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. >> chief nicholson: thank you. commissioner rodriguez, i think it's fine for you to watch it online. it's really what you're comfortable with. but it is being held virtually this year for the main reason of covid, social distancing and no events permitted, so it's entirely up to you. and if you feel safer being at home, please do so. that is totally fine with us. so we don't need people there in other words. no, we don't need a ton of people, but you are absolutely welcome. >> commissioner rodriguez: okay. thank you again. >> president covington: any other questions for the chief of the department? i have one. i'm sorry. >> none at this time. >> president covington: thank you. chief, what about -- what seems to be an uptick in positive covid tests among our members aside from those that were deployed to the wildlands fires? what can you offer us on that? >> chief nicholson: so, i know that there have been some community transmissions and we saw an uptick in community transmissions in outside world. and we saw that

i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and hel

anchor: catherine nicholson, our europe editor.t's all we have time for, but thank you for being with us. time for a quick recap of the main world headlines this hour. should julian assange be extradited to the u.s.? that is the question the judges in the u.k. have to answer, with the wikileaks founder wanted stateside on spying charges. he could spend decades in jail if found guilty. clocking up a further 90,000 new infections, india overtakes brazil become the world's second worst hit country for the coronavirus. just heard, the e.u. commission president says she trusts the u.k. to respect brexit withdrawal agreements after boris johnson's government announced it is planning legislation to override parts of the deal. next, the world's top tennis player has apologized for his most recent on court behavior, with novak djokovic saying the incident has l left him sad and empty. this is the unauthorized move that got novak djokovic kicked out of the u.s. open. world's top player smacked the ball, hitting a line judge unintentionally.

by nicholson that got everyone buzzing.ll you've done for this great game of golf, no one has been more than me and i just wanted you to know i appreciate you and all you done. that's all, thank you. i love that, beverly. gratitude is missing so badly in this society. >> i agree. when we think of fierce competitors in sports over the years, think of rivalry but the reality is, they get more viewers and money if they have good rivalries so you look at locus and thanking tiger woods and i'm sure tiger woods feels the same because they have each other out bringing more attention to the sport so i love they took the time to do so, i think it is great. charles: i love this determination, the 29-year-old, according to the new york post, michaela ray works for upscale fashion designer but then a seamstress, she's on the street of the east village in new york city at nighttime. beverly, i love this woman and by the way, who is alex trebek? >> i'm so excited, deputy is back september 14. you're going to see that game show. the woman

the experts, nicholson wrote, had begun to whisper the words " atomic bomb " they claim that it could destroy new york. now neutrons were not the only reason but 1932 was a spectacular year for science. in january, just a few weeks before chadwick's coup, we have the american chemist harold yuri making another discovery that rutherford had long predicted. working at columbia, a university, yuri found natural uranium consisted of 99.9 eight 5% ordinary hydrogen but also of 1% of heavy hydrogen. when isotopes given the name to cheerio, which also existed naturally in combination with oxygen in water. this so-called heavy water, to the naked eye really identical to ordinary water, it boiled and froze a different temperatures. it was 10% heavier. of course, a decade later it would become a substance much sought after by the nazis and people would die to deny it to them. in this next slide here, we can see the heavy water plant in norway which was attacked by allied commanders during the war. but back in 1932, he thought of it as a delightful plaything for physicists. they could use it in

olivia: for some analysis of that speech we have been speaking to catherine nicholson, our europe editorwho has been following the development in brussels. yenherine: ursula von der lee was trying to outline at her first address, she believes europe has held it together during this pandemic. secondly, she believes this is the time when europe really needs to start page one of building its new future. three points to that new future, the economic side of course. jobs and industry. secondly, digital transformation. also, the big european green new deal. thewrite -- might remember big policy that was supposed to leyen's first year in office. she came back with a big policy announcement saying it was going to go forward with an even bigger reduction in emissions in the eu then had been previously put forward. other general to point out, she talks about the rule of law and respect for democratic values. that being evidence of some backsliding in a certain member states. zones that have been are heavilyou criticized. she says these are humanity free zones. they will not be tolerated in the eu.

is jim nicholson t 2 sr october of that year the idea of the sea was actually that i was teaching east germans english because they don't russian in school i did get to play in the legendary open they knew the route with real social distance or you know i guess they just just one with their audience. thank you adrian much more to look forward to this week classic moments from the v.w. archive happening all this week. the standard program. includes a walk along the side gallery a piece of the berlin wall which was painted by various artists shortly after the wall fell indeed it is the only major bridge of the infamous wall still standing exactly 30 years after the opening of the gallery we meet one of the original wall artists. 1.3 kilometers of street art the once formidable wall is now colorfully decorated including with one as world famous heads the french artist started painting the western side of the berlin wall back in the 1980 s. it was his way of coping with the depressing reality of the city's division. i had some physical reaction i have to do something against that. melancho

i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and hel

involvement in social justice movements, breitbart joel pollak ways and moments 2020 election and nicholsonout the challenges he faced uncovering a secret 1950s air force program created to develop chemical and biological weapons. checker program guide for more schedule information. here is journalist lesley blume on the fallout of the bombing of hiroshima. >> good evening, welcome to the knights virtual program we will be discussing breaking the truth of the true impact of the atomic bomb. we are honored to host the

joining me live this afternoon to talk about the delay is angela nicholson, assistant county administrator's emergency operations center. you had anticipated entering the next phase of reopening. so what happened? >> we did anticipate the opening. on friday, we confirmed with the state would would be in the red tier and late yesterday we got a call from the state at rear evaluating the data, we would remain in the purple tier, which was a real challenge for our business community. i said we really tried to stay very coordinated with them during this pandemic, and we've been slow and meth oddickicle about our opening, so it was a big disappointment for the businesses today. >> so what sort of reasoning did the state give for changing whether you were allowed to reopen or not? >> essentially it was that that reevaluated the data again. i think there were a number of cases that some outbreak cases that happened last week that hadn't been included in the data on friday, and when they reevaluated on sunday, they determined that we needed to remain in the purple. we do remain in conversations wi

nicholson. -- jeanine nicholson. thank you, and i'm available for questions at this time. >> president mccarthy: thank you, rich. there will be questions for you. good to see you. okay. next? >> clerk: okay. thank you. is there any public comments on agenda items 8 and 10? >> operator: there does not appear to be anybody in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. >> president mccarthy: and if that changes, john, we'll come back to public comment. just let us know -- let sonya know that there's people that's waiting, and we'll go back and catch public comment at the end there. so commissioner alexander-tut there, do you have any comment? >> thank you, everyone. this is a tremendous amount of work for the presentation and does represent how much work is going on behind the scenes. i appreciate your flexibility and creativity, and i'm always impressed with how you come back and say [inaudible] and try to address it, and i just want to recognize that. i do have one question from -- how about the perspective

host: bill in nicholson, pennsylvania. how do you plan to vote? caller: i will vote for joe biden. i am going to use the ballot -- i don't want to go to my polling place because i am a retiree and i -- my wife has pre-existing conditions. the bottom line is that trump is a liar. you cannot believe one word he says, and asked far asyou the coal jobs -- as far as the coal jobs in pennsylvania, and the steel -- five steel mills he said were going to be built in pennsylvania. i tried to get information on that. there is no information on this deal mills. i'm on my third congressman since dash's there is no information on the steel mills. congressmanird since then. he is a liar. he cannot tell the truth. host: let's hear from mike from harrisburg, pennsylvania. mike, you're up. caller: i will be voting for biden definitely. host: why? years old, and the last thing i want to do is get this virus. i have already had encephalitis in my life when i was 28 that killed me -- that almost killed me. i am not interested in fighting off another dangerous virus. i have been separated pretty , allf

involvement in social justice movements, breitbart joel pollak ways and moments 2020 election and nicholson baker talks about the challenges he faced uncovering a secret 1950s air force program created to develop chemical and biological weapons. checker program guide for more schedule information. here is journalist lesley blume on the fallout of the bombing of hiroshima. >> good evening, welcome to the knights virtual program we will be discussing breaking the truth of the true impact of the atomic bomb. we are honored to host the guests Ãb i am honored and have the privilege to welcome you to the virtual programs we been able to shift to. we look forward to lovely having you join us for more in the coming weeks. before we get to the subject of the next program i want to share a little bit about some things we have coming up, things to look forward to, more virtual programs hopefully you might be interested in joining us. he will be hosting next week will be hosting Ãb anticorruption expert and former new york state attorney general candidate sharing Ãb exploring the connection between big

i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and hel

i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and hel

massacre witnesses say the victims were shot dead by security forces well that's not speak to rachel nicholson she's the amnesty international and she joins us now from nairobi rachael there was so much hope for change with the new president especially after all that happened within crazies do you now feel that those hopes were misplaced especially given that this was essentially still the same ruling party. we're coming up to the 100 days of the present. new government as you said there was a lot of hope. this new government the change of leadership could mark a turning of the page could mark a new opportunity to improve the human rights situation in the country to step away from the last 5 years of really serious human rights violations in the country we haven't lost all hope and the commission of inquiry and others we're all available and ready to engage with the government we made to very concrete recommendations as to how the situation could be improved for human rights in burundi and now this commission inquiry report that's come out it really presents an opportunity for dialogue and dis

i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and hel

i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and hel

this is what judge nicholson. the u.s.evidence china is a risk to national security. but he added the governments evidence of the threat posed by tiktok remains less substantial. this ruling is similar to the ruling we got on some temer 19th from another federal judge, the magistrate in san francisco, laurel beeler, who granted the upper limitary injunction in wechat. tencent's the trump similar ban in administration was seeking on national security grounds. the judge used the term 'scant little evidence'that there was a national security threat with we chat. this is what nichols said in the now unsealed findings. the trauma administration exceeded its legal authority. the emergency powers invoked by trump do not allow him to prohibit information material and personal communications given that tiktok is mostly used to share videos, photos, art and news, it is not possible that --. that thatplausible content would fall under the espionage act. keep in mind there are still 44 more days until the sale deadline. on august 14,

host: bill in nicholson, pennsylvania. how do you plan to vote? caller: i will vote for joe biden. am going to use the ballot -- i don't want to go to my polling place because i am a retiree and i -- my wife has pre-existing conditions. the bottom line is that trump is a liar. you cannot believe one word he says, and asked far asyou the coal jobs -- as far as the coal jobs in pennsylvania, and the steel -- five steel mills he said were going to be built in pennsylvania. i tried to get information on that. there is no information on this deal mills. i'm on my third congressman since dash's there is no information on the steel mills. congressmanird since then. he is a liar. he cannot tell the truth. host: let's hear from mike from harrisburg, pennsylvania. mike, you're up. caller: i will be voting for biden definitely. host: why? years old, and the last thing i want to do is get this virus. i have already had encephalitis in my life when i was 28 that killed me -- that almost killed me. i am not interested in fighting off another dangerous virus. i have been separated pretty , allfor

. >> caller: i'm julie nicholson and work in the debose triangle and i am too a member of families forsafety. though fairly new i'm here because it's recent i learned first hand the trauma of traffic violence. on january 4 i was running in the panhandle and i was running because i was secelebrating my husband's journey of chemo had ended and i had a feeling of joy and gratitude and i was hit by a driver going almost 30 miles an hour who ran a red light at oaks and messonic and they also hit another driver making an illegal red turn and barrelled over the curb and came into the panhandle and hit me and i was thrown 20 plus feet. my neck and back were broken and needless to say i provided opportunities for new and young doctors at s.f. general to practice their sur -- suturing. statistically i should not have survived. i feel fortunate and am grateful and hasn't been that long since the day of my crash. it's very frightening to me when i hear every the man hit and killed and another high injury corridor and what happened on bayshore and geralds where the man was killed at a dangerous int

. >> caller: i'm julie nicholson and work in the debose triangle and i am too a member of families forsafety. though fairly new i'm here because it's recent i learned first hand the trauma of traffic violence. on january 4 i was running in the panhandle and i was running because i was secelebrating my husband's journey of chemo had ended and i had a feeling of joy and gratitude and i was hit by a driver going almost 30 miles an hour who ran a red light at oaks and messonic and they also hit another driver making an illegal red turn and barrelled over the curb and came into the panhandle and hit me and i was thrown 20 plus feet. my neck and back were broken and needless to say i provided opportunities for new and young doctors at s.f. general to practice their sur -- suturing. statistically i should not have survived. i feel fortunate and am grateful and hasn't been that long since the day of my crash. it's very frightening to me when i hear every the man hit and killed and another high injury corridor and what happened on bayshore and geralds where the man was killed at a dangerous int

that is something david nicholson is very interested in, can you end a marriage and it still be all rightelationships?” i don't know. no. -- did it teach you about relationships? i had not been married and i had not had a child, so i really was acting quite a lot. it is not about... i suppose the one thing i might have learnt is that things that seem unthinkable and scary are not necessarily the catastrophe that you fear, but that is not to undersell the discomfort of this show, which is about somebody waking up, from my point of view, somebody waking up in the middle of the night and their wife says, i think our marriage is over, and it hit him like a thunderbolt, and it hit him like a thunderbolt, and nh! to go on holiday. it is a comedy, we should point, well —— and then they try to go on holiday. it isa then they try to go on holiday. it is a comedy of discomfort in which a family is trapped together at least two thirds of the family wants to be summarily, and one of the family, my character, is trying to keep them altogether. and that, post lockdown, will have some strange resonances

colin montgomery and phil nicholson blew up on the final hole.basketball test event in front of fans has had to be called off, after tighter restrictions were imposed on the north east of england because of coronavirus. the basketball match between the newcastle eagles and sheffield sharks was to be the uk s only indoor pilot event, but it will now be played behind closed doors after advice from the government. tennis's fed cup is to be renamed the billiejean king cup after tennis great and founder of the wta. the 76—year—old is one of the greatest players of all time and won 39 grand slam titles in singles and doubles competitions. it is the first time a major global team competition has been named after a woman. that's all the sport for now. it's time for your questions answered. we can speak now to virologist chris smith from the university of cambridge and dr bharat pankhania from the university of exeter. good afternoon to you both and thank you forjoining us. we have had a whole host of questions on testing. perhaps we can start with this o