san francisco around transportation i can't remember whether it's 28 -- we have too many transit agencies in the bay area and it causes a lot of challenges around -- we are a region and our focus at the transportation authority is san francisco first but also regional connections and making sure we're working well with all of the other agencies in the bay area so it takes a special kind of person to be able to navigate that. in addition internally in san francisco any land use and transportation are linked it's constant work with the mta, with the planning department, with the port, with the public utilities commission and mayor's office and caltrans and bay authority. it's a lot of different personalities, a lot of agencies working together so i think it's so critical for the next director to be someone who can very, very effectively work collaboratively with all of these agencies and help bring them together too because the ta even though there is some project management primarily it's about planning and oversight and making sure that the tax dollars are being well spent so i want to encourage you to keep that very firmly in mind. this is a somewhat unique setting. >> i agree wholeheartedly. that's a good

searches for leaders as organizations such as the san francisco bay area rapid transit, the dallas area rapid transit, l.a. mta and metropolitan authority and as well as other government agencies like the port of soak land and the city and county of san francisco. on march 11 we a awarded a contract in the amount of $51,250. this is well within the $60,000 budget and the procurement policy for issuing a contract under the interim executive director's threshold. i have here today the hawkins team. i would like to introduce william hauck hawk, steve nee lablont and the comanagers of the team their assistant. i would like to welcome them to the podium to go through the packet and also on attachment two. >> just a couple of questions before you bring them up. i am impressed with this group because they have done serves for about 200 transportation agencies and significant and in line what we're trying to find. if you can talk about the other ones that applied, i think three out of the seven and talk about the difference in terms what the hawkins group presented compared to the others just to give us context for the decision? based on what y

and public transit hubs and shopping malls, airports and los angeles international travelers will be seeing bomb-sniffing dog, extra police and security beefed up. in san francisco, authorities are meeting to talk about an upcoming race in that city, the beta breakers race to talk about security there, all around the state here people are being asked to report anything suspicious to authorities and to be on heightened alert here. >> security concerns extending around the world, as well. especially across the pond in london, the setting for two major public events this week. >> expect a major military presence at the elaborate funeral of former prime minister margaret thatcher set for tomorrow and police are reviewing plans for london's own marathon taking place sunday. >> when we come back stories breaking overnight include a u.s. military accident in south korea. >>> then more from boston including new videos of the bombing emerging overnight. >>> what is it about this week in april? several major tragedies have all had this week in common. we'll get into that coming up. [ male announcer ] now we can all be at the corner of "just another prescription" and "sweet, something