i'm calling directly to speak to mr. katz. he says it's always been like that regarding the senators and the congresspeople getting their pay. you are talking to a 70-year-old. a very young at heart 70-year-old. i believe it was carter. they used to get paid prior. i think it was carter that put so that theylation did not get paid either when there was a shutdown. he was worried about the congresspeople picking up extra the payola under the table. it was in the law that they that theypaid only so would get paid up money from companies to do the companies bidding. mr. katz, check your facts. that's also to that woman on the open phones. that answers her question. i think it was done by president carter. that's all i have to say. host: anything you want to add? guest: the shutdowns were happening commonly in the carter era back in the late 70's. motivated the current structure of the shutdown. memo from the department of justice that came 1979 that said federal agencies can continue eight -- can't continue to operate like normal

i'm calling directly to speak to mr. katz.says it's always been like that regarding the senators and the congresspeople getting their pay. you are talking to a 70-year-old. a very young at heart 70-year-old. i believe it was carter. they used to get paid prior. i think it was carter that put so that theylation did not get paid either when there was a shutdown. he was worried about the congresspeople picking up extra the payola under the table. it was in the law that they that theypaid only so would get paid up money from companies to do the companies bidding. mr. katz, check your facts. that's also to that woman on the open phones. that answers her question. i think it was done by president carter. that's all i have to say. host: anything you want to add? guest: the shutdowns were happening commonly in the carter era back in the late 70's. motivated the current structure of the shutdown. memo from the department of justice that came 1979 that said federal agencies can continue eight -- can't continue to operate like normal. pr

mr. harriman, next speaker, please. >> paula katz, followed by peggy deets and lynn miller. >> hello. i'm paula katz with safe our l taraval stops. i hope you have taken the time to read the many emails you have received because many l riders who can't make it here today have poured their hearts out explaining losing their stops will hurt them. i hope you have also read the emails i have sent you. i urge you to keep all of our stops at 34th, 45th and 17th. i understand there are riders who want to raise their hands to show you they support keeping the stops especially at 44th. but many of the other stops. but there are some who are too shy to come up and speak. orange untilly the staff originally staff wanted to remove the stop at 44th but they let us keep our stops only because there was so much support to keep those stops and now suddenly 18 months later, they say they want to remove the stops because of some complaints from our three merchants at the intersection and a few residents. the community still supports keeping the stops. over 75% of the riders who took m.t.a.'s own survey

katz rule. the court recognized -- >> i know that. i'm not asking you that, either, mr. feigin. >> reasonable expectations of privacy is a very difficult inquiry your a court to undertake and should hesitant before deciding some social understanding is well-embedded in society, that it justifies constitutional protection under the 4 amendment. where you have the kind of empirical or common sense data you have here where the assertion is in derogation of the established legal norms of a major commercial industry, i don't think that societal understandings to the extent they even exist at all can really carry the day. but to get back to the sort of premise of your question, we're not saying that certain contract terms should be respected and certain contract terms shouldn't. the distinction that we're drawing here is between somebody who actually has a legitimate connection to the car because the person is the renter of the car or is an authorized -- >> the son of a nafather who ow the car but is not an authorized driver on insurance, and as a result is not listed on the r

mr. president. we're not going to talk about -- new york. >> what about it? i was taking the staten island ferry the other day. >> empire state building. hudson river. katz'se thing, brooklyn! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: i totally get it. now, let me ask you, there's a slightly different subject but has to do with the changing senate. do you feel like the democrats will take the senate? >> yes. >> stephen: are you confident they will take it back? >> we're working real hard at it and i think the odds are greater than half we'll take back the senate, absolutely. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: and the house -- i think the house odds are very good, too. >> stephen: mm-hmm. in part, we have a real friend in taking back the house and senate, donald trump. >> stephen: right, but do you think people will then be voting for democrats or against donald trump? and i mean this sincerely -- >> yes, you do. >> stephen: this year what does the democratic party stand for? >> so, look, we have to be a strong check against trump but that's not sufficient. we have to show average folks we're on their side while trump is on the side of the wealthy and powerful i