Engardio. And a Founding Member with me it is fitting we are closing it together as well. Well be joined by supervisor safai shortly. Here he is. Make his grand late entrance. Todays meeting is extremely special we are joind and i think it might be according to commissioner plumber the second time board of supervisors have official low joined in a joint meeting with Youth Commission. I feel very xoit exclude honored to be at the second historic garthing. And i want to welcome this joint session with the Youth Commissions Civic Engagement committee and would like to introduce the 5 members all of whom are present today. We have the committee cochairs. Marine loftus and steven hum. The cochair. Approximate we have members Vanessa Pimentel, utting and e wan plumber. I would like to welcome board of education president. Kevin bog us. We were going to seat you feel fro to stay there if you want to stay there. Okay. And bullly sit in the box so you have microphones and whenever you would lik
Paul and pope benedict. Is it is the thoughtful piece and it is hard to do wrap their minds around the document but it hits of the scenes to talk about the relationship between god and nature and other earth. With the need for a common plan. If we lost the moral compass. And what is important to bring the panel together is that property and Climate Change are two different games end of that you may cover in other parts of rural life but the Sustainable Development goal to do with poverty and education and energy and the ocean but the pope sees this relationship between ourselves and in nature as one. So add as you think of a the pope to lay this out in a new way. But if you look at how we treat the people were the endangered species that are traffic it comes from the same place. Although growing up in german catholic family is like i did with a sense of guilt but i really do take it was helpful because with all due respect i felt when it came out the path for everyone to hang their iss
Issues that capitol hill and the country has dealt with in the last several decades but now theyre at the floor. You are one of the worlds foremost experts on immigration and have been there watching as capitol hill has struggled with this issue over the of course, over the last couple of decades and going back and forth. And now, with the pope picks in the vatican in quite literally at the front of many of the issues as people are trying to cross the mediterranean. So lets just turn off with a question in light you have been doing this a long time how does it change when of pope takes an interest in your topic . [laughter] good morning. Thank you for the question. I think when the pope speaks the perspective that is global and tomorrow at the same time. And then to focus on the importance of family and children it is in a very clear way these kinds of issues that lots of people will want to hear the pope speak but i am not quite sure if the u. S. Congress who have spent the unable the
For congress. Bb not the press gallery but the chamber . By all means call the press gallery if you can get in to the press section. You will not get onto the floor. But if you are in on a member of congress or to i would call them to see where they plan to be after words just to see if you can read them personally or talk to them over the phone. If you are compelled to be at the capitol, do you have a hard pass . My colleagues do. They can get into the building. It will be a challenge but again i would try to arrange will have a hard time several hours ahead . Garett there is a chance they could get into a press gallery. But that does not guarantee, i will go over this two ways. The Senate Press Gallery there is assigned seating. We have desks there. If you are sitting here have desks there and then there are open areas. If you can get there in time with an open area given a shot. The out press gallery there is not assigned seating so what happens with heads of state summit people get
Their money, they could have paid their pensions in full and continued the practice of what is known as a 13th check. It could have fixed itself if there had been some sort of sober management. If you have strong leadership and focused leadership, you can resolve these problems. But it takes a lot of effort. Cspans q a. T on press foundation briefed reporters on the issues, logistics, and coverage of pope visit to the u. S. Scheduled events in washington dc, new york, and philadelphia. This portion of the briefings about onee hour is hour. We are the best of reality television. Cspan. Im going to transition to the next panel, which is reporting on the hope. William douglas spoke earlier about logistics, credentialing. E correspondent from mcclatchy newspapers. I guess i am covering the president ial race as well as others with the conflict driven in discussions. And with climate wire for years a Climate Change reporter that his first foul i saw his byline we had to know what he was wri