and mr. clark, with that, please open this item to public comment . yes, madam chair, members of the public who wish to provide testimony on the continuance on the item and are joining us in person should line up now for those who have joined us remotely and haven't already done so, press star three. if you wish to enter the speaker line and for those already in the queue, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and that'll be your signal to begin your comments, please, please and i'll start your time. thank you very much. oh, hold on. give me one second. okay, we're good . thank you. thank you very much. supervisor and supervisor walton for putting this together . my name is bobby jones. i'm a native of san francisco. also work in the financial district and live in pacific heights. i've been familiar with san francisco racism since i had to go through the side door. the olympic club. i'm familiar with the racism of san francisco in in regards to housing, which still exist. so we need this task force. do not put your h

mr. gaetz: were the vikings diverse? yen clark: i'm look at our country, the most diverse country in the world. mr. gaetz: sure but how about the force in ukraine? are the ukrainians fighting the russians a diverse force? general clark: my concern is the people i'm charged to build into leaders. mr. gaetz: you would acknowledge throughout history, including present history, that statement hasn't been true never example. general clark: what i would say is those countries have to rely on the full force of their population to win wars and that's why it's important for us to be diverse because our nation is diverse. mr. gaetz: let's look at the population that make thips fighting force, frequently. we have more men than women, right? 70-30ish? and of the men we have, most of them are not transgender men, most are cisgender men, right? general clark: yes. mr. gaetz: but we push something call the brook owens fellowship, and in that fellowship it specifically says if you are a cisgender man, this program isn't for you. so you just said

mr. clark, do i have any announcement? thank you, madam chair. just a friendly reminder for those in attendance to please make sure the sounds, all cell phones and all electronic devices so as to not to rp

general clark: because we encourage them to -- mr. gaetz: how do you encourage them to apply if you don't know why it mean. general clark: some of those words may apply. mr. gaetz: we don't have the same oversight from the board of visitors. i seek unanimous consent to enter into the record an article from "the washington examiner," titled "gutted military oversight board." so in this piece it goes through a timeline where on september 8, 2021, all of president trump's appointees were fired. on september 17, secretary austin created the board of visitors subcommittees. and then populated those subcommittees with people who weren't on the board of visitors. have you ever seen that happen before? general clark: our board of visitors is populated and supports us in great fashion. mr. gaetz: what about the subcommittees? are there people on the board of visitors subcommittees who are not on the board of visitors? general clark: i can't answer that. mr. gaetz: seems like something we ought to know. general clark: yes, sir, i'm not sure. mr.

mr. clark, do i have any announcement? thank you, madam chair. just a friendly reminder for those in attendance to please make sure the sounds, all cell phones and all electronic devices so as to not to interpret our proceedings here in the chamber. the board, the board of supervisors and committees are convening hybrid meetings that allow in-person attendance and public comment while still providing remote access and public comment via telephone. so public comment for the for the items on this agenda for one and two were satisfied on monday and the duration was satisfied last thursday and but in the event we were to open, we were to reopen public comment. those attending in person would be allowed to speak first and those on telephone and then we will take those on the telephone line. if public comment were to be reopened. those joining us in person should line up to speak first, and those are telephone should dial star three to be added to speaker line. and if you are on your telephone, please remember to turn down your tv and all this thing de

mr. clark, do i have any announcement? thank you, madam chair. just a friendly reminder for those in attendance to please make sure the sounds, all cell phones and all electronic devices so as to not to interpret our proceedings here in the chamber. the board, the board of supervisors and committees are convening hybrid meetings that allow in-person attendance and public comment while still providing remote access and public comment via telephone. so public comment for the for the items on this agenda for one and two were satisfied on monday and the duration was satisfied last thursday and but in the event we were to open, we were to reopen public comment. those attending in person would be allowed to speak first and those on telephone and then we will take those on the telephone line. if public comment were to be reopened. those joining us in person should line up to speak first, and those are telephone should dial star three to be added to speaker line. and if you are on your telephone, please remember to turn down your tv and all this thing de

left leading a graveyard. >> trump eventually backed down, and he didn't install his loyal crony, mr. clark. but clark ended up being the recipient of a search warrant on his home last year, a very clear sign of prosecutors' interest. also today, new details on trump's legal -- in the state of georgia. georgia state prosecutors are zeroing in on specific charges, including solicitation to commit election fraud and conspiracy to commit election fraud. joining me now to kick the show off is barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney and msnbc analyst, and michael steele, former rnc chair and msnbc political analyst. jack smith has been talking to richard donoghue. when i heard that news, my spidey sense started to tingle more than usual. he's already spoken with the jan 6th committee. what does that tell you about the depth and breadth of jack smith's investigation? >> he's at the center as a witness, not a defendant himself of donald trump's efforts to use the justice department as a weapon in this case. you may recall there was that letter jeffrey clark drafted and proposed they send under the n

mr. clark's spokesman declined to comment. tonight, there's a particular focus on people like jeffrey clark and john eastman, and rudy giuliani. the lawyers in the trump bunch. part of a rant on his social media platform, truth social, he claimed tonight that lawyers and the legal system itself are under siege. he called that siege a gift from crooked joe biden, merrick garland, and deranged prosecutor jack smith. who knows what trump meant by that. if i were a lawyer, if i were a lawyer that would help trump to try and overturn the 2020 election, i might be keeping an eye on my mailbox. joining us now is barbara mcquade, the former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. barb, we are waiting for your shot also with us is the great lisa rubin. hi, lisa for -- thanks for saving my height. lisa, let me start with the notion that jack smith, his very busy and can apparently juggle a lot, was at the courthouse today on a wednesday, which is not traditionally when his grand jury's, meet. what's the signal to you? are you

mr. clark's spokesman declined to comment. and tonight there's a particular focus on people like jeffrey clark and john eastman and rudy giuliani, the lawyers in the trump bunch. and part of a rant on his social media platform, truth social, trump claimed tonight that lawyers and the legal system itself are under siege. he called that siege a gift from crooked joe biden, merrick garland, and deranged prosecutor jack smith. now, who knows what trump meant by that, but if i were a lawyer, if i were a lawyer who had helped trump try to overturn the 2020 election, i might be keeping an eye on my mailbox. joining us now is barbara mcquade. barb, we're waiting for your shot. and also with us is the great lisa ruben. >> here i am. >> thank you, lisa ruben for saving my hide. let me first start with the notion that jack smith who's very busy and apparently can juggle a lot was at the courthouse today on a wednesday, which is not traditionally when grand juries meet, what does this signal to you? are we making a mountain out of a molehi

mr. clark, can you please check if anyone's waiting in the queue? madam chair, we have one caller in the queue. please standby. welcome caller your three minutes begins now. greetings commissioners. my name is lex life height, and i'm calling to offer my support of the waiver for joanne lee prior to may of this year, i directly administered the nonprofit sustain ability initiative for the office of economic and workforce development, and i would echo the prior comments that joanne lee operated with the highest standards of integrity and used her financial and community expertise to evenly and equitably apply rules and policies for grant making. i would add to the hardship conversation that it creates a fiscal and performance hardship for the city to make it so difficult for senior members of staff and people with a high level of community involvement to move on from their roles, but continue to advance the strategic priorities of the city. as someone who recently left city employment and watched some of the budget hearings, i heard a lot from our el

meeting is adjourned at 456 p.m. >> thank you and thank you mrs. clark. [meeting adjourned] >> how i really started my advocacy was through my own personal experiences with discrimination as a trans person. and when i came out as trans, you know, i experienced discrimination in the workplace. they refused to let me use the women's bathroom and fired me. there were so many barriers that other trans folks had in the workplace. and so when i finished college, i moved out to san francisco in the hopes of finding a safer community. >> and also, i want to recognize our amazing trans advisory committee who advises our office as well as the mayor, so our transadvisory community members, if they could raise their hands and you could give a little love to them. [applause] >> thank you so much for your help. my leadership here at the office is engaging the mayor and leadership with our lgbt community. we also get to support, like, local policy and make sure that that is implemented, from all-gender bathrooms to making sure that there's lgbt data collection across th

meeting is adjourned at 456 p.m. >> thank you and thank you mrs. clark. [meeting adjourned] >> when i open up the paper every day i'm just amazed at how many different environmental issues keep popping up. when i think about the planet i want to leave for my children and other generation, i think of what contribution i can make on a personal level to the environment. ♪♪♪ clean power sf is san francisco's key way of fighting climate change by renewable energy and offering it to san francisco customers. i'm from the san francisco public utilities commission. the program came about with state wide legislation in 2002 to enable people to take more control over supplies. i first heard of the program when the organization was advocating to launch clean power sf. what i'm most excited about, it's going to bring 100% renewable energy to my home and reinvest into renewable energy infrastructure and jobs. i had gone to a lot of street fairs and heard from the staff at the san francisco public utilities commission to sign up for clean power sf even before it launche

meeting is adjourned at 456 p.m. >> thank you and thank you mrs. clark. [meeting adjourned] in fire prevention. i'm very happy at fire prevention because not only am i able to enforce the code and make changes to help the citizen of san francisco be safe in their homes or place of business, but i think my work also make sure that my fellow firefighters and first responders, when they respond to a fire, the building is also safe for them. >> you're watching san francisco rising with chris manners. today's special guest is brooke jenkins. >> hi, i'm chris manners and you are watchs san francisco rising, the show about restarting rebuilding and reimagining our city. ourguest san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins here to talk about theopeioid crisis, criminal justice and more. >> thank you so much for having me. >> thank you for being here. let's start with organized restale threft. some jurisdictions across the country imposed most of the punishment against people shop lifting in groups but that may be applied disproportionately to epipooal and does

mr. clarke, it was clear that we looked at the terms of the plea agreement that this was not going to foreclose everything. and the justice department spokespeople had said that was an open matter. so i view that as posturing, okay, the judge wants to nail it down in the plea agreement. but now to introduce these kinds of fundamental or existential questions about a plea agreement, that's very unusual. we'll see how that plays out. there's a tension between her position, because first she says, i don't want to be a rubber stamp. you're making me a rubber stamp. and then a few minutes later, she turns around and says, you're plopping me down in the middle. in other words, i'm not enough of a rub ber stamp. so, i expect it will be worked out. the parties will go back. you have to respond to her. you know, i don't think that these supposed constitutional concerns are very well taken. >> understood. evan, you've been covering this case from the beginning. do you see -- what are the two sides doing right now, in effect? are they meeting over coffee and saying we've got to work this out by tomorrow?

mr. thomas clark, to help us solve this. we've already all gone years and you all need to be to get people states. one schools in gone, i had been struggling for years. now the government is having to touch public spending to meet the conditions imposed by the international monetary fund as part of a $3000000000.00 some here worry that could mean even less money for the already undefended education sector. despite the government efforts to improve the quality of education and public schools challenges remain. many schools like this one don't have enough resources. so just textbooks probably train teachers and this was, it was but well, definitely leaders say there will be no major budget cuts to health education. but some people don't believe this in june of thousands of failed exams to qualify as teachers want because of the i am if conditionality, which is putting a cup on the number of presses that can be employed by government to become part of government expenditure, government has found the weight of denying the almost

clarke thank you very much, mr president.— their support. clarke thank you very much, mr president.iden, chancellor schwartz, prime _ much, mr president. president biden, chancellor schwartz, prime minister, l chancellor schwartz, prime minister, president macron, prime minister trudeau, president michelle, it is a great honour to be here. the outcome of the nato summit was much needed and a meaningful success for ukraine and a meaningful success for ukraine and i am grateful to all readers in need of congress for very practical and unprecedented support, considering the relationship support for ukraine. today stability in the region and any and all threats. i want to my all threats. i want to thank my fellow g7 leaders and president zelensky to make this happen. i think it is a powerful statement, zelensky to make this happen. i think it is a and erful statement, zelensky to make this happen. i think it is a and freedom ement, zelensky to make this happen. i think it is a and freedom today, and its defence and freedom today, and as it rebuilds its future. we are going to be there a

mr. clark, can you please check if anyone's waiting in the queue?madam chair, we have one caller in the queue. please standby. welcome caller your three minutes begins now. greetings commissioners. my name is lex life height, and i'm calling to offer my support of the waiver for joanne lee prior to may of this year, i directly administered the nonprofit sustain ability initiative for the office of economic and workforce development, and i would echo the prior comments that joanne lee operated with the highest standards of integrity and used her financial and community expertise to evenly and equitably apply rules and policies for grant making. i would add to the hardship conversation that it creates a fiscal and performance hardship for the city to make it so difficult for senior members of staff and people with a high level of community involvement to move on from their roles, but continue to advance the strategic priorities of the city. as someone who recently left city employment and watched some of the budget hearings, i heard a lot from our ele

and mr. clark stepped outside and it is cooler. there's a little more of a breeze there.ahead and look. there you go. and you can see a few high clouds up above 50 on the fog below that pretty close on the temps. cooler temps to the north. some of these higher clouds about done, but there's still a few. so we'll say mostly sunny today. but the cooling trend starts today. six d 70s 80s. i know still some 90s. i didn't want to hold on to him but i couldn't ignore them yet. tomorrow though it looks about five eight degrees cooler for all. all right over to sal now highway four. did i hear you say or am i just hearing things, which is not unusual? well, highway ford does have some slow traffic, steve, that's for sure. we do have some slowing coming in over the hill. it's not unusually slow, though, so we're going to keep an eye on that. we also have a look at the richmond bridge and there's some slow traffic as well. so a lot of these slow traffic things are going to be a little bit slow, but here's the bay bridge. it's only backed up to the middle of that parking lot. and th

mr. clark, could you correct me if i'm wrong? i'm trying to reconcile between the budget and legislative analyst's report here that i'm looking at for today as well as the meeting agenda. and now i believe that the last city departments on the for today's agendas like in terms of discussion which we will continue to recess till tomorrow for this entire meeting. but today is the office of economic and workforce development confirmed. madam chair, thank you so much. so last but that definitely not least, is our office of economic and workforce development. and i'm so sorry. can the audience turn off your cell phone and just sign or in silence? thank you so much. sarah. dennis phillips, executive director of the office of economic and workforce development. i'd like to thank our analyst at the bla, severin campbell, as well as our analyst at the mayor's budget office. jack english, for their hard work around our budget, we are in agreement with the bla recommended ations with the exception of the ambassador related reduction. while

mr. the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. clark. the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. the gentleman from california, mr. lieu. the gentlewoman from washington, ms. delbene. the gentleman from minnesota, mr. phillips. the gentlewoman from florida, ms. wasserman schultz. the gentleman from new york, mr. the gentleman from california, mr. sherman. the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. schakowsky. the gentlewoman from new york, ms. meng. the gentleman from illinois, mr. schneider. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. gottheimer. the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. manning. the gentleman from florida, mr. moskowitz. vice president harris: appoints the following senators as members of the committee on the part of the senate to escort his excellency isaac herzog, president of the state of israel, into the house chamber. the senator from new york, mr. schumer. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin. the senator from washington, ms. the senator from michigan, ms. stabenow. the senator from minnesota, ms. klobuchar. the senator from wisconsin, ms. baldwin. the senator from new je

madam chair, thank you so much, mr. clark. i appreciate it. and i think that now we are going to these two items as both were, to discuss last week, colleagues and i think that continuing to see where we're heading and this is a conversation for us to show, to demonstrate really what we're thinking. and i think let's be transparent about it. so i just want to quickly to thank and acknowledge supervisor marina being here and i would say that like, i really appreciate her leadership being in conversation with me and just helping me understand the just really the early childcare educators and provide ours and their needs and like what, what and how best to continue on. but also your leadership and understanding of how actually department of early childhood works also really help this these conversation moving along. i do want to make clear, colleagues, that i, i will not be in support of the sublease or deduction, which is item 11. i think that the comptroller and mr. egan last week had clearly indicated that the impact, the positive impact and t

mr. thomas clark, to help us solve this. we've already all gone years and you all need to be to get people state one schools in gone, i had been struggling for years. now the government is having to touch public spending to meet the conditions imposed by the international monetary fund as part of a 3000000000 dollar some here worry that could mean even list many for the already undefended education sector. despite the government efforts to improve the quality of education and public schools challenges remain. many schools like this one don't have enough resources. so just textbooks properly trained teachers and disc what it was, but well, definitely leave is say there will be no major budget cuts to health education. but some people don't believe this in june 1000 failed exams to qualify as teachers want because of the i am. if conditionality, which is putting a cup on the number of presses that can be employed by government to become part of government expenditure, government has found the weight of denying due almost a $70

mr. clark, could you correct me if i'm wrong?'m trying to reconcile between the budget and legislative analyst's report here that i'm looking at for today as well as the meeting agenda. and now i believe that the last city departments on the for today's agendas like in terms of discussion which we will continue to recess till tomorrow for this entire meeting. but today is the office of economic and workforce development confirmed. madam ch t

mr. speaker. ms. clarke: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor of life and legacy of a new york city icon. the honorable albert van. after four decades of service as a progressive new york state, new york city legislator, councilmember albert van passed away one year ago today. his contributions have enshrined him as a multigenerational champion of equity, justice and for those in most need. he understood the importance of progress and the fight for justice. he understood what it meant to challenge the white male-dominated political machine of his day. he understood real power, where real power comes from. it comes from the block offed community -- beloved community. this led him to becoming the first president of the african-american teachers association, the first black teachers union in new york state. he was a friend, a colleague, a mentor, but most importantly he set the standard for what it means to serve your community. to those who are privileged or underprivileged, overlooked and left out or marginalized, it is with great honor that i stand as a direct beneficiary of a great man,

clark: thank you, mr. speaker. ever since the minutemen gathered in lexington, america's armed forces have been guardians of freedom. generations of heros have signed up for a singular cause, preserving liberty for all. and regardless of party or politics, the house has come together every year to put our national security and our military families first. until now. this year, the maga majority is using our national defense bill to get one step closer to the only thing they really care about, a nationwide abortion ban. mr. speaker, americans are already paying the price for republicans' extremism. americans like amanda zoroski, who rushed to the hospital last year after suffering a miscarriage. she needed an abortion procedure to prevent a deadly infection but her doctor sent her home. banned under texas law from providing the care she needed. so she waited. mourning her daughter. that she had lost. until she went into septic shock. ended up in the i.c.u. for three days. and almost lost her life. now maga republica

mr. clark, do i have any announcement? thank you, madam chair. just a friendly reminder for those in attendance to please make sure the sounds, all cell phones and all electronic devices so as to not to interpret our proceedings here in the chamber. the board, the board of supervisors and committees are convening hybrid meetings that allow in-person attendance and public

mr. stevenson and ag clark talked about how key it is to have services that keep folks with this those outf the criminal justice system. can you share your thoughts on the relationship between our disability service system and criminal justice involvement of people with disabilities? estella: yes. first, thank you for being here today and having an opportunity to comment. it is such a delight to be on the same stage as someone like bryan stevenson because he's done so much to bring to light the plight of not only people of color, but how damaging our current criminal justice system is. i've been involved in helping people with disabilities get out of institutions. when i talked institutions, i'm talking everything from people who have been in state mental hospitals, state mental retardation centers, people have been in nursing facilities and people who have been in jail. they are all institutions and if you have spent any time in one of these institutions, we know well now that other people begin to survive, live and grow when they are not in institutions. institutions don't provide opport

mr. stevenson and ag clark talk about how cute is to have services that keep folks with this those out of the criminal justice system. can you share your thoughts on the relationship between our disability service system and criminal justice involvement of people with disabilities? >> yes. thank you para first thank you for being here today never having an opportunity to comment. if such a delight to be on the same stage as someone like bryan stevenson because he's done so much to bring to light the plight of not only people of color but how damaging our current criminal justice system is. i've been involved in helping people with disabilities get out of institutions when i talked institutions on talking everything from people who have been in state mental hospitals, retardation civic computer within nursing facility of people who have been in jail. they are all institutions and if you have been active spent any time in an institution you know that we know, we know well that other people survive, live and begin to grow when they're not in institutions for institutions don't provide opport

collin clark writes in part this, with mr. prigozhin now reportedly in exile in belarus mr.s how to deal with wag n purseinaries scattered around the world. none are likely to play out well for russia. even if wagner fighters do decide to join russian military units en masse, it won't be easy for moscow to integrate them. joining us now the author of that piece, director of research at the sufan group, collin clark. his research focuses on domestic and international security as well as geopolitics. collin, fascinating piece. so let's start with this wagner group. there's reporting over the weekend that prigozhin was trying to summon a lot of them to reorganize in belarus. not clear for what purposes. what are the options that putin has to deal with this private army not so many miles away from moscow? >> yeah, thanks for having me, jonathan. i think, you know, first of all putin can try to integrate the wagner forces into the russian military, but that comes with a host of its own challenges including the fact numerous wagner fighters have been accused of war crimes and crim

mr. stevenson and aeg clark talk about how key it is to have service systems that keep folks with disabilities out of the criminal justice system. share your thoughts on the relationship between our disabilities service systems and criminal justice involvement of people with disabilities? >> yes. thank you. first thank you for being here today and for having an opportunity to comment. it's such a delight to be on the same stage as someone like brian stevenson because he's done so much to bring to light the polite of not only people of lcolor. but how damaging our current criminal justice system is. i've been involved in -- helping people with disabilities get out of the institutions and when i talk institutions, i'm talking everything from people who have been -- in state mental hospitals, state mental retardation centers. meme who have been nursing in facilities and m people who have been in jails. they're all institutions, and if you have been in a time in one of these institutions, you know that we know we know well now that people survive, live, and -- begin to grow when they're not in ins

. >> greg clark indeed, mr speaker , 800,000 people work indirectly or directly in our car industry,y's exports . country's exports. >> so i strongly welcome the £4 billion investment by tata in a battery factory with the jobs associated with it, so will my right honourable friend build on that success and pursue a clear plan to get more gigafactories including in the west midlands? so we can capitalise on our lead in battery innovation and technology . technology. >> dodi my right honourable friend is absolutely right to highlight the importance of today's announcement. one of the largest ever investment in the uk auto industry in this country's history. billions of pounds, thousands of jobs and it is a massive vote of confidence in the uk economy . in the uk economy. >> lots of the liberal whip foot i >> -- >> yeah. thank you very much, mr speakeh >> yeah. thank you very much, mr speaker. the nhs in england has just had its longest everjunior just had its longest ever junior doctors strike and consultants go on strike tomorrow for the first time in 50 years. yet so far scotland has

mr. jeffries: speaker kevin mccarthy and speaker pelosi who served with john lewis for 34 years. they were both members of the same class. that's a pretty good class. [laughter] whip katherine clarkembers of congress and members of the lewis family, staff, and all those in attendance, good afternoon. thank you for your presence here today. it's a great honor and privilege on behalf of house democrats to stand before all of you to pay tribute to a civil rights' champion, defender of democracy, voice for the voiceless, legendary leader and powerful profound principal public servant, the honorable john lewis. the stamp will forever represent and commemorate one of our country's greatest sons and the conscience of our congress. it's appropriate that one of our forever heroes will be recognized with a forever stamp. personally, as all of us who had the opportunity to serve with john lewis know we will cherish the time we had to spend with him, serving in the people's house and in my case as a member of the congressional black caucus. i remember how special it was when as a new member i first saw john lewis on the house floor. early in january of 2013. he called me over to him and he a