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And wont be able to compete with other world powers, we need a partner in the white house and in washington, d.c. to help us move not just american cities but all americans forward. >> you touched on two things that are near and dear to me in terms of infrastructure, a lot of rhetoric but weve not really seen the commitment towards infrastructure. that is badly needed in cities and other rural areas around this country, were literally have places that are falling apart and are in disrepair. and ...

Preparing our communities for. >> youre right, i appreciate the national action network and work youve been doing in helping raise the issue of the technological opportunities before us. 75% of all american insfra structure being built by cities and states across the country, were talking about significant, maybe $5 trillion need, every billion dollars we spend puts 15,000 people to work. you think about men and women who have been dislocated from the american economic system since before they f...

President or his senior staff at the white house? >> i have the opportunity to meet with the president elect trump back in september of 2016 and met again earlier this year to discuss infrastructure and other great and missed opportunity opportunity for america. its not the engagement should be, we have so many opportunities for us reverend sharpton. the opportunity to put millions of americans back to work building and rebuilding almost $5 trillion of american infrastructure, were watching the ...

Initial $1.5 trillion in the deficit, you cant spend federal dollars. without spending federal dollars, lets be clear about it, any infrastructure bill passed is a joke. it will do nothing to repair the woeful state of the infrastructure. >> in particular for the d.r.e.a.m.ers, ill quote, the democrats have been told and fully understand there can be no daca without the desperately needed wall at the southern border and an end to the horrible chain migration and ridiculous lottery system of immi...

Tribes. we need leaders who know america is made up of neighborhoods, nas neighborhoods. we need leaders that will stand up for core values, equal treatment. >> the former vice president talking about the need for mayors and gov dmoernors to do . do you see that happening? >> also former mayor. >> of course. >> yeah, i do. whats happening, washington is devolving more of responsibilities to states and municipaliti municipalities, but that means the states and municipalities have to be the bad gu...

Infrastructure. the president tweeting this morning, will be leaving florida for washington, d.c. today at 4:00 p.m. much work to be done but it will be a great new year. joining me, rick tyler, msnbc political analyst and ed rendell, former pennsylvania governor and nbc analyst. the feet twooet frtweet from th much work to be done, the infrastructure. he floated this idea of a trillion dollar plan, private/public partnership. its hard to figure it out because he followed the initial plan where ...

Arrivals but the executive order was held back as the new president struggled with conflictedle feelings about the young immigrants. are you confident or do you know the white house position on all this? >> no, i no idea what the white house position is on daca. daca needs to get done and its reasonable that republicans might ask for a compromise on this. with regard, in addition to what the governor says about infrastructure, if i may be politically crass, i think the democrats are in a positio...

Here we are. the democrats have a real chance of regaining the house. so, i dont think theyre going to give the president any victories. im not sure, as the governor alluded to, that youre going to get an agreement on how to fund infrastructure in a meaningful way this year. >> ed republicndell, i want to u how optimistic well see any action across the country. we have mayors being sworn in, bill de blde blasio being sworn in. joe biden yesterday. . >> were this a moment, i think the governor wo...

Was on the campaign trail. he talks specifically about a muslim ban and that probably is how this order will be seen. you know, were picking and choosing. for crying out loud, he wants to take iraq off the list of people when there are plenty of people in iraq. we obviously thought there was a big enough problem to go to war at some point. now he wants to take it off because theres been pushback. the use of executive power has to withstand boast constitutional scrutiny and pushback from public p...

Her places. >> is there any way to measure the damage to the infrastruct e infrastructure. >> you take your show on the road. to north korea with franklin graham. >> this is a nation of over 20 million people if we dont get food to the people you are talking about 6 million people at risk. >> you went to haiti with sarah palin? >> yup. >> the irony, its a hop skip and jump away from the united states of america and from what we are so blessed with. >> you have been on the u.s. border with the go...