Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting. Im matt haney, chair of the budget and Appropriations Committee. Our clerk is miss linda wong. I want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes, mr. Chair. Due to the covid19 emergency, to protect the board of supervisors, city hall and the legislative chamber are closed, but the meeting will be held remotely. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they are physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Channels 26, 78, 99, and sfgtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Public commenters will be allowed three minutes to speak. Public comment is allowed by calling 4156550001, meeting i. D. 1873640346, then press pound and pound again. Press star, three to enter the queue. Best practices are to speak slowly and clearly, call from a quiet location, and tur
The crout to check for a pulse, from even an offduty firefighter. She was not shown on camera today because she is a minor, but listen to how seeing mr. Floyd die has affected her life. Theres been nights i stayed up apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not not interacting in, not saving his life but like its not what i should have done. Its what he should have done. That witness young cousin just 9 years old also took the stand and said Ambulance Workers had to push officer chauvin off of george floyd when they arrived on the scene as Cnns Omar Jimenez reports. Good morning, members of the jury. Reporter the story of what happened on may 25th, 2020 In Minneapolis told today through the lens of eyewitnesses. I believe i witnessed a murder. Reporter Donald Williams was standing feet away from george floyd as he was pinned under the knee of Derek Chauvin. After floyd seeminglys unresponsive body was loaded into ambulance that day, williams called the police
People who have been thrust into the spotlight simply because they happened to be at the scene and witnessed something that made them stop in their tracks. Among those witnesses, a young woman, darnella, who took the now imfamous video, and a 9yearold. The defense asked her no questions. Prosecutors also put stunning video film by within once, alongside surveillance footage, to give jurors a more complete look at the scene. And this morning, donald williams, a mixed martial artist seen on tape trying to get police to stop restraining george flowed, took the stand. The defense it questioned whether he had the experience with which to judge chauvins action. Williams fought back tears as prosecutors played the 911 call he made, and he laid out in stark terms why he made the call. I called the police on the police. Why did you do that . Because i believe i witnessed a murder. He believed he witnessed a murder. Well go live on the ground to minneapolis, but first lets bring in chuck rosenbe
The u. S. Accuses the kremlin of poisoning him with a nerve agent something it denies yvonne he was jailed last month on his return to russia for violating parole last being treated in germany the European Union is also imposing sanctions on 4 officials close to president putin. It was not meant to be a Silver Bullet or an ending to what has been a difficult relationship with russia we expect the relationship to continue to be a challenge were prepared for that and were neither seeking to reset our relations with russia nor are we seeking to escalate. The 279 schoolgirls kidnapped last week from a government run boarding school in Northern Nigeria have been recounting their ordeal after being freed they say their abductors beat them and threatened to shoot them as they were marched into a forest the release follows 4 days of tense negotiations Officials Say no ransom was paid for their release. Yet i was on our list and now wouldnt they drove us like animals some of us were falling and
And more elderly people are developing antibodies. The stuff we report here every day is showing an extraordinary drop of, you know, 35 drop every ten days or so. And its going down faster in older groups, the over 70s, than it is in younger groups, the under 70s. And this is very encouraging. The victims of self harming the alarming rise in the numbers of youngsters affected and the stories of those who recover. Former servicemen and women who were dismissed because theyre gay can now apply to get their medals back. Catastrophe in chennai england succumb to the inevitable and lose the second test to india, suffering a 317 run defeat. And coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, Serena Williams quest for a 24th Grand Slam title is still alive in melbourne. A straight sets win over simona halep and shes into the semi finals. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. A story of abduction, forced return, torture and a campaign of intimidation. And its not fiction. T