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Welcome to the meeting of the Transportation Authority board. Im Rafael Mandelman and serve as chair. Vice chair is aaron peskin and clerk is i liegea saunders. We have sfgovtv to thank and mr. Seaneder call the roll. Commissioner chan. Commissioner dorsey. Present. Chair mandelman. Why present. Commissioner mar. Present. Commissioner melgar. Present. Commissioner peskin. Present commissioner preston. Present. Why commissioner ronen. Absent commissioner safai. Absent. Commissioner stefani. Prese...

Today. My name is bethany allen. Abrahimian. Im the china reporter at axios and im here today at Hudson Institute to speak with nuri terkel a senior fellow here at hudson about his new book which we have right here called no escape and let me first introduce nuri he is a senior fellow here. He is a lawyer. He is vice chair of the Us Commission on International Religious freedom, and he is cofounder of the wieger human rights project. He is one of the most prominent people who has been speaking o...

Lawyer, vice chair of the u. S. Commission on International Religion freedom and cofounder of the human rights project. One of the most prominent people who have been speaking out about the uighur situation and genocide in china for years. Tas book learn more about his his life story his his hard work the challenges that he has faced and what he sees Going Forward for the uighur people. So, thank you so much for joining us today nouri. Thank you very much for coming to have this conversation wit...

Ukraine. Nearly 300 trucks are supplied. Will will they be able to cross the border . Food and water is transported to those stranded on the mountain in Northern Iraq. Many still in desperate need. Well speak to the community that wants president obama to do more. Also on the program, aaron is looking further at russias western food bank. I can tell you this piggy aint going to the russian market. This piggy is staying home. Why . Russia has a glut of this stuff on the market. European farmers a...

Troops. And by his children. What he said and what he showed in his final twitter message. This special edition of nightline, the death of Robin Williams, will be right back. Good evening, a brilliant light has gone out in hollywood tonight. Robin williams, whose fierce, frenetic comedy captivated us for decades has died at age 63. For all his wild, often improvised humor on stage stage and on screen, behind the scenes he struggled mightily with Substance Abuse and depression. Tonight on a speci...

Martha graham. Good morning, vietnam whoo celebrating Robin Williams this morning in a special edition of gma. You make us feel good, robin. You know that . Thank you. Its a good job. I like it. Its my day job. And we do say good morning, america. And, boy, he did make us feel so good about everything, and, ah, we are all in such, you know, like everybody else when they first learned about this. He was such a friend to all of us here at Good Morning America. Big part of so many peoples lives and...

Good morning. Im michelle franzen. And im devin dwyer. Its great to have you with us. We begin with the death of a hollywood legend, actor and comedian Robin Williams, of course, found dead in his home north of San Francisco apparently from suicide caused by asphyxia. He delighted millions with a career that spanned nearly 40 years, but, unfortunately, that legacy of laughs apparently hit a very painful personal battle. Abcs Tahman Bradley leads off our coverage. Reporter overnight hollywood mou...

I saw him once in the city. Ask it was only i was there for someone else to see. The lights went out, and when they came back on, it was him there instead when he was doing pop eye. His arms were buffed out. Yeah. Its just tragic. When he lived in cliffside we went by for hall wean with my son. You wanted to pay respects. You feel like you need to. Though you didnt know him personally. Thank you. Thank you. The family has requested that no one park in front of the Robin Williams home here. You c...

Morni mork and mindy. It was a role made for him. But during this period he developed a drinking and drug problem that he would battle successfully at times over the years. He was also a success if film, the 1993 mrs. Doubt fire who wanted to stay close to his family after he divorced so he posed as a housekeeper. Good morning vietnam. He picked up four golden globe awards, five grammys, two emmies, an Academy Award for Goodwill Hunting in 1997 to go with all the other awards. His wife issued th...

12, 2014. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning, a special edition of today remembering Robin Williams. This news was hard to take. A gut punch. In these jobs we are so privileged to get a chance to meet and experience some of the most talented people in the world. You have to put him right in that category. Every time he came to this studio, it was a force of nature. He was wild. It was as if the switch would flip and he could be calm and quiet and kind. The way he greet...