Duration of the meeting. Thank you. May have a motion to approve the agenda . Thank you, any comments or questions . All in favor . Any opposed. Thank you, the motion carries. Item 3, approval of the december 6, 2017 meeting minutes, motion to approve . Any comments or questions . To the public . Hearing none, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Item 4, reports, the director report, thank you, shireen. Director mcspadden thank you, commissioner, and i want to extend a special welcome to commissioner papas very happy to have you working with us. I was at the National Association on aging board meeting. I mentioned before, but for those of you who havent heard, im one of two representatives from california to this National Association. And its a Great Organization, theyre focused on building the capacity of aaa so we can help older adults. It supports initiatives such as Livable Communities and dementiafriendly america. They advocate for funding for services for a
10 0services, Alex Michael Azari mr. President. We have 14 days, 14 days by our own established deadline to do something about the dreamers issue about daca. Why do we find ourselves at this place . Since september the fifth of last year president obama, President Trump as well as attorney general sessions announced the end of the daca Reduction Program as of march 5 of this year. 780,000 young people who werent documented in the United States became here as children we given a chance by president obama to stay s here illegally e able to work here and not fear deportation. 780,000. For the most part there are students and workers who are a vital part of the community and things in their lives and promised to do in even more but the decision was made by President Trump put an end to this program. When he made that decision he also challenged congress. He said if we are going to get i this exact date of order do something, pass a law. Well here we are just about in the fifth month out of
Human Services Secretary on cspan. Org. And you can see the vote for mr. Azar at 2 15 eastern. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father, the center of our joy, we thank you that you are in the midst of lifes battles with us, bringing good even from the abnormalities of our pilgrimage. Lord, we are grateful that throh the struggles and tear you stand thin the shadows, keeping watch over your people. Lord, even though our lawmakers may not know how all the pieces fit together, we are grateful that they can still strive with grateful hearts to do your will. May they remember your command in 1 thessalonians 5 18; in everything give thanks for this is gods will for your life. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the rep
This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. European leaders told greece it has just one more day to come up with new proposals in order to get bailout loans and prevent a banking collapse. This weekend the e. U. Will hold and emergency summit and is telling greece and agreement must be reached by then. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras addressed the European Parliament today and his government gave the e. U. What he said described as the brought outlines of a new plan, but the details are still to come. John is live in athens for us this morning. Good morning to you john, the Prime Minister was criticized by many european leaders during the meeting of the e. U. Parliament. How are the greek people reacting to what he had to say . Well, theres reaction in the political system, first of all the Party Leaders here have asked for an emergency second cross party meeting. That would be the second in three days. Mr. Tsipras spent seven hours in conference with the other Party Leaders mond
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im erika pitzi. Were following two big stories today involving computer glitches, affecting thousands of americans. United airlines jets are flying again after technical issues lead to a ground stop earlier in the day. But right now all trading has stopped at the New York Stock Exchange. Traders say it has been a bumpy day in general, and they had some technical problems even before opening. The department of Homeland Security says so far there are no signs of a cyber attack. Lisa stark has more there washington. Reporter a travel nightmare for united passengers about 8 45 eastern this morning. The airline had to ground all of its planes. It experienced some major computer problem. The network called it annette work connective issue, whatever you call it it was chaos for those depending on flying on United Airlines today. It affected the mainline carrier and its regional jets. The United Express flights resumed quite quickly, but it t