Okay. Welcome to San Francisco Planning Commission remote hearing for thursday, july 9, 2020. Before we begin, as i have in the past, i would like to enter the following into the record. On february 25, 2020, the mayor declared a local state of emergency related to covid19. Further more the mayor and governor have issued emergency orders suspending select laws amicable to boards and commissions. On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization from the Mayors Office to reconvene through the end of the shelterinplace remotely. This is the 15th remote hearing. I am requesting everyones patience in advance. The platforms are not perfect and at times may even be clumsy. If youre not speaking, mute your microphone and turn off your video camera. Do not hit any controls that may affect other participants. To enable public participation, sfgovtv is streaming this live. Sfgovtv is broadcasting and streaming the toll free phonein number across the bottom of the screen. Opportuni
Psychologically disturbed no you dont just abandon step like that i dont think the general public believe in a 3rd grown tired thing or not the bad part of it is to recognize just how dangerous this is. Also on the day hes been in power for 20 years but nearly half of that time syrian president Bashar Al Assad has presided over a civil war that has long had global repercussions is there any chance the syrian election this weekend could solve the problem many. Peoples demands are the same as theyve always being but im not sure if theyre being heard in parliament are parliamentarians are doing their job and not enough people have simple life demands how to get their food and their daily needs met their demands havent changed a bit yes. The less than 4 months to go until the u. S. Election pollsters say President Donald Trump is now losing ground even in his former republican strongholds the state of arizona hasnt supported a democratic candidate in decades but now as in many some belt st
Our distinguished speakers series. And we welcome our find speakers to the stage. [applause] i like to recognize and thank the trustees who have joined us this morning. Duty berkowitz, suzanne x, joel pickett and size sternberg. I want to thank each and every one of you and Michael Weisberg. How did you not appear on my list . In any event i would like to thank each and every one of you and thank you for all you do on behalf of New York Historical. I should say leading up to the weekend with history in a couple weeks i want to give special recognition to the chair of our chairmans counsel, and Michael Weisberg who is the beauty cochair along with suzanne pack, thank you. And thanks to the chairmans councilmembers who are with us tonight. This program lasts about an hour. The q a will be conducted on notecards, you should have gotten a written note card and pencil, my colleagues are going up and down the hour with notecards and pencils. Your questions on notecards will be collected late
Livingstone, Deputy Director in our Global Energy center where i need to work on climate and advanced energy. Thank you very much for joining us here today. Its a terrific to see a full room, particularly amid the dark days of august when so many folks in dc leave for cooler or at the very least, less humid climates. It is surely a traffic registration of interest in this topic and before we get started let me give a big thanks to zach strauss and are Global Energy and art interns who are instruments and making today happen along with our talented medications and events team. They are truly a testament to the assets and professionalism of the Atlantic Council. Dive in to todays discussion by noting that not only are you here because youre fascinated by the narrative that surround the climate challenge in the Energy Transition but you are likely also very interested in the narrators that help us to understand the complexities, ambiguities, leading characters in the emerging solutions at
Quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following nominations, executive calendar number 461, 462, 464, 478, 479, 480, 488, and 490. The presiding officer without objection. The clerk will report the nominations. The clerk nominations, department of defense, goas of kernan of florida to be under secretary of defense for intelligence. Guy b. Roberts of virginia to be an assistant secretary of. Robert l. Wilkie of North Carolina for under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness. Robert baylor of pennsylvania to be director of operational tests and evaluation. Thomas b. Modly of maryland to be under secretary of the navy. James f. Geurts of pennsylvania to be an assistant secretary of navy. Robert h. Mcmay hadnt of geor