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Blackout or a potential blackout or significant area of the city having a blackout, you are really dealing with potential chaos and public safety threats. and the system has to be better than that, period. period. and were going to work with con ed. but thats what new yorkers deserve and thats what new yorkers will get. >> reporter: theres been a lot of discussion in the country about our aging infrastructure. do you believe that could have played a role in this and how would you address that wh...

A taster of koch course will be diving into the festival on a regular basis here on arts and culture over the next ten days now its time for our series baking bread our europe correspondent matters is a passionate bacon has taken on the task of baking the national bread of each european union member states including britain will have to do that one quick anyway he mixes it also with some local history as well this week its portugal. a little bit dusty thats what they used to say about this part ...

Fix the blank roads. we have to do something about our aging infrastructure. democrats and republicans both know it. that includes improving water issues and broadband. we have to deliver on issues the american people want to see us deliver on. >> and flint is right in your backyard there. >> its not just flint now, we have a problem and we cant eat fish and water all over the state. we have some significant water contamination that we dont have an answer for. and the epa doesnt have a national ...

"i heard the rumble," he said. "i saw myself flying away. and thats it." he is one of the lucky ones. officials say at least 26 are dead. authorities sending in dogs to search through the twisted mass of concrete, racing to find survivors. using cranes to lift victims on stretchers. airlifting them to the hospital. the bridge in the seaside city of genoa serves as a main thoroughfare between france and northern italy. it was raining heavily when the bridge came crashing down. some eyewitnesses r...

With high unemployment among recent university graduates thirty six percent of men cant find work and that number is a staggering fifty percent of women. and thats not the only challenge iran is facing a lack of private investment do in part to a banking sector that can barely afford to issue loans to run is investing less than three percent of its g.d.p. and maintaining its aging infrastructure which further hampers business development but companies worldwide could lose out as the u.s. really ...

Lets do something to take care of people who played by the rules and thought theyd be okay. we got to do something creative. cant we work towing to help protect them? ive said to the president, im work with you on trade from the very beginning. weve had to many bad trade deals that shifted our jobs overseas, i want to bring those jobs back to this unk. i will work with him on infrastructure, on opioid drug addiction, if he will go out and do something about it. its a crisis in this country. >> s...

Capital is failing. a dam is failing and two towns are hurriedly evacuated, they have sent in buss to get people out machlt rea was the most powerful storm to hit puerto rico in 80 years. steve is live in san juan, about an hour and a half drive east of the dam. what have you heard, steve? >> shepard, people are just afraid of whats going to happen. so much uncertainty around about what is happening in the outer regions. it was expected, anticipated, and feared that this aging infrastructure of ...

Growth is what it would take to make this even close to revenue neutral. no economist that ive talked to has said thats even something thats possible. are you saying thats possible? >> im not an economist, craig, but im saying thats the theory behind a lot of these things. and i think one of the things also, if we could allow companies to repatriot money back to the country and use that money as an infrastructure pool, well see that money is spent in the united states rather than being spent ove...

The ten states or so that are trump states that democrats have senators up and congressmen as well, congressional seats that are open and available for contesting, they are much more moderate to conservative. this is a moderate to conservative country, and to just be in the streets with activism is not reflecting the base theyre trying to reach which is what did happen in 2010. the conservative wing of the republican party, the now-tea party or freedom wing, did reflect activists. i dont believe...

The ten states or so that are trump states that democrats have senators up and congressmen as well, congressional seats that are open and available for contesting, they are much more moderate to conservative. this is a moderate to conservative country, and to just be in the streets with activism is not reflecting the base theyre trying to reach which is what did happen in 2010. the conservative wing of the republican party, the now-tea party or freedom wing, did reflect activists. i dont believe...