Have reached a new highs between the United States and iran earlier this year washington and tehran came dangerously close to a war in iraq after washington assassinated irans top general qassam cilla monny claiming hed been plotting attacks on americans in the region well all 3 countries currently face the coronavirus pandemic the conflict has not slowed down with the rest of the world a series of new attacks have taken place in recent weeks and President Donald Trump is now accusing iran of planning a sneak attack on u. S. Bases in iraq citing unspecified intelligence during a press conference the president said he had very good information that the Group Planning the attack with hezbollah stating quote it was led by iran not necessarily iran but by groups supported by iran but that to me is iran Iranian Foreign minister zarif responded in a tweet quote dont be. Misled by usual warmongers again unlike the us which 3rd petition if we live cheap in a fascinate iran only act in self def
Chair m chair mar good morning. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday, march 5 meeting of the government audit and Oversight Committee. Im supervisor gordon mar, the chair of this committee, and im joined by supervisor matt haney, and supervisor aaron peskin will be joining us shortly, as well as supervisor sandra lee fewer. Thank you to this committees clerk, john carroll, and id like to thank sfgovtv. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents should be provided to the clerk. Items acted on today will appear on the march 10 board of supervisors agenda. [agenda item read]. Chair mar supervisor fewer, thank you for joining us this morning as the sponsor of this hearing. The floor is yours. Supervisor fewer thank you, committee. I call this hearing today after discussions with ifpte local 21 because i am concerned about the use of Civil Service exclusi
Honest, and do not tell people things that you think they might want to hear. Tell them the truth that is based on evidence. Because even though politicians, be they in the administration or the congress, may not be happy with what you tell them because it disappoints them, they will respect you if after a while it is clear to them that you are telling them the truth based on scientific evidence. Host dr. Anthony fauci, director of the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases, and a prominent member of the White House Coronavirus task force, has become a fixture in americas living room during the covid19 pandemic. Recent polls give him a higher than 75 Approval Rating for his communication about the crisis. Over the next hour we will give you a more indepth look at this veteran Public Health official. You will learn more about dr. Faucis life, work, and Public Health philosophy from his own words. He sat down with q a for a profile interview in 2016, and in this program we
A packed show for you today so lets go to. The Global Pandemic toll now more than 101500 more than 1600000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus now as that number of new infections slows down and italy one of the worst hit countries is the leaning toward extending the lock down to early may this is to help ease that spread of the corona virus britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved out of the intensive care but he remains hospitalized for treatment of the coven 19 a spokesman said that he remains and good spirits well the u. K. Is actually considering a strategy to end the lock down that would allow young adults to be the 1st to resume their normal everyday lives meanwhile in spain the country saw a decrease in its numbers on friday the country reported. 605 deaths a 17 day low but in sweden they are refusing at to lock down still restaurants and bars remain open sweden is following what were calling the herd immunity theyre letting people contract the virus essentially while onl
Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents should be provided to the clerk. Items acted on today will appear on the march 10 board of supervisors agenda. [agenda item read]. Chair mar supervisor fewer, thank you for joining us this morning as the sponsor of this hearing. The floor is yours. Supervisor fewer thank you, committee. I call this hearing today after discussions with ifpte local 21 because i am concerned about the use of Civil Service exclusions and the impact it has on our Civil Service industry. I realize that discussions have been ongoing between the department of Public Health and local 21 regarding a process of conversion for these positions since the last hearing that we called on this issue in april 2019. Since that time, this agenda at the time that this agenda was posted for todays meeting and this morning, an agreement has been confirmed between d.