course of that process, i was fortunate enough to have the initiative of than intern by the name of maria lee, who is in the house -- audience, to help with the logistics of pulling those meetings together. food, name tags, all those sorts of things, she was a major help with. again, we got the funding for much of the underwriting of these meetings from friends of city planning. one of the things that that grant helped us to provide was independent professional facilitation for these meetings. it was done by the community outreach program. not only did the community outreach program provide independent this occasion for these meetings, they also helped to design the meetings themselves so that they ensure the greatest level of public engagement possible, given the short time that we can actually ask the committee to participate in those meetings. so there were broken in to break out groups, and there were over of presentations and summaries, exit interviews were done. i know the commission has been looking at meaningful ways of public engagement. we had a presentation not long ago from staff

maria shriver over in nbc niece of a u.s. president . we had codey gifford, son of kathy lee .er was a politicalal commentor. >> nbc is a network of nepotism as one person called it. it is funny. an drea pizer critic for television in the new york post said hillary clinton has experience in interviewing and show's interviewed two people. her mother and her father. and in fact, she has just done that recently. we can't say she hasn't had experience at all . raises the question of merit. the hold horr atiethic that most of us were raised on. if you do well and you do hard, and you really work for what youment, you will be rewarded. but now, i guess the message we are sending now. hey, let's really talk. it is who you know. don't bother to worry about if you covered a story. the statement from steve kapas, at nbc new system hilarous. he said. given her vast experience, it is as chelsea has been preparing for this opportunity for her entire adult life. enough said. >> thank you, liz. appreciate it. after the break. the feel good story of the day. school teacher in cleveland get a b