As part of her summer series. Tonight you will hear from five of the last six men who have sat in the oval office. Now the practice of president s books, began with Thomas Jeffersons memoir in 1821. Eighteen president s since have written books prior to the 20th century, president ial memoirs were rare and Ulysses S Grant and mark was an exception since then, it is taken off since the 1950s. First of this evening, is one of our most prolific residents turned author. Jimmy carter. He is the author of 25 books including publicpolicy books, Foreign Policy books, a novel, and he is also written a Childrens Book which was illustrated by his daughter amy. In 2010, president carter appeared on book tv afterwards program where he discussed his white house diaries that he kept while he was in office from 1977 1981. Heres president carter being interviewed by president ial historian. Welcome to washington dc. It is wonderful to see you. I was wondering you fly in here, and you go over all of the
Heidel stre zb. Okay. This is the meeting of the San Francisco Port Commission on september 8, 2020. The meeting was called to order at 3 15. [roll call] clerk madam president , all members of the commission are present. Item number 2 is the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] clerk clrk item number 3 is the approval of minutes for the august 25, 2020 special meeting. So moved. Second. President brandon all in favor, roll call vote. [roll call] president brandon motion passes unanimously. The motion of august 25, 2020 [inaudible]. Clerk item number 4 is announcements. Please be vised that a member of the public has up to three advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Court Commission adopts a shorter period on any tight. Please note that during the Public Comment period, the moderator will instruct dialin participants to such a tonetone phone to register their desire for Public Comment. Audio p
Mr. President , all members are present. Please place your right hand over your heart join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] thank you. Behalf of the board, i like to acknowledge the staff of sfgov tv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Colleagues, i like to take a few meetings to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment. The 19th amendment which guarantees and protect womens constitutional right to vote was ratified on august 18, 1920. Hundredth anniversary of this historic milestone is to reflect on incredible efforts to secure womens Voting Rights. It is a reminder of the unfinished work ahead of us to fulfill the promise of our democracy. For decades after the ratification of the 19th amendment, many women of color were prevented from casting ballots through poll taxes, literacy tests, violence, intimidation and racism. For many women of color, that didnt begin to c
Of control. German chancellor Angela Merkel has announced a series of measures to stem a surge in coronavirus cases in the country a fine of 50 euros for failing to wear a face mask large public gatherings are to remain banned until the end of the year the government is also discouraging travel to risk areas with people returning from high risk jones facing a mandatory quarantine. One of the strongest hurricane to hit the u. S. Is pushing inland after making landfall along the louisiana coast hurricane laura came ashore with winds of over 240 Kilometers Per Hour causing extensive damage in low lying areas at least 4 deaths have been blamed on the storm hundreds of thousands are without power. This is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news of visit our website w dot com. How to stop coronavirus creep today germany extended a nationwide ban on major Public Events until next year this could mean a christmas was no Christmas Markets and for people caught in public not
Ever to hit the u. S. Is pushing inland after making landfall along the louisiana coast are again laura came a show with winds of over 240 Kilometers Per Hour causing extensive damage in low lying areas at least 6 deaths have been blamed on the storm. Police in the capital minsk have arrested dozens of antigovernment protesters and detained around 20 journalists this as russian president Vladimir Putin says ruses Alexander Lukashenko has asked moscow to set up a Russian Reserve police force to deploy to bellews if the situation quote got out of control. This is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news of visit our website w dot com. How to stop corona virus creep today germany extended a nationwide ban on major Public Events until next year this could mean a christmas was no Christmas Markets and for people caught in public not wearing a face mask there will now be fine the number of new infections is surging blame it on carelessness complacency in summer vacations t