Meeting will come to order. This is the july 16, 2020, special budget and finance committee. Im sandra lee fewer joined by the Committee Members walton and mandelman. Our clerk is linda wong who is assisted by brent. I would like to thank sfgov for broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, do we have any announcements. Yes, this the board of supervisors and Committee Room is closed however members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is due to the state, federal, and local orders. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the extent as if theyre physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Channel 26 and sfgov. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Committee members have an opportunity to speak during Public Comment meeting, you can call 4156550001, meeting i. D. 1463207645. Press pound twice. When connected you will hear the meeting discussion and you will be muted and li
Sanctions designed to further isolate syrias president and force him to make concessions. Welcome to the program a day after north korea blew up a Liaison Office that was used to communicate with south korea its military is announcing further escalations the army says it will redeploy troops near the heavily fortified border and Demilitarized Zone it also intends to resume regular exercises and wrist obvious gob posts in frontline areas on top of this north korea has rejected souls offer to discuss reducing tensions well robert fried is live in persia thats on the south korean side of the border so talk us through the mood there in south korea after these latest threats from the north. I think generally there is a feeling of disappointment and how this all seems to be unraveling and unraveling so quickly i think also among a number of people there will be concern about just how bad this war of words will get out but also i think generally in south korea there is a feeling of we have be
Bolton to stop in publishing whats expected to be a damning insider account. And the new u. S. Sanctions designed to further isolate syrias president force him to make concessions. The day after north korea blew up a Liaison Office that was used to communicate with south korea its military is announcing further escalations the army says that it will redeploy troops near the heavily fortified border and Demilitarized Zone it also intends to resume regular military exercises and to reestablish guard posts in frontline areas on top of this north korea has rejected south souls offer to discuss reducing tensions lets go live that apology which is on the south korean side of the border al jazeera swap mcbride is the whats the look at the mood there now rob after these latest moves from north korea. I think throughout south korea there is a general sense of disappointment at what has taken place also a sense of growing concern just about how how bad this battle will get with the war of words
Turkey has launched another military offensive against armed kurdish separatists in Northern Iraq. Deployed troops to the 100000 in the region near the border to fight the p. K. K. Warplanes have also targeted the groups positions around 3000 fighters are believed to be in Northern Iraq turkey the u. S. And the e. U. All lists the p. K. K. As a terrorist group. A correspondence in turkey and iraq a monitoring developments faultiness in baghdad but 1st lets go to city of course yahoo who is in istanbul for a sit in so this is the 2nd to cross border operation within a week. Well the a fact of the turkish mother of 3 has on an awful peroration is to the region especially since the 2018 in the military intensified operation and the reason is not only the presence in Northern Iraq but the link between the Syrian Kurdish functional group. In syria basically the idea of the sofa ration by the Turkish Military it is actually to cut the logistics line between the p. K. K. And the y. P. G. In s
Government. And a top footballer pressures the British Government into providing Free School Meals during the quarter virus pandemic. And sport german football giants byron munich celebrate their 8 the bundesliga title in a row. Maybe heard of graham and one nil to secure 830 in the crowd. But the game at the bitter dispute between china and india over fighting along their shared border and says at least 20 soldiers were killed by chinas true chinese troops that is beijing says its not to blame but that its continuing talks with the Indian Government and this dispute centers on clashes on monday between the 2 sides and the gall one valley region in the himalayas its the 1st time in 40 years theyve been engaged in what china calls violent physical confrontation resulting in death so were going to go live to beijing and new delhi in just a few moments 1st though this report from charlotte dallas. In the remote whiston himalayas there is little evidence of what lead to indian and chinese