Good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order, welcome to the june 29, 2020, meeting. Im supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. And with me is vicechair, Catherine Stefani and supervisor gordon mar. And our clerk today is victor young and id like to thank sfgovtv terror staffin for stas meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members are participating in the meeting today remotely. Each member will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the stream. And each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. And the opportunity to speak during the Public Comment period are available by calling 1 408 4189388. And, again, that is 1 408 4189388. And the meeting i. D. Is 146 661
Virus. A councillor that tested positive discusses his experience. And your text and tweets. Washington journal is next. Us coronavirus cases have jumped. Returns at noon as they return to push a response package totalling over 1 million. Good morning, welcome to washington journal, this friday morning. March 20th. Well open up the phone lines, hearing from you, and your experience, response to the federal effort on the coronavirus. Of you in the central time zone, the line is welcome to your input if you are a medical professional tell us your name and where you twitter, ing from on facebook posts. There is a reporter from the mike baker, mes, stationed in the northwest. Part ofg the northwest the us, mike baker tweeting on the numbers, more than he said on the 132. More than 4,000 new cases in the us. Youll see his number at the there 12,336. When we started the programme 9 4509,450. 9,450. Checking the map. 245,484. 10,000, th toll over with 86,000 confirmed recoveries. 14,250. Us i
appreciate the opportunity that country blessed us with. american pride is on the decline. 39% of adults took extreme pride in our country, down from three years ago. pride in our nation has been on the decline for 20 years and an interesting distinction, gallup found 60% of republicans were proud and 29% of democrats did. wall street journal released american pride poll of their own earlier this year with just 38% of americans saying patriotism is important to them. at 1998, the figure was 70%. pride is not the only tradition heading out the poll, 39% of americans think religion is very important, down from 62% in 1998. stunning new fox news poll shows majority of americans believe the country s best days are behind us. gallup poll found 70% of americans have no confidence in national government. start there. joe concha to the midstel in the hot seat. what do you think? joe: one other part about this poll that stands out to me. what is the best country live in the world?
Court to grant a new trial. Reporter for Alex Murdaughs lawyers, the bullseye is rebecca hill, the colton county court clerk. Theyre alleging she jury tampered to write a book about the murdaugh murder saga. The clerk of the court had improper private communications with the jurors. Dont be fooled by his testimony. Watch out for his body language. Guilty verdict. Reporter last march, murdaugh was found guilty of murdering his wife maggie and son, paul, gunned down on their hunting estate by long rifles at short range. His trial flared with part southern gothic, part southern grotesque. A dynastic South Carolina family, wealthy, wiley, and powerful. Themes of greed, deceit, recklessness. A defendant admitting from the stand to lying, an opioid addiction, and ripping off millions from clients. Buster murdaugh, the defendants son, believes his dads a psychopath but not a murderer. And the trial . I think it was a tilted table from the beginning. Reporter supporting the tampering claim, af
Why prosecutors say Enrique Tarrio was the leader of a conspiracy. Here are tonights headlines. The man who wrote On Social Media on january 6th make no mistake we did this sentenced to more than two decades in prison. The new details just coming in. Backtoschool meltdown, with nearly half of the country facing sweltering temperatures in the 90s or higher, some districts are forced to cancel classes. How long will it last . Today is the sixth day in a manhunt for convicted killer. Danelo cavalcante was spotted at longwood gardens. Expanding south with the latest sighting. United airlines has now lifted a nationwide ground stop. The ground stop translated to hundreds of delays. Lawyers for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh are seeking a new trial. They claim to have new evidence. The clerk of court had improper private communications the jurors. The white house confirms that First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for covid19. Yesterday he took a test, and it was negative. Today he too