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. Before i ask for the roll call, the fans are on for a couple reasons. The building engineer is in route but not here yet. Please be prepared to speak louder cheese are all recorded both audio and video. Please speak louder today. The next genral item now before roll call is item 13 is pulled. It shall not be discussed today. We will notify people in advance before that comes back on the calendar. Now we will start before Public Session we will have the roll call. roll call . We have a quorum. The rules for general Public Participation will be in effect. If you want to speak, please submit your name but limit to two minutes when we get to times to speak on items in general or a particular item when called. We will go to closed session. Do we have a motion from the board . Motion. Second. All in favor say aye. Motion passes.
Raid, senators are expected to work on 2020 spending on several departments including agriculture, commerce, transportation and housing. Now the live coverage of the senate. Senators are expected work on 20 20 spending on several departments including agriculture, commerce, transportation and housing. While we wait for senators to return, look at remarks on the senate floor dealing with impeachment inquiry against President Trump on the whistleblower, alex the house of representatives continues its impeachment inquiry into whether the president jeopardize National Security by pressuring the york rain to interfere with our elections, the white house , their allies in congress and the media have resorted to despicable tactics to falsely discredit individuals who have provided the house testimony. Yesterday Lieutenant Colonel alexander. Men serving on a detail in thewhite house testified before congress. In ltc vindmans testimony was announced and especially in the past 24 hours hes been
Trade deal, and also expectations for another Federal Reserve Interest Rate cut all pushing most markets higher. Lets talk about the global oil giant, bp, announcing its latest results in the coming hours. Its the last set of numbers for current boss bob dudley, who revived the company after the deep water horizon disaster left it on its knees. Deep water horizon. However, big challenges await his successor, with growing climate concerns leading many to question big oils long term viability . Public opinion is arguably turning against the sector. The Royal Shakespeare company is ending its partnership with bp at the end of the year, saying it could not ignore the strength of feeling against the deal. Meanwhile, in the us, exxonmobil is in court fighting a claim that it misleading investors about the potential costs of climate regulation to its business. And Climate Change is arguably already having a measurable impact on the industry. The number of big Institutional Investors, like pen
Drop in profits. Bp now down 1 on lower profits despite producing more oil than it did last year. We will talk you through its latest numbers. Also in the programme. Boris johnson will today try for a fourth time to secure an early general election, after mps rejected his plan. And fashions big hang up. Plastic coat hangers have been likened to the plastic straw of the fashion industry. We will hear from one we will hearfrom one man we will hear from one man with designs to switch it to a sustainable alternative. Well get the inside track on tackling unmanageable workloads and long hours. Well talk to the co founder ofa hours. Well talk to the co founder of a firm looking to change the way we work. Also today, we want to know do you have a cold . Most of us get between one and three a year. New Research Suggests what you do in the 24 Research Suggests what you do in the 2a hours is critical. What are your tips . Use our hashtag. Ive already had one cold this winter and hopefully i wont
Questions on anything we discussed. Any questions . I have a comment. Very impressive. As you know when i was appointed, i was asked a lot of questions about esg by the board of supervisors and the like. I did what i thought was great Due Diligence but i had talked to bill earlier about this, and i wish i had known it wasnt as gloomy as i thought. They have taken an active step forward and andrea is coming on board with your associate. More importantly, the numbers against the benchmarking. I never get the acronyms right. They are proving out it is going in the right direction in terms of our exposure. I commend you on that and hopefully we can bring the light of day on these numbers to the public. Have you shared this with anybody assigned from the Board Members . Folks at city hall who raised these questions in the past . I met with certain beneficiaries, plan members, sort of informally, but no formal presentation to city hall. We have not provided an update since the last time we h