tonight's speaker is chung min lee, author of "the hermit king: the dangerous game of kim jong un". in this comprehensive study of north korea, chung min lee puts kim jong un illuminates how the family is record brutal control shape the current leader's elevations, goals and choices. drawing on three decades of experience, kim jong un -- chung min lee, chairman of the international advisory council of the international institution of strategic studies shows how kim's aggressive stand up with world powers put him at a crossroads. with north korea create a viable nuclear arsenal or not, the increasing vulnerability to famine and humanitarian crisis in the region, please join me in giving doctor lee a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you, it is a pleasure to be here. i know i would have had a different time. it is a pleasure to be here at politics and prose. i think the people most responsible for making me write this book two are sitting in the audience, my good friends phil rosenthal and chip rogers. the reason i wrote this book when it came out on november 5th is i wanted to tell t

property consultant vincent chung says there's no cause for panic because no one is in a rush to sell. for more clever cohen joins me who just brought back that report from hong kong clifford what are your impressions of the real estate market among ordinary people in hong kong well i think people are looking at this and i think that they it's almost time for a correction i mean the prices are very very high and every one of you seen that people do back the protests largely i'm part of the reasons is the dissatisfaction on congress because property prices have been so high so my level i think among ordinary people i think there is people are not too worried about the fact that prices are falling it also means that rents are more affordable and also for businesses in the city center of makes it more affordable for for rents but now we're looking at a question about how far that could fall and looking at office rents was a survey today saying that they could fall by 40 percent in the next 2 years so while people are feeling ok about it i think they're also maybe they just don't want of

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commissioner chung? >> commissioner chung: okay. whereas james loyce junior was appointed to the san francisco health commission by mayor ed lee in 2016 and will attend his final commission meeting on january 21, 2020. and i guess -- >> whereas commissioner loyce was elected health commission president in 2019 after serving for vice president for one year. during his tenure, he served as chair of the public health committee and member of the joint conversation committee. and -- >> whereas prior to his tenure on the health commission, mr. loyce dedicated decades of service as a valued department public health staff member. in 1978, he began working as a substance abuse counselor and soon became the director of the county drug and alcohol services. after a short stint as a director, overseeing services to homeless individuals, he was promoted to the director of the aids office, administering $50 million of health services, research and h.i.v. prevention services. beginning in 1998, he held the role of d.p.h. dep director of health for

property consultant vincent chung says the protests are hurting sentiment but the man still outstrip supply hong kong home prices rose 3.4 percent in 2019. in hall call i guess more than 60 percent of the properties which are worth dollar the mortgage that mr moore most of the whole old all are they don't need to we pay the mortgage and that's why i say they can wait as the even though the market is a lot worse at this fracture why now that they don't have. they saw the pop they see in the wash and that's why i say that's a lot must say at just an all call russian on the home price at this moment. property owners are watching to protest to see what happens the threat of a downturn looms over the real estate market and analysts expect hong kong property prices to fall in 2020. and business update here and the you from. asia thanks for taking this company. education is not only thought i'm glad i'm an educator and his father empowerment i'm saw that in coming 1015 years the wall of the think about how through in colcord the values of tolerance. lose and understanding these things canno

property consultant vincent chung says the protests are hurting sentiment but demand still outstrip supply hong kong home prices rose 3.4 percent in 2019. in hall call i guess more than 60 percent of the properties which are worth dollar the mortgage that mr moore most of the whole old all are they don't need to we pay the mortgage and that's why i say they can wait as the even though the market is a lot worse at this retro why now that they don't have to say sell the pop they seem to wash and that's why i say ah that's the lot must say adjustment all caution on the home price at this moment. property owners are watching the protests to see what happens the threat of the downturn looms over the real estate market and analysts expect hong kong property prices to fall in 2020. business update here and you from. asia team thanks again his company. an exclusive interview with the non-con dog stands prime minister speaks with d w editor in chief in a school that's what's khan's prospective on the kashmir crisis and what does he hope results from the peace negotiations in afghanistan why has he

property consultant vincent chung says there's no cause for panic because no one is in a rush to sell it. in whole call i guess more than 60 percent off the properties which with. them is more most. older 'd they don't need to we've paid the mortgage and that's why i say they can wait as the even though the market is a lot worse at this structure why now but they don't have to say so i would hope they seen that wash and that's why i say that's a lot much they just and all caution all the home price at this moment. the economic downturn ended the longest bull market in hong kong history. but the economy is solid no one is writing hong kong off yet. me you just brought back that report from hong kong clifford what are your impressions of the real estate market among ordinary people in hong kong well i think people are looking at this and i think that they it's almost time for a correction i mean the prices are very very high and every one of you seen that people do back the protests largely i'm part of the reasons there's a dissatisfaction on congress because property prices have been s

returning to the summit for a 2nd yes we dish climate campaign akai to turn back said that lead is like chung has failed to protect her generation from climate chaos leaving behind the heat of impeachment trials few could blame donald trump for seeking out some additional alpine. the us president was in divorce to address the global elite but in this election year his message was meant for households across the u.s. . america's thriving america's flourishing in yes america is winning again like never before wooden just days after reaching a breakthrough is china trump see east this teach to bang the drum for his america forced approach and it these agreements represent a new model of trade for the 21st century agreements that are a fair reciprocal and their priority as the needs of workers and families but as well as baseness this year's conference was supposed to deal with the growing play mic crisis with activists light gretta to unbarred some into rebuke the powerful you say children shouldn't worry ysaye just leave this to us we will fix this we promise we won't let you down don't be so p

property consultant vincent chung says the protests are hurting sentiment but demand still outstrip supply hong kong home prices rose 3.4 percent in 2019. in hall call i guess more than 60 percent of the properties which without the mortgage that mr moore most of. all all are they don't need to be paid the mortgage and that's why i say they can wait as the even though the market is a lot worse at this retro white now that they don't have to say sell the pop they seem to wash and that's why i say that's a lot must say at just an all caution all the home price at this moment. property owners are watching the protests to see what happens the threat of a downturn looms over the real estate markets and analysts expect hong kong property prices to fall in 2020. the continuing wave of strikes in france is perhaps not surprisingly hurting economic growth that's according to the french economy minister bruno lemaire france's economy is projected to grow a 10th of a percent less than expected this quarter for the past 46 days french demonstrators have been protesting president manuel mcallen's plann

this is the first show i've done away there the boys, but alexa chung is formidable, and the show isromise you're going to love it. it was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. it was a really fun show and the designers are incredible. that's as far as what's in style, can we talk about menswear? >> stephen: i hope. last time we met you were wearing a very peculiar tie, a very kooky tie. >> stephen: yeah. but i've seen you many, many times and you always look very, very nice, but -- ( laughter ) there is something fashionable nowadays that you haven't started wearing yet. >> stephen: is this it pause they have something back here. >> yes. >> stephen: may i show it? yes. ( laughter ) ( applause ) let me explain! let me explain! ( cheering ) ( applause ) ( piano riff ) ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) >> okay -- >> stephen: by the way, you better watch out -- ( audience chanting "stephen" ) >> stephen: you better watch out, disney's going to come after you again because you stole this from the lion king. ( laughter ) what am i wearing? >> let me explain. i know it's no

annie chung. [applause] >> good morning, everyone.-chair of the san francisco complete count committee, miss andrea short. and can all of the members please stand up, please, along with our census attendees today. [applause] so, thank you. so we are the people of san francisco. the 2020 census is our opportunity for our diverse communities to participate and fight for our fair share -- fight for the resources and the political representation. for too long and especially in the past few years, communities of color, the poor, seniors, youth, people with disabilities and other underserved groups have been left out. left out of the housing and economic opportunities, resources and the political process. my group self-help for the elderly and our seniors, serve the seniors across four bay area counties. we have a huge and a growing senior population. and we have at least our seniors are at least 150% below the federal poverty line, many of our seniors. our seniors rely on federal dollars to support our housing and our health care and our n

san francisco got a decent chung of that support. thank you to supervisor haney for helping engage the community. i especially want to thank the neighbors of south beach. i know thi this this hasn' hasn. we are committed to making sure that we fulfill the promises around safety and other challenges that people were so concerned about. we appreciate the work of the advisory group and the folks who have dedicated a lot of personal time to seeing this place succeed. thank you to the port of san francisco and the commissioners, president brandon is joining us today. thank you for your work in allowing the opportunity for the navigation center to be from this location. we are grateful, we are excited. we know that this won't solve all of the challenges we have with homelessness in san francisco, but it will help a significant number of people who we know need support and services. i also want to thank five keys. they will manage the navigation center. they have a lot of great experiences with helping people who are involved with the crimi

clashes erupted washington supported the protests from the outset but hong kong let's find is joseph chung things if most of do with building wider political leverage a gate beijing. the. united states the populace we will support hong kong but they don't want strong administration most likely least the hong kong is that wrote the art of the deal israel palestine are going to make it that probably is the hardest deal there is to make and i'm a very good deal like i believe me if you can't make a good deal with a politician then there's something wrong with you step 2 you don't even try to look neutral show your sympathies. to. step 3 don't be stingy shower your favorite with kids is all this year was placed with american recognition of it's an extension of the golan heights a territory seized in wall but will signed a presidential proclamation record. guys in israel's sovereign right over the golan heights and american recognition of way spend 6 whole minutes the establishment of israeli civilian settlements in the west bank is not per se inconsistent with international law and if that was

event the chung family says they are only motive for talking to the media is to get squaw valley to enforce its own policies and make the mountain say for everyone. live in the newsroom, greg liggins. >>> out of services go, i story of an elderly woman who was badly beaten at a park near victim e in visitacion valley. has died. her family says she died from her injuries on friday. just four days before a planned event to mark the year of the a azenith smith spoke to her family. >> there were signs of improvement and back in april, she took a turn for the worst. her organs were feeling and she was unable to fully recover. >> we sense that she was with transition soon and so, it was timely. >> reporter: this was one of the last photos of her grandmother, yik oi huang. this was taken last sunday. there to celebrate her life and to say goodbye. he met we were not ready. it is hard to let go of course. i think, now that she is in a better place. >> reporter: she died one year after she was beaten at the visitacion valley playground across from her home. last year, she was at the park doing her r

to us and earlier on chung's in the iraqi parliament elected representatives came together for an extraordinary session the iraqi pm laid out his preferred option up to the.

washington a support of the protests from the outset but hong kong based political scientist joseph chung things it's more to do with building a wider political leverage against beijing. did united states probably will support hong kong but don't the trauma millis tracing both likely the hong kong issue and the earliest human rights issues in china in sparkling tubes to exert pressure on china people would like to see a novel a season process a reconciliation process but apparently. hong kong or them and have maintained their hunt mounds in and they have used to make any concessions to the protestants and to do pro-democracy in walls. islands military chief has been killed in a helicopter crash near the capital taipei the defense ministry says 7 others also died but that the remaining 5 on board survived but not called helicopter was heading from the capital to a base on the island's east coast 13 minutes after takeoff it disappeared from radar and came down in a mountainous area it's not yet known why the aircraft got into difficulty but an air force general told reporters that the helic

erupted washington supported the protests from the outset but hong kong basic political scientist joseph chung thinks it's more to do with building why the political leverage against beijing. did united states pompously will support hong kong but don't know the trauma administration both likely to hold on to shield and various human rights issues in china as bargaining chips to exert pressure on china people would like to see a novel nice asian process a reconciliation process but apparently the genie and the hong kong government have maintained their stand and they have feels to me and the concession is the protestants and to do for democracy involves money. now with $29000.00 done and dusted let's take a look back at more of the events that defined the year. now socially politically and beyond 2019 caused a fair bit of people to our lives worldwide but for some of the march of maturity as we head into the twenty's it is leaving more than a few people fearing for their much loved heritage let's take a look at one tradition seem to be under threat. and when france there is a proposal to adopt

of don't need chung support is good perhaps by confronting tells after the break. i actually don't think monopolies percentage are the problem it's monopolistic access that monopolies have to credit were to politicians and probably both the crony financial ism crony capitalism that's the big problem. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. the u.s. secretary of state has arrived in london to meet with britain's prime minister comes as relations i'm odds by the u. case besieged non-cooperation with the probe into american finances jeffrey death and washington's refusal to extradite a british teen suspected killer that's the wife of a u.s. intelligence official but all of these don't call to looks at how still some how managed to find common ground on issues that threaten the political establishment. the u.s. and u.k. have

it and they did this point to sleep visited the last of these days and spoke to people that about chung's proposal. this doesn't look exactly like a capital city and yet its hero in the village of decent the outskirts of east jerusalem that the american president wants the future capital of a palestinian state to be now not only has the issue divided israelis and palestinians but as you can see by the security barrier it's also divided palestinians from palestinians so on this side you have some of east jerusalem on the other side you have the rest of it and it's anyone's guess how a city like this well if a function as a capital. structure. or capital of palestine. or the people who are is just sort of start everybody think. you know it's. one of the village in the town and we believe a 07 is a capital this is the parliament building here in abu dis now it's closed and it doesn't look like much but this is where presumably a future parliament will function from when trump says that this is a win win situation for both palestinians and israelis well it seems he's being cynical at best abo

erupted washington supported the protests from the outset but hong kong based political scientist joseph chung thinks is more to do with building wider political leverage against beijing. the united states the problems we will support hong kong but don't launch from the administration both likely to hong kong issue and believe me as human rights issues in training as bargaining chips to exert pressure on china people would like to see a novel nice asian process a reconciliation process but apparently the genie and the hong kong doesn't mind maintain their own in and they have feels to me and the concessions to the protestants and to get full democracy in the. commons military chief has been killed in a helicopter crash near the capital taipei the defense ministry says 7 others also diet but that the remaining 5 on board survived the blackhawk helicopter was heading from the capital to a base on the island's east coast but 13 minutes after takeoff it disappeared from radar and came down and a mountainous area so i guess know why the aircraft got into difficulty but an air force general told rep

erupted washington supported the protests from the outset but hong kong based political scientist joseph chung think takes more to do with building wider political leverage against beijing. did you notice states who probably will support hong kong but i don't know trauma ministration most likely the hong kong issue and various human rights issues in china and sparkling tubes to exert pressure on china people would like to see a novel nice asian process a reconciliation process but apparently beijing and the hong kong government and have maintained their heartlands in and they have fused to me and the concessions to the protestants and to ducal democracy in the. thailand's military chief has been killed in a helicopter crash near the capital taipei the defense ministry says that 7 others also died 5 other people who were on board on known to have survived after the military helicopter made a crash landing in the mountains near the capital at this stage is still not known why the x. office got into difficulty. now with $29000.00. dusted let's take a look back at more of the events that defined t

tony chung shuttles between hong kong and taiwan to capital taipei every month he's part of a growing support system for protestors looking to flee hong kong because they're worried about their safety or fear going to jail the 18 year old is also a pro-democracy protesters the chain on presbyterian church in taipei has opened its doors to fleeing protesters always and we. see what china has done to suppress us in hong kong could possibly happen to taiwan we hope that for the sake of protecting its own democracy taiwan can extend a helping hand to hong kong there's a need for more than 200 protesters have come to taiwan but they live in a legal limbo holding only temporary visas for the pro independence ruling party here in taiwan the d.p.p. has seen a surge in support since the protests began in hong kong many view this weekend's election as a referendum on taiwan's relationship with mainland china one of the protesters who left hong kong for taiwan sees his future hinge on the election results he's already been arrested by hong kong police and was one of the protesters who stormed in

well i can tell you that the chinese premier league chung has now arrived in will hand he is the most senior chinese government official to visit that city since the crisis began really to deepen more than a week ago premier li will be seen from so of what efforts officials are making to try to prevent this tyrus from spreading as you pointed out in the introduction this is a virus that spreading while showing no symptoms now we know that it can be infectious jaring the patient period that in cube ation period by the way can range from a few days say officials to 14 days now we know from the mare. that in the days prior to the lockdown almost $5000000.00 people left that city now woohoo. is a major transport hub for a move and you can fly to 40 international destinations australia new zealand the united states europe and of course most major centers in asia and of course it's a major rail hub as well that is why hong kong has now started to impose restrictions on people from who buy a province entering hong kong it says no one from who by province will be allowed to come into hong kon

being turned away other cars were prevented from going in if they could not prove that they were from chung young. and then we were told by the official that if we did not leave one province before the end of the day it was highly likely that we would be put in quarantine. as the end of the extended holiday draws closer many people in these communities could be cut off even longer if additional transportation restrictions are put in. place scott. at least 10 civilians are being killed in russian gas trucks targeting a village in syria's province russia is supporting syrian president bashar assad's push to retake the rebel stronghold pro-government forces have now retaken a strategic town in the province the offensive as displaced hundreds of thousands of people as a tour of the reports. syrian government forces and the man in the south of italy probing. they're looking for rebel fighters from hyatt to reroll sham and armed groups with formal links to al qaida the town is largely deserted and destroyed after months of bombardment. but. it's recapture marks a significant advance in president

it is an important first step in bite sized chungs. thank you. >> i have just would questions. one is that in these buildings i have been asked by actually people my residents who want to switch to all electric in single family homes. i have a tank less water heater in my home. i am wondering are we using for this construction for these large buildings, how are we doing our water heating systems? are they all electric and how does that work? i have been told that actually there is not a system for all electric water heaters. explaining that in a minute,if you could. >> i will. the technology we would use is called heat pump water heater. it is like the inverse of refrigrator. that is my best layman's terms of explaining it. i will invite a colleague for a more technical answer. heat pump water heater. it is working as inverse of refriggerrator to give out heat that circulates water to heat the house. the electrification fair on the 25th will have a lot of vendors with heat pump water heaters, spacing, cooling and electric stoves which is a big issue. >> that is great. because w

being turned away other cars were prevented from going in if they could not prove that they were from chung young. and then we were told by the official that if we did not leave one province before the end of the day it was highly likely that we would be put in quarantine as the end of the extended holiday draws closer many people in these communities could be cut off even longer if additional transportation restrictions are put into place it's got harder al-jazeera. in other news u.s. president donald trump has signed into a no i new trade deal with mexico and canada pacey 25 year old north america tree trade agreement with the u.s. and mexico have ratified the new deal but canada has just begun the process of debating it in part and let's bring in kimberly hawk at the white house committee so the deal signed interesting timing for president trump. very interesting because it's a big deal it's a legislative achievement for this president and it's bipartisan but if you americans are paying attention to this and many are even asking the question of whether or not this was a diversionary tact

them allowing it to happen that chung could win but on the streets on the street level you see that there isn't much the poorer for any of the democratic candidates other than bernie sanders and bernie sanders we know you know it was revealed at the end of the year that apparently somebody who knows insider knows that obama says he will intervene if it looks like bernie is going to win the nomination the democrats aren't going to win. so that means strong points remember trungpa success is because a democrats can't seem to get out their own way right hillary clinton ran the worst campaign in history so trump on the democrats did learn anything from that and they're going to run another equally her ific campaign in 2020 and they'll lose again trump is not like. the genius politician of history he's just a guy who happen to be there when the democrats decided to impel themselves on their own stupidity exactly but i mean his policies are pretty much the same continuation of obama. on foreign policy and things like that like i don't even understand what the whole thing is but nevertheless lik

being turned away other cars were prevented from going in if they could not prove that they were from chung young. and then we were told by the official that if we did not leave one province before the end of the day it was highly likely that we would be put in quarantine. as the end of the extended holiday draws closer many people in these communities could be cut off even longer if additional transportation restrictions are put into place scott how to. the u.s. citizens to get out of the chinese city at the center of the coronavirus. undergoing 3 days of testing and monitoring at an air base in california 195 americans arrived at the air reserve base on wednesday but is said to not be under an imposed quarantine u.s. officials say they were all screened and cleared ahead of boarding the aircraft's rob reynolds is in riverside in california he says the americans are still being checked for signs of the virus. passengers from that flight from move on who were checked when they left on the checked when their plane stopped to refuel in alaska and then checked again here upon arrival are settl

it is an important first step in bite sized chungs. thank you. >> i have just would questions. one is that in these buildings i have been asked by actually people my residents who want to switch to all electric in single family homes. i have a tank less water heater in my home. i am wondering are we using for this construction for these large buildings, how are we doing our water heating systems? are they all electric and how does that work? i have been told that actually there is not a system for all electric water heaters. explaining that in a minute,if you could. >> i will. the technology we would use is called heat pump water heater. it is like the inverse of refrigrator. that is my best layman's terms of explaining it. i will invite a colleague for a more technical answer. heat pump water heater. it is working as inverse of refriggerrator to give out heat that circulates water to heat the house. the electrification fair on the 25th will have a lot of vendors with heat pump water heaters, spacing, cooling and electric stoves which is a big issue. >> that is great. because w

being turned away other cars were prevented from going in if they could not prove that they were from chung young. and then we were told by the official that if we did not leave one province before the end of the day it was highly likely that we would be put in quarantine. as the end of the extended holiday draws closer many people in these communities could be cut off even longer if additional transportation restrictions are put into place scott had an al-jazeera. could be a major turning point in donald trump's impeachment trial u.s. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has told republicans he no longer has the votes to block witnesses for republicans need to side with the democrats which will that would allow for new testimony to be heard at the trial heidi jocasta shows our correspondent in washington 3 days of arguments for president trumps acquittal can be summarized as if this trump didn't do what democrats accuse his lawyers say but even if he did he should not be removed from office the bar for impeachment cannot be set this low danger danger danger trumps lawyers downplayed rece

chung says the perpetrator violated parts of the safety code. at a minimum, the suspension should have been an entire season. >> to send a proper message to the community , safety is a priority at squaw family that is not the message being sent. >> nolan skis for fun and will miss at least the entire year. he hopes kids will learn a lesson from what happens in. >> patient learned that there are consequences for skiing recklessly and skiing to fast. >> the child families says their only motive is to get squaw valley to enforce its own policies and make the mountain see for everyone. when i asked why they think the young skier was not punished more harshly, they think money is a factor and family spent a lot of money for children who raise. and they do not want to accept those families. >> search crews were out in east bay looking for a man from oakland was not been seen for a month. the researchers sent spent the day looking for any clues in the disappearance of a 20-year- old. he left his home in the fruitvale district on may 3rd heading to a so

chung said he met three times with intelligence and officials who ordered $300,000, deposited into acount to subsidize, or according to sources. he spent around a great deal of foreign money and bought himself repeated access to the white house. he could have contributed more than $400,000. this is chinese military money. visited the white house no fewer than 50 times and brought numerous chinese associates to events with the president and first lady, hillary clinton. that would have been trump's opponent, you might have remembered. he raised $1.2 million for the clinton legal defense fund and the dmc. he dropped off a donation of $460,000 at the washington office of the clinton defense fund with some of the money made out in the same handwriting. he visited the white house 22 times. "los angeles times." another longtime friend of president clinton. he pleaded guilty. he wasn't involved. the times also noted that former democratic fund-raiser, john, a onetime official, pleaded guilty in the scandal a few years ago. what did he do? he raised more than $1.5 million from illegal foreign

the consent calendar contains the two items commissioner chung just noted in her report back from the finance and planning committee. >> prepared to take a vote on consent calendar. >> so moved. >> signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> the motion carries >> if there is no public comment, item 7 is a resolution honoring winon a mindolovich. president loyce, commissioners, it is my honor to present a resolution to you this afternoon honoring winona's 21 years of exceptional leadership with the department of public health. it's a bittersweet moment for me as she is retiring at the end of the week. as you have come to know her over the past years and most recently with her work on our transition formational electronic health program, i have come to see she leads with a great sense of compassion and puts her patients and clients at the center of her work which i think has defined so many of her successes here. she leaves us with a great legacy of diversity, inclusion, and diversity -- i'm sorry, equity, in the work that she does, by having supported and inspiring so many women to join the info

san francisco got a decent chung of that support. thank you to supervisor haney for helping engage the community. i especially want to thank the neighbors of south beach. i know thi this this hasn' hasn. we are committed to making sure that we fulfill the promises around safety and other challenges that people were so concerned about. we appreciate the work of the advisory group and the folks who have dedicated a lot of personal time to seeing this place succeed. thank you to the port of san francisco and the commissioners, president brandon is joining us today. thank you for your work in allowing the opportunity for the navigation center to be from this location. we are grateful, we are excited. we know that this won't solve all of the challenges we have with homelessness in san francisco, but it will help a significant number of people who we know need support and services. i also want to thank five keys. they will manage the navigation center. they have a lot of great experiences with helping people who are involved with the crimi

commission chung. bernal present green present.ond item on the agenda is the approval of the january 7, 2020 minutes. >> commissioners, the minutes are in your hands. any additions, corrections to the minutes? >> hearing none, i have a motion to adopt. >> second. >> all those in favor motion carries. >> thank you, commissioners, there was no public comment on the item. item 3 is the director's report. >> good afternoon, commissioners, grant colfax, director of

tony chung shuttles between hong kong and taiwan's capital taipei every month he's part of a growing support system for protestors looking to flee hong kong because they're worried about their safety or fear going to jail the 18 year old is also a pro-democracy protesters the chain on presbyterian church in taipei has opened its doors to fleeing protesters and we. see what china has done to suppress us in hong kong could possibly happen to taiwan we hope that for the sake of protecting its own democracy taiwan can extend a helping hand to hong kong or is in need more than 200 protesters have come to taiwan but they live in a legal limbo holding only temporary visas for the pro independence ruling party here in taiwan the d.p.p. has seen a surge in support since the protests began in hong kong many view this weekend's election as a referendum on taiwan's relationship with mainland china one of the protesters who left hong kong for taiwan sees his future hinge on the election results he's already been arrested by hong kong police and was one of the protesters who stormed into the legis

lieutenant jackson, firefighter strickland, firefighter chung, firefighter cody, firefighter o'neill, paramedic hair, firefighter leonard, firefighter lee, firefighter gabriel, firefighter abella, firefighter zimmerman, firefighter cortez, firefighter forney, did i miss anybody? i think we are all there. these are just a few of the members that responded. again, we are very honored that you are giving us this. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> okay, thank you. that concludes our commendations for today. except, we actually have a special commendation today. i think it is fair to say that it is shared with all my colleagues on the board of supervisors. so i wonder what that could be? we are here today to appreciate and thank an individual who i think we can all agree has been one of the most dedicated public servants to the board of supervisors in the city. john given her -- john. gibner it is not an easy job that you have had dealing with not only the 11 of us in here, by through the years, many, many other individuals that are very demanding. feuding -- fielding dozens of legal req

direct hit after months of near misses one hit a cantina dinnertime china's prime minister lead to chung's has been to will have the center of the corona virus outbreak leaman medical staff and residents and is now on his way to beijing for talks with the head of the world health organization . politicians in lebanon are debating a new budget after having to force their way past protest is to get into parliament thousands of troops have been deployed on to major roads in the capital and they have been physically removing demonstrators. libya's u.n. recognize government says it's reconsidering its participation in talks after the collapse of a shaky truce at least 11 government soldiers were killed near misrata when the wall or to leave or have to launch an offensive to take the city on sunday after us forces are also accused of bombarding civilians in the capital tripoli as well. let's go back now to al-jazeera correspondent. germany has banned the burial site for hitler but italy allows the crypt of mussolini to be preserved it's become a place of pilgrimage for his followers. this note h

. >> hi, brian chung. described colloquially as liquidity. i wonder if you semantically agree with that and risk assets something the board or banks looking into or what the effect of it has been on how you're kind of thinking about that going forward. >> well, so two questions. in terms of liquidity, i think what we're doing is what i said, we're trying to raise the levels of reserves back up to the left banks can meat their reserve requirements and there's enough reserves in the system we don't see reserve scarcity and we don't have to use repo operations to provide reserves. we believe we can get to that state at the third quarter. terms of risk assets, as i said earlier, very hard to say what's affecting financial markets with precision or confidence at a given point in time. these were designed to provide more reserves and really to do that in order to enable better transmission of our rate decisions into the economy under our chosen framework. that's really the purpose of what we're doing. >> i wanted to ask about the framework review a

reporter: hi, brian chung. repo operations have been described colloquially as liquidity. i am just wondering if you semantically agree with that and secondly, what the impact of that has been on risk assets. i don't know if that is something that the board or the reserve banks are formally looking into, what the effect has been, and how you are forward.t that going mr. powell: in terms of liquidity, i think what we are doing is trying to raise the level of reserves back up to a level so that banks can meet their reserve requirements and that there is enough reserve in the system that we don't see don'tt reserve scarcity and we have to use a report operations to provide additional reserves. we believe we can get to that state at the current, pace sometime in the second quarter. in terms on effects of risk assets, as i said earlier, it is very hard to say what is affecting financial markets with any precision or confidence at any given time. it is not our intention to change monetary policy. these were designed to provide more reserves and to enable of our ratemission decis

tony chung shuttles between hong kong and taiwan to capital taipei every month he's part of a growing support system for protestors looking to flee hong kong because they're worried about their safety or fear going to jail the 18 year old is also a pro-democracy protesters the chain on presbyterian church in taipei has opened its doors to fleeing protesters and we. see what china has done to suppress us in hong kong could possibly happen to taiwan we hope that for the sake of protecting its own democracy taiwan can extend a helping hand to hong kong there's a need more than 200 protesters have come to taiwan but they live in a legal limbo holding only temporary visas for the pro independence ruling party here in taiwan the d.p.p. has seen a surge in support since the protests began in hong kong many view this weekend's election as a referendum on taiwan's relationship with mainland china one of the protesters who left hong kong for taiwan sees his future hinge on the election results he's already been arrested by hong kong police and was one of the protesters who stormed into the legi

being turned away other cars were prevented from going in if they could not prove that they were from chung young. and then we were told by the official that if we did not leave one province before the end of the day it was highly likely that we would be put in quarantine. as the end of the extended holiday draws closer many people in these communities could be cut off even longer if additional transportation restrictions are put into place scott had. right now it's time for the weather now everton's and i'm not sure if it's good news or not but it's mild in europe for this very mild positively spring like if it wasn't for the cloud in the right upper talking about shorts and t. shirt weather take a look at the satellite picture you can see why it is so cloudy all of that weather is tumbling in family atlantic always a mild direction but at this time of year i mean fright the payoff is that you don't actually see too much in the way of any sunshine so as you go on through the next couple days you can see this myriad of fronts just tumbling through we got some bits and pieces the plow and ra

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