Major changes to Public Transportation in the bay area and what it means for the future of mass transit. I am christine zee. We got a great conversation for you today. Three of them, in fact. Youre watching getting answers on abc7 every day we talk with experts about issues important to the bay area and you just in the last two hours caltrain announced fare increases starting in 2025. The announcement comes just as bart implements big changes to try to improve its service with ridership still far from prepandemic levels. Joining us live now is john goodwin, assistant director of communications at the metropolitan transportation commission. John, nice to see you. Good to see you, too, kristin. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Lots of changes for us to talk about. Lets start with bart. Since its service is many times more riders in the bay area, lets go ahead and show the key changes on a graphic here and maybe you can elaborate for us and explain the thinking. So we have the 20 minute ma
Now on bbc news its hardtalk. Now on bbc news its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im Stephen Sackur and this is munich a city emblematic of germanys prosperity and small sea conservatism. Small c. But right now, german politics looks anything but steady, stable and predictable. Angela merkels new grand coalition with the social democrats is very fragile and the biggest Opposition Party is the far right alternative fur deutschland. My guest today is the influential md mp, peter boehringer. So how will his party try to exploit the weakness of Angela Merkel . Peter boehringer, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Lets start with a big picture of german politics today. In some ways, nothing much has changed. Here we are again facing a grand Coalition Led by Angela Merkel with the christian democrats and the spdt together. But actually, things quite different this time . We are not even there. We do not have that coalition. You are right, we will have that pretty soon. Having said t
Im stephen sackur. This is munich, a city emblematic of germanys prosperity and small c conservatism. Right now, german politics looks anything but steady, sta ble politics looks anything but steady, stable and predictable. Angela merkels new grand coalition with the social democrats is very fragile. The biggest Opposition Party is the far right alternative for deutschland. My guest today is the influential afd mp, peter baranka. How will his party try to exploit the weakness of Angela Merkel . Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Let us start with a big picture of german politics today. In some ways, nothing much has changed. Here we are again facing a grand Coalition Led by Angela Merkel with the christian democrats together. Actually, things quite different this time . We are not even there. We dont have that coalition yet. We will have that pretty soon. And having said that, i would agree that it is no longer at the same. We have a coalition of official losers. They have l
Is unique, a city emblematic of germanys prosperity and small seed servitors. But right now, german politics looks anything but steady, sta ble politics looks anything but steady, stable and ready to bolster the Angela Merkels new grand coalition with the social democrats is very fragile and the biggest Opposition Party is the far right alternative for deutschland. My guest today is the influential afd for deutschland. My guest today is the influential md mp, peter boehringer. So how will his party try to exploit the weakness of Angela Merkel . Peter boehringer, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Lets start with a big picture of german politics today. In some ways, nothing much has changed. Here we are again facing a grand Coalition Led a Angela Merkel with the christian democrats and the gas ptt together. But actually, things quite different this time . Ashok s ptt. We do not have that coalition. We will have that pretty soon. Having said that, i would agree that it is no l
And this is munich a city emblematic of germanys prosperity and small sea conservatism. But right now, german politics looks anything but steady, stable and predictable. Angela merkels new grand coalition with the social democrats is very fragile and the biggest Opposition Party is the far right alternative fur deutschland. My guest today is the influential md mp, peter boehringer. So how will his party try to exploit the weakness of Angela Merkel . Peter boehringer, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Lets start with a big picture of german politics today. In some ways, nothing much has changed. Here we are again, facing a grand Coalition Led by Angela Merkel with the christian democrats and the spdt together. But actually, are things really quite different this time . Well, were not even there. We do not have that coalition. But yes, you are right, we will have that pretty soon. Having said that, i would agree that its no longer the same, we have now a coalition of official