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Bridges and mass transit. broadband into rural america and other underserved areas, clean water, waste water. all of the things that have numerous needs. the american society of civil engineer says its in the trillions, the deficit we have, were talking about a couple billion dollars. for some reason -- maybe it was lack of confidence on his part, that he really couldnt come -- match the greatness of the challenge that we have, wasnt really respectful of the congress and the white house working ...

Broad band into rural america and other underserved areas. clean water, waste water. all of the things that have enormous needs. the american society of civil engineers says is in the trillions. the deficit we have, were talking about a couple billion dollars. for some reason, maybe it was lack of confidence on his part, he really couldnt come -- match the greatness of the challenge that we have. wasnt really respectful of the congress and the white house working together. he just took a pass. j...

Politics. >> for some reason, maybe it was lack of confidence on his part, that he really couldnt come, match the greatness of the challenge that we have. he just took a pass. it just makes me wonder why he did that. in any event, i pray for the president of the united states, and i pray for the united states of america. >> harris: john roberts from the north lawn. in the south we call that a bless your heart, john. >> reporter: yes. anybody from the south knows what youre talking about, harris....

For more on the story im joined by david weigel. thanks for joining us. we know the political damage from this. its cost the guy his political career. we know there was an ethics investigation already launched. he was also asked a couple days, did he break any laws? his response was, i hope not. could he be in legal trouble here? >> well, one reason people resign in situations like this is so the ethics committee investigation goes away. other people who have resigned, people who have gotten int...

Dontic rise. for more on the story im joined by david weigel. thanks for joining us. we know the political damage from this. its cost the guy his political career. we know there was an ethics investigation already launched. he was also asked a couple days did he break any laws? his response was, i hope not. could he be in legal trouble here? >> well one reason people resign in situations like this is so the ethics committee investigation goes away. other people who have resigned people who have ...

Here. >> steve: the problem is if youre going to hold a workshop and bring people together, you got to house them and they need a roof. this happened in washington, it wouldnt have been happened with 20 inches of know falling and a blizzards. those are the things that they say are natural and understandable, and appreciate the criticism from folks who couldnt come, but say they dont claim to be the national leaders, but they dont sort of build this -- bill this as the national convention. simply...