A normal no now mr di ambassador taylor you testified that there are 2 channels a regular an irregular what did you see as digital eyes rolled in and ukraine policy. Contra i came to see that mr giuliani had a large influence on the irregular channel and was that normal is that normal to have a private citizen of the United States take an active role in diplomacy it is not normal it is is not unusual to ask for people outside the government to give opinions to help form the policies of the Us Government is unusual to have a person. Put input into the channel that goes contrary to u. S. Policy thank you and youll back mr turner and you are going to ask for 5 minutes. Thank you mr this investor to thank you for your service i have a great deal of appreciation for your profession you have very little direct contact with Decision Makers tremendous amount of responsibility and not a lot of authority on to affect u. S. Policy bilateral engagements or multilateral engagements youre trying to
Worth of rain fell in a single day. Welcome to the programme. We will start in australia with those wildfires. And a pretty serious warning, actually. leave your homes for safety or risk not receiving help. The severe warning from firefighters as bush fires continue to ravage the east coast of australia. At least three people have died and there are fears the number of casualties could rise. Weather forecasters say more bad weather is on the way. 1,300 firefighters, backed by water bombing aircraft, are tackling dozens of fires in baking temperatures. Officials in New South Wales say 150 homes have burned down. With me is our News Reporter freya cole who has experience reporting on bushfires in australia. Freya, thank you for being with us. Bring us up to date. Freya, thank you for being with us. Bring us uptodate. There has been some relief overnight on the weather. Firefighters are doing what they can today to get on top of this bushfire disaster but dont get me wrong, the risk is fa
Second. All in favor. Aye. The motion to not to disclose what we discussed in executive session. Second. All in favor. Aye. Onto item 6, pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Item 7 aannouncements. Please be advised the use of cell phones, and pagers and other sound producing electronics are prohibited during the use of this meeting. Please be aware members of the public have up to three minutes to make a Public Comment on each item of the agenda unless otherwise stated. Onto item 8 Public Comment on items not on the agenda today. Is there any Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you. Item 9a, executive directors report. Good afternoon members of the public and port staff, im elaine, the ports executive director. The first item is i wanted to report on fleet week, which wa
Second. All in favor. Aye. The motion to not to disclose what we discussed in executive session. Second. All in favor. Aye. Onto item 6, pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Item 7 aannouncements. Please be advised the use of cell phones, and pagers and other sound producing electronics are prohibited during the use of this meeting. Please be aware members of the public have up to three minutes to make a Public Comment on each item of the agenda unless otherwise stated. Onto item 8 Public Comment on items not on the agenda today. Is there any Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you. Item 9a, executive directors report. Good afternoon members of the public and port staff, im elaine, the ports executive director. The first item is i wanted to report on fleet week, which wa
Second. All in favor. Aye. The motion to not to disclose what we discussed in executive session. Second. All in favor. Aye. Onto item 6, pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Item 7 aannouncements. Please be advised the use of cell phones, and pagers and other sound producing electronics are prohibited during the use of this meeting. Please be aware members of the public have up to three minutes to make a Public Comment on each item of the agenda unless otherwise stated. Onto item 8 Public Comment on items not on the agenda today. Is there any Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you. Item 9a, executive directors report. Good afternoon members of the public and port staff, im elaine, the ports executive director. The first item is i wanted to report on fleet week, which wa