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The United States of america and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Dan, please call the roll. Yes, madam president. Member mango. Present afua. Mango is present. Vice president. Carreon, present. Carry on is present. Member. Nguyen present. Nguyen is present. President. Sue present. Sue is present. We have a quorum. Is there a motion to excuse members palmer and wechter . So move. Do we have a second . Second . Any objection...

[applause] the entire budget team um [applause] you know, i dont know if you know but i dont have turn over with the directors of the budget team because i am a difficult person to work for. [laughter] you know this budget process is so intense this they are like, look im doing one budget process and im out of here. We are grateful to you ana you have been with the budget team for year bunkham get us through the process and adjustments from the board and from the budget, the legislative analyst ...

Since then, ive been on a mission to use social media to showjust because im blind, it doesnt mean im broken. How does a Blind Girl Play tennis . Girl organise her wardrobe . How does a blind girl ride a motorbike . She revs the engine i dont, my dad does. Im going to get off this now because its scary she screams when i first lost my sight, it felt like my world had shrunk forever, but now im embarking on a great big african adventure in kenya. With the help of my cane and a guide, ill tackle s...

Good morning. Welcome to our august meeting of the transbay joint powers authority. Hope you are having a good summer the best is yet to come grownup and lived and born in San Francisco the best weather is the month of september. Roll call, please. Good morning. Directors. Prior to taking roll i note that director chang is not here but is expected. And director eltawansy and vice chair mandelman are absent. Director chang and are alternates. Il call roll. Director forbes. Here. Director baptiste...

The pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Dan, please call the roll. Yes, madam president. Member mango. Present afua. Mango is present. Vice president. Carreon, present. Carry on is present. Member. Nguyen present. Nguyen is present. President. Sue present. Sue is present. We have a quorum. Is there a motion to excuse members palmer and we...

Maui coming into stark relief. So much property destroyed, including important historical and cultural sites. Today, the disaster is far from over. We will have a live report from hawaii, just ahead. And were learning more about a deadly encounter where fbi agents shot and killed a man they were trying to arrest after alarming and threatening posts. And in florida, we are live outside the courthouse where former President Trumps body man walt nauta pleaded guilty. Were covering they stories comi...

Splender, you from your golden gate of gold, facing the orient sun burn and swap in the sunset gleams thrown in ultimate glory, youre a city of mist and a city of dreams. Welcome to the 10th anniversary of the closing ceremony of black history celebration of San Francisco lets give yourselves a round of applause. [cheers and applause] we want you to feel inspired. We want you to feel uplifted and we want to you feel curious about the history of this wonderful city by the bay and how black histor...

Fire department. [whistle] i oknow there is going to be a lot of shoveling and it will not come easy. I know it will not be given to me. Am i going to be able to keep up and do all the physical a pects of what the academy will request of me . On the hand you have been given a opportunity you worked so hard to get to, but on the other hand you dont have the job yet and have so much work you have to do to get in the field so it is double edge sword. I need it but this is just the beginning. [music...

A foreign power is preparing to attack. It comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline from west African Regional bloc ecowas, which demanded the coup be reversed. The group now plans to hold an Emergency Summit on thursday. Meanwhile, the United States is suspending more than 100 million in aid to niger. But officials insist theres still time to solve the crisis. The window of opportunity is definitely still open. We believe that they should step aside and allow president Mohamed Bazoum to resu...

Over safety concerns. Ministers want to move hundreds more onto the Bibby Stockholm, some, though, have refused, launching legal challenges. This comes as the home office announced a task force to crack down on Rogue Lawyers who may be helping migrants to remain in the uk, under false claims. Ellie price reports. The first Asylum Seekers move into their new temporary home off the coast of dorset. 15 arrived yesterday on day one, but not everyone who was supposed to come here did. Weve had a smal...