district council actions ready attracts huge amounts of attention particularly outside hong kong but this year that is radically different. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us the european parliament has awarded its prestigious human rights award the soccer prize to iran toady he is the professor and member of the ethnic muslim minority called weekers who mostly live in china beijing has gone after this group putting an estimated 1000000 of them according to the u.n. in detention camps yes you heard that right detention camps it's the largest internment of people since world war 2 toady is serving a life sentence he probably doesn't even know he's won this award china says he's a separatist but what he said and what he tried to do was simply to convey the feelings weekers had about how china was running the territory where most of them live. maybe they will in the time when we have no representative no newspaper of our own eyes as i thought what can ordinary people do when they encounter in justice o'shanter from some of them will fight resist. even though

both sides know this election could have far reaching implications district council is formed part of the committee that will select the next chief executive in 2022 which means they will have some limited say in the next leader of hong kong district council actions rarely attract huge amounts of attention particularly outside hong kong but this year that is radically different everyone watching the results of this election very closely with some even wondering whether the vote will even be allowed to go ahead i given the current unrest some pretty beijing politicians are calling for the vote to be suspended but others fear that. could set a dangerous precedent and further fuel public anger if we do not have this. district i'm sorry that sure that that means we will lose crucial peaceful way for people to avoid. this for months movement and will possibly forward the escalating violence on the streets. this latest become a referendum on amazement and with a month before they just go to the polls candidates face an uncertain few weeks ahead with weekly protests and anxious authorities c

and because of the immense public sentiment and currently the district councils are dominated by pro—beijingnd so they have an excuse to not just impose an ireland so they have an excuse to notjust impose an emergency but cancel the elections. if that happens then all the legal channels are completely raised then it is just going to basically set up even more. . . just going to basically set up even more... you are busy think that the hong kong government has gone about this in the wrong way. what can they do, given the protesters are quite angry and we have seen it go on for so angry and we have seen it go on for so long? well, people have been really angry about police brutality which has also escalated a lot since june. so anywhere in the world where the police arrest even a murder on the police arrest even a murder on the spot we don't really beat that quy the spot we don't really beat that guy with a button to the point that the guy has internal bleeding and you don't break that person's knows and deny them access to their family for more than ten hours. in the detention centre they get

and because of the immense public sentiment and currently these district councils are dominated by pro—beijingvery worried that they're going to lose the elections. and so, you know, people are talking about the government is provoking protestor violence so that they have an excuse notjust to impose an emergency but also to cancel the elections. and if that happens, when all the legal channels are completely erased then this is just going to basically set up even more escalation. you obviously think that the hong kong government has gone about this in the wrong way. what can they do, given the protesters are quite angry and we have seen it go on for so long? well, people have been really angry about police brutality which has also escalated a lot sincejune. so anywhere in the world where the police officer arrest even a murderer on the spot, we don't really beat that guy with a baton to the point that the person has brain, internal bleeding and you don't break that person's bones and you don't take him into a detention centre and deny him access to lawyers and family for over ten hours. and th

look at long for his supporters that court he became famous when he was banned from running in district council elections because he advocated for hong kong's independence a red line for beijing and also many hong kong ors peoples my need to be change. they need to recognize the softened always belong to them but not by belong to the beijing old man long has sense tone down his rhetoric in july he sent a letter from prison asking the protesters to stay rational and not to be driven by their hatred however to the young and radical he remains a hero. in the months of for democracy protests have dominated every aspect of life in the city and they have become a source of inspiration vaughters is one who decided to make our small statement. this protest is not force it seems seen from another perspective these lifelike figures are actually 20 times smaller than the human counterparts the handiwork of an artist known only as c. or i making these toys will capture people in different forms during the protest. we have demonstrators about if we. don't you can see that they were different when we're tryi

well the local elections are for the district council so a relatively community level election it is not a major decision making party or doesn't have a lot of political power nevertheless the pro-democracy side is expected to have large gains next election partly due to how the cope agencies have lost favor with the public now there has been a lot of doubt as to whether there are all of the patients affecting these protests elections especially because there are pro-democracy candidates was half interest in previous elections now so far we haven't seen that yet and most of the candidates even those who have very progressive views they seem to have entered into the race ok however the only remaining case. as most viewers probably know joshua long as one of the most prominent pro-democracy activists and for his temper pains so far has not been has not been given the green light. holmes can thank you thank you. there's a major problem piling up in indonesia plastic waste at the moment the country is 2nd only to china when it comes to dumping plastic trash into the world's oceans and it

neighbors created it directly appeals to tourists to clean up their act when they are there the district council pays for the posters but the residents still feel the city has abandoned them. when i look out of the window here for a 4 o'clock in the morning all of a sudden you see the junkies walking around the people who were stoned or drunk and in the meantime there's no one here from the government no one here from the council there's not a policeman. ask his wife shows us the view from her apartment in the middle of the district. she doesn't think a lot of the city's plans to relocate prostitution to the outskirts. she blames the neighborhoods disastrous decline on the city's false marketing and an influx of cheap shops. if you were you want to call down or get this neighborhood more choirs then also it's very important to do something about the enormous quantity of bob's and give way in the room to you know small oak or shops who can make a difference because then people could start and see their real neighborhoods which is here sallie mae has a shop in the heart of the red light district s

districts council actions ready to try to balance of attention particularly outside hong kong that this year that is radically.

only going to fuel anger on the streets here he is among a number of people who are running for district council elections next month who have been attacked in recent weeks and then of course there's accusations of police and police violence on the streets that are fueling this anger and then allegations that carrier simply isn't listening to the demands of protesters that something that we're hearing once again today after that address that she made over a video video recorded message that she simply didn't address protesters demand so the fact that she focused instead on housing in the economy certainly isn't going to calm the anger here well charlotte we spoke earlier to one of the pro-democracy lawmakers who was in the chamber during that disruption to lamb speech and we asked her whether kerry lam should resign let's listen. well absolutely absolutely i don't think she can still govern whole call and after all this ones we can clearly see her incapability and so i think that very 1st step for all to go forward to go forward it's her it's for her to resign as soon as possible. ok that was pr

look at long for his supporters that court he became famous when he was banned from running in district council elections because he advocated for hong kong's independence a red line for beijing and also many hong kong ors peoples my need to be change. they need to recognize the software always been known to them but not by belong to to beijing or man. has sense toned down his rhetoric in july he sent a letter from prison asking the protesters to stay rational and not to be driven by their he tried however to the young and radical he remains a hero. but here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in ecuador thousands of indigenous people have gathered for more protests in the capital it's the 7th day of nationwide demonstrations that have frequently involve clashes with riot police the president has already evacuated his administration from the capital the end rest was originally inspired by cuts to fuel subsidies and other all stare at the measures to associates of u.s. president donald trump's lawyer rudy giuliani have been arrested ukrainian born lev parne

probably they're going to cancel the upcoming district council elections in november.ng do now to resolve this? one thing is that even very pro—beijing business leaders have been saying that you have to formally withdraw the bill which carrie lam did. at the same time, because people really reacting to the police force and increasing police brutality, hitting people with batons on the heads and breaking the bones at moments of arrest and making these detention centres. these are terrible things that may be the government should not further add oil to the fire. at the same time, maybe protesters can learn that they need to appeal to international attention and support. they have to think in politics now. this spontaneous reaction to police abuses has to be also channelled in a different way. the police would obviously say they are responding to events and they aren't instigating abuses of the protesters. they are getting a lot of international attention. the media around the world, such as us, are talking about this, showing pictures. what do you think the international

and probably they are also going to cancel the upcoming district council elections in november.icken and egg situation. what should beijing do now to try and resolve this? even very pro-beijing business leaders say they have to formally withdraw the bill, which carrie lam did. but at the same time, because people are reacting to the police illegitimate use of force and increasing police brutality, he hitting people with battens on the heads and breaking bones at the moment of arrest. so these are all terrible things that may be the government actually should not add oil to the fire. at the same time, may protesters can also learn that they need to appeal to international attention and support, so they have to think and pass the spontaneous reaction to police abuse, it has to also be channelled in a different way. the police obviously so they are responding to events and are not instigating abuse of the protesters. but they are getting a lot of international attention, the media around the world are talking about this, showing the pictures. what do you think the international com

nick dermott, the heritage adviser for thanet district council, thinks it's worth the expense.xemplar to other authorities as to what they can do with their historic housing stock which is so often blamed as being the cause for the social ills of those areas. and if that stops buildings being demolished, which i hope it will, that has saved the entire country money. the family's privately renting the house from kent county council. it cost around £1,750 a month plus bills. richard says that living together has helped them save money. and we're not all paying separate rents. we're not paying separate electricity bills and gas bills and water bills and council tax and everything else. so we're all nowjust paying one lump sum for the house. the university of kent will be publishing its findings later this year. the family has a further 12—month contract to live here. but lizzie hopes they'll be there for good. yeah, we've talked about the future quite often. it would be lovely that this would be our forever home. loss advertisements promising unrealistic results are targeting youn

am personally relieved that after this level of political representation we have an organized district council elections because it will take a lot of effort but through indirectly but that means we are privileged elders. we can only bring them every three years to the district for one week so we haven't been checking on what we can do with the communities to effectively overcome some of these challenges. >> thank you very much. each panelist a chance to respond to those questions before we close. >> i can take a shot. in response to the rhetoric of military force against isis and in response to the question about you looking at private security companies with the taliban and i think it's hard to know in advance exactly what role will be the right one in a fund to limit one - - fundamentally changed afghanistan in the post- conflict moment that my personal view it will be virtually impossible to provide for what i think is the largest insurgency in the world without significant use of the tool of security forces of some kind. erica has been as articulate and forceful as anyone out there on the

they are also district councils to be held at the end of november.lem, the crisis is far done from being solved. when you look at the protest activity specifically, do you acknowledge that within the groups of protesters, the vast majority of whom are there now appears to be a determinedly violent faction? not so. the vast majority of the protesters remain peaceful. for example, today, this afternoon, and hong kong, there was a peaceful protest march, i also participated. people went home peacefully after that. it certainly repeated the pattern that after the peaceful protesters returned home, some of the radical, young processes stayed behind, they threw rocks, and clashed with the police took place. public opinion is still on the side of the protesters, mainly because people are angry that there hasn't been no concessions from the government and they are also angry with the level of police brutality and the involvement of the triads and the involvement of the triads and gangsters attacking the protesters. if the government said we will have an inde

nick dermott, the heritage adviser for thanet district council, thinks it's worth the expense.housing stock which is so often blamed as being the cause for the social ills of those areas. and it's not the buildings' fault. and if that stops buildings being demolished, which i hope it will, that has saved the entire country money. the family's privately renting the house from kent county council. it costs around £1,750 a month plus bills. richard says that living together has helped them save money. we're not all paying separate rents. we're not paying separate electricity bills and gas bills and water bills and council tax and everything else. so we're all nowjust paying one lump sum for the house. like all families, there are fallouts from time to time. despite this, richard wouldn't swap living here for more personal space. as for domestic quarrels within the house, yes, they do happen. but we all have our own space. multigenerational living is not for everybody, because not everybody gets on with their own family, of course. it's not a solution that's going to suit everybody

i serve as did president of the new mission terrace improvement association and on district 11 council with ms. jameses who is right 99% of the time. there was an extended outreach to bring the information to the community if district 11 and to talk about the transit equity. my immediate neighborhood does okay. it depends on the j, k, m. and the 49, 49 and what i see is district sheila. people mu don't have smartphones who are not in that world, who don't twit are knots included in any of this. it is apparent if supervisor moore can take his daughter to lowell because the 29 line is not working that is great. that is the exception people have to take their children to school on public transit. we have has as many as we did 50 years ago. it is for people raised somewhere went away to college. they ride the schoolters, too uber and take lift. they have no experience at muni. their kids will not have a customer base. unless we do something and figure out a way to address the new apartments near the reservoy other side of the freeway. wwe will be raised. i work for the post office i starte

example, november 24, district council elections, where you have registered voters who could use thatrustration. between now and then, we have yet to learn if there will be more community dialogue scheduled with the chief executive, the first of which was held last thursday. the chief executive was facing tough witticism, even after withdrawing the extradition bill. they want all five demands to be met, including universal suffrage and an inquiry into police conduct, chill be underscored given the activity on tuesday. much,ne: thank you so sophie joining us from hong kong. we will have 20 more through the day. coming up later today, an theusive conversation with aries executive chief. this is bloomberg. ♪ bloomberg surveillance, milan, italy.and francine lacqua in milan, an important day for her in northern italy. i day with interesting political economics -- a day with interesting political economics. john normand of jp morgan and booths:ngales of the chicago, i thought to have you two here, it would be good to have a broader conversation of the dollar. let me start with you, profess

council. if state representative drew springer represents almost the largest district in texas and it's larger than 74 countries and is more than twice the size of massachusetts. nc also chair of the agriculture committee in state legislator which i understand has been getting quite a bit of buzz. we will talk about that.t. welcome. [applause] want to set the stage here and i think we probably have a non- agricultural audience here and probably jeanine in as well there are only about 2 million people in the country that are directly farming so a lot of people without their eating wearing fiber and using the fuey engaged in the industry as much as we used to be so there's a big disconnect and most are not

progress index that throws out the old ways of looking at service areas, 23 zip codes and five council districtsnd puts them through a magnifying glass of 200 census tracts. >> the tool is built on software originally designed to help businesses identify markets and trends. the city uses it to take data from the census, school districts and crime databases to visualize how blocks of streets are doing. >> it allows us to better see patterns and trends. >> it can graph out failures or success such as childhood literacy or adults with college degrees. >> there was an increase in attainment of degrees and then it went down again. >> it is live on the city's website at spi san jose.org. >> it is the insights and visualizations that allow you to make better decisions. >> reporter: kpix 5. >>> a napa valley winemaker got the longest sentence so far in the college and missions scandal. he got five months in federal prison. he will have to pay a fine of $100,000. he pleaded guilty in may to fraud and conspiracy and admitted to pay rick singer to help his daughter cheat on the sat and be recruited as a fa

. >>> it looks like the city of richmond will be the latest in the bay area to move to district base city council elections, that's what councilmembers indicated last night during the meeting. cities with at-large elections like richmond have faced costly civil rights legal challenges that they've ended up losing. richmond leaders say that rather than fight legal action, they may draw up districts in time for the next election. as a result, up to half of the current council may have to run against each other or step down. >>> today i get to do something pretty cool, this afternoon i get to help honor women who have made very significant contributions to their communities. it's a great event. i get to emcee the notre dame high school 11th annual women of impact luncheon. it's being held this afternoon at the san jose state convention center. this year's honorees are alumnae and journalist rita beamish and chief legal officer kimrey ves . it's sold out and so great and notre dame puts out some of the most inspirational young ladies. it's amazing to see their growth and development. >> they have the

the council of district merchants. and really especially the cole valley community. when this came to me -- i have to say, though, this is kind of a bit of a strange groundhog day for me. when we talked about this, actually planning came to us ten years ago and asked us to clean up a lot of the regulations around these kind of restrictions for businesses, because they said they were archaic, hurting small business. you have to remember ten years ago we were in a downturn, the economic downturn. we just didn't have time or the bandwidth to deal with it. when this came back to me ten years in the making, that happened with clean power. i started clean power and finished it in supervisor breed's office. this was ten years in the making again. but this time i said, hey, you know what? this is a heavy lift, but we need to do this for small businesses. we need to do this for the person that comes every morning, opens up their door, is here serving coffee, is here cutting your hair, giving you some of the best cheese you've ever had at say cheese. we need to do this for sma

district of columbia. i certainly want to think julia washboard, are superintendent. i want to think brendan todd, who owns a rocket park. it's really it's really remarkable to be a councilpart of the district were told almost all of rock creek park. are there any people here? i certainly appreciate our council member being here, can elder. thank you so much, she's a program manager for the civil war defence of washington. i want to thank impersonators and all of you at the national park service. it took some doing to do what you have done today, complete with impersonators, trying to make us believe we were there, and i appreciate all the effort that went into this commemoration today. and it's very special because we are at one of those moments that you have every few years. this is a 154th anniversary of the battle for stephens. now, in the district of columbia we are accustomed to celebrating many historic buildings we, are bound by them. many historic events, this is a very historic city in very many ways. there are many historic sites. so this is one of the things that makes a living in the nation's capital so fruitful. but today's ceremony is a special because the

is about prearraignment decision-making, and then, you know, at arraignment, both defence council on the district attorney's office present perspectives on whether or not is appropriate for a person to be detained pretrial. the 94% of the pretrial population, as i spoke to earlier, we are notorious for really significant case processing times for a case to go through the criminal justice system here in san francisco. often times, if a serious case is resolved, there maybe credit for time served. we also have had the sheriff's department who will speak to this and implement milestone credits that give individuals additional credit for any programming they are engaging in during that pretrial time. our best effort and focusing on after, under the law, a safety assessment is considered about whether or not someone should be in custody or not, is shortening the time of their case. recognizing that very few of our cases are resolved in the system through a jury trial. most of them are going to be settled through a negotiated agreement and another small proportion are dismissed and released. >> i know

district representation to avoid a costly civil rights lawsuit. an attorney is threatened to sue the city on the grounds that at-large council elections violates votingights act by diminishing the influence of latino, asian-american and african-american communities. the attorney argues a district based voting system is more representative of predominantly minority communities. half of the cities at-large council may need to step down in the next election. >>> safety cleanup continues at an oakland homeless camp the city said it's not kicking and when out but must clear debris, letter and the wooden homes that have been built because they pose a fire hazard. the campus located near the home depot and the fruitvale neighborhood. the city's attempt to make this area safe, the homeless hill live there were you the plan may backfire. >> they are tearing down my house. this is where i live. i locked my door at night and i'm safe. this is my home. >> the cleanup is good. now come as far as losing their homes, i don't think that's a good idea for anyone because come over one, it's about to be cold and it's about to be rating. >> last month the fire at the ca

. >>> this week city council is expected to vote on a 30 year development plan for his downtime district. its goals include increasing development of the walnut creek bart station. as well as improving by and pedestrian access within the northern downtown area. uncil playing tomorrow. >>> the seller rich fire is now 42 percent contained. it has scores nearly 8000 acres and burned 40 homes and stretched. homeowners who fled or coming home. some in the community cannot. a para families lost everything. they evacuated with flames burning. now they're recalling the heartbreak of leaving the home for the last time. >> we drove up and saw the house burning. actually were they were down at denny's, i had to go down there and let them know that they lost their house as well.>> the los angeles man paid a visit to the neighborhood. after learning the daughter was supposed to celebrate her birthday soon, the mayor offered to her party at his house.>>> the concern is what it.>> the santa ana winds is not a strong. getting an onshore flow for southern california. that colder temperature for them. als

but emily, in fact the council on big-city schools says the big school city districts are doing a littleind of thing, this is the kind of thing that jesse was talking about witches race and class. if it's the case where you are in a low income area in a minority, but also if you are living in kentucky or west virginia, you are a poor white kid to come the schools aren't delivering. jesse says if it's your kids you will send them to the best possible school so why don't we as americans thought about in pragmatic terms about what works and how we can help these two? >> emily: i think generally speaking we always oversimplify and we are massively inefficient. there are multiple factors that contribute to this and you are right, that inequality is built into the system. you are right that it's all predictable. it might be a blend of everyone. we are in the top five of the countries and it's how we spend the money. we are too busy blowing it on the teacher's pension because it's not like any of them -- they are not while salaried. they are not being invested into to ensure that the kids get w

two schools in the school district will close for the end of the school year and four others would emerge into tuesday. >> wilson ramos jr. served as the oakland city council. he was thrown ground last week during a dispute on his 39th avenue property. boarding an investigation to see what happened. >>> the mayor of san rafael will return to his political he attack last week. mayor gary phillips was rivered to the hospital last tuesday following chest pain during a golf tournament. surgery was performed on the 75- year-old and he was released two days later. phillips is sesecond term as may you and it released pictures of the man they sigh last month. when store security officers followed the man, he pulled out a knife. that same man is wanted for prior thefts as well. anyone with information should contact daly city police. >>> two weeks before voters head to the polls. one france mayoral candidate is. >> facebook is ramping up security ahead of the 2020 election. the changes announced today to u.s. troops. ances of lex.com >>> nationals and astros go head to head of gamethe startin in the human brain, billions of neurons play in harmony. for people with

districts. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live saturday at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. ♪ family weekend the research councilnorth carolina congressman mark meadows spoke at the conference. mr. meadows: god bless you. it is great to be with you. thank you for that welcome. i normally do not get a like that in washington, d.c.. we are here to tell a little bit of the truth about what is going on. i am having to leave right after this to go and do an interview. ambassador that was relieved of her duty as part of the impeachment effort. i think it is time we sent adam schiff home. instead of the president of the united states. i think it is time. what do you think? [applause] they love to do these things in secret. they love to try to have a narrative -- form a narrative trying to impeach this president. spoke in november, 2016. they spoke loudly saying we need a change. to drain the swamp. president donald trump is doing exactly that. he's doing exactly that. [applause] had thedows: i have opportunity to be the chairman of the freedom caucus. for some of you that do not know, we started a small group that said

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district representation to avoid a very expensive civil rights lawsuit. in walnut creek lawyer is threatening to sue the city on the grounds it at large council elections violate the voting right act by diminishing the influence of latino, asian american and african-american communities. the lawyers arguing a district based voting system is more representative of predominantly minority committees. >>> 6:09 am. contra costa county is considering major changes after last week's tank fire. next, the additional steps it's calling for to increase safety at facilities around the county. >>> thousands of kaiser permanente healthcare workers are getting ready for a strike. we are live in oakland. moments ago, many are gathering , calling for action from kaiser permanente. >>> good morning. you can see this commute is getting busier in many areas. >>> temperatures will be warming up. fire danger will also go up. it looks like a pattern we've seen many times before. i will show you the detas coming up. sarah's last tuition payment, sent off. feeling good? oh yeah. now i'm ready to focus on my project. ♪ ♪ this is why we plan. ♪ ♪ you never cease to amaze me, maya. see h

for the poor in his black majority district he was 1st elected to office in 1906 and it served as chair of his committee since january. on coleman's legislative council has descended into chaos for a 2nd day in a row as heckling lawmakers were dragged from the chamber by security they've been demanding an inquiry into an attack on a prominent human rights activists on calm has been battered by months of pro-democracy protests what highly reports. for the 2nd day running hong kong leader kerry lamb had difficulty getting your point across on the floor of the legislative council oh ok. 'd that was drowned out by heckling from members of the opposition chanting slogans of the protest movement now in its 5th month oh. as on wednesday lamb's question and answer session about her policy address was twice halted before she could finish. also know that probation council members condemned the protest in the chamber as a legislative council i don't think that any electrical members should use any kind of law and then including. all physical law lends him the chance to express their will i was before the legislative council session the leader of a human rights

we have 22 members, one from each district and 11 appointed by the commission at-large. there are 22 of us on the council. what i was asked to do is provide demographics because i think this speaks to what you have been talking about. older adults are the fastest growing age group. nearly 30% of those in san francisco will be a senior over age 60 by 2030. currently one in four san franciscans are seniors. we have one of the most diverse senior populations within the country. about one in 10 san franciscans report a disability that is approximately 94,000 people, about half of those are under age 65. you can see the transit equity addresses a big population of those in san francisco. mobility and independent living are among the highest reported challenges and concerns. over the past year or year and a half the council has had an ad hoc group made of council members discussing the issue of pedestrian safety. that is accessible and safe sidewalks, safe intersections, considerations when planning upgrades, vanness street project, geary street, holes, uneven sidewalks have all been discussed. paratransit rel

morris is the business improvement district managerfor the town business improvement district manager for the town councilt is your weather! tell me what it is for businesses here, that having the seasonal nature, what are the specific difficulties of that? from the point of view, maintaining an income throughout the 80s difficult, and from the business improvement point of view, we are continually trying to extend the season, but with penzance in particular, it is a market town, the land's particular, it is a market town, the lands end peninsula, so the businesses here also rely on the locals, so it is encouraging those locals, so it is encouraging those locals all the time into the town for that year—round coverage. we are lucky in penzance that we have got 80% independent businesses, so they are small businesses who are tailored to the visitor audience, trying to give something different, but also for the local audience. has been criticism of successive governments perhaps not understanding these difficulties, are they now get in it? from the penzance point of view, we have had a positive point from th

council. if state representative drew springer represents almost the largest district in texas and it's larger than 74 countries and is more than twice the size of massachusetts. nc also chair of the agriculture committee in state legislator which i understand has been getting quite a bit of buzz. we will talk about that.t. welcome. [applause] want to set the stage here and i think we probably have a non- agricultural audience here and probably jeanine in as well there are only about 2 million people in the country that are directly farming so a lot of people without their eating wearing fiber and using the fuey engaged in the industry as much as we used to be so there's a big disconnect and most are not the about agriculture everyday but there's a lot going on and i was hoping each of you could set the stage of where you think we are right now in the agriculture sector. there's been a lot of bad newsto and the trade war and the impact has had crazy weather this year but where are things in the industry and what is the mood and sentiment and what is going on that those outside of agriculture a

council. then we have state representative drew springer, who represents almost the largest district in texas,er than 74 countries more than twice the size of massachusetts. very large district. he also is chair of the agriculture committee in the legislature, which i understand has been getting quite a bit of buzz. we're going to talk about that. yes. welcome! [applause] here.let me set the stage i think we probably mostly have here.griculture audience probably tuning in as well. there are only about two million country that are directly farming. so a lot of people, even though eating and wearing fibers and using fuel that's grown in we're not states, directly engaged in this industry as much as we used to be. disconnect.a big i imagine most of you are not thinking about agriculture every day, but there is a lot going on. and i was hoping that each of you would kind of set the stage you think we are right now in the agriculture sector. i mean, certainly there's been a bad news. the trade war, and the impact of that. we've had a lot of crazy weather this year. but where are things in the indus