Good. [applause] that is good. Coincidently, he will be here in 10 minutes or less. Hopefully, less than 10. I saw some people groan. It is going to be all right. If you like state or local politics, we may have crossed paths. If not, that is on me. I used to be the mayor of portsmouth, New Hampshire. I was a candidate for governor of New Hampshire on the democratic side last year. [applause] dont clap too much. Breaking news, i did not win. Had i won, there would be burly security people trying to intimidate you. The good news is i am not , intimidating at all. There is a Silver Lining to what happened because i had more free time than i hoped i would last year. A year ago today, i sat down for the first time with andrew yang for a cup of coffee at the Bridge Street cafe in my hometown of manchester. I knew him but i did not know , much about him, to be honest. Five minutes in, i knew, at a minimum, that we would be friends. He checked some boxes for me very early. 44 years old, first
Infrastructure forum in las vegas. Caucusing started yesterday and runs through tuesday. They hold the formal caucus es on february 22. Good afternoon. Its my honor to welcome you to move america forward, the first ever president ial forum on infrastructure. [applause] united for infrastructure is a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization. And it has been our honor for many years to convene and collaborate with leaders in labor, business, and government on this important issue. As we begin, i would like to take a moment to say thank you thank you to the city of las vegas and the great state of nevada for hosting us. [applause] zachary i would like to recognize a few local leaders from the community. Congressman stephen horseford. Mayor john lee. Mayor nathan robertson. Las vegas city councilman brian. And all the way from los angeles, mayor garcetti. [applause] zachary id very much like to thank our host committee, the organizations who, with us, created the vision for this event,
Airstrike. His close ally the deputy head of hush those xabi iranian backed Iraqi Militia the 100 was also killed along with other members of his group u. S. Missiles hit their convoy as they left the airport. So the money was commander of the kurds force a unit of irans revolutionary guard responsible for foreign operations for irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei so the money was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle his killing in a targeted u. S. Strike is the most extreme escalation in tensions between to her own in washington in recent years how many warned there will be retaliation. The cruelest people on earth assassinated the honorable commander who courageously fought for years against the evils and bandis of the world sulaimani is martyrdom will make iran more decisive to resist americas expansionism and to defend our islam values with no doubt iran and other freedom seeking countries in the region will take his revenge into her own Senior Leaders met in an
Funeral for general soleimani, of course, killed during drone strike as we are hearing fresh threats to set u. S. Facilities on fire bringing death to israel and officially, official designate the u. S. Military a terrorist force, the administration is defending the air strikes that killed soleimani this morning claiming hes responsible for leading operations in iraq that killed 600 service members, rob, thank you very much for your service in the country, your reaction to that all of this . I think we are getting away from the fact that soleimani was found in baghdad which could have become another benghazi but thank god because the appropriate response went in. This was not an act of war, killing was a strong and appropriate response, so this attack on the american soldiers has been happening overseas for a while now, i think the response is strong and i think also when we see all of the crowds gathering to mourn soleimani, a lot of people are pretending that they are there by force.
Thorn talk with them and dan joins us live in oakland tonight with more on the story dan. Well pam were learning tonight that the Security Company thats involved in this dispute was actually fired by the apartment complexs Management Group thankful that this situation didnt get completely out of hand the man tells me that more security than more training actually is needed for these types of security guards while taking pictures of these bike racks oakland city planner kenya wheeler says he was approached and threatened by 2 security guards, one of them even drawing a gun. It was frightening troubling and wednesday night dispute happened here at the election webster apartments near downtown oakland. As the citys chairman of the pedestrian and Bicycle Commission wheeler says he wanted to showcase the fruits of their labor allies are taking pictures and thats why doesnt that theres a plan to love our city that something i do actually want to travel i live in this area, instead as seen in