[gavel]. President yee okay. Good afternoon and welcome to our october 27, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll . Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , you vid have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] if. President yee all right. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, karina mendoza, who records each of the meetings and makes each of them available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes. The minutes of this meeting will reflect that during the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members participated in this meeting remotely through Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present. The board recognizes that Public Access to City Services is essential and certainly more acute during this time of covid19. Therefor
Clerk mr. President , you vid have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] if. President yee all right. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, karina mendoza, who records each of the meetings and makes each of them available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes. The minutes of this meeting will reflect that during the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members participated in this meeting remotely through Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present. The board recognizes that Public Access to City Services is essential and certainly more acute during this time of covid19. Therefore, we hope that members of the public are able to take advantage of the following opportunities to be able to communicate with the board of supervisors or to be able to access this meeting and participate remotely. We are happy
Spare other queer kids from the rejection that he faced. Tom met jerry in 1972, which hao whomhood build a life together. The two would marry in october 2013 in a public block partystyle wedding. Tom was diagnosed with h. I. V. In 1983, a death sentence at the time as little was known about the virus that was killing gay men by the thousands. Tom far outlived his diagnosis and over the decades he and jerry donated time, money and loving support to countless causes and organizations. They founded the Diversity Foundation which for years has been the quiet caretaker of the rainbow flag. And tom gave countless houring to secure lighting for this most iconic installation of gilberts flag. Tom and jerry maintained and lovingly cared for the hundreds of the rain bow flags that line the street. And yet as recalled in a recent bay area reporter column about toms life, few people knew how much work tom put into caring for these beloved and internationally recognized symbols of queer equality. B
Towns not far from the crash site of the malaysian airliner, once again delaying investigators trying to get to the wreckage. Steve harrigan live in kiev. Steve . Reporter jon, this is the third day that these International Investigators tried to reach that crash site to begin their investigation and third day in a road they have been turned down, turned back by the fighting. The heavy fight really around that the crash site scene led by Ukrainian Military forces. Theyre making offensive to try to seal off the rebels from that border. That border with russia source of supplies for russia. Wide use of unguided rockeducinf civilian casualties. More than 200,000 people are on the run. I. They are trying to get away from their homes and the fighting. Most investigators have not even gotten into the site yet to see the damage. As far as pressure on russia, International Pressure is likely to escalate at end of the day. Likely European Union votes for increased sanctions against russia. Prev
Im rosemary church. And im George Howell from cnn headquarters in atlanta. Newsroom starts right now. Around the world, good day to you. The u. S. President wants to investigate the investigators, demanding a Justice Department review to take action after unleashing a barrage of criticisms of the fbi. This follows reports that the fbi used a confidential source to talk to Trump Campaign aides about possible ties to russia. Now the president suggested the move was politically motivated. Ryan nobles reports on the Justice Departments response. Reporter President Donald Trump busy on twit their weekend, taking aim at the department of justice and the fbi about their conduct in the leadup to the investigation into his campaign and whether or not that campaign had any ties to russia. The president particularly upset about reports that there was an unknown source who tried to gain access to Trump Officials and learn information about the Trump Campaign. The president topping his tweet storm