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Man who spent almost half his life with the fire department. Oakland firefighters saluting one of their own wednesday may. To sean lafons flag draped casket left senate medical center. Dozens of Police Motorcycles and fire engines hopping escort his body. The procession passing city hall and several fire stations, ending in a chapel of the chimes, funeral home and oakland am aware an American Flag was hoisted by trucks. Laughing, just 42 years old. They died as if it was cardiac arrest. I was ho...

Good day. Welcome to the Hudson Institute. Im todd linberg, a seen the yor fe senior fellow here. Were having a conversation today with peter burkowitz, the developer of planning at the state department. Peter is on leave from the stanford university, peters undergraduated years, he has an m. A. In philosophy from the Hebrew University in jerusalem, and then a j. D. And ph. D. From yale. And so hes obviously rather overqualified for any position he finds himself in. But were glad hes able to joi...

Vote vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . Hearing none, the yeas are 64, the nays are 24. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Thune madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senat...

Fall as this is the last friday of summer youre more than the rest of your forecast is still ahead james all right john thank you 6 oclock. Lets take a quick live look here at the bay bridge. So far so good youre still making good time from oakland in a San Francisco, the morning backup really hasnt taken hold yet. And maybe well enjoy a friday light commute well have to wait and see but for now anyway, its looking all right. The san mateo bridge also moving well. Volume a little heavier here, b...

Maybe getting confused with those current numbers. I mean look where were heading this afternoon only the 70s. Ill talk more about that still to come back to you darya thanks john lets get back to the big story which is in the east bay, the city of martinez has decided to pave over. The black lives matter mural that is in front of the citys courthouse, it has attracted a lot of local and National Attention since it first was painted in july all along it was supposed to be temporary kron fours re...

Expiring ones. The dollar index in weakness, 1200 right now and continues to slide down over the past four weeks. The dollar moving average 200 day the lowest average in recent weeks. Citi says looking at a 30 possibility that gold will get to 2000 an ounce in three to five months. Stocks rebounded yesterday after slumping 5 . China up 1. 3 , turnover has receded from its highest levels since 2015. The hang seng up 1. 6 , biggest increase since july 6. Tencent adding 5 . Alibaba is the one to wa...

Closed but in the stopped peopl. Places like lake merritt are to blame for the spike in covid cases and that has the city repeating a line weve heard time and time again, give the lake a break. We have more on what oakland is doing this weekend to stop the clusters. Reporter Health Officials here in oakland say even if youre socializing outside but not careful, you, too, could catch covid19. The county is seeing a surge in covid19 cases and Health Officials say social gatherings are to blame. Wh...

Barack obama. This is a 45 minutes. My name is steve crown and on behalf of the crown family its my pleasure to welcome you to the Second Annual leicester crown distinguished lecture on u. S. Foreign policy. For last your selection we hosted former defense secretary jim mattis in front of an audience of 900, a scenario which would be unthinkable today. Covid19 pandemic has transformed americas economy, society and international relations. And along with protest for Racial Justice there are quest...

Year at berkeley but it has in previous protests. They asked the kiev about staying safe in a protest situation without tear gas. Does our force have any alternative tools to use to protect themselves in a situation like you just described . Firearms. We can shoot people. Thats, no thats, i dont mean to be callous. Im just saying if you are being attacked with lethal force, if we dont have less lethal that can drive back then were absent a too many. Thats my concern. Those words sparked quite a ...

Sb Committee Comes to order. Good afternoon. And welcome to our witnesses and audience members. Let me thank you all of you, for coming, and for participating in this subcommittee hearing. Right here. I think were all pretty familiar with this new virtual setting. But because this is our First Virtual hearing of this subcommittee, i want to take a moment to provide members with a few reminders before we begin. We will proceed in the same fashion as this committee always has. We will begin with O...