thank john hailey for this experience. i'm glad to be part of the mta. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, mr. mr. chairman. i had the pleasure of working with him. we are very grateful to have his partnership in helping us keep these buses. i love the mayor's challenge at least i heard of the challenge that years down the road we should look at these buses to look as good as they do today. we have support from all of san francisco to keep these great investments to continue to look good. the other one is our transit director john daleey who has spent a lot of time to get these buses to hit the streets as soon as possible in a way that they will be providing great service for us for the next decade and more. to tell you a little bit more about the specifics of the buses i want to welcome job to -- john, to say a few words. >> thank you, everyone for coming. just a couple things to point out. we heard about the investment. one of the things about our bus fleet is it carries 3/4 of our rider ship. 7,000 trips a day are done on our bus fleet. th

john blackstone is in hailey, idaho. good morning. >> good morning, charlie and gayle.n idaho with temperatures in the 90s. forecasters say lower temperatures and higher humidity are on the way. that's good for firefighters. there remains concerns about erratic winds that could come with thunderstorms predicted over the next couple of days. there is also optimism that fire fig fighters are making progress. it has increased only slowly in the last 24 hours. much of firt fightie fighting h done from the air. matt nickel left his video camera rolling on one retardant drop and then got out of wait. this fire remains only 9% contained so firefighters still have a lot of work ahead of them. where the fire is burning is largely in areas, in wild land areas far from wrp peophere peo live. some people close to the fire lines are still asked to stay away from their homes. charlie, gayle? >> thank you, john. >>> the california highway patrol says a limousine fire that killed five female nurses lat the may was an accident. the limo caught fire across the san francisco bay area brid