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None well close Public Comment and the motion to approve the minutes a roll call vote. Commissioner avenue avenue. Aye. Commissioner breed . Chiu absent. Commissioner cohen. Kim aye. Wiener aye. Commissioner ye the item passes. Chair report this is an information item. Good morning colleagues it has been another busy and productive year at the Transportation Authority. In particular i wish to thank vice chair scott wiener for your partnership and leadership on transportation issues and eric mar ...

Well. [inaudible question] you are making a speech in which he talked about the palestinian rocket fire on israel with the german attacks on london. And im wondering if that is accurate, if the reports are accurate. So im wondering if you could talk about how in your mind you can compare the attacks on this area they killed an estimated 9000 people. Well, what i was talking about is how countries respond to the threat of missile attacks and what actions they take in response to those missile att...

Maliki is going to be very difficult and i think the iraqis need to understand in much more concrete terms rather than the more vague promises that they seem to be hearing from the administration about what they would get if they did it. Chairman bchl arbero i am really hesitant to continue to authorize sales or to approve sales its the administration to authorize them but to approve sales when i see what has happened so far with very critical arm ma meant that has fallen into the hands of isis ...

Have not had the direct testimony of those affected by it and those who represent some who are affected by it. And so thats what this hearing was before. The fact that some senators have left, dont let that bother you. Markups are unusual. And thats why they had to come because theyre all 13, and they had to go do something else, but youre the point of all this. I want that to be very, very clear to you. So as i said, very glad to welcome four witnesses who will help us understand firsthand the ...

Once resuscitated, we were instructed to leave the ship. We did not have the option to stay. My father went to his room with personnel to pack his bags and carnival sent their personnel into my room to gather my belongings. They made us stay on the gangway and after we got off of the water taxi, we had to wait on an ambulance to come and get her. One carnival employee accompanied us but no arrangements were made with customs to expedite us as a medical emergency. We were all processed as tourist...

Responsibility for Border Security efforts coordinate and collaborate on their efforts. On the immigration side weve done work looking at various enforcement efforts including i. C. E. Oversight of schools that admit foreign students. Weve also done work looking at overstay enforcement issues. And on the immigration benefits side, weve done work looking at u. S. Ciss processes and systems for adjudicating immigration benefits and weve also done some work looking at employment verification issues...

Mr. Farrell farrell present. Commissioner kim. Tang present. Commissioner wiener. Wiener present. We have quorum. . M. Any comments or questions on the minutes . Okay we can do comment on item number 2 seeing none well close Public Comment and the motion to approve the minutes a roll call vote. Commissioner avenue avenue. Aye. Commissioner breed . Chiu absent. Commissioner cohen. Kim aye. Wiener aye. Commissioner ye the item passes. Chair report this is an information item. Good morning colleagu...

Sleep tonight, but i think it will be worth it. The covid19 pandemic has shown the devastating impact can be due to a moderate pandemic. And we can imagine the impact of biological threat here or in the horizons that have more than a 1 fatality rate. The biological threats that are enabled by advances and Synthetic Biology is make possible to design pathogens that are even more severe, even more deadly than what we find in nature and the capabilities are accessible not just to state and biologic...

Preparedness and emerging bio threats from other nations. Nonstate actors and natural causes. They also talk about the role of government partnerships with the private sector and International Communities as well as intergovernmental coordination. Im the ceo and president of the Rand Corporation a nonprofit and nonpartisan Research Organization committed to the public good. This is my first public event in my new role and i am grateful that its the topic that id lost the most sleep over the last...

Our campaign 2014 coverage continues with a week full of debates. On cspan tonight at 8 00 eastern, the georgia governors debate between governor nathan deal and democrat jason carter. And at 8 00, live on cspan2, the montana u. S. Senate debate with u. S. Representative republican steve daines and democrat amanda curtis. Tuesday night at 9 00 on cspan, the South Carolina governors debate between five candidates, nikki haley, vincent shaheen, tom ervin, steve french, and morgan bruce reeves. And...