just from a shawn kennedy quote that he is saying, boldly, i did not believe those lies? how does the minions case stand, as you see it? >> it is one of the strongest defamation lawsuits that first amendment scholars will tell you has ever been compiled against a major media organization. it is an extraordinary case. because, as you laid out perfectly well, fox is an extraordinarily powerful entity. it's a cultural force as well as a political force, as well as a media force. and it is an identity to the people who watch it. and so, to have them potentially on the hook for lying to their audience, which has been fairly well documented, but not yet tried in a court of law, is -- this is so far along, alex, that we have never seen a case get this far against a major media company in a very, very long time. >> and this is -- the fact that rupert murdoch himself is sitting for a deposition is meaningful, it would seem. it seems like there is a case to be made that he was calling the shots here, that he knew these lies were going to be broadcast, and indeed, he wanted them to

shawn kennedy, transit planning manager here at the mta. are you getting a bounce back? so i'm doing a very quick overview of what we are going to talk about because i want to set the stage a little bit and then turn it over to steve who will walk through the specifics. first off, i wanted to start noting that mtc coordinates short range transit plans throughout the agency in the region every two years. the last 2020, we did not have an srtp upped due to -- update due to covid. they are hoping to use these srtp's as way to advocate for more state and federal funding for transit operations which is great news, but in order to do that, they wanted and apples to apples comparison among all the agencies in the region. they provided us three scenarios and steve is going to walk through those scenarios. i just wanted to note that these are mtc's numbers. we are still on track to do what we talked about several meetings ago which is to implement 122 service changes within the next 12 months and starting a robust outreach after that to look at what the future vision, what the fu

shawn kennedy, transit planning manager here at the mta. are you getting a bounce back? so i'm doing a very quick overview of what we are going to talk about because i want to set the stage a little bit and then turn it over to steve who will walk through the specifics. first off, i wanted to start noting that mtc coordinates short range transit plans throughout the agency in the region every two years. the last 2020, we did not have an srtp upped due to -- update due to covid. they are hoping to use these srtp's as way to advocate for more state and federal funding for transit operations which is great news, but in order to do that, they wanted and apples to apples comparison among all the agencies in the region. they provided us three scenarios and steve is going to walk through those scenarios. i just wanted to note that these are mtc's numbers. we are still on track to do what we talked about several meetings ago which is to implement 122 service changes within the next 12 months and starting a robust outreach after that to look at what the future vision, what the fu

kennedy: a race between the two. >> at one point, you your special forcing guy, shawn was you have to go below deck and hide, i havehave to listen to people who know better, he is security, at first i said no. then i was like, okay. no pun intended. i went below deck. >> you were in a part of world at the time in middle of you know. >> civil war. kennedy: in yemen. people know you from below deck that looks glamorous. you or multimillion dollar massive super yachts, people pay a million bucks a week, you have been through it do people know about your journey? >> yes, a lot of people not everyone, they will find out in this book. i wrote the book because i wanted people to see that someone can turn their life around. and then end up in a job like mine. actually, i really love what i do. and all my leadership lessons, i learned through art of self leadership, taking care of myself first, being on show made it possible for me to write this book and to make sure that people know the real story behind captain sandy. kennedy: the story is gritty and real, your mom is half cherokee, did you meth and heroin, alcohol our dr