One of them on watching the irrelevant turn today we bring you our annual thursday panels of power in this week features r. T. America correspondent out of canada alex mahela bit the host of the big picture holland cook r. T. America correspondent Rachel Blevins and our 2 americas sports producer jim thank you all 4 of you for coming i actually want to start with you alex because you do not reside here in the u. S. So you actually have a very im always curious to get that outsiders perspective whenever we have these debates what is your take on this round of the debates featuring the Democratic Candidates for president. I think harrison bodies everything thats wrong with the United States when it comes to politics not only from the democratic but from the republican side and when you look at somebody thats all about party its all about the Democratic Party look what gabbert saying about the Democratic Party shes putting party before the people of the United States of america that in it
But if. You. Like you know that i got. This. Welcome on watching the hawks irrelevant and today we bring you our annual thursday panels of power in this week features r. T. America correspondent out of canada alex mahela bit the host of the big picture holland cook r. T. America correspondent Rachel Blevins and our 2 americas sports producer jim thank you all 4 of you for coming i actually want to start with you alex because you do not reside here in the u. S. So you actually have a very im always curious to get that outsiders perspective whatever we have these debates what is your take on this round of the debates featuring the Democratic Candidates for president. I think harrison bodies everything thats wrong with the United States when it comes to politics not only from the democratic but from the republican side and when you look at somebody thats all about party its all about the Democratic Party look what gabbert saying about the Democratic Party shes putting party before the peo
Speakers. Thank you, president tommy. We do have one card for in person, so go ahead sir. Testing good afternoon. My name is Chris Tredinnick and im commenting on the cvra letter this past month i finished ten years serving as the board of supervisors appointee to the elections commission. Ive also been an advocate for better election systems for over 20 years. Last meeting i told you, i think Single Member districts would not be a good response to the letter. I also mentioned the idea of proportional ranked Choice Voting or prstv as another option. So thank you for the amendments to the resolution you adopted. I encourage you to see if mr. Rafferty would be open to prstv instead of Single Member districts. This would give you a chance to turn what would have been a negative change into something positive. Pr, cv has a long history of use in the united states, and was even studied by the Elections Task force in the 90s for the supervisor of San Franciscos voting equipment already suppo
Be a total of five minutes for speakers. Thank you, president tommy. We do have one card for in person, so go ahead sir. Testing good afternoon. My name is Chris Tredinnick and im commenting on the cvra letter this past month i finished ten years serving as the board of supervisors appointee to the elections commission. Ive also been an advocate for better election systems for over 20 years. Last meeting i told you, i think Single Member districts would not be a good response to the letter. I also mentioned the idea of proportional ranked Choice Voting or prstv as another option. So thank you for the amendments to the resolution you adopted. I encourage you to see if mr. Rafferty would be open to prstv instead of Single Member districts. This would give you a chance to turn what would have been a negative change into something positive. Pr, cv has a long history of use in the united states, and was even studied by the Elections Task force in the 90s for the supervisor of San Franciscos
Chair Sanders Senate committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. And were delighted to welcome our panelists who were going to hear from in a few minutes. Let me begin by telling everybody what they already know and that is it is no great secret that in America Today we have a Mental Health crisis and that crisis has been exacerbated by the horrific covid pandemic, which we have experienced. And this is a crisis that has hit all of us, but i think especially the younger generation. In America Today, 40 of parents report being either very or extremely worried that their child is struggling with anxiety or depression. According to a recent survey by the centers for disease control, nearly one out of every three teenagers in america reported that the state of their Mental Health was poor. Two out of every five teenagers felt persistently sad or hopeless. And tragically one out of every five teenagers in our country have seriously considered suicide. How frighte