>> good afternoon, edward mason.i'm really disappointed that this is a 30-year decision and consequently to me, it's a 30-year disappointment. the flat wheels is continuing. when i came down today at 24th and church on a grade, the vehicle seemed to have the wheels spin before it would engage and get traction. the acceleration is slow, and also, the door opening and closing is slow, so that's probably going to impact reliability of the system overall. we still have chatter and jerky stops at 18 and church periodically. it's not consistent, but it's still in existence. so my only comment is it is what it is, unfortunately, and the seating arrangement, you know, should go to more transfer seats and also blue seats. and on the -- in the slide, there was announcement improvement. we do not have daytime on the new siemens cars, we do a date time on the brada cars, and i can't believe that we're not having that feature on the siemens cars. thank you. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. is there any other members of the pub

joining me now as we are await a briefing from jerry nadler is jeff bennett, jeff mason and margaret crossen, nan donna edwards, now a washington post opinion writer. jeff bennett, at the white house, you've covered the white house and the hill. the white house obviously watching this, the jerry nadler briefing. he's probably going to talk about don mcgahn and the legal steps to get mcgahn, a reluctant witness. >> reporter: house democrats are going to get access of the grand jury material. they also intend to go to the courts to reaffirm their oversight authority and responsibilities, really, to get don mcgahn the former white house counsel who was a key player in the mueller proceed to testify before that committee. this is part of the process that nancy pelosi says she wants to see play out before house democrats move or potentially move towards impeachment. again, today, we heard her reiterate she's not against starting impeachment proceedings against this president, she's just not for it right now. she wants democrats to be able to be in the best position to make the best legal argument as she puts it. ri