atkins? let's hear from our next caller in the queue.if you are one of the nine who are listening and you would like to provide general public comment, press star three now. otherwise we have just a handful of individuals. perhaps one or two that we might take this group to the end. welcome. >> hello. my name is kristi. i have lived in the mission for over 24 years. i have a very strong constitution for urban problems. the latest crisis has put me over the edge. i woke up in the middle of the night to a strange and loud crackling sound. i saw my neighbor's building engulfed in flames. three fires in an instant. they were evident after the san francisco fire department put out the flames. the crisis is fires. garbage, tense, whatever you want to call them, people are consistently starting fires throughout the city. there are some great statistics. fires rose by 26% in san francisco last year. does that sound crazy? fires increase by over 50% in the mission, castro, and upper market in 2020. the fire department data shows the rise in fires

atkins, do we have another caller in the queue?e have 13 listening and there's about two in the queue ready to make comment. if you are one of the 13, please press star three. let's welcome our next caller. [ indiscernible ] welcome. if you turn down your phone -- turned on your television we will be in sync. >> should i just start speaking now? >> yes, sir. >> hi. my name is paulo sake. i would like to speak today on item -- on items regarding the resolution commemorating the 80h anniversary of the signing of the executive order 9066. and today -- today's resolution is long overdue. eight years ago, the japanese american community needed the support of our city leaders here in san francisco to help protect our civil and constitutional rights, rather than lend a hand, the police raided our homes, arrested our leaders, and assisted the f.b.i. and military and the forced evacuation of japanese americans from san francisco. i only wish those generations that were incarcerated were here today to hear that the city is finally recognizin

atkins and rendon revealed they're considering working on a deal that could help consolidate them intomean, i think it's always confusing to the voters when there's multiple ballot measures along the same item. if you want to see progress, it's it's it's helpful for to be more simple. so i think maybe there will be an the democratic led legislature could be more difficult this year has more than 30 members between the assembly and senate have either already resigned or plan to skip reelection. brendan says he's concerned as the assembly already lost 5 lawmakers this year. many bills passed by 1, 2, 3, losing 5 members. that's that's significant. that's very real. >> this is just a small fraction of what we talked about. other topics covered included crime, how that could impact the upcoming election. but changes to the recall process and much more to see the full discussion. look for this story on our website in sacramento. ashley zavala kron. 4 news. >> a report released today is detailing how wide the wealth gap is in silicon valley. it shows that while incomes are growing in the reg

atkin�*s younger sister, zoe, will make her olympic debut in the halfpipe next week.of british success after more disapppointment today. the curling teams are struggling in their bids to reach the semifinals, and britain's 20—year run of skeleton medals is coming to an end. andy swiss is in the mountains outside beijing for us. britain have won medals at the skeleton in the last five winter olympics, but fair to day they won't be winning here. at the halfway point in the women's events laura deas is in 21st place and her team—mate, brogan crowley, is in 27th place. such disappointment for laura deas, who won a bronze medal in pyeongchang four years ago. she has had a tough season and the speed was just not there. bear in mind britain's competitors in the men's event are also out of the top ten, then safe to say britain will not be winning medals here in beijing. it has also not been a great day for britain's curlers. britain's women lost their group match against south korea. south korea made a comeback to take the match 9—7. that means that the britain women's team h

atkins, next speaker. >> caller: good morning. for the last 21 years, i've been a volunteer at the botanical gardens. and, while this is the fourth time that i've spoken out on this matter, so you probably recognized my voice by now. the board and i fully support, all three locations and to fund these changes by reauthorizing the rec and park department for. flexible pricing has been in place since 2019 and has proven to be very successful in supportive garden maintenance and improvement. the gardens of golden gate parks are unique and that require maintenance to keep them beautiful and safe and our residents and visitors should expect no less. >> clerk: speaker's time has elapsed. >> caller: okay. >> clerk: so sorry to cut you off there, but thank you for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have anymore speakers. >> chairman: public comment is now closed and supervisor mar, i believe you had a motion. >> supervisor mar: yeah, i would like to move that we accept the amendments as presented and then also send this item as amended to t

atkins, next speaker. >> caller: good morning. for the last 21 years, i've been a volunteer at the botanical gardens. and, while this is the fourth time that i've spoken out on this matter, so you probably recognized my voice by now. the board and i fully support, all three locations and to fund these changes by reauthorizing the rec and park department for. flexible pricing has been in place since 2019 and has proven to be very successful in supportive garden maintenance and improvement. the gardens of golden gate parks are unique and that require maintenance to keep them beautiful and safe and our residents and visitors should expect no less. >> clerk: speaker's time has elapsed. >> caller: okay. >> clerk: so sorry to cut you off there, but thank you for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have anymore speakers. >> chairman: public comment is now closed and supervisor mar, i believe you had a motion. >> supervisor mar: yeah, i would like to move that we accept the amendments as presented and then also send this item as amended to t

atkins, do we have another caller in the queue?e have 13 listening and there's about two in the queue ready to make comment. if you are one of the 13, please press star three. let's welcome our next caller. [ indiscernible ] welcome. if you turn down your phone -- turned on your television we will be in sync. >> should i just start speaking now? >> yes, sir. >> hi. my name is paulo sake. i would like to speak today on item -- on items regarding the resolution commemorating the 80h anniversary of the signing of the executive order 9066. and today -- today's resolution is long overdue. eight years ago, the japanese american community needed the support of our city leaders here in san francisco to help protect our civil and constitutional rights, rather than lend a hand, the police raided our homes, arrested our leaders, and assisted the f.b.i. and military and the forced evacuation of japanese americans from san francisco. i only wish those generations that were incarcerated were here today to hear that the city is finally recognizin

atkins, do we have another caller in the queue?e have 13 listening and there's about two in the queue ready to make comment. if you are one of the 13, please press star three. let's welcome our next caller. [ indiscernible ] welcome. if you turn down your phone -- turned on your television we will be in sync. >> should i just start speaking now? >> yes, sir. >> hi. my name is paulo sake. i would like to speak today on item -- on items regarding the resolution commemorating the 80h anniversary of the signing of the executive order 9066. and today -- today's resolution is long overdue. eight years ago, the japanese american community needed the support of our city leaders here in san francisco to help protect our civil and constitutional rights, rather than lend a hand, the police raided our homes, arrested our leaders, and assisted the f.b.i. and military and the forced evacuation of japanese americans from san francisco. i only wish those generations that were incarcerated were here today to hear that the city is finally recognizin

atkins, do we have another caller in the queue? we have 13 listening and there's about two in the queue ready to make comment. if you are one of the 13, please press star three. let's welcome our next caller. [ indiscernible ] welcome. if you turn down your phone -- turned on your television we will be in sync. >> should i just start speaking now? >> yes, sir. >> hi. my name is paulo sake. i would like to speak today on item -- on items regarding the resolution commemorating the 80h anniversary of the signing of the executive order 9066. and today -- today's resolution is long overdue. eight years ago, the japanese american community needed the support of our city leaders here in san francisco to help protect our civil and constitutional rights, rather than lend a hand, the police raided our homes, arrested our leaders, and assisted the f.b.i. and military and the forced evacuation of japanese americans from san francisco. i only wish those generations that were incarcerated were here today to hear that the city is finally recogniz

and although she made it down safely, atkin had to settle for ninth.unity, and i'm really glad that i was able to make - it to the finals. oh, it's massive, isn't it? the gold, though, was never in doubt. the extraordinary eileen gu soaring to her third medal of the games. born in the usa, representing china, now on top of the world. what a breathtaking talent eileen gu is, and what delight for the host nation. and with her second gold medal here in beijing, she's proving to be perhaps the star of these games. but the name of these games is surely kamila valieva, the 15—year—old who failed a drug test, was cleared to compete, but whose hopes last night ended in tears. today, the lack of sympathy shown by her entourage was criticised at the very highest level. it was chilling to see this, rather than to try to to help her, you could feel this chilling atmosphere. as ever, needs to be inch perfect. meanwhile, britain's women's curling team are currently playing their semifinal against sweden. victory, and team gb�*s second medal of these games will be gu

ros atkins there. the studio in london. thank you, clive. we will take a look at a few of today's other stories. many of the impacts of climate change are now irreversible, according to a new report from the united nations. ukrainian mps have been posting pictures of themselves with guns and promising they will fight to defend their country. a little earlier i spoke to one of them in and they asked theirfirst spoke to one of them in and they asked their first whether she had any faith in the attacks that had been taking place today. i am been taking place today. i am pessimistic — been taking place today. i am pessimistic about _ been taking place today. i am pessimistic about the - been taking place today. i an pessimistic about the talks been taking place today. i asn pessimistic about the talks because i don't really see much middle ground so for the time being the situation looks like this. let me put in one test that and we want to leave. putin wants to agree not to exist as an independent state.

. ♪ ros: i'm ros atkins. welcome to "outside source." are some signs of progress as diplomacy shifts from russia to ukraine. >> ding my talks with president putin, he said he would not start an exclamation. -- escalation. ros: the french president says he sees a path forward on easing tensions between russia and the west. russia is also pushing ahead with its military buildup, it sent six ships to the black sea. meanwhile in canada, truckers continue their protest, blocking the border into the u.s. over covert restrictions. the u.s. justice department has received $3.6 billion in bitcoin , recovered as part of a hack in 2016. shuttle diplomacy to avoid a war between ukraine and russia very much continues. on monday, emmanuel macron met vladimir putin in moscow and gave this assessment of the meeting, talking in kiev today. president macron: during my talk with president putin, he said he would not start an escalation. this morning we had a confirmation of that promise and another important element is that there will not be fixed equipmen

. ♪ ros: i'm ros atkins with "outside source." the u.s.nding 3000 troops to eastern europe as it steps up preparation for a possible russian invasion of eastern ukraine. >> these are moves designed to respond to the current security environment. moreover, these forces are not going to fight in ukraine. ros: u.s. troops will be sent to bolster troops in germany and other countries. northern ireland has announced it is stopping checks on goods arriving from the u.k. in afghanistan, some women have returned to university for the first time since the taliban took over. classes are segregated, and girls are still barred from secondary school. guinea-bissau says it has foiled anothe coup, the ninth attempted coup in the coury since 1980. 11 people died in this latest attack. ♪ the tensions focused on your train -- on ukraine have ratcheted up yet again. 2000 troops will be sent to poland and germany from fort bragg military base in north carolina. 1000 troops will move from germany to romania. here is the pentagon making the announcement. >> the

i'm ros atkins. welcome to "outside source."e with covid and england may no longer have to self-isolate by the end of this month. current ws as anyone who test positive may have to isolate for the next five days, but here is the prime minister. pm johnson: it is my exultation we can end, including the rule to self-isolate, if you test positive, a full month early. ros: christmas celebrations on downing street during covid restrictions. police say they have questioned 50 people. the man accused of being involved in the paris attacks in 2015 has been questioned in his trial. and wearing a hijab one day, a shock for students. >> india is a unified country, where everyone is pleased to practice their religions -- free to practice their religions. they are following their culture, and i am following mine. ♪ ros: we begin with two important stories in the u.k. first of all, england is due to end all of its legal covid-19 restrictions that would come nearly two years after they were first imposed. this is the prime minister speaking in

departures continue for the first time this year, assembly speaker anthony rendon and senate pro tem toni atkins sitting down together to talk about some of the business moving through california state capitol as the state prepares to move from a pandemic to an endemic several new bills aimed to bolster vaccine. use some set mandates for schoolchildren and workers. neither legislative leader wednesday was willing to say if they'll support i've core support vaccines. i support boosters. i think that there are details in these pieces of legislation that we need to take a look at another big issue in california. the rising cost of living and lawmakers say they want to address it this year. state spending plan could include a 45 billion dollar budget surplus. with that, the governor proposes pausing an increase to the state's gas tax, but that's giving legislative leaders pas of their own and something that i think >> could potentially jeopardize a tremendous amount jobs in the state. it it had been some economic growth and we pass the gas tax for a very specific reason. we need to make sure that ou

atkins, do we have another caller in the queue?e have 13 listening and there's about two in the queue ready to make comment. if you are one of the 13, please press star three. let's welcome our next caller. [ indiscernible ] welcome. if you turn down your phone -- turned on your television we will be in sync. >> should i just start speaking now? >> yes, sir. >> hi. my name is paulo sake. i would like to speak today on item -- on items regarding the resolution commemorating the 80h anniversary of the signing of the executive order 9066. and today -- today's resolution is long overdue. eight years ago, the japanese american community needed the support of our city leaders here in san francisco to help protect our civil and constitutional rights, rather than lend a hand, the police raided our homes, arrested our leaders, and assisted the f.b.i. and military and the forced evacuation of japanese americans from san francisco. i only wish those generations that were incarcerated were here today to hear that the city is finally recognizin

yes, embley speaker anthony rendon and the senate pro tem toni atkins spoke with our capitol reporteravala. she gives us a look at some of their priorities this year. >> legislative leaders are trying to figure out the best way to spend taxpayer dollars but doing so while juggling an election year and several lawmakers, departures continue for the first time this year, assembly speaker anthony rendon and senate pro tem toni atkins sitting down together to talk about some of the business moving through california state capitol as the state prepares to move from a pandemic to an endemic several new bills aimed to bolster vaccine. use some set mandates for schoolchildren and workers. neither legislative leader wednesday was willing to say if they'll support i've core support vaccines. i support boosters. i think that there are details in these pieces of legislation that we need to take a look at another big issue in california. the rising cost of living and lawmakers say they want to address it this year. state spending plan could include a 45 billion dollar budget surplus. with that, th

atkins, another caller? >> caller: i'm calling about item number 40, which is the recommendation for the governor to help the cannabis industry. as. many of you know, it's in crises. big operators are taking over. we need to change the state laws. we need to lower the taxes so as supervisor mandelman said, we compete against the market that has two thirds of the pie. thank you for getting on top it my representative my supervisor, supervisor preston for helping this and thank you supervisors for giving the message to the governor. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. i think there are 10 listeners, if you are listening, press star 3 if you like to provide public comment. welcome, caller. >> caller: this is regarding the cannabis motion. i actually would like to support that as well. i think it's very important to allow the growers to make little bit more money in light of their losing so much profit. i think taxes are too high. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. is there any other

s. foreign policy towards atkins. they knew that there were going to be african refugees. it's been years, but immigration advocates have been putting out recommendations to the government on how to address the issues with the refugee process. and specifically, in the last year, directly related to afghanistan, foreign policy, when the withdrawal was announced under the previous administration, immigration advocate, afghans have been telling the government that people were going to have to resort to parole. so these are all like the current situation that africans are facing is known and expected. and the fact that the government can say, oh, you know, this is so many applications. this is so much more than what we've got a normal year. it's just reflective of how they treat afghans as you know, you, the lead disposable, honestly like they did in, didn't invest enough resources upfront and now there are so many solutions laid out to them. we've all been recommending to them to use their discretion widely to grant these applications to waive the fees to create a special pea

mister atkins,do we have any speakers ?> are no callers in the queue. >> public commentis now closed . i think we are ready to move this item, item 13 tothe full board with a positive recommendation . can we have arollcall. >> on the motion to the forward to the full board , vice chair. >> please add me as a cosponsor. >> noted mister vice chair. member mark. we have 3 aye's. >> we will go tothe full board, thank you so much for your leadership . we appreciate it. with that, mister clerk do we have any items. >> that concludes our business mister chair. >> this meeting isadjourned, thank you all . >> working with kids, they keep you young. they keep you on your tones -- on your toes. >> teaching them, at the same time, us learning from them, everything is fulfilling. >> ready? go. [♪♪♪] >> we really wanted to find a way to support women entrepreneurs in particular in san francisco. it was very important for the mayor, as well as the safety support the dreams that people want to realize, and provide em

ros atkins now looks at how they could influence vladimir putin.s have struck the capital, kyiv, and airports under attack. this is days after putin recognised the independence of breakaway regions in ukraine, and this weekend in recent years, sanctions are central to how the west response to putin. here is one example. we are sanctioning three very high net worth individuals, gennadi tim schenker, boris rotenberg, and igor roternberg. borisjohnson calls them putin's cronies. certainly they are very rich. gennady is worth an estimated $22 billion. bill browder, was the largest foreign investor in russia, argues that to target them make sense. everybody who knows russia probably knows putin properly. they'll know what will stop from doing terrible things, that is going after his money and to go after his money to go after the 50 top oligarchs. these oligarchs amassed huge wealth in the 1990s as the soviet union broke apart. state assets were given to new companies, and in exchange forfunding politicians these men got shares in those companies. they

atkin qualifying in a very impressive fourth. right, good!her more of a close up than he'd bargained for. no major harm done, thankfully, but you suspect he might need a new lens. andy swiss, bbc news, beijing. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. yes indeed, good evening. every expectation is we have a powerful and dangerous storm bearing down on the uk. the red warning from the met office which means a danger to life, danger to property. if you have any sort of travel plans over the next 24 hours, worth having another think about those. this hook of cloud on the satellite picture is our developing storm system and on the southern flank of this low over the next 24 hours, that is where we have potential for the damaging winds. this red warning from the met office, gusts up to 90 mph for the coast of south—west england and wales, damaged disruption and coastal flooding likely. wales, damaged disruption and coastalflooding likely. this broader amber warning with potential for gusts up to 80 mph even for inland spots. that is quite

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mister atkins,do we have any speakers ?> are no callers in the queue. >> public commentis now closed . i think we are ready to move this item, item 13 tothe full board with a positive recommendation . can we have arollcall. >> on the motion to the forward to the full board , vice chair. >> please add me as a cosponsor. >> noted mister vice chair. member mark. we have 3 aye's. >> we will go tothe full board, thank you so much for your leadership . we appreciate it. with that, mister clerk do we have any items. >> that concludes our business mister chair. >> this meeting isadjourned, thank you all . >> our clerk is victor young. do you have any announcements? >> there is a remote meeting through videoconference as though you are physically present. public access to city services is essential and invites public participation in the following ways. comment will be available on each item in the agenda.

mister atkins,do we have any speakers ?> are no callers in the queue. >> public commentis now closed . i think we are ready to move this item, item 13 tothe full board with a positive recommendation . can we have arollcall. >> on the motion to the forward to the full board , vice chair. >> please add me as a cosponsor. >> noted mister vice chair. member mark. we have 3 aye's. >> we will go tothe full board, thank you so much for your leadership . we appreciate it. with that, mister clerk do we have any items. >> that concludes our business mister chair. >> this meeting isadjourned, thank you all . >> there we go. >> commissioner carter-oberstone. >> present. >> commissioner byrne. >> commissioner yee. >> here. >> commissioner hamasaki. >> and vice president

atkin qualifying in a very impressive fourth. right, good!er more of a close up than he'd bargained for. no major harm done, thankfully, but you suspect he might need a new lens. andy swiss, bbc news, beijing. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news from where you are, with more details about how storm eunice may affect you. have a very good night. storm eunice is bearing down on the uk. all indications are that this is set to be a damaging, destructive, and dangerous storm. a met office red warning in force for coastal parts of southwest england and south wales, gusts of to 90mph — damage, disruption, flooding around the coasts all looking likely. but across this broad amber warning area could see gusts of up to 80mph even inaland — and that is quite unusual and will cause issues. so turning increasingly wet and windy through the first part of friday, this rain continuing to drive northwards. snow developing over high ground of northern england, parts of northern ireland, and scotland — that snow will cause some disruption through the d

yeah, zoe atkins, the two sisters, — time. yeah, zoe atkins, the two sisters, i— time.oing. you are trying to get through the whole - trying to get through the whole team. now, these athletes are in a really unusual olympics for two reasons. there is intense political discussion about the issues surrounding china and some of its policies. numbertwo, surrounding china and some of its policies. number two, there is the pandemic, and in china there is a zero covid policy. trying to picture what this must like the four athletes?— what this must like the four athletes? �* , . , ., athletes? there's athletes have re aired athletes? there's athletes have repaired every _ athletes? there's athletes have repaired every day _ athletes? there's athletes have repaired every day for— athletes? there's athletes have repaired every day for at - athletes? there's athletes have repaired every day for at least l athletes? there's athletes have l repaired every day for at least the last four— repaired every day for at least the last four years, since the last winter— last four years, sinc

she was born in america, and is the sister of izzy atkin, who won britain's first olympic medal on skis nervous. sometimes qualifying can be even more nerve—racking than finals. so, ijust wanted to put it down and after i'd laid down the first round i thought, oh, the pressure is off. and i put an extra trick in there that i hadn't trained just to try it, and i'm really happy that i landed it and i'm in the finals tomorrow. britain's gus kenworthy, made into the men's final by the finest of margins. his second run, was much improved on his first, when he'd fallen, and he had a nervous wait before discovering he'd got the final qualifying spot for saturday's final. and one of the most controversial moments of these games, and perhaps olympic history, comes in the next few minutes when the 15—year—old, kamila valieva of russia competes, in the free skate, top of the standings after tuesday's short programme. but after her failed drugs test, the ioc has already said there'll be no medal ceremony if valieva wins. she is due out on the ice shortly. you can follow that across the bbc. england

atkins and rendon revealed they're considering working on a deal that could help consolidate them into one. i mean, i think it's always confusing to the voters when there's multiple ballot measures along the same item. if you want to see progress, it's it's it's helpful for to be more simple. so i think maybe there will be an opportunity but business for the democratic led legislature could be more difficult this year has more than 30 members between the assembly and senate have either already resigned or plan to skip reelection. brendan says he's concerned as the assembly already lost 5 lawmakers this year. many bills passed by 1, 2, 3, losing 5 members. that's that's significant. that's very real. >> this is just a small fraction of what we talked about. other topics covered included crime, how that could impact the upcoming election. but changes to the recall process and much more to see the full discussion. look for this story on our website in sacramento. ashley zavala kron. 4 news. >> this year, san francisco pride celebration will be held in person for the first time since the p

ros atkins there.g into is from kyiv and our correspondent paul adams has said that the biggest concern for the ukraine government this morning is russian troops are mounting outside the second largest city kharkiv and explosions can be heard to the north—west. this is bbc news. hello. a lot of sunshine on the way for the uk today. perhaps, if anything, the sunshine more widespread than yesterday. yesterday, we had a weather front draped across scotland and northern ireland. today, that front will still be close by, but this big area of high pressure sitting across the continent, well, if anything, it will tend to push back on it somewhat. so i think across eastern scotland, for example, and perhaps to the east of northern ireland, there will be more brightness around, particularly through the afternoon, and we'll see the cloud eventually, hopefully shifting offshore, allowing some brightness into the western isles for a time — wind is picking up. across the northwest of scotland, we could see gusts up

roz atkins there. now the russian invasion is having a direct impact in the world of sports.ld the race under the current circumstances and in football the sheepishly final has been moved from st. petersburg to paris and our sports correspondent natalie perks has more. across european football last night, russia was sent a clear message. and today, another, as governing body uefa stripped the gazprom arena in saint petersburg of the most prestigious final in club football. the russian energy giant gazprom is also a main sponsor of the champions league, worth tens of millions a year to uefa. you cannot go out and fill up your car with it anywhere because it's not a retail product was that they honestly expect something in return for that sponsorship at all big federations and distant up and be counted and at times in the past they have not really weight up all the risks in this area and sometimes the chickens come home to roost. now, though, the stade de france in paris will step in. uefa called this a time of unparalleled crisis and said, together with the french government,

atkins, next speaker, please. >> caller: hello. i am michael. i am delighted to support agenda items 4 and 5. currentlity am at the botanical garden from 2000 to 2011 i was the director. i have historical and current observation how well things are going. i wanted to really commend rec and park director ginsburg for his strong leadership and willingness to cooperate to bring in additional funds. the executive director has conducted a strong fund-raising campaign so there is a good financial background and foundation for the work they are doing. the other thing that should be mentioned is that this garden is home to more plants than most gardens in the world can support. the department of curation has forged ties internationally. they are looking at species about to go ex ticket and bringing them back to life. based on these two fundamental aspects, fund-raising and the function the most im important aspect is education and this have a strong youth education program which is training young people to be stewards of the planet. it is essential. i t

atkins, next speaker, please. >> caller: hello. i am michael. i am delighted to support agenda items 4 and 5. currentlity am at the botanical garden from 2000 to 2011 i was the director. i have historical and current observation how well things are going. i wanted to really commend rec and park director ginsburg for his strong leadership and willingness to cooperate to bring in additional funds. the executive director has conducted a strong fund-raising campaign so there is a good financial background and foundation for the work they are doing. the other thing that should be mentioned is that this garden is home to more plants than most gardens in the world can support. the department of curation has forged ties internationally. they are looking at species about to go ex ticket and bringing them back to life. based on these two fundamental aspects, fund-raising and the function the most im important aspect is education and this have a strong youth education program which is training young people to be stewards of the planet. it is essential. i t

and coming up at 16:30...a new episode of the media show with ros atkins. good afternoon.ernment wants tougher laws forcing social media companies, to take down illegal content, without having to wait for users to report it. the online safety bill, would compel the removal of material under a wide range of categories, including drugs and arms dealing, and forums that encourage suicide. here's katie prescott. frankie was 15 when she took her own life in 2018. afterwards, her laptop had her laptop forensically checked —— her parents had her laptop forensically checked. we -- her parents had her laptop forensically checked. we realise that she had _ forensically checked. we realise that she had been _ forensically checked. we realise that she had been accessing - forensically checked. we realise l that she had been accessing stuff about self—harm and suicide in appalling stuff and we had no idea in the school had absolutely no idea. ,, ., , ~ , ., , idea. stories like these are behind lans to idea. stories like these are behind plans to toughen _ idea. stories like these are

mister atkins, next caller . >>. [please stand by] . . . .as has been said, putting the three public attractions under one umbrella will allow the gardens of golden gate park to become one of the top 10 gardens in the country, and that is something that san francisco deserves and will increase access for all san francisco residents and i urge you to approve the measure and resolutions without further delay to show san francisco values can create walkable, accessible, well funded and world class outdoor public spaces that we can all be proud of. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> i have been a resident of san francisco for 30 years and listed cole valley with the conservatory of flowers and a biologist and conservationist and member of the botanical garden. i spent countless hours enjoying the peace and beauty of the gardens. i have been working from home in a tiny studio since march 6, 2020 and during this time the gardens are a refuge for me. i have been in the botanical garden and i don't know what i would have done without it. a

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. calls for an immediate ukraine ceasefire, both from kyiv and a rare emergency session of the un general assembly in new york. the fighting in ukraine must stop. it's raging across the country from air, land and sea. it must stop now. after a first day of talks between russia and ukraine on the border with belarus, no breakthrough but the two sides agree to keep talking. no breakthrough but the two sides dozens are reported killed as the city of kharkiv is bombed. ukraine's president makes a direct appeal to the russian soldiers who've invaded his country. drop your weapons and get out of here. do not believe your commanders, do not believe your propagandists. just save your lives and go. switzerland — where russian oligarchs hold billions of dollars — joins the eu in imposing sanctions. president putin remains defiant: translation: the so-called western communi , translation: the so-called western community. as _ translation: the so-called western community. as i _ translation: the so

atkins, do we have another caller in the queue, please? >> can the constituents on-line witnessing the board of supervisors who are neglecting their duties by ignoring public comment please track those by creating a youtube channel that shows the public exactly who to vote out of office next election. they work for us. marie over stayed her welcome on all loved ones couch and guest rooms to find housing than marie anton et was pressured to bear an heir. her love lines questioned sceptically whether linkage center won't house her since the media confused the issue of over christmas shouldn't she try harder can't she make water into wine. the center can once again call the exact same people who have refused marie housing for decades. he couldn't avoid witnessing too many crimes for one homeless whistleblower to survive so she navigates retaliation by a corrupt city she's unhoused and fading in. not a drug addict or crazy but it shimmers in a desert sf wasteland in her dreams. emma went to the finest schools, follows the rules and rules and d

ros atkins looks at how western military aid for ukraine has escalated, including a historic policy shifteeds help. it has done for months as russia sent more and more trips to the body, ukraine was receiving more and more military aid from the west. overall us has given $2.5 billion since 2014. as ukraine's military has doubled in size, it has been fighting also against separatists in eastern ukraine but thursday night brought something new and face with russian invasion, ukraine needs more help. that will not be troops, as president minded has made clear. we president minded has made clear. - have no intention of fighting russia. �* , , ., russia. but this began it has escalated- — russia. but this began it has escalated. the _ russia. but this began it has escalated. the american - russia. but this began it has - escalated. the american released a further $450 million. other countries also offered more. the uk, france, poland, belgium and crucially germany. translation: im’ith crucially germany. translation: with the invasion of— crucially germany. translation: tn the invasion of ukrai

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atkins and rendon revealed they're considering working on a deal that could help consolidate them into one. i mean, i think it's always confusing to the voters when there's multiple ballot measures along the same item. if you want to see progress, it's it's it's helpful for to be more simple. so i think maybe there will be an opportunity but business for the democratic led legislature could be more difficult this year has more than 30 members between the assembly and senate have either already resigned or plan to skip reelection. brendan says he's concerned as the assembly already lost 5 lawmakers this year. many bills passed by 1, 2, 3 losing 5 members. that's that's significant. that's very real. >>this is just a small fraction of what we talked about. other topics covered included crime, how that could impact the upcoming election. potential changes to the recall process and much more to see the full discussion. look for this story on our website in sacramento. ashley zavala kron. 4 news. >>you're watching kron on. we'll have more news after the break. >>well, large events are comin