and our current dot director ray lahood and i want to call a special shout out to former member of our board who has been a supporter of this project for many years, will (inaudible), thank you. thank you, will. and steadfast support. and this is truly been a labor of love for the board and critics along the way and i am totally convinced, absolutely convinced that when this is opened, everybody will realize this was totally worth while and all of the struggles forward and a lng time coming and great leadership. and he and his team and we appreciate that and we are it marks the beginning and i am looking forward, mr. mayor for dedication and whether i am able to rise this. and i did tell the mayor that i have a problem personally, and my term will be up before it is dedicated so i asked for one more term to be here on that great, great day. thank you all. >> so it is because of the leadership of the sfmta board of directors that we executed the contract for the tunneling work about a year and a half ago. our contractor is benard heely and they are the ones responsible for the site righ

members of civil society organizations including the son of the former transportation secretary ray lahoodress was furious with the morsi regime for interfering with these democratic civil society organizations. the fact of the matter is that from congress to the administration, this military assistance package has always been the one true lever over influencing affairs within egypt. at this point in time, i think how much congress has assessment over what the military is doing here is clearly going to play a role. but i think that you would find that the senior leadership of congress would probably welcome this coup. after all, i don't think any of them favored a muslim brotherhood presidency as a time when so much turmoil seemed is to be stoked in favor of islamist oriented takeovers throughout the region. >> ambassador, i noticed that it appears they are not letting president morsi, or ex-president morsi, leave the country. what's the thought process there? why not let him leave, go somewhere else, we're done with you? >> is largely because you have to understand he really is a front ma

supporters, includi former -- the son of the former transportation secretary, ray lahood. mr.are seeing that. >> former ambassador mark ginsburg, thank you for that. >> sure. >>> the white house is responding very carefully to the upheaval in egypt. in a statement i the president said "we are deeply concerned by the decision of the egyptian armed forces to remove president morsi and suspend the egyptian constitution. i now call on the egyptian military to move quickly and responsibly to return full authority back to a democratically elected civilian government as soon as possible." let's bring in politico reporter rachel bade and mother jones reporter andrew croel to talk about this. andy, it seems like the president really trying to thread the needle here in his response. why so cautious? >> the president and the white house are obviously cautious because the facts on the ground, the events in egypt are so combustible now you so unpredictable, don't know what the newly installed president or the military regime in charge right now is going to do. heck, we don't know anything

host: what about secretary ray lahood's proposal on miles traveled?hat work and where does it stand? guest: that is an interesting proposal. i am amused because i remember one of his earliest comments after he was sworn in as secretary was to talk about whether we would consider a miles traveled the. -- fee. he was sharply are permitted by the white house to say the obama administration would not consider this until the economy had fully recovered. host: how would it work? guest: in principle, it is simple. in practice, is more complicated. in principle, if you would pay a fee based on the amounts that by drive, perhaps varying time of day or which harley you are driving on. if you are driving on an interstate highway on the , heund and leg at rush hour would be paying a higher per mile fee than if you were driving late in the evening or the early morning hours of a road that was not otherwise congested. host: how would the government trucks that? guest: that is a big to tell you would have to figure out. it is used for tripling in germany right now.

host: what about secretary ray lahood's proposal on miles traveled? how would that work and where does it stand? guest: that is an interesting proposal. i am amused because i remember one of his earliest comments after he was sworn in as secretary was to talk about whether we would consider a iles traveled fee. he was sharply are permitted by the white house to say the obama administration would not consider this until the economy had fully recovered. host: how would it work? guest: in principle, it is simple. in practice, is more complicated. in principle, you would pay a fee based on the amounts that you drive, perhaps varying by time of day or which highway you are driving on. if you are driving on an interstate highway on the inbound leg at rush hour, he would be paying a higher per ile fee than if you were driving late in the evening or the early morning hours of a road that was not otherwise congested. host: how would the government trucks that? guest: that is a big to tell you would have to figure out. it is used for tolling in germany right no