mr. abdullah. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> george, followed by herbert and austin. >> my name is george. i am a medallion buyer, and for the ladies and gentlemen that didn't attend the last meeting, we had history, we had huge agreement between chris, the owner and manager of yellow cab, with greg, the manager of flywheel, which happened for the first time ever. of course the agreement is to industry the remaining of this industry and bankrupt the rest of the medallion buyers, which i'm one of them. these guys are the same exact companies that bumped head, refused to enforce dispatch and refused to enforce the laws. maybe if we'd done that, we wouldn't have uber and lyft in the cities, we would have been much better organized and much better dispatched to people in the city. the opposition of the idea to slow down the prop k or the free medallions at the airport or make it faster for people who have medallions of course is always supported by taxi companies because they wa

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they get now i give you the floor thank you for mr safadi is an honor to be with you today i'm looking forward to meeting with his majesty king abdullah in just a little bit i'm very pleased to be back your jordan especially is our country celebrate our seventy anniversary this year of diplomatic relations and i was here i was here in this room on my very first trip as secretary of state i came here before i went to my office in washington that. it's an indication to us my first stop on a multi country trip of the importance of the relationship between our two countries jordan is one of those it's enduring strategic partners in the region it's one of the many reasons we're proud to help support you through the five year for december you of which you spoke it's worth over six billion dollars and it will be important for strengthening our relationship for the years ahead. your nation plays a critical role in regional security stability clued in through its efforts to peaceably peacefully resolve the syrian conflict fight this radical islamic terrorism and carry the rating regimes mine activities in the region in the world and we had a g