john lau. i'm here with deputy director ken rich of the department, we are able to answer questions at the conclusion of the presentation. so, a few of us in the room today stood at this very podium roughly ten years ago presented information on various legislative efforts proposed by the then board of supervisors aimed at shutting down the power generating facility that previously operated at this site. so, the fact that we are here today discussing a project of this scale on this site is really speaks to dramatic level of transformation represented by this reuse proposal. not only is it note worthy for the spectacular waterfront setting, we'll get into, but significant in that the project will transform a place that was once a negative presence in and on the community with a new vibrant destination that for the first time will really connect the neighborhoods of the central waterfront to this part of the bay shoreline. my job is points beforehanding it off to the rest of the team. we go to th

lau sister latifah. melanie woodrow is live with today's newly released information. melanie? >> ama and eric, the attorneys for nia wilson's family say there are 22,000 fare evaders. they say johne of them, and had bart stopped him wilson would still be alive. the attorneys for nia wilson's family said bart failed to provide

lau sister latifah. melanie woodrow is live with today's newly released information. melanie? >> ama and eric, the attorneys for nia wilson's family say there are 22,000 fare evaders. they say john cowell was one of them, and had bart stopped him wilson would still be alive. the attorneys for nia wilson's family said bart failed to provide the highest standard of care. they filed a complaint against bart. >> nia's death is not some horrific anomaly that occurred in two seconds that nobody could do anything about. >> on sunday, july 22nd, john cowell is accused of stabbing nia wilson and her sister latifah in the neck at the macarthur bart station. there are 22,000 fare evaders on bart daily and cowell was one of them. >> the experts in this case will testify there is a correlation between a high incidence of fare evading and violent crime. >> he also said two witnesses will testify they had interaction was cowell in the weeks and days prior to the stack. one was a 72-year-old woman who said cowell accosted. >> and she said i'm not afraid of you and he motioned i'm going to solicit your throat. >> the other person was at macarthur bart. she saw him brandishing a knife. both women