julian robinson spent a great deal of time to implement the changes in this program and while i'm onbject, a big shout-out to tom, shawn, from the san francisco fire association and tony from the san francisco police officers association for their collaboration and developing this program that reduces litigation and speeds the payment of benefits to our deserving employees. another big thanks to so many people that are involved in the launch of our automatic deposit program for disability benefits, which sounds pretty boring, but it was a huge collaboration with the controllers office, the treasurer's office, u.s. bank, our vendors, and our own team. so thank you to christy, the former award winner last year from the controller's office, head of the payroll division for working with us to create this program, even in the midst of a disaster, we reduced our payment and printing costs over 30,000 checks a year. we have eliminated saving money, saving the environment, and ensuring people get their benefits. finally i want to acknowledge my family that is here, my husband ted, daughters

julian. you jennifer robinson, can describe the courtroom where julian assange was held at the back of the courtrooms is the custom in ak? was he able to hear the proceedings, consult? were you in the front with the other lawyers? you are his legal advisor. >> throughout the hearings, julian was at the back of the courtroom, behind where we sit as his legal counsel, and effectively in a glass box. this creates significant amount of difficulties for us and communicate in with him during the course of the proceedings, which was raised as a concern on the final day of the hearing. he sits behind us, which means while we are paying attention to the judge, we cannot see when he is raising concern or seeking clarification or offering information to us about what he is hearing in court. the entire courtroom, including the public gallery, are alerted to the fact whenever he wants to raise a question with us. if he is whispering to us or trying to get our attention in court, the u.s. prosecutor is sitting right next to us and can hear everything. we made a notification at the in of the week in order for them