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with us are ben hsu, economics editor of the independent and deputy editor of the website reaction.s it often is! know? must be me. let's look at the front pages. some very serious stories on the pages tonight. we will be looking at two of them in debt. —— in depth. the times leads with the warning from moscow that the united states is one step away from military clashes with russia. the ft has a picture of the stockholm attack. its main story is syria and what it calls the stark shift in us strategy. the mirror also leads with russia's warning to trump. the male leads on washington ‘s message at the un, that it is ready to launch further attacks against assad. they express also leads on syria, besides an image of the burning truck in sweden. the guardian says the white house appears to back away from wider military involvement in syria, leaving the world perplexed at its strategy. the telegraph leads with the horror in sweden. it says the attack appeared to target young children deliberately. these are the two stories that have dominated our news today. we will begin following the

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. >> director brinkman director borden director heinicke is anticipated director hsu director nolan director ramos is anticipated director rubke madam chair we have quorum. >> thank you item 3 please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, phones, please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room meeting room meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. >> item 4 approval of the minutes for march 7, 2017, regular meeting minutes. >> do i have my any public comment on the minutes. >> i'm sorry in or a make public comment. >> it is announcing any comments on the previous meeting do i have a motion >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? nope hearing approval of the minutes and directors i know item 6 introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. >> i do have one thing i'd like to i promised to put this on at the next board meeting i'm going to go ahead and put it in and acknowledge all the work that the staff of 3 agencies have done for the transportation sustai

right in the nick of time director brinkman director borden director heinicke director hsu director ramosector rubke directors please stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance. that director nolan will not be that madam chair we have quorum announcement of prohibition of sound-producing devices during the meeting. please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones meeting room meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phones set on vibrate can cause interference with the microphones, we respectfully ask they be turned off. item 4 approval of minutes - march 21, 2017. >> regular meeting of. >> do i have any public comment on the minutes. >> no mama motion to approve. >> without hesitation ask for the officials when mr. fan arrived he saw that was dire and directed her to call 9-1-1 and colby peterson to the statement calmed down and told me his problem the man stepped down from the ledge they held each other's hand she went above and beyond in counseling chofbt to a man no dough their actions saved his life on behalf of sfmta thank you for commitment and please acc

let me remind you what medium is coming k hsu forgot your statistics on college all those years ago. median is happy american households make less than this amount. half the american households make more. we in this room are very privileged and american society. very privileged. i don't know your incomes. but i don't have to know your incomes. you are in healthcare. you're at the top of healthcare keep and you wear very nice close. [laughing] we don't realize that the median in america is $56,000 or household. not an individual. now, the average employee sponsored insurance premium, when pepperdine provides its professors or its administrators employer-sponsored insurance, across the country 2016, the average premium, all in, the employer contribution, the employee contribution and economist will tell you they are all employee contributions but we won't go into that now, it's $18,000. where the median income in america is 56,000 or one-third is health insurance premiums. i don't know, is that unaffordable to you? it seems outrageous to me. and as was mentioned, we are now at a per ca

right in the nick of time director brinkman director borden director heinicke director hsu director ramos director rubke directors please stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance. that director nolan will not be that madam chair we have quorum announcement of prohibition of sound-producing devices during the meeting. please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones meeting room meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phones set on vibrate can cause interference with the microphones, we respectfully ask they be turned off. item 4 approval of minutes - march 21, 2017. >> regular meeting of. >> do i have any public comment on the minutes. >> no mama motion to approve. >> without hesitation ask for the officials when mr. fan arrived he saw that was dire and directed her to call 9-1-1 and colby peterson to the statement calmed down and told me his problem the man stepped down from the ledge they held each other's hand she went above and beyond in counseling chofbt to a man no dough their actions saved his life on behalf of sfmta thank you for commitment and please

example, hsu has said we need to boost regulations, as the poll has indicated, improve enforcement.t about changing business laws. we have to restructure the regulatory body, improve enforcement. hand, let's install some new business laws that over improve governance corporate shareholders. different ideas about how to deal with the family-run can armor and's -- conglomerates. jae-in criticized president park on her hard-line policy. do you think that stance will be beneficial for him in this election? peter: that's a good question. conservatives, particularly those that supported the former president's stance against north korea, have come out against moan and said he is too soft, jae-inportive -- moon and said he is too soft, too un'sortive of kim jong- regime. this is a tough unit, probably the best trained unit that was created to defend against north korea. he has a perception he has to fight. he has called for a softer line against north korea versus former president park. five weeks ago. peter, the gi. let's continue our look at correia up next. -- peter, thank you. let's con

[clapping] director hsu. >> thank you.ow, i still feel like i wonder if i should take this personally because it is like i just get here and after all these years you decide to move on. [laughter]. i know that with any service at some point you have done your time and it is fair to set you free so we appreciate that. for you i have a proclamation from the mayor 's office. mayor ed lee and i will read this so everybody can share with us. whereas recollect tom snolen who chaired the mta board of directors since 2010 as managed not only navigate the san francisco bay area transportation politics, but overseen projects that will have a lasting impact on san francisco bay area. and whereas, tom nolan respected as a ideal leader, passionate, hard working, with a great sense of humor and regard for the community he gently guides the board through difficult negotiation to achieve consensus of the budget and translt service and labor negotiation. whereas, tom nolans accomplishments include advocating for the central subway, a focus

. >> director hsu any questions or comments. >> i'll pile on and say, i think that a great piece of work and appreciate the community engagement so cobra. >> thank you, again i want to congratulate the staff on the work of that i think this is a fantastic example of outreach and going into the community and listening what the community has to say i offer you kudos and want to be a cup of cold water i'm a bit concerned i look at when i look at golden gate and turk i'm concerned we're not going far enough on turk to make that a welcoming sustainable transportation street when i look at page 15 in the presentation and i see that there is support for a 1-way street on church there is less support for a lane removal and see that people absolutely want to maintain the parking but then when i switch to our sfmta bicycle document peddling forward 59 percent of those polled building those should be separated from cars i'm concerned with that diagram of turk and golden gate with the bike next to the moving vehicles again, we know is not what people want to see i want to have a little response what

[clapping] director hsu. >> thank you. ia know, i still feel like i wonder if i should take this personally because it is like i just get here and after all these years you decide to move on. [laughter]. i know that with any service at some point you have done your time and it is fair to set you free so we appreciate that. for you i have a proclamation from the mayor 's office. mayor ed lee and i will read this so everybody can share with us. whereas recollect tom snolen who chaired the mta board of directors since 2010 as managed not only navigate the san francisco bay area transportation politics, but overseen projects that will have a lasting impact on san francisco bay area. and whereas, tom nolan respected as a ideal leader, passionate, hard working, with a great sense of humor and regard for the community he gently guides the board through difficult negotiation to achieve consensus of the budget and translt service and labor negotiation. whereas, tom nolans accomplishments include advocating for the central subway, a

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