. >> director rohan. >> present. >> director harper. >> present. >> you do have a quorum. tony is expected. i think he is a little delayed. >> forgive me for my clumsiness in a chairing the meeting, since it i am not terribly used to doing that or being here. communications first. do we have any? >> i know of none. >> ok. old and new business, board of directors? i am kind of old, but you know. >> so am i.. >> that is true. we're both old business here. >> the director's report. i know we have one of those. >> good morning. i would like to welcome our newest board member, representing the sentence is the municipal transportation agency. welcome, director. >> thank you. >> secondly, to those of you were not able to attend yesterday's event at noon at the transbay site in the zone 1, the first block of the four blocks reconstruction on, we were invited by merely to have an event celebrating the demolition of the old terminal. and where it we will have the new transbay transit center. and the soon-to-be released district plan you will hear more about later in the agenda. we'r

and greece has only itself to blame for its economic troubles according to rohan vora bell a political economist at university of mannheim in germany full interview coming your way in the next hour but here's a preview. the reason this through the ghost of all because the previous greek government has been very is them through first that's accumulated very large deficits even before the financial crisis greece has been. a member state of the euro zone the chance most frequently violated their stability and growth so they really console you that they are a victim of the financial crisis. that text very pleased the germans very upset about greece a much more cruise on the board portugal and. europe's economic woes also being felt in the u.k. driving some of its parts to a craving for more control over their finances there's a strong sense of national identity in wales which is help fuel calls for it to achieve independence following similar calls further north in scotland as are his lawyer and it reports the debate continues to rage over whether welsh ambitions are driven by economic sen