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Im asking both parties to come together to give us safe, fast, reliable and modern infrastructure that our economy needs and our people deserve. [ applause ] >> tonight im calling on congress to produce a bill that generates at least $1.5 trillion for the new infrastructure investment that our country so desperately needs. every federal dollar should be leveraged by partnering with state and local governments and where appropriate tapping into private sector investment to permanently fix the inf...

Systems. its not just roadways and bridges. you have trains and metro systems that have to complement each other. so thats the lowest grade. transportation, if you were to think about a place to start in this issue, that might be a good place to go. when we looked at the infrastructure deficit in this country of $1.9 trillion, 1.1 trillion of that over ten years was in mass transit roads and bridges. >> a lot of money needed. and im wondering if thats the reason you think private public partners...

Deal. but in terms of infrastructure, i think thats something we can agree with the president on. in may of this year, i, along with other democrats, introduced a big, bold, beautiful infrastructure bill. i urge the president and his aides to look at that and work with us. we need to repair our roads and bridges. according to the study by the american society of civil engineers, weve got a $4 trillion infrastructure deficit of which $2 trillion is not paid for. >> you saw some republicans expres...

Mile they drive because of increased full efficiency and inflation, has been cut in half. we are facing for all the talk of a budget deficit, were facing an infrastructure deficit. and because we have just sort of run the gas tax trust fund down to where its approaching zero, if we dont do something in the next ten months, were going to face an inability to fund any transit funding next year, and the federal highway funding will drop 92%. >> whats happened to all the money we have already alloca...

Building of roads, infrastructure. is this a one-time alliance or a sign of things to come? and how worried is labor to make peace with corporate america? richard is the president of the afl-cio and is with us tonight from switzerland. president, good to see you, sir. lets start with the statement. the chairman of the chair ber of commerce saying americas working families and business communities stand united in applauding president obamas call to create jobs and grow our economy through investm...

What we did not hear last night was a real emotional emphasis on the threat and danger of the deficit and the debt. most of it was on more stimulus, more spending. not how urgent it is to reduce the spending and the debt. as you though, senator, only a president can get congress to move on these things. you need presidential leadership and investment. i question whether that investment is there. >> i think the emotion the president showed was for people who are suffering in this country. its all...

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Few hours. >> to permanently fix the infrastructure deficit and we can do it. >> but some conservative members of his own party are already expressing shock at the big price tag. and attack of the bots. a striking new report reveals russianbacked social media accounts ramping up the propaganda, trying to influence lawmakers and media organizations in the weeks leading up to the releaease of e controversial nunes memo. their next target, the midterms. we begin with the administration once aga...

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