the scale is much, much larger. >> commissioner vietor: okay. thank you. i get it. >> president kwon: commissioners, anything else? thank you. the most anticipated portion of the program, which is public comment. we have 32 public comment. you have a 3-minute limit. you can go up to 3 minutes. you don't have to. you will hear two chimes. one is a 30-second warning. and the last is when you end. so i ask that you please end yourself at the end chime or else we'll turn off your mike. we've are looking at 90 minutes of public comment. it's what we're here for, but be mindful of the time. i'm going to call them in the order i received each comment card. i will ask if four of you at a time can line up against the wall to keep things moving. i will call five folks. if you will line up against the wall. mr. al mendel. ms. irene o'connell. mr. tom zigerman. and mr. bill martin. so first up, mr. mendel. welcome. >> thank you. good afternoon. i'm al mendel, bawsca board of directors. as you know, we represent the agencies that produce in the water system. i have bee

claudine vietor has medals in her sights she's already thrown her personal best this year sixty five point one five meters and now she heads into the qualifying round of the european championships in berlin ranked second this is her moment. i was in the stands at the two thousand and nine world championships in berlin as a fan now i can hardly wait to experience it all down on the field as an athlete at a nude. beach that was born in one thousand nine hundred six in frankfurt oda near the polish border have parents fled there from angola and spent many years in a home for asylum seekers they weren't easy times for the family but sports helps claudine to find her way in life and overcome plenty of obstacles including racial discrimination. it doesn't matter what skin color you have there's long as you stay true to your roots and your country and i'm so happy that i can represent germany at least championships. claudine v.t. was already a force to be reckoned with youth level she grabbed gold at the under twenty and junior european championships and that's despite her rivals towering o

from "pod save america," please welcome jon favreau, jon lovett, and tommy vietor!) >> stephen: well, gentlemen, welcome to "the late show" again. good to see you. >> thanks for having us. >> stephen: let's get to the heat of the meat here. john brennan's security clearance was revoked. >> uh-huh. >> stephen: i understand you used to work across the hall from him. >> i did. >> stephen: what office? national security council. >> stephen: senator john kennedy said it should have been revoked. he's a butthead. ( laughter ) trump said he had wild outbursts on the internet. does that seem like john to you? >> no. john worked in the c.i.a. for 25 years, the station chief in saudi arabia, oversaw the bin laden operation. the reason you give someone like john clearance is so the current people in charge can go to him for advice. let's say trump's team found the head of al quaida and wanted to make sure how it's him, talk to john. when you don't have john in the situation room, you have jared. we would rather have john brennan than jared kushner. trump announced this without