Chair fewer good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. This is the august 24, 2020 meeting of the budget and Appropriations Committee. I am chair fewer sandra lee fewer. Our clerk is miss linda won, assisted today by several other staff from the Clerks Office. I would like to thank corwin cooley from sfgovtv for airing this meeting. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comments will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunities to speak during Public Comment are available during Public Comment by calling 4156550001 and entering meeting i. D. , 1463515423, then pound twice. You will be entered into the meeting but in listening mode only. When your item
Angry protests against lebanons government 2 ministers have now quit over tuesdays last number of confirmed covert 19 cases in the u. S. Reaches 5000000 but numbers are still rising in almost 20 states. And the afghan president agrees to release 400. 00 taliban prisoners paving the way for vital peace talks. We begin this hour in belarus west state approved exit polls show president Alexander Lukashenko winning the election with just 80 percent despite voting being extended in some places because many people were still trying to vote supporters of the main opposition candidates for the kind of skier were asked to vote as late as possible to minimize the opportunity for electoral fraud attempts to alter the vote. Had been widely suspected in previous elections but officials and supporters of the president whos held office now for a quarter of a century are accusing the opposition of sabotage aljazeera step vassar reports now in the capital minsk. Cheers for start lana the kind of guy wh
Spain in one of the countrys major hotspot. To. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program we start in the United States where President Donald Trump says he plans to ban the chinese owned video app ticktock u. S. Officials are currently looking into the potential for tick tocks to be used by china as a tool for chinese intelligence. Ticktock with its viral dance routines and political activism videos is a favorite among teenagers worldwide. With over 2000000000. 00 downloads and 17000000000. 00 in revenue last year the app is extremely successful and influential but its exploding popularity has also raised red flags in the u. S. Officials are investigating whether ticktock is a threat. To National Security there are concerns that the Data Collected by the app owned by the chinese firm by dance could be accessed by beijing the Company Denies any connection with the Chinese Government but donald trump is threatening to ban the f. In the u. S. Well look here that we may be betting we may
Chinese lation. And muslims around the world celebrate. This year the krona virus is posing new challenges but people are finding new ways to worship amid the pain down. A market its nice to have you with us here in germany the number of corona virus infections has soared in recent days the countrys leading Public Health institute is warning that people are letting down their guard and not observing social distancing measures ironic then that in central berlin today thousands of people were out on the streets protesting against coronavirus restrictions organizers were forced to call off the event early as strict hygiene and dissing singles were. Not being and here to conspiracy theories facts years and right wing extremists from across the country were among those in attendance it comes as germany braces for a potential 2nd wave of the coronavirus. D w Political Correspondent Lenny Vaughn Hamish dean is at the protest now and she joins me so lainie the demonstration was called off by t
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