Will appear on the board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated. We will not be having a board of supervisors meeting next tuesday do you to the holiday. Madam clerk, item one . Item one,resolution approving and authorizing the execution of a purchase and Sale Agreement with the city of Pleasanton Pleasanton , for the conveyance by the city and county of San Francisco, acting through the San Francisco Public Utilities commission sfpuc , to the city of pleasanton, consisting of approximately 3. 18 acres of Real Property located at 401 and 403 old bernal avenue, pleasanton, california for 4,200,000; adopting findings under the California Environmental quality act; adopting findings that the conveyance is consistent with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code, section 101. 1; and authorizing the director of property and or the sfpucs general manager to execute documents, make certain modifications, and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolut
Trussles all passed inspection. Drones, computer sensors and video cameras are being used to measure the napa earthquake and lots of aftershocks felt since. Nbc bay areas scott budman shows us how all this technology is being put to use. Reporter its a new age for tracking earthquakes, using drones to assess damage after the quake youre actually seeing the Early Warning in action. Reporter and at the usgs using an Early Warning system to find out an aftershock is on the way. In fact, we caught the warning for one of those aftershocks as it happened, in this case, we had about six seconds of warning. The farther away you are, the more lead time you get. The closer you are, the shorter the time you have. Reporter theyre also looking at data coming in from above. Whats helps so far with the drones and helicopter reconnaissance is to figure out the areas where we do see surface defamation. Reporter also getting attention, reports of lights in the sky during or just after the napa quakes. I
Donald trump had threatened to bring all american troops home by christmas. Hes not going quite that far, but he will reduce the us military presence in iraq and afghanistan before he leaves office. So, lets look at that plan in a bit more detail. At the moment, there are 3000 soldiers stationed in iraq. 500 of them will be pulled out. The drawdown looks much more meaningful in afghanistan, where 2000 of the a500 us troops will be withdrawn. They are part of the nato force in place to support what is a fragile government. The acting defense secretary, christopher miller, made the announcement at his first news conference. Together we have mourned the loss of more than 6900 american troops who gave their lives in afghanistan and iraq. And we will never forget the more than 52,000 who bear the wounds of war and all those who still carry its scars, visible and invisible. In light of these tremendous sacrifices and with great humility and gratitude to those who came before us, i am formall
Breaking news this hour, President Trump has fired the director of the us cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, chris krebs, because of what the president claims were failings in the electoral system. Writing on twitter he said the recent statement by chris krebs on the security of the 2020 election was highly inaccurate. Heres our washington correspondent lebo diseko. Its quite incredible really, that the president of the United States of america, a country that represents Democratic Values right around the world, would fire the head ofan the world, would fire the head of an agency because they released a statement contradicting his claims that the election was unfair or fraudulent and just to be clear, the statement that was released, wasnt just clear, the statement that was released, wasntjust that agency which is part of the department for homeland security, it was in conjunction with a number of other organisations and groups including the secretaries of state, they ar
Peace talks with the taliban. As fighting continues between Ethiopian Federal forces and tigrayan insurgents, hello. Thousands of refugees President Trump has have poured over the border into sudan. Fired the director of the un says they are urgently the us cybersecurity and infrastructure security in need of food and fuel, but a Communications Blackout agency, chris krebs, because of what the president claims were failings in the electoral system. Writing on twitter he said. Means limited access. Heres our washington correspondent lebo diseko. Its quite incredible really, that the president of the United States of america, a country that represents Democratic Values right around the world, would fire the head of an agency because they released a statement contradicting his claims that the election was unfair orfraudulent and just to be clear, the statement that was released, wasntjust that agency which is part of the department for homeland security, it was in conjunction with a numbe