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
Good afternoon and welcome to the august 25, 2020 regular meeting of the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call] 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 preven
But first, developing right now, mangled cars, twisted wreckage. There was windows and glass and very particular smell that i cant really describe. Deadly Train Derailment on the west coast. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. Brand new train route reason for excitement. Tonight a grizzly scene. The site avenue deadly Train Derailment. Some of the train cars are still too dangerous right now for crews to search. As investigators begin their work to figure out what went so terribly wrong. Thank oosphere joining us at 10 00. Im lucy noland. Im chris oconnell. Iain page is off tonight. This all happened during the morning rush in washington sta state. Nought night, the mangled mess of this tragedy still evident. There are three confirmed deaths deaths. More than 100 people injured. It is not yet known how many more bodies may be inside train cars that havent been searched yet. And we still do not know a cause of this crash. We have Team Coverage of the deadly Train Derailment. Our Dave Schratwiese
Going 80 miles an hour in a 30 miles an hour zone when it wept off the rails along a curve near tacoma killing three and injuring dozens more. They are still unsure if the high speed caused the accident and are looking into whether the conductor was distracted by an employee in training. The train which was carrying 86 people was on its first journey on a new route from seattle to portland. Fox talked to a local soldier who helped passengers to safety after the crash. I couldnt afford to be scared. I couldnt afford to be shock. I had to do what im called to do and focus and channel that into helping these people around me, um, get to safety as best as possible. One passenger described the crash as quote like being inside an exploding bomb. Some of the images you are about to see could be tough to look at a dead horse dumped near auto yard in north philadelphia. All right jeff cole has more on details and joins us live in stewed eighty seven jeff. Reporter we want to give folks a heads
Years is finally found and fired. Senior Administration Official with incredible access and information is now off the job. He was revealed as the voice of a twitter account using a fake name. His name is jofi joseph. He was on the white house staff but he was also famous in d. C. Circles. The tweets began in 2007. He was said to have openly criticized administration policies. Joseph had worked at the state department and for senators bob casey and joe biden. So far the first time, we are hearing from the woman in charge of healthcare. Gov. Kathleen sebelius admits there were concerns about the launch. The president said he was angry about this. Did you know when he first knew there was a problem . Well, i think it became clear fairly early on, the first couple of days. Not before that, though . Not before october 1st . There was no concern at this point in the white house or hhs . I think we talked about having testing going forward. I think there certainly are some challenges. It cou