she knows her job. >> reporter: jill rappaport, nbc news. >>> that's "nbc nightly news."'m lester holt from new york. see you tomorrow on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> right now at 6:00 the clock is ticking toward another b.a.r.t. strike. just 30 hours until the deadline and still no deal. i'm terry mcsweeney. they're back at the bargaining table tonight. b.a.r.t. and the union trying to eke out a new contract to avert a strike that could kriep l the morning monday commute. chase cain joins us now with the latest. >> reporter: that is the good news that they are meeting in person face to face. the executive director of b.a.r.t. with the representatives of the union. they are inside and talking. of course that is getting everyone's hopes up that they may hack chully find an agreement that they may avoid a strike because we are now inside that 30-hour mark before the sunday at midnight deadline. and of course bay area b.a.r.t. riders anxious aboutfacing a strike come monday morning. they will have 130 buses at the station to shuttle people in