Education please fill out a speakers prior to the item being called and present it to ms. Casco and importantly according to the board of education speakers will not be accepted for items before the board item b superintendant report superintendent carranza good evening to everybody listening or joining us in person in evening a few announcements this ooefg evening first of all, i along with the staff and School Districts across the statistic is looking for the record or forwards to the smallest balance on how the students mafrtsd the common core standards hoping to see a positive trend the common core start of our curriculum number two the professional development and training of our staff and 3 the use of data to drive the improvements throughout our schools although the relatives are yes, maam bargained and the staff looks at the result im very proud of the work our teachers and paraprofessionals, our principals and the assistant programs in the school did and have done when you loo
We are live with the action happening out there. Eporter we have 150 to 200 people, many of them sporting guy fawkes masks. They are carrying signs like. His opposed to torture we caught up with the demonstrators as they marched. Hrough d. C. Along 15th street they did disrupt traffic briefly. They are here, they are calling for reforming industrial military machine and ending genetically modified food and reforms to the pharmaceutical industry, as well as a consolidation of other causes. They plan to continue the demonstration through d. C. They are taking off right now. Not saying where they plan to go. But a number of proposed locations. Asoughout the afternoon and the demonstration continues, there will be some disruption of traffic in the nations capital. Jummy thanks for the heads up, stephen. To virginia, where a dramatic scene unfolding in Fairfax County is finally over. It started with a traffic stop and led to a police crash and the manhunt for five suspects. Sam sweeney has
Here in the u. S. As you might expect. Or as the futures were indicating. Lets start in china. If you look over the past week or so, we have the shanghai composite. The Circuit Breakers triggered on monday and today. I want to zoom in on today and what we have seen overnight. Only 29 minutes of trading. Stocks,op in chinese 7 . That closed the market for the entire day. Drop in u. S. A 20 stocks to get a full day closure. But the chinese authorities have now suspended the whole idea of Circuit Breakers for the moment. All of this happening as we once again saw a devaluation in the chinese currency. Lets take a look at that chart as well. This is theling dollar versus yuan on the day. That is what sparked all of this. Concerns about just how worried they are about chinese growth. Betty they are indeed. Chinese Growth Prospects are spilling over into other asset markets. Oil prices tanked not all of this. Julie oil prices definitely tanking. We saw it trading at its lowest closing since
Virus. Thank you for joining us. Syrian Government Forces have launched a major offensive from the north of aleppo and captured several strategically important towns. Theyre trying to cut rebel supply lines to aleppo and also to the Turkish Border. With the support of russian strikes, they have captured. The aim is to break through territory north of aleppo to reach the village. They would cut off the fighters in the north and prevent the reinforcement from getting through. Reporting from northern turkey, close to the syrian border. Reporter this battle can change the balance of power in the strategic corner of syria. Theyre taking town by town in the northern countryside of aleppo. This has long been an opposition stronghold. But that may change. With the help of russian air power, the government is advancing, and civilians are caught in the crossfire, and the heavy bombardment is causing many families to leave. Look at the situation. Look at those people who are arriving. All of road
Please stand by. San francisco Transportation Authority vision zero please stand by. Transportation Authority Board special meeting stan stand please stand by. Transportation Authority Vision zero Board Special Meeting please stand by. City of San Francisco september 10, 2015, please stand by. [ gavel ] okay. I would like to call to order the vision zeros meeting for thursday, september 10th. Our chair is on her way. We wanted to get started and be respectful of peoples time. Supervisor norman yee the clerk today is steve stamos. I would like to thank staff from sf govtv, charles and bill dylan for recording each one of these meetings and making available the recordings to the public. Im so used to seeing madam clerk. Mr. Clerk, item no. Are there any announcements . There are no announcements. Can you call item 1. City clerk item 1 roll call. Mr. Kim, mr. Mar, mr. Yee. We have a quorum. Item no. 2. Approve the minutes of may 21, 2015 meeting. This is an action item. Supervisor norman