construction and simply upgrading many portions of the existing system. we talk about how the high speed rail system is a step to energy independence. but what we have here may be the opposite of hot spotting, but cold spotting. identifying the wrong priorities to solve a problem. the train would begin in mer set where there are few people. why would you do that? not in the population centers of sacramento or here in a place like san jose. that just the beginning of the debate. joining us is mike setty from public transit and california state senator joe samitian who says the rail project needs to be revisited. senator, it's a great idea to connect california in three hours. but it would seem that both the costs and the goals are either not focused or changing.