Is still being done. Todays talk is the eighth this calendar year and we have one more in november when we will hear from charles stuart, Political Science professor at m. I. T. , longtime friend and supporter of this center who will talk about his coauthored book about electing the senate and direct democracy before the 17th amendment. That ought to be a pretty good talk. I have been looking forward to hosting todays guests. Since i first saw her in action at last years policy history conference chairing a panel that included members and that will include a tax historian who is in the audience today. Thank you for attending, carl. And we will hear from carl soon. Molly is an associate professor of history at Washington University and received her ph. D. Degree from the university of michigan. She is the author of the highly regarded tax and spend, the welfare state, tax politics, and the limits of american liberalism. She will also Say Something about her current book project which bu
Detainees sworn in the hope it could facilitate a lasting peace. Thousands the fire protests began in thailand demanding the Prime Ministers resignation and reforms to the monarchy. Plus the speaker of the Cypriot Parliament quits after being implicated in a cash for passport scam exposed by al jazeera. The World Health Organization has warned the death toll in the 2nd wave of the corona virus pandemic could be 5 times the level of the 1st outbreak in the spring unless urgent action is taken across europe coronavirus cases are rising dramatically and governments are tightening restrictions to stop the spread from saturday more than half of englands 56. 1000000 population will be subjected to high or very high restrictions impacting their movement and who they can meet the German Hospital Federation says the number of people in hospital with covert 19 has doubled in the past week with intensive care patients expected the past 2000 by next months Record Numbers of infections have been re
Prime minister. Also in the news the future of social media at tick tock still uncertain but there are reports of a deal that could satisfy the United States government. Strong winds threatening the efforts to battle wildfires in the northwestern United States get a live update from california. Well start with the news out of japan where the governing party has elected its new leader to succeed. Is a longtime ally of the outgoing Prime Minister the liberal democratic partys leadership vote now paves the way for suger to replace in a parliamentary vote this week. Is japans longest serving Prime Minister he resigned last month for health reasons. Well nobody as we faced a nationwide crisis of the krona virus hope araik we cannot have a political gap we need to overcome this challenge in order for every Single Person in japan to have a safe and stable life i need to proceed with what Prime Minister abbott has been working on and move it forward i believe this is my mission. Robin broad is
Director brinkman, director torez will not be with you today but you do have a quorum. Item 3, producing devices during the meeting, please be advised the ringing of cell phones, pagers and other Electronic Devices are prohibited at the meeting and any person responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room. Please put them in the off position rather than vibrate because it may cause microphone interference. Item 4, approval of minutes. Directors, any comments or additions to the minutes from the 1s 19th . No Public Comment. Communications . Item 5, i have none. Item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business. Directors, any items to address at this time . No, seeing none, well move on. Item 7, directors report. Good afternoon, directors. So im going to start by asking my colleague, nadine tahere to come up and give an award. I dont see him, ill ask my colleague to come up and ill give an award to him. [ laughter ] so mr. Lee has been an employee of the city of the count
Interference. Item 4, approval of minutes. Directors, any comments or additions to the minutes from the 1s 19th . No Public Comment. Communications . Item 5, i have none. Item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business. Directors, any items to address at this time . No, seeing none, well move on. Item 7, directors report. Good afternoon, directors. So im going to start by asking my colleague, nadine tahere to come up and give an award. I dont see him, ill ask my colleague to come up and ill give an award to him. [ laughter ] so mr. Lee has been an employee of the city of the county of San Francisco for 20 years and has been here since construction began. Serves as the resident engineer for the chinatown station, the most complex station and part of the subway that is most in the public eye during the construction phase and he is a native deciding to take on this project pa because of his love r the city and chinatown community. This will be a Critical Link in integrating chinatown m