thank you very much for _ on what's going on in fiji?nd wave in april this year. now, we've recorded 411 deaths since april and thatis recorded 411 deaths since april and that is more than the two to be recorded last year, so a year on from when we accept covid—19, we still haven't seen the end of where were going to move on to from now, were going to move on to from now, we still haven't seen the end of this. schools have closed in people withoutjobs, thousands of people withoutjobs, thousands of people withoutjobs, thousands of people without jobs and withoutjobs, thousands of people withoutjobs and our tourism sector is in dire straits. you without jobs and our tourism sector is in dire straits.— is in dire straits. you mention schools being _ is in dire straits. you mention schools being closed - is in dire straits. you mention schools being closed board i is in dire straits. you mention schools being closed board of| is in dire straits. you mention i schools being closed board of the restrictions do you have, do you have a look down

. —— and kiribati and fiji. what do you needin kiribati and fiji. are all suffering the _ need in terms of help? we are all suffering the impacts. - need in terms of help? we are | all suffering the impacts. what we need is climate action on the ground. and in particular thatis the ground. and in particular that is finance. there is an acute lack of climate finance. we have been promised 100 billion by 2,020, but that is still not there.— billion by 2,020, but that is still not there. sorry to enter out, do still not there. sorry to enter out. do you _ still not there. sorry to enter out, do you believe - still not there. sorry to enter out, do you believe it's - still not there. sorry to enterj out, do you believe it's going to come now? the latest ipcc report, one scientist said, this is scientists shouting out the top of their voice from the tolling building —— the tallest building in the world that it has to happen now. do you think it will? ., ., , , ., it will? the alarm bells are deafening- _ it will? the alarm bells are deafening. i— it will

the fijian team so i came along with their flight from fiji to japan.erience of being at these olympic games? it is not a normal one, is equipment is a big thing. indeed. in equipment is a big thing. indeed. , ., ., indeed. in terms of how you were spending _ indeed. in terms of how you were spending your - indeed. in terms of how you were spending your time - indeed. in terms of how you were spending your time it, | indeed. in terms of how you i were spending your time it, is it difficult? we were spending your time it, is it difficult?— it difficult? we have been 'ust t in: to it difficult? we have been 'ust trying to keep i it difficult? we have been 'ust trying to keep ourselves h it difficult? we have been just trying to keep ourselves busy| trying to keep ourselves busy with— trying to keep ourselves busy with making our own entertainment, like karaoke with— entertainment, like karaoke with a — entertainment, like karaoke with a team, the oceania teams. very— with a team, the oceania teams. very good — with a team, the oceania teams. very good. wh

they can avail themselves to their rights to seek fiji status in the united states. -- to seek refugee status in the united states. you have to do that from a third country. they can go to the u.n. acr and seek refugee status. we have seen the reports of atrocities being committed by the taliban in various places where they are on the offensive. these reports are deeply disturbing and totally unacceptable. i think it speaks to a larger issue. the taliban has repeatedly said they seek in the future a number of things. international recognition, international support, they want their leaders to be able to travel freely around the world. they would like sanctions lifted on them. none of those things are going to be possible if the taliban seeks to seek -- take the country by force and commits the kind of atrocities that have been reported. afghanistan, does not respect the basic rights of his people does not have a representative and inclusive government that does not abide by the main gains of the last 20 years. it is a afghanistan that will be a pariah state for the international commun

tom: i think he's in fiji or something like that.isa: the idea here of potential political risk, that is what he was talking about. the idea of a september to remove or, a perfect storm. he's got great catchphrases. honestly, you look out over the next couple of weeks, and given how bullish people have gotten, is there that fragility? tom: i know what francine is going to say. i've worked with her for years. here's francine. lisa, have an abril spritz -- have an aperol spritz. francine: you know what haven't talked about? china regulation. this has been over the last two weeks, basically china selling off, european stocks kind of getting their impetus from china and the asian markets, and then you buy the dip in the u.s.. i don't know how long this lasts into september. tom: lisa, again, that goes to the point of a white knuckle september. to francine's point, we've heard from inda karen and -- from end curran and others about china this year and into next year. lisa: the reaction in markets is, nah. you can get yields. the fed will

polynesian city, with indigenous moldy joined by generations of migrants from countries like some or fiji and tongue up. but the vibrancy color and contribution of polynesians haven't always been welcomed here. we were the people that were responsible for the disintegration of, of the economy and the new zealand dream, the painters were vigilante group set up in the 1900 seventy's to defend the rights of modi and pacific islanders and to change the racist views held by many white new zealanders, we can educate them, they're not new to our way of life. let's keep stuff. one result of that sentiment was an immigration crackdown, targeting pacific islanders who had been brought here because of labor shortages. the often violent dawn rage, which the government has now apologizing for. so police searching homes, businesses and even churches looking for over stairs to deport the sense of injustice is still felt to day, mainly because it was only pacific islanders who were targeted, not the majority of over stairs who were at the time from the united states or europe, a formal government apology

a group of 51 men, women, and children were subject to the security screening and 19 pointing to fiji. uganda has agreed to a request for the us to temporarily taken 2000 african ah, indigenous activists in brazil, or waiting a deficient by the supreme court, which could result in them losing access to the ancestral lands. thousands of people have set up a protest camp in the capital brazilian arise group appealed against the states view. the tribes can only claim land if they live there or made the claim before law came in 30 years ago. but indigenous people say many of their communities were expelled from their lands, decades before monica care has the latest from the supreme court in brazilian. yet then a very, very long day. there was a screen set up here behind me where they were listening to the supreme court justices vote, but instead of voting on the indigenous issue, which is which should have been addressed today. early in the afternoon, they started talking about the central bank and a proposal to make it independent from the government. and so during the whole afternoon, y

a month on water. semi headed is the head of advocacy for the middle east and then a widget where fiji council. she says the effects of climate change have exacerbated the crisis. this problem facing both iraq and syria is matter. both countries facing the worst route in modern history. and this unfolding crisis, which threatened 1000000 losing access to water tricity and to production of well, is largely cold by climate change by rick low rainfall. but of course, both countries the heavily reliant on water supply from neighboring countries, especially water supply through euphrates river, which originate in turkey. and we have seen over the past few months, a severe reduction in that water flow from the freight and also the tigris group that flows through iraq. and we really urge the international community to raise the alarm about this issue, which is largely being on notice at the moment. we need also turkey and tardies in the region to find a solution to sharing water resources and quantities it almost sustainable and weighs about millions of people don't react to water in the futu

so is a more toria needed to protect the ocean, wanting us to discuss this from fiji marine pins, u l, a and ocean activist and coordinated with specific network on globalization. that's original organization promoting economic justice and globalization across the pacific and north delaware. so emily, a professor of energy and the environment at the university of delaware, he's also a former advisor on environmental and social impact assessment to the deep sea mining company, known as deep grain and in boston, massachusetts science journalist daniel ackerman, welcome to everyone. daniel, i'm going to start with you with the most basic question of explain to us what deep sea mining is. yes. so deep sea mining is basically the extraction of mineral resources from the bottom of the ocean. and there are a number of different ways that it could work, but one of the most common proposals is to collect these resources called poly metallic nodule. so these nodules form over millions of years at the bottom of the ocean and they're really rich and cobalt nickel, copper and manganese. a lot of t

he didn't his family had reportedly been leaving -- he and his family had reportedly been living in fijianted residency under a category that requires a person to invest $7 million in the country. the index shows he is worth $122 billion. much more ahead. ♪ emily: big declines of shares of the mobile game maker zynga. assign gamers might be opting to play outside instead of inside virtual worlds. they are delaying hotly anticipated games. joining me now for a deeper look, frank. shares down more than 18%. what do you make of reaction from investors? >> it is a reflection trying to understand what this means. our company reported strong results. at the same time, we are starting to see in june and july the great reality, people started to play a little less. there was a little bit of an effect on the mobile ecosystem. we took the opportunity to look at the second half. we guided about 3% down on the top line. we held our profitability. we are still going to have a record year. the best year zynga has ever had. it is an interesting time for the industry, trying to understand how these tren

very low cases, australians aren't really reading about what is happened -- aren't worrying about fijiinea, let alone africa and south america. haidi: just another way of looking at the incredible inequality the pandemic has grown up. my last question is about herd immunity, whether we should still be talking about the possibility of herd immunity when we know that with the delta variant, even in a well vaccinated population, clearly mask wearing, social distancing measures still have an important part to play. lesley: yes. i think the issue is it does not much matter what you call it. we're going to have to get people, as much of the population possible vaccinated. one of the things we are realizing now -- you can call that herd immunity or you can call that getting x percentage of the vaxed -- population vantage -- population vaccinated. but it's obvious this is a disease that is going to become an endemic. it's always going to be there in the background. the assumption is we will be able to manage it so much better when all the population is vaccinated, when we have herd immunity. b

but at least they made it, unlike the island federation of fiji where commercial flights are scarce.hed a ride on a cargo plane, one which normally carries frozen seafood on it. 3 million tons of sand were shipped to japan for the beach volleyball competition. they reportedly sent 20 tons on 20 different kacontainers, beginning the process three years ago. they managed to get several tons on one shipping container. there wasn't only the athletes and gear that had to make its way to tokyo. there were 300 animals competing in jumping and dressage. they departed from belgium last month carrying 36 horses and tons of feed. all 36 horses had to quarantine before the flight, of course. then there was the perseverance of the olympic organizers themselves. amid a shortage of medical workers, they had to make the massive olympic beds as safe as possible. people were for bidden from singing or cheering. the fever clinic had workers isolated. as of friday, there were 358 positive coronavirus cases reported at the olympic games. it's not an insignificant number, but for what we know right now, i

not for the rugby players from fiji. the players hitched a ride on a cargo plane.supplies. the ap reported that 3, 500 tons of sand were shipped to tokyo from vietnam for the beach volleyball competition. team brazil reportedly sent 20 tons of equipment on 20 different containers, beginning the process three years ago. canada's olympic sailors managed to get one boat on to team usa's shipping container. a win for the international partnership. it's not only athletes that have to make it to tokyo. there were the animals. namely about 300 horses competing in jumping, eventing and dressage. according to reuters, the first flight from europe departed to belgium last month carrying 36 horses and 13 tons of feed. all 36 horses had a seven-day quarantine before the flight, of course, then there was the perseverance of the olympic organizers themselves. amid a shortage of medical workers, they had to make the massive 18,000-bed olympic village as safe as possible. for the most part, fans were banned from the events. the few spectators who were allowed in were forbidden fro

customs is banding seafood from a fiji based ship. in the vessel labor.cutting the domestic seafood market. new images from china's first space station show astronauts conducting experiments using a human system research cabinet. this is part of 49 plant experiments aboard the chinese facility. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ finding new routes to reach your customers, and new ways for them to reach you... is what business is all about. it's what the united states postal service has always been about. so as your business changes, we're changing with it. with e-commerce that runs at the speed of now. next day and two-day shipping nationwide. same day shipping across town. returns right from the doorstep, and deliveries seven days a week. it's a whole new world out there. let's not keep it waiting. millions of vulnerable americans struggle to get reliable transportationre. to their medical appointments. that's why i started medhaul. citi launched the impact fund to invest in both women and entrepreneurs

we also have a presentation on energy access as government and fiji and the meeting coming up for meetings look at the record retention policy for new. questions. >> to add on the public comment, the two items that ar actually good ideas agenda items . one of those is the ruling that san francisco pc just did today and a recommendation that the san francisco puc so when we talk about energy access san francisco we probably will also cover that there and the other with the refuse work because it that maybe the controller did a presentation on now they are approaching it. ismuch larger. those are things also the future agenda . >> any otheradditions from other commissioners ? maybe we should move on to public comment then. >> clerk: i will put the instructions for public comment on the screen and read the instructionsfor anyone who would like to call in . please call 415-655-0001 and enter access code 146 031 0364. you will then need to press star 3 to be added to the queue and you willhave three minutes to make your comments . give me one second.i do see we have a caller in the queue so i w