how are you going to tackle and actually solve the problems facing the matrox flex -- the metro? >> i did want to introduce my board members that are here. michael goldman, malcolm augustine come and over there from washington, d.c. and most importantly to introduce the first person i met which is the station manager. my first day on the job i got to meet her. she is a good worker. free phrase the question. [laughter] >> i'm wondering your observations and plan. you have been in office for three months. the things we were talking about the broken escalators and elevators and the funding issues have had problems that have led to incidents of death. how are you going to tackle them? >> first thing i did when coming on board is i spent the whole month basically reaching out to stakeholders to understand the issues a little bit better and it's everything from employees to the leaders of business coming elected officials and writers to give me a feel for that. at the same time, we started in december and january in particular we had have a number of outside consultants come in to help