Of investment required. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. There have been testy exchanges at a televised debate in texas involving the ten leading contenders for the Us Democratic partys president ial nomination. It is the third such event, but the first to bring together the top three candidates, the frontrunnerjoe biden and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. The democratic hopefuls were more united on the need for gun control. There were cheers and applause when the former texas congressman beto orourke demanded the mandatory buyback of assault weapons. Laura trevelyan reports from houston. Well, joe biden went into this as the front runner. The former Vice President s Campaign Team said at the beginning of the night that he had a target on his back, and so indeed it proved. And just to illustrate that, here is howJulian Castro, one of the ten contenders on the stage, tried to go afterjoe biden, not ve
All right. So, were good. Item number three, approval of the minutes. Wi aer going to approve four sets of minutes today. The prebudget hearing january 18, 25 and february 1 and the january 23rd regular meeting. Do we have a motion to approve these minutes . Move to approve all of them. Second. Any discussion, commissioners . Any punt comment . Ok. All in favour . Aye. Opposed . Approved. Item number four is where members of the public can address the commission on matters that are within the matter of jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda. Do we have any Public Comment . For general Public Comment . Yes, please. Hello, everyone. Im name is bonnie, may i have the overhead, please . Im here to talk about the islay creek watershed, flood mitt investigation, opportunities, Climate Change, and the triple bottom line. And here we are upstream at the School District, the lshaped piece of land which is under that black [laughter] you cant see it because its under that black. Ok. Right her
Who ever runs for president has to explain their approach whoever becomes president might have to begin to deal with it. Social securitys future, its inside story. Welcome to inside story, im ray suarez. During his years as house speak are, grin used to newt grin give used to tell the story that the young would more likely think theyd meet a ufo than cp collect Social Security. Reporter if you hear talk like this on College Campuses about Social Security you may not be surprised. I think its a failing system like everyone believed it would be. Like growing up thats what they told us. We werent going to get Social Security bit the time we retired. Reporter for decades conservatives painted Social Security and medicare as doomed. Its true the programs will drain the surpluses built up over the last 30 years, without action by congress raiding taxes or cutting raising taxes or cutting benefits Social Security will have to make cuts in payments by 2033. Medicare the Government Programme pr
Welcome to inside story, im ray suarez. During his years as house speak are, grin used to newt grin give used to tell the story that the young would more likely think theyd meet a ufo than cp collect Social Security. Reporter if you hear talk like this on College Campuses about Social Security, you may not be surprised. I think its a failing system like everyone believed it would be. Like growing up, thats what they told us. We werent going to get Social Security bit the time we retired. Reporter for decades conservatives painted Social Security and medicare as doomed. Its true the programs will drain the surpluses built up over the last 30 years, without action by congress raiding taxes or cutting raising taxes or cutting benefits, Social Security will have to make cuts in payments by 2033. Medicare, the Government Programme providing Health Insurance for the elderly is on the same course. This month president obama convened the once a decade white house conference on ageing, insistin
Welcome to inside story, im ray suarez. During his years as house speak are, grin used to newt grin give used to tell the story that the young would more likely think theyd meet a ufo than cp collect Social Security. Reporter if you hear talk like this on College Campuses about Social Security, you may not be surprised. I think its a failing system like everyone believed it would be. Like growing up, thats what they told us. We werent going to get Social Security bit the time we retired. Reporter for decades conservatives painted Social Security and medicare as doomed. Its true the programs will drain the surpluses built up over the last 30 years, without action by congress raiding taxes or cutting raising taxes or cutting benefits, Social Security will have to make cuts in payments by 2033. Medicare, the Government Programme providing Health Insurance for the elderly is on the same course. This month president obama convened the once a decade white house conference on ageing, insistin