Report reporter tremain lee. Miss michigan is here with me. Well hear from those in the bar tonight about what they think of the president. Our Special Coverage continues tomorrow night when we bring your our town hall with flint native Michael Moore. You do not want to miss that. But we begin tonight with a stark illustration of just whats at stake with the potentially catastrophic hurricane now bearing down on the east coast. Prompting mandatory Evacuation Orders from more than a million people. The president of the United States today sat in the oval office and bragged about his performance in dealing with the biggest disaster he has overseen as president , the hurricane that devastated puerto rico. I think puerto rico was incredibly successful. Puerto rico was actually our toughest one of all because its an island. So you just you cant truck
things onto it. Everythings by boat. We moved a hospital into puerto rico, a tremendous Military Hospital in the form of a ship. You know that
The mayor to build things in San Francisco. I thank you for holding this hearing because i think it puts it in the right perspective. The driving issue here is transportation and how we can approve the regional transportation system. And as those of us who have gotten deep into this know that it would be theres the issue of the tunnel and how where the train goes underground and how that fits with the freeway and thats how the issue became [speaker not understood] as to what we do with the freeway. So, i think we need to continue to emphasize when were talking about this very large and complex set of issues that the driver is transportation. It is not just the opportunity to develop more property. Thats a secondary part. And if we do develop the property, it could generate revenues which can be reinvested in transportation. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Haft. Is there any other member of the public who would like to comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. I want to thank mr. Ram a
Mayor ed lee. [applause] supervisors carmen chu, jane kim, and malia cohen. C. E. O. Port Commission President , and former commissioner michael hardaman. Fire chief. And San Francisco jim lathermyth. And San Francisco made we have katie and sarah from spur. As well as many of our neighborhood leaders, i saw mike bishop from the southern waterfront. And katie from the central waterfront. And the commerce advisory committee. And of course all of you who i hope are not just only San Francisco giant fans but fans of homemade beer here in San Francisco. And its my great honor to introduce entrepreneurial spirit. Mr. Gregor was born and raised in the united kingdom. He then moved to singapore at the age of nine. Hes lived in amazing cities around the world. So he brings with him an international spirit. But also a passion for San Francisco. He and his partner, tony foglio are known for building up the best brands and keeping them both emerging but honoring their roots. So i cant think of a
All right, good morning everyone. My name is monique moirer. I have the honor of the port commissioners and staff to welcome you back to the San Francisco port. And this historic pier 48. Pier 48 as you may know was one of the last piers built right before world war ii. It was built in concert with pier 45 and Fishermans Wharf in the changes of technology in cargo movement. Those changes were stimulated by the fact that we had two bridges opening up here in the bay. And our opportunities to move cargo changed by vessel and rail to also by truck. Pier 48 as you can see is much like all the other piers you are familiar with. It has a great large and long apron for cargo to be shipped and stored and out into distribution. The difference of pier 48 than others you know. On this side is a second transit shed with another apron. In the middle is a long divide. Thats where the rail cars and the trucks came in to pick up the cargo. Across the way is seawall lot 337. That was filled in by the s
Welcome you back to the San Francisco port. And this historic pier 48. Pier 48 as you may know was one of the last piers built right before world war ii. It was built in concert with pier 45 and Fishermans Wharf in the changes of technology in cargo movement. Those changes were stimulated by the fact that we had two bridges opening up here in the bay. And our opportunities to move cargo changed by vessel and rail to also by truck. Pier 48 as you can see is much like all the other piers you are familiar with. It has a great large and long apron for cargo to be shipped and stored and out into distribution. The difference of pier 48 than others you know. On this side is a second transit shed with another apron. In the middle is a long divide. Thats where the rail cars and the trucks came in to pick up the cargo. Across the way is seawall lot 337. That was filled in by the santa fe railway. In order to create a new headquarters for their train movement. That would go down the peninsula and