uag is defined as statute, executive order and the charter of the national space council users advisory group dated december 6, 2017 signed by the acting nasa administrator. while the unga is a ministry of the charter and supported under nasa, the group functions exclusively in an independent advisory capacity to the national space council, reporting to you the national -- through the national space council executive secretary. mr. vice president, you have repeatedly challenged the uag to function as a think tank in addition to advisory role spelled out in its title. it is intended to be a conduit for new ideas. it also offers sometimes different but hopefully constructive commentary on conventional wisdom which we often note is sometimes too conventional and not nearly wise enough. organizationally the uag is divided into six subcommittees that reflect precisely the priorities that you and our chairman, retired james ellis, discussed prior to them for that its omission in the since a meeting in march. we reviewed the scope a specific task in which he gave us for this year. the exploration an

user advisory group, take a bow. [applause] dr. dittmar, quick report on the user advisory group.r. dittmar: mr. vice president, and distinguished members of the national space council, thank you for inviting me to provide an update on the activities of the users advisory group. as you all know, the objectives, scope of activities, and description of duties of the uag is defined as statute, executive order and the charter of the national space council users advisory group dated december 6, 2017 signed by the acting nasa administrator. while the unga is a ministry of the charter and supported under nasa, the group functions exclusively in an independent advisory capacity to the national space council, reporting to you the national space council executive secretary. mr. vice president, you have repeatedly challenged the uag to function as a think tank in addition to advisory role spelled out in its title. it is intended to be a conduit for new ideas. it also offers sometime different but hopefully constructive commentary on conventional wisdom which we often note is sometimes too co

description of activities is defined in statute, is negative, executive order and the charter of the advisory groupcember 6, 2017 signed by the administrator. while they are administratively charted and supported under nasa , it functions exclusively in an independent advisory capacity to the national space council. reporting to you through the national space council executive secretary. mr. vice president, you have repeatedly challenged to function as a think tank. in addition to the advisory role spelled out in its title. it is intended to be a conduit for new ideas. it also offers differing but constructive commentary. we often know sometimes to conventional and not nearly wise enough. organizationally, the u ag is divided into six other committees that reflect priorities that you and our chairman discussed prior to the formation. in the months since our meeting we have gathered to review specific tasking's that we would invest earlier this year. the exploration and discovery subcommittee led by retired general is structuring a one-time review of nasa's newly named program. focusing on its archi

and thanks to all the members of the user advisory group for outstanding work.m going to recognize our secretary of commerce, wilbur involved ins been working on space traffic management, regulatory reform, almost as excited about american innovation and space as the president and me. join me in thanking the secretary of commerce for his great leadership. [applause] you, vice president pence, for the opportunity to update the national space council on space activities at the department of congress. were 114, there government and private space launches worldwide, the first time in three decades that number exceeded 100. launches,ad 31 including a record number of commercial launches. countries have now entered the space industry, often playing under different rules from what we have. these countries realize that space is a strategic industry that creates a highly tactical workforce with spinoff technologies and economic growth. this was evident at the paris air show, which highlighted u.s. leadership but also made clear the substantial efforts of foreign governme

[applause] >> we have bruce cantor who's a member of the northeast waterfront advisory group. [applause] >> and we have bob carrier who's a member of the barbary coast neighborhood association. so thank you for coming. [applause] >> this group that's sitting here today sort of does represent a neighborhood inside of a village, the village of san francisco. and two neighborhood associations, a waterfront advisory group, and partners with the city, with the mayor's office of housing and jayesco have really made this happen during the development period. i know that john stewart is going to comment on some of this, but i know there are 26 neighborhood meet -- there were 26 neighborhood meetings that made this happen, and i want to do a special shoutout to john stewart who lives in this neighborhood and wanted to make sure that these two developments reflect the values of this community, and i think they do. so thank you, john, for all of your hard work, and forever, your partnership with that. when this r.f.p. came out from the city of san francisco, i ran into jack gardner who's

for gifted children is designed to level the playing field after the man's school's diversity advisory group reported that the screening system is unfairly skewed to benefit white and asian students we recommend the phase out of g. and t. programs and exclusionary admissions practices the do not serve a 21st century educational mission and unfairly block educational opportunities for students who are black latin x. low income and who face other challenges. this report shows that the majority of students in schools with selective test asian with white children making it the 2nd biggest group meanwhile only a quarter of students are either black or hispanic the advisory group proposes to eliminate so-called gifted and talented admissions and use different methods to attract students from different backgrounds it also suggests removing academic tracking such as grades and test schools and to bring in what he describes as inclusionary admission practices. let's cross live to our guests now william robinson professor of sociology at the university of california at santa barbara welcome to the pro

part of that was seeing how we could go out to the community and the affected advisory groups on the historic peers which we are hoping to do this month and then subject to your direction we would like to follow that up with the pier 30-32 discussion in august or september. and then come back to you for further detail. i just wanted to highlight that that is a key relationship that we want to keep our eyes on as we talk further about this opportunity. moving to the substructure condition. these are some photos of the pier deck and substructure of pier 30 and 32. years of the saltwater and elements, the environment with a concrete structure, you know, different pieces of it have deteriorated to different degrees you'd our engineering group tries to say abreast of the loading condition. obviously i think this presents one of the largest challenges to a project at this location. as you saw in the staff report, we asked our engineering division, to sort of look at the information we have on file from those prior projects area and look at what those costs would be to retrofit the entire d

. >> skeptical neighbors voice concern at the first meeting of the advisory group. the center is already under construction. recent assaults like this have her feeling unsafe. >>e more resources out here to put the community at ease a little bit, and to try and address some of the problems pre-emptively. working to enforce a good neighbor policy, the same policy others have not lived up to. >> some support it. >> i think the least we can do is offer people who want to get off the streets a way tdo that. >>> 4:33. gang violence is a growing concern in the south bay, and e. san jose police chief illegal g streets. he said so far this year his officers have taken more than 50 guns off of suspects off investigative stops. >> every time we take a gun off the street, that's one less person in the hospital, two less parents grieving because their child was grieving or worse. >> they need more people to recall and report suspicious activity, and he's aware some people don't report crimes due to their immigration status. >>> there's a troubling trend, the number of homeless

neighbors in the south beach community to t-2 establish the embarcadero safe navigation center advisory group. the purpose of the group, which is a password -- which is meeting under the brown act, is to advise me such that the city maintains a balance of members who live and work in close proximity to the safe center, neighborhood stakeholders, people would lived experience of homelessness, facility and program operators, and that these residents and stakeholders meet and ensure that the navigation center is operating in a way that provides the maximum reduction of impacts to the neighborhood, is safely operated, and provides a path out of homelessness for those it supports. we have formed this group. the first meeting will be august 28th at 5:30 p.m. the meeting will be held at the south beach community room and meetings are open to the public. in terms of a request for an in memoriam, on a sad note, our port commission president's father-in-law passed away july 20th, 2019. his memorial service was held list past friday, august 9th. he was one of the most successful african-american entrepr

several voiced concerns at the first meeting of the navigation center's advisories group last night. pointing to the recent assault and the trouble surrounding centers that are already open. d.j. duffy and others don't believe the city will maintain its promises toerchts outside, chop shops right beside them? >> the police department says it's already beefed up patrols, and once the center, two officers will patrol the safety zone at least ten hours a day. >>> good news from the markets. the dow jones industrial average up about almost 370 points it jumped earlier this morning after china hinted it won't retaliate for now in the trade war. >>> new today, bay area department store chain has a new owner. le tote now owns lord & taylor. the deal is worth $100 million. it puts le tote in charge of the chain's 38 remaining stores and online business. the company says it plan toss reinvent lord & taylor. >>> the airline says the mileage plus rewards miles will never expire. previously they used to expire 18 months after no activity. >>> united joins delta and jetblue for loyalty members. >

within 90 days they have to form a desegregation advisory group. come up with a comprehensive education plan that would attract diverse students. all of it overseen by a third party monitor. strict superintendent garcia said he is inspired to create changes. >>> it is really exciting to have the opportunity to build a high-performing integrated highly diverse school. >> reporter: the district will have five years to meet the standards. terry said the district has the will. >>> we could get this together in the next year. no more than 2. if people are serious.>> reporter: the problem might not just be isolated to this area. his findings might just be the tip of the iceberg. >>> chances are sausalito marin city school district is not the only place where a whole bunch of kids because of their color are not being given an equal chance to learn. >> reporter: the attorney general said he has to rely on the public to report suspected instances of segregation at school districts to his office. as for the students who attended the school from 2013 until 20

it's an advisory group that will be talking about this navigation center. in the meantime, people who are opposed to it are citing that august attack as one of the reasons for their concerns. austin vincent will be back in court tomorrow when a judge decides whether he should remain in jail. earlier this month he attacked a san francisco woman as she attempted to return home. the attack was caught on surveillance video. i judge released vincent from jail, but his attorney says people who saw his mug shot identified him as being responsible for a previous incident in february. he turned himself in following those allegations, and the judge ordered him to remain in jail. his attorney has now established v vincent was in southern california in february and the d.a.'s office has said it will drop those charges. >> this is an example of how misidentifications occur often from eyewitnesses. >> reporter: prosecutors say they will argue that regardless of the dropped charges, vincent should remain in custody, given the gravity of the charges he is facing in connect

tonight concerned neighbors told an advisory group safety is still their top concern. >> i know that everyone here seems very committed to the idea that you're going to help establish a safe and sane navigation center. as you see, none of us believe you. >> reporter: skeptical neighbors of theced concerns at the unde construction. >> lately i'm afraid to walk. >> reporter: d.j. the watermark and an uptick in homeless in the area have her more resources fpd says it's ag out here to put the community at ease a little bit. and to try to address some of the problems pre-emptively. >> reporter: captain laura knight says once the shelter opens two officers will work ten-hour daytime shifts in a designated safe zone, working to enforce a good neighbor policy. the same policy other centers have failed to live up to. >> tents outside, encampments nearby, chop shops right beside them. >> reporter: while some neighbors raised concerns, others support it. >> i think that this city has always stood for progressive values and for valuing the dignity of all people. and i think that the least we et

gifted children it's designed to level the playing field after the mayor's school's diversity advisory group reported that the screening system is on fairly skewed to benefit white and asian students we recommend the phase out of g. and t. programs and exclusionary admissions practices the do not serve a 21st century educational mission unfairly block educational opportunities for students who are black latin x. low income and who face other challenges. peoples in new york have to pass more exams to get into their chosen schools than their peers in other cities and that screening process according to the mayor's team of advisors produces an equitable results that it was a group process to eliminate so-called gifted and talented missions and used instead different methods to attract students from different backgrounds it also suggest to remove the academic tracking such as grades and test scores and to bring in what it describes as inclusionary admission practices we spoke to sociology professor william robinson who thinks socio economic and racial inequalities are part parcel of gifted stude

have been very active in either working with the muni or consulting with the muni or serving on advisory groups that have been developed by the m.t.a. i urge you to take a look on the our website. www. save muni.org. we meet the third monday of every month at the northern police station. stop by or contact me first. feel free to stop by and participate in our discussions. thank you. >> next speaker. >> herbert weaner. i wish to voice my concern about the constitution of the muni task force. basically from what my understanding is that it consists of people who have favorable attitudes towards muni and supported some decisions of muni which i considered to be flawed and many considered to be flawed. basically, what you are doing is restricting critical attitudes and opinions. critical addtudes and opinions are needed to save muni with a ugly profile in the public as the "san francisco examiner" noted. i encourage you to include groups and individuals that are loyal critics of muni to have a decent report. otherwise you are going to have a self contained report, you are going to continue with the

an advisory group has been created to monitor and provide feedback on the activities of the center.mbers from public works and the department of homelessness will be there to answer questions. that meeting starts at 5:30 tonight at the south beach harbor community room on the embarcadero at king street. >>> happening to day, one of the thee suspected gunmen accused of a brazen shooting on san francisco's market street is scheduled to be arraigned. [ gunshots ]. >> one man was hit by the gunfire last week, but he is expected to survive. 18-year-old laron simpson will be charged with firing the gun. he was arrested along with 21-year-old elijah earnest when oakland police investigated the man. there is a third suspect on the loose. he is under the age of 18. >>> in the wake of several mass shootings, washington, d.c.'s democratic heavy hitters were in town to talk about gun violence prevention. house speaker nancy pelosi and other leaders hosted a town hall at lincoln high school in san francisco. they're taking a more aggressive stand against gun violence. congress is on a break, but

. >> i think the timeline is we will go to the same advisory group and come back to you with criteria. >> not of the same time, different times? >> different time. we have two meeting i think in september, and october. my hope would be in quick succession i want to make sure we have two conversations. >> thank you. >> i had a question about our process. i've seen us do rfps have we ever done where we could get a nullified offender list for the pop up so maybe for a couple of weeks we can work off the vendor list and have all of the proposals at once. i'm wondering if you've ever use that for interim leasing or pop-ups. it might be a way to get a group of providers, over a year we can map out the interim leasing so we can bring in that revenue to be more successful instead of having to do with negotiating the best use. >> i think we can do it that way. we have not done a pop-up request for anything you'd this is leasing new trails for us. we can certainly think about, i think your point is a good one. one of the limitations at the site is, you cannot do a special event for more than si

yet you advisory group to this president. it that we are not seeing people stand up in a prophetic tradition and say foul this is a bit too far for me as a moral leader? >> i think we have to revisit and understand the prophetic tradition because prophetic is predictive to the future but primarily analytical to the president. the prophets of old would evaluate the social, spiritual, economic, and political and moral conditions of the society at that time and then speak into that. we don't have enough voices speaking in and upholding a moral standard. in fact, we are putting politics above our religious belief and religious responsibility to be the moral arbiter within the society. >> this is not a theyocracy, it's a democracy, but yet that does not mean that moral voices cannot raise from their belief what they stand for. >> i guess i come to a place where there was a sense in my mind when a moral sense of right and wrong was transcendent of political groupings, that you don't have to be republican and democrat to know that s

for us, the northeast waterfront advisory group helped us provide standards for 88 broadway. it was a very patient process, and it did improve the project. it's that kind of collaboration, that kind of problem solving that got us here today. there's a lot of port staffers in the audience that have been working here for sometime. thank you so much, and i'd like to introduce liz minnick from the bank of america. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone, and what a glorious afternoon we have for this fabulous day today. bank of america was founded in this very city in 1904 and has a long history of helping people get in homes and working towards affordable housing. from the work after the 1906 earthquake to the recent work with the san francisco r.a.v. commission and the rehabilitation of -- sorry. we'll let the coast guard get back. -- 29 properties for which we financed over $2.2 billion. for these two properties that we are discussing today, bank of america has provided over $133 million in financing. first, thank you to all of our bank of mercteams to continue their efforts on

an advisory group has been created to monitor and provide feedback on the activities of the center. department of public works and department of homelessness will be there to answer questions. that will be at the south beach community room on the embarcadero on king street. >>> happening today, one of three suspected gunman accused of a brazen shooting on san francisco's market street is scheduled to be arraigned. >> one man was lit by the gunfire last week but is expected to survive. 18-year-old laron simpson will be charged with firing a gun. he was arrested along with 21-year-old elijah earnest on monday when oakland police investigated them. the third suspect is under the age of 18 and has not been caught yet. >>> in the wake of several mass shootings, washington, d.c.'s democratic heavy hitters were in town to talk gliens prevention. they're taking a more aggressive stand against gun violence. congress is on a break. but once it resumes, speaker pelosi hopes the issue of background checks will be resurrected. >> background checks saves hundreds of thousands of lives. it really

david: dean, you are also a member of the national space council's users' advisory group. let's combine these two segments. how much of what's happening in china has to do with this push towards space? >> well, with regard to the chinese military, they are very very much focused on space. not so sure that any of the trade negotiations have much to do with that. but the chinese view space as part of the information age so the same way that intellectual property is economic lifeblood, the ability to move information including via satellite, is a military prerequisite. david: i just have to follow up on that. sounds like science fiction but i heard about these satellite killers that they may be developing. any truth to that? >> well, in 2007 we saw the chinese blow one of their own weather satellites out of the sky. the weather satellite was already dead. one of the worst debris generating events in history. we have seen them target satellites out in orbit, the most valuable real estate in space. we have seen them create their own version of a space force in 2016, long before

resources and the environment at a member of the epri energy efficiency grid modernization public advisory group. and this katherine hamilton is a chip 38 north solutions a public policy consultancy specializing in clean energy and innovation and executive director of the advanced energy and management alliance. she ran the grade wise allies with policy director to the energy storage association and worked at the national renewable energy laboratory. katherine worked in buildings research and government relations, spent a decade at an investor owned utility design electrical systems for commercial and residential development. as our witnesses should know uhf five minutes for your spoken testimony. your written testimony will be included in the record. when you have completed your spoken testimony we will begin with questions and each member will then have five minutes for questions. we will start with the testimony of ms. evans. >> chairman lamb, ranking member weber, and members of the subcommittee, it is an honor and a privilege to serve at the department in jesse assistant secretary for the o

the fiscal fiscal year 2015 nal defense authorization act mandated the advisory group conduct a similar review but the review which apparently has been completed did not focus a comprehensive strategy for preventing nuclear terrorism. a congressional commission would carry a higher profile and thus be more likely to influence policy. and third, we recommended congress hold more hearings on nuclear security which have been few and far between. in addition to some of the overset steps we recommended we also urged congress to pursue several larger strategic initiatives such as securing the most vulnerable highs risk radiological materials around the world in five years, expanding the nsa nuclear security nonproliferation research efforts and even establishing a program of activities aimed at what would be required to strengthen nuclear security in north korea as part of the potential phase and in an verifiable dismantling of no country north korea's nuclear arsenal. these recommendations were endorsed earlier this year and a bipartisan par statement by 32 former high-ranking government off

we'll talk to you soon >>> for more on this, we'll bring in peter from the blakely advisory group and neil from renaissance. we also have steve here from stewart franklin neil, we'll start with you the president's comments come into this very thriving debate about whether we're on the crest of a recession obviously the bond market is throwing hints in that direction but the current data in the usa probably not yet how do you come down >> well, i think if you look at the economic data, i think the near term odds of recession are low. six, nine, 12 months out, it gets more difficult the further out you go but, you know, typically you don't see new home sales rising 15% a year before a recession. you don't see refinancing activity surging a classic recession indicator, in my view, is looking at aggregate weekly payroll that's basically the sum product of jobs, hours, and earnings against headline inflation and we know that headline inflation is slowing basically below 2% all year and the aggregate income series is running about 4.5% it means a reasonable baseline for consumer spending ov