About the agency being politicized since its head, michael pack, started the job the june. The executives were fired or quit working for the agency. The committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any point and all members will have five days to submit statements, extraneous material and questions for the record subject to the length limitation in the rules. To insert something into the record please have your staff email the previously circulated address or Contact Committee staff. As a reminder to member staff and others physically present in this room for guidance from the office of attending physician, masks must be worn at all times during todays proceedings except when a member or witness is speaking. Please also sanitize your seating area. The chair views these measures as a safety issue and therefore an important matter of order and decorum in this proceeding. For members participating remote
And it takes teamwork to get this done. This is not something that we normally do. As you all know, this is what were faced with. We said from the beginning, we will Work Together and get things done. And this is another good example of that. Thank you very much, mayor, breed. So, madam clerk, lets go ahead and go to our special order. Clerk okay. Special order at 2 00 p. M. The appearance by the honorable mayor london n. Breed. There being no questions submitted from the representatives of districts 1, 2, 3 and 4, the mayor may address the board for up to five minutes. President yee okay. So, welcome, madam mayor, mayor breed. Mayor breed thank you. President yee topics submitted by supervisors today. We welcome you to share your remarks. So go ahead. Mayor breed thank you, president yee. And i truly really appreciate your partnership, especially on the Economic Recovery Task force, which you know that well be releasing a report on the work that you all did in october and im really ex
Market action. Blake burman doing sorting of his own at the white house. Edward lawrence with the fed in a few minutes from washington. Like, to you. Reporter we heard from the commission that oversees the president ial debate, next debate one would be virtual debate. President trump reacted instantly, no, no will not take any part in that whatsoever. Instead his campaign is saying they would like to see the debate happen on october 22nd. Which was supposed to be the last debate and one on october 29th. The Biden Campaign came out said theyre good with the 22nd. That was on the calendar to begin with but they do not believe President Trump can unilaterally dictate the debate schedule after that. That is where we stand. Here is how both candidates reacted today. President trump i dont want to do a virtual debate. A virtual debate is a joke. Im in great shape. Unlike joe i dont have the luxury staying in a basement all day long. I have to run the country. We dont know what the president
The chat on the lights in your watching. The common with clovis tempora suspended in personal events but to keep you informed during this pandemic we were going full sd ahead with a full slate of live online programs. Most of these conversations are currently free to the public so we ask that you consider donating to the club to help us continue our work. Please visit us at commonwealthclub. Org online tool and more and you can also text the word donate to 415 3294231 drink this program. You can find this information in the description box below. Now please join in welcoming shaun king and jane kim. Welcome to todays Virtual Program with inforum and the come with club. My name is jane kim. I serve as supervisor here in the city of San Francisco and most recently as the california and National Regional political director for bernie 2020 2020si got to work very close with shawn campaigning for senator sanders. And really pleased be here today. So excited. What an incredible feat. Congrat
Communities. We are hosting this debate with Public Health precautions with minimal staff joining us. All of us onset are separated by plexiglas barriers. The candidates joining us are republican state representative Ashley Hinson and democratic incumbent abby finkenauer. Welcome to you both. Thanks for joining us. Thanks for having us. Joining us is james lynch, writer for the gazette, and kate anderson, news director for radio iowa. One of the most pressing one of the most pressing issues is recovery from the direct show. Homeowners and businesses access to a variety of federal aid. Abby finkenauer, you have been critical of the federalist bonds. What would you want to do differently and why are you the best person to represent the district during this Recovery Period . Rep. Finkenauer we were on the ground following at and my husband and i live in cedar rapids and i knew by the way that we were going to need all the help we could get, so i asked the governor to ask for an expedited