Good morning, the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the mooting of the government audit and oversight committee. Im supervisor gordon mar and joined by vicechair peskin, and supervisor haney will join us. And i would like to thank s. F. O. S. F. O. For staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, any announcements . Clerk in order to protect the Board Members and the public during the covid19 health emergency, the board of supervisors and the Committee Room are closed. This precaution is taken to local, state and orders and directives. The Committee Members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if physically present. Public comment is available for each item on the agenda, on cable channel 26 and they are streaming the callin number across the screen. Provide Public Comments during the Public Comment period by calling 1 415 6550001. Once connected and prompted to the meeting i. D. , todays meeting i. D. Is 1467063442. And then press pound t
Demanding the resignation of hardline president Alexander Lukashenko. And us President Donald Trump says hill appoint another woman to 6 a veteran Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg republicans want to press ahead with the nomination but democrats insist the process should wait until after november selection. Im rebecca written welcome to the Program Thousands of prodemocracy supporters in thailand have joined in a rare challenge to the all powerful monarchy and one of the biggest displays of defiance ever seen activists rallied all night in the capital bangkok their demands include curbs on the power of the king fresh elections and wide ranging constitutional reforms. This country belongs to the people the message inscribed on this brass plaque a symbol of protest cemented into the ground. For months now thais have been calling for reform of the mana king and political system. But this weekends demonstration was the biggest in the years. Tens of thousands gathered in bangkok an
Comprehensive assessment of the future of the department and the need to reshape the [indiscernible] around emerging threats. It went like this morning. I encourage you to read it on our website. Today, i am thrilled to a discussion on the future after the future of dhs, emerging threats and the american public. I am joined by two esteemed guests. The creator, writer, and director of call of duty black ops, steve anthony. Max brod. You two are some of the most creative people i know. You both spend your days thinking about how the world is changing. You have been very successful applying gaming and fiction to imagine the future. I cannot think of two better people to dig into this discussion with us. As a reminder, i encourage our audience to pose questions by the q a tab at the bottom. We only have 25 minutes in this first session. I will try to pose as many of your questions as i can. Lets jump right in. Threatstion of emerging is a critical one. It is something addressed in the repo
Countries die from our economic brutality but they cant be bothered to speed up approval of blood tests that prevent cancer neither can our Corporate Media. Because they dont serve us they serve corporate state interests and curing cancer is not in the interest of the corporate state how many of from washington d. C. The belle of the base is a reactive and i. Welcome welcome on leave camp outside news from behind folks ive got some bad news we all know big businesses are struggling right now Many Companies like j. C. Penney mens warehouse and lord and taylor have declared bankruptcy without mens wearhouse where will i go for all my men. And without lord taylor where will i go for all my lords god only knows this reminds me of that tragic moment when radio shack went out of business and since that day i havent been able to find a stolid radio nor a top notch shack anywhere nor an adapter that hooks a turkey based or up to a ham radio thanksgiving is ruined kids sorry but its not just bi
Recognizeey i myself. The warnings we had and decisions made about the most recent worldwide Intelligence Committee in january of 2019, and i quote, the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next pandemic where large scale outbreak of contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, strain international resources, and increase calls from the United States for support. We must ask ourselves what are the warnings are going unheeded, and what can we do right now to protect the American People from other threats . Before the unthinkable happens in the future, how can we exercise strategic and precisive foresight to the best of our ability today to ensure are a nation prepared for tomorrow . That same worldwide threat assessment Cyber Attacks is a top global threat with china, russia, iran, and north korea, raging a silent war capable of shutting down with such Information Systems and critical jeopardizing cr