there is private interest in cooperating with the nta and exploring the opportunity. i want to see if it would be okay to see the could have staff take a look at something like that the next four that for future discussion and start to get - explore those opportunities. >> chairman nolan: will members consent will ask mr. reiskin. thank you, ms. boomer. >> director ramos: i know we are trying to move quickly. one more thing with respect to safety and well-being of some of our employees. i regularly see our fair inspectors out there. they're always telling me horror stories about how they were assaulted, running into issues with increased amount of enforcement. i am wondering if there is some way where we can have maybe staff look into - if not outright - a little bit more awareness building on the part of the riding public and how it is a crime to assault and abuse our fare inspectors. >> chairman nolan: we also received indication from the president of 258 about drivers as well; he was referring to the driver after the world series in the bus, attacked, set on fire.

it said the nta must have revenue; if we do not push

it said the nta must have revenue; if we do not push for that we are sacrificing the needs of the city to placate a few cabdrivers. this reminded me of something i read 20 years ago, from a book by joseph brosky, a russian, who grew up in stalinist russia, he wrote an essay on evil. at the end it says, no matter how evil your enemy is the crucial thing is that he is human. although incapable of loving another like ourselves, evil takes root when one man starts to think he is better than another which is what you have here. you are listening to these people how you are ruining their lives, and you are saying there's nothing we can do about it because you are serving the public. what you can take from this is a city small amounts compare to what the city needs, this is not going to solve the city's deficit problems because the deficit problems are endemic. the start of the federal government. it starts with a policy of war. does not come from cabdrivers. what you are doing would have little effect of the budget robin; it will have a devastating effect on those people. i know this will no

there is private interest in cooperating with the nta and exploring the opportunity. i want to see if it would be

with challenges to operate but we know what the challenges are and meeting with the engineers with the nta to figure out how we can sustain the e line not just for special event but for round the clock service. we also paid attention to details like pedestrian safety, way finding, helping visitors find their way around the waterfront. a quick fix, stapling a few signs to a post, but what was so important about that, we used real time information that gave people choices that if they were to walk from the ferry building to the ballpark or from the ferry building to marina green, we could get them time options and show them where milestones were along the way. we also did the same with the bicycle network as our bike network expands. and with that we knew we were starting from -- with the community, a lot of the people already worked with us to roll our sleeves up and say let's get beyond america's cup event planning and talk about long-term fixes. what do we know that needs to happen in all the different modal networks, what are the timing of major projects coming and are they linked well t

test, an nta blood where they test the spinal fluid to make sure the baby doesn't have downs or anything like that. i've had a 3 d ultra sound as well as in regular ultrasound. >> it sounds like a lot, but dr. robert avalos says prenatal testing necessary to assess the risks. it starts at the very beginning. >> we want to get a blood count, and if your african- american we want to look for whether or not you have sickle cell trait. we want to look for your blood type. if your negative we need to give the medication to prevent bleeding. we look for rubella. we like to get the hiv and hepatitis to see if there is anything we need to do, some early medication or medication to give the baby. >> the doctor says there are other tests given throughout pregnancy such as the afp and first trimester screening to look for chromosome abnormality. also glucose screening to look for diabetes. >> we go over each test, why we are doing what we are doing, and then depending on whether their religious black crowned -- background or moral ethics. >> peace of mind, it makes you feel a lot better to go when