In history. Yemen, peace sites at the time border. Is syrians escaping i. S. I. L. Flood into turkey. 70,0070,000 refugees. In sierra leone, lock down to stop the spread of the ebola virus is now over. Good to have you with us. More than 400,000 protesters according to organizers took part in what has been billed as the peoples climate march, touting it as the biggest in u. S. History. Katherine saloomey was at the march. Reporter this is more of a protest, organizers say its a movement and on the front lines of Climate Change. Coastal communities who are losing their residences. Fossil fuel development over 40 years, we have a big boom of fracking on our reservation and history of uranium mining. Coal country. We felt the negative impacts of all of these for years and were here to join with our brothers and sisters to pis push for a jt transition. Including former u. S. Vice president and climate activist al gore and u. N. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon. Ban has convened a Climate Summit
Mission. After days of fighting in yemen, houthi fighters sign a peace deal. In sierra leone, a 3day nationwide lock down to help the spread of the ebola virus is over. Thanks for being with us. We start tonight with a Climate Change rally led by thousands around the world. More than 400,000 protesters, according to organizers, took part in what has been billed the peoples march, touting it the biggest event of its kind. Reporter this is more than a march for Climate Action. Organizers say its a movement, led by those on the front lines of Climate Change. Coastal communities who are losing their neighbourhoods to rising sea levels and weather, to indigenous groups who travelled from the southwest of the United States. The delegation is impacted by fossil fuelled development. Theres a big boom going on, history of uranium mining, and the area i work. We felt the negative impact of all these, and we are here to join with brothers and sisters to push forward. Plenty of dignitaries on hand
Elizabeth and fiscal policymaker and our awesome policy people for todays event i want to thank a couple of folks from the Mayors Office clapping ive just returned from the new york meetings of the United Nations we were very fortunate to have the staff join us we presented a video greeting from mayor ed lee as San Francisco as the first c dot city over the one hundred 90 countries have signed on to sedot the elimination of all forms of description against women its an international bill of rights for women the u. S. Has not this is where you beau but San Francisco passed the first local ordinance in the world reflecting the primdz of sedot in 1998. At the United Nations our department that helped to launch cities for c District Attorney a new campaign to mark next year the 1995 beijing for action for womens human rights were fortunate to have a may that gets that since the time he was head of the department of public works and we xeroxed on his donor to participate in one of the gende
Good afternoon. Welcome. Good afternoon. I want to welcome you to city hall and the Mayors Office celebration of womens History Month i other people emily i have the prestige of serving on the department of women by a showing of hands how many live in San Francisco so actually, i work for you and the mayor weve been having an women and girls since 197540 years i want to recognize our commissioners on the status of women please stand nancy Vice President andrea and commissioner young and commissioner amy and julie sue. clapping were joined by many members of our city family if you could hold our applause chief suhr anyone, etc. And board of appeals director and Mayors Office of housing and Mayors Office education hydra mendoza and al and city administrator naomi kelly and many members of the Mayors Office staff please help me welcome those members. I want to acknowledge any hard working staff Cynthia Vasquez and policy director and elizabeth and fiscal policymaker and our awesome policy
In the future. Its my way of saying thank you also congratulating our folks for coming her theyll pride themselves not only that the Center Offers but the ideas and have a good time to elapse for our middle schools and industry and education we begin to match up the skill sets for the 21st century jobs and technology is going to be absolutely necessary and to learn and have fun in doing so with more skill sets you may have not to have. So thanks everything and detective mayor of corky got to be the grand marshall on stds in ireland over a year ago did you ever see a chinese less than con laughter it was our way of creating this and we have 18 sisters cities their president to create opportunities of business and investment all over the world and they look to San Francisco to be a really Great Partnership thats another great reason why you kids are really lucky to be in the city and im the lucky to be your mayor and parents mayor, i want to do things that secure your future you can look