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I have 54,000 deficient bridges in this country. people spend 7 billion man-hours in traffic. infrastructure needs in the country. it gives us the opportunity to build upon the economic number with reg tore and tax reform getting the economy moving back in a more positive direction. one of the things that will be important is that whatever gets done reduces red tape and makes these projects less bureaucratic and figure it out how to pay for it. we have to answer that in the weeks ahead. >> bill:...

Dh shr dhs is doing some things with states. as we discussed last week, theres no leadership from the oval office on this, and its not clear that some basic things are going to be done in time for the election. for example, every state should have a paper ballot backup to their electronic voting system. thats not the case in many states. every state should make sure theyre not connected to the internet and there are no ways in. there doesnt need to be much to reduce confidence in an election. vo...

They are skeptical. thats a bipartisan thing. both democratic and republican governors have proven to be skeptical about this. because first you have the public/private combination, really being a challenge for addressing some of the infrastructure needs. for example, toll roads. thats easy. but whos going to see profit in going into flint and fixing the pipes there? that is a problem we have all over the country. we have an aging infrastructure in terms of water, roadways. many of our bridges a...

And the people that are here working on the ground and, frankly, the big mouth of the president of the united states. it continues to add insult to injury. his tweets -- >> let me ask you about his tweets, mayor. >> out of a book of how to win people. >> out of his tweets, the trump administration asked for $4.9 billion to fund a loan program that puerto rico can use to address basic functions like infrastructure needs. that matters a lot more than the angry tweets, right? you want to see things...

Functions like infrastructure needs. that matters a lot more than the angry tweets, right? you want to say things get done. >> yes. we want to see things get done. so rather than tweeting, get to work. >> yeah. >> rather than saying disparaging things, lets get constructive. so, you know, if the president wants to take aim at me, im here. bring it on. it doesnt matter to me because this isnt about me. >> the house speaker paul ryan says that puerto rico needs to stand on its own two feet in sigh...

Threatening to pull out federal assistance. >> i think youre overreading. when you say the president threatened to pull out, he said that we are not going to be there forever. the president and vice president are saying we are their partners forever in this long term relationship in rebuilding, but it may not necessarily involve the united states military in years to come. >> i dont remember after houston or a tweet after what we saw in florida of that kind from the president. do you? >> you are...

These new federal funds are matched by significant additional dollars for maximum efficiency, and accountability. people watching over each one of these jobs and every penny will count to them. taxpayers deserve the best results for their investment, and i will ensure that this is what they get. the last administration passed a stimulus package of which only a tiny 7% went to infrastructure and much of that was just wasted money. you folks up front, you know what im talking about. the great infr...

These new federal funds are managed by significant additional dollars for maximum efficiency and accountability. i have people watching over each one of these jobs and every penny will count. taxpayers deserve the best results for their investment and i will ensure that this is what they get. the stimulus package, of which only a tiny 7% went to infrastructure. and much of that was just wasted money, you folks up front know what i am talking about. the great infrastructure plan, nobody saw any m...

Saw health care and what it took to get it across the finish line in the house. still pending in the senate. tax reform, we dont know a timeline on that. it is tough to fit it all in, as you imagine infrastructure, did you say its a 2018 thing? is it a 2019 thing? >> well, we hope not. we hope to tackle it with the consent of congress in the third quarter, and i dont think our country can wait. i think both democrats and republicans want to have a better infrastructure. were talking about how to...

Took to get it across the finish line in the house. still pending in the senate. tax reform, we dont know a timeline on that. it is tough to fit it all in, as you imagine infrastructure, did you say its a 2018 thing? is it a 2019 thing? >> well, we hope not. we hope to tackle it with the consent of congress in the third quarter, and i dont think our country can wait. i think both democrats and republicans want to have a better infrastructure. were talking about how to pay for it, and that will i...