To get to this morning including the countdown to the first Republican Debate frontrunner donald trump will be center stage, is he ready . What is his strategy . Trump will be with us live momentarily but first, we start off with breaking news this piece of debris has been found near a fragment of a wing was found just days ago that piece is set to undergo analysis to see it from missing Malaysian Air flight 370. Lets bring in steve ganyard, many are wondering is this part of that plane . This these to go back for forensics testing. We need to continue to go deliberately slowly and make sure we look at these pieces by themselves and figure out if this is part of the airplane. If this turn turns out to be part of that plane will it help us pinpoint where that plane went down in. Not really because theyll go back and theyll do some forensics on the metal, it will tell us what happened at the end when this airplane hits the water, its not going to tell us where the pieces of that airplane
Be present, kim not present, mar, not present, peskin, present. , tang, present. Wiener, present. , yee, present. You have a quorum ladies and gentlemen these join us for the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] mdm. Clerk any communications . None to report any changes to the federal 2nd 2016 whether Board Meeting minutes . Seeing none, is their motion to approve those minutes . Moved and seconded. 20 past can we take that without objection . Without objection the can we take that without objection . Without objection the motion passes. Can we take that without objection . Without objection the motion passes. Was Meeting Minutes will pass after Public Comment unanimously. [gavel] let them cook please call the next item todays special order at to copy him is the appearance by our hon. Mayor edwin lee. There be no questions omitted from the eligible districts the mayor may address the board for up to 5 min. Welcome to the chamber mr. Mayor. You have the floor. Good afternoon sup
Structured, which is as a Management Fee, why are we paying and subsidizing the cost of various mta staff when that is what the Management Fee is for. So, i question why a portion of the director of the mtas salary is being passed on to these individuals who get their cars towed to objectively, 87 administrative fee is usurious. We should all recognize that and delighted in the next week or 2 the mta will rethink this wrongheaded policy and bring those fees down for those unfortunate individuals for help have their cars towed. Eject bt suburbia supervisor yee theres been some interesting issues raised in this discussion that were not raised at the budget committee. I guess, one of the things i want to hear a response from mta in terms of some of the issues that are been brought up. Is that possible . Is their representative hear from mta . Good afternoon. Steve lee from mta. Im here to answer any questions. Supervisor yee you have a specific question. Theres been several issues raised
Directors new and old business. No hands waving, next item. Item 5 is Public Comment which is an opportunity for member s of the public to address the board on matters that are not on todays calendar and we have mr. Robert, followed by mr. Finebaum mr. Robert . Good morning, my name is Steve Roberts and im a member of the Rail Passenger association of california, a Public Transportation advocacy group. I thank you for the opportunity to address you this morning. Because of the benefits of reduced automobile usage, fully leveraging caltrains electrification project which thereby will increase caltrain ridership and its revenue performance and financial performance, also reducing Green House Gas misses, facilitating transitoriented development, the extension of Caltrain Service to transbay terminal is one of our associations key priorities. Any actions that delay this vital project and snarl it in endless planning reduce its Operational Flexibility or capacity are of a concern to our ass
President obamas immigration order. We begin in brussels, where hans nichols has new development in the greek bailout crisis. Good evening. Good afternoon to you. According to a person familiar with the matter, greece is planning to ask for an extension of its bailout loan program for six months. Remember, the deadline is that they would leave the program at the end of this month. They have still not agreed to the conditions, which is key and important, the finance minister has made it clear that the decision is for greece. Greece, represented by its democratic elected government has to decide what it wants. I cannot extend something that the country does not want. That was from earlier this afternoon when talks basically fell apart. They collapse last night and there is no effort to put them back on track. Earlier today he told the hardline and he does appear to have all of his finance ministers united behind him. The 18 euro area finance ministers say that greece needs to abide by it