This destruction is vast and what these people are living through right now is brutal. Im Sandra Smith in New York and this is America Reports and it was a short time ago that Hurricane Helene marked the grim milestone as the number of deaths we now know has surpassed 200. Emergencies crews are still on the ground and they are still searching for people who may be stuck in their homes. John be mild those in Florida And Georgia still reeling from power outages. They stress they are not getting enough help. It is like nothing weve ever seen before. We had michael which is terrible. This hurricane is a bomb blast. This is the worst we have been hit in 30 years good when you have children and you cant provide any food for them to eat or even a hot meal without driving three hours and risking losing gas, that is a worse nightmare. Unable to feed your children. John live on the ground in hardhit nashville carolina. Hows it looking there . It is raw and rough. You are pete seen people come in
All in favor say aye. Those opposed no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The nominations are confirmed en bloc. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of the following nomination executive calendar 553. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk commerce of the United States j. Blanton of virginia to be director of the capitol. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that the senate vote on the nomination with no intervening action or debate, that if confirmed the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, the president be immediately notified of the senates action and no further motions be in order and that any statements related to the nomination be printed in the record. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. The question is on the nomination. All in favor say aye. Opposed no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The nomination is confirmed. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous c
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Good afternoon. This meeting will come to order. Welcome to the october 23 meeting of the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of sfr supervisor. Im supervisor melgar joined by voice chair dean preston and board of supervisor president aaron peskin. The Committee Clerk today is john carroll. I like to acknowledge the folks at sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes. Thank you madam chair. Please insure you silence cell phone and Electronic Devices you have. Any documents to be included you should submit them to me and items acted on today are expected to appear on the board of pr visor agenda of october 24, 2023. Please call item 1. Ordinance amending the planning code to change the phroneing controls in the castro street neighborhood commercial district to exclude article 10, land mark buildings from use size limitation and allow night Time Entertainment with conditional use authorization on the second floor. Affirm
Comment is called for the item you are interested in speaking to. For those persons calling in to submit their testimony, you need to call area code 415 a6550001 and enter access code. 26606777732 and press pound twice. Youll then need to wait for the item youre interested in speaking to and for Public Comment to be announced. To comment you need to enter star three to raise your hand once youve raised your hand, youll hear a prompt stating that you have raised your hand to ask a question. Please wait to speak until the host calls on you. When you hear that your line has been unmuted, that is your indication to begin speaking. Best practices are to call from a quiet location and please mute the volume on your television or computer for those persons attending in person in city hall, please line up on the screen side of the room or to your right. Please speak clearly and slowly and if you care to state your name for the record. Finally, ill ask that we all silence any mobile devices tha