M its good to have you with us today members of the European Parliament made history by electing the 1st woman to be Commission President that woman germanys outgoing defense minister ursula fun. Now she will succeed john called younger in the top job after being voted in by a narrow margin of just 9 votes underly and will be as we said the 1st woman to ever serve as the Commission President in the European Union. Of underlined as promised a united and strong europe saying that she will work constructively and pragmatically to achieve that we want to go live now to our Brussels Bureau chief rex hoffman he is standing by at the European Parliament in strasbourg and i think i understand he has the newly elected president with a mass. Thats right brant we do was alive on the line is with us today and i have a very simple question the start of the interview are you feeling. Relieved and happy because it was a tough ride over 13 days now i had to. Formulate the guidelines the political guid
A man on the move. And the fight to combat the spread of each i v a as we report from south africa tonight on signs of progress in the battle against the disease. Im burnt off to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome to today members of the European Parliament made history by electing the 1st woman to be European Commission president germanys outgoing defense minister ursula fund a lion is now president elect of the e. U. Commission will succeed. In the top job after being voted in by a very narrow margin of just 9 votes. Will be the 1st woman to serve as commission president. And she has promised a unified and strong europe saying that she will work pragmatically to get things done. I feel so all notes and im overwhelmed and i thank you for the trust you placed in me here the trust you placed in me is confidence you placed in europe your confidence in the united and a strong europe from east to west from south to north your confidence in a europ
Im brant goff its good to have you with us today members of the European Parliament made history by electing the 1st woman to be European Commission president germanys outgoing defense minister ursula fund a lion one lawmakers backing to take the job and the lion has promised a quote united and strong europe saying that she will work constructively to achieve it she will succeed. In the top job after winning by a very narrow margin. Uncertainty until the very last minute. The members of the European Parliament here in new with a vote on the next Commission President was going to be close but not even the candidate herself was enough on the line would have thought it was going to be that close. Vote the 5 votes in favor of the ship 383. On the line secured the majority by just 9 votes a week results in the end still enough to celebrate. My message so on of you is let us Work Together constructively because the endevor is a united a strong euro. The former German Defense minister spent t
Report. Good afternoon, commissioners, the director of health. You have the report in front of and you ill highlight a few items and take any questions. On june 13th, california lawmakers approved the 240. 8 billiondollar budget for fiscal year 20192020. And one of the most notable pieces of this budget is that it expands medical budget to 19 to 25, regardless of immigration status. So this is expected to provide full scope coverage to 90,000 undocumented in the first years across the state. So very excited about providing increased coverage to the population in need. And on june 4th the board of supervisors passed legislation to implement sb1045, sponsored at the state level by senator mark wiener and locally by mayor london breed and supervisor mandelman to provide care for San Franciscoians in need who have Severe Mental Health and Substance Abuse disorders. And its part of the mayors efforts to have response for those in need of treatment. And the mayor is including an investment i
Liberation organization chief yasser arafat. Netanyahu now considers the oslo accords no and void and with who many say is the most supportive u. S. President israel has ever had theres no pressure to make peace with the palestinians the embassy of the most powerful nation on earth our greatest ally the United States of america so do you see. I think that can be i dont want to say singlehandedly but i would say and most significantly it will be remembered as the person who managed to destroy the chances of peace and to plunge the whole lead to an end to a new. Extremism of confrontation of violence and instability because he speaks only the language of the. Nation of oppression. But perhaps some of netanyahu is greatest challenges are yet to come after winning the general election in april he failed to form a coalition so another ballot for september and netanyahu is due to be indicted on corruption charges hes accused of accepting gifts from wealthy businessmen and granting favors in