Electronic devices. Items acted on will appear on the december 19 board of supervisors agenda. Chair ronen just a quick note. Im going to call items out of order, so ill call item 1, and then 3 and 4, and end with 2 because its our longest item of the day. Mr. Clerk, will you please call item 1. Clerk item 1 is a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending march 31, 2020, to the commission on ageing Advisory Council. Chair ronen thank you. Is mr. Cooper here . My background, you have aha a recesume and summary to look over. I went to harvard, and my last clinical environment was with liver disease. I wasnt a fulltime clinician, but liver liver disease. And about half of people are liver disease, about half on our transplant list had issues with Substance Abuse, and i often was tasked on having to give lectures on alcoholism and alcoholic liver disease, so i was familiar with that subject. And i took early retirement when i was 70 because they gave me money to get out and dec
Bushs legacy, where the bush exhibit chronicles their love affair with maine, president ial years, and the bush connection with une. Withare the wisdom insightful individuals who visit. Today, we had the Incredible Opportunity to examine a Pivotal Moment in american history, and of americas educational system. We gather to learn about and to commemorate the 30th anniversary of president bush convening all 50 u. S. Governors to create a unified set of National Educational goals. This work brought data and research at long last into the process of crafting educational policy. Our event today will undoubtedly shed light on the strides we have made since september 27, 1989, when this historic meeting took place. Oo on thehed light t work left to be done. To introduce the event further and to introduce our special guests, i invite the chairman of the george and Barbara Bush Foundation and a nephew of president and mrs. Bush. [applause] thank you, president herbert. Lovely moment of remembra
Into the great beyond. We lower our heads for a moment to reflect on the void left by the passing of these two iconic americans and how lucky we were to have befriended them. [no audio] thank you. Throughout the year, we honor president and missions bushes legacy bushs legacy, where the bush exhibit chronicles their love affair with maine, president ial years, and the bush connection with you wendy that she would any une. Today, we had the Incredible Opportunity to examine a Pivotal Moment in american history, and of americas educational system. We gather to learn about and to commemorate, the 30th anniversary of president bush convening all u. S. Governors to create a unified set of National Educational goals. This work brought data and research at long last into the process of crafting educational policy. Our event today will undoubtedly shed light on the strides we have made since september 27, 1989, when this historic meeting took place. We will also shine a light on the work left
Been starker. And coming up. The billionaire former mayor of new york Michael Bloomberg announces he wants to run for president. Hello, and welcome to world news today. The first results from hong kongs local District Council election are coming in and they show the pro democracy parties making big gains. Theyre on course to all but wipe out their pro beijing rivals. Theres been a huge voter turnout in comparison to elections in 2015. With slightly more than half of the count complete the numbers just a few minutes ago showed pro democracy parties have already taken 196 seats. While pro establishment parties have just 27 so far. These are the numbers being reported by local media and there is still a way to go yet, of course. Now, some notable names ran in the elections, including pro beijing lawmaker junius ho. Hes one of the most controversial politicians in the city and is reported to have suffered a shock defeat. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonell is in hong kong. Stephen, this cou
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