Www. Health. Senate. Gov is our website. I think it makes it possible for us to be table to attract witnesses who have very busy schedules on the same day such as today. Some senators are participating by videoconference. Senators may remove their masks since were 6 feet apart. Im grateful to the rules committee, the sarge want at arms, the press gallery, the capitol police, our Committee Staff for all their hard work to help keep us safe. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement, and then well turn to our witnesses who we thank very much for being with us today. Each witness we would ask that you summarize your remarks in five minutes, which will allow more time for the large number of senators who we expect to participate to present their testimony. Well have one round of questions for a five minute round. Less than four months ago on march 1st the coronavirus situation was about this. At the end of february there were 79,000 cases around the world, only 14 in the Uni
Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the tuesday, november 15, 2016, meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors mr. Clerk call the roll. Thank you madam president supervisor avalos supervisor president london breed supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar not present supervisor peskin supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor wiener not present supervisor yee, supervisor yee not present madam president we have quorum. Thank you ladies and gentlemen, please join us 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, madam clerk any communications. Yes. Madam president were in resident of two communications the first from supervisor wiener and supervisor yee dated november 1st and 14 con seismically both supervisors will be absent and requests the board excuse them from the meeting and okay. Colleagues a motion to excuse supervisor w
Sponsored that development over and over again and saying we committing to high levels of Affordable Housing im not just depending on a positive optimistic outcome into the future but guarantee with the marketrate. I dont the redevelopment agreement didnt have triggers we stop or pause with the open agreements in the way the agreement was structured tmc hats the infrastructure to move forward in the city to have the obligation to delivery the Affordable Housing subject to 9 financial structure that was included isnt financing plan. Okay. So the plan didnt include any conditions that will stop or reopen the terms of the agreement. If i may add supervisor another schufrn of the funding solution involves the local Share Participation what weve tried dpa make a commitment at that level but allow us opportunity to get a consensus how we should work with the board and the mayor to think through strategic upstairs steps without over burdening the general fund in ways to secure the projects ga
Than me will air secret recording showing how the f b i pressured one Muslim Americans living abroad to become a government informant. When i tell somebody if you crossed the street without looking you will be run over, that is not a threat. That is life. You are about to cross the street without looking both ways and im telling you, you might get hit by a car. We will go to sudan to speak with naji mansour and mother jones reporter nick baumann on his piece this american refused to become an fbi informant. Then the government made his familys life hell. Again, yes men strike posing as u. S. Government officials at the Homeland Security congress. All that and more coming up. To democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Ukrainian forces have launched a major assault to reclaim the eastern city of from prorussian separatist sparking the worst fighting since the prorussian uprising began. Forces have shot down two Ukrainian Army helicopters, killing the
Hands of police who is now paralyzed in the hospital still. His father was on cnn earlier today, and hes said that his son is not only in pain but that hes also shackled to a hospital bed. Again, hes paralyzed and shackled to a hospital bed. President trump, he made no mention of jacob blake as he accepted the Republican Partys nomination in front of a packed crowd outside the white house last night. Instead, he continued to hammer away at his message that really has been his message since the 2016 campaign of law and order painting a dark picture of America Today including in the city where jacob blake was shot. We must never allow mob rule. We can never allow mob rule. The Republican Party condemns the rioting, looting, arson and violence we have seen in democratrun cities all, like kenosha, minneapolis, portland, chicago and new york. So were going to get back to the president s remarks in a moment but lets start with the march on washington. Many speakers, including members of the