Chair peskin welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority board for our meeting today, tuesday, june 9th, 2020. Our clerk is ms. Angela tsao. Madam clerk, could you please call the roll. Clerk commissioner fewer . Present. Clerk commissioner haney . Present. Clerk commissioner mandelman . Present. Clerk commissioner mar. Present. Clerk commissioner peskin . Chair peskin present. Clerk commissioner preston . Present. Clerk commissioner ronen . Present. Clerk commissioner safai. Commissioner safai . Safai absent. Commissioner stefani. Present. Clerk commissioner walton . Present. Clerk commissioner yee . Present. Clerk we have coreium. Chair peskin thank you, madam clerk. Do you have an announcement . Clerk yes. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda, via telephone, by calling 888 2045987, enter access 2858465 as seen on the screen. And then follow the system prompts. Once you join, you will be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. When yo
Only institution in america charted by congress to disseminate of the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. So great to hear those wonderful words who arent spying Mission Statements here in the beautifully renovated kimble theater. And just a few months ago we opened up this gorgeous new space, renovated with a great interpreter you or hear me hearing me from the stateoftheart cool ted top microphones and beautiful new seats. What a thrill to see so many people here to celebrate the opening of the return of our great exhibit, american spirits. applause i want you to go see it after the show if youve not seen it yet. Cspan viewers, i want you to come to philadelphia to see this beautiful exhibit which tells an amazing constitutional story that we are going to talk about tonight. That is the constitutional story that poses an incredible question. How did it happen . How did it happen . That america voluntarily hookup by a vote of 46 states and only two states the same th
Of prohibition in the u. S. The National Constitution Center Hosted this event. The moderator is jeffrey rosen. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution center i am jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution, the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis beautiful. So great to hear those wonderful words of our Inspiring Mission statement here in the beautifully renovated kimmel theater. Ladies and gentlemen, just a few months ago we opened up this gorgeous, new space, renovated with a great grant by the Kimmel Foundation and youre hearing me from these cool stateoftheart ted talk mics and these beautiful seats and im thrilled to see so many people here to celebrate the opening of the return of our great exhibit, american spirit [ applause ] i want you to go see it after the show, if you havent seen it yet, and cspan viewers, i want you to come to philade
President trump is striking optimistic tone. Were opening up this incredible country because we have to do that i would love to have it open by easter. Cheryl we will get allstar analysis from the host of this show, Charles Payne will be coming up very shortly. Plus weve got a feel good story that you have to hear. A pizzeria owner new jersey, pulling out all the stops to make sure his employees get paid during this crisis. All that and more on making money. Cheryl and President Trump is wrapping up fox news town hall on the coronavirus response. That actually just happened a few moments ago. At the same Time Congress is still trying to put together a stimulus package for americans. We have blake burman live at the white house with a lot more as the president just finished talking to fox news. What do we know, blake . Reporter a lot of news here in washington, d. C. , on both sides of pennsylvania avenue. Lets start here, chairman, at 1600 as President Trump wrapped up the fox news tow
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