and 110w the likes of lift and gruber. and now this company go—jek. the likes of lift and gruber.mpany go—jekli the likes of lift and gruber. and now this company go-jek. i am sure people in this part of the world are familiar with it but audiences in europe may not know. go—jek the company that is very much part of the big ride hailing competition for passengers out on southeast asian streets. it has rivals such as uber in this region, as well as grab. sources at google said the company is pumping some $100 million worth of investment into go—jek was this marks google's first ride hailing app investment. 0ther investors are companies in china. you are starting to see this part of the world being carved up into various directors decided who they are going to bet on in this competition. you have uber and grab being backed. but go—jek is the prize in this part of the world, not just for the prize in this part of the world, notjust for ride the prize in this part of the world, not just for ride hailing the prize in this part of the world, notjust for ride hailing but the internet mar

host: gruber is next in virginia on the democrat line. everybody seems to forget that one of the promises he made when he was campaigning is that mexico would pay for the wall. he is demanding mexico pay for the wall instead of being a liar. if they would take the money to his spends traveling vacation and his children, $3 million every time he goes down to florida. that would pay for the wall. thank you. host: the funding aspects of it. >> mexico has made it clear they are not paying for the wall. at this point i think the president has said maybe there's a chance they will pay for it through nafta negotiations. right now the issue is getting congress to appropriate the funds for the wall. it also comes down to what does the wall mean. what does it look like. we have seen the definition of the wall change from 2000 miles to$18 billion worth of wall maybe some technology. maybe some different types of materials used. maybe not the whole wall. maybe address the fact that there are rivers and mountains and other issues that prevent the wall

my name is mark gruber. i'm a board member of the san francisco taxi workers alliance which has not yet come to discuss this measure, so i'm speaking of my own impressions, speaking for myself. while the details of this measure need to be worked out, and i have a number of questions, and i'm sure the board will have a number of questions, i do want to express personal support for the concept of checks and balances in this legislation. if the board of supervisors had retained regulatory authority over taxis back in 2009, the disaster that is the medallion sales program might never have happened. the board ceded its authority over taxis to the mta based on false assurances from mayor newsom. supervisor peskin knows this story very well. within three months of the mta's take over of taxi regulation, the mayor went back on its word. this has ruined dozens of drivers lives. dozens have defaulted on their loans and many more are in prospect. likewise, if the board had kept ultimate authority over transportation, t

host: gruber is next in virginia on the democrat line.verybody seems to forget that one of the promises he made when he was campaigning is that mexico would pay for the wall. he is demanding mexico pay for the wall instead of being a liar. if they would take the money to his spends traveling vacation and his children, $3 million every time he goes down to florida. that would pay for the wall. thank you. host: the funding aspects of it. >> mexico has made it clear they are not paying for the wall. at this point i think the president has said maybe there's a chance they will pay for it through nafta negotiations. right now the issue is getting congress to appropriate the funds for the wall. it also comes down to what does the wall mean. what does it look like. we have seen the definition of the wall change from 2000 miles to$18 billion worth of wall maybe some technology. maybe some different types of materials used. maybe not the whole wall. maybe address the fact that there are rivers and mountains and other issues that prevent the wall f