bring in our guests from germany by skype is dr anita shook head of the women children and public affairs department for the european council and from yangon and me and more also by skype is john quigley a human rights specialist at fortify rights a nonprofit human rights organization thank you both for joining us anita showed so this new report from the u.n. fact finding mission has now been handed off to the independent investigative mechanism for me and more what happens next. what happens next. i answer this question we have to make sure that the independent this independent mechanic it's not a court itself and that's why it's very important and the record already has said that remain in your kind are under the threat or are facing the genocide genocide so we have to consider that this is independent mechanism is not a code itself but it's the use the evidence to chaz being given collided by the fact cunning mission to prosecute general in the future so it is very important that. international community takes concrete action referring the military the country itself to i.c.c. and to the internat

bring in our guests from germany by skype is dr anita shook head of the women children and public affairs department for the european council and from yangon and me and more also by skype is john quigley a human rights specialist at fortify rights a nonprofit human rights organization thank you both for joining us anita showed so this new report from the u.n. fact finding mission has now been handed off to the independent investigative mechanism for me and more what happens next. what happens next. i answer this question we have to make sure that the independent this independent mechanic it's not a court itself and that's why it's very important mendo court already has said that remain in a kind are under the threat or are facing the genocide genocide so we have to consider that this is independent mechanism is not a court itself but it's the use the evidence to chaz being given collided by the fact cunning mission to prosecute general in the future so it is very important that. international community takes concrete action referring the military the country itself to i.c.c. and to the international

bring in our guests from germany by skype is dr anita shook head of the women children and public affairs department for the european council and from yangon and me and more also by skype is john quigley a human rights specialist at fortify rights a nonprofit human rights organization thank you both for joining us anita showed so this new report from the u.n. fact finding mission has now been handed off to the independent investigative mechanism for me and more what happens next. what happens next. i answer this question we have to make sure that the independent this independent mechanic it's not a court itself and that's why it's very important and the record already has said that you know remain in your kind are under the threat or are facing the genocide genocide so we have to consider that this is independent mechanism is not a court itself but it's the use the evidence to chaz being given collided by the fact cunning mission to prosecute general in the future so it is very important that. international community takes concrete action referring the military the country itself to i.c.c. and to th

public affairs. it was a large -- robust conversation. >> thank you to the panel for coming. my name is jonathan. i'm a student of the state department and its history. my question to the panel is, it seems like there is this normative executive, diplomatic reading and writing of practice about the nature of public affairs and public diplomacy. that's the first thing. it also seems like some people are privy to those conversations and the making of those procedures and policies and are people there aren't. how do you make the state department more inclusive to be historically maybe not part of that executive narrative? >> i'm not sure i understand the question. >> were all public diplomats when we travel. so, even if there is a school of thought in theory that we are working from its that an academic institution will always have diplomacy that you can obviously participated when he travel and have experiences. we welcome people here as well so i don't know if that's the kind of answer that you're looking for but i know know how else you on his answer it then with a very specific practice inside the department of state that is a profe

. >> dana: joining me now former deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the department of homelandurity. i want to have you listen to one sound byte when she tries further to explain what happened after 9/11. >> many americans found themselves now having their civil rights stripped from them. and so what i was speaking to was the fact that as a muslim, not only was i suffering as an american who was attacked on that day, but the next day i woke up as my fellow americans were now treating me as a suspect. >> dana: i think she was trying to get out there and get her point of view across. but do you think people just want controversy? she's trying to explain it that way. >> she's trying to brush it under the rug and say anything i say is not going to be taken seriously and will be used as an attack by people who don't like me and who don't like the fact that i'm one of the first muslim women in congress. if she were to clarify her remark, that, yes, moderate muslim community has always been a positive partner in the fight against islamic extremism. we've seen it post 9/11. what she fa

public affairs, >> and we're glad you could joinus today. we look forward to this event . she joins the state department in every third 2018. but in the year later she became, she was already assistant secretary but took on the responsibility of the undersecretary ofstate . for public diplomacy and public affairs . two of which were united under the nine, she has led one of the largest restructurings in 20 years so this is a very ambitious, interesting effort which is not created the bureau of global public affairs which she is the head. welcome, she was global corporate communications senior vice president for the waiver set of new york and she has also previously in washington worked for newt gingrich and as a lead member of his medications team. and communications survey. she holds a masters degree in political management from george washington university and ab in political science at ucla and one of the things that impressed me most on this was you was team captain from the usc la gymnastics team . >> thank you so much for being here today on this rainy morning and over to you. >> good morning, thank you very much for t

public affairs into what is now known as bureau of global public affairs. the gpa's creation has been described as the largest restructuring of the state department since the merger of the u.s. information agency and department of state 20 years ago. it's hard to believe it's gone by that quickly. we're very fortunate to have the assistant secretary of state as well as gpa's principle deputy assistant secretary nicole both here today to help us understand what the new gpa looks like and where it fits into the department's broader vision of public diplomacy. the commission appreciates this opportunity to learn about program changes under way and challenges remaining and the ways in which the commission and public diplomacy community can support this effort. again, thank you all for joining us here today. now i'm pleased to invite assistant secretary of state michele to speak followed by principal deputy secretary of state nicole. thank you both very much. >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here today. thank you for the acpd for hosting us. we were joking, i'm a ucla bruin but love be -- yeah, go, bruins, but love being involved with the program as well. ve

department of the environment, mr. sheehan, the floor is yours. >> thank you, supervisors. charles she an, policy and public affairs manager for the san francisco department of the environment. momentarily i'm going to invite my colleague, barrie hooper to give you a short presentation about this ordinance. i do want to take some time and thank the sfpuc for their assistance as well as the mayor's office, it's been a collaborative effort to get to this point. it will be a partnership as well for implementation. and i do expect that mike and john will be joining us shortly from the sfpuc. so, without further adieu, i'm going to invite barrie hooper up here for the presentation. >> supervisor peskin: i would like to welcome committee member and vice-chair supervisor safai and better late than never, john. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. my name is barrie hooper. i'm with the department of environment and i'll be talking today about the proposed renewable electricity requirements. for context, san francisco has full goals set by our board of supervisors for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through ultimately getting

travis brower, the assistant director of public affairs and the oregon department of transportation. to the executive director of the san francisco county transportation authority on behalf of the intelligent transportation society of america. darren hawkins, president and chief executive officer of worldwide inc., on behalf of the american trucking association. timothy lomax, regents fellow at texas a&m transportation institute. also mark scribner, senior fellow at the competitive enterprise institute. i want to thank all of you for being here. i look forward to your testimony. before we hear from the panel, i would like to recognize miss wilson and introduce mayor gilbert, a constituent from her district. >> thank you. >>> i am honored to introduce my personal mayor. the mayor of miami gardens which will host the 2020 super bowl and chair of the miami- dade transportation planning organization, mayor oliver gilbert. when i heard the subcommittee was having a hearing on congestion, mayor gilbert was the first witness that i knew i had to recommend. he is a young lawyer with a long a

the lek tire are supported in py public funds from new york city department was cultural affairs. for those who are less familiar, how many you here is this your first visit. okay, a warm welcome. also welcome back to previous attendees. founded in 1785 by 22 artisans, today our 234-year-old organization continues to serve the people of city of new york. we do this through our cultural and educational programs. our lecture series. our general society library. celebrating 200 years next year. your tuition-free mechanics instituted. and john m mofman law collection up stairs. you find more information on the blue and white post card on your seat. we have such a wonderful start to this year's le lockture seasn -- lecture season. tonight, susan renald, her biography of conde nast. i want to mention. you have an opportunity to purchase this book, it is stunning cover. later, be aware you have this opportunity, i am sure susan would be happy to sign the book for you. i want to mention c-span are also filming this talk tonight. this program will also be rebroadcast on book tv. and when w

the labor literature and landmark lectures are supported in part by public funds from the new york city department of cultural affairs in partnership with the city counsel. for those of you who may be less familiar with the general society and if you don't mind i'm going to ask. how many of you here this evening is this your first event? a warm welcome and of course a welcome back to previous attendees. the general society was founded in 1785 by 22 artisans. today our 234-year-old organization continues to serve the people of the city of new york. we do this through our cultural and educational programs. they include our lecture series which of course is the lecture to the party. the general society library which will be celebrating 200 years next year. our tuition free mechanics institute and the john m. loughlin and collection which you are welcome to visit after our talk this evening and that is upstairs. you'll find more information on the blue-and-white postcard on your seats. now we have such a wonderful start to this year's lecture season. i have the pleasure of welcoming critically acclaimed biographer susan

that will be in the internal affairs report and that is something that police department do not regularly disclose. they have to disclose it however, by law, as public if misconduct is a found. that new law went into effect in january. now in terms of internal affairs investigations, a decision is found there, it's done. hutchins still has his lawsuit any file that last week, so that's still pending, and we will follow that case as well. >> all right, thank you. >>> uber rolled out a new safety feature today to keep closer tabs on riders, it's called ride check, and it's been to detect if something goes wrong during a trip. you were will be notified if there's a sudden slowdown, change in course, or if the vehicle stopped for too long. this is the latest safety measure to be released by uber and lyft, it comes after passengers and drivers have come forward alleging , kidnapping, groping, and assault during brice. earlier today rides. to make if you are completely disabled and the driver can get tearful, and you can't, they haven't really said what they are going to do. i don't know. if that was the case, there could be some weird trouble if you just

department staff. this was a collaborative effort between our policy and public affairs staff and some of our park maintenancethis was led by maria derona who is our children and nature coordinator. this is part of a much larger effort called the san francisco children and nature initiative, that was actually chaired by hydra mendosa and i. a couple of years ago we were one of seven pilot cities to join the league of cities to think about strategies to increase urban equity in nature and to get kids out. san francisco has a mission station which is, every child deserves a nature-based experience every day. this was an effort to make that happen and i am very proud of it. that concludes the general manager's report. >> clerk: is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> we are at number 4. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission and that do not appear on the agenda. with respect to agenda items, you will have opportunity to address the commission when the item is

public affairs. >> chairman and ranking member and members of the subcommittee the assistant director the department of transportation thank you for the opportunity to appear today and i want to thank chairman defazio for his leadership on transportation issues and all he has done over three decades on this committee to make the transportation stronger so to be here talking because operating currently that could change in the coming years as the clamor for the public has led the legislators to direct to implement to show that the portland metro region due to rapid population and in the two years the congestion increased 13 percent that was on top of a similar increase the previous two years and the highway function looks like a parking lot it is now rush afternoon and evening and that's at least seven hours every day of congestion residents and businesses increasingly are complaining about how congestion in portland poses a growing threat to our economy making it more costly to get goods to market. in response come in 2017 the largest transportation investment package was passed in the history known

public affairs. >> chairman and ranking member and members of the subcommittee the assistant director the department of transportation thank you for the opportunity to appear today and i want to thank chairman defazio for his leadership on transportation issues and all he has done over three decades on this committee to make the transportation stronger so to be here talking because operating currently that could change in the coming years as the clamor for the public has led the legislators to direct to implement data show that the portland metro vision congestion is that getting worse due to population a job growth. in just two years from 2015 to 2017, hours of congestion increased by 13% across the region and hours of delay increased by 20%. that was on top of a similar increase from the previous two years. many of our highways function like parking lots of rush hour and rush hour has spread to become rush afternoon and evening. portions of the interstate section are congested hours each day. congestion and portland poses a growing threat to our state's economy making it more costly for companies

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public affairs, richard stengle. also the former managing editor of "time" magazine. >> greg, to you, why now? >> the trump administration and state department'sis that they've been at this for three and a half years, that there were millions of emails that are just getting through them all. as to why now, it's really hard. i don't think we quite know and i think as you quoted assistant secretary feltman, that's part of why it's suspicious to him that we just don't know. >> rick, hillary clinton just as we actually were in the last commercial break, tweeted about this. you saw her response, part of her discussion on sunday morning. she said, and i don't have it in front of me, the president is a corrupt human tornado. not a surprising response, i assume, right? >> i think he'll regard that as a compliment, probably. here's what i would say about the emails. it's a ridiculous distraction. it's a waste of taxpayer money. i spoke to someone last night, a career person in the state department who spent yoo years examining secretary clinton's email. they had gone through all of them and they had been classified and reclassified before the trump adm

department on the new ordinance. also, do the best practice messages to businesses and residents. thank you. >> my name is allison, i'm working with the policy on public affairs. i am passionate about working on legislation that makes sustainability equitable for everyone. >> anyone else? some applause for our ambassadors and our boots on the ground. [applause] before we move into tonight's business, i thought it would be remiss of us not to acknowledge last week's global climate strikes that was organized and led by young people. young courageous people, and of course most notably greta. on behalf of the commission on the environment, i'm going to give a short statement of our supported solidarity with the youth. as commissioners committed to address other global climate crisis, we know that young people are inheriting a world that is racing towards climate catastrophe. last week we watched as young people, from around the world, stepped up with a massive coordinated school strike to protect government and business and action on climate change. to protest rather. millions of students from over 120 countries took to the streets for what some are calling the l

departments of the city and county shall implement the principal and conducting the city and counties affairs. bun of the goals is to include citizens as equal partners in decisions effecting their environment. public participation and its open and transparent decision-making process are critical to finding and collecting alternatives. the community has a right to know complete and accurate information on human health and environmental impacts associated with the selection of products services and operations or plans. bids on the best available science, the precautionary principle requires the collection of the alternative that presents the least potential threat to human health and the city natural systems including the alternative doing nothing. where threats of serious or irreversible damage to people or nature exists, lack of full scientific certainty of cause and i shaland effect shall notis the derogation of the environment or protect the health of its citizens. there is a duty to prevent harm. i haven't yet met a single san francisco an who wants to live next to a cell tower. this is a crucial time for this board to stop rubber stamping article 25 permits based on long outdated and scientifi

assistant director of public affairs for oregon -- department of transportation. >> remember davis. -- subcommittee my name is travis battleground the assistant directive you construction department i want to thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today and i particularly want to thank showing the ferrari for his leadership on transportation issues and all he has done over three decades of service on committee to make our nation transportation stronger. it is interesting to be talking about towing because or again and or that we don't operate each -- but that can change in coming years as the climber from the public for the good luck that is -- not your area has one of the latest direct data to implement trolling. data show that the portland metro regions congestion is bad and getting worse did report population and job are. in just two years in 2015 to 2017, hours of congestion increased by 13% across the region and in the vehicle hours are delayed increased by 20%. thousands of a similar increase to previous two years. maneuver how is what i packing a lot said russia rus

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u.n., we'll turn to several more public servants who the president has asked to serve at the department of state, treasury, health and human services and veterans affairs among others. meanwhile, madam president, the appropriations committee is working to produce government funding legislation. with the good faith bipartisan, bicameral approach, we'll be able to build on the agreement the president signed into law last month and ensure adequate funding for the american people's priorities. as always i know my colleagues and i are grateful to chairman shelby and ranking member leahy for their work. i hope we're able to consider significant bipartisan funding legislation here on the floor this month before turning to a temporary continuing resolution while work continues. now on an entirely different matter, today congress observes the 400th anniversary of a reprehensible moment in the history of our land. in august 1619, an english ship landed at the tip of virginia's lower peninsula. on board were 20-some africans who the crew had captured from a portuguese slave ship. these men and women wore sold to the colonists and with that england's american colo