Grilling on capitol hill today over the skyrocketing cost of that lifesaving medication. Lawmakers demanding answers but can they do anything to reverse the price hike . And bombshell breakup. Hollywood reacts to the surprising news to the split of Angelina Jolie and brad pitt. So whats next for them, their six children and their reported 400 million fortune. Today, wednesday, september 21st, announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Its another busy news morning. Lets get right to that breaking news down in charlotte, north carolina. Protests over a deadly policeinvolved shooting there setting off a wave of angry protests. Chris, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning to you. The scene here far different than what it was just a few short hours ago. Protesters remained on the streets into the wee hours of the Early Morning following
Avalos present. President breed . Here. Breed present. Campos present. Supervisor cohen. Present. Cohen present. Supervisor farrell not present. Supervisor kim . Kim present. Supervisor mar. Here. Mar present, supervisor peskin present. Tang present. Supervisor wiener . Wiener present. Supervisor yee . Yee present, madam president you have a quorum. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join us for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Yes, madam president. From supervisor farrell, dated march 8th, requesting that he be excused from todays meet colleagues, is there a motion to excuse supervisor faler . Motion by supervisor avalos, seconded by supervisor cohen, colleagues can we take this without objection . Without objection, supervisor farrell is excused. [ gavel ] all
Im just going say no. Breed no. Supervisor campos . No. Campos no. Supervisor cohen . Aye. Cohen aye. Thank you. Supervisor kim . Kim no. Supervisor mar . No. Mar no. Supervisor peskin. Peskin no. Supervisor tang . Aye. Tang aye. Supervisor wiener . Aye. Wiener aye. Supervisor yee . No. Yee no. Supervisor avalos . No. Avalos no there are three ayes and seven nos with supervisors breed, campos, kim, mar, peskin, yee and avalos in the dissent. Okay the amendment fails [ gavel ]. Madam clerk, what was the second . The second motion made by supervisor wiener, seconded by supervisor cohen on page 3 line 3. I believe supervisor wiener after property statewide except for parks and open space. Except for parks and yes. Okay. Okay, im sorry, i need to pull up the resolution to understand that specifically. Okay. Madam president , i think we can take that without objection. Okay. Colleagues can we take that amendment without objection, without objection the amendment passes. [ gavel ] and on ite
Message to you all, in this room and in tvland, from our heavenly father who stated open thy mouth and i will speak for you. Im appealing to all members of the clergy to do the same this Easter Sunday while giving your service and please be sure to speak on the rapid and senseless killings taking place in america by citizens and peace officers. You can make an impact. These killedings are desensitive eyesing our society. Easter is a golden opportunity to bring the topic to the light of day, as it is a special day, when the entire world shows up to worship. I am asking the San Francisco City Government, dedicate this easter weekend as a day of remembrance for all of the young teens and peace officers who have lost their lives to violence and handguns. I propose that the government sounds the city alarm and let the bells toll at 10 00 a. M. To mark this event. I am also asking that all caring and concerned citizens send prompts to clergy to speak about gun violence. Lets us fall down to
Thank you,. Next speaker, please. Madam president , before the next speaker, i will remind the audience there is no applause in support or if you are not interested in hearing further about an item, you may use your supportive fingers, please . Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, president breed and supervisors. You might get too hungry for easter dinner at 8 00, your anticipating that easters going to be great. And youd like that Chocolate Easter basket, and its really chocolate cramped that is why the easter bunny, that is why easter bun is a champ here comes city peter cottontail, hopping down the city hall bunny trail, hipitiy hop, easters on its way. Maybe if you are have good, hell bring lots of eastereggs your way. Well, you know what . For some, Affordable Housing you found a new place to dwelling in a city hotel. You wish you had Affordable Housing and you can hardly wait, but if you dont have funding, its going to be too late. You are like the housing guys some easter ba