john floyd being our leader and executive director would be the person asking for those funds for the steinhart, not me. >> okay. so why do you want to serve? and let me go back. so i know that more than likely this is not something that you had probably any interest in until you were approached and asked. correct? >> in terms of serving on this specific commission, no. >> yes. so this was, this, of course, came as a surprise. >> yes. >> and when you were asked you thought about it and i wanted to understand are you -- do you have an interest in serving on this commission because you want to be a commissioner, or do you have a sincere desire to serve on this commission because of what's necessary in order to move forward the agenda of what rate payers would expect a rate payer advocate to move forward? >> that is a fair question and i'll answer this way. yes, i do want to serve. i'm excited. my wife can tell you i have had no aspirations to serve on a commission or an elected office. that is not my goal in this. but given my day job and given the expertise i gained from my day job, su

john. >>> nasa is giving us an up close look at the dark of the moon another music reference pink floyd. earth paid from the far side. it was made using data from the lunar reconnaissance orbiter. the terrain there is a bit different than the view we get from the planet earth. there are thousands of craters and no dark spots. that is all of our time for this news hour, i'm tony harris. thanks for watching. john is back in just a couple of minutes. then it's the international newshour. with antonio mora and stephanie sy. see you back here on monday. y. >> im really pissed off at the mexican government... >> give way to compassion... >> if you feel tired, would you turn around and come back? >> our teams find out first hand how treacherous the migrants journey can be. >> we make them take a trip of death >> it is heartbreaking when you see the families on top of the rail car borderland continues only on al jazeera america hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. >> i.s.i.l.'s claim an american hostage killed but was it in a coalition air strike? why jordan calls it a