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Policy. mr. risch, good to have you with us tonight. >> good evening, ed. >> you bet. lets talk about this high-speed rail. $53 billion. does a project like this have ç merit, in your opinion? >> well, we have a huge problem in this country of a lack of infrastructure. our old infrastructure, our highway system is basically degrading. we dont have a high-speed rail. most modern countries, japan, europe is building it, we see even china is building a high-speed rail because it is one of the mos...

Out a jobs package of what were going to do in america to create jobs. its always cut spending, lower taxes. cut spending, lower taxes. i mean, theyre void of any idea at all. when the president puts out a $53 billion package for high-speed rail which would make peoples lives easier, which would save money in the long haul, which would create jobs that couldnt be outsourced, what do they say? no, no, we cant do that. they say no to everything. its in their dna. business in america needs a clear ...

A new report found that apple is the most valuable company on earth. although i think the most valuable company on earth is the company you keep. right, my dear? >>. sprint is coming out with the two-screen eco. one screen is for you and the other is a screen that apologizes to the person youre having dinner with. the obama administration announced that a $53 billion plan to build a network of high-speed trains across the u.s. in fact, its already made obama to win the election of 1836. to...

>>neil: not so fast, the white house is pushing a $53 billion high-speed rail plan and john stossel is pushing people around on the ice. >> imagine telling someone would never went to a skating rink you would let all the people speed around a rink even those who never had skateed, you would say no, you need to plan this, you need to direct them. you, speed up. you, slow down. someone pick that person up. >> i am trying. but it is not working. probably because im not good enough skater like that ...

It. 22 degrees right now in washington, d.c. 38 later. the vice president joe biden has announced a plan for a 53 billion dollar high speed rail and cover 1,900 miles and compared it to building the interstate system in this company. a lot of people wondering how are you going to pay for that with an administration promising to show how they will do that when the budget is revealed next week. more news about the president this time. president obama has apparently kicked the habit. the habit we...

For in action and we have a proposal that can make a big difference. we can increase the mileage of our gasoline vehicles that we have now. we can do electric prototypes in major areas showing this will work. and we can drill in our own country and do it safely. >>neil: i wish we had more time because i wanted your take on the lindsay lohan situation. i am deading but we just dont have time, sir, so maybe next time. thank you, director. coming up. >> turn right. turn left. what the heck am i doi...

Trying to track this down is theres no accounting, theres no public accounting, hes not accountable to anybody, even though there is this constitution. even the egyptian military, which is very mysterious, they own property, they own businesses that they generate huge sums of money in ways which arent really clear to outsiders. theres a lot of stuff going on inside the regime that frankly we cant figure out. which i think is clearly the bottom line of toms report. tom, appreciate it. isha sesay ...

Thats part of the problem in trying to track this down is theres no accounting, theres no public accounting, hes not accountable to anybody, even though there is this constitution. even the egyptian military, which is very mysterious, they own property, they own businesses that they generate huge sums of money in ways which arent really clear to outsiders. theres a lot of stuff going on inside the regime that frankly we cant figure out. which i think is clearly the bottom line of toms report. to...

However much it is and wherever it might be hidden. >> its frustrating to figure this out. i should point out the bottom line is there is no transparency in the mubarak regime, hasnt been for 30 years. thats part of the problem in trying to track this down is theres no accounting, theres no public accounting, hes not accountable to anybody, even though there is this constitution. even the egyptian military, which is very mysterious, they own property, they own businesses that they generate huge ...

Bring it up again before it sun sets and then they will need a simple majority and theyve got that. >> brian: and the senate will vote on it this week. >> steve: yep. >> gretchen: vice president joe biden, you remember how all those years that he was a senator before he was vice president, he took the rileway in to work. >> steve: 7900 times. >> gretchen: all right. so fitting that he would be the guy to announce that the u.s. government plans to inject $53 billion into passenger rail in the upc...