Range was expected, now were waiting to hear the reaction from various parties including from the floyd family themselves because Derek Chauvin did speak today. Well give you the details of that. First to Matt Finn In Minneapolis that has been chronicling the case from the beginning and how things are going now. Matt . Hi, neil. Right now peaceful in the streets. Theres a semi large crowd outside the courthouse. People were chanting black lives matter no protests or any riots in minneapolis that weve seen. Moments before, judge cahill handed Derek Chauvin a 22 1 2 year sentence. The judge said that he did not make his ruling on emotions or on public demand. He said instead he based it on the rule of law. Hes releasing a 22page memo that will explain how he arrived at his sentencing. The big question is whether Derek Chauvin was doing to speak. In fact, he did for the firstime since George Floyds death. He never gave an interview and did not speak during the time and he did not testify.
The mayor called on President Trump to acknowledge the fact that he lost. Good afternoon, everyone. This week, the eyes of the nation and the world were here in philadelphia, and i am proud to say that philadelphia showed up. Our residents turned out in large numbers, they mailin ballots amid unprecedented conditions, a global pandemic. They stood in line with neighbors to cast their vote in person and have exhibited tremendous patience as they continue to wait for our election staff to count every single vote. I want to thank city commissioners lisa deeley, al sabir,t, and omar who continue to lead this impressive operation. I think the hardworking staff and hope they can get some rest soon. I also want to thank the employees of many city departments which helped stand up and staff this operation. The office of innovation and technology, the managing directors office, the finance department, police department, chief Administrative Office and others have helped support city commissione
One who got the most votes for now they still have a few 1000 left to count. But so far joe biden in the lead again by about 50 really an extraordinary development, is something that you thought youd never see in georgia but thats happening. And then in pennsylvania are also seeing that lead great yeah, so lets jump over to pennsylvania where we have again the major areas that are being counted still include philadelphia and pittsburgh. And thats Philadelphia County and allegheny county. Again about 50,000 votes are being processed in the 5th in the philadelphia area about 30,000 to 35,000 in the pittsburgh area and the vast majority of those votes coming in. Well theyve already been and are being counted now. But about 75 to 80 have been going to joe biden about 20 to 15 of going to donald trump and for that reason weve seen joe biden take over the lead position and continuing to add hes ahead now by about 9,004 and things are going actually quite smoothly. Considering that there has
Cracks they have they have exhibited patients as they wait for our alexion staff to count every single vote. I want to thank those who oversaw tuesdays election and continue to lead this impressive operation. I think theyre hardworking staff and hope they can all get some rest soon. I want to thank the employees of many city departments which helped stand up and staff this operation. The office of innovation and technology, the managing directors office, the finance department, please department, chief Administrative Office and others have helped support city commissioners and help preparing for this election for over a year and there are hundreds of others, including many City Employees who helped on election day and by staffing this ballot counting operation for all the world to see. They are all too numerous to name, but please know that you have my thanks and thanks to the people of the city. Most of all, i thank the people of philadelphia. Earlier this week, commissioner delia and
Good morning and welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting for october 27, 2020. I am the chair of the authority aaron peskin. Our clerk is here. Could you please call the. roll call . Haney absent. We have a quorum. Haney is present also. Commissioner haney is present. 11 are present. We have a quorum. Do you have any announcements. I would like to make a comment about Public Comment. It will be available for each item. Call 415 6550001. You will be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. Please allow for audio visual delays and 30 second live time during the course of the meeting. Thank you. I will move to the chairs report. Mostly good and happy news this month. We are pleased to celebrate two milestones for our Transportation Authority. One for the agency itself and one for a special staff member who has been here from almost the beginning. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Half Cent Sales Tax Program as one of the early selfhelp countie