and chief de cossio, he was also at that drill, and he and chad law have been instrumental in working with the m.t.a. so we will be having further conversations and collaborations around the traffic patterns to and around chase center. and then i met with director debbie rafael with the department of environment to see where we can overlap. she is happy we've removed some of the toxic foams from our department, and we're using renewable diesel, and it is going to be a bit of a rude awakening for our members moving forward. any new systems that permitted after january 1st of 2020, will not have gas, natural gas lines. the city is moving away from that cu due to the impact that it has on global warming and sea level rises. so any buildings for, for -- within the city -- city-built buildings -- will likely not have gas in them if they're permitted after january 1st of 2020. so we're going to have to work on some conduction ovens or something. i certainly impressed upon the director that we are all forgoing green as long as it does not impact us operationally and logic lodge jirvegllogist

captain chad law works with m.t.a. and d.p.w. vision zero, walk and bike s.f., and he oversees or he represents a fire department for any and all street calming proposals. he has to strike a balance was safety and pedestrians and bicyclists while maintaining fire department access. that is his job. current initiatives. i got out of order there. i apologize. i thought you had this slideshow otherwise i would have just ripped -- i wouldn't have just referred to the appendix. investments to our budget, we are repurposed singh a couple of our positions up to chief level officers. and again, i refer you to the appendix. if you look at the appendix here , if you look at our chart, that is our existing order chart when i came to the department, when it came into the bureau in 1997, we had two captains, now we have nine captains. we felt that was under control and would be better served -- better served with an additional 42 positions. we also felt that given the decision-making authority at chief level officer positions would serve as w

so there's more support for those red flag laws there is more pressure for them to come back. chadaround on that. >> shannon, the problem is the congress is barely meeting right now and that's the case until september 9th. lawmakers are spread to the four winds of the august recess. rob portman had been in dayton but portman presided over the senate session. >> under the previous order of the senate adjourned until nine 9:00 a.m. on friday august 9, 2019. >> senate republicans are prepared to do our part but nobody expects in action soon. the house improved and enhanced background check months ago which is why democrats are ramping up pressure on the republican-controlled senate. >> we are saying to mcconnell, do the right thing. gather the senate into an emergency session so you can take immediate action on the bipartisan already passed gun legislation. >> the nra called the background checks bill "extreme. most republicans think criminals would return. the house met for less than 4 minutes with only a skeleton crew on hand. house democrats are ready to pass the bill barring peopl

citizenship and that all these framework of very discriminatory laws which we call appetite like should be removed. now the government of chad is deploying the military to 3 provinces where states of emergency have been declared dozens of people have been killed in fighting between farmers and herders in the landlocked african nation alexei o'brien reports. the city of shares about 900 kilometers from the chadian capital in jamaica and surrounded by grassland making it an important cattle raising center. but the battle for lending resources between its farmers and a medic herders has seen it put under a state of emergency the region's governor has been meeting with tribal and religious leaders to try to end recent unrest in which dozens of people have been killed and. the any head of a civil administration or tribe must arrest criminals in this area because it is their job and responsibility to take care of the people otherwise they will be sent the emergency measures in wa dian sealer provinces in the east and to based in the west allows darcy's to impose curfews search homes and censor the media. president idriss deby has