Thank you for being with us organizing todays event in my Live Audience here in San Francisco you can always visit us at www. Commonwealth club. Org and with the upcoming schedule. With cohost of morning edition of npr with jesse and john fremont thank you for coming. [applause] thank you everyone im delighted you could come this afternoon one of the most beautiful cities in the world San Francisco and to talk about jesse and john fremont to had some issue with the creation of california as we know it is so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. And then on the july a delayed flight from los angeles and then to be picked up by a car and driven by a car the thing about live radio but with San Francisco traffic but really you will not make your exact time. [laughter] but 8 00 a. M. Pacific time and still on the road creeping up the freeway seven or 9 miles an hour but looking out the right side San Francisco bay is out there and the Southern Suburbs with the hills i
Folks who arrived with a tow truck. Thats the disabled vehicle i was trying to show you. Its a distraction, though, as it arrives we look at slowing. Across all the lanes. No major problems. In fact its split much everywhere. Well show you the bay bridge with the change over in the toll plaza. Back to you. Back to our top story, thousands of passengers are in a Holding Pattern on board a San Franciscobased cruise ship, waiting to get tested for the coronavirus, this after the death of a california man who became ill shortly after the same ship returned to San Francisco from mexico. Spiepete suratos joins us w more. Reporter good morning. The cdc is planning to fly those text kits out of the to the ship, which is still overshore. There are thousands of people on the ship, so it remains to be seen if those folks are affected. A timeline of how we got to this point. We know the ship left from San Francisco on february 21st for hawaii. Health Officials Say three passengers who are on board
applause please be speeded. It is my pleasure to present to you his excellency, the governor of the commonwealth of virginia, the honorable ralph at northam. Thank you all. Thank you. Well, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Happy new year and thank you for the warm welcome. To my wife pam, Lieutenant Governor fairfax, and attorney general hearing, justices of the supreme court, newly elected members, old friends of my cabinet and staff, thank you all for your service to our commonwealth. And good evening to madam speaker and madam president. applause the Chamber Looks pretty good from up here doesnt it . laughs laughs you know its a proud moment to look out and see General Assembly that reflects more than ever the virginia that we see every day. applause this is truly an historic night. Just one week ago, we closed a decade that sometimes challenged our fundamental beliefs and even made us question what it means to live in a changing america. So tonight, let us recall some basic fact
[gavel]. Clerk president hirsch. We are back in open session. You still have a quorum. President hirsch okay. Thank you. Next item. Clerk line item 10, vote to disclose any or all items in closed session. San francisco code 67. 12 a. President hirsch is there a motion not to disclose . Motion. Second. President hirsch all in favor . Opposed . Public comment. Okay. Next item. Clerk line item 11, adjournment. President hirsch okay. Do i have a motion . So moved. President hirsch do i have a second . Second. President hirsch thank you all. I view San Francisco almost as a sibling or a parent or something. I just love the city. I love everything about it. When im away from it, i miss it like a person. I grew up in San Francisco kind of all over the city. We had pretty much the run of the city cause we lived pretty close to polk street, and so we would in the summer, wed all all the way down to aquatic park, and wed walk down to the library, to the kids center. In those days, the city was s
applause please be speeded. It is my pleasure to present to you his excellency, the governor of the commonwealth of virginia, the honorable ralph at northam. Thank you all. Thank you. Well, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Happy new year and thank you for the warm welcome. To my wife pam, Lieutenant Governor fairfax, and attorney general hearing, justices of the supreme court, newly elected members, old friends of my cabinet and staff, thank you all for your service to our commonwealth. And good evening to madam speaker and madam president. applause the Chamber Looks pretty good from up here doesnt it . laughs laughs you know its a proud moment to look out and see General Assembly that reflects more than ever the virginia that we see every day. applause this is truly an historic night. Just one week ago, we closed a decade that sometimes challenged our fundamental beliefs and even made us question what it means to live in a changing america. So tonight, let us recall some basic fact