Looking forward to doing and so i encourage everyone out there in tv land and the public to really support our commission but also the work in continuing the underground community of artist and musicians here in the bay area and San Francisco with that, well start roll call and go ahead with our meeting. Want to do a couple of announcements. Oh, yeah, he forgot before a roll call a few announcements please turn off cell phones and keep them on silent not to disturb the preceding and secondly, if youre a member of the public and want to make Public Comment do so when i call you and Public Comment speaker cards to fill out beforehand and to the staff and finally thank you to sfgovtv and media serves for airing this meeting live to the public every time we meet now go ahead with the roll call. Commissioner perez commissioner thomas commissioner caminong commissioner joseph commissioner lee commissioner frost president tan. Everyone is here. Would you a full house. I want to acknowledge th
5 53 p. M. I want to start off by acknowledging the tragedy in oakland ghost ship fire at the Entertainment Commission we were fortunate to have a body like us to protect and safeguard all over the place look after the folks coming into San Francisco to enjoy the art life anyway want to acknowledge and accepted our love and respect to the families and victims of this fire i know there is a lot work were leaders in open about night life and how to keep it assessable and how to keep a thriving underground, too, and so thats work i think well be looking forward to doing and so i encourage everyone out there in tv land and the public to really support our commission but also the work in continuing the underground community of artist and musicians here in the bay area and San Francisco with that, well start roll call and go ahead with our meeting. Want to do a couple of announcements. Oh, yeah, he forgot before a roll call a few announcements please turn off cell phones and keep them on sil
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Woodruff and, a forgotten generation. The challenges of educating syrian children in the middle of war. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff President Trumps top diplomat is now in russia, at a moment of high tension. It centers on last weeks u. S. Military strike on syria, after the regime launched a chemical weapons attack on its own people. Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports on this days events. Reporter secretary of state Rex Tillerson arrived in moscow this evening on the heels of some tough talk about syria at the group of seven meeting in italy. Russia has really aligned itself with the assad regime, the iranians and hezbollah. Is that a longterm alliance that serves russ