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>> were going to hire more police and firefighters that we stop hiring erring the crisis. instead of defund the police, w are increasing our funding. we are going to pave roads and bridges that need to be fixed and that dc politicians promise us for too long they would help us with with our money. this is our money coming back desperately give the community asked people around town how they wanted to do it. well get an update on cincinnati, but in ohio alone, the akron beacon journal reported tw...

Eventually up to new york city for the u.n. general assembly, a speech hell be giving later on this week. back in washington the focus is really on his domestic agenda, those two massive spending bills. one, the infrastructure bill to fix roads, bridges, expand broadband questions, the other to expand the social safety net. that is still facing quite a bit of opposition, but we heard from one top house democrat today who said the public will support these efforts to expand education and child pr...

Rica after the womans friend tweeted the request, posting a picture of the bridesmaid in her dress saying it was totally worth it. now the bad. you could soon see aaa gas pumps in michigan, the status new governor expected to propose tripling the gas tax to fix roads. the tax is $.26 per gallon, increased to $.45 by october of next year. the ugly. a 2-time bison charges in yellowstone national park. watch. >> oh, no! no! no! heather: the snowmobile speeding away, starting to do, from this angry ...

To fix roads and bridgesest could have brought a half dozen democrats in with him. but he is a divider. not a uniter. the real donald trump who wants to turn americans against each other. on race, on religion on, geography. hell put the words on the screen. hell read them mostly in the right order and well all pretend thats impressive. >> i always love hearing from my friends on the left but i couldnt disagree any stronger. anyone who has sboen the president recently knows he is in a great mood....

Try to use government to do the things that government does, it increasingly is going to fall to cities to do those jobs. i talk about the concept of city sovereignties, that cities have to guarantee the life, liberty and property of their citizens in the place of national governments that either cant or wont do it. >> how would this work given that when you look at trumps vote, it was in large part a rural backlash against urban america. he won the rural vote big and clearly. there was a certai...

Will have a real conflagration. well have the debt limit. we are going to have the xm bank. well have extending the funding of the country. were going to have planned parenthood. all of that is going to come to rest. >> and a transportation bill, as well. >> exactly. the transportation bills -- if we dont have money, states cant allocate money to fix bridges, to fix roads, to do anything. >> congressman, come december, couldnt you make the argument that youll have a leader that is more beholding...

Fertilizer plant is not of severity and magnitude that warrants a major disaster declaration. but this was president obama at a memorial service for the first-responders who were killed in that blast. >> be there, even after the cameras leave. and after the attention turns elsewhere. your country will remain ever ready to help you recover and rebid and reclaim your community. [applause] >> reporter: we should mention that individuals who live in west, texas, have been getting money from fema but...

Lines. this d plus is the first time in 12 years that americas infrastructure has earned a grade this high. a new report out this week from the american society of civil engineers measures 16 categories from aviation to roads and waste water. no category earned a lower grade than it did four years ago. six categories saw improvements. bridges, railroads, drinking water, solid waste, and drinking water. solid waste earned the highest grade on the report, a b minus. go solid waste. whats driving t...

elsie granderson, a cnn.com columnist and steve perry an education contributor. the latest act scores show only one in four high school graduates is ready for college. the test used for college admissions shows only 66% of the 2011 class met the benchmark for english. 45% for math. 30% for science. so steve, do these figures accurately reflect student preparedness? >> it absolutely does reflect how prepared students are because if it were the a.c.t. in and of itself we may be able to w...

Fix schools, fix roads and bridges, improve infrastructure. there are a range of things we can do to help make the recovery stronger. and as we grow again, well see more job creation and not less. >> i want to ask you about housing, critical in the overall rebound of the economy. the administration had a big program to modify mortgages to be able to keep people in their homes. you had a congressional oversight committee this week say that the treasury department has lagged behind the pace of the...