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Time. we have got to look at the science. we have got to look at the data, the intensity of these storms that are projected, the heat thats projected. we have to up vent resources and an infrastructure that is not only resilient today but prepared for the future intense storms that we will see. and we are going see those storms all over the country. we saw them in the gulf. we saw them in the southeast recently with hurricane ida. we saw historic flooding at a very quick pace in new york and new...

Night. in a word, it is a mess. as our aging infrastructure just proves no match for ida and climate change. andrea? >> and bill, tell us about this flooding and how strong is the storm? give us the stats here. >> andrea, it is important to note that this was a well-forecasted event. even the tornadoes were well forecasted. we knew going into this it was a possibility, but to imagine, to say its going to rain up to eight inches in new york city is one thing. to see the result of it which is weve...

The state needing repair. on several other bridges, we some closed pending fixes. >> unfortunately, people only realize that infrastructure isnt working when it breaks. >> reporter: the american society of civil engineers gave pennsylvania a c-minus on its infrastructure report card. >> a lot of our bridges were built in the 50s and the 60s, which just means that theyre reaching the end of their useful life. >> reporter: bridges are in trouble nationwide. 42% are at least 50 years old, 220,000 n...

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) May 28, 2021 -- WASHINGTON - The Biden-Harris administration today submitted to Congress the President’s budget for fiscal year 2022,

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Leave with evidence. stay with me. kristen welker, on many, many days the news comes from donald trumps impromptu press conferences, his availabilities and his tweets. is, as you pointed out, a bigger day, more formal day. we have a more formal, traditional written statement from the white house responding to frthis, not just a tweet. what aret you hearing? >> reporter: thats right. in addition to the tweet that president trump sent out calling this the greatest witch hunt in american wihistor...

Sharpton. >> this is a pew poll. you can look it up. >> yeah, well, ive seen other polls too that say the opposite. i can tell you that the people i talked to here in ohio, they think this whole thing is nothing more than a distraction. they would much rather us be talking about how to lower drug prices, how to fix our aging infrastructure, how to create jobs and opportunity for them. theyre not interested in another false narrative, sham of an investigation. >> i agree with you on that. i agree...

Two years ago i went to the white house to ask you to endorse my bill to let the government negotiate directly for lower drug prices. you told me then that you supported the legislation and that you would work with me to make it happen. i took you at your word. joining me now, baltimore mayor bernard young. mayor young, president trump, clearly, has sent a message to the city of baltimore. what is your message to him? >> my message to the president is, stop tweeting and send federal help and res...

Blackout, or potential blackout, or a significant area of the city, having a blackout, you are -- you are really dealing with potential chaos and public safety threats, and the system has to be better than that period. period. and we are going to work with con-ed, but that is what new yorkers deserve that is what new yorkers will get. >> there has been a lot of discussion in the country about our aging infrastructure do you believe that could have played a role in this how can you draw he was th...