following the testing, the study demonstrated the technical feasibility of di val nation at this location. so the $200,000 grant that we are being asked to approve today is the next step after these previous steps. >> that's right. >> and that step is, which is why some people are concerned is that we're actually going to being -- looking at hydraulics and other variables and what i'm concerned about is that within this $200,000 grant, none of it deals with outreach to the public. >> that's because we're not hiring people to do that. that will be done by agency staff from the five agencies. >> i understand that but i think the public is owed some type of hearing before we approve the 00,000 to articulate the varnlse and -- variables and to have the environmental community -- i think perhaps it would be appropriate for the public to hear. simply because you've taken one, two, three, and four steps doesn't necessarily imply that you have to take step five. >> that's correct. >> thank you. more public comment, please? >> thank you. peter dre conversation meyer. i'm an individual, feeling an

understand, yes, those two factors, kris, that you mechtioned have got to re-evaluated.and revee val the host nation's ability to understand what we are trying to do for them and with them in their nation and the coffeehouse of war. three wars that we are -- and the cost of war. three wars we are engaged in and our country nearing bankruptcy we have to rethink everything we are doing with foreign aid and foreign intervention. we have to be sure it is america's interest first being met in each one of these nations and if there is an opportunity to stay in afghanistan with general petraeus giedz t guidance to bt because of the conditions that have changed most recently i would support that. >> chris: let's get to your bus trip and to 2012 and i will ask you the question everybody has asked me when they heard you were going to be on the program. what are you up to? >> seems like i have answered this question a million times in the last week. and folks still i guess aren't understanding it, at least reporters don't seem to be understanding. even your own shep smith on fox news he announced that i was on s

." >>> we begin today with a local winner of the education nation contest, a recipient from nbc. he's here on "comunidad del val valle." you won a good chunk of change for your high school in the south bay. congratulations. >> thank you. >> so education nation is a nationwide campaign by the nbc network and tell us how you found out about it, and you had to write an essay. tell us about your essay. >> in the beginning of the year when i first started in my broadcast journalism class, which is a pretty underfeunded class, my teacher came across it online, i think, and asked if we were interested, if we wanted to submit an essay. so i took her up on the offer and sent it in. >> what was your essay about? when you're writing essays, you have your topic and you describe it and you defend it and you have to defend it. tell us about yours. >> i talked about how the broadcast journalism program, doing things like the morning news and we make features about our school and also things outside of school and how it's a creative outlet that isn't really looked at much. most people think of maybe art like painting or the ba