Order. The chairs authorized to declare recess at any time. We welcome everyone to the hearing, oversight of the department of justice. Political interference and threats. Before we begin, i want to remind members we have established a distribution list dedicated to circulating written materials members might want to offer as part of the hearing. If you want to submit materials, send them to the email address previously distributed to your offices and we will circulate them to members and staff as quickly as possible. I want to remind all members the nodance of the office says facetoface is required. Required here is to follow guidance. This is for the health and safety of our staff and loved ones we will return to at the end of the day. I expect all members to wear a mask, except when you are speaking. I but recognize myself for an opening statement. Mr. Chairman, the point of last friday,er william barr announced that Geoffrey Berman was stepping down. This was, of course, untrue. He
And the starstudded celebrity sendoff to the class of 2020, words of inspiration from beyonce, lady gaga and condoleezza rice. Those of some of our top stories on this monday, june 8th. And we begin this halfhour with todays reopening of new york city which has been the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. Comes as the u. S. Hits more than 110,000 americans that died in the pandemic, more than the next three nations combined and more than 1. 9 million infections were reported. Abcs trevor at has more from new york. Reporter 100 days since new yorks first confirmed case of coronavirus, new york city prepares to take their first steps towards reopening. Many of us made significant sacrifices, but now it is time to try and see what we can recapture of our city. Reporter as many as 400,000 people will be back on the job ilers li limrb and mafag rnnd e or oso media and instagram and people are able to pick them up at the shop. We will do a contact list, pick up as we can. Reporter the mta
Secretary any other questions, commissioner . Commissioner chung. Commissioner chung i keep click the wrong button. Thank you for the presentations and i, too, appreciate hearing those who are in the endstage, you know, of their life, get to spend that with the family. Instead of like dying alone because like this whole covid19 created a very different way for hospital assistance, which also caused many patients, you know in other hospitals, that ended up dying alone. So i think thats really important for tows acknowledge. You mentioned face time and a video visit, which prompted other questions i have. How well have we been utilizing telehealth since some of these like inperson doctor visits, it is not possible. Could you guys hear me . Secretary could you raise your hand, dr. Hathaway. Its very hard to hear her. Theres an echo and we sure do want to hear this. Dr. Hathaway could you hear my better . Yoasm like im yelling. So here at laguna hospital, were not utilizing telehealth, tel
Roger goodells statement about players kneeling during the National Anthem. Are you okay . Plus, the health scare on live tv. A nasa driver passing out. Hes not okay. And in these troubling times the two people who asked people to relax, have a beer, get a surprise list from an alist celebrity looking to support their efforts. And we say good morning on this monday. Theres new fallout from nearly two weeks of protests after the killing of george floyd. The Minneapolis City Council now says it intends to dismantle the Police Department. Other cities are looking at major reforms. Former officer derek chauvin, the man who held floyd down with his knee is due in court to face murder and manslaughter charges. Protests were mostly peaceful but tense moments. Police say a man drove into a crowd and got out of his car with a gun. One person was shot but survived. Large crowds are expected in houston today for George Floyds public viewing before his funeral tomorrow. But we begin our coverage w
Pay for themselves and tickets. We dont know why you dont do enforcement. What is the sfmtas opposition to enforcing the regulations that are here to make traffic work rather than letting it be a free for all. If you want to snow slow streets suggestions talk to us, weve got ideas you could use right now in soma. We have no slow streets and we would love them. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. So speaker, if you can start talking. My name is brian and i walk San Francisco vision zero organizer and member of the senior and disability workgroup. We really appreciate all walk San Francisco all that you are doing to keep us moving safely, specifically thank you for this work to speed up muni service and the transit only lanes and so we can actually keep levels high and we know that this is critical not only for public and the pandemic but also for publichealth related to the citys vision zero goal and in terms of ways making it safe to walk we appreciate the slow Streets Programm