The forests. Over the last few years, we have prioritized the readiness of our forces. These are the forces you can count on for an immediate response. These are the forces that help the evacuations of americans and south sudan, yemen. These forces train the iraqi army and protect our embassy in baghdad. These are the marines in the pacific. I can assure you that your deployed marines are well trained, well bred, and wellequipped. We have had to make tough choices to face sequestration and reduce budgets. In order to maintain the readiness of our deployed forces, we have not sufficiently invested in our infrastructure is a statement, and quality of life programs. As a result, approximately half of our deployed units, those that you depend on for onset on for seen situations have resulted in shortfalls. This has resulted indianas is a loss of american allies. Over time, modernization will be needed at higher costs. In areas we are unable to innovate and a dock for tomorrows threats. It
Regarding more details on the tep, as well as the scope and recommendation and benefits and the questions with how this prop k request for the larger tep recommendations and how the segments were prioritized and also the questions about the out reach strategy and so with that i will introduce john hailly and he can give the presentation. Thank you. Mr. Haily . Good morning, mr. Chairman, and members of the board, and thank you amber. Briefly, we are here as amber indicated to seek your approval, to advance some 13. 1 million in prop k funds, which we view as the seed money or the money that will bridge money that will help us to begin the process to improve the quality and the reliability and safety of the system. And secondly, to respond to some questions and concerns that you have raised regarding our approach to doing all of this. So, with that, if you dont have any questions, i will briefly walk you through, some highlights. And again, this is for us, a very exciting opportunity, a
Significant course of our riders and those are high ridership and the corridors and also, we focus on travel time, the single biggest complaint that we hear from our riders is why does my trip take so long and i have an example that i will hand out regarding the 8 acts that we will show you when you apply the eight principals that we point out to the one root and the benefits that will accrue in terms of travel time and so it is both the focus program to hit on a High Percentage of riders, and improving the travel time, and then, also, this builds on the groundwork that has already been laid with your support and cooperation. And reliability and the single biggest cause of the delays in the muni system and mechanical failures with your help and support in the last 18 months to two years, we have moved forward with a very ambition and both the fleet replacement and component over all and rebuild the program on both the buses and roughly, and so we are committed to doing that as part of
Drainage pipe. Is making a miraculous recovery. Wow, it is the best early Christmas Present that all of us could imagine. A bay area toddler who nearly died in a Drainage Pipe is making a recovery tonight. Hefs trapped under water for 10 minutes. Brian webb tells us the boys age and the water itself might of helped. Reporter a typical saturday afternoon at the firehouse when a 911 call came in from one district over. But when a little boy is drowning you dont worry about the address. I actually was working out in the gym. I was in a tshirt and shorts. A 2yearold fallen in this pheurbgy murky green pond. She could not find him. When diane arrived she jumped in and spotted the boy in a drainpipe on her second dive. He had drifted underneath the road and was suspended. So, i saw him, grabbed him, i was able to stand on the bottom and raise my hands up and handed him off. Like an overpass. Reporter the apprentice firefighter, six months on the job, started chest compressions. And pediatric
Were starting out with patchy dense fog around the bay area. Watch out for that. Some of the visibilities less than a quarter mile near the coastline and some of the intier yar valleys. We are going to see clouds rolling in. Much colder temperatures starting late this evening of and into tomorrow. In the meantime, out over the bay, you can see patchy, dense fog out there, just a thin layer but boy, you get caught in that its very thick. 42 concord. 41 oakland. 48 San Francisco. 44 san jose. This afternoon temperatures in the 60s. This is the last time you see 60s until next weekend or longer. Lets check your kcbs traffic with elizabeth. Thanks, lawrence. We have a few minor fender benders out there but nothing huge to slow you down. There is fog on the roads. This accident is now gone. All lanes are back open. This was in d. C. Northbound 280 by hickey boulevard. Still a little bit of slowing in the area though. There may be some activity off to the righthand shoulder. If you are doing