mr. abdullah, mr. brooks. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is hassan abdulla. i work for the east bay m.u.d. i have been project manager for the last few years. we have been studying this project since 2003. san francisco has been one of the original partners. now we have five partners. we are trying to figure out whether desalination is an appropriate water supply option for the region. this has been a truly regional cooperation, a cooperative effort. our vision for the project is to lower environmental effects and project costs by implementing two ideas. first, we want a centralized facility, instead of each agency doing their own desalination at their own facility. we would like one central facility that serves all five, or several agencies. that reduces the footprint. second, our agencies have assets that exist. some are fully utilized. others are not. we would like to maximize utilization to see if we can help neighboring agencies implement this project. this project has been recognized by the state and federal government. we have received $1.20 million th

end to ali abdullah saleh is thirty three year rule discuss this latest development is talk live now to london and we're joined by several mocktails president of the out of boys association mr several months of thanks for being on the program. seller's been playing out of power for so long do you actually believe this time he is serious about stepping down. over the last nine months i think he must have made a hundred in. speeches and in every single one of them he said he's going to leave in every single one of them he promised that he doesn't want to run as a president and every single one after he finished he stayed in power this is absolutely no different from anything before i think no one believes what he's saying it's the americans who allowed him to go back to there were people who are really believing this idea that he is on their side and he actually is on their side as far as the policy of the u.s. is concerned as long as i have done. all of their demands will be achieved in can. moving assassination of american citizens in yemen through the agencies of the. yemen and this is the reason why the people are. against. let me just get this straight them so you say yo

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