Also we have chief William Scott from the San Francisco department. Thank you. And as always, for the pan elists that will be speaking in the web exmute yourself and put your name in the chat if you would like to be heard. Members of the public please make sure there is no background noise playing as it will interrupt our ability to hear what you have to say. Detective youngblood call the first items. Adoption of minutes action for the momenting of november 4th, 2020. Do i have a motion . So moved. So moved. Is there a second . Second. All right on the motion to accept the minutes on the last meeting on november 4th, commissioner before i do that we have to take Public Comment. Remember that the public who would like to make Public Comment online item one you can dial 415 6550001. Enter access code 146 9128348 press pound and pound again and star 3 to raise your hand. For members already logged press 3 now if you would like to make Public Comment. We have one Public Comment. Okay. Good
Burner as the Biden Administration and Senate Democrats push forward on a cody relief bill that some lawmakers and even leftleaning economists say could actually hurt the economy in the long run. President biden saying today its an easy choice, pointing to the latest jobs numbers as proof there is no time to waste. This as he met with 10 republican senators earlier this week who proposed a Counter Offer to his nearly 2 trillion plan. White house correspondent Kristin Fisher has been following it all. She joins us live from the north lawn from the white house with the latest. Good evening, kristin. Good evening, bret. The week started with President Biden meeting with republican senators and hoping to cut a deal. But it is ending with the president giving his strongest signal yet that he intends to move forward with his relief plan without republican support. Im going to act. Im going to act fast. In his most fiery defense of his 1. 9 trilliondollar relief plan, President Biden made it
Here at georgetown, the institute for migration. Spent a great partner for several years now. We welcome them in and thank you for all of their collaboration here. Let me remind you the webinars being recorded. Will post this event on our event page and a day or two. If you preregister for the event you will get an email with a link to the video as well. This time i think we are all zoom veterans. Just in case your memories are not what they should be, you notice on the tabs at the bottom of the screen theres q a. As a good deal of time at the end begin submitting your questions as soon as they pop into your head. Do not wait until the end that gives us a chance to sort through them but the best ones to jessica. Im so pleased that jessica can join us. Shes written for the york times, the atlantic, the washington post, los angeles times, teen vogue, among other places preach as a phd in literature from the university of texas and she served as a melon writing fellow and interim Writing
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