. >> supervisor yee: thank you very much, ms. simon. come on up. debby? yeah. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you so much for your consideration of this ordinance. i'm debby mezlo. i'm president on the san francisco commission on the status of women and on behalf of all the commissioners, i want to thank president cohen and catherine stefani and supervisor katy tang for bringing this ordinance forward. i want to thank, of course, our now-mayor london breed, who worked with us on this. really, it was our goal to increase accessibility and transparency and make sure all employees, as the speaker before me mentioned, have this training, as well, to double the time. i'm here to advocate strongly in favor of this proposed ordinance. as you know, the me too movement was launched on twitter in october 2017 and has grown into a global phenomenon. it's touched hollywood studios, soccer, and hotel workers. we have our own movement here in san francisco, including a woman featured on the cover of "time" magazine and pelosi, and we look forward to your leadersh

ms. simon, good morning to you. guest: go ahead.host: as far as your organization, who do you represent? most of thepresent employees of homeland security, female employees, transportation officers, tsa, border patrol, ice ages. we represent, federal correctional officers, and we 700,000. host: how many will be affected if the shutdown continues? they brought estimates are around 800,000 federal employees will be affected one way or the other, forced to go to work without a paycheck and others that are furloughed and locked out of their jobs. host: when it comes to congres'' actions to a patient, what is congress have to do to ensure a paycheck? guest: they would have to pass separate legislation that would ofvide pay for this period time, when those who are coming to work are engaged in what can only be described as involuntary servitude. host: the house or the senate passed legislation to that effect. what is your confidence in the house doing the same? guest: it is very hard to speculate. anybody who try to predict what would hap

traveling to los angeles for work, agents arrested another ms 13 gang member at the california mexico border. 2 dozen migrants give up on waiting for simonump the border fence in tijuana. according to reuters, most of them, asylum-seekers cut into the country illegally and they may have their cases heard quicker than those who wait. a federal judge blocked the white house from a denying asylum claims to those who enter the country illegally. the shutdown showdown pushed back. congress expected to vote on a 2-week extension to keep the government running until just before christmas. todd pyro joins us with the latest including donald trump's threat to shut down the border if he doesn't get money for the wall. >> congress giving itself 2 more weeks to come up with a spending bill. the initial deadline was this friday but white house aides say the house and senate agreed to push that back to december 21st. donald trump and up the pressure for $5 billion for the border wall tweeting, quote, we would save billions of dollars if democrats would give us the votes to give us the wall. people will not be allowed into the country illegally. or sto

ms. stephanie siegel. senior fellow and deputy director of the simon sheeran for political economy. i welcome each of you and thank you for being here. your full statements will be include in the record. i ask each of you to summarize your written statement within five minutes so we can engage in an extended q&a, and conclude the hearing around 4:30. so that's roughly 45 minutes from now. why don't we go in the order i announced you once again. mr. lowry? >> chairman young, ranking member merkley. thank you for allowing me the opportunity to testify on the policy. i am going to skip the portion i had about the multilateral institutions. i think the government witnesses covered it very well about the reforms that are needed, as well as the importance to our national interest. so when thinking about these in terms of foreign policy, the committee asked in particular about u.s. relation to china, as we heard some of the debate earlier. i begin with trump administration's strategy that refers to china as a strategic competitor. through its section 301 investigator, administrative action