he served as chief of boston e.m.s. and assistant director of the boston health commission. he has served as an interim manager. and for all of boston's major planned events including the boston marathon and the 2004 democratic national convention. no word yet of the boston red sox world series. as a consultant, -- [laughter] >> as a consultant to the pentagon and the defense department he served on the 9/11 after action team to assess medical consequence medical policy and procedures. more recently, rich was on the ground at the site of the devastating tornadoes in the coast and joplin, missouri and rich, thank you for speaking with us and strengthening our communities today. [applause] >> good morning. >> what's this about the red sox? we've had two world series in the last 10 years. graduations -- congratulations on yours, but we're with you unfortunately this year in the world series, observing. 22 years ago as you heard, i have been in d.c. in fema for the last two years, but 22 years ago i was in boston. and we usually don't get earthquakes in boston, and saw the image

the actual services during the 2013 event, so things like muni buses on the street, police, fire, e.m.s.. those things will vary with spectator demand, and so we're trying to make sure that our event plant continues to be adaptive so that our revenues can better match expenditures. however, in these fixed cost categories, there are differences. there is an increase in preliminary and planning costs from what was proposed at the last meeting reflective of the added work we will have to do for the permit applications reflecting this new plan as well as additional work that is proceeding under the federal environmental review process that is being led by the park service, the army corps of engineers, the presidio trust, and others. i do want to say the we have been in contact with the america's cup organizing committee about this estimate, and they will continue to commit to provide these funds to the cities and be reimbursed. i described this earlier. this is from the retention of the three sites. this will add up to approximately a little over $3 million over the course of the event as c

is e.m.s. the electric magnetic. recycling of the batteries after the useful life?> like i say, we will try to use them in some sort of application for the storage of electrical energy. we have not sorted that out yet. >> let's have the next audience question. >> mr. akerson, many consumers would like to be able to buy e-100 flex fuel vehicles, not e-85, but mileage that is optimized for ethanol, not gasoline. what do we have to do to get gm to offer these vehicles not in the united states? >> we will build cars or trucks -- people say why are you building these big cars? because that's what the market wants. we will meet the market. that is what you would expect to do with a profit-oriented organization. ethanol is not in high demand now. if there was a demand for not 10,000 or 20,000, but 100,000, all of a sudden, we would get more interested in it. we don't see that demand in the marketplace today. so, if the market is there, we will be there. if the market is not there, we will not be there. >> let's have the next audience question for dan akerson. >> hi. i was

. >> by the looks of the video that i was looking at, it looks like there was an e.m.s. crew and ambulance outside of that plane as well. obviously lots of questions about this particular captain, as you mentioned. y you heard the words -- or other passengers heard the words afghanistan and israel and this man was bang on the cockpit door, threatening to blow up the plate. nevertheless you're all safe and sound on the ground. we appreciate you calling in. i am sorry for the unfortunate nature of your plane diversion, but good to talk to you, friend. thank you. >> well, it's good to talk to you again, brooke. again, we are all just fine. thanks very much for the opportunity. >> good deal. as soon as we get more information from other passengers onboard this plane and from jet blue as well, we will bring that to you live on cnn. wow. also happening right now, a four rum on racial profiling and hate crimes, trayvon martin's parents are attending this forum right now in washington. we're keeping an eye out for that. but first this -- >> this was a train wreck for the obama a