my name is karen pierce. i'm a native san franciscan. i am a resident homeowner in bayview hunter's point. i have raised my kids in the city, and i am an employee of the san francisco department of public health. i spoke at the september hearing , and i just want to reemphasize the main points that i made. that is that the health departments is in crisis. and the way it is manifesting most is in the health of the people we serve. if you look at the statistics on african-american and black health in the city and county of san francisco, you will see that there has not been any progress and in many instances, things are getting worse. we don't need ptsd. we are in constant attack. we need your support to change it. this is not necessarily a reflection solely on the existing leadership. this culture has been built over more than the 20 years that i have been working with the department. we cannot expect the people who are now in leadership to step right up and make a change. but we need you to make sure that the department takes a look at w

ambassador karen pierce was speaking as she often does without notes she goes away from her notes andad libs and she mentioned general camera and i've done a bit of digging since she mentioned general comment she said we welcome the involvement of gen chemical i can tell you because i know him patrick kamut is a dutch general in my view he's probably currently the un's favorite general he's written reports he's studied the situation in south sudan so what we've learned from the you can basso there and a bit of digging on the phone since she said that is he is heading those efforts to come up with this monitoring mission that would go into her data how many troops involved how they'll be armed all of those details need to be resolved very very urgent urgently by the united nations and then the final phase of course is january is getting the two sides back because this is really only the first stage dealing with flashpoints on the ground they've got to try and find a power sharing deal of future political arrangement for yemen so fresh talks we think taking place at the end of january o