Chair ronen the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the december 7 meeting of the rules committee. I am hillary ronen, rules of the committee. With me are supervisors Catherine Stefani and supervisor victor mar. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. [inaudible] Clerk Committee members will attend the meeting Via Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Comments or opportunitied to speak during the Public Comment are available by phone by calling 4156550001. Again, thats 4156550001. The meeting i. D. Is 1460305414. Again, thats 1460305414. Press pound twice, and when you enter the meeting, you will be in listening mode only. When your item of interest is called, enter star, three to be entered into the queue. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment by email to me, at
Cspan radio area cspan, your unfiltered view of politics area. This week cdc director doctor Robert Redfield took questions from senators on the us Coronavirus Response and how soon a vaccine might be available to the public. He said a vaccine might not be widely available until next year and that facemasks are an effective way of fighting the disease. Afterwards President Trump contradicted doctor redfield coronavirus treatments on timing for a vaccine. Heres a look at thatsenate appropriations hearing from wednesday. Appropriations subcommittee on labor health and human services, education and related agencies will come to order. Ri want to thank our witnesses for appearing before the subcommittee today. To provide an update on where we are on the areas that they are so involved in on the covid19. As we continue to be challenged by this pandemic in the country we know that 195,000 961 americans have died as part of the pandemic and 6. 6 million have tested positive during the process
How a new outlook on Racial Justice might show up on the field. And Climate Change warriors. In eye on innovation, how a tiny deep sea animal could be showing us the way to a cleaner planet. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I still like playing it down because i dont want to create a panic. Newly released recordings show what the president knew about the coronavirus and when. Its clear the president knows what the stakes are, but hes not sharing that with the public. This is the tragedy. The president of the United States has a duty to warn. Knowingly and willingly lied about the threat to the country. Im not going to drive this country or the world into a frenzy. Reporter a whistleblower at the department of Homeland Security says he was demoets forward refusing to change intelligence reports. I dont know who he is, and its hearsay. The whole community is decimated. We need more firefighting resources. An epic wildfire battle up and down the west coast. Or
Polls suggest some americans will not get a vaccine because they simply dont trust it when asked about that today, the Vice President said regulators will not overlook safety just to get a vaccine approved quickly. 3 Clinical Trials that begin. To date 8, 9, sites across the country with modern are just one of the phase 3 Clinical Trials will begin in the days ahead, but the American People can be confident. Will be no. Let me no short cuts that will be no. Cutting corners on safety. And the development of this vaccine. Doctor stephen hahn says his agency is streamlining approval by reviewing results in real time. Instead of the traditional approach of waiting until the end of trials to begin that process. This thursday will mark exactly 6 months since the World Health Organization declared covid19 a Public Health emergency. Nearly 16 million cases have been reported worldwide and more than 600,000 people have died in the pandemic of course is far from over the head of the w h o says i
The arsonists, anarchists, looters and agitators have been largely stopped. I am doing what is necessary to keep our community safe, and these people will be brought to justice. Of course, protesters have threatened to topple the emancipation monument in washington, washington d. C. Now one of the organizers telling fox the statue should not be toppled, but either be updated to depict the slave kneeling before Abraham Lincoln standing upright, or the whole thing should be moved to a museum. As of right now, it is still standing. Its surrounded by a single layer of chainlink fence which the National Park service of says will stay in place until july 31st. This as President Trump threatens serious consequences for anyone december desecrating desecrating our nations statues and monuments. He just signedded that executive order to the point. Lets brung in congressman jim banks of indiana, hes on the Armed Services committee. Congressman, thank you for being here. Happy friday to you. First