We will get your thoughts on what grade you would give your governor on this pandemic, but lets begin with south dakotas governor. Take a look at the state. This is from nbc news. A 19 increase over the past two weeks. Here is republican south dakota governor kristi noem defending her approach. [video clip] across the country and around the globe, cases are increasing. Over the past week, cases are on the rise in 48 states. Some have said that my refusal to mandate masks is the reason why our cases are rising here in the state of south dakota. That is not true. Others have said that my refusal to advance harsh restrictions like lockdowns is another one of the reasons why our cases are rising, and that is also not true. There are 41 states that have some kind of a mask mandate. Cases are on the rise in 39 of those 41 states. Some in the media are saying that south dakota is the worst in the world right now. That is absolutely false. I would encourage you to look at the Johns Hopkins cor
Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart. Would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] okay. Thank you. On behalf of the meeting, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who record our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public on time. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. During this health crisis, the board of supervisors is meeting remotely and will proceed as though they were meeting in their public chamber. The board of supervisors realizes that public input is essential and more important during the time of covid19. So we hope that the public will take advantage of the following opportunities to participate in this meeting or comment remotely. If youre using the u. S. Mail, please address the envelope to the San Francisco board of supervisors, city hall, 1 carlton b. Goodlett place. Thats San Francisco, califor
After approval on the 11th or on the 12th of december, hopefully the 1st people who would be immunized across the United States across all states. In all the areas where this, the state department of health will have told us where to deliver the vaccine. And g 20 leaders are promising to spare no effort in making sure coronas fire risk. Vaccines are distributed fairly around the world. But wrapping up their Virtual Summit hosted by saudi arabia, they gave few specifics on exactly how this will be guaranteed. Discussions also focused on helping poor nations recover from the economic damage inflicted by the pandemic. Ethiopian Prime Minister has given to grain fighters 72 hours to surrender before the military begins an offensive on the regional capital mckelway, calories controlled by the great Peoples Liberation front. Reuters news agency reports. The group is destroyed. Roads to stop an advance. Millions of voters in begin a fast so are casting their ballots in an election, taking pla
Clerk madam chair, you have a quorum. Wonderful. Clerk item 3, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Its clear were using sound producing devicing duries duri meeting, so we wont announce this. Item 4, approval of minutes of the november 3, 2020 meeting. Directors, is there anyone who wishes to make any comment . Okay. Seeing none, are there any members of the public who wish to make Public Comment this item on the agenda . You have zero questions remaining. Okay. With that, ill turn it back over to the directors. Directors, do i have a motion . Motion to approve. Second. Okay. Secretary silva, would you please call the roll. [roll call]. Clerk madam chair, you have five votes to approve the minutes. You are on item five, communications. Due to the covid19 health emergency, this meeting is being held virtually, and all members of the staff and the public are attending via teleconference. This will ensure the safety of the sfmta board of directors, t
We see how the pandemic has changed things onset. Oh, my lord. Everythings changed. First of all we have to be tested every single day. Warm welcome to our viewers on pbs america and around the globe. New scientific analysis seen by the bbc suggests the goals from the Paris Climate Agreement are coming within reach. The Tracker Study looks at the latest promises from countries including china as well as the plans of the us president Electjoe Biden. From the uks wettest february on record to raging wildfires in california. The fingerprints of Climate Change link to Human Activities have become increasingly clear this year. But efforts to curb Greenhouse Gasesis but efforts to curb Greenhouse Gases is the root cause of Global Warming has so far had limited impact. When countries are signed the agreement in 2015, they undertook to limit the rise of damages to well below two celsius this century. But when scientists added up all the pledges made to cut carbon, they mounted to around three