Good evening, everyone, thank you for joining us, im adam may, joie chen has the night off. The president announces we are going back to iraq. He laid out a plan out lining a longterm strategy to destroy the Islamic State. The big announcement in an address that the war on terror will expand into syria, and 475 additional personnel will head into that region. The president stressed that no boots on the ground. We will conduct a Systematic Campaign of air strikes against the terrorists. Working with the Iraqi Government, we will expand our efforts beyond protecting our own people and humanitarian mission missions, so we hit iraqi targets. I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country wherever they are, that means we will not hesitate to take action in i. S. I. L. , as well as iraq. Presidency. If you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. We have Team Coverage tonne the Islamic State threat. Lets go to the white house, and correspondent from al
I think it is safe to say that bill bennett says conservativism will never be a Popular Movement as long as it is perceived to be against the interests of minorities. In many ways, we have earned that perception. As bill also said that when liberals see blacks, they see a sea of it comes and conservatives see a sea of aliens. It is important to acknowledge that in the 1960s when conservatives talk about limited, small government, hostility to Central Government it was not for Central Government intervention in the states, we would not be sitting here. Just knowledge in the past doesnt mean we arent stuck there and it changes as our circumstances change. Back in the 1960s, it was important for Central Government intervene, but today Central Government interferes with ability. You cannot generalize about black community anymore any other. Theres a poster in my Office Written by bill raspberry when he was a reporter for the post. Its as poor negroes will not benefit from the gains of the
Their possibilities, the skys the limit. It is limitless. There is no reason the nation of africa cannot and should not join the ranks of the worlds most prosperous nations in the nearterm, in the decades ahead. There is simply no reason. As we look to the future to try to help realize that vision, the question is no longer, when i got here as a young man on the Senate Foreign relations committee, the question was always what can we do for africa . That is no longer the question. It is what can we do with africa. Not what can we do for africa. What can we do together . And i mean that. And the president means it as well. There is a significant opportunity for the United States and africa to do more that benefit both of our communities. This is americas economic selfinterest. Billion in u. S. Exports to quarterlready support a of a million american jobs here in the united dates. States. African consumers are spending 1. 3 trillion, and that is projected to double by the year 2030. Time,
This is one of the pyritic protections that took many people giving and taking as possible to come up with within puzzle there is one piece well be following this leveling the Playing Field for the balance in the neighborhood that people talked about is critical i think that some like chain stores and formula Retail Stores in neighborhoods that are food deserts for example a critical need for more types of stores especially food retail and we take into account for the other neighborhoods like north beach theres a strong sentiment of the unique character the Small Business owners and others who have testified today, i think it is clear that theyre not saying we dont want chain stores but a balance and the neighborhood voice in the process i think the suggestions from the plaintiff and the Planning Commission i think theyve made this a stronger pyritic legislation it strikes a balance for the need for economic drivers but also preserving what makes San Francisco so unique character of th
Working on those well do our best to have those cleaned up on page 8 lines three to four an important amendment ill read into the record were striking the one phrase it strikes the words analysis of whether or not the proposed result in the there or drivers license decreased area so Pay Attention to that and another amendment deleting sections 303. 1 d in the last draft that was sent so its deleting the Economic Impact feud and rises 30. 1 e7 in the language and it renumbers the subsection of the 303391 e will become d and it continues and ms. Wong those are the main clean up language anything else from our City Attorney victor wong. Victor wong City Attorney. So those are the amendments and i know that commissioner lee has a couple. Before we get there my understanding is supervisor mar its our intent to make the amendments into items number 3 which was the Planning Department recommendation or the Planning Department version all make those as described and roman numeral the Planning