Opposition leader fell into a coma after drinking tea his supporters say he was poisoned of all he was airlifted to berlin on saturday. Im Michael Oconnor its nice to have you with us tens of thousands of protestors in bellerose have taken to the streets of mints and other cities for a 2nd sunday in a row theyre demanding president Alexander Lukashenko resignation accusing him of rigging elections to reaks ago because franco who has ruled baylors for 26 years has accused nato of trying to split up bail routes hes ordered the army to mobilize saying the country was at risk of imminent attack. From minsk i am joined by d. W. Correspondent Nick Connelly on the telephone nic im happy that we have a connection but whats going on there right now. Michael weinstein just off Independence Square the main square here in minsk that is just to see white and red protest flag as you mentioned and no signal on the square thats been a government tactic and recently cutting off mobile internet prevent
Here. Supervisor fewer, did you say present . Yes, i said here. Fewer present and supervisor haney . Here. Supervisor mandleman. Present. Supervisor marr. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronan. Present. And supervisor sayaye. Present. Supervisor stephanie. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. And supervisor yee. Present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart and would you please join me in the reciting of the pledge of allegiance. 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. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge that the staff records each of our meetings and make transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Yes, mr. President. In the event that there are a few members of the public who are watching th
Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. I guess this is unusual, but ill say it. Please place your right hand over your heart and would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. 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. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge that sfgtv record each meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, any communications . Yes, mr. President , issue have one. Due to the covid19 and to protect City Employees, Board Members and members of the public, the board legislative chamber is closed for the march 24th, 2020 Board Meeting upon action made bit board of supervisors to conduct their meetings Via Video Conference call remotely. This precaution is taken on the authority conferred b by the governors order. The members will attend meetings through the Vi
Im hillary supervisor. Im supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. With me is vice chair supervisor Catherine Stefani and mr. Kirk. Mr. Clerk, do you have announcements . Clerk yes. Due to covid19, City Employees and public, the board of the supervisors room is lossed however, Committee Members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution on the authority conferred by governor newsom. Sorry. Im ruled into rules but have no audio. Im not sure that i should hold up the meeting, because im not sure if there are amendments that require me. Is there a way to let people know . Continuing with my statement, the precaution taken on authority conferred by governor gavin newsom, and all proceeding and preceding local state and federal orders and directives. Committee members will be atening the meeting through Video Conference and participating in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present. Public comment will be available on this agenda, both channel 26 an
I am joined by a member of the board of supervisors, supervisor aaron peskin as well as doctor grant coa colfax, police chief t and fire chief nicholson as well as other officials. We are definitely practicing social distancing by having at least six feet apart from one another in this location, but also this Virtual Press conference is an opportunity to demonstrate the kind of behavior we want to see happening all over the city. We want to thank members of the press for their patience and for accommodating the change in order to help protect and keep them safe as well. We also want to thank members of the public because we know for the most part so many in San Francisco have really stepped up and really focused on social distancing and also helping to support and educate neighbors and other people as to what is most appropriate to do during this time. I know that we often times refer to social distancing as saving lives. I want to be clear that it will save lives. If we continue to pr