[background noises] [background noises] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of committee at any time. Im before we begin secretary has informed us she has only two hours available for this hearing. So in the interest of time Ranking Member and i are remedying ourselves to very brief Opening Statements we are asking the secretary to do the same. Additionally we get as many members as possible a chance to ask questions. And in concurrence with the Ranking Member i ask unanimous consent to limit each members q and a to four minutes without objection. So ordered. Out also like to request unanimous consent to submit to statements for the record for bt the first is from chairman lucas who could not be with us here today. As you know he has had a terrible accident with a bowl, he is a rancher. And he is recuperating. We look forward to his return soon because his leadership is dearly missed. The second as a full Opening Statement from my
Thank you, are there any other members of the public for general Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed and we are adjourned. [gavel] good afternoon everyone and welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting for tuesday, april 25, 2017. Mdm. Clerk please call roll call thank you read present, cohen, present, farrell, present, fewer present, kim, present, paskinjordan present, ronen present, safai present, genji present, tang present, yee present. Mme. Pres. All members are present. Thank you ladies and gentlemen please join us for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] b thank you everyone. Mme. Clerk any communications . I have none to report colleagues any changes to the march 14, 2017 Meeting Minutes . Seeing none, is there a motion to approve those minutes . Moved by supervisor farrell. Seconded by supervisor tran view. Colleagues can we take that without objection . Without objection those Meeting Minutes will be passed after Public Comments.
Said there. Wti, 49. 54. You rolled your eyes. Im trying to figure out i initially thought that ge was going to sort of double down and cost average in, because now things are cheaper to buy. It looks like this is sort of if response to trian, trying to get more focused on turbines and medical imaging and the other businesses, sort of maybe offload something theyve been trying to get in in such a big way since 2007. Theyve been adding to oil and gas, right . Now theyre getting out. We dont know. Though the company picked all the wrong times to get into all the wrong businesses. I wasnt going to say that. Being a big bank, energy company, or a media company. Which makes me think they own all these what i think are valuable oil and gas assets, now its cheaper to buy them, the ones you bought for too much, you can buy them at a better price. Now they will offload some of the stuff they bought at higher prices . Put it into a partnership, spin it off. Unclear. Have you made calls on this .
This is the only city where we have so many strikes. I know its important for them. But it puts the whole city and everybody that works in a bind. Reporter remember, the time to think about here is 12 01 a. M. Thats not just when these negotiations are expected to run out, but that strike could begin right then. If youre on the bus or subway at that time, the service would be interrupted. Well be asking about impacts to nighttime travel as well as alternatives for your morning commute. Were also going to check in again on those negotiations. Well see you again in the next hour. Live in center city, drew smith, nbc 10 news. So many people watching this closely. Drew, this strike would affect more than 884,000 riders a day. 55 to 60,000 of them are children in philadelphia. They take Public Transportation to get to school. So if youre wondering if your ride will be impacted, here is a list of whats not affected by a strike. Regional rail trains, the norristown high speed line as well as
2027488002. Independents, 2027488002. You can also catch up with us on social media, on twitter, cspanwj. On facebook, its facebook. Com cspan. Very good monday morning to you. We begin with some of the headlines following this weekends violence. Heres the front page of the Washington Post this morning, three cases widen terror fears is the headline. To the front page of the New York Post in new york, city on edge, talking about the chelsea terror attack. Thats the bombing, 29 injured in that bombing on saturday night. To the front page of the Washington Times this morning, the headline there, terrorism suspected in a series of attacks, front page of the New York Daily News this morning, simply goes with terror. And to the front page of the wall street journal, u. S. Attacks stoke unease is the headline there. As youre reading these headlines this morning, were simply asking to you bring us into your breakfast table conversation. What are you talking about when it comes to how safe nuf