. >> we know senator mccuen is fighting a serious illness. what was your reaction to that. >> same reaction i had before. you can have disagreements with people without going after them like that. i went to see john a couple weeksing a at his rambling in assess. he is working hard and recovering. i hope we have him back. but he is a genuine hero in times of war and peace. and to go after him like the president has done on occasions is simply not fair. >> but the president does move the base. >> he does. >> i saw -- the other day i was looking at some polling. and positive ratings of putin doubled from 17 to 34. and the ratings of the fisher have dropped precipitously. >> yes. >> isn't this what your colleagues fear. >> i have seen some polling recent where you test issues people are concerned with. but economy, immigration, jobs, education, those are the things that perrinually are at or near the top. but at the top right now with republicans, the base, is where you are with trump in terms of -- if you are an elected official looking to re-el

i want to welcome some new members, jim mccuen, representing district four, jasmine conrad, representing district seven, maggie thomas, representing our environmental groups, mark kang, representing engineering and finance, and also the puc, so it's the first time. and i'm really happy to have been serving this agency for the last four years. i hope to continue on as a cac member. but i feel really lucky that i got to be part of this great agency and like, be part of the leadership. >> wendy, stay up here for a minute. >> i also wanted to introduce sa amy zock, and she is our newly elected cac chair. >> congratulations. >> hi, everyone. it's so good to officially meet all of you. as wendy mentioned, i am amy zock, and i'm the newly elected chair of the cac. i've been on the cac since about 2015, appointed by supervisor tang to district four, and just moved to district three and appointed by supervisor peskin. i'm very glad to be back and take on this new leadership opportunity. prior to the chair's position, i served as the cac's secretary and waste water chair, and i'm very thrilled to