. >> i should also add, peter walker is working with our team to look at the landscaping surrounding the ramp as well. >> ok, any questions? director harper? >> the last i heard about this area -- i did not hear about spanning the train box or anything -- but there was an issue of the curvature for transit buses, whether there would be enough room. did that address this? >> we already modified the alignment of the curbs. it has been refined since those issues were discussed. i do not think there are any geometry issues. this is the improved version. >> ok, thank you. >> moving on to the report, you will be hearing from steve role on our demolition update. i did want to report last week, we celebrated 5000 hours of demolition with no problems. 5000 hours without incident. we continue on a 100% safe to track record. i would like to have steve give us an update on the demolition. >> good morning, directors. as the executive director pointed out, that is one of our big milestones. through the end of september, 5000 hours of no incidents whatsoever. safety was a big milestone. we have als

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walker bush or even george w. bush in 2002. guest: well, you had peteraker on last week who wrote a good piece in which he observes that it's almost surreal to sit and listen to barack obama say the exact same thing that is used to come from president bush. these are tough decisions. we have to make. he almost said i'm the decider. look these are tough decisions. things that land on my desk are inherently not easy. i think there is very quickly sets in the reality when you're on the campaign trail, you can -- lots of things you can say and you can inspire a lot of people. but when you walk into that oval office you enter a different world. and you're faced with some very tough decisions. the disconnect between that and what goes on on the campaign trail is pretty big. host: we have a couple minutes left. let me begin with today's front page of the "l.a. times." if you see this latest poll from the "l.a. times", she has spent more than $150 million. guest: if there's a state that you do not want to be a self-funder in, it is california. that is such an ex