Free. One year of. A new era for space travel is to nasa astronauts on their mission to the International Space station. Im Richelle Carey this is aljazeera bringing you continued coverage of the unrest and United States over the death of an unarmed black man in minneapolis and Police Custody for a 4th day there have been violent protests across the country from new york to los angeles right now night has fallen all across the country in a curfews are being in force and more than a dozen cities. Portland denver among those were strict on Peoples Movement and minneapolis Officials Say they have succeeded now in stopping the violence the governor mobilized the states entire National Guard for the 1st time. Minnesotas history earlier scuffles broke out between police and protesters in new york where protests went on late into the night at least 2 police cars were set on fire thousands of people have demonstrated outside the City Supreme Court on the Brooklyn Bridge and outside a sports ar
And commissioner bernal, i believe that you have smgz to say . President bernal thank you to my chigdzers and welcome to all of the members of the public who may be viewing the Health Commission meeting for tuesday, may 19th. Before we begin i wanted to let everybody know that the commissioners and i have sought to with the support of the mayor, beginning in june to meet twice a month with remote meetings. So on the first and third at a new time at 3 00 p. M. The meeting on the first tuesday of the month will include a covid19 update and a d. P. H. Update and contract items and d. P. H. Program updates. And the meeting on the thursday tuesday of the month includes covid19 updates and well focus on the General Hospital and the laguna honda related issues. So with that lets move on to approval of the minutes. Clerk actually, commissioner, do you mind if i do my intro with the Public Comment line. Sure. So, hi, everybody, i am mark morewitz, the commission secretary. And were using Micros
Commission meeting. Commissioner bernal. And commissioner green. And commissioner giraudo, commissioner guillermo. Are you here, commissioner guillermo . Unmute yourself, commissioner, so we can hear you. Yes. Commissioner guillermo, are you there . Commissioner guillermo im here. Clerk thank you. And is commissioner chow on the phone by chance . Commisioner chung yes, i am and i will try for the visual connection as the phone goes on. Clerk okay. And commissioner bernal, i believe that you have smgz to say . President bernal thank you to my chigdzers and welcome to all of the members of the public who may be viewing the Health Commission meeting for tuesday, may 19th. Before we begin i wanted to let everybody know that the commissioners and i have sought to with the support of the mayor, beginning in june to meet twice a month with remote meetings. So on the first and third at a new time at 3 00 p. M. The meeting on the first tuesday of the month will include a covid19 update and a d.
Board commissioners, the Health Service system staff and members of the public. I wish to thank all the people who have worked many hours to make this meeting possible. Please note that our board secretary Natalie Ekberg and many of the Commission Secretaries across the city have collaborated to learn about these meetings. I also wish to note that our internal team has worked behind the scenes to provide the technical support, including marina coridge, Brian Rodriguez and others have stepped in to help manage our Public Comments today. I want to share my gratitude and thanks to all of you, as well as the Health Service staff who have helped make this meeting a reality. And finally id also like to acknowledge the Citys Department and Technology Staff of government tv for their time and energy into preparing our team. The staff and board commissioners appreciate all of your dedicated work, and i would like the board secretary to share her remarks regarding how to conduct ourselves in thi
Before we proceed to todays hearing id like to take a moment to recognize last monday was memorial day. It was a different memorial day for me and other americans than normal and it was more difficult for us to gather together. But last monday gave us an opportunity, an opportunity that we should take every day to pause and remember the brave americans who gave their lives in defense of our country. And we honor the sacrifices they made to keep us free. While let me start by saying that the veterans we honored on memorial day, they served our country and that peaceful protests are a demonstration of the freedom our veterans served to safeguard and protect. And while we reject the defacing of our National Monuments i would take another moment to express my gratitude the National Park service, its employees and volunteers who quickly restored our memorials. All of them but especially those that recognize the service of our men and women particularly the world war ii memorial. I know that