state senator scott wiener hosted a blood drive today. give for a day was held at zellerboch. calling attention to the fact that gay and bisexual men are barred from donating blood or miasma if they haven't been celibate for the past three months. mayor london breed gave blood on behalf of senator wiener. >> there is no scientific basis whatsoever to restrict gay and bisexual men from giving blood. it is irrational. it's discriminatory. and it undermines our ability to get people to donate blood. >> wiener has sent a letter to the food and drug administration calling on it to lift those restrictions on blood and plasma donation. >>> today menlo park-based facebook announced it's providing $15 million in grant money to small businesses in the bay area that have been disrupted by the pandemic and shelter in place rules. jack dorsey, who founded twitter and square in san francisco announced he is setting aside a billion dollars to fund global coronavirus relief efforts. delta is donating 200,000 pounds of food to hospitals and food banks. the food would have expired before it cou

i went from flying airplanes to selling wiener's.it was a good job though. >> he was the best. >> that's right. (applause). >> colonel peter. if you can give us -- >> my profession was the military. when i retired -- i spent 36 years and five months and active duty. now i am 40 years retired. >> wow. >> so i was able -- >> there is our range. >> after i got out i got my masters. but i did not do too much to interfere with my retirement. >> there you go. that is music to my ears. >> yes sir. colonel harvard. >> during my whole life, youngster, all the way through until i got married, i was a perfectionist. there is nothing a perfectionist cannot do. washing out -- perfectionists can do everything. then i got married. (laughs) i had to put that on hold. when my wife passed away, i went back to my old procedures. i did not have a worry going through flying's school. that is why today, i went back from all ways. i can do anything up to a point. (laughs) this bothers me. >> so, we appreciate everyone coming in and taking their time in lea

it just smelled a little bit, from wiener schnitzel and tame. >> jimmy: wow, your house has turned into dr. moreau. when you were governor you prepared the state for a situation like this, by stockpiling how many masks and ventilators and whatnot did you stockpile? >> well, we stockpiled millions of masks and thousands of ventilators. and beds and stuff like that. and i think the whole idea was to be prepared for an earthquake or to be prepared for massive, a lot of fires, because one day i woke up, and i was governor, and we had 2012 fires in california in one day. and they were raging on from south to north. so i said to myself, you have to be prepared for this. and don't bite my fingers. >> jimmy: and years later, the state was able to access those masks and ventilators. >> well, yes, what would happen was, you know, it takes a certain amount of time and a certain amount of money to put this whole thing together. and you have to be very thoughtful and know exactly where you wanted to go and put together. so, but we did it. and then it took around $5 million to keep it up and to keep

. >> straight senators jerry hill, swot wiener also volunteering today, along with kevin mullen. >>> an east by a family is make proceeding pro produce available for anyone who needs it during the pandemic. each day they set up what they call the sutton girls farm stand in livermore, offering a variety of fruits, vegetables, eggs. some of it from their own gardens. the mother of the family said she hopes to provide a positive life lesson for our four daughters. >> we wanted to change the focus from all of the never sthappeninthe news t pose stuff, teach my children about the benefits of helping others, and teach them that there's a lot of power are in kindness. >> the stand at fran cease win a and geraldine street accepts donation produce, but no money. >>> san francisco mayor london breed today announcing a city wide effort to help residents get better access to food during advertise crisis. the new initiative provides information about resources for people who are food insecure. the city is working to expand the capacity of expanding grocery and meal providers to serve more people.

i took this to state senator scott wiener. >> it is not acceptable for people to have to wait this long. >> reporter: according to the website, benefits will be received two to seven days. the system is already clearly overwhelmed. do you think that expectation is realistic? >> i hope that it is. the secretary of labor has been clear with us that is realistic and eed has ramped up its capacity and process applications and really drinking water from a fire hose. >> reporter: stefevphanie sierr abc7 news. >> we have a special section on our website and the topics include stimulus checks, unemployment help and the new rules about face coverings and a guide to all the virtual entertainment happening online abc7news.com/covidhelp. >>> a shortage of swabs and the majority of the swabs come from italy or a domestic source in maine. but a san francisco company that makes large-scale 3d printers have become a manufacturer. origin makes high-level 3d printers for the automotive and footwear industries and the company realized this equipment could play apandemic, it to quardinacoordinate with othe

. >> next anna wiener, author of "uncanny valley", on her experience in working on tech startups in sanfrancisco. >> we're honored to come full circle tonight not only a local author and regular customer at book stores, anna wiener covered silicon valley

. >> next anna wiener, author of "uncanny valley", on her experience in working on tech startups in san francisco. >> we're honored to come full circle tonight not only a local author and regular customer at book stores, anna wiener covered silicon valley in wired and many publications. and mike's coverage won an award for distinguished business reporting. he writes frequently about uber, facebook and other so-called giants for the times and appears often on cnbc bchl krch , and msnbc. the book signing will be in the back and appreciate if you keep the line along the wall to your far right. enjoy reading, everybody. [applause] >> i thought there would be 20 people here. >> yeah, it's all friends, friends and-- >> and a fireside chat. >> a congressional hearing, be on your c-span behavior, all of us, especially mike. >> yeah, i'm not going to curse tonight, i think. i'm going to try not to. i was thinking and i think you were thinking you should probably start off with reading something. i don't know how many people here have actually read any part of the book, but i think it would be ni

so i went from flying airplanes to selling wieners. [ laughter ] it was a good job, though. >> but he was the same, etches the best. >> right. [ applause ] >> all right, colonel peterburs, if you could give us -- >> well, my profession was the military. when i retired, i spent 36 years, 5 months active duty and now i'm 40 years retired. >> wow. >> i was able to be active duty. >> there's our range. >> after i got out i got my masters and then i did a little but i didn't want much to interfere with my retirement. >> there you go. that's music to my ears, by the way. yes, sir, colonel harvey? >> during my whole life, youngster all the way through until i got married, i was a perfectionist and there's nothing a perfectionist cannot do. and washing out in flying school never entered my mind. perfectionists can do everything. and then i got married. [ laughter ] i had to put that on hold and when my wife passed away back to my old procedures. i did not have a worry going through flying school. that never entered my mind that i was going to wash out. that's the way i am today. (applause) >>

decision in october to notify congress about the reopening of the case because of the e-mails on the wiener laptop. i very much agreed with jim's decision to announce the case as we did in july. in retrospect i think we probably got that wrong. i think we underestimated how hard it would be to convince people of how good an investigation we had done and the conclusion was the independent and correct and fair results. i still believe all those things i think we underestimated how deeply people would cling to their political perspectives rather than listen to us with an objective here. we were all overconfident in his arms ability that we had done a job - - to convince people we had done a good job. i go through a few paragraphs in the book and i talk about should i have known better? for my own experience on the hill, from the scars of enduring the multiple benghazi review, review, and those forays into investigations charged politically, should i have concluded this is not possible for us to really convince anyone this is the right result? should we have been quiet, reported our findings to

mayor london breed is expected to give blood on senator wiener's behalf. after an outcry from lgbtq groups and because there was a shortage, the fda changed its policy from a one-year to three-month celibacy from gay and bisexual men to give blood. >>> city hall is now, as you can see, purple. it will light up like this every monday this month, and other sports are going purple including area hotels. >>> new at 6:00, national geographic is launching a home schooling public for schools and parents, and you will see ideas for parents and kids to experience together. there's even at-home classroom resourced. disney is the parent company of net geoand abc 7. >>> we put together a quick guide for you. netflix, amazon and showtime are offering 30-day trials, which nearly extends to the end of san francisco's shelter in place order. and newcomer, quibi is giving a 90-day trial, and then hbohbo also offering free not on the list, "insecure." >> "insecure" starts this weekend? i have been waiting. >> me, too. >> we have stuff to look forward to. >>> the state force

california state senator scott wiener tweeted this video from the neighborhood, "cheering our heroic health care workers on the front lines." join better bay area project thanks and share your gratitude for everyone sacrificing in this covid-19 battle. just use the #betterbayarea to show us how you'rcome,ehd protesters demanding an end to stay-at-home orders. some states are looking to ease restrictions. >>> and getting relief. tips on what you should do if you're still waiting to receive your stimulus check. >>> you're not going to hear any day soon it's over, the nightmare ends, and we wake up. it's going to be incremental, and we have to be smart as we do this. >> a debate at the forefront of the pandemic but with major differences of opinion from the white house to local towns now having their say as we begin to see the positive effect of social distancing. this morning there are more than 6,100 confirmed coronavirus cases in the bay area and santa cruz county with a the number of deaths approaching 200. in santa clara county, nearly 1,900 people have tested positive. 73 people h

scott wiener will live stream. the mayor is expected to give blood on senator wiener's behalf. nicco with our forecast. >> thank you. fog starting to lift now, thankfully. shouldn't be an issue in the next hour or so. we still have light showers in the northe awaref during the afternoon hours. then just warm weather this weekend. >> thanks, mike. >>> now it's time for >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, star of "the last o.g.," tracy morgan. and performing her new single, "greatness," jewel. and dr. jennifer ashton joins us to dispel coven 19 myths and truths. and we will meet another helping hero helping those in our time of crisis. all next on "live!" ♪ and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! >> kelly: hi. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, april 7th, 2020. the davis tull matter. i was up all night practicing my "american idol"

senator scott wiener with the help of san francisco's famous drag queens and they picked a winner yesterday picked the ten finalists after 150 entries. >> love the color and the fringe, again. >> i guess it's kind of like a phoenix mask. like the phoenix of the wings and a rising from the ashes. >> and a bird. >> you know, rising from the disaster. >> yeah, rising from covid-19. >> the top three winners got a gift card to a local business. >>> let's take a look at what is going to happen sunday. a really thick and soupy marine layer and a lot of drizzle possible and that is the only measurable precipitation we get that day. 8:00 in the north bay, way up in the north bay and lake and mendocino counties and that could dip down to sonoma county and as we head throughout the afternoon hours, it kind of goes away. here's a look at our chances of precipitation and if you get some, it is not going to be much. just a couple 0.01 of rain. but that will be our coolest day, warmer than average temperatures and a very long dry spell coming after that. we'll talk more about that in the seven-day forecas

in senator scott wiener among those are reacting to her passing in a statement he said we lost a giantoday, phyllis lyon fought for lgbtq equality when it was neither safe nor popular to do so phyllis and her wife jill martin played a crucial well winning the rights and dignity our community now enjoys. >>phyllis immense gratitude for her work. rest in power. that wraps up kron 4 news at night and here is what we're tracking for kron 4 news tonight at 10 the united states varying is projected peak of deaths per day. there is new hope and how the model is shifting to reflect the lower all are all death toll. >>what that means for the fight against covid-19 plus from losing her job to now teaching her 5th grade son who has learning differences. >>a bay area mom juggling the challenges of life during a pandemic the tool she calls a saving grace. stay here from 4 news at 10 is next. watching kron 4 news. as the u.s. death toll nears a 17,000 experts say we are still days away from the projected peak of deaths per day. >>but there's hope that peak is not expected to be as deadly as original

>> i took this issue to state senator scott wiener. >> we will hold the agency accountable. it is not acceptable for people to have to wait this long. >> according to the edd website, after approval, benefits will be received between two to seven days. >> the system already clearly overwhelmed. do you think that expectation is realistic? >> i really hope that it is. the secretary of labor has been clear with us that it is realistic, and edd has really ramped up its capacity to process applications. and they're really drinking water from a fire hose. >> the agency is certainly overwhelmed, but it doesn't remove the fact this group is at a clear disadvantage, having to wait nearly two months to get this funding. >> it's been very frustrating. people are hurting now, and they need that money now. >> stephaniesierra, abc7 news. >> yeah, and abc7 is partnering with iheartradio to help support local businesses being hit so hard during this pandemic. thousands of bay area stores and services are still open, offering to help with essential needs, and many are hiring too. just go to

state senator scott wiener held a masks are fierce contest, and with the help of some of san francisco'samous drag queens, picked a winner this afternoon. there are more than 150 entries. today the judges were looking at the ten finalists. >> love the color, and the fringe again is -- >> i guess it's kind of like a phoenix mask? like a phoenix with the wings and arising from the ashing. >> a bird. >> rising from a disaster. >> yeah, rising from covid-19. >> the creativity is awesome. the judges picked the top three with each winner receiving a gift card to a local business. which is so great. to help out the community, while doing the right thing and wearing your mask, dan. >> ama, i'm embarrassed at my plain old mask. that's inadequate. spencer christian is here with the forecast. spencer? >> i'm embarrassed about my face sometimes. i enjoy wearing the mask. here is a look at what's going on weather-wise right now. we've got sunny skies across the bay area, except at the coast where the marine layer is really building and getting deep. and it's windy out there. we have wind speeds right

lawmakers are lending a hand today at san mateo rie d congresswoman jackie spear and state senator scott wiener and assembly members kevin mullin and mark mullen have volunteered to help and they are collecting donations and helping with meals at samaritan house which has seen a huge increase in the number of people in need to do to covid 19.>> you see the lineup of cars today, people are stressed and they need help and samaritan health is here to provide the help. so we will pass out food and feeding them inside the shelter, and we ask all of you that are home who want to participate in providing care to those less fortunate, samaritan house needs volunteers and they obviously need contributions.>> specifically samaritan health says it is the need of repackaged food as well as other contributions and volunteer's. >>> the fbi says it recently broke up a scam which was involving the california service employees international labor union and 39 million surgical masks the fbi sabeen q intercepting these kinds of scams. the feds tracked a recent deal to a pennsylvania is this man, an australian bro

>> i took this issue to state senator scott wiener. >> we will hold the agency accountable. it is not acceptable for people to have to wait this long. >> according to the edd website, after approval, benefits will be received between two to seven days. >> the system already clearly overwhelmed. do you think that expectation is realistic? >> i really hope that it is. the secretary of labor has been clear with us that it is realistic, and edd has really ramped up its capacity to process applications. and they're really drinking water from a fire hose. >> the agency is certainly overwhelmed, but it doesn't remove the fact this group is at a clear disadvantage, having to wait nearly two months to get this funding. >> it's been very frustrating. people are hurting now, and they need that money now. >> stephanie sierra, abc7 news. >> and abc7 is partnering with iheartradio to help support local businesses being hit so hard during this pandemic. thousands of bay area stores and services are still open, offering to help with essential needs, and many are hiring too. goal abc7news.co

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if i'd like to know what was -- i'd like to know what was on the wiener laptop. i would like to know why we haven't been able to find copies of those 33,000 e-mails that hillary clinton destroyed. i'm just curious, and i think, you know, an inquiring nation, i believe, would like to know as well. tom, there's so many things to go through with you each time, but we're out of time. i look forward to our next visit. thank you so much, tom fitton, judicial watch. thank you. >>> up next, the european union backs down to chinese pressure. the european union. we take up the most recent capitulation by the west to the communist regime. former trump deputy national security adviser kt mac far lane with us tonight. stay with us, we'll be right y ck. measure we've seen you go through tough times and every time, you've shown us, you're much tougher your heart, courage and commitment has always inspired us and now it's no different so, we're here with financial strength, stability and experience you can depend on and the online tools you need because you have always set the h

assembly member phil ting and senate bill number 939, authored by california state senator scott wiener and lina gonzales to prohibit foreclosures and the eviction of residential and commercial tenants related to the covid-19 pandemic. >> president yee: supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, president yee. i want to thank my colleagues for continuing this item from last week, and i had the opportunity -- little background music -- had the opportunity to have some good conversation with the tenants union and other leaders, supervisor preston, and i believe at this point, the best path forward would be to refer this item to the land use and transportation committee, and so i will make that motion. >> supervisor stefani: stephanie will second. >> president yee: okay. it's been raised and seconded. >> clerk: mr. president, i'll say a single member of the board has the ability to refer to the committee without a second on this part of the agenda. >> supervisor stefani: even once it's been continued? >> clerk: on first appearance. >> supervisor stefani: this is the second a

if i'd like to know what was -- i'd like to know what was on the wiener laptop. i would like to know why we haven't been able to find copies of those 33,000 e-mails that hillary clinton destroyed. i'm just curious, and i think, you know, an inquiring nation, i believe, would like to know as well. tom, there's so many things to go through with you each time, but we're out of time. i look forward to our next visit. thank you so much, tom fitton, judicial watch. thank you. >>> up next, the european union backs down to chinese pressure. the european union. we take up the most recent capitulation by the west to the communist regime. former trump deputy national security adviser kt mac far lane with us tonight. announcer: there are everyday actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory diseases. wash your hands. avoid close contact with people who are sick. avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. stay home when you are sick. cover your cough or sneeze. clean and disinfect frequently touched objects with household cleaning spray. for more information, visit cdc.go

next, anna wiener recalls her experience working for technical startups. >> the company that i worked for in san francisco i was 24 and when i joined i was 25. so a worldly experience. and it's an incredibly hard thing to do but many of them have dependents or that or whatever. i do not envy anyone in that position. his sympathy. the behavior that i saw institutionally as well as individually was more the result of a structural position than an individual failure. [inaudible] it's not to be coy or offer a puzzle more than to suggest the incentives of the business model in the industry and i feel like i might do this with my own book like an american girl doll someone read my book and mentioned i talked about how early members of my team walked into the conference room and our manager asked us for the five smartest people that you know. why would they work here if it doesn't make sense there were so many other interesting things to do. these people are smart and talented and interested in other things, i'm here because i don't know my purpose in life and i'm trying to figure it out. th

preston is saying, which is that there are other sources of revenues, prop b, that then supervisor wiener did that added money based on population was important. and i think we've always been, if you will, kind of proud of the fact that fare box recovery has been a percentage of what's made muni go as compared to other transit properties like bart, which is crazy expensive and some of us are chagrin that relative to the federal stimulus package, that they are going to be ending up with what i think is a disproportionate amount of the stimulus, but we'll leave that for another hearing and another day. so i wanted to make those comments. but i thought that slide, the title 6 slide, was really quite compelling. so you are welcome to respond to that ramble. and supervisors, you are welcome to jump in. and if not, i can open it up to public comment. >> the only response i would give is the objective since january has been to balance the budget, with all funding sources, including some that you just mentioned, chair peskin. so we are shifting some of the proposition b that went to capital opera

preston is saying, which is that there are other sources of revenues, prop b, that then supervisor wiener did that added money based on population was important. and i think we've always been, if you will, kind of proud of the fact that fare box recovery has been a percentage of what's made muni go as compared to other transit properties like bart, which is crazy expensive and some of us are chagrin that relative to the federal stimulus package, that they are going to be ending up with what i think is a disproportionate amount of the stimulus, but we'll leave that for another hearing and another day. so i wanted to make those comments. but i thought that slide, the title 6 slide, was really quite compelling. so you are welcome to respond to that ramble. and supervisors, you are welcome to jump in. and if not, i can open it up to public comment. >> the only response i would give is the objective since january has been to balance the budget, with all funding sources, including some that you just mentioned, chair peskin. so we are shifting some of the proposition b that went to capital opera

preston is saying, which is that there are other sources of revenues, prop b, that then supervisor wiener did that added money based on population was important. and i think we've always been, if you will, kind of proud of the fact that fare box recovery has been a percentage of what's made muni go as compared to other transit properties like bart, which is crazy expensive and some of us are chagrin that relative to the federal stimulus package, that they are going to be ending up with what i think is a disproportionate amount of the stimulus, but we'll leave that for another hearing and another day. so i wanted to make those comments. but i thought that slide, the title 6 slide, was really quite compelling. so you are welcome to respond to that ramble. and supervisors, you are welcome to jump in. and if not, i can open it up to public comment. >> the only response i would give is the objective since january has been to balance the budget, with all funding sources, including some that you just mentioned, chair peskin. so we are shifting some of the proposition b that went to capital opera

assembly member phil ting and senate bill number 939, authored by california state senator scott wiener and lina gonzales to prohibit foreclosures and the eviction of residential and commercial tenants related to the covid-19 pandemic. >> president yee: supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, president yee. i want to thank my colleagues for continuing this item from last week, and i had the opportunity -- little background music -- had the opportunity to have some good conversation with the tenants union and other leaders, supervisor preston, and i believe at this point, the best path forward would be to refer this item to the land use and transportation committee, and so i will make that motion. >> supervisor stefani: stephanie will second. >> president yee: okay. it's been raised and seconded. >> clerk: mr. president, i'll say a single member of the board has the ability to refer to the committee without a second on this part of the agenda. >> supervisor stefani: even once it's been continued? >> clerk: on first appearance. >> supervisor stefani: this is the second a

i also sent a copy to scott wiener. supervisor mandelman answered me back and said, sounds great. so i hope he signs on because this would be wonderful to have this kind of solution. there are 44 million renters in the united states and this is necessary. thanks. >> announcer: you have nine questions remaining. >> hello. i am a parent of someone who is incarcerated inside san francisco county jail and i'm also a grandmother. the situation of not having access to video conference has affected my family on many levels. my 3-year-old grandson has not seen his father in two-and-a-half months. you can imagine what that young little boy is going through, being very confused of what is going on. it was already hard enough to parent for my son who is suffering severe asthma. i urge you board of supervisors to urge the sheriff to make these visits happen. every surrounding jail in the bay area is doing it. i don't know why san francisco has to continue to be behind. they have to come up with a solution to support having these visits with children. there are 40 inmates like supervisor walto

preston is saying, which is that there are other sources of revenues, prop b, that then supervisor wiener did that added money based on population was important. and i think we've always been, if you will, kind of proud of the fact that fare box recovery has been a percentage of what's made muni go as compared to other transit properties like bart, which is crazy expensive and some of us are chagrin that relative to the federal stimulus package, that they are going to be ending up with what i think is a disproportionate amount of the stimulus, but we'll leave that for another hearing and another day. so i wanted to make those comments. but i thought that slide, the title 6 slide, was really quite compelling. so you are welcome to respond to that ramble. and supervisors, you are welcome to jump in. and if not, i can open it up to public comment. >> the only response i would give is the objective since january has been to balance the budget, with all funding sources, including some that you just mentioned, chair peskin. so we are shifting some of the proposition b that went to capital opera

assembly member phil ting and senate bill number 939, authored by california state senator scott wiener and lina gonzales to prohibit foreclosures and the eviction of residential and commercial tenants related to the covid-19 pandemic. >> president yee: supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, president yee. i want to thank my colleagues for continuing this item from last week, and i had the opportunity -- little background music -- had the opportunity to have some good conversation with the tenants union and other leaders, supervisor preston, and i believe at this point, the best path forward would be to refer this item to the land use and transportation committee, and so i will make that motion. >> supervisor stefani: stephanie will second. >> president yee: okay. it's been raised and seconded. >> clerk: mr. president, i'll say a single member of the board has the ability to refer to the committee without a second on this part of the agenda. >> supervisor stefani: even once it's been continued? >> clerk: on first appearance. >> supervisor stefani: this is the second a