Joe biden. One of the most talented journalist of his generation the first part is first in the Chicago Tribune shortly after graduating from harvard then three years later to report from iraq and other countries. And then to join the new yorker before moving to washington to cover politics and foreign affairs. In the 2014 National Book award and was a finalist for the 2015 pulitzer prize. The new book has adapted from the articles written over the past decade most recently the profiler biden last august. With all the accidental expertise and the portrait of the former Vice President with the biden extensive experience and then put them Pete Buttigieg the former mayor of south bend indiana the 2020 democratic president ial candidate also new book called trust. And so then to recognize the work and to put in a plug for the former primary opponent and out to be the next president of the United States joe biden. Mayor pete, take it away. Thank you so much. It is an honor and the treat to
Steadily as more and more councilman coming in President Trump has been eating into that margin. And at last there was only about 47,000 vote difference between President Trump and Vice President biden so well see what the new update reveals lets go to David Mckeown because he is a Political Science expert we are watching. The votes come in a lot of people have a lot of questions about how this is all being conducted good morning. Pleasure to be here with and to you so that im sure you heard the president yesterday as he was saying that there are all these irregularities and shenanigans as he said not not pointing to any concrete examples but just kind of a blanket statement. You can say that but when it comes to actually launching some kind of an appeal. You have to have more than just a general acts like a chanel. Yeah, i mean if you think about this what the president and his team of put forward his Political Team and his legal team and hes joining those 2 operations they want votes
Thank you. That passes. Item three is the directors report. Commissioners, grant colfax, the health director. A few things in the directors report. We had the pleasure of participating in an announcement with senator scott wiener and mayor breed with reintroducing the Safe Injection Sites. The senator plans to reintroduce this bill in december. As you know that Safe Injection Sites have been a priority for the department and in alignment with mayor breeds priorities. We need these evidencebased proven interventions more than ever as fentanyl continues its uncrease in San Francisco and we have estimated that weve had more than 470 Overdose Deaths in the first month of 2020. And so this is a muchneeded intervention and it remains a priority and able to participate with the senator and the mayor in announcing the fact that that the bill will be reintroduced. We continue to encourage everyone in the city to get a flu shot now more than ever. This is certainly not the year to skip on a flu
But donald trump and his supporters a defiant the president s showing no signs of conceding i will that affect the transition of power at the white house. And as a by this president says that his military is taking control of the strategic city of shusha in the disputed region of the border cut about. And in sport tell here is ability to stage an advance safely in the era of coronavirus has been put to this past gymnasts from 4 countries that had a friendly metas japan hopes to show the world it can carry out next year salary olympics. A promise to restore the soul of America Joe Biden is delivered a message of hope and unity just hours after the clearing victory of the president ial election he spoke of ending my. Racial unrest of bringing a new approach to dealing with the pandemic thats devastated the country but by will faced challenges President Trump is refusing to concede that its threatening legal action that he hopes will overturn results that secured by his victory we have 2
Motion to approve. Second. Second. Theres no one on the Public Comment line so far today. President bernal all right. Clerk [roll call] thank you. That passes. Item three is the directors report. Commissioners, grant colfax, the health director. A few things in the directors report. We had the pleasure of participating in an announcement with senator scott wiener and mayor breed with reintroducing the Safe Injection Sites. The senator plans to reintroduce this bill in december. As you know that Safe Injection Sites have been a priority for the department and in alignment with mayor breeds priorities. We need these evidencebased proven interventions more than ever as fentanyl continues its uncrease in San Francisco and we have estimated that weve had more than 470 Overdose Deaths in the first month of 2020. And so this is a muchneeded intervention and it remains a priority and able to participate with the senator and the mayor in announcing the fact that that the bill will be reintroduc