good morning everyone. welcome to 2022. i would like to call the board of directors meeting january 13, 2022 to order. my apologies we are waiting. we had technology gremlins this morning. we are trying to ask them to leave the table this morning. i am the board chair. this is conducted pursuant to the brown act. in compliance with the california state assembly bill ab361 to facilitate teleconferencing to reduce risk of covid-19 transmission at public meetings. ordinarily the brown acts sets strict rules for teleconferencing. a b361 has suspended those rules. this meeting is being held during a state of emergency and state and local officials have imposed recommended measures to promote social distancing. as noted the agenda members of the public may observe via sfgovtv and offer public comment by calling the public comment phone number. welcome to members of the public and staff watching live on sfgovtv. i would like to thank the sfgovtv staff for support and services. ple
to the donbas region. in the southern port cities of odesa and mariupol. the european union is proposing a sixth round of sanctions against russia. this one is a possible ban on russian oil imports. we are always open to additional sanctions. i ve been in consultation, i will be speaking with the members of the g7 this week about what we re going to do or not do. former president trump puttin a primary win on the board tuesday night when his candidate in ohio s pivotal republican senator primary defeated four opponents to face tim ryan. we will dig into the numbers are steve kornacki. we want to begin with the latest from the supreme court. pete williams is joining me. and claire mccaskill joining us. pete, with you. we keep an eye on the court. what do we know about the marshall leading this investigation and how we anticipate it will move forward? we have no idea how it will move forward, peter. that s the easy answer to the question. i m not sure that the marshall
considered. the supreme court decision temporarily blocks a lower courts ruling in texas that restricted the use of the drug. the drug, mifepristone is used in more than half of all abortions in the us. a decision as a victory for the biden administration. as it defends broad access to this pill. with me now is our correspondent jess parker who has been closely monitoring this decision. we now heard from the court. ~ ., ., , , decision. we now heard from the court. ., , ., court. what does this mean? i ve not court. what does this mean? i ve got a court. what does this mean? i ve got a ruling court. what does this mean? i ve got a ruling here. - court. what does this mean? i ve got a ruling here. it s - i ve got a ruling here. it s pretty short. most of it is made up from dissenting words from two justices, thomas and alito. but the supreme court has broadly decided to do is to freeze those restrictions decided by lower courts. nothing changes on access to mifepristone fo
shutdown is all but certain at this point. republicans in the house failing to pass a short term measure to fund the government, but the house speaker says he has other ideas. top official at the white house will join us on how the administration is bracing for a shutdown. plus senator dianne feinstein, longest serving female senator in history, passing away at the age of 90. how her impact is being remembered from congress to her home state of california. and speaking of the golden state, donald trump is in california this hour speaking at a republican convention. his message as one conservative group trying to keep the former president from becoming the gop nominee admits they are struggling to stop him. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here on cnn news central . the nation has just moved one step closer to a government shutdown. house republicans are expected to meet here in the next hour after their leader just suffered h
ben lomond. i ll be back. rain pounded south way. especially santa cruz mountains. always a treacherous ride up and down highway 17, hit with mud slides earlier this year. jean even dla vega is live. right now, heavy rain stopped, just a light mist but here it is treacherous with big downpour. so far no major problems. traffic is flowing okay but drivers do worry about the winter. those who drive highway 17 regularly know the dangers of the santa cruz mountains. last wint, just misses a slide. barely missed it. if i running late for work, on time, probably would have been hit. our own abc7 news photographer was hit by mud slide earlier this year on 17. construction worker died coulding repair work on that slide. area is holding up. cal tran says they ve stabilized hillside. watching problem areas but can be unpredictable. depends onnen rain and wind. we ve had earthquakes lately to so always in back of our mind. hoping it stays calm this year. cal trans crews were