And nine fire trucks, had been called to the incident. Thousands of Roman Catholics have begun paying their respects to the Pope Emeritus Benedict xvi, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. Youre watching bbc news. Now, whats killing our rivers . You see herons and dragonflies. You see lots of little fish in the shallow parts, and then, sometimes, youll see a Salmonjumping Out of the water. You start to realise how many people dont have stuff like this, particularly in lockdown, when we were very grateful to have it. These School Friends have made the most of a record breaking summer, like thousands of others. But theres something wrong with our rivers. What a sad sight to see. Its absolutely devastating, what were finding up here today. Look at the water, look at this. Just look at it. This is algae. Its taking over our rivers and waterways. And when human and animal waste gets into a river, not only is it bad for our health, it is also full of nutrients like phosphate which ac
The Homeland Security secretary testified before the Security Committee on the 2025 budget request and the hearing entered before the house delivered two impeachment articles against him to the senate in both of those were later dismissed. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection the committee may recess at any point. Good morning, secretary mayorkas, and thank you for the committee will come to order and without objection the committee may recess at inany point. Good morning, secretary mayorkas, and thank you for joining the committee to discuss the budget that you and the president have put forth for the department of Homeland Security and on march 1 the department celebrated its 21st anniversary. I want to thank the Public Servants throughout dhs to dedicate their lives to securing the homeland in this work is vital that the safety of the nation and the security. When you took the oath of office, you swore to support and defend the constitution o
Present. Supervisor engardio, present. Supervisor mandelman, present. Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, present. Supervisor safai, present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming thei
Supervisor mandelman, present. Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, present. Supervisor safai, present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Co
Yield my time. You. Lets hear from the next caller, please. Hello caller, are you with us . Ladies and gentlemen of the board, good evening. I stand before you today to discuss a issue that effects each and every resident of our community. The state of our Public Transit system. As our cities grow, so does the need for reliable efficient and sustainable transit network. Lets talk about accessible. Currently many areas are under served by Public Transit forcing to rely on personal vehicles. This not exacerbates transferic but also limits opportunity for those who cannot afford a car. We must expand our bus and train routes to reach these areas and offer more frequent service, especially during peak hours. Secondly, affordability is a concern. High fares discourage from using Public Transit. I propose we explore options for subsidized fares for low income families, student, senior and most importantly immigrants. We need to purchase as many cattle cars a we can andback to home land to ru