Secretary . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be advised that the ringing of cell phones and pagers and other Electronic Devices are prohibited from this meeting. Please beware that anyone maybe subject to removal for ringing of such devices. Public comment on any item. Item 8. Public comment on items not listed on the agenda. Is there any Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Madam secretary. Item 9a. Executive directors report. Good afternoon, im elaine forbes, the port director. Im pleased to report the port is starting out with the new year with some very good news. We have been discussing with the public and with the commission the vulnerability of our seawall mostly unseen infrastructure, the downtown embarcadero, the streets apparatus is very vulnerable. Weve known its been vulnerab
Relative term. Re but since its monday morning, since its during the commuting time i would say it could be significant to understand a your questions because there could bd some areas that could pick up one to two inches of snow, mayb, a little more than that. Ha the Winter Weather advisory hasi been issued. Be this is really d. C. Down to theo south and over to the east, a few of the western counties, too. Parts of fact year county in this. All of principles william is ini this itpl and all of parts of prince georges county, too. Eo i think wrge could get enough sh tonight and during the morning commute and we definitely haveen to watch out. Its going to cause somese problems where we get the receive snow. 44degrees now so office lets too warm to be a problem. Were seeing a little bit off snow coming across 81. We could see some flurries, somr lit snow. Roadways get colder. Lder when the road gets covered there could be a little bit of ant of issue. Heres what were thinking. Nkin out
Some of our biggest cities and its busiest right here in birmingham. So what does the state of the Construction Industry tell us about the economy . Ill be finding out. In sport, its the tie they wanted. The lowest ranked side left in the fa cup Sutton United will host the 12 time winners arsenal in the last 16. Tastes like burnt rubber and carol has the weather. A cloudy and wet start to the day with rain or drizzle. Brightening up later in Northern Ireland but for the rest of us what you start with is more or less what youre going to end up with during the day. More in about 13 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Donald trump has sacked the United States top Legal Advisor after she told Government Lawyers not to enforce his travel ban. Sally yates was the latest critic to speak out against his decision to stop refugees and citizens of seven mainly muslim countries from coming to the United States. Meanwhile, barack 0bama has made an unprecedented intervention in the immigra
Labor to lower their cost thereby boosting their profits. Thats what theyre concerned about right now, their own bottom line. David so, bruce, we should be concerned about our own survival, should we not . Well, listen the way this was executed was so hamhanded or in the case of donald, smallhanded that it sends a message to the countries, to muslims, we dont want you here. We want the best talent and best products in this country and telling these folks, even setting the legalities of it aside the optics dont look good. David optics, dont look good, but here is what they say, the companies. They say the order makes it more difficult and expensive for u. S. Companies to recruit, hire, and retain some of the worlds best employees. It threatens companys ability to attract talent, business and investment to the United States. Do you buy that . No, david. That order was specifically for countries that werent able to vet immigrants coming to this country. Thats why it was those seven countr
Labor to lower their cost thereby boosting their profits. Thats what theyre concerned about right now, their own bottom line. David so, bruce, we should be concerned about our own survival, should we not . Well, listen the way this was executed was so hamhanded or in the case of donald, smallhanded that it sends a message to the countries, to muslims, we dont want you here. We want the best talent and best products in this country and telling these folks, even setting the legalities of it aside the optics dont look good. David optics, dont look good, but here is what they say, the companies. They say the order makes it more difficult and expensive for u. S. Companies to recruit, hire, and retain some of the worlds best employees. It threatens companys ability to attract talent, business and investment to the United States. Do you buy that . No, david. That order was specifically for countries that werent able to vet immigrants coming to this country. Thats why it was those seven countr