Aye. The minutes are approves. Call the Consent Agenda items 59. Item 59 the Consent Agenda. Staff is in the planning on to present on these but available for questions. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve the Consent Agenda. Moved by melgar and seconded by walton we can take that same house same call without objection the motion passes. Madam clerk, item 10. Item 10 San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency fleet electrification update report this is an information item. And we have bonnie gene von crow. Sfmta building Progress Public Affairs manager. Such a title. Good morning. Im bonnie von crow, Public Affairs manager im theme proviedz an update on the paratransit electrification process. Our paratransit fleet is a van and taxi program. For people with disabilities that are unable to take our muni service. Unlike municipal theruns on fixed routes paratransit is a door to door program. We have been provideing for 40 plus years last year served approximately 500,000 trips per
Dont know. A lot thanks for all of you for joining us. Dont go anywhere. Cnn this morning starts right now. This is cnn breaking news. Good morning, glad youre with us. Im poppy harlow with phil mattingly. In israel, Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is in jerusalem, he is meeting once again with israeli leaders. And were also looking at these live pictures of Smoke Billowing above gaza city. A dire humanitarian crisis is unfolding there at this moment. And Israeli Ground offensive appears to be imminent this morning. Blinken said that the u. S. Is actively working to ensure that humanitarian assistance like water, food and medicine can get into gaza. The Secretary Of State also saying that Safe Passage Way Into Egypt via The Rafah Crossing would be open as half a Million People have fled Northern Gaza for the south. But overnight the negotiations seem to have stalled and that there is either a ceasefire nor humanitarian assistance in the gaza strip. President biden saying israel must
Natasha ber grand and Becky Anderson is here with me in tel aviv. Jeremy, the Secretary Of State took cover in a bunker alongside Benjamin Netanyahu for a few minutes as i understand as Air Raid Sirens went off. What are you learning about whats come out between them today . Reporter yeah, thats right. Secretary blinken has been meeting with the israeli Prime Minister over the last nearly three hours now at Idf Head Quart nurse tel aviv. During that time we have heard not one but two air ride sirens going off in tel aviv and you are very well aware. We know during that first instance that the Secretary Of State and the israeli Prime Minister went to a bunker for about five minutes before emerging and continuing their discussions. I would assume that the same situation happened just minutes ago when those Air Raid Sirens went off once again because as far as we know Secretary Of State and the israeli Prime Minister are still there having those meetings. During this day weve seen Air Rai
Good morning i am jane harmon. President and ceo of the Wilson Center. Happy to be speaking to a packed crowd and to welcome secretary Rex Tillerson back to the Wilson Center. As you know mr. Secretary, the Wilson Center has a tradition of honoring business and political leaders who follow our 20th president s victim, that would be woodrow wilson. To quote enable the world, live with greater vision, a finer spirit of hope and achievement. The Center Honors you in 2010. And you wanted us by attending our event in dallas in 2014 where richard fisher, outgoing chairman of the received our Public Service award. You and i said together. We are delighted to welcome you back this morning to talk about the future of us relations with europe and to take some questions from me and some of you in the audience. Since we only have 50 minutes of your time, those here today submitted questions on arrival and we elected a few at random which i will put to secretary. Your predecessors and most recently
Reports that he was trying to dismantle the state department. Secretary tillerson well, good morning and thank you, jane, for that very kind flukes and also thanks to the Wilson Center for this opportunity to address you today. The Wilson Center has made important contributions to Public Policy and it is very fitting venue for our discussion today on europe considering 100 years ago, the United States entered world war i under the leadership of president wilson. While we tend to associate wilson with america in europes affairs, our commitment to europe was championed by a predecessor of his, Theodore Roosevelt. When he died in 1919 as wilson was striving for peace in european leader joined together in mourning and praise. And another british politician said he had been the greatest of all americans in the moment of dire stress. A senator said he had been the apostle of the cause of right on the other side of atlantic. President wilson was beloved in europe because of his commitment to