers claim it's just like a joe biden press conference. [laughs] the twitter allows you to lament unwelcome indirection. i have a similar feature on my devices. it's called the on off switch. new york democrat candidate for city council wants to put victims in charge of rehabilitating violent criminals, rather than prison. other ideas include using enormous hydrogen filled balloons to transport people. that might have been the hindenburg. many americans have put on weight during the pandemic and worry they will be unrecognizable when they retu

san francisco state senator scott weiner is one of the bill's co-authors. >> developing this morning,s of thousands without power one week after hurricane ida made landfall in louisiana. full restoration not expected until the end of the month. new york, cleanup there is under way. the new governor signed a fast track declaration to provide funds for temporary housing, counseling and jobless benefits. >> i want to be targeted and bring all the resources to bear to help these people who need help getting their lives back in order. what i'm requesting from the president is what is known as not just the public assistance but individual assistance. that will give direct money for people to rebuild their homes. >> new york has sustained more than $50 billion in damages. this is to public property and infrastructure. the storm damaged at least 1200 homes and there are now 50 confirmed deaths in the northeast. >>> from floods to flames, the extreme weather and worsening conditions fueling our climate crisis. according to the "washington post" one in three americans now live in a county hit b

talk with arnie, runs the china a shares etf and shares traded on the shanghai exchanges and dan weiner, chairman of adviser investments and editor for vanguard arnie, how much is evergrande a systemic risk to other real estate developers in china and to banks in china in general how big a problem is this? >> well, thank you for having me so speaking with our c io in asia, we take the issue very seriously. we look at all the implications. for now though, we do not believe this is representative or will lead to a broader systemic crisis as such. >> you don't okay, dan, now, you run $7 billion. you've been very big proponent in investing in international growth sectors what are you telling your clients? should they be putting more or less money into china? >> what we're telling your clients is that you need to work with investment managers, portfolio managers with boots on the ground not just etfs. not just focused on the entire market >> and dan, you're a big proponent of vanguard national growth etf why actively managed over passive? >> yeah, it's not an etf international growth is actu

san francisco state senator scott weiner is one of the bill's co-author. >>> california's september 30th eviction deadline approaching, they are becoming more nervous about the slow pace of the relief rollout. the mercury news reports the state received requests for 1.5 be there in federal leaf, about one third has been paid through the end of august. the bay area has about a half billion dollars at its disposal. the concerns whether the assistance will be sent out before the eviction ban expires. >>> eight nor days to vote in the recall special election. you have to be registered by now. governor newsom will appear in southern california as part of his get out vote tour. two polls give mixed signals about which direction the latino vote will go. the fewest poll from the emerson college shows the majority of latinos favoring recalling newsom but a recent uc berkeley poll found the opposite with a more pronounced spread against the recall. experts agree the biggest wild card will be the turnout. voters in several bay area counties now have more options when it comes to casting those ballo

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now separately, senator weiner also secured state funding for a sobering centre, which is set to open in the city on howard street. when they're at this meth, sobering centre. they're not going to be at this sobering centre sitting alone by themselves. there'll be people there to provide moral support to provide counseling to provide alternatives and to try and help them get back on their feet. state senator scott wiener joins us now live to talk about these two issues. scott i want to first begin with this center. it is the city's first hard drugs, sobering facility. how will it help the skyrocketing use of meth in san francisco? sure so right now we have a situation where people who are using math and other drugs are simply on our streets. they are, uh there. you know they're they're on the sidewalks their homes, but businesses, uh, sometimes causing problems. they're in distress. uh, and we need to get them help. and math in particular can cause behavioral health issues in terms of people, sometimes acting in a bizarre and aggressive way. uh and so when you have a location where th

the author of the bills, san francisco state senators, scott weiner told us at four that the status quo is not sustainable. and for me, it's very simple. we are short millions of homes. it is driving people out of our seats. it's causing people to become homeless. it's pushing people into poverty. the senator said that critics who say they're concerned about changes to their neighborhoods are preventing people from finding affordable places to live. the law takes effect on january 1st. with california's eviction moratorium expired on september 30th and effort is underway to get more help to people who need rent relief about 243,000 applications have been received, asking for rent relief. state assembly member david chu and bay area housing advocates are urging local governments to step in to help people from being evicted after the moratorium expires. given this september 30th deadline that is looming. um part of what i want to communicate is how incredibly important it is for local governments to do everything they possibly can to prevent renters from losing their homes. i want to enco

separately senator weiner also secured state funding for sobering centre which is set to open in the. when they're at this meth, sobering centre. they're just not going to be at this sobering centre sitting alone by themselves there'll be people there to provide moral support to provide counseling to provide alternatives and to try and help them get back on their feet. there is no word yet on whether governor newsom plans to sign the bill into law. tonight city leaders in san jose are set to vote on a strict new ordinance that would ban the sale of flavored tobacco products. the ordinance would force all retailers in san jose to stop selling the products and it would stop new tobacco stores from opening within 1000 ft of a school park community center or library. those who oppose the bill say it will hurt small businesses. supporters say it's an important step for young people's health. well after more than a year of hassling with the employment development department to get his unemployment insurance and east beirut for finally got his full back pain with the help of a senator, the

separately senator weiner also secured state funding for sobering centre which is set to open in thewhen they're at this meth, sobering centre. they're not going to be at this sobering centre sitting alone by themselves. there'll be people there to provide moral support to provide counseling to provide alternatives and to try and help them get back on their feet. there is no word yet on whether governor newsom actually plans to sign that bill into law, well, a dire warning from federal drug officials. now the d a, says u. s drug markets are being flooded with counterfeit prescription pills. and that they are killing americans and an unprecedented rate. officials say. these fake pills are often marketed online and on social media and can contain lethal amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamines now so far this year. investigators have seized around 9.5 million fake pills. that's more than the last two years combined. the alert does not apply to legally prescribed and legitimately dispensed pharmaceutical medications. the red cross is looking for blood donors amid what it calls an emerge

well that was critical, and we really have to give senator weiner.ng this because he recognized early on that. there's the city can, you know? allow it, which may breed just signed into permanent legislation on august 28th to have the ongoing outdoor seating shards faced as park let's which is amazing, and we're so thankful for that. but this was an um, an alcohol, barrow and control requirement that's done at the state level and the way that we're all serving in san francisco. now, as we have an emergency issued sort of catering permit that the abc had issued so all of this needs to get papered into sort of an. long term permitted process, and this bill was critical for that. and so this is a huge huge thing for our restaurant and bar industry. we really want to thank the senator for all of his work, and finally as we wrap up, i mean, does this legislation means that these park let's that we see everywhere now are going to become a permanent part of the landscape even beyond the covid pandemic. well again, there's two sides to it. there's the city's

the final measure is sb-339, senator weiner's bill to extend the road user charge authority. it directs the california state transportation agency to undertake a pilot program to review how collections of revenues would be pursued, whether at the pump or through some other mechanism. so that is a measure that has enjoyed vast success. at that point, i'll pause and go on to budget issues. it is a very complicated state transportation budget. at one point we were buried in sacramento. and the transportation agency advocates were very excited because it looked like there would be a huge net investment of general funding in the budget. when the governor announced his revise back in may 14th, he sought $8 billion worth of high-interest elements. one was $4 billion for high speed rail authority to continue the work on the initial operating segment. and the funding there would come from the voter approved prop 1a. coupled that with that package perspective from the governor was another $4 billion in general fund spending that would have increased active transportation program by $50

i want to call out senator weiner and supervisor mandelman for taking the initiative to take a lot ofto to get this done and supervisor mandelman locally for what he is trying to do. we have to get away and figure out how to build housing, affordable, work force, at risk, youth, everything. we need more housing. that is all i have to say. thank you very much for letting me speak. >> any other questions or comments from the commission? thank you. >> if there are no additional questions from the commission, we should open public comment at this time. members of the public this is your opportunity to address the commission on this item star 3. seeing no requests to speak from the public. public comment is closed. this matter is now before you. this is an action item. there is a request to adopted the recommendation for approval. >> adopt recommendation to approve. >> second. >> thank you. on that motion commissioner wright. >> aye, yes. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> yes. >> commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> aye. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> commissioner so. >> y

the final measure is sb-339, senator weiner's bill to extend the road user charge authority. it directs the california state transportation agency to undertake a pilot program to review how collections of revenues would be pursued, whether at the pump or through some other mechanism. so that is a measure that has enjoyed vast success. at that point, i'll pause and go on to budget issues. it is a very complicated state transportation budget. at one point we were buried in sacramento. and the transportation agency advocates were very excited because it looked like there would be a huge net investment of general funding in the budget. when the governor announced his revise back in may 14th, he sought $8 billion worth of high-interest elements. one was $4 billion for high speed rail authority to continue the work on the initial operating segment. and the funding there would come from the voter approved prop 1a. coupled that with that package perspective from the governor was another $4 billion in general fund spending that would have increased active transportation program by $50

the final measure is sb-339, senator weiner's bill to extend the road user charge authority. it directs the california state transportation agency to undertake a pilot program to review how collections of revenues would be pursued, whether at the pump or through some other mechanism. so that is a measure that has enjoyed vast success. at that point, i'll pause and go on to budget issues. it is a very complicated state transportation budget. at one point we were buried in sacramento. and the transportation agency advocates were very excited because it looked like there would be a huge net investment of general funding in the budget. when the governor announced his revise back in may 14th, he sought $8 billion worth of high-interest elements. one was $4 billion for high speed rail authority to continue the work on the initial operating segment. and the funding there would come from the voter approved prop 1a. coupled that with that package perspective from the governor was another $4 billion in general fund spending that would have increased active transportation program by $50

that's the type of work that assisted assistant rebecca weiner we saw there, her team looks at and askede that type of opportunity moving towards violence, to come to new york city or some where in the jurisdiction to commit violence, that's when they can move from an analysis to an investigation standpoint and work with the task force and the fbi making an arrest instances. that's something they are focused on. outside of that, they try to share that information with the capitol police is a good one. as far as some of the things they hope to do, nicole. >> how do they feel in terms of their concerns this weekend? >> i think one of the things they are focused on is what will happen with propaganda? what will isis do of the airport attack? we see a lot of propagand followed by attacks over the years. that's something we keep an eye on, nicole. >> tom winter, really nice to see you my friend. >>> tomorrow msnbc's films and peacock will produce something special "memory box echoes 9/11"ment it tells the story of 9/11 through personal recollection reported from the video booth in the wake of

assembly committee chair laura friedman who is joined by our own local san francisco senator, scott weiner, and all of this at the invitation of assembly member david chu. taking a tour of the transportation management center. we've also, as you well know, in working really hard in order to help push assembly bill 43, transportation chair laura friedman's bill allowing us flexibility on speed limit setting, we're very happy that this has passed around the legislature. since we lost so many of our other vision zero this year, this is the big one that could allow us to hopefully move forward in a substantive way on our vision zero campaign. we also want to note that the f.t.a. announced that it is awarding $288 million of the a.r.p. fund. this is part of the federal commitment in order to cover ffmta's covid-related losses through this year. as you know, we are expecting significant covid-related losses for at least the next four years for a whole variety of reasons which we can get into later and so while we are incredibly grateful to the federal government for this money, we're having to t