Earlier today, louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards updated reporters on his states preparations for the upcoming Tropical Storm harvey. This is 20 minutes. Gov. Edwards that afternoon and thank you all for being here this afternoon for this press briefing. As you know, we are gathered ominously on the 12th anniversary of hurricane katrina. Currently, harvey remains a Tropical Storm. While it did reenter the gulf and is sitting in the gulf right now, it is strengthening slightly. It is not going to turn back into a hurricane or anything of the sort, but the winds are picking up a little bit. The most concerning aspect of this is what we saw over the gulf, more moisture will pick up. We do not want any more rain than is absolutely necessary. This will continue to be a heavy rain and flood event. Although i do not want people to totally discount what can happen because of the winds because the ground is very saturated and has been for a long time. The wind has been blowing for a long time
And i want to thank the clerk of our committee as well as mark and sfgtv for covering the meeting today. Do you have any announces . Silence all cell phones and Electronic Devices and completed speaker cards and documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk, and the items acted tonight today will be on the january, 24th agenda unless otherwise stated would you call item one . Resolution authorizing the Fire Department to donate a retired pickup truck to the San Francisco Firefighters Local 798 thank you. And happy new year, mr. Chair, and supervisors. Mark from the Fire Department to present on the next four items actually. The first is the donation of an old retired from regular use pickup truck for the department to local seven 98. And to assist with their holiday toy Donation Program and it is actually year round, and assisting families in need and this truck is as i mentioned no longer in service for the department and in need of mant nens and they h
Good morning, everybody, welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors budget and finance, for january, 11, 2017, my name is mark farrell and i will be chairing this committee, and i am chaired by tang as well as yee. And i want to thank the clerk of our committee as well as mark and sfgtv for covering the meeting today. Do you have any announces . Silence all cell phones and Electronic Devices and completed speaker cards and documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk, and the items acted tonight today will be on the january, 24th agenda unless otherwise stated would you call item one . Resolution authorizing the Fire Department to donate a retired pickup truck to the San Francisco Firefighters Local 798 thank you. And happy new year, mr. Chair, and supervisors. Mark from the Fire Department to present on the next four items actually. The first is the donation of an old retired from regular use pickup truck for the department to local seven 98. An
Since after election day. Our road map begins with the big jobs number. The monthly job report come in under expectations. What now . And the u. S. Launches an air strike on syria. Trump and chinese president xi continue to meet at maralago. Well take you live there for the latest. Weighing in on the payroll number, retailers were a big part of this slashing 30,000 jobs last month in addition to the month before. Construction adding the fewest jobs in seven months. We did see an increase in average hourly earnings, jim, but its the worst two months for retail since december of 09. We can figure out why. Yeah. This is what you call a secular trend. This is not something thats going to come back. I think that what you had was that you had a weak you had a weak Holiday Season for bricks and mortar. It got weaker. Jpmorgan they do incredible analysis of the mall and its down double digit traffic. You cant sustain your stores in bad malls anymore. And all of the retailers in the malls are k
In 90 seconds. 59 missiles, each with a warhead of 1,000 pounds, going off in the space of 60 seconds. President trump retaliated against syria. I ordered a targeted military strike on the air field in syria for where the chemical attack was launched. Moscow calling the missile strikes a violation of international law. He acted under his authority as commander in chief to target a facility that was being used to gas and kill babies and children and he made the right choice. Stockholm, running through streets, storming Major Department stores. In a bid to confirm judge neil gorsuch to the Supreme Court, Mitch Mcconnell pushing the button on the socalled Nuclear Option. This is really the period to the end of a sentence. The United States senate is not what it once was. Severe weather slammed the eastern half of our country. Winds caused large trees and homes and knocked out power for thousands. Hillary clinton gave her first interview since the election. As a person, im okay. As an amer