it was because they are afraid of aipac because aipac would come after them.rting -- look, what aipac wants isn't even good for the future of israel, the only way to have a secure and peaceful homeland for my people, the jewish people, is to realize the political and human rights of the palestinian people alongside of, that's what judaism and all other religions require, you know, that we love the stranger as ourselves, we treat them as we want to be treated and until, u.s. policy can actually move towards demanding that we stop this carnage, that we stop providing these offensive weapons, this isn't about the iron dome or something, defensive weapons are fine, but as providing 2000 pound bombs that are decimating neighborhoods in gaza, of innocent people, it's completely unacceptable, and you know, the american people need to stand up and say so. that's what they think. >> let me ask you about the strategy here. part of the strategy of this reject aipac coalition is to give democratic candidates to sign eight plan to outright reject money from aipac and many

aipac and its allies spent over $30 million in the midterms.tive in the election cycle combined. this time around they are more than tripling the number expected to drop $100 billion to help oust democratic candidate who it views as insufficiently pro israel. from a congressman andy leavitt of michigan joins me now. it is great to see you. thank you for coming back on this show. we know that polling shows a majority of democratic voters are more aligned with views of progressive lawmakers on israel. they support calls of a permanent cease-fire, some conditioning weapons aid to israel for its compliance with international humanitarian law and u.s. law and explain how lobbyists throw a wrench in lawmakers legislating as their constituents demanded. there is a disconnect here between what the voters want and what the lobbyists want. >> a huge disconnect. i mean, i will give you an example. i wrote a bill called the two state solution act after the last wharton gaza which was tiny compared to this one, and it was really not a radical bill. i called

jeffries is one aipac's largest recipients. the action came as over 20 groups launched the reject aipac coalition, established to counter the powerful lobby group's influence in d.c., and calling on elected officials to reject endorsements and contributions from aipac. the house overwhelmingly voted wednesday in favor of a bill that would force tiktok's chinese owner bytedance to either sell the social media app or face a ban in the u.s. backers claim tiktok poses a national security threat. rights groups like the aclu say such a ban would violate the right to free speech. there are well over 150 million tiktok users in the u.s. alone. after voting, two of the lawmakers who voted against the measure, democrats ro khanna and pramila jayapal, laid out some of the bill's issues. >> it is an overly broad bill that i don't think would stand first amendment scrutiny. the other issue is there are a lot of people who make their livelihoods on this. >> there are timeline questions. 180 days to sell a company the size is very difficult.

it turned into a proxy fight involving aipac.ipac, the american is republic affairs committee, their super pacs spent close to $5 million in negative ads against a state senator in that district. supported joanna weiss, an attorney and first-time candidate down there. despite the onslaught, which is a really large amount of money for primary race, it looks like min is going to reach the top two, defying that almost $5 million in aipac spending. he is currently up by about 7000 votes on weiss in second place. it looks like min will advance. you know aipac is going to spend something around, according to reports, $100 million in primary races throughout the country this year. and the fact their first main race they come up short, i don't know -- every race is different and min was an elected official. he had won in that district before. but this is a pretty bad result for aipac in their very first attempt to influence the democratic party primary. juan: i also wanted to ask you about alabama. there was a significant redistricting b

let's bring in christie 10, aipac investment strategist at the franklin templeton institute. i am interested, then nikkei two to five reaching that key 40,000 mark for the first time ever. what do you think about the gains so far? are you concerned that it has been too far too fast? christy: it is amazing how japan went from the most unloved to now i think one of the most loved equity indexes across globally and, of course, the asia pacific. i think that this has to do with a lot of the positive developments that have happened and keep happening. we saw how profit levels of japanese companies has been on the up and going from strength to strength as well. and manufacturing activities are also more upbeat. at the same time, i think if you look at the developments that have started to manifest, including the increase in wages, corporate reforms development. and also i think, sustainable inflation that could support the overall policy change, policy shift, from a negative interest rate policy to normalization. i think that these are continuing supportive factors for japanese equ

aipac does not put palestinian suffering in any way about part of their repression. we tell the truth about them. we have nothing to do with the hatred of jews. it has everything to do with our love for palestine. that is what it is. thank god, dallas, ground zero of the emerging muslim spiritual awakening renaissance taking place. they are going to be black, jewish, some of them are going to be atheist and agnostic. some of them are just as serious about fighting oppression is anybody else. that is my tradition. that is the blues. nobody loves me but my mama. that is bb king. that's the blues. everything is against you. billie holiday, talking about that. the idf, tara down. american troops in vietnam, terrorism. people killing innocent though, terrorism. let's be consistent. if you are a jazzman we are looking for more -- look at miles davis. saying we will now here. he has earned his role in the band. white brother playing the saxophone. two white brothers. he says he is in the band. being in the band, you have earned your position with the willingness to contribu

attended by a number of heads of the american-israeli international relations committee, it was time for aipache palestinians of al-baqa camp in jordan also demonstrated in support of the resistance and gaza. by raising the palestinian flag, the demonstrators condemned the crimes committed by the zionist regime in gaza. in occupied palestine, the people of nablus also support the people. the people of gaza protested against the aggression of the zionist regime. demonstrators chanted "death to israel" and "death to america" ​​and condemned the silence of the united nations regarding these crimes. the meteorological organization has predicted sunny skies and an increase in temperature for most parts of the country. ms. ahmadi , a meteorologist, is with us in the studio . mrs. ahmadi, hello, good morning. how are you doing? the weather of the weekend , well, as you yourself mentioned, mr. tehrani , the weather is calm in most parts of the country, now this calmness is in terms of precipitation, mostly we mean the wind, the sport of strong wind, mainly in the eastern half of the center , there are

group of americans called for a ceasefire in the gaza strip by holding a demonstration in front of the aipac office of the american public relations committee of the zionist regime. activists present in this rally. washington also chanted the slogan "free palestine". in this gathering, some palestinian people protested against the action of the united states in vetoing four resolutions of the security council regarding the establishment of a cease-fire in the gaza strip , calling the white house an accomplice in the genocide of the palestinians. researchers succeeded in combining diamond and graphene with a new compound as hard as diamond produce with electrical media power. according to the nano technology website, a group of chinese researchers used nanodiamonds as a precursor to prepare this composition. this method could pave the way for the fabrication of large-sized diamond-based materials with high electrical conductivity. according to scientists, this compound shows very good hardness , which is suitable for use in spacecraft engines and can withstand high pressure and high temperatu

a group of american people have held a demonstration in front of the aipac office of the american public relations committee of the zionist regime, demanding a ceasefire in the gaza strip. activists present at this rally in washington. they also chanted the slogan "free palestine". some supporters of palestine in this rally protested the action of the united states in vetoing 4 resolutions of the security council regarding the establishment of a ceasefire the white house considered the gaza strip complicit in the palestinian genocide. the boycott of buying the products of several zionist american chain companies in the framework of a nationwide campaign in malaysia is facing losses. some of these companies were forced to lay off workers and were on the verge of collapse. several zionist american brands such as starbucks, mcdonald's and coca-cola are facing heavy hitters due to the nationwide sanctions of the malaysian people. so that the shares of coca-cola company, 20% of which belongs to malaysia, are on the verge of falling. malaysia should own shares in this american company leave th

we would have to build israel , but what is the point, let's pay attention to this, the pressure of aipac and the zionist lobby on israel will decrease the further we go to america, because because of these globalists and globalists, the democrats in america they need muslim votes, especially in the state of michigan. and the recent events showed that the muslims probably won't vote for biden this time with this situation. it's true that this is the lobby, but let's forget that they need the votes of the muslims in the state of michigan, so america may put more pressure on netanyahu to increase the ceasefire. but netanyahu knows that any moment the ceasefire ends, even 30 days, even 20 days in my opinion, his political life will end forever in the israeli regime. you mentioned the united states and the demonstration of dropping food from helicopters the subject has been repeated again, the us has announced that it wants to create a corridor in gaza to deliver food to the people who are under pressure, and you mentioned the unprecedented hunger and the problems that the palestinian people

for trump, they probably will not vote and the democrats will not vote, the same is the case with aipac and the lobby of the zionist regime, anything close to the election. more this power will increase, the lobby will decrease, the power of this will increase with the elections. well, they say , sir, russia and the story of ukraine is a priority for us. we must prioritize here. the pressure of the public opinion of the people of north america and europe is also increasing. he can't stand these pictures. what result do we want to achieve? i think it's possible. i will follow up on this topic that now a few minutes ago, abri kan channel brought up a news that sir, we gave anthony millikin a plan to remove and remove citizens from places where this is unacceptable, america also said, sir. it's strange for us, i want to tell you that tide fat , a very special event, i will know later, if these are there, you should know that these are the papers that netanyahu is using in the process negotiations. there is a high probability that there will be white smoke in the negotiations. this is one i

a debate between aipac and the lobby the closer we get to the elections, the closer the zionist regime gets, the more power the lobby gets, the less power they have before the elections. the europeans also say , sir, russia and the story of ukraine are a priority for us. we must prioritize this. the pressure of the public opinion of the people of north america and europe is increasing. they can no longer tolerate these images. what result do we want to achieve? i think it's possible that after this topic, a news was brought up a few minutes ago on the cloud channel. sir, we gave anthony millikin a plan to remove the citizens there america will not accept this, sir, it is very strange for us, i want to tell you that tide fed , something very special, i know will happen later, if this is the case, you should know that these are the papers that netanyahu is using in the negotiations. there is too much whiteness, this is an issue, if the internal pressure is overcome, put netanyahu aside. one scenario is that it is very likely that benny gans will come to the election earlier than the dead

. >> it aipac right. and it's been there since. and now you want to extend that. >> is that right? yes >> yes. it's doing really well. i mean, the tourists who are coming to san francisco love it. even residents, i mean, people or natives don't really go to pier 39, but now they're starting to do the staycation and go to pier 39. i've heard from so many people who who have ridden the flywheel in the daytime and night. it's so beautiful on a clear night. it's beautiful in the day. you see these beautiful views of san francisco and it just makes you feel good about the city. >> yeah. >> all right, so that's great. i'm going to ride it, i promise you, before i let you go, i just want to touch on this big headline this week as well. giants longtime announcer. yeah ronell, of course, that we all know. renel brooks-moon not coming back to the giants. they couldn't reach a deal. i know a lot of people are sad about it. how do you personally feel? >> well, i'm of course sad about it. i mean, my whole going to giants games at its renowned like you look for renel, you go up to the booth to s

. >> reporter: netanyahu today told members of the pro-israel lobby group aipac that victory is near. >> how do we define victory? we define it as the destruction of hamas's military and governing capability. we define it also as the return of the hostages. and we define it also as preventing the return -- gaza from becoming a threat to israel at any time in the future. >> reporter: but what will these children, today waiting for food handouts, grow up thinking about israel? this morning the world's leading authority on food security backed by the u.n. and the u.s. government said 1.1 million people, half of gaza's population, face catastrophic hunger and starvation and that famine is imminent. negotiations are resuming here in qatar. among the proposals a six-week truce in exchange for 40 hostages. lester? >> richard engel in doha, thank you. >>> now to that alleged hezbollah bomb maker caught crossing the southern border who said he wanted to travel to new york. julia ainsley is following this. julia, what more do we know? >> reporter: lester, border patrol says the lebanese man was

aipac doesn't put palestinian suffering in any way as part of their reflections.e tell the truth about them. it has nothing to do of the hatred of jews, brothers and sisters but everything to do about our love for the palestinians and we would do the same thing for any oppressed group. that is what it is to take a stand. and you like houston and dearborn, ground zero of the emerging muslim spiritual awakening and moral renaissance taking place. there will be a whole host of allies like my dear brother said. they will be black send buddhists and some of them will be atheists and agnostics and for those of us who believe in god, we will have to have some patience. some of them are just as serious about fighting against form of oppressions like anybody else. i will say this at the end. i am a jazzman. that is my tradition. jazz is about the blues and the blues is about catastrophe. nobody loves me but my mama and she may be jiving to and that is bb king, the blues and that's like sophocles antigone. everything is against you and nothing you can fall back on. early ho

gains for the msci aipac index up. we have the mpc this week which will dictate sentiment in china. fed chairman jerome powell will be speaking and that will have the trajectory of f haslinda: china markets just heading to lunch. you are looking at live pictures out of beijing. traders bracing with an annual two sessions of a preview of government's policy agenda for the year ahead. the csi has been swinging between gains and losses. this meeting is especially important, as china's trajectory has never been more uncertain. the people inside as well as outside are looking for assurance on the path ahead for china. the focus is beijing's planning to counter the issues of deflationary risks and aging population. the csi 300 eking out some gains in the lead up to that event. take a look at where we are in terms of japan, as it comes back from lunch, we have been ek to 25 breaching -- we have been ek to 25 breaching that -- we have the nikkei to tony five breaching that 40,000 psychological level. investors have been pouring into this market and the gains in the past year have seen japan

the cio and head of aipac fundamental fixed income at blackrock is still with us.t seems like investors are still buying the story. >> i think it's the most transformational story in the world today. if we go back a little bit like 500 years, you would see india and china were more than 50% of the global economy. they are slowly coming back. we've seen a pause in the growth story of china. what's happening in india is quite remarkable. it's built on the stability, the demographics, the infrastructure. then it's getting the tailwind of geopolitics. when you think of stability, you have policy and macroeconomics. it's for -- it's transformational. if you continue to see the stability, the story has 20 more years if not longer. haslinda: we are talking about stretch valuations. some people say, perhaps it's time to buy china, take money out of india, put it into china because it's been battered. we would have seen the bottom already. neeraj: that's an interesting point because that's been discussed last year and the year before. the question is, at one point -- a brok

we are the largest direct consumer womenswear brandon southeast asia with over 20 scores across aipac to over 20 markets globally. post-covid, i wouldn't say we survived but we actually thrive through the entire time. haslinda: why is that so? dione: we have an omelette channel presence. over the last two to three years, we've grown 40% consistently year on year. opening six to seven doors actually over the past couple years. haslinda: despite the great performance, you are rebranding, rethinking your strategy. talk to us about the thinking around that. dione: we are new kid on the block. we've been around in the market for 14 years. we have a core mission to uplift and inspire the asian woman globally. is really time for us to grow up, to elevate ourselves a little bit, to modernize and freshen up the brand. one part of the re-rounding -- rebranding not around our asian heritage and leaning into a new brand identity. on the others, we want to share gratitude as well. taking a proud stance as a singapore brand which is where we've infused orchids as a feature across our stores globall

paul: mandy wan cohead of aipac cib at wells fargo.oming up an interview with a key player in the chinese energy transition. wise abbas of the sea and pc institute thinks the country's oil demand has entered a low growth phase. president biden prepares to deliver his third estate of the union ahead of a likely rematch with donald trump. we look at what to watch on that address next. this is bloomberg. e you keeping as much of your investment gains as possible? high taxes can erode returns quickly, so you need a tax-optimized portfolio. at creative planning, our money managers and specialists work together to make sure your portfolio and wealth are managed in a tax-efficient manner. it's what you keep that really matters. why not give your wealth a second look? book your free meeting today at creativeplanning.com. creative planning -- a richer way to wealth. you have to make it. and if you want a successful business, all it takes is an idea, and now becomes the future. a future where you grew a dream into a reality. it's waiting for you

it has become a much more partisan issue, something that groups like aipac and other parts of the probe israel lobby have always wanted -- pro israel lobby have always what it. they have wanted it to be a bipartisan consensus to support israel and it no longer is. the polls have enjoyed for years there is a massive shift underway, particularly generational, but also between parties where on the democratic party side, support for israel has diminished profoundly. on the republican side, it has been a complete embrace of all things israel. what we're seeing now is a continuation of that, certainly with the republican leadership in house of representatives following what happened in 2015 when the republican leadership in the house at that time invited netanyahu to address a joint session of congress in order to pressure president obama and oppose the iran nuclear deal that was then being discussed. it was one of these things that was diplomatically outrageous. it had never happened before. there was no consultation with the white house. usually they are invited by the white house. not this

why are you taking money from aipac? stop taking money from aipac. this is funding genocide. look at these pictures. these are real children. they have lost their limbs by amputation, all without anesthesia, hospitals, schools, mosques, 6000 bombs. in the first month. gaza, the size of philadelphia. >> this meeting will come to order without objection. the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. we authorized today's hearing on the special counsel robert mueller. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from the state of wisconsin for the purpose of leading us in the pledge. >> nikki ♪i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> opening statements of that witness we will each receive witnesses and five minutes to question the witness. the china recognizes themselves for an opening statement. robert hur was appointed special counsel on january 12, 2023. he had a fundamental question to address. did show bryden unlawfully retain classified

as far as biden being the biggest recipient of aipac funds, i would have to fact-check that. can look it up. corrine: i don't know the answer to that. i think that's ok. people will just call up with these really accusatory statements and i go, i mean, i don't know, i got to look that up. if that is true, i would agree that's alarming. host: allen in fayetteville, north carolina, while i look into that, on our democratic line. caller: yes. good morning, ladies. host: good morning. caller: mine is more or less a comment. i don't know if people realize what's going on here. i would appreciate if c-span would give somebody -- get somebody on there to explain the republican's playbook. they've already gotten written off. ádhost: we've had folks in c-span on various forms talking about republican strategies for 2024, but we are talking about corrine's podcast right now so let's go to mike and akron ohio on our independent line. caller: thank you for c-span. i am a libertarian who leans left on most but not all issues. i have voted in every single election since 1972. i pride mysel

as far as biden being the biggest recipient of aipac funds, i would have to fact-check i can look itsatory statements and i go, i mean, i don't know, i got to look that up. if that is true, i would agree,w thoat's alarming. host: allen in fayetteville, north carolina, while i look into that, on our democratic line. caller: yes. goodor caller: mine is more or less a comment. i don't know if people realize what's going on here.

and violence throughout the west, anti semite spray montreal jewish schools and bullets attack some aipac president's home in l a investigated as hate crime. burbank police search for a suspect that spray painted schwa -- swastika on synagogue benon hell jewish center at the university of florida vandalized with anti-semitic graffiti. cornell cancels classes after a student arrested for anti semitic threats of murder and rape. fbi investigating after synagogue desig with anti-israel anti semitic graffiti. that's eight of literally pages of examples of anti semitic acts in the wake of october 7th. and it is notable that there has been basically silence. so it is true, the division must return to the nonpartisan work of protecting the rights of all americans, not just those that it favors, i look forward to hearing this morning how that will happen. i will now recognize the ranking member, the gentlewoman from pennsylvania ms. scanlon for her opening statement. >> thank you. assistant attorney general clark, i want to welcome you to the judiciary committee and this very important oversight

unrwa is trying to feed them andhe its allies like aipac spend much of their time lobbying to defunda, the major organization which is feeding starving people. sadly, tragically, many members of congress seem to be happy to be part of this starvation caucus happy to cut funding unrwa and make it harder to get aid to palestinians in the midst of this crisis. mr. p passed a supplemental bill prohibiting funding to unrwa against my vote and it seems likely that the house will soon pass an appropriations bill containing additional provisions to defund this agency. israel has said the 12 unrwa employees involved in the october 7 attack. these are serious charges, and they are being investigated in a serious way. unrwa immediately fired the accused employees and the u.n. launched an investigation, as it should. i should note by the way, that israel has refused to with the u.n. investigation. mr. president, unrwa plays a critical role in desperately needed humanitarian aid to millions of gazans and it is essential to gaza but in jordan and in neighbors countries. whatever the outcome of thi

why are you taking money from aipac? stop taking money from aipac. this is funding genocide. look at these pictures. these are real children. they have lost their limbs by amputation, all without anesthesia, hospitals, schools, mosques, 6000 bombs. in the first month. gaza, the size of philadelphia. >> this meeting will come towit the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. we authorized today's hearing on the special counsel robert mueller. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from the state of wisconsin for the purpose of leading us in the pledge. ■c nikki ♪i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and tohe indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> opening statements of that witness we will each receive witnesses and five minutes to question the witness. the china recognizesthemselves for an opening statement. robert hur was appointed special counsel on january 12, 2023. he had a fundamental question to address. did show bryden unlawfully retain classified information? the answer, jyyes he did.'s pag one of the report says this. o

an amazing i mean, this was from ali, but that was definitely informed with, you know, working with aipac. like, we can draw from those things as evidence. their evidence of what our community wants because they've shared with us and at times then have said we haven't used it in any ways. okay, okay. i think just to kind of go back around around the representative groups and kind of what data or information is kind of guiding the district and kind of utilizing those groups to represent the broader community. um, so if there are any metrics or anything that you use to gauge that, i'd be interested to hear that. but i'm also interested, since you've taken over superintendent, what is changed structurally to support these representative groups, to gather input from their broader community? and like what is in place to really support kind of that chain of information, of whether it's ali , whether it's the speakak like what is in place from the district side to support them, to kind of carry that weight of being a representative group. and for us to have the confidence that they're able to be

the last caller sounded like he was working for aipac.vilian life and gaza -- in gaza is absurd. it's ridiculous. my main comment that i called to make before that guy called was that i listen carefully to chuck schumer's speech the othertherey interesting he said. the most interesting thing he said was this war should go ahead and continue just let israel do exactly what it's been doing until 13,000 children, let them keep doing that. war is over, then we will use, this is the key word, our leverage, our leverage on israel to make the change in their policies. chuck, now is the time to use our leverage. use our leverage■ now to get pad in through the roadways that exist that israel is blocking, to build a pier■o that will take to men's to build and bring in a trickle of food is absolutely absurd. when you have children starving, it's ridiculous. the whole concept is ridiculous and we have people starving right now and you will take two months to build a pier that lear and as mr. schumer said, the united states of america has leverage ove

you say you care about palestinian life and biden is doing his best when you both take money from aipaco continue a genocide? guest: it was a tragedy that so many people are starving in gaza. it is unclear, the trucks were being swarmed by dozens of people desperate for food and then that context the trucks were moving forward. we have to wait and see what the facts are the other night. there was an explosion in the hospital courtyard but in the light of day after investigation it was determined that this was a missile from islamic forces. i continue to meet with people in my districts and i have a meeting with in the mom from a mosque in our district to talk about this issue. we have to seek a path of peace. i have always been committed to a piece between israel and palestine. hamas has to be defeated in the palestinians have to have hope for a future. they have to sit at the table to negotiate that piece. host: on the republican line in florida, henrietta. caller: good morning. i know you are talking about israel. i am a stock supporter of israel and the palestinians voted for what th

trump campaign, the next $5,000 will go to aipac which paid more than $50 million in legal bills forn 2023. that 5000? is the maximum the federal rules say can be contributed to the oacp by ana individual. after thatc, the money goes to dozens of state parties. more if you want to read it on the new york times. the new york times also picking up a story from the former head of the rnc, ronna mcdaniel, and a new job for her, saying that she will be hired by nbc news as a consultant. saying that she adds■q conservative voice to the federalists. she is expected to provide commentary on msnbc, at a network that former president trump and his allies often accused of being an arm of the democratic party. quote, "it couldn't be more important to have a voice like hers on the team." the personal oversees nbc's political coverage rooted memo saying that she will provide an insider's perspective on national politics and the republican party." our next color is on the republican line, on their top good morning. caller: the top story here in california is about crypto tweeting -- crypto trading.

trump campaign, the next $5,000 will go to aipac which paid more than $50 million in legal bills forump in 2023. that 5000? is the maximum the federal rules say can be contributed to the p by ana individual. after thatc, the money goes to dozens of state parties. more if you want to read it on the new york times. the new york times also picking up a story from the former head of the rnc, ronna mcdaniel, and a new job for her, saying that she will be hired by nbc news as a consultant. saying that she adds conservative voice to the federalists. she is expected to provide commentary on msnbc, at a network that former president trump and his allies often accused of being an arm of the democratic party. quote, "it couldn't be more important to have a voice like hers on the team." the personal oversees nbc's political coverage rooted memo saying she will provide an insider's perspective on national politics and the republican party." our next color is on the republican line, on their top story of the week. good morning. caller: the top story here in california is about crypto eeting -- cry

progressives, obviously, are trying to push back on that and are trying to point out the fact that aipac receives support from mega donors. >> elena schneider, thank you for joining us this morning with your reporting. >>> thanks for getting up "way too early" with us on this monday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >> we will restore peace through strength. get that war settled. that's a bad war. and putin, you know, has so little respect for obama that he is starting to throw around the nuclear word, too. you heard that, nuclear. >> donald trump over the weekend once again thinking he's running against barack obama. when trump wasn't confusing biden with obama -- >> really sad. >> -- he apparently thought he was obama. >> it really is sad. >> taking credit for legislation that was signed by his predecessor. >> so sad. >> for our great veterans, we passed v.a. accountability and v.a. choice. that was a big deal. >> i have no greater honor than serving as your president and commander in chief, and i have no greater privilege than the chance to help make sure our country keeps the

she's secured a $3 million grant from caltrans to prepare this city for the aipac conference. increasing cleaning again by nearly 100% up to the apec conference and getting that work done. and she is a true go getter like she is in the field every day. she's working with businesses. so most recently worked with some businesses along haight street regarding issues on the street. she partners with the police department and really deals with a lot of the issues you hear about in san francisco. the unhoused and the cleanliness of our streets and the experience that our transit riders have every day. we actively have been tracking the work that we've been doing across the shelter system, and we're seeing positive results for our riders because we do want to have a safe, clean and reliable experience for muni riders. so with that, lisa ising is being recognized for her work to date and i will turn it over to her. hi everybody. thank you so much for this. but, i just want to tell you i'm very grateful to work at mta, it's a wonderful place to work. and what's great about mta is they