[please stand by] we are back in session. This is the budget and appropriations meeting friday, august 14th. Were hearing budgets and well continue with the department of Emergency Management and with us we have the director mary ellen carole. Ms. Carole, the floor is yours. Thank you, chair fewer and thank you spurs. Im happy to be here today. Im director and department of Emergency Management and the mission of our department is to lead the city and planning preparedness, communications, response and recovery for everyday and not so everyday emergencies and large city wide events, major disasters and global pandemic. In addition, 911 houses a 911 and operations and who are the vital link in Emergency Communications between the public and first responders. Since january of this calender year, we have played a key role in the citys response to t coronavirus pandemic and will continue to do so for the remainder of thremainder of the. We have noted the citys Covid Command Center or c3, a
Some outside lanes and it is monday, and people are beginning to show up with not a lot of clouding. But there are more cars showing up and you can see westbound 580 is already crowded at 205. 680 looks good on the benicia bridge and 80 looks good on the carquinez bridge. A small volcano in the philippines is erupting with thousands of People Living near the volcano being evacuated and hundreds of thousands of others have been warned to be ready. Ash is reported more than 60 miles away and far, no reports of injuries or major damage. The deaths to 20. An australian man on white island had been hospitalized when it erupted and he and his daughters were caught and the eruption and one of them died immediately on the other daughter is in the hospital. Two others are presumed dead because their bodies have not been pound. A team of california disaster specialists is now in puerto rico, helping them recover after major earthquakes with thousands of homes and schools and businesses destroyed
Firefighters obviously trying to. A fight against a comeback before this burns any bigger what we see and lets go under will tran a hes live in raw. The one thing complicating the whole thing is that these poor residents had been plunged into darkness before the fire even broke out so theyre trying to find their way around and power to get out of the neighborhood. No street lights at all as well because pg had cut off the power about an hour before the fire started so there was no power. Running through the lines. James talked about that breezy conditions let me show you video of the fire. It was around according to cal fire going about 15 Miles Per Hour or so at the time of the fire a little bit gusty but according to them nothing out of the ordinary the fire happened at a very dry remote area along a ridge line and the fire raced to the left and the right of the ridge line going downhill. Ndhas why they were forced evacuate about a 140 people we did talk to a lot of people and they s
Dont know if theyre alive or theyre dead the individuals that weve spoken to many of them are in terrible situations they are in hiding some have been assaulted some have been shot shot at we know that jimmy obviously died many of the killed in Community Supported donald trump of the 2016 election encouraged by pledges of social conservatism and the protection of religious minorities abroad a nearly 90000 cal the in registered voters he won the state by 10000 or so so absolutely can it could impact the election and its not just iraqis like jimmy who face deportation to countries with which they have no connection several asian and african countries are being pressured to accept deportees even though they too would face an uncertain future in countries they dont know and one other thing i wanted to say about about jimi is that you know we were speaking to him shortly before his death he really wanted to share his story as a way to make sure that other people wouldnt experience what he e
Develop into a highly dangerous category 4 storm before hitting the States Atlantic coast present trump has canceled a trip to poland saying hell remain in the u. S. To ensure federal resources are deployed authorities have distributed sandbags with heavy wind and rain expected to batter the forward a colts a native american tribe in the u. S. State of new jersey has filed a federal lawsuit against is neighbors the ron paul len a p nation accuses the Homeowners Association of violating its right to gather and pray on its own land aljazeera is Christian Salome brings us this story from. New jersey. What weve been using for thousands of the years those holding this native american ceremony believe a puff of tobacco smoke will cleanse guests taking part in the local mountains take their name from the rampolla a nation but this field barely an hours drive from manhattan is all thats been left to them for them this land is sacred what about this land i mean how important is that to the rule