President sanchez so were missing miss norton clerk moliga. President sanchez welcome to our staff and our families and our students particularly with us. Staff leaders and everybody and to my colleagues on the board. This is going to be quite a long meeting. Most likely quite emotional at times and im going to just make the case to the quorum that we need to treat each other with respect. Were not going to tolerate folks talking over other people, particularly our student delegates which happened last week, and so, again, we expect a quorum though we are discussing issues, theres a lot of emotion in this. And i may have to make that plea more than once, but, again, welcome, everybody. Section a is general information. And b is our opening items approval of the board minutes for october 6, 2020. And we need a motion and a second. So moved. Second. Thank you. Any corrections . All right. Roll call. Clerk thank you. [roll call] okay thats five ayes. President sanchez thank you. Two is th
Time that we do. Now at 10 oclock a heartbreaking story, a San Francisco Community Heartbroken and angry after a 6 yearold boy shot and killed on the 4th of july. Tonight, those who knew 6 yearold jay showing now pleading for someone anyone to come forward with information about whoever fired the shot that killed him. Good evening. Welcome to kron 4 news at 10 oclock im Jonathan Mccall in tonight for grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis chase was killed and another man wounded when someone opened fire at 1045 saturday night. And on eagle street in the Bayview District of the city the tragedy has San Francisco mayor london breed demanding justice for jace and shes calling on everyone to honor his memory by bringing an end to this type of senseless violence. Weve got to stop. No more roles know one day at a fraction of the black community weve got a chance to do something this time to do something different. County supervisor shame on walton also spoke today asking people to put down their
Fundamental inequities at the heart of our society and institutions. And, madam president , i dont think its an overstatement to say that we are at a Pivotal Point in our country. Its a moment of reckoning. Historians will carefully examine this moment to see how our country responded, to see which path we took, how the senate responded, how each senator responded. The immediate spark for this moment was the brutal murder of george floyd by agents of government. In a Minneapolis Police officer aided and abetted by three other officers. We all witnessed the horror of george floyd gasp i cant breathe as a white officer kept his knee on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. And three other officers participated in the crime. All four need to be brought to justice. But the murder of george floyd was not an isolated event in the United States of america. It is not the first time a black man has called out i cant breathe as he was choked or lynched. We can draw a Straight Line that runs
The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Ms. Duckworth as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that the Senate Judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of senate bill 1938 and the senate proceed to its further consideration. Further, that the bill be read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The presiding officer is there objection . Mr. Graham yes. The presiding officer the senator from South Carolina. Mr. Graham senator duckworth, i think we can probably get there if we talk. We got this thing at 5 30 last night. Its a Grant Program to try to drive better policing, less bias. I get that. Count me in for that concept. There is a civilian review process about prosecutorial decisions. I dont quite understand it. Senator lee came up and asked me questions about the bill. With no animosity, i object at this time. I hope we can get it part of a bro
Day what it is to be canadian what it means to be canadian and canadas Prime Minister attempts to put scandals behind him as he fights for his political future. Techies defense minister says its forces are ready to begin a military offensive into Northern Syria the us president has begun withdrawing troops from the region and threatened to destroy turkeys economy if a tax cut is fighters there and as can be how could reports from washington d. C. Transactions are drawing criticism from across the political divide. As u. S. Troops begin pulling out of positions in Northern Syria their commander in chief donald trump defended his decision to withdraw now weve captured isis weve done what weve done we had 50 soldiers in the area talking about it and i said we want to bring our soldiers back home its been a long time its a major shift in u. S. Foreign policy one being criticized by members of the president s own Republican Party senator Lindsey Graham one of trumps biggest supporters on tw