now pacific island leaders have failed to agree on tough new climate change commitments at their annual summit after 12 hours of talks on the polynesian island of tuvalu they agreed instead to endorse a plan that allows them to opt out of specific measures many leaders are blaming all strictly for the failure to take tougher action on climate change which threatens many island nations australian prime minister scott morrison has long championed his country's coal industry after the summit to bali to prime minister in a soap was revealed just how emotional the talks had been it was for a prime minister most of them of course they do it is bushes m o's the my position is a believe as we need to save these people the premise so program their cronies in the retreat do you know. the leader of the home ship tia's in front of the leaders. for now i'm joined by test newton kane a professor at the university of queensland and policy expert on pacific island on the pacific island region thank you very much for joining us professor what do you make of the outcome of this summit is all strain the t

also on the programme: pacific island leaders fearful of rising sea—levels hit out at australia overbigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm ben bland in london. a scientific study has revealed high levels of tiny particles of plastic contaminating the arctic, previously seen as one of the last pristine environments in the world. pakistan's prime minister imran khan has said india will pay a heavy price for revoking the special status of indian—administered kashmir. asian markets have opened sharply lower. wall street saw the worst day of the year. investors are worried that the us ma

this meeting of pacific island leaders has really in its personnel some people who occupy significantesident of the marshall islands, the prime ministers of tuvalu in fiji, they occu py ministers of tuvalu in fiji, they occupy important positions and when the un secretary—general convenes his climate summit in september, these people will be occupying very central roles. he said they will be front and centre of what happens so they carry with them a great deal of moral authority and when they speak, people listen so they may be frustrated that scott morrison doesn't appear to be listening to them but leaders elsewhere are listening to them, whether it's the uk, whether it's the european union oi’ uk, whether it's the european union or elsewhere in the world. when they speak, people do listen when it comes to climate change and obviously what happens at the end of todayis obviously what happens at the end of today is going to send a very strong message as to where this region sits asa message as to where this region sits as a group and what the level of consensus is. that was doctor te

and south korea over their joint military drills emotions have been running high in the pacific islands as national leaders debate climate change the prime minister of tolerant portably in tears in one meeting of the talks fell short of what many hoped for foreign brings together leaders of island nations from across the pacific nation. but negotiations to draft an official statements on climate change targets nearly collapsed twice pushback against calls for greater action in the discussions were said to be frank and fierce the talks took nearly 12 hours eventually reaching a reluctant agreement. just a while ago to valerie's prime minister and then they stopped wanting to shed some insight into their discussions we were exchanging fleury language not swearing but. but of course you know expressing the the concerns of leaders and i was really happy with the exchange of it was frank prime minister morrison of course stated his positions stated my position of the leaders we need to save these people the premise of tom actually cried in the retreat you know. the leader of dong actually sh

the forum statement a monumental failure and says feelings about climate change run deep in the pacific islands it's very much extension existing sure a lot of people will talk about climate change and it's kind of the far off thing that might happen whereas in the pacific a terror daily reality now it means that many of our communities are having to decide with it to be able to stay on their interest or arms or have to leave for ever and i don't know if you can really fully grasp that until you can really feel the dread of what it would be like to leave your homeland for ever the other thing is you know there are countries who are facing increased elimination of their souls which is you know rendering agriculture and or sort of economic consequences for the region so i don't live in this in the pacific we have been hit by this crisis. and you know we really need everyone in the region particularly our larger partners australia to really be pushing ahead to do the right thing no way says it will withdraw about $33000000.00 worth of protection subsidies from the amazon this follows germany's dec

fiji, a pacific islands, mongolia and in other countries as a result of which there was an organization, federation of indian and pacific island countries and all state and government, one meeting with that. similarly the african union for the first time allow all african heads of state to come to india. the 10 heads of state on one occasion to commemorate their relationship with india but these are unprecedented efforts to the international community and significant among one of these areas reaching out to africa and pacific island, a very strong effort to reach out to the muslim world and the fact that the prime minister, a record number of countries in the arab world and islamic countries, notably in the gulf, quite a departure from the normal visits abroad and recognized by the fact that our relationship with saudi arabia, qatar and other countries, saudi arabia, to the prime minister. palestine conferred the grand collar and at the same time prime minister modhi was the first to visit the state of israel and the first is really prime minister, there is no contradiction because coun

robert: we talked a little bit before about the asian american and pacific islander community withinhe community, but you feel like it's pretty blended in now, that it's a very much a easy mix, right? saldy: it's easy mix, yes, it's very blended, yeah, now. robert: yeah, how about in terms of the kind of that cultural input? does that help a lot, though? saldy: i would say so, yes. robert: in what way? saldy: in terms of culture, like, there's a lot of families now, especially the asian community, who are very accepting of their lgbtq children. robert: yeah, and that is a big thing, right? i mean, culturally speaking, i remember doing this before and we were talking about that being one of the things that asian american and pacific islander youngsters kind of had to deal with and it's a little bit better now, huh? saldy: yes. robert: what would you like to see the event become? it's already gotten so much bigger than it was before. where would you like to see it go now? saldy: i would say ten years from now or five years from now, i am hoping we could expand it similar to san jose ja

had asked for the detention to be extended a pacific island leaders been reduced to tears is a regionalmeeting on climate change the talks fell far short of what smaller island nations hope for australia is being accused of resisting calls for a stronger official statement on the situation the pilots of a russian airliner are being praised as heroes for saving lives by a crash landing in a cornfield the ural airlines their bus hit a flock of seagulls shortly after takeoff proto had now. millions of workers are being enslaved in the british india one i want to waste explores how satellite technology is now helping just set the brain on al-jazeera. india home to more than a 1000000000 people. a land of great diversity and beauty. yet one which has been scarred by a legacy of violence between hindus and muslims. the 2nd most populated country in the world india is home to more than 12 percent of the world's muslim population. some of india's 154000000 muslims live here in an area at the heart of the country's capital delhi. and a few of them will be making the annual hajj pilgrimage to mec

motions have been running high in the pacific islands as national leaders debate climate change prime minister tang reportedly was in tears and one meeting of the talks fell far short of what many hoped for the form brings together leaders of the island nations from across the pacific region for negotiations to draft an official statement on climate change targets nearly collapsed twice australia pushed back against calls for greater action and the discussions were said to be frank and fierce the talks took nearly 12 hours eventual reaching a reluctant agreement. we were exchanging votes for larry language not swearing but. but of course you know expressing the the concerns of leaders and i was really happy with the exchange of it was frank prime minister most of them of course stated his positions stated my positions of the leaders we need to save these people the premise of tom actually cried in the retreat did you know that. the leader of the home actually shed tears in front of the leaders i understand the sensitivity to these issues particularly where we're standing and and and i

minister says the behavior of his surname counterpart is creating a diplomatic rift and pushing the pacific islands closer to china frank by me mariah was speaking to the guardian newspaper after leaders from 18 pacific nations spent the week meeting on the low lying islands of tuvalu they were hoping to produce a strong statement on climate change targets but again ca sions nearly collapsed twice and the resulting state that has been called watered down to vote as prime minister said that strongly a prime minister scott morrison was central to the disagreements. we were exchanging very much larry language not swearing but. but of course you know expressing the the concerns of leaders and i was very happy with the exchange of it was frank prime minister most then of course david is positions and i stated my positions of the leaders we need to save these people the prime minister of tom actually cried in the retreat did you know that. the leader of doma actually shed tears in front of the leaders i understand the sensitivity to these issues particularly where we're standing and and and i should resp

emotions are running high in the pacific islands as national leaders to make climate change also. comes home when a sign is welcomes the best dancers from around the world. hello again it's good to be back here across parts of north asia course of the last few days we have been watching our tropical storm cross making its way across japan and towards the north take a look at the video that has committed cross the area some the coastlines of what they were dealing with now the storm did provide a lot of storm surge as well as malott of rain across many areas so we're still going to be looking at the threat of flooding over 4 dozen people have been injured one person confirmed dead because of the storm and we are going to be seen still some very heavy rain across parts of hokkaido parts of the coastal areas of russia as well as into the northern part of the korean peninsula now that is going to last here on saturday but by the time we get towards sunday we'll be seeing a lot of clean skies across much of the region down here for parts of japan though it is going to be quite warm tok

also why pacific island he does a blasting australia for its stance on climate change and reality trade have already signed one black ticket this summer they might be off to another year from their coach. and though there are plenty of sunny skies throughout much of the mediterranean still plenty of cloud rain and thunderstorms across areas to the north system also system all streaming in from the west well some bright as though im a tween and once the rain has stopped you get some rather nice pictures like this this is this beautiful square and of course all reflected in the last puddle but as i say it's not all bad because within between we have got some dry skies and sunshine as well 28 in vienna and to mostly sunny skies and not quite as hot across the mid-south 30 celsius for both rome and athens quite windy in athens the tail end of these systems are just catching greece and so we are seeing some pretty gusty winds south of a fairly unsubtle across much of the northwest the winds are still strong that rain working its way south through the weekend through much of france a paris a

and the pacific island countries. and all heads of state of government came to india for one meeting with our government. similarly, with the african union for the first time we had almost all 54 heads of state and government come to india for the india-africa conference. we had the government on one location come with their relationship to india. these are unprecedented efforts in the international community domain. and domain. africa, butides reaching out to africa and pacific island states, also it is a strong effort to reach out to the muslim world. and i will come to that. i think that the fact that the prime minister visited a record number of countries in the arab world, among the islamic gulf,ies, notably in the has been a departure from the normal visits abroad. factt is recognized by the that our relationship with uaetries like saudi arabia, , and other countries have improved dramatically. confirmed the highest division award to our prime minister. palestine conferred the highest minister.ur prime he was th

it all there's nothing to be proud of here instead of a compelling global call to action the pacific island forum concluded with a watered down plan that opposing nations can easily opt out of the frustrated host scrambles for conciliatory words everybody should move together in the firmly and spirit of the forum i think that. it's no use to start ups to the bleeding gave. but all fingers are pointing towards australia and its prime minister scott morrison. of the 15 most climate vulnerable states on the planet 7 are in the pacific region in order to protect them the leaders were hoping the forum would commit to action to limit temperature rises and agree to an immediate halt to coal mining these hopes for quickly dampened by the region's powerhouse. we stretched very strongly during our exchange and states betrayed me at school as though you were concerned about saving your economy. situation in australia conserves about saving my people into a boat. was the leaders of others of his reach moral compass morrison has long championed his country's lucrative coal industry he concedes climate c

leaders from 18 pacific nations have been meeting on the low-lying island.e hoping to reduce a statement -- produce a statement on climate change targets, but negotiations collapsed twice. theprime minister says australian counterpart was central to the dispute. exchanging language, expressing theut concerns of leaders. it was very heavy with the exchange. prime minister morrison stated his positions. i stated my positions. we need to save these people. one of the prime minister's actually cried. the leader actually shed tears in front of the leaders. the sensitivity to these issues, particularly where we are standing. i have respect towards that. not just about australia's economy, it is about how australia can continue providing when it comes do to the protection of any nation on the planet. we invest $1.4 billion in the region every year. that's the highest it has ever been under my government. >> joseph mcgonigal leo is the head of greenpeace. he called the foreign statement a monumental failure. >> it is very much existential. people talk about climate

and why pacific island leaders are blasting australia for its stance on climate change. hello there plenty of sunny skies throughout much of the mediterranean but still plenty of cloud rain and thunderstorms across areas to the north system also system all streaming in from the west well some brightest balls though image mean and once the rain stops you get some rather nice pictures like this this is fine for this beautiful square and of course all reflected in that all the large puddle but as i say it's not all bad because within between the shots we have got some dry skies and sunshine as well 28 in vienna into mostly sunny skies and not quite as hot across the med so 30 celsius for both rome and athens quite windy in athens the tail end of these systems are just catching greece and so we are seeing some pretty gusty winds south of a fairly unsettled was much the northwest the winds are still strong that rain working its way southward throughout the weekend through much of france a paris a wet day the same for the south into europe as well 30 degrees celsius and even w

meanwhile pacific island leaders have blasted australia for refusing to commit to strong action on climate change it is from 18 pacific nations have been meeting on the low lying islands of tuvalu they were hoping to produce a strong statement on climate change targets but negotiations nearly collapsed twice and member states are allowed to ignore any measures they oppose to bodies prime minister says his australian counterpart was central to the dispute. we were exchanging for larry language not swearing but the job. but of course you know it's bristling the the concerns of leaders and i was really happy with the exchange that it was fred prime minister most of them of course david is positions they did my positions of the leaders we need to save these people the premise of programs that truly cried in the retreat did you know. the leader of drama that's really shed tears in front of the leaders i understand the sensitivity to these issues particularly where we're standing and and and i should respect towards that in my judgment it's not just about the strike is a commie. it's about. it's

watering down climate language pacific island leaders accuse a stray leader of forcing a robust response to the challenge. and where in the home of tango want to cyrus to say it was dancing that way to the top of the world championships. now israel has banned 2 us democratic party congresswoman from visiting because of what it describes as their boycotts activities against israel and. the playboy due to be in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem this weekend john hendren reports from washington d.c. . president donald trump's feud with congressional democrats just crossed international boundaries with 2 democratic house members planning a trip to israel in the occupied west bank trump urged israel to ban them from entry they are very anti jewish and they're very anti israel i think it's disgraceful that they safe said that they've become the face of the democrat party i can't imagine why israel would let them in a thursday morning tweet to that effect from trump is apparently all it took for israel to reverse its earlier position barring ill hand omar and rashida to leave from enter

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pacific island leaders have failed to agree on tough new climate change commitments after 12 hours of talks on the polynesian island to bother with many leaders complained that australia was to blame australian prime minister scott morrison has long championed his country's coal industry. and arjun times have taken to the streets of the capital when it's ours to protest the continuing economic crisis a shock election result has wiped 25 percent of the value of the peso organizers set up a soup kitchen to draw attention to the sweet. you're watching news still to come a plane brought down by a flock of birds near moscow quick thinking by the pilot prevented a mass tragedy. indian kashmir remains isolated and all the lockdown nearly 2 weeks after prime minister narendra modi's scrapped it's semi-autonomous status schools are closed and phone and internet services shut down pakistan which also claims the region as its own has warned india that there will be consequences and there's growing anger among kashmiris over the disruption to their daily lives. srinagar the capital of kashmir the

protests, and this government isn't really doing enough on those issues stop in some say maori and pacific island how much truth is there in these claims? yellow it is true that maori disproportionally affected by this. that's because of colonisation, if you like. the people who are being taken off... the families affected are those in deprivation, extreme poverty. its all ethnicities that are being affected, but in new zealand, maori are at the bottom of the heap —— it's all. zealand, maori are at the bottom of the heap -- it's all. on the land issue, why are so many people against housing development but some of the elders are keen on the development? maori are split on this. part of the local tribe negotiated with the housing developers and got some concessions out of it. it is young versus old. the elders want progress and housing, the youngest want return from stolen land. bryce edwards, policital commentator and analystjoins us via webcam from wellington. chinese—born lee komaki is making a third bid for public office in his home for the last 31 yea rs, tokyo. the odds are stacked against h

it all there's nothing to be proud of here instead of a compelling global call to action the pacific island forum concluded with a watered down plan that opposing nations can easily opt out of the frustrated host scrambles for conciliatory words the reboot issue moved to give the in the firm we . would look for. its use to students to the blade being gay. but all fingers are pointing towards australia and its prime minister scott morrison. of the 15 most climate vulnerable states on the planet 7 are in the pacific region in order to protect them the leaders were hoping the forum would commit to action to limit temperature rises and agree to an immediate halt to coal mining these hopes for quickly dampened by the region's powerhouse. we as christians very strongly gearing know each stage and stage to be treated. as though you are concerned about saving your economy. situation in australia serves above saving my people into a boat. was the leaders of others of this week's moral compass morrison has long championed his country's lucrative coal industry he concedes climate change is real but in

some people say, bryce, maori and pacific island babies are disproportionately affected by uplifts duese claims? well, it's certainly true that maori are being disproportionally affected by this. that's because of colonisation, if you like. the people who are being taken off... or the families being affected are those in deprivation, those in extreme poverty. it's all ethnicities that are being affected, but in new zealand, maori are at the bottom of the heap. bruce, briefly on the land issue, why are so many people against housing development but some of the elders are keen on the development? maori are split on this. part of the local tribe had actually negotiated with the housing developers and got some concessions out of them. it's young versus old. it's the elders that want some progress, want some housing, the youngers who want some return of the stolen land. bryce edwards, political commentators speaking to rico a short time ago. chinese born lee komaki is making a third bid for public office in his home for the last 31 yea rs, tokyo. the odds are stacked against him; he's a for

a pacific island national leader was reportedly in tears as climate change was debated as a regional meeting the talks fell far short of what many hoped for australia push back against calls for greater action the talks took nearly 12 hours eventually reaching a reluctant to. so that is main opposition alliance has nominated abdullah to be the interim prime minister he's an economist who's worked with the african development bank and the united nations the nomination is the 1st step towards the creation of a transitional government after long time president armorel bashir was overthrown in a military coup in april there have been months of protests and political turmoil as negotiations between the military jointer and the opposition alliance dragged on. in the yeomen hold the modest mian we want to officially announced our forces of freedom and change alliances prime ministerial candidate dr abdullah look he will have to consult with the year 50 to choose his cabinet. william lawrence is a professor of political science at george washington university's elliott school of internationa

and why pacific island leaders a blasting australia for its stance on climate change. hello and all the wet and windy weather i'm afraid on its way across the great bite in the southeast of australia and of course it's been the same story for the last few days meanwhile across central regions high pressure is in control and temperatures all the rise. springs on saturday but you'll see what happens is fun to cross the south as it swings through western australia it really brings the rain but also cool down the as so just 13 celsius in perth on saturday me want to head a bit very warm 20 degrees in adelaide and then i'm afraid as it moves through that rain and that cool air dipping down to 14 celsius on sunday and that is the day you could well see some rain not a bad day there was sydney 23 degrees and feeling pretty nice in brisbane 25 and a mostly sunny skies but warm across into new zealand systems a cool streaming across the tasman say into the south holland a few showers into christchurch and suffered a rain very much in the 4 calls in oakland and really staying pu

and emotions running high in the pacific islands as national leaders debate climate change also ahead. in the sports news the new season gets underway in spain but the world's best player will be missing for the opening match we'll have the details on that story in about half and. israel's interior minister says the u.s. democratic congresswoman rashid to leave will be allowed to visit her grandmother in the occupied west bank on humanitarian grounds as long as she doesn't promote a boycott of israel earlier her entry into israel was banned along with another congresswoman on obama following a low being efforts by president trump john hendren reports from washington. president donald trump's feud with congressional democrats just crossed international boundaries with 2 democratic house members planning a trip to israel in the occupied west bank trump urged israel to ban them from entry they are very anti jewish and they're very anti israel i think it's disgraceful that they can save said that they've become the face of the democratic party i can't imagine why israel would let them in

emotions have been running high among leaders of pacific island nations as they debate climate change the prime minister of tonga was reportedly in tears in one meeting but the talks fell far short of what many hoped for aciphex island leaders met to draft an official statement on climate change targets but the negotiations nearly collapsed twice australia was accused of resisting calls for a strong declaration to take action. we were exchanging facts for larry language not swearing but. but of course you know expressing the the concerns of leaders and i was really happy with the exchange of it was frank prime minister motion of course stated his positions imo stated my position of the leaders we need to save these people the prime minister of tom actually cried in the retreat did you know that. the leader of drama actually shed tears in front of the leaders i understand the sensitivity to these issues particularly where we're standing and and and i should respect towards that in my judgment it's not just about a strike as a call to me. it's about. it's about how strider action contin

emotions have been running high in the pacific islands as local national leaders debate climate change the prime minister of tata reportedly was in tears during one meeting but the talks fell far short of what many had been hoping for with negotiations nearly collapsing twice the australian delegation was also accused of resisting calls to commit to firm action civil as prime minister and nearly so that the talks have been robust. we were exchanging votes for larry language in not swearing of the job. but of course you know expressing the the concerns of leaders and i was really happy with the exchange of it was frank prime minister motion of course they don't is positions and those they did my positions of the leaders we need to save these people the premise of tom actually cried in the retreat did you know. the leader of that actually shed tears in front of the leaders i understand the sensitivity to these issues particularly where we're standing and and and i should respect towards that in my engagements it's not just about a strike as a comic. it's about. it's about how astride you

and an organization, with pacific islands countries. and meeting with the government. with the african union for the first time almost 54 government came to india. we had the government on one location with their relationship. these are unprecedented efforts in the international community and significant areas that i would say, reaching out to africa, a very strong effort to reach out to the muslim world. i will come to that. the fact that the prime minister, record number of countries, islamic countries, notably in the gulf, quite a departure from the normal visits abroad. and recognize that our relationship with countries like saudi arabia and other countries, saudi arabia concurred the highest division award to our prime minister. the highest -- at the same time prime minister modhi was the first to visit the state of israel and benjamin netanyahu was the first is really prime minister. there is no contradiction. all countries recognize maintaining the best relation, to ensure they remain at the bilateral level. at the same time i think for the first time in 50 year

know how it feels -- i know how it feels to be overlooked, and we express that every day as pacific islanders, in san francisco. it hurts me that we have to go through these conversations, and decisions, you know, it's not as simple as folks were lighted -- like it to be. when the vote first came around, i supported painting the murals down. as i progressively saw things out and how it's impacting every thing else -- i used to have to jump over the bart stools to go to school, because i did not have enough money. i lived in a dope house, during my time at city college. i say that -- you know, will we talk about fighting for your life, as a person of color, i get it. i completely get it, right? this issue, i'm surprised the media is here. why are people paying attention to this stuff? i don't get why people are standing up for this, you know? there are black and brown boys dying, and people are making noise around, you know, and i was just confused. i was like, what are we supposed to be doing? is this a smokescreen? is this the okey-doke, like they say back in the hood? are we supposed to get

he also says that in the pacific islands they use beetle not and that there's a siberian fungus used in siberia and he goes on and on but what he ends up describing as a universal aspect is that there are three stages of this universal passion for sedatives or narcotic and, the three stages that he describes, the first one is necessity and that would be food, the ideal that people need to eat. an example he gives is that they give alcohol an american use of alcohol and to banish uneasy reflections. the third stage, getting rid of what is bad, the third stage is the pursuit of enjoyment, not just to get rid of uneasiness or whatever cares a person has but the pursuit of enjoyment >> this is a keep point and something we will see for the rest of the semester that drug use gets except to an extent and the difference is whether the use is to address uneasiness of the pursuit of enjoyment if this level is the level of someone feeling fine, if someone is feeling bad and they take a drug to feel normal that is seen as being acceptable. if they feel normal and they're taking the drug to feel

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this at the same time there's going to be a huge population of hispanic people, wells asian pacific islanders. so i think that people like cory booker or kamala harris, people who are really speaking to and addressing communities of color -- >> and right now julian castro is speaking. >> and julian castro. andrew yang in addition. they've all got different theories of the case they're going to be trying to put forward, some may be more interested in throwing out the rule book, something that elizabeth warren or maybe they like the health care that their union provides and may be drawn to a centrist like joe biden who says let's work enside the system and improve what we have. >>nd you have democratic members of congress pushing for impeachment. many of those candidates will be pressed on, you know, the momentum, does the house of representatives have it? however, you still have a very cautious speaker of the house nancy pelosi. do you see, you know, the road ahead that nancy pelosi is going to receive a lot of pressure when they now have reached a milestone, meaning the democrats in the house

australia has come under fire over its coal policies at a major summit of small pacific island nationsy‘. talks got off to a bumpy start — with pacific leaders singling out australia and its energy policies. and now, new zealand's prime ministerjacinda ardern has weighed in. like our neighbours, we will continue to say that new zealand will do its part and the expectation that everyone else will as well. we have to. relative to other nations, we have a relatively small mission profile. however, if we all took the perspective that if you're small, doesn't matter, we would not see change. every little bit matters and thatis change. every little bit matters and that is why new zealand has joined the international core and we speak strongly on the international stage of these issues but ultimately, we all have to take responsibility ourselves. my references to the effect that australia has the answer to the pacific. that is a message for them. on tuesday, smaller island nations at the forum issued a declaration calling for but australia has called coal a red line issue, and says it won't b

particularly impacting our african-american, indigenous, pacific islanders and latino students. students, in special education, as well as students who are english learners. we must get 100%, of our students, to graduate. graduate and be ready for college and be ready to be contributing to society, and making this a better place and better world than what it is currently that we are living within. we must support our teachers, and our educators. not only to join the profession, but to stay in the profession so they feel valued, heard and that they get to collaborate, around the learning and teaching for their students. and, that they must have the opportunity to get to live in san francisco. today we live by our san francisco values and that we must stand for our students. i want to speak to the importance of curriculum and course offering. we been hearing a lot about the importance of that curriculum and what are our young people learning and i attest to commissioner collins, our young people are learning a much broader, comprehensive history than i was brought up with. my daug

continue the fight for equity, to make sure that our black, latin, native americans, asian and pacific islandr s, d all the communityies list eed t i list ed have what they need t be successful. now, i want to pass this off to my partner sandra few er with this legislation to say a few words. thank you. [ applause ]. >> thank you very much it is on only fitting that our legislation to establish an office of racial equity is being voted on at the board board of supervisors during the same week we secelebrate the in ceecredi - 55-year legacy of the human rights commission in san francisco, founded in 1964, to address anti- blablack racism, human rights commission has done important work to address the needs of margin ental alized communities in san francisco. with this new office of racial equity that will be housed under hrc, there is a renewed focus on racial equity and addressing s dispar ityies facing communityi of color in a range of color areas - s, including economic security, housing, health, criminal justice, and more. our legislation will require a city-wide racial equity plan without