Quorum call mr. Merkley mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oregon. Mr. Merkley i ask that the quorum call be lifted. Without objection. Mr. Merkley i ask that my intern sara finley be granted privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Merkley thank you very much. Mr. President , i am coming to the floor to talk about the challenge we have with forest fires that have been raging in the west, from montana and idaho and washington and oregon and california, and periodically we have devastating fires in colorado and new mexico, nevada. So we have to figure out how we do a better job in a multitude of ways. First, its very important that we quit treating terrible fire year, enormous fires as if theyre some ordinary event, because there is currently no femastyle reaction to terrible forest fires. We respond with fema for for neigh tows and for tornadoes and with floods and hurricanes and with earthquakes but not with f
Of thrones and award seasons all rolled into one. This is how i discovered to my non china friends. Detailed profiles of whos who in chinas political circles and how they are connected start popping up everywhere and everyone certainly depictions on who they think will make it onto the seventh person Standing Committee which is the pinnacle of power in china. This Years Congress however was all about one man and that man was general secretary. Prior to the congress dominated the basic among china watchers. Some analysts any doubt about his strength was put to rest last week when congress amended the partys constitution to include and i quote xi jinping on socialism with chinese characters explore a new area as a guiding possible. Hes the First Chinese leader to have his name and trying to the constitution while still alive since mao. This has led some to argue, especially in the media have been reading these headlines that he is now the strongest chinese leader in history since mao, pe
Reporter prosecutors intended to send a message to those politicians simply here to support a friend. At this moment im not dealing with issues of blame. Im dealing with his family and dealing with him and trying to pick up the pieces to go forward in terms of the work that has to be done. Reporter since 2009, there have been eight members of congress who have been contradicted and sentenced for crimes. This is the longest prison term any of them have faced. The judge today said he was trying to send a message. Fattah will appeal the decision. Were live in old city tonight, mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. Walk us through that timeline for the appeal process. Could it happen before he has to report to prison . Reporter so the appeal process for the sentence, he has just 14 days to file an appeal. That will happen with some urgency. As far as the conviction itself, that could lead to more hearings. And its very unlikely that that will be done before chaka fattah has to report to prison on ja
The suburbs possible as well. Take a look at that when i come back with the hourbyhour forecast in just ten minutes. But first, Jessica Boyington watching her first alert traffic. Thanks. Starting off with the schuylkill expressway still dealing with the construction. Our camera as right around montgomery drive. But good news, we have some lanes open now in both directions. So earlier we had all lanes blocked off on the east and westbound side due to overhead sign repair. Right here is the eastbound lanes. And you can see one lane getting by toward center city and thats slow. So, very slow through there. They had pretty much ysh pushed over to the shoulder. Westbound, two lanes are now opened. Watch, the shoulders blocked there as well. Either way, its a slow go. And since earlier they did have both directions blocked off in both all lanes blocked off in both directions, there was a big backup. So, now some residual delays because of that as well. So, expect problems on the schuylkill
Welcome to wednesday february 22nd, regular meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services committee, i am supervisor ronan the chair of the committee to my right is vice chair supervisor, and we expect supervisor fewer shortly. The clerk is erica major and i would also like to thanks sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. Can you call item one, please . Yes. Resolution retroactively approving the city and county of San Francisco Refugee Services plan for the fiscal years, 15, 16, and 16, 17. Great, and i understand that suzy smith is here who is the Deputy Director for the policy and planning for the Human Services agency. Thank you. Good moerrning i am joined ba few people, the refugee coordinator and two providers gladys and nancy from the Lynn Institute, after a say a few brief words they will say a few words about their programming. The item before you is a resolution approving San Francisco federal fiscal year, 15, 16, and 16, 17s Refugee Services plans. These are submitted