mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: reserving the right to object, i'm all for transparency. i think we should know as much about this investigation into the president as we possibly can. we do know that we only know part of the story and that the mueller report is only part of the story, but we also need to know how this originated because i think it's very important that we not turn our country into this back and forth where each successive party tries to use the apparatus of government to investigate the previous president. we do know now that the investigation of the trump campaign reached to the highest levels of the white house, all the way up to president obama. what we don't know is was president obama told that the evidence to get this investigation started was paid for by the hillary clinton campaign? we need to know that. so that's not part of the mueller report, but that's something that i'm asking that we should attach to this resolution. we need to know, was president obama told that this information

mr. president. >> mr. president, i am father of 8, 20 grandchildren, vice president of the universal plumbing and heating in las vegas, nevada, a business that has been around for 20 years. we were able to give all of our employees businesses, we bought new vehicles, purchased new computers and ipads for the field. to make us more profitable. we have been able to reinvest in our company, and i want to thank you for the support to the american people and american companies. i appreciate it. thank you, stay your course. thank you very much. [applause] >> good afternoon, mr. president. i'm with universal plumbing from las vegas, nevada. i don't remember if you remember, we met at the caucus in high -- in the high school when you went there. i got to shake your hand and everything. you are very personable, i can't stop talking about you. pres. trump: very nice. i hope that doesn't change. >> i am a third-generation plumber born and raised in las vegas, nevada. i have worked 25 years in the trade to ensure the h

mr. president, how do you beat joe biden? pres. trump: i think we beat him easily. reporter: mr. president, measles cases are increasing. what a a tell parents about getting their kids vaccinated? measles. pres. trump:oh. they have to get the shot. the vaccinations are so important. this is really going around now. they have to get their shot. reporter: mr. president, how old is too old to be president? pres. trump: well, i think that, i just feel like a young man. i'm so young. i can't believe it. i'm the youngest person. i am a young, vibrant man.i look -- vibrant man. i look at joe, i do know about him, i don't know. reporter: is he too old? pres. trump: i would never say anyone is too old, but i know they're all making me look very young, both in terms of age and i think in terms of energy. i think you people know that better than anybody. yeah. reporter: mr. president, do you still think there were "very fine people on both sides" in charlottesville? pres. trump: oh, i've answered that question. and if you look at what i said, you will see that that question was answered perf

mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. ms. ernst: mr. president, as we approach tax day, america's roaring economy keeps on speeding ahead as we continue to see the positive impact that the tax cuts and jobs act is having throughout iowa and the rest of our country. last week yet another outstanding jobs report was released showing that the economy added 196,000 jobs in march, well above expectations. just think, since tax reform was passed, 3.2 million jobs have been created. and year over year wage growth remains strong at 3.2% in march. after years of stagnant wage growth, we have now had eight consecutive months in which it exceeded 3%. under the leadership of our governor kim reynolds, iowa's unemployment rate is the lowest in the country and is tied for the lowest rate ever recorded in our state. i've seen the effects of tax reform firsthand in my home state, and they are paying off big time. thanks to senate republican pro-growth tax reform, a business owner in pella, iow

mr. grassley: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i ask to speak two minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: some elected officials are proposing radical changes to our health care system. these proposals include medicare for all, medicare buy-in, medicaid for all, and expansion of the affordable care act. all of these are virgins of government-run health care -- all of these are versions of government-run health care. these are of course better campaign slogans than serious solutions to the problems facing americans. on the personal level, i have found most people would rather have control of their own health care rather than have the government make those decisions for them. a single-payer care system would be devastating for our seniors, people with disabilities, and people with preexisting conditions. i yield the floor. mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: today the senate will vote to confirm the president's choice t

mr. president. congratulations. i think the work you in the president have done to get the burden sharing more equitably spread to get closer to the 2% target nato allies agreed -- now we have the common challenge of making sure it is spent officially -- efficiently. a lot of hard work done, but a lot of hard work remains and we look forward to working with you on it. >> thank you very much, everybody. appreciate it. q&a,ncer: this week on douglas brinkley talks about his book "american moonshine: john f. kennedy and the great space race." >> he thought fdr's new deal was too big, but what fdr did well was beyond social security. fdr built the tba, grand coulee dam. kennedy is thinking, what is my administration's big public works thing? he picked the right number, technology. the computer chip gets developed in the late 1950's. modern aviation starts kicking in. when jack kennedy runs in 1960, there are no computer science classes at universities. by the time he is killed in dallas, computer science classes are ever

mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. scott: good afternoon. the crisis in venezuela is a crisis in america. senator rubio, congressman isbalard and i have been talking about this for years and worked with the white house on a strategy. more than 200 americans live in venezuela and their concerns are our concerns. make no mistake, this is a crisis. it's a humanitarian crisis that threatens the people of venezuela and created a flood of refugees numbering -- numbing in the -- numbing in the millions. the dictatorship of nicholas maduro and the creeping influence of military presence represents a clear and present danger to the entire western hem is here. there are some who will say this is not our fight, that the millions of venezuelans suffering 2,000 miles away are not our concern. some have criticized the mere mention of the crisis in venezuela by those like myself as american imperialism or u.s.-backed coup. i reject that. this is our fight. freedom and democracy in l

mr. president, good afternoon. president trump: thank you. >> i would like to talk to you a little bit about the border wall and what it's done for us here. when i talk about these levels, i'm not just referring to illegal apprehensions or entries. i'm also talking about things like a salt of physical force -- like assaults of physical force. [indiscernible] said, we sawas you some incredible results from the border wall. we saw a 70 for -- 75% decrease in illegal entries, 65% decrease in assaults with use of force. prior to the construction, we were number one in the nation in use of force, and number two in the nation in a salts -- in assaults. that's been huge for us. after the construction of the wall, we had an 86% decrease in illegal aliens from the northern triangle countries, guatemala, honduras, and el salvador. we were able to decrease 38% of our manpower in those areas and deploy them to other parts of the border so they could be more effective out there. we have apprehended 40 -- excuse from 40 different

mr. president, thank you for taking the time.. we really appreciate you joining us. >> president trump: high, sean, thank you. >> sean: all right. a lot of breaking news tonight. you haven't really talked at length in an interview about a lot of issues. let me start with this issue of the ukraine. i don't know if you were following the top of the show or john solomon's new report or that both catherine herridge and sara carter are reporting tonight we now have text messages from peter strzok and lisa page, never before seen. discussing recruiting white house sources to spy on you. take it in any order you would like. >> president trump: well, i think it's incredible when you hear it. these are great reporters, all three. and when you have them on your trail, that's a problem. these are people that should be getting pulitzers, not the ones that got the pulitzers that got everything wrong. if you listen to them, they got everything wrong. go back and read some of their early and mid articles.ro they didn't have a clue what was going

mr. president for your leadership on the opportunity. this summer epa will announce more than $50 million in grants to revitalize strong struggling communities and we included the opportunity zone of the nation tie-breaking criteria process. this means we will take advantage of the many structure grant programs. after we distributed more than $2 billion in loans to six cities with opportunity zones. last week we announced the availability of $6 billion in water infrastructure loans. last month we gave to the city of baltimore and tomorrow i'll be in miami to announce and help them with the water infrastructure. and were also hoping stronger areas of the country to meet their nonattainment air qualities. when they're not attainable to the air-quality added tracks to the amount of businesses that they can detract to the city. this week we are announcing the cleveland is meeting their not standards for the particular manner which should allow cleveland to attract business and expand existing businesses there. >> i love cleveland, you know w

mr. president. > how are you doing? thank you very much. >> we're from north carolina. >> i like that . >> thank you, everybody. well, thank you very much, everybody. big day. very important day. we have a lot of important days at our white house. and this is to me the future. i want to thank you all for being here to discuss a critical issue for our country's future. winning the race to be the world's leading provider of 5g cellular communications networks. it's all about 5g now. we were 4g. and everybody was saying we have to get 4g. and then they said before that, we have to get 3g. and now we have to get 5g. and 5g is a big deal. that's going to be there for a while. i guess at some point we'll be talking to you about number six. what to you think? you think that's true? right now we're going to be the leader in this. we're going to do be -- we're the leader in everything. we're joined by the chairman who has been doing a fantastic job and deputy secretary of agriculture. thank you very much, steven. i appreciate it

mr. president, thank you so much for calling in this morning. >> well, thank you, maria. maria: we are on the border here and while we were standing, mr. president, we saw at least 3 groups, different groups that crossed the border illegally and were apprehended, why are these numbers soaring so much today? >> well, people are pouring up because our economy is so good. i mean, unfortunately it's the only bad part about what we are doing because everybody wants a piece of it and they are willing to come up and take the risk in this tremendous danger and our laws are so bad the combination of having a great economy and having weakest immigration laws anywhere in the world by far and we have catch and release and we have chain migration and visa lottery, we have things that nobody in their right mind would have, we are trying to get rid of them. the democrats won't do it. we need some democrat votes, unanimous with the republicans but we need some democrat votes an they go out of their way to allow these people to come in and when you get tough, when you do all of the things

mr. president, we thank you for your leadership on this issue. i'm so glad that we were able to include our priorities on rural broadband. that is something that we've sought to really deliver on. with today's announcement, in addition to the milestones over the last two years, we can say that we are bringing 5g and rural broadband across this country. thank you. [applause] >> mr. president, we really appreciate the fact that you have put this emphasis on rural america. the things you have done in office have been tremendous for us. we look forward to the next several years. and you continuing to do that. the thing that you struck today of deregulation and letting the american business, letting the american farmers and ranchers fix the problems of this country, really rings hard with us. that is what we try to do. thank you for your help. [applause] >> mr. president, chairman pai, on behalf of the tower rectors, our 900 member companies, we build, deploy, and maintain wireless infrastructure in this nation. and you are fixing to put us to work. [

mr. president. on behalf of the men and women of the central sector and myself, we are extremely honored that you took the time to come out here and learn about our challenges, our needs. you are correct. these men and women go above and beyond the call of duty for the work that they handle on that border. we are a part of several other sectors on the southern border that are overwhelmed. our resources are extremely strained. we are not prepared to deal with the amount of people, family units and children and organize caravans that are coming across this border today. our agents are being stretched in so many different directions. i am truly proud of every single one of them because they do so much to protect this country. they continue with the process of enduring the callous actions of these smugglers. year, we have fake families. people who are teaming up, kids with them to come through because they know they could get a court date later and be able to get released. .hose are the challenges they

mr. president i have known you personally for well over two decades. and by the way i don't think the fake news brand is going away, but on all the issues you ran on, conservative, originalist, constitutional justices, tax cuts, deregulation, israel. iran, foreign policy. the wall. we're now energy independent for the first time in i think 70, 75 years. we are now a net exporter of energy. the one thing republicans, you've gotten part of it done. was that the individual mandate. >> right. >> you want to take on healthcare and mitch mcconnell said not this year. >> he is going to be great. mitch is doing a very good job. he has a passion for the courts, gout a passion for judges. we have worked great on that. we will be really good with healthcare. we want to have -- we are going to do things that nobody has ever seen on healthcare. but we have to get back to the house. and in order to do it we have to take back the house. if we don't take back the house, then we have a problem. you are never going to have good healthcare. obamacare is a disaster. too e

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on on the nomination of daiched steven -- daiched steven morales of texas to be united states district judge for the district of texas. the presiding officer: the mandatory quorum call has been waived. is it the sense of the senate for david steven morales shall be the judge for the direct of texas will be brought to a close. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the yeas are 57, the nays are 41. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. david steven morales of texas to be united st

mr. president, what authority does the i.r.s. president trump: we're having a big meeting this afternoon. i think you folks are going to be at it for a little while at least. the vice premiere is here, lots of top people from china, they want to make a deal. it's got to be a great deal. look, we've been losing, over many years, 4-5, $600 billion a year, we're losing a few years ago 200 routinely to china. we can't do that. it is going to be a great deal. if it's not a great deal, we're not doing it. it's going well. top officials are here. and we're very well along on the deal. it's a complex deal, very big deal. one of the biggest deals ever made, maybe the biggest deal ever made. it will be a great deal for our farmers. technology, intellectual property theft, everything is covered. there's not a thing that's not covered. we could have made a quickie but we're in a very good position. our economy is way up. china is not way up. we're going to make a very good deal or we're not going to make a deal at all. i think it looks like

mr. president, would you accept a smaller deal to keep the process going, as president moon called it? >> i'd have to see what the deal is. there are various smaller deals that maybe could happen. things could happen. you can work out step by step pieces, but at this moment we're talking about the big deal. the big deal is we have to get rid of the nuclear weapons. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> you know, there are 15 players capable of winning, and i guess you could say there are a lot more than that. i don't think a field for the masters has ever been this deep. i was watching late last night, and they were going over the different players. i think the field has never been so deep. but always phil and tiger and dustin. i mean, you have so many great players. but they were just saying they're younger, they're stronger, they've never hit the ball this long, they've never hit the ball this accurately, they've never putted better than they do now. you know, the whole thing is pretty incredible, but the field is very, very deep. i think it's going

mr. president. happy new year to you.a candidate for re-election? >> that's not an unexpected question. >> i cannot announce it on this program, but most assume that a man who has served in the office of president will be a candidate for re-election. everything seems to be pointing in the direction of climaxing this year, trips to peking and moscow. is this all coincidental, or as some of your friends say, politically motivated? >> those of us who make decisions in offices like this, certainly, we think politically. but the country comes first. ♪ >> the government of the people's republic of china and the government of the united states must see that we can have differences without being enemies in war. >> many world leaders say they felt the visit might be a key to ultimate peace in southeast asia. >> mr. president. >> hello, henry. >> have you checked in to see how they played the chinese thing today? >> oh, yeah, it was tremendous. it's been the lead item on every television screen. >> rather than vietnam for a change.

mr. president thank you so much for calling in this morning. president trump: well thank you, maria. maria: well we're on the border here, and while we were standing here, mr. president, we saw at least three groups, different groups, that crossed the border illegally and were apprehended. why are these numbers soaring so much today? president trump: well people are pulling up because our economy is so good, i mean, unfortunately, it's the only bad part about what we're doing because everybody wants a piece of it and they're willing to comp and take the risk and this tremendous danger and laws are so bad the combination of having a great economy and having the weakest immigration laws anywhere in the world by far, and we have catch and release and we have chain migration, and visa lottery. we have things that nobody in their right mind would have. we're trying to get rid of them the democrats won't do it. we need some democrat votes, we're unanimous with the republicans but we need some democrat votes and they go out of their way to allow these people to come in and when you get toug

mr. president? (inaudible) military? how are you going to get them out? president trump we'll see. : we'll see. all options are open. all just so you understand, all options are open. go ahead. does that mean military action? >> >> all options are open. yeah. would you tell them it's better >> to let go now before things get much worse? >> i'm not going to tell them anything. they'll make their own decision. >> mr. president, have you you've just said russia needs to get out. have you in any way communicated that through mr. bolton or through your representative at the united nations? president trump they know. : they know very well. they know very well. go ahead. next question. is your staff opposed to you and >> your views on healthcare? do you think - >> no, look, we're not talking about healthcare right now, but i will. the republican party is the and you will see this very soon. because obamacare is a disaster. it's too expensive, by far. people can't afford it. and the deductible is horrible. so the premiums cost too much. the deductible is horrible.

mr. president -- >> mr. your thoughts when you hear of people saying, perhaps, you should resign or be impeached. >> well, i'm glad we don't take the vote of this room, let me say. >> mr. president -- >> at the risk of re-opening an obvious wound, what is it about the television coverage of you that has so aroused your anger? >> gentlemen of the press, one can only be angry with those he respects. as a matter of fact, i have never heard such outrageous, vicious, reporting in 27 years of public life, but regardless of what people see and hear on television night after night, the tougher it gets, the cooler i get. i have what it takes. >> mr. president -- >> mr. president -- >> most interesting, well, as you can see, the president has decided to end this news conference himself. >> good evening. the matter of the president's white house tape recordings took an unexpected turn today. it is now said by the president's lawyer that two of the requested tape recordings do not exist. >> do you think the public will b

mr. president, thank you very much. my friend. president el-sisi: [speaking foreign language] >> allow me to show my thanks for your kind invitation and providing us with the opportunity to meet, and talk about making quantum leap in the strategic relationship between egypt and the united states. let me emphasize, mr. president, that relations have not been better over the years. and that is why i am extending all the thanks and appreciation. all the credit goes to you, mr. president. thank you for the support on all fronts. this is what we are seeking to promote. relations in various fields, political, military, cultural and others. president trump: thank you. i just have to say, before we we are fighting the bad laws, the bad things coming out of congress. you have a democrat congress that is obstructing. all they have to do is spend 20 minutes and they can fix the problem. we have worst laws than any country anywhere in the world. whether it is catch and release or any one of them. i can sit here and name them. catch and release

mr. president, you're too busy. >> mr. don't you have to run. >> not to hang up. >> i know you have to go. >> maria -- >> jeanne moos, cnn, new york >>> all right. thank you so much for watching. as always, "anderson" starts now. >>> it is hard to say good evening when the passage of days is marked by one mass killing after the next. however, the man you will hear from tonight in just a moment makes it easier, which is remarkable. even more so is the fact he can speak and inspire. tonight, of all nights, after what he has seen, after what he has lived there and survived and after what was done to the congregation he loves. his name is rabbi yisroel goldstein. on saturday his

mr. president. president trump, vice president and mrs. pence, secretary shanahan, cabinet and congressional leaders, fellow veteran service organizations - and the room is packed with many of the leaders from our veterans service organizations that we work with together - and most importantly, our warriors and families: thank you all for joining us today. on behalf of the entire team at wounded warrior project, we're honored today to celebrate this exceptional group of wounded warriors standing behind me. it's truly an honor to be here at the white house for soldier ride d.c., our 12th year in a row. how about that? twelfth year in a row. [applause] gen. linnington: and we're grateful for having such a great group of american patriots behind me. as the president said yesterday, the wounded warriors behind me rode through the streets of annapolis, maryland, and the campus of the u.s. naval academy, where they received the incredible encouragement and recognition for their service and sacrifice. tomorrow, they'll ride through northern virgi

mr. president. thank you for the support on all fronts. this is what we are seeking to promote. relations in various fields, political, military, cultural and others. president trump: thank you. i just have to say, before we take a couple of questions. the first lady was recently in egypt. she was treated beautifully. maybe more importantly, what she were the pyramid's comment she thought it was incredible. she said it was one of the most incredible things she has seen. we have lots of pictures. that was a great day and a great moment to see the great pyramids. hopefully a lot of people will go and look at them. she is not easily impressed. she was very impressed. thank you. >> what would you like to achieve within the leadership? president trump: i never said i was cleaning house. we have a lot of great people. we have bad laws. we have a judge that just ruled he does not want people staying in mexico. figure that one out. the decisionsieve we are getting from the ninth circuit. it is a disgrace. we are fighting the bad laws, the bad things coming out of congress. you have a dem

mr. president. supervisor brown? brown present. supervisor fewer? now fewer present. haney present. mandelman not present. mar not present. peskin present. ronen present. safai present. stefani present. walton present. yee present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> president yee: thank you, ladies and gentlemen, would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> president yee: on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv. matthew and maya, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. madame clerk, any communications? >> clerk: none to respect, mr. president. >> president yee: we're aapproving of the minutes of the marsh 12 meeting. can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented? move on with objections, these minutes will be approved aft

mr. president. can i have your autograph mr. president? thank you mr. president. and he would frequently say you can call harry. when he arrived at the independence train station. there were thousands gathered there. and there was a set of microphones. we're back home now for good. i'm in the army of the unemployed now. [ laughter ]. >> within you watch very closely, the faces of harry and bess truman, you really sense the love there. and the sense that they were back home. and when people would ask harry truman what he wanted to be remembered for, he would say that he wanted to be remembered as being the president of all people. and he would say that when a governor or a senator or a congressman or a mayor, when they're elected to their respective positions, that they are elected to represent a certain portion of the population. but there was only one person who was elected to represent all of the people of the united states. and that was the president of the united states. and truman said that he would like to be remembered as being the people's president. . >>>

mr. president, what did he say and how is it said? i will never forget politicking for president i went to rooster, mass. i locked -- knocked on the door, and a lady said, who are you? i said fritz hollings. she thought it was a german trucking company. i started in my career as a trial lawyer and made enough as a good trial lawyer to afford being in the united states senate. you can't make money, you should double your pay. i have said that before leaving, along with ted stevens for years . no little young fledgling lawyer like hollings can afford to run, keep up two homes, get two homes -- it can't happen anymore. and you are just politically using the salary and not really attracting the best of the best. and yet i say you have the best of the best. i don't leave. but the idea of the senate is not what it used to be in the sense of the personnel, we got a way better group of senators. we had senator -- five drunks or six drunks. nobody drunk in the united states senate. we don't have time to be drunk. we got more than that. we got

mr. president. >> commissioner: colleagues, today we're approving the minutes from march 5, 2019 board meeting. are there any changes to these meeting minutes? seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented? made by supervisor haney and seconded by supervisor stefani. madame clerk can you please read the consent agenda. >> clerk: item 1 through 3 on consent and considered to be routine if a member objects an item may be removed and considered separately. >> commissioner: colleagues, would anyone like to sever any items from the consent agenda. seeing none, madame clerk, call the roll on items 1 through 3. >> clerk: [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> commissioner: thank you, madame clerk. let's go through the regular agenda. >> clerk: item 4 be an ordinance in the planning code to pay the fee on additional units and the application date and to determine the ceqa determination and make the appropriate finding. mr. president, this requires eight votes pursuant to the code

mr. president. i asked the team of agents, they leave them here, they wanted to present you with a nice memento for the support you have given us. we went ahead and secured a piece of the new border wall that is out here in el centro sector. i would like to present this to you. it reads this way, it says, president, agents and employees of the u.s. border patrol el centro sector are the tip of the spear. probably defending america's borders. in recognition of your commitment and unwavering support for the men and women on and the border security mission of the u.s., we would like to present you with this piece of the first 30 foot border wall and along the u.s. border with mexico. sector, april 5, 2019. thank you. [applause] that is a heavy piece of wall. >> yes, it is. thank you. pres. trump: thank you. >> i want to thank you always for coming out to the field to listen to the men and women, we greatly appreciate your support peoplewant to thank our from congress, we appreciate you listening to the

so the president and mrs. bush did a great deal to create this wonderful climate of community at camp david. i think maybe he may have learned some of that from his father. it was christmas one week, and president bush was there and president bush 41 and the extended family. we had had a service in the chapel that sunday, and we were distributing t-shirts that had something like evergreen chapel christmas on it. and at the end of the service, everyone left. i was left in the chapel by myself, and the phone rang, and it was president bush 41. and he said to me, he said, chaplain, is there any chance that barb and i could get a couple of those t-shirts? and i said, of course, mr. president. so i got in the golf cart and took them some t-shirts over at their cabin. always gracious, he invited me in, and i had a cup of coffee, and when i got ready to leave, president bush said, do you know why we wanted these t shirts? and i said, no, sir. and he said, well, he says, we've stayed here a little longer than we antici

mr. president, that concludes the introduction of new business. >> president yee: thank you. let's move on to our public comments. madame clerk. >> at this time the public may address the board on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board to include the minutes from march 5, item 32, whether or not the board should enter into closed session to confer with or receive advice from the city attorney regarding existing litigation with pacific gas and electric company and items 33-35 on the adoption without reference to committee calendar items. public comment is not allowed when an item has had public comment at a board committee. please direct your remarks to the board as a whole, not to individuals. and the way the board would appreciate you showing your support for an issue is to show your support of hands, rather than audible sounds of approval. thank you. >> president yee: okay. let's start with the public comments. dr. brown. >> thank you, mr. president. members of the board. ladies and gentlemen. this august i will be privileged to go to ghana, west africa.

mr. president, i yield the floor. >> president, senator from vermont. >> i asked the unanimous consent that i have six minutes to respond about the schumer lady amendment. and i realize about the time slightly. >> is there an objection? without objection. >> is the person i am sorry that the republicans objected to the legislation which you brought up. midwest. it had money in it. and of course vermont, asking for billions more for puerto rico in less than a amendment. of the three-point to billion bill only four-point to million is puerto rico, the rest is fore midwest states, florida, alabama and other states. so i think it's unfortunate we reached an impasse on the emergency disaster supplemental appropriations bill. for months i urge the senate republican leadership to take up and passed house bill hr 216. for three months they were not. and during those three months american community suffered in a new disaster struck the midwest in the southeast. in the new criticism, on the republican leadership became the democrats pushing for more comprehensive aid to puerto rico and hr 216 must no

mr. president. >> president yee: we're aapproving of the minutes of the marsh 12 meeting. can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented? move on with objections, these minutes will be approved after public comment. okay. we have a special treat today. madame clerk, would you call the 2:00 special order. >> clerk: item number 1, we welcome the honorable mayor, london breed, present in the chamber to engage in a policy discussion with eligible members of the board. two minutes are allotted for each question and corresponding answer. public comment for this item will take place in general public comment. the mayor may address the board for up to five minutes. >> president yee: welcome, madame mayor, mayor breed, do you have opening remarks. >> mayor breed: thank you, good afternoon to everyone. as many of you know, the port commission will be voting on the city's m.o.u. to put a safe navigation center at embarcadero, lot 330. and if approved, this site will be the largest navigation center providing shelter and services for up to 200 of our most vulnerable san franc

mr. president. you play a lot of that. >> he's certainly not acting like the most transparent president in history, is he? >> what's in those records that you don't to want us to know about? >> once again, he's pandering to the worst regimes and thugs and dictators. >> this is a president that is acting like a dictator. this is a president who is ignoring the rule of law and siding were law breakers. >> this is a president now who will lie to push through a program. >> once the president tweets it, it becomes canon. if the president says it's a fact -- >> he's in love with campaign rg. he's going to fund-raisers tonight. >> he was vacationing in florida on your dime. >> this president and the people are convinced god has anointed him to fix everything in one fell swoop. that's not how american politics works. that's not how life works. >> this is a president who is known to the public as a blamer. >> he always treats his opponents as enemies. >> we have a president who never admits he's wrong he's in