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To give money to people to socialize the risk that they take and i dont want to socialize the risk. there are things you can do to build bridges, to build tunnels, to build things using private capital that are good. we see the top-down model of investment here in new york city in the subway. that aint working too well here. i would also point out in 2009 in the stimulus, we threw $105 billion at infrastructure. barack obama described it at the time as the largest investment in infrastructure si...

Politics reporter, mark nickett. mark, a d plus, thats a low grade. what implications does this have on the countrys economic future? >> it has a lot. i mean if you look at that american society for civil engineers report card, it calculates at least a $2 trillion deficit shortfall in the amount of funding thats needed to get our infrastructure up to even a "b" grade and of that affects commerce and the economies. some estimates are even higher in terms of the need for investment to get u.s. inf...

Name starwood/waypoint, which controls tens of thousands of single family rental homes across the country. >> you have the ultimate, out of state, far removed absentee landlord. >> reporter: in some neighborhoods, as our station in atlanta documented, a huge presence. the company claims it has a 99.8% satisfaction rate from its tenants. >> were bringing professionalism, dedicated resources and a lot of energy and desire to service our residents at a high level. >> reporter: but the better busine...

A circuit breaker failed and caused a fire. at outage in new york caused subway delays today. the nations civil engineers have given the u.s. power grid a grade of d-plus. dramatic new video from paris as a gunman is taken down after killing a police officer yesterday. the attacker spent 11 years in prison for another attempt to kill a police officer. back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." in the 1960s, the university of california at berkeley birthed you might say the free speech...

Congratulations on doing it. people understand a driveover bridge thats not in good shape. the asce which gives a report card to infrastructure has given an overall rate of d-plus to america, poor, at risk, mostly below standard, with elements approaching the end. our roads are literally crumbling under us. think about. a d-plus. would you eat at a restaurant request a d-plus? absolutely not. its the rating that the roads have been given. we hope people stop and introduce them to infrastructure....

End of life. our roads are literally crumbling under us. >> thats true. you think about it. a d-plus. would you eat at a restaurant that had a d-plus? absolutely not. its the rating that the roads have been given. we hope people stop and introduce them to infrastructure. if they dont know about it and tells them we have to find a way to fix it. our highway trust fund hasnt been increased since 1993 which is ridiculous when you think about it. theres been no increase. everyone is afraid of taxes....

>> and giving a grade to u.s. infrastructure. you wouldnt laike it if it was your kid bringing this grade home, a d. plus how dangerous this is for folks using these road and bridges. during his address to congress, president trump restated his desire for a $1 trillion investment into infrastructure spending. a group representing dj.c.-base restaurants announced a new lawsuit against president trumps d.c. hotel. the suit filed again the trump international hotel is being brought for what they ca...

Public/private ameripartnership. dont want to put a timeline on that. >> the new report was put out by american society of civil engineers and rates our roads and bridges and airports and a lot of other things. i want to bring in nbcs rehema ellis here in the studio with me. they looked at all this infrastructure. how did we do? >> imagine if this were a school report card, youd be having a very unpleasant parent/teacher conference. were talking about a d-plus. rhode island has the distinction o...

Isis from the city of raqqa. the u.s. has had special operations forces on the ground in syria for several months. now to an increasingly pressing issue back here at home. that is, the state of americas roads and bridges, our infrastructure. the american society of civil engineers came out with what its calling his 2017 infrastructure report card today. the grade for the united states, a d plus. however, it says things can be turned around. >> americas infrastructure challenges are significant...

Are we safe standing here? >> we are because we installed temporary supports under the bridge to pick up the load. >> reporter: you have support beams over here. it looks bad. >> absolutely. and i think that goes to the whole condition of the infrastructure. not only in rhode island but throughout the country. >> reporter: chief structural engineer says repairs are long overdue. >> some supports are over two decades old. >> reporter: rhode island ranks at the bottom of system of our nations high...