During his trip through Asia Scott Heide of opponents from tokyo. During his two days in japan theres no question that President Trump and Prime Minister they have grown close as friends trump calling the relationship extraordinary calling trump a precious friend and they have also strengthen the alliance between the two nations to a level not seen before but its not just because they like each other after a summit meeting on monday they both underlined why they think that alliance is critical standing together against north korean aggression. Theres no point in dialogue for the sake of dialogue with north korea now is the time not for dialogue but for applying maximum pressure on north korea we completely agreed that for north korea to change its policy japan and the u. S. Must take leadership closely collaborating with the International Community so that we can enhance pressure on north korea through all possible means the era of strategic patience is over. Some people said that my r
Resignation of lebanons Prime Minister on saturday during a visit to saudi arabia. Beirut this wasnt just an opportunity to talk the meeting between the saudi king so man and saddam had eighty was as much an attempt to deny reports the lebanese Prime Minister had been detained by authorities in the saudi capital after he announced his resignation on saturday how did his political opponents have been suggesting how d. D. Was forced to step down and is under house arrest in riyadh how did his decision to quit as Prime Minister brought down lebanons Coalition Government a government that included hezbollah did blame hezbollah and its patron iran for meddling in arab affairs this plunged lebanon into a new political crisis and there are fears it may be at the forefront of the regional saudi iranian rivalry. And lebanon are divided into similar parties similar talks one is. And the other is this which means if things will be worth it means that can lead to confrontation between the two part
President donald trump has warned north korea its nuclear and missile programs are putting it in grave danger trump has wrapped up his visit to south korea with an address to its National Assembly he emphasized the role of the u. S. Military in the region pushed a message of peace through strength and slam north koreas leadership as a cruel dictatorship filing not to be intimidated today i hope i speak not only for our country. But for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try this we will not allow American Cities to be a threat with destruction we will not be intimidated aljazeera is Tony Berkeley has more now from salt. The change in tone was a little bit of a surprise from President Trump when he addressed the south Korean Assembly on tuesday his tone was more measured more straight he wasnt actually antagonizing the regime as hes done in the past with fire and fury speeches and threats to totally destroy north korea this time he was hard
Internally, to execute on that. President omotalde thank you. Commissioner wald commissioner wald thank you both for coming in. Its good to see both of you again. So, this is sort of a follow to commissioner hoyos question. If you achieve your goals, this can be a ripple effect. Youre going to have vast numbers of new writers and those people are going to the park, if thats the technical term, in San Francisco and a lot of them are going to get on other kinds of public transportation. Whether its bike were buses or whatever. So, i would welcome, at least assurance, or it is not a big discussion, that you are not only talking to the departments about its expertise, but that you are at least trying to get sort of a candle on all the parts of the city family in San Francisco that will be impacted by the achievement of your goals. Particularly, in terms of ridership. Both in terms of increasing the number of people who ride and how they get to your vehicles. Its not just in San Francisco.
Second. Public comment. All in favor, say i. I. That motion carries unanimously we will now go into closed session can you please read do closed session items. Item 18 unmitigated games and item 19 urban mitigated people of the state of california versus the sfpuc and item 20 that pair et al versus the San Francisco board of appeals 6 appellant district and irrigation restore the hetch hetchy of the San Francisco and items 2 it through 28 will not be heard today. Thank you is there a motion to Public Comment on closed session items. Is there a motion to assert. Session. Okay. Were now out of closed session and back into open session 18 and 19 about settles were approve a motion to disclose any discussions from closed sessions. All in favor, say i. I. Opposed . We will not disclose any other in any business hearing none, this meeting is adjourned [gavel] president omotalde we will officially call the meeting to order. We will do will call. Commissioner bermejo present commissioner hoyos