Senator david perdue refused to take part, so democratic challenger jon ossoff stood on stage alongside an empty podium. It is a strange situation to be asking a question of a sitting United States senator who is not here to debate as he asks for the votes of the people to be reelected. Amy the debates came a day after President Trump held a rally in georgia and called on georgias republican Governor Brian Kemp to overturn the election but kemp refused to do so. We will go to georgia for the latest. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Is heading towards 15 million confirmed cases of covid19 as daily cases are averaging close to 200,000. The reported death toll has topped 282,000 with hospitalizations now over 100,000. Experts warn the grim figures do not yet account for spikes related to thanksgiving travel. Hospitals and the 911 emergency call system are being stretched to the breaking point as Fr
Turn off your video camera. Sfgov tv is streaming this hearing live. The Building Inspection Commission hearing is running a little long. It is not live but it is streamed live. We will receive Public Comment for each item on todays agenda. Communities or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available by calling 415 6550001. And turning access code 146 0887048. When we reach the item you are interested in submitting Public Comment for, press star then 3 to be added to the cue. Each speaker is allowed three minutes. When you have 30 second remaining you will hear a chime. I will announce your time is up and take the next person to speak. Best practices call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and please mute volume on your television or computer. We will take roll at this time. President hyland, Vice President matsuda. Here. Commissioner black. Yes, i am here. Commissioner foley. Yes. Commissioner johns. Yes. Commissioner pearlman. Here. Commissioner s
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Communities or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available by calling 415 6550001. And turning access code 146 0887048. When we reach the item you are interested in submitting Public Comment for, press star then 3 to be added to the cue. Each speaker is allowed three minutes. When you have 30 second remaining you will hear a chime. I will announce your time is up and take the next person to speak. Best practices call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and please mute volume on your television or computer. We will take roll at this time. President hyland, Vice President matsuda. Here. Commissioner black. Yes, i am here. Commissioner foley. Yes. Commissioner johns. Yes. Commissioner pearlman. Here. Commissioner so. Yes. Thank you. First on your agenda is general Public Comment. At this time members of the public may address the commission within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. Your opportunity to address the co
Just trying to get some fix on where we were and what we were about to do. I was trying to be slow and heavy so my anxiety would not get too high on me. I felt my temperature increase. I could feel my collar sweating, coming off the side of my face. I did not have to always ask joe what he was thinking. We looked at each other and both of us looked at the calendar at the same time. We just started to walk towards the counter, without a single word. That is how it happened. And we took our seats. University of massachusetts hammers professor, Tracey Parker, joins us now on cspan and cspan 3 for a discussion about the lunch counter citizens of 1960. Tracey parker, who were the greensboro for and why did they decide to sit down at that woolworths lunch counter on that february day in 1960 . Thank you for having me. Those greensboro four were four young men who were just College Freshman at North Carolina and tea state university. The three of them had met and high school, and so they alre