Clerk on a motion to not disclose the closed session deliberations [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, there are three ayes. Chair mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Is there any further business . Clerk that concludes our business for today. Chair mar great. We are adjourned. Take care. Good morning. The meeting will come to order. The december 3rd meeting. I am joined by Committee Member peskin. Committee member haney will be joining us. I would like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this. Do you have announcements. In order to protect the public and City Employees during the Health Emergency the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. This is taken pursuant to local state and federal orders and directives. Committee members will attend through video and participate to the same extent as if physically present. Public comment is available for each item on the agenda. Both cable channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the call in number on your screen. Your opportunity to spea
Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re
Cdc director dr. Robert redfield. He is the Nations Health Protection Agency and defense americans against dangerous threats and the response to inaccurate information on those threats or record of the head of agency data redfield has been one of the nations leading voices. During this pandemic sharing new information, issuing Public Health guidance and advising americans about how to safely return to work, school and daily life. We are glad to have him with us and what has sadly happened as and a sadly Pivotal Moment in this crisis right now as you all know cases are spiking across the country and as a result we are seeing different types of lockdowns like we saw in the initial wave of thekd virus and americans everywhere are hungry for information and guidance about how to navigate the Holiday Season this winter but back to redfield will address thall of these issues and more d well take questions from our audience as well. Without further ado dr. Redfield welcome. What can you tell
A look at what else weve got coming up. Find out how gold leaf is still produced by hand in venice italy. And it means a multitalented british musician who feels of close connection to nature. Today we kick off the show from a different perspective now i am sitting up here and im in a mobile foldable bed for mountaineers now its practical for anyone who might be out climbing for days and in need of a place to sleep so if there arent any accommodations in the area they can simply attach this bed to any ledge and spend the night under the stars well you might ask who would actually want to do this here max reporter axel prima vaizey was a willing volunteer. And. This is the place where im going to spend the night i dont know if i can handle this. I will spend the night hanging off a rock cliff and the adventure begins with a hike im on my way to the mountain in the northern part of austria with my guide mark was pulling to. The summit 1500 meters above sea level. Hopefully youre ready an
Driving efforts to stop the use of hunger as a weapon of war also coming up President Trump says hes ready to return to the Campaign Trial and says he may even hold a public rally in florida this weekend troubles hospitalized for covert 9 taking and his doctor has not said whether the president still has the virus. Plus europe sees a surge in new coronavirus cases tougher restrictions take effect in berlin and across germany to stem the tide of infections hospitals those say they are ready and. Her. Church bells ring on life comes to a brief halt in eastern germany city of hala where one year ago today taken vest near nazi attacked a synagogue killing 2 people. Im rebecca returns welcome to the program the United Nations World Food Program has won this years Nobel Peace Prize receiving the news in nigeria the head of the agency david bailey said he was deeply humbled by the award the w. F. Provide provided assistance to almost 100000000 people in 88 countries last year basically said t