Forces, their size in afghanistan, will be 2,500 troops. Our force size in iraq will also be 2,500 by that same date. The announcement was made by acting u. S. Defense secretary chris miller. He replaced mark esper, who was fired by President Trump after joe biden won the electioner in this month. Troops have been gradually reduced as part of a peace deal struck earlier this year. U. S. Media reports say 4,500 soldiers are now believed to be deployed in afghanistan, and 3,000 in iraq. Republican Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnell is raising concerns about the timing of the latest move, and warned against any earth shaking changes to defense or Foreign Policy in the coming months. The planned reduction comes amid a recent resurgence of violence in afghanistan. The government and the taliban are engaged in ongoing peace talks, but they have yet to achieve a breakthrough. Turning to the latest on the coronavirus here in japan. Infections continue to spike across many parts of the country. Its
Statewide restrictions on thanksgiving celebrations. We will show you the exchange. Chaos in the city in the state. Do as i say, not as i do we have been hearing a lot of that and rightly so because there are so many examples of democrats especially very rich democrats breaking the rules they impose on everyone else. Now, we find california Governor Newsom dined with Health Officials and lobbyists, no mask, inches from each other breaking his own rules. Theres the mayor of philadelphia squeezing in Indoor Dining hours before he banned it. Thanksgiving is one week away. How will america handle the lockdown when our leaders do what they please . Thats the same throughout the show. Not that Much Movement in stock prices of this morning with two days of decline taking the dow jones well below the 30000 level. Not Much Movement at this point. There is vaccine news. Phase two of the astrazeneca vaccine trial shows a strong immune response in older people, good news. It uses Different Technol
Believing in Multilateral International organizations, the kind of International Order that the europeans would like to retain. But i think in europe, many people have believed that this election was really open. Many were afraid think that the polarization and the infighting between trump and biden, and the insistence of the trial team that he has won the election well, actually result in 2 more protests, damage the american democracy that isnt possibly not as likely as before. Nobody has considered the transition, but recently, weve heard a lot about how europe needs to do more on the global stage, but it could it now be just as easy for the u. S. The e. U. To sit back and wait for the u. S. To take the lead again. I think this is, this is no longer the case and people in europe have understood that america might be a great partner where the president wants it, but this is not a really, really reliable option to bank on i think the europeans have understood that they must do more if
Fund departments may mead extra Staff Members to do various things. I think people have been doing more with less and that works for a while but after some period of time people cant do more without having more and they are all stressed out. We may need more resources for the clerks office. Perhaps some other general fund departments. I do agree with the clerks recommendations that were on that slide that i cant see right now. Those are the recommendations today. We no, i thinks may change early next year and probably will change several times next year. I understand that the mayors budget instructions are due out next wednesday. I understood that this committee was not meeting next wednesday and perhaps this was the last scheduled meeting for the year. I am wondering when the mayors budget instructions will be up for discussion at the Budget Committee . Perhaps someone can address that question. Thank you very much. Thank you for your comments, sir. Next speaker, please. That complete
Department, following that shooting. The the attorney said while keita oneil made a troubled past he was quote usual you add death sentence for theft. Oneils family said they are gratified to see that a criminal case will go to court as well. Hopefully this will lead the way in the future to hold the Police Officers accountable. Hopefully there will be some standards changed and policies. San francisco Police Officers association also released a Statement Today reading quote today we are informed of the charges against former Police Officer christopher samayoa. The criminal Justice System will allow for the facts surrounding this case to be disposed. Former officer samayoa is currently out of custody and is expected to surrender sometime this week. At this time, District Attorney boudin said there are no plans to charge any of the other officers who on scene at the time of that deadly shooting. Christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. New details tonight about a bribery scheme involving a co