Very latest information good afternoon, theresa. Were out here at the intersection of high street and foot hill im joined with the opd spokesperson with the Oakland Police department tell us and bring us up to date right now as far as what you guys are doing to try and get this hostage or that to get the man out. What we can share with you is the starting 1115 this morning. So weve been out here since 1115, 1600 block of high street. What we do know is that we had an armed barricaded, individual who had taken hostage from this particular business where the incident is occurring. In a lot about the last half an hour the hostage was safely released unharmed. Our Tactical Negotiations Team continues communication as communication is on and off. But this has the release of the hostage and thats really the goal is the safe release of the hostage in a safe surrender. Of the armed gunman that is our primary focus im going to share with you where we are right now our tactical Team Continues th
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Send your spirit of peace and calm that all might have confidence in your faithfulness to us. That no matter what lies ahead your grace is abundantly available. Now we approach a week during which all americans will gather to remember who we are. A nation generously blessed not only by you, our god, but by courageous ancestors faithful allies, and the best good wishes of people everywhere who long for freedom, who would glory in the difficult work of participative government and who do not enjoy the bounty we are privileged to possess. Bless the members of this assembly and us all that we would be worthy of the call we have been given as americans. Help us all to be truly thankful and appropriately generous in our response. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The sp
Of the United Nations which by the way seventy years of history here and in russia and so we were facing a catastrophic situation along with the fact that the number one donor into the u. N. System the United States was talking about cutting all the money so who would want that job well frankly if they persuaded you to take on that you certainly had some successes already here for example of securing presence chunk of g twenty pledged shelf six hundred fifty nine Million Dollars to relief famine in four african countries was that pledged on earth in full and how far did it go in addressing the problem well the United States is historically been a tremendous support of the World Food Program as has russia but the United States was giving about one point nine billion what i assume this role in everyone thought that it would go the other way zero out. Which would be catastrophic and in fact the United States went from one point nine billion to two point five billion in other countries as
Republicans together around hungry children and they laid aside their differences in made peace and brought four majors successes for the World Food Program but we want to take the same concept using food as a weapon of peace a weapon of unification as we do that with different tribes children from different ethnic groups trying to bring different sites is together terrorist groups like isis and alqaeda book Raman Al Shabaab they want to use food as a weapon of starvation a weapon of war or weapon of division and we see food as a weapon of opportunity of Development Sustainable to build a success from not just bringing in the Music Together but bring in nations together and so now correct me if im wrong but i think even after securing that on the part of the United States the problem before famine remains very very accurate were still talking about millions of people on the bring of not just starvation but on the brink of death and i heard you say that the only two solutions are number
Yes been interesting to watch and see that the International Community has has come together to help bring about a change in the saudi in the sort of coalition by that you mean they the plaid that they made just recently of additional aid and easing up of their c h well you know two or three things number one the Saudi Led Coalition in the blockade was creating catastrophic situation and so lack of money lack of access was a huge issue but we really are see the sea change in the Saudi Led Coalition in terms of the blockade and they exist now weve got to get access on the ground with these and so were working with these and all parties involved to make certain that we have the money we need and then the access we need on the ground so weve got to get the food in from the air in the sea and then on the ground is so were making tremendous headway but the blockade set us back quite a bit so were looking at seven point four Million People literally literally on the brink of starvation that