fiona hines. >> can you hear me ok? >> we can hear you perfectly. >> good morning supervisors and clerk young. good to see you all. thank you for having me this morning. as chair row men mansioned and i'm i'll give you some recent information on me. i'll be brief and i'll also try to incorporate some responses to the questions that you asked manny. i want to thank the mayor for her nomination and tyra for believing in me and shep shepheg us through the process and for those who don't know me or haven't met me, my name is fiona and i currently serve as the director assistant at independent loving resource center which is a disability rights and advocacy organization. i oversee all of our policy work, including our transit work. i am a native san franciscan who lives in the outer richmond. my main form of transportation is transit. touching on some of the experiences that i have in the transit world, as i mentioned, i oversee our policy portfolios. that includes active work with the vision zero coalition and the senior di

-ii they are there, fiona. matt hancock they are there, fiona. much. he put out a statement yesterday saying more than half the over—80s in england had had their firstjab, but that over—80s in england had had their first jab, but that was on over—80s in england had had their firstjab, but that was on average and london is back down at about 30% just to name one example of an area that has not really been keeping up with us. now, he said in a media briefing, as you heard, that he wanted to see supplies of the vaccine move to areas that needed to do more work to get the over—80s vaccinated. and he then said supply is the rate limiting factor. in other words, is the rate limiting factor. in otherwords, it is the rate limiting factor. in other words, it is not entirely straightforward getting enough supply at any one time to keep everyone up to the right place. and actually, the daily number of vaccinations for the first dose was up vaccinations for the first dose was up at about 300,000 for a couple of days, it did full back a bit over the weekend,

fiona lamdin, bbc news.il war to the pandemic, 2020 was a deadly year for the syrian province of idlib. our world follows two syrian doctors brought face—to—face with life and death. even before coronavirus, 2020 got off to a deadly start in the syrian province of idlib. but life continued for the millions of syrians trapped in the territory. as doctors, mohammed and this woman worked on the frontline of the humanitarian crisis. as coronavirus sweeps across the devastated region, where a third of the population live in refugee camps, the couple have to make a choice. to care for their patients or protect their growing family. with their first child expected just as the outbreak reaches its peak, it is a choice that will force the family apart. and for longer than any of them expected. mohammed and his family of four live in idlib, a province in the north—west corner of syria. it is the only territory still held by anti—government rebels and the start of 2020 saw some of the bloodiest violence as president ba

can you put it at fiona's level?> no. >> you have to make it a challenge. >> has to be like a presentation. >> they were doing that for the gram. >> for the look. >> next at 6:30, a movement in the u.s. has spread to other countries. the effort that google employees are making to unionize. >> and it is official, san francisco along with other bay area counties moving into the pu want to save hundreds on your wireless bill? with xfinity mobile you can. how about saving hundreds on the new samsung galaxy s21 ultra 5g? you can do that too. all on the most reliable network. sure thing! and with fast nationwide 5g included at no extra cost. we've got you covered. so join the carrier rated #1 in customer satisfaction. and get a new samsung galaxy starting at $17 a month. learn more at xfinitymobile.com or visit your local xfinity store today. >>> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. >>> now at the mt. tamm cam, cold before the storm, we're working up to freezing temperatures in parts

he got that from none other than fiona hill, the former national security council for donald trump who became an impeachment witness against trump in 2019. why is that significant? beyond interesting connections to the time fiona hill turned over the sub source to christopher steele them of the fbi was already investigating the sub source as a possible russian asset. and they were trying to get a fisa warrant on him when he fled the country, so fiona hill, someone who worked for a drum gave christopher steele a bad source that the fbi ultimately feared was a russian asset. >> sean: pretty amazing developments here and one has to ask okay, now that we know that you have those documents the whole time, where is he? >> i think he's fast at work trying to build the final parts of a criminal case. that's what my source reporting indicates in talking to defense lawyers and other people, he is still going forward to build a significant criminal case. let me tell you about something we will have, it will take some time to develop it overnight but people will be surprised by this revelation. in

hello, fiona. still a hello, fiona. stilla lot hello, fiona.ay. it will freeze again tonight, so a very icy at night on the way with clearing skies particularly across england, wales and scotland. temperatures in rural spot is down to —6. but overnight the temperatures might rise across ireland and northern ireland because this milder air is setting in. that is a weatherfront this milder air is setting in. that is a weather front and it will bring rain to western parts of the uk during the course of the morning, and eventually that rain will sweep across the rest of the country. maybe not reaching northern scotland. it is still pretty cold across the north, so it will not be raining everywhere. snow in the upland areas of the north, but further south we are talking about rain, that milder atlantic weather is setting in. that takes us into wednesday and one where the franc fizzles away. the next one comes in and this one will bring in substantially milder air to south—western parts of the uk. wednesday itself will not be too bad, particularly ac

so, fiona hill, some who worked for the trump presidency, gave christopher steele a bad source of theely feared was a russian asset. >> sean: pretty amazing developments here. one has to ask,pm okay, we know durham had these documents the whole time. where is he? >> yeah, i think he is fast at work trying to build the final parts of a criminal case. that is onts my source and reportingas indicates and talkig to lawyersse and other people, t looks like he is going forward to build a significant criminal case. something that will take time to develop overnight, but i think people willle be surprised by ts revelation. in 2014, the fbi determined that a foreign power was trying to influence hillary clinton and her campaign. when she ran. in fact, they feared they were going to do it through the delivering of money. the fbi tried for several months to get a fisa warrant, but according to these documents they were turned down not held up by the seventh floor, james comey and andrew mccabe, the seventh floor. they ultimately decided not to investigate any further, and unlike whatt they did t

fiona lamdin, bbc news.o to bbc.co.uk/makeadifference, where you can find details of charities who will take your device or that can help you find a school that will get it to a pupil that needs it. the government is planning to reform the controversial leasehold system in england, to spare homeowners from high charges when they extend their lease. the plan includes the right to apply for a lease of 990 years with zero ground rent, on both houses and flats. sarah corker reports. the derbyshire family moved to this newly built estate near bolton in 2010. they own the leasehold of the property, but not the land it's built on. they have to pay ground rent and other fees to the freeholder. jo says she feels caught in a trap. over the last 10 years, we've paid nearly £3,000 in ground rent. and that's just money for nothing, that we could have spent on other things. on this estate, ground rent for some homes doubles every 10 years. the leasehold—freehold system dates back to medieval times, and campaigners say its

fiona lamdin, bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show.w. up this week show, an uphill coming up this week show, an uphill struggle for europe's ski resort. in uphill struggle for europe's ski resort-— ski resort. in a lot things that peeple _ ski resort. in a lot things that people came - ski resort. in a lot things that people came here i ski resort. in a lot things. that people came here for cross—country skiing. that people came here for cross-country skiing. gorgeous view. cross-country skiing. gorgeous view- the _ cross-country skiing. gorgeous view. the italian _ cross-country skiing. gorgeous view. the italian village - view. the italian village trying to stay on its hilltop. and the show that must go on in dubai. i and the show that must go on in dubai. ., ., , ., dubai. i have no safety, no harness- — dubai. i have no safety, no harness- i _ dubai. i have no safety, no harness. i cannot - dubai. i have no safety, no harness. i cannot have - dubai. i have no safety, no harness. i cannot have any| harness. i cannot have any mistake

yes and no, fiona, tonight is a moment that politicians the right across the uk had desperately wantedboris johnson was telling parents to send their kids to school this morning, in less than two hours we expect him to tell the country again, that schools are going to close, to most pupil, he will urge again most of us, if you possibly can to stay at home. there there will be laws brought in in the next couple of days to make that illegal —— a legal requirement. it's the opposite of where politicians wa nted the opposite of where politicians wanted us to be, remember how things in the summer felt they had turned round. there is a big difference, there are vaccines now, the government is scrambling to get them into as many arms as fast as they possible can, but there is one thing thatis possible can, but there is one thing that is the same. it is that a virus we had barely heard of 12 months ago is once again forcing the prime minister to act in a way that would be alien to us in anything like normal times, the idea that our politicians would be telling people to stay indoors, the idea

congratulations, fiona. >> president yee: ditto that. i worked with her quite a bit with the seniors and disabilities folks. and she's amazing in terms of her activity and how she gets involved and she commits fully to things that she is involved with. and the perspective she brings in is valuable to the commission. i will fully support her. roll call, please. >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> president yee: aye. >> supervisor fewer: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. >> supervisor mar: aye. >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president yee: okay, without objection, the motion is approved. madame clerk, let's go to item 12. >> clerk: item 12 is motion to' appoint marc brandt and kisai henriquez to the bicycle advisory committee. roll call please. >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. >> supervisor walton: aye. >> president yee: aye. >> supervisor

fiona lamdin, bbc news.o bbc.co.uk/makeadifference. a month since end of the transition period, what role has brexit played in the uk's head start over the eu around covid vaccinations? ros atkins has been finding out. the uk's vaccine roll—out is going faster than the european union's. ii% of the uk's population has received at least one dose, in the eu it's 2%, which raises the question of whether brexit explains the difference. well, die welt in germany calls the eu—astrazeneca row the "best advertisement for brexit." and borisjohnson was asked if he thought brexit had helped. we certainly were able to use speed and agility to deliver on the programme that we needed to do. whatever the reason for moving early, the pharmaceutical industry is clear — it helped. astrazeneca inherited, when they did the deal with oxford university at the end of april, a coalition of willing companies that were already working on the scale—up challenge. for its part, the eu, after some deliberation, insisted it would act as on

fiona lamdin, bbc news. its website. the deal is worth £55 million, but the company won't be taking on any of the retailer's stores or its 12,000 staff. simon browing reports. debenhams, a high street bastian for over two centuries but it's been in distress for years, as online shopping accelerated and perceptions it couldn't keep up, as our retail habits change. now boohoo, one of the huge new online brands which has challenged so many of our traditional retailers, has bought what's left. boohoo's purchase of devon and sees them just take the website and brand name, meaning stores like this and 117 others across the country are now set to close. it is truly devastating news that the company's12,000 employees. but unfortunately the pandemic continues to wreak havoc for businesses that were already struggling to survive.- businesses that were already struggling to survive. what that is auoin to struggling to survive. what that is going to mean _ struggling to survive. what that is going to mean for _ struggli

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take precautions when i go out anyway masks and so on must be worn out the other way you know you fiona's finds us there's just nothing we can do. as officials work to contain the virus they also worked to contain information about it this will harm dr lee well yang was reprimanded by police for sounding the alarm about a vern unknown disease he died weeks later from the virus but his whistleblowing forced more transparency about china's efforts to contain the outbreak will homes lockdown lasted $76.00 days. well that was a year ago and since then countries all over the world have gone through lock downs in various forms joining me now to talk about the effect of lock downs on us all is power she has a doctorate in education and is the c.e.o. of create positive and a learning platform with a focus on mental health of the powell thanks for joining me so you work with schools all around the world how has the pandemic affected education. effected education i would actually say in a positive way because the system was sort of broken and needed to be changed and now it's on the table and peopl

fiona hill, talk about very quickly because we're using up a lot of time here -- [laughter] she madeeference to you regarding the russian collusion narrative and those so-called impeachment inquiry hearings. your thoughts. >> listen, she has her right to her own opinion about my reporting. listen, she's the person, we're going to find this out tomorrow or over the weekend, she's the person who introduces christopher steele to sub source one. who is that? the person who gave him all the bad russian disinformation and who the fbi had under investigation since 2009. so fiona hill was hanging out with somebody the fbi thought was a russian disinformation artist, and it would have been nice to have known that so she could be cross-examined when she was an impeachment witness. but once again we're finding out far too late. lou: in other words, it's straightforwardly the testimony that we heard not only from her, but many if not most of the other witnesses were outright lies and designed as disinformation against the american -- >> certainly omissions. there are a lot of missions. i'm not s

ischinger: absolutely, fiona. i think the single stupidest thing for germany and actually for the entire european group of partners of the united states, whether you are talking about the e.u. or nato partners, doesn't make much difference here, the stupidest thing would be for us to sit back and wait until joe biden makes everything right again, which donald trump has made wrong. creating doubts about nato, calling the e.u. a foe instead of a partner, etcetera, etcetera. so instead of waiting for america to come across the atlantic again, and, of course, i am happy to say, i should have said at the beginning, a little anecdotal point -- the only international decisionmaker i know who attended my conference, the munich security conference as early as 1980, the only active international decision-maker that i know is joe biden. we could have mentioned john mccain, but he has, of course, left us. so, joe biden is really the only person i know with a role at this time, the single most important role in world affairs a

remember when fiona hill testified john bolton refused to get involved in the drug deal, that was their quote, drug deal the president's men were cooking up? >> you tell eisenberg, ambassador bolton told me, that i am not part of this whatever drug deal that mulvaney and sondland are cooking up. >> rudy giuliani and president trump. rudy giuliani and president trump are cooking up this whole deal, again, this time. remember, fiona hill, blasting the fictional narrative that ukraine interfered in our election. >> some of you on this committee appear to believe that russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country. and that perhaps, somehow, for some reason, ukraine did. this is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the russian-security services, themselves. the unfortunate truth is that russia was the foreign power that systematically attacked our democratic institutions, in 2016. this is the public conclusion of intelligence agencies confirmed in bipartisan congressional reports. it is beyond dispute. >> this is another, fiction

fiona, first of all, let me say thanks to you and ian for doing this. it is a wonderful opportunity for me. i wish i could have pursued my original plan, which was to go on a book tour once the english version came out late last year. but of course, because of the pandemic, that is not possible. i am looking forward to the moment where we can more easily travel again across the atlantic. you know, when i started thinking about this book, the original intention was of course to write a book addressed to a german audience. and my original intention was in 2018, a year or so after donald trump had taken over, to kind of write a wake-up call type of book for germans, my fellow germans have been told ever since 1990, when we had german reunification, that paradise has now begun because we are now only surrounded by friends. the soviet union is gone. poland is now an ally. why do we need an army? we are living in a happy state of being surrounded by friends. that kind of thinking, i thought, true enough almost two years ago, needs to be shaken up a little bit

m> the housees to hold trump accountable, we get insights from the impeachment witness fiona hill. >> we don't think it is a rvivable philosophy in this country to embrace eto nationalism and authoritarianism. reckoninblican is the gop ready to ditch trump? exparty member and co-founder rick wilson speaks. >> plus -- >> the systems that are existing in the united states are protecting the republic in the united states. >>> good

joining me now is fiona cincotta from city index. good morning. nice to see you.ay have been managing the situation see we saw the huge crash in the price of oil last year. yes, that's true. yesterday or on monday, sorry, we we re yesterday or on monday, sorry, we were waiting for an agreement and it didn't come through, but they did pull through, but they did pull through yesterday, which as you mentioned sent the price of oil soaring. russia and kazakhstan are going to increase production by 75,000 barrels per day but, as i said, saudi arabia have made a voluntary cut of 1 arabia have made a voluntary cut of1 million barrels a day and that's because of concerns over future demand with the slow rollout of the covid vaccine and researching covid cases and the lockdown. the other key takeaway from this meeting is that the two sides, saudi arabia and russia, were able to work through previously strained relations and actually come together with a co—ordinated approach. as you said, let's not forget that last year it was a stand—off between these two powers, which ac

fiona lamdin, bbc news.dren who need them most. growing �*vaccine confidence�* has led to a boom in the over 50s booking summer holidays. coach and tour operators say they�*ve seen a rush to book, with some seeing an almost 200 percent increase over the last two weeks. simon browning reports. holidays. millions of us missed out last year. no sea, no sun, no long sunset drinks. instead, we got cancellations and refunds. now, as the mass roll—out of the vaccine gets under way, tour operators say we�*re booking again and looking for sunnier climes. tui is the uk�*s biggest tour operator. greece, turkey and spain are our favourites. in the last few weeks, over 50% of our bookings on our website have been the over—50s. we�*re seeing people booking longer holidays. so, rather than the straight seven nights, they�*re booking 10s, 11s and 14s, maybe trying to catch a bit of that missed holiday back up, and we�*re seeing them go in more multi—generational and broader groups. so, it�*s a bit more of a bigger family ho

joining me now is fiona cincotta from city index.do you think the poorer nations may need more accesshere, when the vaccine will be distributed and distributed everywhere, thatis and distributed everywhere, that is when the economies can start reopening. and we're going to see the economic recovery pick up. it was really interesting because they highlighted it, not expecting there to be three broad groups of recovery. first you've got the us and china, were going to recover much quicker to pre— pandemic levels. then you've got the middling group which is the response nations, who will recover but at a slightly slower rate. 0wing recover but at a slightly slower rate. owing to the economies. and then you've got the emerging markets, except the emerging markets, except the china, who have actually seen a big hit from the virus. and also a much longer, harder recovery, because of one of the reasons, a difficulty of getting quick access to the vaccine. �* ., vaccine. and in the meantime, there is this _ vaccine. and in the meantime, there is this issue _ vaccine. and in the meantime, ther

and what we fiona is that americans across the country could have had access to a lot of information about the threat of nazism. citizen historians around the country have uploaded more than 15,000 articles to our website. we put a number of them here on the interactive map. so visitors can touch on any state and see for example, here is a article from indianapolis. the indianapolis star in september of 1935. front page news there is coverage of the nuremburg laws. defiant nazis past decrease against jews. i will show you one more from nevada that speaks to a interesting challenge that we thought about as we were putting together this exhibition. thisa÷j÷] is a nevada paper. nevada statefb?;w"Ñ journal. march 27th of 33. and they are reporting on the fact that einstein, albert einstein is renouncing his citizenship, and he will return to germany. but if you look over to cohen's you see this article. mistreatment of jews ends. there had been no stories about persecution of jews for a wee coming out of nazi germany. and secretary of state paul says that we may consider physical mistrea

joining me now is fiona cincotta from city index. deal agreed before trump left? , , ., left? this is a huge disappointment. i left? this is a huge - disappointment. firstly left? this is a huge _ disappointment. firstly because there is independent businesses who have really taken a big hit from this, from these tariffs that have been on products and been there for around 15 months now so it is actually caused a very big hat. they are looking at losses in the region of around 450 million and losses of exports, so this is a really big problem and it is one that hasn't been resolved and there was a lot of optimism that they might have just been able to get that over the line but it didn't happen.— get that over the line but it didn't happen. what do you think they _ didn't happen. what do you think they will _ didn't happen. what do you think they will need - didn't happen. what do you think they will need to - didn't happen. what do you think they will need to do i didn't happen. what do you think they will need to do ifj think they

fiona lamdin, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again.england. later we will see a bit more getting in across north—west wales. but wherever you are today, you will notice it does feel cold. this weather front here is what has been bringing the snow and it's very slowly moving south through the course of today. the isobars behind it tell you we have a more northerly wind and that is going to strengthen through the day across northern scotland. here, the showers will turn increasingly wintry down to sea level. so the snow will continue across parts of southern scotland, northern england, into north wales through the course of the day. we could see a further five centimetres in the pennines, but some of this will get down to lower levels. where we have got this morning's freezing fog, some of it will stick, and where it sticks it will depress the temperatures. there will be some brightness in between. overnight there is a complication in the weather forecast but what we think is going to happen is we will see further snow across southern sc

don't have access to the internet, laptops or affordable broadband are being greatly disadvantaged fiona ican i can only read a book. we do not have any wi—fi. for i can only read a book. we do not have any wi-fi._ have any wi-fi. for angela and brian, this _ have any wi-fi. for angela and brian, this is _ have any wi-fi. for angela and brian, this is what _ have any wi-fi. for angela and - brian, this is what home-schooling brian, this is what home—schooling looks like without a laptop or the internet. i looks like without a laptop or the internet. .. ., , , looks like without a laptop or the internet. ., , , internet. i cannot see my teacher because i cannot _ internet. i cannot see my teacher because i cannot do _ internet. i cannot see my teacher because i cannot do zoom - internet. i cannot see my teacher| because i cannot do zoom lessons internet. i cannot see my teacher - because i cannot do zoom lessons and i cannot go to school. i have to do my homework for sure because if i do not do my homework then when i go back to school i am not going to know anything about it. internet is

. ♪ ♪ baby we can >> you might recognize a familiar face, fiona bridge.ry styles coming up next on this video and the message behind it. >>> take a look at these images, a candlelight vigil at the site of the u.s. drone strike that killed general soleimani a year ago today. he was killed while traveling at a convoy near baghdad. u.s. president-elect joe biden hopes to engage with iran after he's inaugurated. arwa damon on what could happen in the final days of the trump administration. >> reporter: there are commemorations along baghdad's airport road at the exact location where a u.s. strike hit the vehicle carrying hop iranian general qassem soleimani, killing him alongside a key iraqi paramilitary leader. since then, tensions between the u.s. and iran have only been escalating, with some u.s. officials saying that at this point, the threat being posed by iran is the most significant it has been since soleimani's killing, pointing to what they claim is intelligence that says that iran has been moving short-range ballistic missiles into iraq. this is whe

strong words from fiona hill, and how do you handle this back home when people believe what they believe because the president tells them it's true? >> we have to debunk the lies that have been told and talk about the truth, and i think we've been doing that. i think you've been doing that at cnn and talked about the election and how it wasn't stolen and how it was done fairly, accurately and safely. look, the folks who attack the capitol at the president's pushing feel very empowered right now, so it doesn't surprise me that there are all sorts of other events that could be cropping up all over the country. we need to stop that from happening because, quite frankly, it's based on lies. and i'm all for people that are making their voices heard, but the line was crossed when they broke through the doors of the capitol. we cannot allow that to continue, folks need to be held accountable, actions matter and consequences of those actions also matter. >> active isn't great no matter what you're active about this in country, but anarchy is unacceptable. joe biden is going to take office next w

on fiona hill as you remember, a former trump national security official, she obviously testified during2019 impeachment proceedings, she called this a gift to putin and others, china, whoever it might be who wants to harm the united states. and she also put what happened on wednesday at the capitol, she framed it as a coup, a coup by the president and his instigators that failed but nonetheless -- i think the importance you can take away from this is that, a, president trump was defeated in the election so this anti-democratic trend has been defeated in the elections and, b, the institutions held. i mean they were threatened to the point of breaking but to -- up until now they've at least held on and that i think around the world the allies are taking some comfort in. >> christiane amanpour, we appreciate you staying up late, 2:00 a.m. in london where you are from but important perspective from around the world. thanks. >> thanks, pamela. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> you are live at the cnn newsroom. i'm pamela brown in washington, d.c. and there is breaking news right n

fiona lamdin, bbc news. hello.mperature will actually rise through the night in advance of this milder atlantic air. you can see the south—westerly winds, that's a weather front and this weather front is expected to bring rain to northern ireland already in the morning. could be a little bit of hill snow here too, but i think it is mostly rain across western parts. that crisp, icy start in some parts of the country will give way to a grey, wet, very unpleasant afternoon and additionally across the pennines and certainly the hills and mountains of scotland, we will see further snow. but in the south, it's certainly going to be much milder, temperatures between five and 10 degrees, so it's all rain. you can see that sleet and snow across the north, the rain in the south as it moves across the country during the course of tuesday evening and into wednesday. now wednesday, we find ourselves in between weather systems. this is actually another weather front that's heading our way. very early in the morning, it's still w

in the eyes of president trump's former russia adviser fiona hill, they are spot on, as we barrel towardecond impeachment, you remember hill's role in the first one, testifying at hearings in 2019. and speaking of wednesday's riot, she told the daily beast the president was trying to stage a coup just because it failed or didn't succeed doesn't mean it wasn't real. tonight we are 11 days from joe biden taking office, taking charge of a deeply wounded democracy. as the guardian editorial board puts it, the struggle is just beginning. america has shown its people what it is. they should believe it and act accordingly. with me now democratic congressman joaquin castro of texas. congressman, good to see you. first, tell us what was going through your mind wednesday when you had to barricade yourself? >> yeah, i mean, i was locked down in my office, just like a lot of other members of congress. it's a scary situation for everybody, because you didn't know how far these rioters, these insurrectionists were going to take it. and i think now that we look back at the video and the photos of that

our disability member, fiona hensley was elected to the board, and while there is no conflict of holding both seats, they felt the workload is too much and has decided to step down. we honor her service to the task force, and the people of san francisco wish her well in her new position. we are in the midst of some significant projects that i'm integral to and feel my continued presence is essential for. and due to my expertise as a technology professional, i would lend this and other subject knowledge to the task force freely and have been helpful over the years. i think my presence is still beneficial. there is a lot of confusion over the new electronic and online tools that are hart of a complaint and can cause inadvertent decisions to be made to the detriment of the general public. and having good technical background for this position is important. i'll stop there. i would enjoy the opportunity to continue my service. >> chairman: thank you, mr. wolf, and thank you for your service. i'm glad that you were able to connect. i don't see any requests from my colleagues to ask questions

. >> fiona apple, her album, "fetch the bolt cutters," what a powerful statement.t she made i her househ a small group of musicians banging anclanging on the walls. and i think it captures that feeling of being creative, even in a situation where you're confined. we all related to that. >> brown: artists also responded to calls for racial and social justice.be nce's "black parade" was nominated for song and record of the one month later, she surprised fans with her disney-plus visual album "black is kins " hailedcelebration of black empowerment. other standouts include h.e.r."" i can't breathe," lil baby's" the bigger picture," released weeks after the killing of george floyd, and leon bridges and terrace martin's "sweeter." one thing that hasn't changed? the emergence of new artists. >> the breakout star this year was bad bunny. what a personality.pe a true shifter, he j recentlyust had the first spanish languanumber one on billboard in recent history. and i love bad bunny. he's like the david bowie of lawnn pop. >> broand if you hadn't heard the name megan thee stallion, well, venow y