a senate agent on robo call fraud. a pennsylvania sheriff, u.s. postal inspector and telecommunications consultant testify on the impact of robo call scams and how to better educate the public. an hour and 45 minutes. the hearing will come to order. good morning. protect american seniors from scammers who seek to defraud them is a central goal of this committee. in the past six years we have held 23 hearings on fraud and scams targeting our seniors. using phones and the internet, they have proven to be relentless. to protect our nation seniors, we must continue not only to prosecute con artists who steal literally billions from our seniors, but to also find new, more effective ways to block a legal spoofing and robo calls at the network level. last year robo callers generated more than 26 billion unwanted calls that reached american mobile phones. when land lines are included, the number soars to 48 billion. in may alone, our residents received an astonishing 93 million r
secretary. kris general kneelsen nielsen out. we ve heard a lot about the tension with president trump and his homeland security secretary, kirsen nielsen. it was initially from the president and then from nielsen herself. she is now stepping down from that role to be replaced by the person now in charge of customs and border patrol. that was a big issue between the two. the president wanted to be a lot more aggressive than nielsen in dealing with border patrol. now it looks like we re going to be looking at a couple of holes in the leadership of homeland security where they will not be able to fill them immediately as nielsen exits that role. just days after standing with president trump at the border, homeland security secretary, kirs general nielsen resigns. she s separating families, caging children and lying about those policies. i think it says a lot of frustration at the white house. frustration over the number of migrants crossing the border reportedly led pre
roads. officially 6:00 a.m. and this is when we start to notice the bumper to bumper, typical morning commute, especially for monday. take a look at the livermore area. if you re going to be driving in, whether to the city, the east bay or down through the south bay, expect to see slowing through hayward. i noticed things got better in the last 30 minutes. there was a hotspot there. now, we re still seeing green speed sensors in the east bay drive times. southbound 680 from 580 to vargas road, about 19 minutes. northbound 230 from 580 to 880, southbound to highway 84. looking good as well. live look at palo alto. no bumper to bumper there. look at that. building traffic. go ahead and head out the door now. back to you. thank you, vianey. homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen is out. tracie potts has more on her resignation and everything going on in washington. tracie? there s a lot going on, laura. good morning everyone. let s start with the big story, which is
comment. we have a motion to move this forward with recommendation. seeing no objection this motion passes. [gavel] thank you. madam clerk can you please read item 3. yes item 3 is a hearing to consider that the type 40 on-sale beer license to askander harooni located at 835 larkin street will serve the public convenience or necessity for the city and county of san francisco. sergeant. thank you. you have a report for 5th comprehensive report located at 835 larkin street. they applied for a type 40 license and if approval allow sale of beer and zero letters of protest and in considered a lot of high crime. they located in census track as listed which is considered an undue concentration area. central station has no opposition. approve this license with the conditions submitted on the report you have before you and the applicant has agreed with this application i mean with this conditions. thank you so much. and we have the applicant askander harooni here to make a b
general public on. members of the public address the commission for up to 3 min. on any matter within the commission s jurisdiction and does not appear in the agenda. speakers shall just for most of the commissioner. the lack of response to the commission or department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement or support of statements during made during public comments. any public comment? seeing none, [closed session] [gavel] mdm. sec. item number three approval of the minutes. approval of minutes from regular meeting arcade 2017. so moved. any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] commissioners? second. all those in favor say, aye. [chorus of ayes.] opposed, say nay. item number four certificate and indulgent of appreciation. public information officer jonathan baxter 2% certificate and acknowledgment of appreciation of herman duron or guerra, arun ran over, jennifer diego cervantes for the quick and dec