Hello and welcome to news room international. We are going to take you around the world in 60 minutes. Here is some of what we are working on. Those relentless fires continue to burn across huge areas of southeastern australia. Lance armstrong at the center of controversy again this after reports that he tried to give 250,000 to an antidoping agency. First president obama making another cabinet pick. The president will nominate white house chief of staff jack lew to replace Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary. Tell us about jack lew. Jack lew is the chief of staff known as a tough negotiator, someone who the president has complete trust in. In fact, when he was announced as the white house chief of staff the president talked about the trust that he had in him, talked about how he had taken a part in helping to right the ailing economy. This is also someone who has worked in a couple of administrations as the budget chief in this administration and the Clinton Administration and help
They can pay more. Thank you very much. applause [speaker not understood]. Jane martin. Beatrice herrera. Cynthia cruz. Good afternoon. Hi, thank you for the opportunity. Im a member of walk s. F. , [speaker not understood] car share and bay area bike share program. And this is my 10 Year Anniversary of riedl a bike to work, Company Shuttle and bike to work. They helped solve answers to commuters like me who doesnt want to drive down to the south bay. It is a similar responsive solution to residents currently being faced in San Francisco. It is proposed by city staff and thank you for your continuing [speaker not understood] to residents of San Francisco and the larger bay area. Thank you. Thanks much. Next speaker, please. Howard strassner followed by [speaker not understood]. Good afternoon, [speaker not understood]. Good afternoon, im Howard Strassner and im privileged to ride muni over 50 years to get to work and around. So, thank you very much for that. But this program and pilot
People going short distance, not wanting to rub elbows with the rest of us. [speaker not understood]. I think its very essential they pay every penny [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood] the buses are assigned particular hours a da. Are ~ away [speaker not understood]. Youre going to have to accept that. Let me see. So, we will have to deal with some of the peak hours to deal with some of them. Thank you. Thanks. Next speaker. [speaker not understood]. And Maureen Roland. Good afternoon, ms. Martin. Good afternoon, im jane from people organized employment ride. As you know, we organize lowincome people of transit dependent bus riders. And i appreciate what ed said, this policy debate about the google shuttle really puts the mta in the middle of conversation about bus he. Its about the impact of the Tech Industry, displacement, tenants rights, Affordable Housing, all the issues our members struggle with every day. This city has a very Important Role to make sure that lower
For, you know, stopping at a bus stop is very low, especially in light of what our communities have been facing recently in terms of, you know, having lowincome bus riders being fined 100 for not having 2. 75 to go to work, to help kids be able to get to School Thanks to the mta we were able to Work Together and run free muni for youth. And were in the process of fighting to make this Program Permanent ~. But at the same time, i still meet people who havent heard about the program and trying to find 100 to get to school. Time and time again were told, as were, you know, hoping to build bridges between Community Organizations and the mta board that, you know, the main problem is problems with funding. And, so, when we hear from our communities, you know, my bus didnt come but i did see the twitter bus come and theyre not paying anything. You can see who is being prioritized in the city. It seems really unfair that when there is such a budget crisis right now that were not asking these c
Understood]. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. My name is [speaker not understood]. Im an organizer with power with working morals with black and latino families. Were here as an organization because were concerned about the proposals ~ charging 1 for, you know, stopping at a bus stop is very low, especially in light of what our communities have been facing recently in terms of, you know, having lowincome bus riders being fined 100 for not having 2. 75 to go to work, to help kids be able to get to School Thanks to the mta we were able to Work Together and run free muni for youth. And were in the process of fighting to make this Program Permanent ~. But at the same time, i still meet people who havent heard about the program and trying to find 100 to get to school. Time and time again were told, as were, you know, hoping to build bridges between Community Organizations and the mta board that, you know, the main problem is problems with funding. And, so, when we hear from our communities,