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>> i think its important, i had this conversation a moment ago, it is a moment to discuss the fact that you have infrastructure issues in florida because of rising sea levels and youve been in a struggle with the federal government and state officials who dont have your view of how to deal with this. >> oh, my goodness. some of my colleagues in the senate from texas and oklahoma they are climate deniers. well, look, who needs a great shout out? the national weather service, the national hurrican...

>> got a lot of people in apartments in ft. lauderdale and they may think they are safe because they are higher up. what are infrastructure issues that people maybe not from the area will be thinking about, services you may not have as a result of this. >> great point. weve talked about this and set up so many different ways for the public to be informed through social media, e-mails and code red system and alert system. youre absolutely right, the infrastructure issues, weve had storm water iss...

Rebuild. but there is a lot of concern also about what this may mean. weve had three historic flood occurrences in the last three years. this was just the most severe of it. so there is some concern about what are long-term solutions that the city or the federal government will be able to bring about to make a city that is essentially the bayou city for a reason. how do we overcome that and deal with some of the infrastructure issues. hope from a federal perspective that something will deal with...

A man of very few words and very wise, but i think for someone like him to come out and show support to you and your family and empathize, and also to make that kind of statement, it shows he and others are concerned about the preservation of our democracy. >> can you and other lawmakers, what can you do to counter act this potential threat? >> i think that, you know, the blessing is that you have committees like the armed services committee, transportation and infrastructure, and of course inte...

At the pump. william la jeunesse has more. >> you want to have a screwed up state with a bunch of potholes? go ahead. but thats insane. reporter: california governor jerry brown is leading a pack of states raising their gas tax this year. >> states across the country are facing infrastructure issues. their roads and bridges are aging. >> the federal government first imposed a penny a gallon gas tax in 1932. today its 18 cents, but hasnt increased in 24 years. with gas prices now exceedingly low,...

Builder. youre not building roads and bridges. youre not creating blue collar jobs that make an infrastructure appealing and popular to a lot of people. i think the reason is that youve got to get this plan through congress. republicans in congress are more likely to be on board with something that essentially constitutes deregulation, has been sought by a major industry rather than a big building project. >> but if youre the president of the united states, youre talking about something you thin...

Rates and also the corporate tax rates. and then also to deal with the infrastructure issues. >> bill: thats another big one, too. it takes you right up to labor day. >> yes. >> bill: if that calendar sticks. what do you think last night did to all of that? >> i think what last night did was to set forth the way the president is going to view this. i viewed last night as a challenge to congress to move forward, put some bills on the floor, pass these bills, send these bills to him. allow us to d...

Of infrastructure issues. but another interesting point is why only forward-facing cameras? why not a camera facing into the cabin? the ntsb has discussed that as well. but engineer groups have opposed it. we need to know what happened in this event and we need all the tools in the tool chest. >> we dont know what happened inside the -- with the engineer in this particular case. but if there were a camera, the notion that perhaps falling asleep which has happened in other train disasters could b...

According to andy herman the past president of the organization 32% of americas ray major roads are in poor or mediocre condition and that costs u.s. motorists about $324 per person. aaa mid-atlantic told me that the annual cost to motorists of potholes alone is $6.4 billion, which might be exceeded this year tu to weather. mr. herman faults our political leadership for not addressing the infrastructure issues. well ed rendell might be the exception. in the late 1990s, he was the chair of an org...

You know, just living in norris, we had, over the course of the past six months, we had multiple boil water alerts, weve had to shower with your head down, because if you shower with it up, these microbes will get into your nose. theres this way in which, that notion we should be able to trust and rely on our water supply is completely torn apart by events like whatwear seeing in west virginia and north carolina. >> its true. and im glad you brought up new orleans. because we have a couple of is...