Convention meeting of friends from all over the world. The buzz around the buildings is welcome business for San Francisco hotels, restaurants and workers who are hoping for a faster rebound from the empty streets of the pandemic. Some of the citys struggles with homelessness and open drug use are still evident. I definitely noticed a little bit of a change from when i was here a couple of years ago. In recent months, sf travel says for various reasons, some companies that had tentative bookings are pulling back. Meta has canceled its Meta Business Group summit for march 2025, and workday also has withdrawn tentative plans for about 53,000 Hotel Room Nights worth of events. Some residents say they do see the city making changes. And i do see a difference. There has been more cleaning and the streets have been more cleared up. Some Convention Attendees say the city situation was better than they had expected. Maybe it was during the pandemic. It was worse. I think so now. Better than my
Well try to make this as reasonably short as possible and if you need a break, please let us know. So, people wonder what are we doing, what are we trying to accomplish . In january, the Intelligence Community unanimously said that the russians through their Intelligence Services tried to interfere in the 2016 american president ial election, that it was the russians who hacked podestas emails, it was the russians who broke into the Democratic National committee and was russians who helped empower wikileaks. No evidence that the russians changed voting tallies, how people were influenced by what happened, only they know and god knows, but i think every american should be concerned about what the russians did. From my point of view, theres no doubt in my mind it was the russians involved in all the things i just described. Not some 400 pound guy sitting on a bed or any other country. Russia is up to no good when it comes to democracies all over the world. Dismembering the ukraine, the b
Hearing. It is just over three hours. Hit the gavel. Give them some peace. Back in your cages. Take this free pass thing. The hearing will come to order. Thank you all for coming. Heres the order of the day. S the order of the day. Ill give a brief Opening Statement along with senator whitehouse and well have senator grassley and feinstein follow us in questioning, and it will be sevenminute rounds initially and try to a second round of five minutes. To both of the witnesses, thank you for coming. Well try to make this as reasonably short as possible and if you need a break, please let us know. So, people wonder what are we doing, what are we trying to accomplish . In january, the Intelligence Community unanimously said that the russians through their Intelligence Services tried to interfere in the 2016 american president ial election, that it was the russians who hacked podestas emails, it was the russians who broke into the Democratic National committee and was russians who helped em
Hearing. It is just over three hours. Hit the gavel. Give them some peace. Back in your cages. Take this free pass thing. The hearing will come to order. Thank you all for coming. Heres the order of the day. S the order of the day. Ill give a brief Opening Statement along with senator whitehouse and well have senator grassley and feinstein follow us in questioning, and it will be sevenminute rounds initially and try to a second round of five minutes. To both of the witnesses, thank you for coming. Well try to make this as reasonably short as possible and if you need a break, please let us know. So, people wonder what are we doing, what are we trying to accomplish . In january, the Intelligence Community unanimously said that the russians through their Intelligence Services tried to interfere in the 2016 american president ial election, that it was the russians who hacked podestas emails, it was the russians who broke into the Democratic National committee and was russians who helped em
This week she warned the white house that former National Security adviser Michael Flynn had lied about his communications with russian officials and put at risk for blackmail. Miss gates served as acting attorney general in the opening days of the Trump Administration before she was fired to refusing the president S Immigration band. At a judiciary hearing monday she testified alongside director of National Intelligence james clapper. [inaudible conversation]. [inaudible conversation] just a gal. Thank you katie. Testing here. Here we come to order, thank you all for coming, heres the order of the day, a brief Opening Statement along with senator white house and then we will have senator grassley and feinstein follow some questioning and the seven minute rounds initially, we will try to put a second round of five minutes, both of those witnesses, thank you for coming. Will try to make this as short as possible and if you need a break, please let us know. So people,what are we doing an