with cynthia hardy. this week, we have the state of the city of columbia, 2016, where we are and where we are going. it is been a tough year for the city of columbia. we had a positive address, a host of thank you's for law enforcement, firefighters, first responders, and the efforts in this historic flooding thacaused millions of dollars. and the state of the city a strong, and the mayor is pointing out that we have unprecedented economic development, and has laid out and ambitious agenda for the future of the development of our city. but they warned us, the critics, that the city may be moving to last. and we need to not outpace properly sustain ourselves. and 2016, where we are and where were going.>>> and i have brian mccarthy sitting next to me, and we think that the information that we present is important for our viewews. >> especially, coming off of this very difficult year, the challenges that columbia faced during 2015, a natural disaster we will be dealing with for quite some time.>> and nobod