Ronen absent. Safai absent. We have corium. Thank you madam clerk. Do you have any announcements . Gentlemyes, i would like to announcement about Public Comment. Please proceed. Public comment will be available for each item via telephone by calling 8882045987 and the access code is on the screen. Dial 10 to speak. Each call will be allowed 2 minutes. Calls will be taken in the order which they are received. Best practices are to speak slowly, clearly, and turn down the volume of anything around you. That completes my announcement. Thank you, could use please read the next item. Sorry, this is commissioner ronen. I can sort of hear you. Did you hear me when i said i was here. Now we can hear you, see you, and you are counted present. Good morning commissioner ronen. I think were just missing commissioner safai. With that, could use please read the second item madam clerk. Yes, item two, chairs report. This is an information item. Good morning chair peskin, vice chair mandelman and comm
And chairman of the National Governors Association Larry hogan. Governor hogan was sworn in as the 62nd governor of the state state of maryland on january 21, 2015. In 2018 he was overwhelming reelected to a second term receiving the most votes of any maryland gubernatorial candidate and becoming only the second republican governor to be reelected in the 242 year history of the state. During the conversation Governor Hogan discusses his brandnew book launches on the date of this Virtual Event entitled Still Standing surviving cancer, riots, a Global Pandemic, and the toxic politics that divide america. Governor hogan originally submitted the book is published on february 1 just before the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States. They delay the publication for two months so he could add five chapters about combating the coronavirus, the economic crisis and dealing with the white house which he said made for more timely and interesting book. We now invite you to enjoy our Virtual Prog
Welcome to the program Afghan Government and taliban negotiators are in qatar for long delayed talks these are live pictures now we hope coming from the capital doha yet there they are live pictures of the talks which are just about to get underway its been more than 6 months since the u. S. Brokered a deal aimed at ending americas longest war before his appointment in 2016 President Donald Trump pledged to end the conflict and hes hoping to follow through on his promise ahead of the november election section of state might compare was attending the inauguration event. Well the head of the Afghan Government delegation says progress in the talks is crucial for the countrys development on chamberlains momi one on today with hope and confidence we are heading to doha to build an of guns tanweer no more guns go off and we hope the values of the republic us truth and and the people of afghanistan achieve the Economic Development they deserve well the u. N. Secretary general Spokesman Says t
Alternative to the wires. That is still being considered within the station itself, within the transit center, simply because it helps to preclude people touching active waters or throwing items on to active wires. So that is instructing him something being considered in the united states. With that, if there are questions, i would love to answer it. I think you got a good of information. Seeing no questions for you, let me concur with you as to the sfmtas transparency and candor. Were all in it together and lets use this opportunity as best we can. With that, are there any members of the public that would like to comment on this now over hour discussed item . Okay, before we take questions, this is a reminder that the public caller call in line is 18882045987, access code is 2858465. You can press 10 to comment. With that, were going to check for comments now. Thank you ms. Milton. You have four questions remainingful remaining. First caller please. My pronouns are she her. Its a good
You cant get through. The regular Customer Service line 8 00 to noon, forget it. Reporter Michael Hurley has been waiting since june. No faith in the system, none at all. Reporter the e. D. D. Blocked benefits saying they needed to prove they are who they say they are, like thousands of others they mailed in paper documents verifying their identity and then heard nothing back. I think im now in another reporter kim was told to wait eight weeks. I was upset. Because how would it be eight weeks to find my identity . I sent why eight weeks . Reporter the e. D. D. Required thousands of workers to verify their identities as it tries to weed out rampant fraud. But the Governors Task force found scammers still got paid while honest workers were blocked from benefits. During a twoweek reset, the e. D. D. Will install new technology that automatically verifies an k57pplicaapplicant identity and speed up new claims even as it doesnt address the old ones. Good afternoon, governor. Are you confide