[gavel] good afternoon to the musical Transportation Agency board of directors and Parking Authority clerk, discoverable director brinkman. Brinkman present gordon present heinicke director nolan, present dr. Ramos, present director rubke, present. Mr. Chairman, you have a quorum. Please be advised the reading of it cell phones pagers and some producing Electronic Devices are prohibited. The person responsible for one going off ringing in your purse or pocket may be asked to leave the room. Cell phone set on vibrate caused microphone interface support respect request they be turned off. Item for approval of the minutes from the october 20 regular meeting. Motion. All those in favor say, aye. Opposed, nay. Thank you. Item 5 communications. Please be advised that we know discussion of anticipated litigation in closed session today. Item 6, introduction of new were Unfinished Business by board members. Mr. Heinicke thank you chairman nolan did i like other members of this board was sadden
Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. The word coming from behind closed doors at the Climate Conference in paris is encouraging for those hoping for a deal. The parties are so close, theyre involved in marathon sessions now. They missed the friday deadline. But French Foreign minister laurent fabeuse, says the conference will close a day late, with a deal. The countries have to digest what their leaders have done. The leaders of the two biggest emitting nation he china and the United States continue to publicly declare their confidence in a settlement that will limit emissions growth and slow Climate Change. Al jazeeras nick clark reports from paris. All night and day they worked and all night and all day again and still no resolution. Were told theyre very close though. After the consultations that im going to have at 9 00 saturday morning, ill present a theax will be a bitext that wilp forward for whole of humanity. 196 countries with differing interest to agree for a way forward
Rise in mexico. The new leader of a major Syrian Opposition group has spoken to al jazeera about its role in the countrys peace process. The interim leader said that the group will begin january 25th in gentleman knee have a. There were concerns that those talks could be in jeopardy after Zahran Alloush died. The National Coalition for Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces blames russia for the attack calling it an attempt to disrupt the peace process. We have this report from the turkeysyria border. The Syrian Opposition has condemned the killing of alloush. Zahran alloush could have been key in talks. The death of zahran could mean more targeted killings of commanders and politicians. The rebel commander was killed the same day that the Syrian Government announced a deal with isil and al nusra fronts, an alqaeda affiliate. The deal was to allow fighters and their families a safe passage out of damascus in exchange for pulling out of the refugee camp an and neighborhood. The deal wa
A big look here, inner loop and outer loop, nice and green, you dont see any slowdowns there. Youre fine here. Prince georges county, youre roll ag long fine this morning. Taking a look to the north, b. W. Parkway overall looking line. At university we do have that slowdown in the southbound lanes. Guys . Melissa, thank you. Its 5 01. Pope francis continues his u. S. Visit with a busy day in new york city. At 8 30 this morning hell address the u. N. General assembly and at 11 00 hell pray at the 9 11 memorial. At 4 00 this afternoon hell stop by the our lady queen of a angels in east harlem and then at 5 00 hell be in central park and wrap up with a mass at 6 00 p. M. Ed a Madison Square garden. It will remain to be seen if the popes message influenced lawmakers on key issues in the coming weeks. God bless america. People who came and waited houring to see pope francis during his events here are still overjoyed from the experience. The francis effect. It has an effect on evan. It has a
Joaquin chapo guzman. Will it move to reform the drug laws that help keep him in business . Unfortunately, as i said, where i grew up, there was no other way and there still isnt a way to survive. No way to work in our economy to be up to make a living. Amy well go to mexico city to speak with acclaimed mexican journalist Elena Poniatowska and with Laura Carlsen, of the center for international policy. Then 18 months after eric garners death at the hands of new york city police, one officer is facing charges, departmental charges, that she is not one of the officers directly involved in garners death by chokehold. Instead, Sergeant Kizzy adonis, who is africanamerican, faces internal charges of failing to supervise. Well speak to eric garners daughter, erica garner, who says authorities should be charging the officers who killed her father. And we will speak with the only person who was on the scene that day. He is in criminally charged ramsey orta. ,he is the young man who videoed eri