i don't know if any of you have ever worked with rudy, but he and janice lee, his co-chair, they're the best co-chairs in all of the land. and they were served by a very deep bench, alice rogers, linda richardson, peter hinkle, some of you are here tonight. thank you so much. it is very moving for me because we are at a momentous point in time. we're rea affirmin reaffirming r attitudes about today's waterfront as we actively prepare for the changes and the future to keep us safe and ready to adapt a climate change. the waterfront is a major city lifeline for san francisco and the bay area, and our collaboration across all of the sectors is essential. the embarcadero sea wall, developing a city-wide resilience framework, i look across the many city departments and i'm constantly amazed and inspired by the creativity and intellectual fire power that my fellow city workers all bring to the job every day. and our ability, collectively, to work together to innovate cutting-edge policies and solutions. so especially in these times, when it is so misunderstood or under attack, i also want to

. >> janice lee is a b.a.r.t. board member. she pointed to the aging system, but she's still waiting for answers, just like the system's riders. >> what is b.a.r.t. doing to ensure that as we are seeing our dollars roll out that the risks of this ever happening again are mitigated. >> they just apologized for the delays and they said now everything is up and running. >> lee told me that she expects to learn a lot more about what happened at the next b.a.r.t. board meeting in thursday. reporting live in san leandro, christie smith, mnbc bay area news. >> christie, thank you very much. not the only problem b.a.r.t. has had to deal with this week. a train got stuck on the tracks, it started smoking. b.a.r.t. says one of the train's axels locked up. riders had to be escorted off. when b.a.r.t. tried to move that train, then it started to spark. b.a.r.t.'s looking into why that all happened. no one was hurt. >>> it's been a year since the shooting at the pathway home in yountville claimed the lives of three staff members. today, the